Hello again everybody!!

As I'm preparing for a long journey throughout Europe and Africa I thought I should share some pics with my mod to the Tenere as I'm taking them.
Before I start I would like to thank everybody who contributed with precious info on this forum, especially all the admins. Things are much easier when you have all necessary info put together in one awesome place.

My first mod was the elimination of the snorkel (and setting the idle to ~1500rpm) mod I have done in the second day after I got back with the bike from Germany. Even without any fuel mod I can say that the tenere runs much better without it. I improvised a gasket from an car shaft boot that I had laying in the garage. It's temporary thing till I'll get the Unifilter foam thing. I also fitted a NGK CR7EIX Iridium Spark plug.

Snorkel out


Temporary Gasket




Everything in place




Next I bought all the necessary parts and I built a Kev mod following Kev's guidelines (big thanks KEV!!!) and after servicing the bike at Yamaha dealer I installed it and set it at 3o'clock. WOW!!! This is one completely new bike. The bike pulls so nice now from 3000rpm all the way to 7000. No more heavy vibrations between 2500 and 4000. Those two mods I would recommend them to everybody riding an XT. They will completely improve your bike.

Needed parts


The final product


Everything in place (Except tank&seat)


Air sensor loom disconnected from the sensor


Air sensor loom prepared; Assessing wiring layout


KEVMOD soldered in place


Tank in place; KEVMOD final position


Next Mod: KTM plastic handguards. After waiting more than a week as the Bucharest KTM dealer haven't had them on stock (how stupid is that!!!) I finally bought them and installed them on the bike. At first I install them without the crossbar (a little more vibey without it) but after a few days I managed to squeeze the crossbar back in. The only thing I had to change in order to make them fit was the clutch lever (I had to chop 1,5 cm of it). They fit really nice, are cheap (~50E) and look pretty sturdy. I forgot to mention that I kept the bar ends. I think it gets pretty vibey without them.

What you get in the package


Fitted HG



Next Mod: Cheap Ebay Footpegs. Nice mod, nice quality for the buck. Larger than OEM.

Fitted pegs



Will continue..........