Yamaha TDM Riders

Can I ask where the belly pan fairing came from? I can't see it at hfcarbon.

Be patient, it will soon be offered in their catalog. I asked that it be made of carbon.

Thank you. It looks good in lava red too. Give the bike some balance.

The old girl finally died.
My TDM has 280 000 on the clock and was feeling a bit tired - the gearbox had become semi-automatic....at least it would automatically drop from 3rd gear into 2nd.

I have been using it still as my other bike - a Cagiva Elefant 900 - is proving less than reliable.

I was riding home from work the other day and the gearbox finally became terminal - lots of noise and the bike started to loose power.

That left me with 2 sick bikes & no transport. What to do? Buy another bike of course.

I've picked up a 92 TDM850 with 50K on the clock cheap as the reg & battery were cooked & swapped over all the good parts from my old bike.

Great fun. The Elefant may have to go....

280k miles, that's quite an achievment, do you know if the bike has had any major replacements in that time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwcr9wvIcQ&feature=player_embedded

how to display video ?

I went for a ride over the weekend, and found myself at Lake Te Anau - here's a pic of where my TDM found itself at:


Earlier in the weekend, it also found itself on the south west coast at Tautuku:


All up, 1,500 kms for the four days, and a nice break.

Nice pics Shadowjack. I toured a bit of the South Island a couple of years back and it was so nice to see Lake Te Anau in your post... Great scenery you have there and a great ride too. Any more pics of your tour...?

Just finished reading Bob Goddards book of his Serow tour around new Zealand (Land of the long wild road). Nice to have your great pictures to go with it.

Thanks for the comments, folks.
For a few more pics, I have posted a short RR across in Ride Reports - There and back again - Not a Hobbits Tale.

Nice RR Shadowjack. Thanks. Here's a direct to page link. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=644590

You just tryin' to make us feel bad?




Freezin' in WI

It's a southern hemisphere thing, I guess - I know how I feel when bad weather interrupts my riding; how you northern hemisphere folks handle all that snow is a mystery.

Hello. I'm Harald, living in Kyoto. I didn't do so much adventure riding yet, but I'm preparing. First step, skid plate....

Hi Harald,
Welcome to the asylum.
Nice looking skid plate. What make is it?

Great photos, looks like fabulous touring country, bit lonely looking though, is everyone in Australia now

I can recognise being set-up, ya know...

Seriously, now - Yup, and nope.

Yup, including Shadowjack-daughter (seen the light, haha)

Nope, because of the scenery and stuff, it's a high-density tourist area, and quite a few are more accustomed to driving on the wrong (I was going to say right). According to a cuz living in the area, it's a dangerous place to ride/drive. He's not so badly off, with his FBT.

And, while distance-wise it's not in the same isolated-from-civilization league as Aus, the nature of the roads means it can take a while for emergency services to get to your crash site. Hope for good helicopter rescue weather...

Merry Xmas, folks, and a Happy New Year.

........................ and seasons greetings to you also

It's a "Kyoto-special", made from 60x40cm 2mm aluminum and pop rivets. 50 dollars and around 10 hours to make.