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Originally Posted by
greatescape
The trouble is if you do too much to the Tenere 's engine in the pursuit of horsepower you will as Pleiades says ruin the bottom end grunt and just end up with a bike that's nearly as powerful as the KTM but still much heavier. ..if you look at what JaumeV has done, and Jmo, great grunty, lighter better handling bikes .. but not so far on the tuning front as to spoil the low end grunt and reliability. I was worried I'd miss the grunt of my XR650R, but as I rack up more miles on it I'm loving it! The thought of tearing down a Green Lane on a 70bhp Tenere is too scary for me!! Steve
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I've decided to make peace with the lack of power. (well maybe thats the wrong description) I rode it with a mate over the weekend on a KLR that I've just bought for him to ride a bit and the bike was in its element just ticking along. The low end grunt is actually pretty good up to about 4k rpm. I just found myself short shifting everywhere.
I might give the 14T front a bit of a go. Either that or a 47/8 rear and hope it doesnt mess with the speedo even more. The smaller front should give a false sense of hp, but give more fun on the gravel sections where I tend to ride it mostly.