Thread: Tenere goes bang at 50k miles - well rattle, rattle
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Old 19-02-12, 00:30
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Originally Posted by stuxtttr View Post
it worries me how often this seems to be happening. I love my ten and see it as a long term bike to cherish but I dont want a bike that goes bang just when you dont need it too.

Intrestingly Yamaha techs have been singing the praises of the Super ten but i belive that was built in Japan.

are all the 660 engines built in Italy ?

is this just a problem on the Z ?

is there anything you can do to prevent the problem ?
Run the best oil you can afford and do 5000km oil changes at a minimum. I believe leaving the oil in for 10000km especially a mineral oil is a bit to much for the oil.
I also believe if a main bearing was faulty it would fail in the first 1000km not after 50000km. Another thing that could cause main bearings to fail over time is a out of balance crank.