Hi all,

So when I got my Tenere 2~ years ago I fitted an Adventure Spec bash plate since it looked like the best one on the market and offered some pretty decent water pump protection.

Now I want to preface this by saying that I've never crashed this bike at speed. I've dropped it a number of times off road, but I've never had the full weight of the bike on the bash plate. I've dropped it once on the road at about 5ish MPH but thats it.

I would expect a bash plate of this style (and cost!) to be able to easily take the above impacts, however I went to service my Tenere today and I took the bashplate off so it'd be easier to drain the oil. Upon undoing the bashplate front mount bolt I found the following had occurred:



Now, obviously I can just go and weld this piece back on, and I will, but I'm a bit peeved that I spent �230 on a bash plate only for a major support to break with no major impact occurring. Has anybody else had this happen? I'm going to email Adventure Spec and see what they say about it.

Not a happy bunny!

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2011 XT660Z T�n�r� - Adventure Spec Bash Plate, OTR Enduro mud guard, Barkbusters with Storm guards, Renthal bars, Oxford Adventure hot grips, Metal Mule panniers, Metal Mule Top Box, Rotopax Water/Fuel cans, Metal Radiator Guard, Puig Screen, TKC80's, Fuel Mod, De-Cat exhaust, Chopped tail tidy

2003 YZR-R1 5PW (In Build) - Ex Virgin Racing Pete Beal built engine (fully rebuilt), Full Akrapovic Titanium System, Harris Rearsets, Custom Paint, Tall Screen, Power Commander