Kappa bars
 

Thanks for the compliments guys,

The Kappa bars had to have a bit of mod work done to fit the standard lower crash bars but our local Yamaha dealership sorted that out for me. I'll post some pics of the mod tomorrow (currently 11pm South African time).

Oh wow, with the Yamaha guards painted black i didn't even see them !

Nice job

Very nice Buff ,anyone know where they sell the crash bars like the ones on Buff sa 's bike (the top half )

A bit chilly on the Sunday morning at the Dragon!:campfire:

where was ya fire???:YellowWow_KKPB92:

Aha, I saw you guys ride in on a pair of Ten's, but didn't come across you while walking around.

We were camped down in the woods at the bottom of the hill...


http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5...880800x532.jpg

(I decided I trusted a tree more than my sidestand, even with a stone underneath it. Also it looks cooler :D)

Nice photos you lot:happy:

Im riding it every day :)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_HKcAAmqRl_8/Sz...0/DSC02001.JPG

... no other comfort... then a cold, cold beer? :icon_smile:

HJ

I wasn't cold at all as you will see by the third pic, I had three charcoal burners going all night and was quite content to sit around entertaining people as they came and went. Sat there just in my jumper with a nice bottle of Aberlour for company, the charcoal burners were still hot in the morning. A good time was had by all!

Must be fake! I don't believe! :D

Kappa crash bars
 

As requested, here's a few pics of those Kappa crash bars I had fitted. Excuse the quality plz, they're taken on my mobile:

Overview:
http://i46.tinypic.com/5mz2hk.jpg

The low bar mod:
http://i50.tinypic.com/10e4hvl.jpg

Top fixing:
http://i47.tinypic.com/34sqzur.jpg

Nice pics.

I'm quite worried about the low bar mod as the 2 bars are holding each other and don't seem attached to the frame....isn't it a quite big risk of torsion there ?

otherwise, the yamaha low bar look great in black !

:)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_HKcAAmqRl_8/Sz...0/DSC02003.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_HKcAAmqRl_8/S3...0/DSC02009.JPG

I see it looks that way in the photo but they are secured to the bike (very well actually). The lower part of the top crashbar is secured to the bike and the top part of yamaha lower bar is secured to it.
I had a small off a little while back and the bars worked really well in protecting the bike.

Don't take this the wrong way :icon_rolleyes: but aren't the crash bars just protecting the grey plastic crash protecters which are cheap to replace anyway. I can see the reason for the bottom one to protect the water pump etc or am I missing something :Knitting_22PFUP:

The likelyhood is all these crash bars are designed for visual protection, ie they look like they will save things in a crash but i doubt that they have been subject to detailed analysis of what happens when heavy forces are exerted on them, ie you've saved the tank/side panels/water pump but trashed the frame instead... (maybe just the cynic in me) .
So if you like the look of em fit em if not dont but be aware they may not do everything you'd wish them to .
Note JMos rubicon trail fall which bust the airbox cover. A stopper without some means of repair as to run the engine open would be foolhardy.

Wide Duct Tape is your friend :unibrow:

for lots of reasons (apols in advance :O )
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=393

:icon_mrgreen:

Oh I see now !!

good job :)

Yeah i don't see the need for all those bars going up the side of the bike to protect the protectors :unibrow: all it's doing is adding weight and transfering the stress of a crash directly to the frame (wich may not be a prob. BUT may).
I have seen pics on here of the grey crash panels performing well enough, and yes they are not a costly item to replace "if needed". Also, remember a little bump on them doesn't mean they have to be replaced either.

Here in Oz we have B & B offroad bash plates wich gives a fair bit of protection for the water pump and IMO there's no need for the overpriced yammy engine bars if you run one of these bash plates. the only weight i want to add to the bike is my camping gear. :thumbsup:

http://www.bushmc.com/uploads/Access...hPlate/052.JPG

cheers
Reg.

Indeed, bumps and scratches just adds charisma. :D

Just a reminder to all; this is not "Your Tener� modifications thread". Please post awesome pics in here and try to keep the tech talk elsewhere. :mod_smilie_icon_pol :)

An afternoon playing over to the East of Nottingham...

It's a bit slippery:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/472...935800x532.jpg

Tourances not so good on wet mud/clay. Also why low front mudguards aren't so good off-road. A little bit further along I had to poke it with a stick so the front wheel would actually go round:

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5...937800x532.jpg

This one was somewhat easier going, and came with an extra bonus bridge:

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/730...940800x532.jpg

Nice pics, uberthumper! Here's the 'NoGutsNoGlory-trofee' :smilies0346: for going where no Tourance has gone before!

HJ

Cheers. Although in the interests of full disclosure I'd already backed out of doing one trail because it was about 3km long and went down into a wet dip that I didn't think I'd get out of. The trail the first two photos were taken on was less than 1km long, and it was uphill, so I figured I'd always be able to turn round if I had to! Maybe not so much guts after all ;)

Hello Molgan.

I do not have much time to enter here. Sorry.
But when you have all the small changes I'm making my Tenere, I would like to submit in your thread. And then he would take him to the modifications.

Even I have a little and I read what I can.
But I really want to end now.

Morgan and his help, inspired in part my Tenere. :thumbsup:

Pd. Sorry but I use the google translator.

Yesterday I had a short (3 hours) ride in the hills next to Jerusalem.
Everything's green after last weeks rain.
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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_h_hIYKggHWM/S5...1152/pano1.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_h_hIYKggHWM/S5...1024/pano2.jpg

Nice shots. :thumbsup:

Me and the lady took a 2 day trip out on the ice, just got back home. Out in the middle of nowhere I managed to kill my front fender:

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4...9711607211.jpg

Some ice got stuck on the studs and shredded the fender, so a tip to all who are planning to use studs; mount a high fender first.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6...0211712624.jpg

My girlfriends dad tried the studded ten and seemed to enjoy it:

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The girlfriend tried some other modes of transportation:

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A lot of people out on the ice, and that Irish wolfhound makes the Ten look small:

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did the xr400 mod today..........................

http://www.sairbrush.nl/voor.jpg

I believe I can fly.
Well skip is more accurate, but still- I caught some air!!!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_h_hIYKggHWM/S5...ture%20056.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_h_hIYKggHWM/S5...ture%20051.jpg

from the side....... It did take a while to get them mounted but I must say that I pleased with the way it looks.

http://www.sairbrush.nl/zijkantrechts.jpg

Which pipes are they, I quiet like the look of them..

GPR titanium , there is a soundfile in the exhaust thread.

A couple of videos of the jumps.

Nice fly!

HJ

Out for a run on Sunday following a winding route I'd programmed into the GPS. Never done this 'properly' before so wanted to see how it works out on the road. GPS estimates 4 hours for 100 mile.

Shot of the bike on a ford, before it gets dirty.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/o...40310_1307.jpg

View north, with the snow capped Alps in distance.

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Vinderloo land, UKs first curry house, built by t'romans.

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I turn off down a single track road and horsey point to point meeting is chucking out, no-one gives me room, but fortune smiles, I turn off down here out of the traffic and first mud of 2010.

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A porper awld road.

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I take a pic before the bike develops its 'mud hinge' and I exit with wheels and legs all going in different directions.

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Route was 104 miles and at the start GPS reckoned on 4 hours, but I beat that and did it in 4hours 20mins, lots of single track roads (term used loosly as most of the tarmac has been replaced by holes and grit) and a few stops. Not bad this GPS lark, with a bit of foreward planning, I had a really good day out on local roads I've never ridden and perfect on the Ten.

Hi Skunk.Looks a great day out.

Can I ask about the GPS mullarkey? I'd like to make a move to it myself, but don't really understand it. I use a Tom Tom sat nav for the road routes I follow (with trusty paper maps for back-up) - type in a place name you want to go to and it takes you there. Am I right in assuming that the GPS is different? mostly for off-road trails? and you put in numerical coordinates or something?

I'd be interested in something (GPS) that allows me to plot a route across 'trails' - how do you do it on GPS? I also have heard loads of mention about 'waymarks' and map downloads from Google Earth and other such things. In Numpty (read Ashintun pit yacker) terms, what's it all about? I'm really thinking in terms of when I go on a trip to, say, Greece, will it allow me to find/ride trails.

Should I decide to make a move for a GPS Receiver, what's a good entry point piece of kit? not too expensive, to learn with, maybe to upgrade later?

Thanks for any help from anyone who has time and patience to set me straight!

My fault, should have called it a SatNav, mine's a Becker, like the TomTom it will only plan a route using the "official" road network or whatever it has for it's digital map. So if I put in a "point" thats on a trail it just sez "not on the digital map".

Way to do it is to create your own "Point of Interest" POI (just like the petrol stations cafes etc you get on free on the device). As most UK trails start/end on the roads you can easy put these in and 'fill in' the offroad bits with more POIs every so often, the SatNav should show these and it's easy enough to follow them.

You can see the tarmac road bottom left and the POIs I have created going off down the trail, so what I've done is stick the start of a trail in and the SatNav giudes me to the start, then I follow the POIs offroad, untill I pick the road up again, now the SatNav will recalculate the route and guide me to the next trail along the roads.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/o...50310_1453.jpg

A GPS is much the same, add some waypoints and it will only give you a "as the crow flies" direction to follow to the next waypoint as it doesn't know about the roads/trails.

You can plan a route using google earth/memory map etc and download it to the device (I use routeconverter.de which does export TT files).

Works OK, but only tried it in the UK and on trails I could follow anyway, but theory is sound so should work for longer distances anyware. Try it on ya TT for some local routes.

Loads of info on the net but it's a bit of a trawl to find exactly what you want.

That's very helpful, thanks. I'll do more research and maybe give the POI a try on the TT. Just out of interest, what's it like on the trails in West Northld at the mo? Are they closing/puting restrictions on most?