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First from LDN to CT on New Tenere
Hi There all
I am enquiring as to if anyone else has done the London to Cape Town run, (down the west coast, not the east like those whingers Charlie and Ewan) on the new Tenere. If not myself and 2 others wish to claim tentative line honours. We left on 10 June 09 and arrived in CT just under 3 months later. We took 2x '08 Tenere and 1x '05 XTR. Any takers for our title?? Can provide proof if necessary for all the non-belivers. Regards XTLuke |
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25-11-09, 09:32
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Oh, yes, we need proof.....
Lot's of pictures, reports, what went wrong, what broke, how you think the bikes faired, comfort, camping/hotel, traverllers tails etc etc so get  and show us the story....
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25-11-09, 11:15
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If you have a blog with your recorded adventure both in text and pics we will be more than happy to give you the deserved accolade and publish it on our "Adventurer Diaries" section of our website that you can find here: http://www.xt660.com/site/node/78 |
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29-11-09, 11:16
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trip
It would probably be best if everyone refrained from purchasing the Yamaha genuine engine protection bars for their Tenere as they end up cracking and cause the frame to start cracking also. I did the trip with Luke and there were a few problems with the bike one being that the air filter lets dust in and going through Congo you cant avoid dust. So now they are assessing the engine back here in Australia, Yamaha South Africa were the first to put a tech bulletin out about this and were we annoyed about this issue. Stop in Congo to do maintenance and find the filter housing full of dust, not good. Apart from a few other minor things the bike was great, the suspension was great considering the knocks it took from pot holes everywhere.
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30-11-09, 02:28
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G'day mate,welcome & enjoy the forum...
Pics are a must 
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30-11-09, 04:47
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pictures
how do you upload pictures to this thread?
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This is a method that I use. It may not be the best but it works.
1), use a picture sizer program to reduce the size of your images to below 195kb and to 800x600 or below. I use this
http://www.photo-freeware.net/bdsizer.php
2), sign up to a a free photo storage site like Photobucket or Smugmug (I use photobucket so can only quote for that) http://photobucket.com/ 3), upload your piccys to it. 4), whilst writing a post, have photobucket open in another browser/tab and when you get to a place wher you want to insert a picture, go the PB site and hover your mouse over a picture and the words "Direct Link" appear. Click on it, beside it the link is highlighted. Right click on it and then click COPY. 5), Go back to the XT660.com page and click in the little yellow box with the mountain picture in. You will see http//: appear. Right click on it and paste your photo linke OVER it (not with it or you will end up with http://http://i310.photobucket.com/........) 6) The picture will appear in the text. Good luck, its easier that it sounds, trust me, you will soon get used to it.
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Photos from trip LDN to CP TN
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