Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go

Steve, three comments I have,

Gearing, we took 4 Teneres into Portigal last May, I ran with the 15T the others ran with the 14T and to be honest it was a pain. The bike was using a liter more fuel per fill up than the others and there was no real benefit . Try out your 15T by all means, but when you compare against othe bikes it's just not worth the effort.

Air Filter - or more to the point the air box seals. Take bothe sides off, grease the seal and repalce, if this is left stock you will get sand in your airbox.

I fitted the OTR bash Plate, others had the OE bash plate, (I didn't have crash bars), fell off lots of times and no real damage to the bike, other than some scratches that my Mx boots caused..... However, the bash plate has some pretty deep pot marks in it so worth the effort in my case. Then again we did take some tracks at a stupidly fast pace...

Bar Risers, I have 20mm and the cables just manage this. Worth considering if you like standing up. And to go with that some wider pegs (ther is a link on site for cheap ones from eBay, take a while to arrive but do the job really well).

Look at coating your tank with some of that HG clear film, it'll stop lots of the scratches.

Try to avoid 6 inch spikes, they do your tyre no good at all!

Enjoy your trip.......