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Old 14-06-11, 13:02
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I thought about doing the same thing to my bike, Dave. Then I chickened out. I once rode my '96 model Tenere 700km in belting rain from the Barossa Valley to Echuca/Moama. I figure if the same misery was to grab this bike with an unprotected filter, the engine might suffer from a drink it doesn't want. So I reckon mine might remain stock.

Your dyno result is a solid one imo, mate. My old 660 made only 36 on a dyno in Alice Springs, if I remember correctly. After much mucking around opening the airbox via a second filter, jetting and a staintune it finally ran to redline in top on a still day. But now age has grabbed me a bit, and I'm not so worried about it.

Having said that, my '09 model did go to near enough to 175km/h GPS one day, but I think the GPS was pissed. The tacho was pulling 7 grand, though. Don't know how accurate it is. (All testing done one a closed circuit in the name of research, of course. No licences were harmed in obtaining these results).