Not been here for a while but Super 10 now gone and I have bought a 660 which I plan to use on and off road.
After picking it up I rode 70 odd miles home and 1st thing I noticed was the horrendous vibes / noise and lack of pull, now I had a new one of these back in 09 and don't remember them being this bad, in fact mine was pretty smooth for a single and so was a 07 660r I had, both also pulled really well. This one has MTC cans which is the only mod as far as I can see, std air filter, new'ish C&S so the dampened OEM front sprocket will have gone. changed the oil and filters + new plug as a matter of course.
Also mate has one identical except he has Leo Vinci cans, his is so much smoother and pulls really well and his ain't got any rubbers on the pegs with Renthal bars and no bar weights !!
Any ideas on what's causing the vibes gents

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Check all the engine mounting bolts are super tight.

Does it still have the oe bar weights on? O2 mod makes it a little smoother too. I'd do a filter/snorkel/fuel mod as a matter of course to get it running nice.

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If you think you might be suffering excessive vibrations, the first place I would look is the front engine mounts. If they are not correctly torqued, too loose or too tight for that matter, then the vibes do increase quite significantly.

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Cheers for the pointers guys, also remembered the previous said he had sorted the cush drive using inner tube so I'll have a poke about in there too.
Its got yam hand guards so bar weights are off.

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Having a think about it, has anyone ever heard of engine mounts slackening off on these ? not something I have come across.

Rode it into work for the 2nd time this morning after having forks re-sprung with Wilbers progressives / doing a service, pumping up the tyres / fixing a few bits and making a luggage plate for the arse end.
Still mucho vibey so strip down when I get chance

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i think it happens if a engine guard is fitted. i noticed mine was making a different vibe when the enigne was reving at certain revs so i checked the bolts and found one had loosened off by about two turns. did it up tight and vibes wen tback to what i remember.

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How many miles you got on you Tenere and how many have you done each year?

My tenere was so bad on the vibes that i wanetd to get rid as soon as i can. I bought her at 3 years old with 2.5k on her. She did 500 miles int eh last 2 years!

But one day arodun 5k i ran a tank of Vpower and half way through the vibes stopped..and i mean stopped...not faded away..not in my head..not a placeabo effect..they stopped. They were so bad when at 60 mph that i could not read road signs as my vision was getting blurred....not good at all.

I now have 8.5 k on here and the vibes are so small and so smooth. What i think happened is that a lack of use gums everthing up inside and with use and the cleaning stuff in vpower it sort of well..started working as it was designed.

Last weekend i rode 640 miles in one day and almost all at 80-85 mph. it was all smooth and fine.

Mike