How to fit a damper to a Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere

Fitted my damper today, wasnt the easiest damper I have ever fitted I have to say but worked out great

Original setup with bar risers

The ignition cover needs to come off, two phillip screws

Once the cover was removed it reveled the steering lock bolts are shear bolts. Once they are tight they shear and it prevents people unbolting the steering lock

I drilled a small hole in the cente and once I was sure it was in the centre I drilled it as big as I dared below the head height

I then used a drill bigger than the bolt shaft size to get rid of the head

Once the head are drilled off the lock lifts up and the bolt left over normally comes out
with your fingers

Both bolts out, ready for the pin bracket

Once done I removed the standard bar mounts and mounted the bar mount bracket, it needed a spacer between the rubber mounts and the bracket

It was now I discovered I hadn’t listened to Steve when he said it is a fat bar mount, I flew down got Suttos and got a few sets of bars so I could try a few before I decided. (try that with your cheap US web shops :laugh: )
Once a set was found I bolted it all up and happy days

I then drilled and tapped a thread to mount my GPS

The only other thing need was a fat bat bark buster mount kit

TB