Got up this morning too find the first snow of the year for me. Luckily i still had my knobblys on from weekend.


A far cry from the sunny weather at weekend.
Scarborough


And Hollinsclough in the Peaks.

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Great stuff Jon...your Tenere must be the hardest working, knarliest Ten out there!. And that is the biggest pannier I've ever seen! Steve

Awsome pictures!..love the bash plate.

Tough as nails that bike.
Have you upgraded your horn as well at some point jon660z ?

Wonder how many more snow pictures we will see before the new year. Steve, maybe time to change your tyres.

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Cheers guys, Daisy is a tough old girl. She takes a licking and keeps on ticking. At weekend i had too tow a dead 990 adv out of the bottom of 3 shires head in the peaks. Sadly i dont have any pics as everyone seemed in such awe of the teneres biblical grunt. None of them thought too take any pictures.

They said it couldnt be done. "no way, it doesnt have the power" But at 3k rpm the ten pulled half a ton of bike and 250 kg of riders along a technical green lane and up 2 miles of peak district roads to where the RAC agreed they would pick up the ****ty 990. I did toast my clutch in the process. But still pretty heroic for a bike that barely makes 50 bhp.

The Panniers are the 2nd gen for me. 4mm alloy seam welded, dimensions are 300mm wide, 350mm deep and 550mm long. I got a local sheet metal worker to knock them up for me after i did him a few plastic Foreigners.

Haha the horn was/is a bit of a joke. Daisy failed her MOT because the horn terminals had corroded away. The mot guy said ye had one kicking about but it was in his words "funny looking" �5 fitted it in car park and been using it for 2 years now.

The bash plate, really earns its money it has been removed. Hammered/pressed flat countless times. The rear alloy lugs kept snapping so i removed them. Made a stanliess mount and riveted it too the alloy part of the bashplate with 20 yes 20 rivits. Never broken since.

I powdercoat the steel crashbar part.along withy pannier frames JCB yellow once a year around this time too protect from the worst of the weather.

I cannot imagine a bike that could replace the Tenere. It is a little bit special.

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Hi Jon , good to see your still taking daisy where others fear to tread afraid I have'nt been out since August due to various circumstances .
Really enjoyed the dales will have to do it again .

All the best Mark


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Nice too hear from you Mark. Hope your well?? next time you can take me out, ill pop down your way
Maybe see if i can drag arn and Steve D down and make a weekend of it. :-D

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Not to bad thanks , would be good to see the three of you down here we'll have to arrange something are you sure you can cope with the wide open spaces ? He he .
I know this is a bit early to ask but how about the Pyrenees next year ?

All the best Mark


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Good for you in showing the ktm up!..I too love the grunt of the ten seems to never end,if only I wasn't so far away , I would love to explore some of the lanes up your way!..and would definitely love the Pyrenees!..