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Yes it lives, luckily so does the King!
History: The king cart wheeled his Tenere at speed during a ride on the first weekend of Feb this year. He spent some time in hospital and has had a longish recovery time.
The bike, ummm damaged would sum it up. It was cart wheeled, we can confirm because the front and the rear was damaged. The rear was damaged straight down, this means it was hit from the top down or the bike was upside down when it impacted. Seriously the damage is purely cosmetically, looks worse than it is. These things maybe a little heavier but they are strong.
The King is one of the many guys that help us out and makes Rideadv work. He is the King of logistics at Rideadv, few of us really know how much he does. He has also continued during his rehabilitation to organise so much for me and Rideadv for the three rides he has missed.
I would like to thank all of the supporters that have made the repair/rebuild of the King’s Tenere possible. Yamaha Australia through Peter and Shaun with all the genuine Yamaha parts. Adventure Moto for all the accessories, so many bits and pieces and extras it didn’t have before, thanks Steve. To Shed – X for the paint work on the fuel tank (Cheers Jimmy) Lefty for opening up his workshop at GFMS, giving me a key and a help all the time, champion.
So to the build started recently as the King got the go ahead to return to riding
Firstly I stripped the bike down to check it out, was the frame bent? Could it be repaired, was it a write off? Once the tank was removed and all the bent damaged components removed the frame etc. was checked and all was ok. We found the tank had been pushed to the left and the top mount was bent, but that took only minutes for me to straighten under Lefty’s supervision. The forks were removed and inspected, checked all ok. The parts were ordered and the bike relocated from Adventure Moto to Geoff Forshaw Motorsports workshop. This is because it is only a minute from home for me and Lefty was generous enough to offer and make it happen.
We hung it up and it started.
Once stripped and confirmed the rebuild started, the new lower triple clamp and all new head stock bearings greased and installed. A new B and B radiator guard (new didn’t have one before)
Rear racks removed (new ones supplied by Barretts arriving this week)
Centre stand obtained not new but almost (new for the King to have one)
Brand new B and B Bash plate that the King purchased to suit the new Touratech crash bars supplied because he didn’t have a set before
New speedo mounted up on the new headlight bracket
More tomorrow night
TB
Spent tonight at the shed drinking a few quiet ones on my own and chipping away at the royal steed
Fitted all the screen mount rubbers, plastic headed screws and screen
Fitted a new set of LED blinkers on the rear, they don’t stick out like the factory ones, are brighter and are harder to damage
Fitted the forks, steering damper etc
Attached the heated grips, new fat bars (didn’t have the adapters for the bars I thought I did :blink: so I cable tied them until tomorrow) Fitted all the new switch blocks, adapters and ran the clutch and throttle cables
More tomorrow night
TB
I wouldn’t worry about the bar mounts, cable ties will hold her in place
It will be back on the road in no time.
LC4skin wrote:I wouldn’t worry about the bar mounts, cable ties will hold her in place
It will be back on the road in no time.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
The old bars were a tad bent, must have been good strong ties on those :silly:
Its a new patented quick release system, the ties snap saving you from bending your bars
I must say that TB is doing a great job on the rebuild of the Kings Tenere. I haven’t really done much just supervised and casting an eye or two over the project. Oh!! I did get the lower steering head bearing out……. As TB flagged that job for a little while :laugh: :laugh:
Anyway its coming along great and it wont be long before TB……. oops the King :dry: is wheel standing it up Attunga Rd.
Cheers Lefty
wow good job guys cant wait to be back riding with the king
Its finished (well as soon as the the rear rack is bolted on)
Wiring was still being completed at this stage. The tank was resprayed at Shed-X Dural
New fat bars added as it was built
New front wheel built and balanced
Kieran helped
All new
USB charger added, heated grips added
New racks
Thanks to Steve Smith at Adventure Moto, Peter at Yamaha Australia, Jimmy at Shed-X and Lefty at GFMS it couldnt have been done without all those awesome people and companies.
It will be on its way back up soon Strucky I promise.TB
The Chariot of the King all shiny & new again !!!
Well done TB and all the guys involved
Yesterday on my way to Brisbane I had the pleasure of dropping of Strucky’s bike. It was awesome to see just how excited he was. Ride safe mate
Thanks again to Steve Smith at Adventure Moto, Peter at Yamaha Australia, Jimmy at Shed-X and Lefty at GFMS it couldnt have been done without all those awesome people and companies.
TB
Well done to all involved.
Happy trails King
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