Firstly I must say some products here were purchased from some of the sponsors on my web site and others were purchased elsewhere and overseas. Everything I have on the bike has been paid for nothing was free and I haven�t settled on something because it was cheaper. You will see something�s have been tried and changed because it didn�t work or I wasn�t happy with it. I try to give a reason for everything I have done. It is all my opinion but I have done some real adventure riding testing myself, the gear and the bike. Of the 20,000kms I reckon 80 to 90% would be dirt the most recent was the unsupported 3 state ride see below for an example of what we do

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=16648

And the two day 1100km Tenere run in northern NSW

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=16216

Anyway back to the purpose of this post, I posted this here last Nov when I completed 10,000kms on my Tenere

http://obtrailriders.com/index.php?o...1879&Itemid=75

Now it�s ticked over 20,000kms so I thought I would write about the changes and thoughts etc for the last 10,000kms

One other thing I have drowned it big time because of my short legs, it happened while crossing the Murray and was completely under water for 20 odd seconds. It needed a de-water and 2 oil changes there and then to sort it but hasn�t missed a beat since. When that happened myself and the 9 other guys with me stood amazed that not a thing in my soft panniers or top bag were wet or even damp. The digital dash took two days to dry out but everything including both GPSs still work fine and dandy to this day.

So in following with the 10,000kms on a Tenere post I did 6 months ago here is the 20,000km update. There have been some changes I have made to the bike for whatever reason. I will also cover the tyres run in the 20,000 and what I feel works and doesn�t and why. Please note these are all my opinion but I have changed things that haven�t worked, been honest about the things that haven�t and have. I have spoken with people that know or spent hours researching everything I try to save money for me in the long run. All the extras, the bike and I have been tested beyond the parameters I thought I would ever use the bike for an adventure rider recently said I do good proper adventure rides not just a ride down the main street of Cobar. Hopefully something here helps someone else

To understand everything I have done in the 20000kms you need to read the first 10,000km post here, this thread adds to that one the 2nd 10,000kms as such

First change in the last 10,000kms is the rear racks and bags. I have a set of Barrett racks for my Wolfman Bags. Jason at Barrett Exhausts has manufactured these quality racks. There were some problems with the first batch of racks but Jason was all over it and listened to what we thought needed to be done to strengthen the racks. I had the pre production racks (my bike was used as the jig to make the first set) mine never broke but Jason got them back and modified them to the new spec for piece of mind.

First set, notice no back brace between the racks under the tail light assembly









Updated racks notice the back brace





And the thicker top mounting tabs, thicker because that was where Nickj�s broke





Cost of the racks? Well the racks came as a set from Adventure Moto the OBT deal is $600 for bags and racks
Rating of the racks 9 out of 10 because they are now strong, look good and the after sales service from Barrett�s is excellent

Cont

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XTZ660 Dunlop 606 Rear and 907 front., Ultra heavy duty tubes, heated grips, taller screen, Markrolon headlight protector, Motorrad Crash Bars, Teknik's Suspension, B&B bash plate, Extra power outlets, sat nav + a Gramin 60CSX, MSC under bar mount Damper, Wolfman soft panniers, Andventure Moto pannier frames, Pivot Pegz, Fat bars, B&B rear plate plus more with more to come

2010 Tenere 660, XR650R GHR Safari build HRC kitted very very quick
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