The Tenere Owners Thread

LC8TY · 10-01-2008, 12:54 AM

OK, all you Tenere owners post your pics here. Old or new, clean or dirty, stock or modified, lets see them.

Lets get started with mine, its a 99 XTZ 660. I brought it as a project bike and now it is almost complete. Mechanicaly the bike was OK, it just needed a tidy up and some new parts like -

New paint and decals
Tinted screen
Higher bars
Lower footpegs
Hand gaurds
Stainless steel exhaust
Excel rims (18" rear)
Stainless Heavy duty spokes
Mini indicator lights
Racetech suspension rebuild
Swingarm bearings and bushes
Tyres
Chain and sprockets
Brake pads
Clutch cable
Heaps of elbow grease fixing, cleaning or replacing minor bits and pieces

LC8TY · 10-01-2008, 12:55 AM

LC8TY · 10-01-2008, 12:56 AM

johno · 10-01-2008, 03:38 AM

Dont tease the Yanks, they were not as lucky as us or the Poms.
They didnt get these models

scooterhose · 10-06-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by johno

Dont tease the Yanks, they were not as lucky as us or the Poms.
They didnt get these models

ManitouMike · 10-01-2008, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LC8TY

IMO best looking Adventure Bike ever--absolutely beautiful....

Tim · 10-01-2008, 06:09 AM

soundasleeprecording · 10-01-2008, 06:56 AM

If yamaha released this bike - today - in the same spec - they'd sell every damn one - for $10k. I'd be first in line at my local (or distant) dealer to get this.
Bloody Aussies!

Cooky2159 · 01-27-2011, 02:21 AM

OK, well I finally had some success and a little failure.

What I found was that the alloy thread that you see in the close-up is encased in a rubber sleeve that
was well and truly wedged into the bars. This HAD to come out to get the mounting kit inserted.

So after much sweat, blood AND tears...yes there were some I got the thing out.

Then I went and bought some new handle bars and now need a different size mounting kit.

LOL, ahh well some days the windshield, some days the bug....

Thanks all.

apostolos71greece · 01-31-2011, 02:27 AM

Hello boys and girls, glad to keep this thread alive, i am from Greece and a proud owner of a 1991 3yf xtz 660 tenere, here are a couple of fotos

Frey Bentos · 10-02-2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LC8TY

That is really, really lovely. I had the same bike in green. It shook the body work to bits. Great bike. You must be really happy with it. Top Notch.

usgser · 10-02-2008, 02:46 PM

Not trying to bend this thread sorry.. but what years were the dual headlight models available?
thanks,

AnteK · 10-02-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by usgser

Not trying to bend this thread sorry.. but what years were the dual headlight models available?
thanks,

1994-1999

Tim · 10-07-2008, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnteK

1994-1999

Don't forget that the 600 Tenere also had twin headlights.

Cathalp · 11-01-2008, 07:10 PM

My trusty 1991 registered XT600Z in Poland,on our way to Budapest via Scandinavia from Ireland.

10-01-2008, 12:54 AM	#1
LC8TY ^OP must......find.......fuel Joined: Dec 2006 Location: was Kununurra, now Carnarvon, Australia Oddometer: 2,297	The Tenere Owners Thread OK, all you Tenere owners post your pics here. Old or new, clean or dirty, stock or modified, lets see them. Lets get started with mine, its a 99 XTZ 660. I brought it as a project bike and now it is almost complete. Mechanicaly the bike was OK, it just needed a tidy up and some new parts like - New paint and decals Tinted screen Higher bars Lower footpegs Hand gaurds Stainless steel exhaust Excel rims (18" rear) Stainless Heavy duty spokes Mini indicator lights Racetech suspension rebuild Swingarm bearings and bushes Tyres Chain and sprockets Brake pads Clutch cable Heaps of elbow grease fixing, cleaning or replacing minor bits and pieces __________________ Some men like the fish'n, Some men like the foul'n, Some men like to hear........ to hear the cannonball a roar'n!

10-01-2008, 12:55 AM	#2
LC8TY ^OP must......find.......fuel Joined: Dec 2006 Location: was Kununurra, now Carnarvon, Australia Oddometer: 2,297	__________________ Some men like the fish'n, Some men like the foul'n, Some men like to hear........ to hear the cannonball a roar'n!

10-01-2008, 12:56 AM	#3
LC8TY ^OP must......find.......fuel Joined: Dec 2006 Location: was Kununurra, now Carnarvon, Australia Oddometer: 2,297	__________________ Some men like the fish'n, Some men like the foul'n, Some men like to hear........ to hear the cannonball a roar'n!

10-01-2008, 03:38 AM	#4
johno Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia. Oddometer: 2,893	Dont tease the Yanks, they were not as lucky as us or the Poms. They didnt get these models __________________ Down in the land of the confused(mainly me)

10-01-2008, 06:09 AM	#7
Tim Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK Oddometer: 2,291	__________________ A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying........."Damn..We F*cked Up" - Anon.

10-01-2008, 06:56 AM	#8
soundasleeprecording genuine pleather seating Joined: Oct 2005 Location: dallas, texas, EARTH (mostly) Oddometer: 515	If yamaha released this bike - today - in the same spec - they'd sell every damn one - for $10k. I'd be first in line at my local (or distant) dealer to get this. Bloody Aussies! __________________ Ahhh, the internet, where all things go to die. '07 KTM SuperDuke '89 Yamaha XT600/Tenere hybrid Life is a box of chocolates, but some of the chocolates have twin bolts that spring through your cheeks when you bite into them.

01-27-2011, 02:21 AM	#9
Cooky2159 Croozin Joined: May 2009 Location: Galston, Australia's premiere step off point Oddometer: 42	OK, well I finally had some success and a little failure. What I found was that the alloy thread that you see in the close-up is encased in a rubber sleeve that was well and truly wedged into the bars. This HAD to come out to get the mounting kit inserted. So after much sweat, blood AND tears...yes there were some I got the thing out. Then I went and bought some new handle bars and now need a different size mounting kit. LOL, ahh well some days the windshield, some days the bug.... Thanks all. __________________ Cooky

01-31-2011, 02:27 AM	#10
apostolos71greece n00b Joined: Oct 2010 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Oddometer: 6	Hello boys and girls, glad to keep this thread alive, i am from Greece and a proud owner of a 1991 3yf xtz 660 tenere, here are a couple of fotos Attached Images

10-02-2008, 02:46 PM	#12
usgser Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Westside WA Oddometer: 1,485	Not trying to bend this thread sorry.. but what years were the dual headlight models available? thanks,

11-01-2008, 07:10 PM	#15
Cathalp Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Ireland Oddometer: 36	Irish Tenere My trusty 1991 registered XT600Z in Poland,on our way to Budapest via Scandinavia from Ireland. Attached Images

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