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Hi Tony,
Thanks for the info and photographs of the bracket mods on your single can, very helpful.

I have a black 2010 tenere with 750kms on the clock. so far I have added:

- 'Off The Road' bash plate
- B&B radiator stone guard
- Guard-IT rear luggage plate (not sure if i'll keep it)
- Oxford heated grips
- Bark Busters
- 12volt power outlet
- Garmin zumo 660 gps (hard wired)
- 'Off The Road' centre stand

Stuff that I have orderd but am still waiting on:

- Excel rims (front & back)
- SW Motech side racks
- Andy Strapz soft panniers (4 pocket)

Stuff that I still have to do/get:

- Ohlins rear shock
- Ohlins internals (front)
- SR single can like yours

That will just about do it. I am going to leave tuning standard for my trip as I want reliability and fuel economy while I am travelling.

I will be leaving Australia at the mid to end of January 2011 (not long now!!!!) and flying to LA where I will uncrate my bike and begin my ride south. I have decided to cross the mexican border at Tecate as it is apparently a lot quiter than some of the other crossings. After that I will head down Baja and ferry it across to Mazatalan. This is where my plan ends after this point I will just make it up as I go as I have no real time constraints but eventually want to end up in Argentina.

I will be travelling on my own until July/August when a friend from Australia will be shipping his bike to South America to meet me for three months.

you should crate that bike of yours up again and come for the adventure!!!

Tony,
Very trivial but I am having trouble deciding whether to go with black Excel rims or gold. I have only just orderd them and they haven't shipped yet so I still have time to change my mind. What do you think looks better?

One other thing, I have just talked to the guys from 'Off The Road' and they said that if I orderd the short version of the SR can and had a baffel put in like yours it would actually decrease power. For best power gains the longer can is recommended. Aesthetically the shorter looks way better IMHO.

Hi JMo,
It was your bike that made me think of gold rims in the first place. I'm Just not sure how it will look without the WP forks, maybe they will come later.

Hammer1

Didn't notice any decrease in power - bike had enough grunt for me both before and after the switch to the SR short exhaust with baffle. It "looked" as though it had 100Hp more than before so must have been faster!!!!!!

The gold rims will be even faster - yeehaaa!!

When I modified my rear rim - courtesy of some mud, it took some of the paint off......

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC06051.jpg

...... I reckon if I can be bothered, that I might polish the sides of the black rims to bare alloy - it might look pretty trick (and cover up the scratches from my cack handed puncture repairs):002:.

Having said that, I have Jenny's second set of gold rims with black hubs waiting to be installed in some WP forks. Mate - that'll add at least another 300Hp and save 100kg - what a machine it'll be then:evil::evil::evil:

I reckon the gold rims on the black bike will look sweet - go for gold my man!

Your mods sound spot on and you should have a blast on that trip. I'd pack up and follow you, but got to earn a crust now and then:089::089::089:

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Originally Posted by tuscan (Post 142251)

Mate - that'll add at least another 300Hp and save 100kg - what a machine it'll be then:evil::evil::evil:

Keep that weight loss up and you will be able to fly it instead of riding it....

Tony,
turns out I was a tiny bit too late to change my mind on the rims. I rang Thorsten from OTR and they had just sent the order so it looks like black rims for now. I'm not too worried it will still look the part!!

I'd Love to see some photos of yours when you get the gold rims and WP front end on. I will get some photo's of mine posted soon, at the moment I am away for work so unable to post any.

Was your single can stainless or titanium? I'm thinking of going stainless so if something happens to it I can repair it on the road more easily.

Have you got any idea what a set of new WP forks are worth?

thanks again, don't work too hard and make sure you leave yourself enough time for the fun stuff ie. RIDING!!

:bling::bling::bling:

Lovin' it people! :002:

Hammer1

The can was Titanium (weight loss reason again) with Stainless (i think) link pipe, and it didn't need repairing on my trip. If you bin the bike that bad that it stuffs the pipe behind your luggage, then I reckon you might have other things to worry about :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

I got my WP forks off Ebay in the US. They were from a 2004 450EXC and cost way less then new. They were unmarked and after a service by my tame local WP fork guru they will be another orgasm of mechanical perfection:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Have a good trip mate.:thumbsup::thumbsup: