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Ride: Last Ride of the Season - Eastern Fraser Valley

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Chilliwack River..there may be more fisherman than Coho...the road to Chilliwack Lake was littered with vehicles...lol Elk Valley, east of Chilliwack   Hemlock Mtn Ski Area South view from Hemlock Valley Road Sunset from Burnaby Mtn...Vancouver Island in the background

Super Tenere 1200: Replacing/Cleaning the "Tea Bag" Fuel Pump Filter to Restore Mileage & Power - Guglatech Fuel Filter

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Unfortunately Yamaha does NOT sell a replacement "tea bag" fuel filter despite it being a press on design that easily separates from the pump for cleaning.  Another Yamaha Super Tenere Forum member (BWC) kindly published detailed pics & procedure of the pump removal in 2017 via this link: https://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?threads/fuel-filters.23488/    So I won't repeat that info except to reiterate to be careful of the fuel sender unit & the necessity to carefully depress the small plastic tab slightly on the FP housing to clear the fuel tank opening during removal...once removed the fuel sender assembly can be removed from the plastic housing & the housing comes apart via releasing the tabs exposing the metal cased pump. Placing thin plastic between the housing locking tabs eases separation of the inner pump housing.     Before Cleaning Pics:  My 2014 ES has 35k km, of which the bike had a Guglatech fuel filter installed in the tank ...