Hi,
I bought a Tenere last week, a 2008 with only 1563 miles (2517km). My Tenere is wonderful to drive, i have only been on asphalt roads and been driving only 434miles (700km) so far.

A day ago my Tenere suddenly stopped working... so i had to bring home my bike in a trailer... When I was looking for tips on the internet I found this forum :-)

Thanks to reading threads on this forum about regulator problem i could guide my dealer to make a complete solution and not only replace the regulator.

One of the pins on the connector and regulator has melted together and are burnt.

The only good thing is that Yamaha Sweden has put a 5 year warranty on this model and this error is covered by this extended warranty ... so now waiting for my dealer to bring home a complete new harness (I think you guys calls it Loom in the threads) with the upgraded connector and a new regulator. They ordered the items today....

Will unfortunately probably take a few weeks before I'm out on the road again ...

Ah, the dreaded Rectifier problem, the Achilles Heal of the Tenere.


Still, at least it's getting fixed for you.

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Hello and welcome to a great forum - and its already been useful to you.
Hope the repair is done quickly for you so that you can get out and about on the bike.

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Hi and Welcome..

Enjoy your time here...



(I must check my own regulator tomorrow...mine is 2008 model too)




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Hey up buddy welcome onboard!

Will have to check my reg too as ive had my 08 model a week now and its cut out 3 times in the last 2 days. Once of which I was doing 40 onto a roundabout............oooh officer lol

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welcome bud and lucky about that extended warranty... gotta luv free stuff

Hello and welcome aboard.

Shame about the regulator problem rearing its ugly head, I bet you're really frustrated having just got your hands on it! Hope you get it fixed quick.

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Hi and welcome. Might I suggest when you get the bike you have a look at the connector itself and make sure that there is dialectric grease in there and that it is snapped together correctly. You will notice that the pins are very small and need to be firmly connected or..................you know the result.
I know from personal experience as I had the first UK model to have this fault!
I how have a small LED 'gizmo' from "Gammatronix" which indicates to me what is happening at the charging end of the bike, might be worth having a peek!


Hope this helps.

Cheers SteveD

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Thanks for your input guys!
My mechanic called me today and said that he will have my parts within 2 days So i will leave my bike this week and hopefully it will be ready next week, and yes he has promised to fill up the connector with dialectric grease...

I really like this bike so it's a shame that it's already broken...
This is my fourth bike I buy from this dealer so I have good confidence in him and are sure that the work will be properly done. It's also the same dealer who sold this Tenere as new to the owner before me