Original exhaust is heavy and not good for power...
Luckily i live in the land of Akrapovič. My friend works there, so he help me made the single sided exhaust
Oldie:
New exhaust, finding the final position, then we will conect with the pipes.
Building the pipe link:
We used sandwich mesh, to protect the wool:
The wool stuffing:
Final product:
With this mod i got more power on low RPM, sounds great.
Bike weighs for 3,2 kilograms less.
Total cost of this exhaust mod was less than 60€!
I already broke 3 levers on handlebar, so time to protect them, now its getting colder also, so I bought Polisport hand protection made of plastics.
Gives some wind protection and a little "braking levers" protection.
But if you want protection for your levers i advise to buy something made out of aluminium like Barkbusters or similar. These plastic ones will bend and can also brake the lever. Like I did.
Mounted on the bike:
My last upgrade was done this weekend. Since I changed the exhaust i cannot use the home made side racks i build, because they were mounted on the original exhaust.
The originals are again expensive, so i bought one used from Yama TDM, to use it to make it fit on my bike. Later this winter I will also make the panniers...
TDM rack already cut to pieces:
Some cutting, and fitting, and cutting and fitting...
Left side rack was simple, try to maker it identical and mirrored on the other side.
Sandblasted it, painted it for like 5-6 times:
Looks promising:
I also predicted a spot for tool tube, since i have one sided exhaust, i had place on the other. Just great to put two tool tubes, where I can keep a lot of tools.
This is it for now.
My bike was little transformed during this season.
I put some character in it on my own, to make it feel just i like it.
To make it useful as i can for my riding style.
I love this bike.
Got some ideas for next modifications, to make this winter shorter.
The very next is the bash plate i mentioned in the other thread.
Hope I will make it with your help.
I hope you like what I did to mi bike so far. I wrote it here also to help some other owner of the Tenere, when needing information about this bike. I know how difficult it is sometimes to find exactly the info you need.
Last edited by Ni3ous; 20-12-10 at 20:02.
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