Hi all,

Just bought this 2011 Tenere, just under 18k on the clock, i got her for a good price and intend on working from one end to the other cleaning up, repairing, servicing etc as i go in prep for a ride im doing in the summer.
The plan is to ride her from new york to LA so i want to make sure everything is in good order before i set off and that i know the bike inside and out by stripping / cleaning everything.

As she stands when I purchased (click for full size images)

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Tucked up in the garage following delivery




List of jobs i can see that will need sorting...
- Spokes are rusty, made worse by the spoke covers
- The lights have been converted to HID as are the spots, this adds a lot of complicated and extra wiring all over the place.
- Plenty of rusty bolts and other crusty parts that will get a clean up.


First job - Simplify the lighting
Out with all the Balast boxes and extra cabling has left me with this 1.7kg pile of added-now removed stuff....



which has all now been replaced with some standard(ish) bulbs and bulb holders



more to follow :-)

First rusty/crusty part was the bracket that sits under the battery box, it gets a good battering from the much coming up from the wheel.

the part was given a going over with the wire wheel, then primer, then some bed liner paint. I've used this paint as its supposed to give a tough hard wearing finish, and the texture hides any imperfections in the parts nicely



bolts given the same wire wheel treatment and they have come up looking like new



at some point there has been a single can fitted to the bike, and i don't think a shield had been fitted to seal up the big hole left under the seat thats no longer covered by the stock unit.
to this end lots of cleaning and the part of the frame the cans and seat release fixes too was very rusty, so cleaned and painted in the same bed liner paint as before

I use these side light bulbs. Nice and bright white.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F282035608258

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2011 xt660z.
Yoshimura cans ,kev mod,Dna 2, Stahlkoffer panniers,Hepco Becker box,Givi crash bars,Mita e07 tyres.

An absolute upper tier hate of mine is getting a bike that someone has switched exhausts for all the 'attached visual kudos' and hasn't thought about the gap left by the original system and they're happy to plug on through mud and rain letting the back wheel fill their fuse box, relays and starter solenoid with water and sludge, It says a lot about the owner....The very same owner who'll be on a forum asking " why are my electric........?"

Having vented off, I'd love to see your blog / pictures of your travels...Nice job!"

p.s. bed liner paint is awesome !

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I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pai...nverter/p43408

I used this last year on the silver spokes of my R to cure the rust and then painted all the spokes,front and rear.

Perfect match to the rims and over a year later no sign of rust. I actually used a modle makers paint brush to do it. Sooo thereaputic.

I have used it for years on various car's/parts too.

Does that stuff just apply a thick black coating on the rusty bits, or all the bits that are painted? It would be the answer to many of my prayers.

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I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.