Nice pic Mudcrawler. QUestion, does your front fender in any way block the airflow to the radiator?

Took the bike out for its first proper run on Saturday.
Stick a tenner in the tank and head south, it's where the sun is, planning to take an easy byway over the hills to the Derwnet valley, but miss the turn and can't be bothered to get the map out. Still the view from the tarmac isn't bad. Nearly get blown off me feet by the wind taking the pic.
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Take the tarmac over the top to the next valley and the wind nearly has me off the road twice. Make the first off road bit, I've not been on the trails for yonks. Taking the pic I'm thinking might have chose an easier one. Bounce down the trial trying to miss the bigger rocks and keep out the big ruts, death grip on the bars, I'm saying to myself just relax let the bike do the work, doesn't help. Wasn't pretty but make it to the end in one piece.
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Give the next trail a miss as I don't fancy the wind over the top, and head up the Wear valley to Alston, which I just ride through, intent on stopping at a good spot I know on a trial, which is just off the road home.
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Looking west down the Wear valley, the phrase "If you don't like the weather just wait"
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Stop just up ahead and get the flask out for a cuppa and a tab. Take shelter under the trees as the wind is getting on me wick.
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Can't resist a spin through the woods to the first gate, tyres show their failing and have a few slides on the way.
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Turn the bike round, more spinning, and head for home down the 686.

Have such a good day on Saturday, get me self out again on Sunday, once the Carlingberg has worn off. Stick nine quid in the tank, wouldn't take any more, and Head North West, it's where the sun is. I'm soon at the first trail. Tyres complain about the inch of mud at the start, but hey if it was easy.
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It's nothing special I just like it, a proper tree lined owld road, so stop for a cuppa and a tab. There's a stable at the end so I take it easy, lots of horses about, but the exhaust note of the ten is hardly loud.
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Head a bit further north before turning west now on deserted single track roads, scenery is good though.
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Getting closer to another favorite trail. Sign sez "Not suitable for motor vehicles after 3 miles".
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You can get to silly speeds along here, but I keep it down to 45, oh come on I'm running in ya narr.
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A couple of twitches from the rear keep the speed down alot through the trees where it's still wet.
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It's about 5 mile through the forrest so I make the last stop for a pic and a cuppa before heading to the end.
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Had back along the wee roads riding past a few more Tenere Trails, but they'l keep for another time.

Couldn't fault the bike, did about 100 mile each day, fill up in the morning, ride all day, sat at 70 on the big roads, just wafted you along the road no hassle, solid as a rock despite the wind, did the B roads fine and handled some easy trails, I like it.

Just need to get bike fit again and remember that waterproof trousers aren't much use left on the kitchen table, cold plumbs on Satda.

Nice little write up fella.

Our paths must have crossed at some point on Saturday, I headed off north up the A7 then peeled off towards Newcastleton, then over to Kielder (was gonna take the forest trail but it's closed!) then onward to the A68 and south peeling off into Bellingham, Wark, over the Military road towards Hexham and South to Hartside. Had a cuppa and a crack with Dazzerrtw, SteveD and Nick (on a BMUU) and we headed off down into the eastern lakes and over Kirkstone Pass, into Windermere for another cuppa and home.....

The roads were a bit on the greasy side, and I nearly came a cropper on the road at the back of fellhouse Fell - I was late for the meet and going way too fast over a big dip in the road, which I left behind as the wheels began to have thoughts of become stewardesses....

Good day though, next week Moffat and the Scottish boys.......

Skunkmoto ............... you lucky 'Bee'!
What great little trails you got round there to ride.
Good pictures.

I don't know if I can wait another week to get my 'Ten'!!!:112:

Barry.

What a fantastic place to ride skunkmoto. You need to arrange a trail ride around that area so us tenere boys from the northwest could ride up and join in. Great pictures.


Gary :eusa_clap:

Nice pics Skunk, looks like a grand day(s) out!

seeing as you seem to know where to go round our way - would you be up for a get together? i'm mad keen to get out on some trails but i only know of a few so i'm a bit lost :)

Cheers
Pete.

Thanks for the replies, I like seeing these posts, gives ya a bit of incentive, and this place definitely tipped the balance for me to get a Tenere, so a big thanks to Cap�n for the excellent site, and all those who have contributed, too many to list.

GULG was planning to get to Heartside to see a few faces, but had a late start, went throo Nethead/Alston/686 about 3-4ish, only saw one bike all day on the Saturday.

PeteBog, could definatley do with some company, don�t really like doing the remote trails solo, if things go wrong you�re stuffed. Loads of trails round your way, amble-rothbury-wooler, haven�t ridden them all, but it�s one of the areas I want to explore on the Tenere. Thead in the ride out bit?

To anyone else get along to your local TRF they should help you get out.

Nice pics, makes me long for spring even more.

Nice report! I envy you guys for having that kind of roads/space. Miles and miles for your own to use! Not running into anyone else... great!

HJ

Skunkmoto, do you have a name for those routes? I have seen similar photos years ago but the routes were Dere Street and Kings Road, both Roman Roads. There is another route up there somewhere that I believe doesn't have one single gat on it in 17 miles, do you know of this?
The routes look perfect for a larger trail bike, thanks for posting, it could be worth a trip over there in summer......

Timpo.

No names for the ones I did, Kings Road? don't know that one. Dere St I know, my lil sig pic is from up that way. Lots of claims in up here got shafted by the nerc bill :mad: which is bout as much I want to say on a public forum. The pics are of legal trails, btw.

Forgot, there's a ferry from Ijmuiden.

my bike
 

"here are some mods guys"

Wow Yam 6, very impressive. Did TT also sell those stickers too? And what that thing right where the radiator is, which has some readings of some sort?

this is my bike but i let touratech uk use it for shows, and no touratech do not sell these stickers this was my idear, as for that thing on my rad that my road tax disc..here are some more for you,

Way cool! Forgive my ignorance, is the road tax disc for accurately measuring the distance and speed, hence good for hooking up with GPS and roadbook? BTW, the black windshield looks great on your black bike, very stealthy.

If I might butt in - alas nothing so fancy Jo', the road tax disc is simply a paper showing you've paid your UK road fund licence (tax) to use the roads...

The unit you are thinking about is an IMO (or ICO, depending on manufacturer), which is basically a digital speedo/milometer that you can calibrate for different wheel sizes, and gives an accurate reading for distance/speed/time etc. It usually uses a magnetic sensor that reads a small magnet attached to (typically) the front wheel rotor.

Most usually used for rallye riding in conjunction with the roller roadbook as Yam6 has fitted to the bars - but for general navigation, not strictly necessary, unless you are following a road book with very accurate distance instructions.

xxx

LOL, thanks JMo, for educating me. The pic just looks like some digital gizmo, which led me to this fascination with what gadgets can be put on the bike. It's just a sticker!

the road tax is something we in uk have to pay every 6 or 12 months to ride or drive cars trucks van quads on our roads in uk.
the windshield look like the "alien" in the film alien vs predator take a close look and u will see what i mean.

Or if you look from the driver's seat and blur your eyes a bit, the windshield and all the instruments together look like Darth Vader's head. :pjrlaugh_61OD3G: , which reminds the driver to "use your force". It's the first warm and sunny day here, just in very funny mood.

IT's the first windshield I like and I think it only works with the black, sort of all blended in nicely with the lines.

Before I forget Yam6, on a more technical issue, how have you found the auxillary lights? Especially on the draw from the battery? Have you tried to have all gadgets turned on, plus heated grips (if you have it), and may be extra plug to heated vest?

the fog lights seam to be OK as they are not always on, i have had them on for about 2hours and every thing was OK, i have no heated grips or vest so on this one i can not say, the road book lights and motors use next to nothing same as the garmin sat nav, if anything this bike is now much lighter as heaver parts are coming off lighter parts go on.there is still so much to go on but its finding the time. :snooze[1]:

A bit overboard
 

Gee I wonder when touratech are gunna start making protectors to protect the protectors!!!..........lol

I have to ask why do you need a map roller if you have a GPS, I mean I plan my trip on a pc then up-load routes and waypoints to the GPS����put the GPS on the bike���go riding and follow the route from the GPS.
Or is the map roller just to make you �look the part�����..lol

In Yam6's defence - a roller roadbook and a GPS perform very different tasks, although, as you suggest, there can be some cross over...

Fundamentally, a GPS needs to be programmed (and once done, means you tend to slavishly follow the route programmed in). This is fine for navigating a relatively simple road/trail route, but if you have multiple turns/junctions etc, takes a lot of time to program the exact route. It is also difficult (if not impossible) to mark hazards such as washouts/blind crests etc. on the screen.

Using a paper road book allows you to put all your instructions on paper, edit them with a pen, and roll them forward or backward and to bypass any particular section completely if you wish. And perhaps most importantly, they are a hard copy - they can't run out of power or get an electrical hiccup, which is the primary reason International Rallye organsiations still use that format. Typically every day there is an adjustment to the route, and it is far easier to mark that on the paper roll, than re-program a GPS unit.

Also, if you are getting the route from a third party (such as a rally organisation or tour company for example), they will need a number of different file formats (never mid the cables connectors etc) to provide the route electronically for all the different GPS units riders may be using.

If you've never used a tulip style road book, then you won't realise how useful (and how much information can be imparted) it is having a roll of paper infront of you! Of course you may well have a GPS unit too - most often to give you a position reading that relates to what is on the paper instructions. In rallyes you'd use an IMO computer too, to accurately count the distance between the instructions in the road book.

Hope that clarifies?

xxx

ps. I agree with you about the "protectors to protect the protectors" (hee hee) - half that TT stuff is just excess clutter, even if it looks nice in anodised aluminium... x

Yeah ok i can see the need for it if your competing in a rally/race, but i still don't see the need for touring arround on a trip?

i would imagine if you ever go to somewhere like Morocco (which is entirely feasable these days) or anywhere where the road signs are crap, and your GPS packs up, you'll think to yourself "hmm, maybe a paper hard copy isn't such a bad idea"

yeah its called a road map.......lol

I agree, although I know Chris Evans' trips in France use a paper roadbook for directions, and a number of other foreign trail riding companies do too as the tulip diagram style isn't so language specific... having the day's route on a roll chart allows you to ride at your own pace, rather than nose to tail in convoy if you see what I mean?

So for an organized trip they can useful - but for general traveling on your own, I agree there is no real benefit (unless you like writing out your own instructions on a roll) - as you say, a map (and maybe a few notes) is all you really need...

xxx

yes i do use both, last time i use the road book was when i went from John o groats to Gibraltar a route that was a 3145 miles only by a/b roads and as you know the sat nav sometimes can not keep up, or do not show all off roads, cattle grids, steep hills or drop off's ect ect, so having the road book is always a good back up for any road/off road trip,what if your sat nav go's tits up, what do you do if your on your own at night "what did we all do before the sat nav" i love the road book and i think i always will use it, i just have to fit my imo now because the speedo/miles on the tenere is well out.

Tenere Crash Damage
 

Came off my Tenere at about 40mph today into a soft loamy field near Thetford !

Damage was : screen came off in one piece - having sheared off all the attaching black plastic bolts ( good design) as I went through it ! Just needs new bolts .

Front left indicator head was found lying in the field - might go back together onto stem.

Indicator mounting grey panel had its two locating pins snapped off where they go into the tank .Might try using some spare plastic bolts to make replaceable "dowels" saving buying a new one each time .

But the worst damage was to the tank , must have flexed as it went down and cracked off the paint beneath the indicator - no leaks or anything - luckily so hopefully can find some near match paint .

Anyone want a cheap Tenere ????

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"hope you are ok" parts from yamaha cost
indicator cost �15, screen �30, grey plastic �15 tank respray �100

i can help with the indictor and screen plus screws, if you want them pm me your address and i will post them up to at "no" cost, all my best sean,

Wow ! - Thanks for the offer Sean , screen survived undamaged , suspect the screws were supposed to be "sacrificial" that way - so have just ordered 25 M4 nylon screws to replace them and have a few spares ready for next time !

Those parts prices are not too bad at all but being a "careful" individual and knowing it will go down again I will try my luck at a couple of repairs - if it doesn't work out I haven't lost anything .

Shoulder got a bit tweaked so not looking at it tonight .

Thanks again for your very generous offer !:)

thanks for the pm mate glad to help mate parts are just siting there in the shed get in my way.......

Wow the screen is only 30 quid??

I have a nice unsightly skuff on mine (droped it at front of house and it hit the wall) and had not bothered to change it coz I thought it'd cost a lot. For 30 quid I might be tempted to just get it done though.

Only thing I can't work out is how do you get to all the bolts to undo it?(especially the bottom ones)

Yesterday after some off-road drop-downs, we did speak about the cost of the replacement parts. I did ride Honda bikes for a couple of years. Everything (even the screws!!!!) have massive prices. Therefore, I was always looking for after-market replacement parts or good protection (think crashbars). I was stunned about the Yamaha price-list.

The Tenere is practical crash-proof (really, I've seen the proof of that yesterday). The only parts that may need replacement, are reasonable cheap. Good thinking of mister Yamaha.

(and another good reason to use the machine for what he was designed for, Allroad!!!!!)

all packed and ready to go i will post them Monday after work....

ps i put three in there for you.

Well here it is my new XTZ, done 70mls so far and looking good.

Indicators received today with grateful thanks to Yam6 for such fantastic help :Worship_9TRHEA:

Will give bike a good jetwash (if I can manage to get it out the garage!) and get fixing it back how it should be !

What a great forum with superb helpful members !!:WellDone_OROQR1:

And here in Brazil we're still waiting the T�n�r�...
I hope it'll come in the next thousand years...:BangHead::094::thumbleweed:

heres mine
 

Here's mine - picked it up yesterday
great fun and undoubtedly the best colour :nana: http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/s...ephotos005.jpg