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Well, I near pissed myself reading this thread! :laugh:
I tell a fib, the Tenere isn’t 100% stock, I took the rubber inserts out of the foot pegs and it does have a Rideadv sticker on the Perspex bug deflector, that seems to make it go a whole lot better.
Not sure if Melissa enjoyed it all that much as she was scared that she was going to fly off the back due to the shear grunt of the Tenere, this leaves me with two options (1) Change the power delivery curve back to stock by refitting the rubber inserts into the footpegs and/or (2) fit a Screaming Eagle ® sissy bar like what was on the Harley. :whistle:
Actually Eagle, it wasn’t too hard to stay ahead of the boys on the Beemers as they were fully aware that my Tenere was TB’s old RideAdv lead bike and they just presumed that they weren’t allowed to overtake it.
Besides they still had another 10 hours of riding ahead of them, as they were heading to Hampton so they weren’t really pushing as hard as I know they could.
Despite all the piss taking, I enjoyed the day out on the new bike, saw and rode some great country, rode with some good blokes (that rang me yesterday and thanked me for showing them around), had a sneaky beer or two before lunch, scared myself more than once and also got to share some seat time with the missus. All in all, no matter what style of riding or bike I was on it all that adds up to a good day all round. :woohoo:
Don’t fret Snowy, I have a shed full of bloody trail bikes! And a adequately stocked beer fridge. The Tenere will serve a purpose that can involve the dear wife in a ride or two, she wasn’t keen to get on the back of the XR!
The old Mick is a alive and kicking, still loving a bush bash on the Pig and I don’t drink lattes
Thanks for your concern.
