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Have been out joyriding with some friends this weekend, and it hit me that almost all of us was riding something XT related. It was my Z, a Z from -98(?), an even older 600E, two 660R and also a Raptor 700 (well..). The XT is very strong up here and tailor made to our conditions. (There were also something orange following us but I have tried to ignore it):
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3883/dscn22922.jpg The GPS said that this was a road, and the GPS never lies: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3223/dscn22982.jpg It has the right polish: http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/250/dscn22992.jpg The 2 Ten�r�s are catching their breaths for a moment: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/686/dscn23082.jpg Another Yamaha (equipped with a R1 engine) joined in during the night: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9059/dscn23142.jpg |
Some paintjob
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Niceee!
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nice... but it's too good looking to make it dirty! HJ |
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In fact, I do not use it as my enduro bike. My (white) WR250R will perform better when going offroad. However, I do ride it at nearly any weather conditions and nearly every day. The reason it looks quite clean most of the time is my pedantic mind. I have always been trying to keep my bikes in good condition, no matter what kind of usage. I can't help it... Regards, Phil |
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excell rims , and I suppose a different suspension in front |
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Sad day for my darling tht's now out of order for a while:
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCN2650.jpg The chain climbed off the rear sprocket and jammed around the front and produced a invisible crack in the engine block right here: http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCN2651.jpg As soon as the engine runs it starts bleeding oil: http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCN2652.jpg Annoying. =( |
Thats terrible luck....how will you fix it?
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Nice to see a blue one with yellow gaiters. Works well.
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Why not open the crack up with a Dremel or similar and fill with liquid metal or a high temperature epoxy/silicone based compound? I don't see how insurance/warranty will cover this. My enduro bikes had a metal horseshoe type fixing inside the front sprocket cover - not sure what's on the Ten' so could be worth pursuing. Failing all of the above - buy a new case, fit it and repair this one. Good luck and keep us informed. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__liqui...=228459_228460 |
A wwkend in Wales
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Molgan, I am sorry to read about your crankcase issue. I had a conlink let go on my old '96 Tenere, and the same thing happened.(I've never used a split link on any bike since...)
I'm no expert here, but I think the only way is to replace the casing. Apparently welding distorts the original one, so the internals are out of whack. Things change, so I'm open to correction here. I've found that epoxies etc will seal for a while, but eventually the leak comes back. Imo, it is a major omission on the part of Tenere designers that there is no rear chain guide. As soon as (if) there is an aftermarket one available, I'll be lining up straight away. The amazing thing is that case damage doesn't happen more often :help: |
Disconnect the battery and the ignition module, stick some ali weld on it -in situ, it'll be ok!!
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Nice piccies markymark. also loving the blue and yellow tenere, very old school:yahoo:
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Next weekend i'm leaving for 3 weeks France (1week normandy, Yport).
2 weeks in Guilligomarc'h. I'll take lots of pics and post them over here when im back. |
that suck's dude , but can for sure be fixed !!! ,
just a question , how did you chain came of ? , was is that loose ? or did it break? |
hope you can fix it, try the liquid metal it can fix most things has to be worth a try.
don't let the white desert camel be broken for long you dont have much time before it starts getting dark |
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About how it came off, have no idea why actually. I came through a corner on a bumpy gravel road pulling hard on the throttle when it said "CLONK" and the rear was spinning free. I look down and see the chain hanging behind the foot peg, not broken. Had checked the tension not long ago. Maybe it was a bit too old and stretched from the unlimited torque I got in the 660. =) Enough about my missfortune, want to see more pics of bikes that actually runs! :eusa_dance: |
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When using these bikes as enduro you really need a chain guiding block as like displayed on my WR, visible below rear swing arm. Without such an aluminium or plastik block, chain might come off at heavy bumps as it happened to you. Risk gets bigger when there is more slack in your chain. Presence of this chain block makes a big difference between enduro bikes and others, in fact. Kind regards, Phil |
We want pictures, lots of them! :)
These are from our trip to Romania, we went to Enduromania: http://www.enduromania.net/was.php?s_m=1&lang=en http://www.shrani.si/t/32/13f/1nrx83G3/img1819.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/1t/dD/4kiAmp1L/img1944.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/1i/4G/3updfP8t/img1988.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/40/zX/1GoOt21P/img2044.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/b/12y/38qhMY14/img2065.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/23/t5/1aLvSu8P/img2072.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/1a/yv/4Ep02vVi/img2077.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/Z/2Q/4hjP2QLE/img2104.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/1Z/lb/424Sp28z/img2187.jpg http://www.shrani.si/t/2T/Xm/3XhgRPhp/img2275.jpg It was fun and hard. The bike did it with excellence! |
I though oh those are nice piccies then i got to the mud, oh those are some dirty piccies:096:
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Falling on the right / left side...
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Actually just a bump of Teneres "resting" but perhaps when you are in the precursor to falling off, but post fully in control, you have your foot on the rear brake, and so take longer to get the foot down to save yourself from falling to the right than to the left, because the left foot dangles there doing very little until the point where your butt starts cramping as gravity takes hold, so you will put it down to save yourself quicker and the right foot is still occupied braking....? I dont know. But following on from this those that have abondonned hope of pulling out of the inevitable have stopped braking and their natural reaction is to kick out the right foot, whilst (on road ideas) still applying the front brake G |
Try doing all that picking up exercise with a GS! I think you may have had a hernia by now.
Sunny side up.. |
Well, im not sure as the BMW is not always completely flat because of the large engine.
My ten once went down with a full fuel tank, i could hardly get it up. While my F650Gs (same weight + full tank) was just like a moped Edit: i just dropped a bike twice, while i have already driven 30000km's (on/offroad) Not looking forward to dropping it more often. |
Well.. I seem to have developed a left-hand preference when dropping it:
http://home.planet.nl/~scho3025/Tenere/CrashCollage.jpg HJ |
He he, nice ones, i like your front light upgrade :)
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it's about 30 euro http://www.touratech.com/shops/019/i...310-0_I_01.JPG |
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However, the TT shifting lever shown in this image is a very good part that I am very happy with. |
Where are these pics taken?
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This years HUMM in the Spanish Pyrenees -
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/humm/.
Rode down there with Mrs Uberthumper on her ER6F, did the event with a couple of guys on DR-Z's. Came third in class. Spent nine days cruising back up through France. First photo is heading into the Pyrenees on the way down, the speedo shot is approaching the North coast of France on the way back - it's now on 12,800ish. All the others are actually during the event. |
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It breaks my heart looking at this.. But hopefully I'll be back on the road next week. :eusa_dance: |
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Next week?
Good luck and keep pouring the coffee.. |
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