Rear brake mod
 

I hacked off the end from a brake pedal of a honda xl600 and welded it to the rear brake pedal of the tenere (well my friend did, but it was my idea):toothy10:

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Should be more crash resistant now and that's the way Yamaha should have made it in the first place.

Nice job! And you are right -Yamaha should have done this from the outset. They made the gear lever spring loaded so why not the brake pedal??
The more i live with my Ten the more i think the mighty 'Y' just paid lip service to the whole 'overlander thing'. Where did they do most of the test riding? Surbiton high street?

i was just thinking about how to do a bendy brake lever the other day actually, right after i dropped the fuggin thing and bent my brake lever....

Nice job fella.

very nice indeed. Have to get me a xl600 brake pedal asap!

Proper job.

Cue a rush on XL600 brake pedals on ebay!

What are those pegs? Is it the standard peg with the rubber hoiked out?

I would like to know where you got that little plate on the engine cover, just behing the brake lever, and what you call it. I want one

I'm not saying xl600 pedals are the best, it's just what we had laying around, it's not a perfect fit but can be made to fit good. They are the standard pegs without the rubber.

@rudiedj: the little plate is as standard and I think is glued on, maybe you can get it at Yamaha.

That plate desappeared from my bike. Yes, it's only glued.
Nice job with the brake pedal!

The old XT600s had folding brake leveres too if you want to stick to Yamaha stuff !:icon_cyclops_ani:

Probably have one for sale soon but its attached to my '86 XT600Z !

My XT600 came out with a straight brake pedal just like the Tenere has. Replaced it with a later model XT600E bendable brake pedal after an off bending it back onto itself until it rested ontop of the footpeg.

I also now have a brake snake fitted.