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.

whats a brake snake??

Ian, youre selling the new old xt600 already? you must let me know why and your thoughts of new versus old - or was it too much maitenance?

Cheers Graham

Hi Graham

P'haps I should PM this but anyway ! Chinese bike got me back from Spain in four days- no problems at all , not even a bulb , Pyrenees were great sold that today http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/dirtpro6.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/dirtpro4.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/dirtpro7.jpg

But am now tempted by a Ducati Multistrada .........:happy8: - er yes I know , I know but with a bit of financial work it might be ok - ish .

So was considering selling the Tenere - havent put your spokes in yet though - my bike ownership is not the most stable I know :angry7:
Still think a "freshly made" ie "new" old Tenere might be a better long term (as if I'd know!) bet than the 2008+ Tenere as far as "bush repairs" etc are concerned .Old Tenere is much easier to wheel around etc ( or maybe just not so worried about dropping it ?) but haven't put it on the scales yet. Xt660Z was 217kg on my scales - more than my old 750 Elefant.
Going to do some work on my Ten tomorrow - change fork oil etc and rear tyre/spokes and will make a decision afterwards - maybe !

Have you tracked a Tenere down yet Graham ?! - if not I think you'd be best off buying my old one at an advantageous rate and then spending half the cost of a new Ten at Dave Lambeth getting it prepped !

Will let you know where things head next !

cheers

Bloody hell Ian youve now got the Multi strada....

Just how many bikes have you owned... This year? It must be like a chop shop round your house!

Actually I have looked at the Multistrada but not a bike I'd green-lane. probably going to end up getting �3200ish for my bike (�2400 depreciation in 29000 miles and 3 years)
But I have no idea where to put that cash at the moment.

Looking at all the New Teneres being brought and quickly sold on it would appear that it is a very specific bike to live with. I am holding out until August when I will be in the right place to buy, but we'll see.

Cheers and PMing you as well.

G

A brake snake is when you stamp on the rear brake and the bike fishtails out of control down the road...

...no, really it is a little loop of wire that runs between the frame rail (typically) and the brake pedal, primarily to stop debris jamming between the pedal and engine, but also to stop it bending outwards and/or into a banana in the event of a crash...

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You're spot on - the Tenere is very specific to live with, its definately a love/hate thing with the big Yam and i don't think many bikers would entertain one for too long if they've been used to big Jap inline 4's for example..

Its a bit unusual ( to quote TJ) but not at all sure if the Tenere is a genuine "do it all" bike or a very particular "niche" bike - ie it can fit a lot of different roles but none of them particularily well but maybe as a bike for a Morocco trip etc it might be better than anything else available ?:eusa_whistle:

Yes, it certainly seems to be a bit of a 'jack of all trades' and at least when the roads get a bit 'third world' it won't spell the end of the tour.
I'd love to see a 'long way round' thing done on the Tenere to see how it fares.
The XT660R certainly stood up very well on the Himalaya thing which Bike magazine wrote about way back..

Hi Guy's.

You just need to ask JMo about the capabilities of the Tenere.

Can't wait to read all about her adventure's in TBM Magazine later in the year.

Bless you Gary... mind you, America was just the beginning... it is now my intention to prove the new Tenere is every bit the Dakar bike it's predecessors were (well, ok, maybe not actually win, but you know what I mean...)

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Gary I suppose I am not suggesting the Tenere does not have the capabilities just I know what its capabilities are with me riding it compared with me riding some other bike !:unibrow: