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Originally Posted by
Pleiades
The rear shock is highly likely to have passed its best 26000 miles ago!
Tenere's suffer from lack of grease (from new) in headraces, wheel bearings and shock linkage. If its been serviced regularly and properly it won't necessarily be a problem, but I'd give it a good check for excess play in those areas.
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^^ Just like he said ! ^^
The cush rubbers are worth checking, if there is excessive play then the carrier bearing may well have taken some hammer. Wheel and carrier bearings are a few quid and easy to fit - but if you can get the dealer to do it, that's a result.
The rear spring, it's the static sag that you will notice. Not worth replacing the spring with OE spring, cheaper and better option would be a HyperPro. Only around �80, but the fitting is a long-ish job. IF it were me, I'd offer to pay for the spring and ask them to cover the labour.
On a '11 plate bike the regulator is unlikely to be an issue. I've a '08 bike (one of the first) that has never suffered this problem. It only breaks when moisture gets into the plug assembly, this results in overheating and the plug melts causing shorts and ultimately a failure. At 36k I wouldn't worry, if it was going to go , it would have by now.
Very minor, but worth looking in the indicators, especially the back ones as water can get in resulting in dulling of the reflective surfaces. As I say, very minor but useful if you want to drive the price down.
Registered in 2011, it may well still be under warranty.
We have guys on here who have properly abused their Tenere's, and the bikes are still going.