hi all, i thought i was being left out of the oil draining hose thing,or maybe i didn't ride fast enough[or no oil in the engine eek].the only draining mine does is water funny enough.

with the pictures of the two bottles my 09 has the newer bottle so if you can view a new bike in the show room with the modification let the dealer know,it just proves the older was not doing its job and you want it sorted as running low of oil is not good,especially for warranty claims

stoic

Hi first post, been following this, as i ride 260miles 3 times a week, backroads, a roads and motorway. i have a black 09 ten with this mod, have only had to empty a tea spoons worth of oil from the drain pipe in the last 2500 miles, so seems to work

Excellent! I'll be on the phone to my dealer in the morning!

Result!

xxx

The mod breather is also available in Holland and one is ordered for mine, it'll be installed tomorrow(during the 20.000km service). Not yet figured out if it's a warranty case(probably yes), but the costs are minimal: not even 12,- bloody euro's! But hey, after that, no more oily stuff in the drain-hose!
Greetz, Hans.

just got confirmation from my dealer: Yamaha Belgium also offer the new breather box and consider it a warranty case. You might need to ask for it yourself though as it is not an official recall.

Phoned my dealer yesterday who called me back after speaking to Yamaha technical, dealer needs the bike in to check something ? before ordering the part. Sounds a bit suspicious to me but going in 1st thing Mon.

Make sure you gun it all the way there, and that tube will be nicely filled up with oil...

xxx

I went to the my spanish dealer, and they don't even have the new ref.# in their database!!!!. They called the Yamaha factory and the answer was at least funny, no one has ordered that part yet in Spain ;) :)

The good news is that I will have the new part the next week.

have fun,

j.

Took it in this morning for the dealer to check "something" on behalf of Yamaha technical, told the dealer he didn't need to mention any modifications :unibrow: . part has been ordered as Yam Tech are aware of the problem. 1/2 day to fit as they need to have the bike cold so they don't burn their dannies.

I have changed mine, both parts and labour were free of charge from Yamaha Spain, but I use the bike everyday and I took the part and changed it at home.

I would NOT recommend anyone to change it but themselves unless you are skilled and have a good set of tools.

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6131/img0774.jpg

Below is the new one.

As a side note, the material quality of the tenere is not as good as other jap. bikes I have owned. The Minarelli engine and the italian screws require a good set of tools and IMHO they will get damaged very easily if you over tighten them.

have fun,

j.