Mike's Tenere & Motorcycle Blog

  Coolant Change Yamaha specifies ethylene glycol antifreeze containing corrosion inhibitors for aluminum engines mixed with distilled water at a 1:1 ratio for the Tenere 700 to be changed every 3 years.  Maxima Coolanol High Performance Coolant - from Maxima website High performance coolant and antifreeze formulated to provide protection from overheating and freezing under even the most extreme conditions. The extensively developed formulation combines premium ethylene glycol and pure deionized water with advanced additive chemistries to provide optimum cooling, water pump lubrication and corrosion protection for all liquid-cooled engines. The robust anti-foam system minimizes pump cavitation, thereby increasing cooling capacity and extending equipment life. Redline WaterWetter® Super Coolant Redline  WaterWetter®  Super Coolant is designed to provide improved metal wetting & excellent corrosion inhibition when added to plain water or a glycol coolant improving heat transfer &

  Sea to Sky Facebook Group: Nicomen to Merritt to Princeton 2 day 887 km Ride Sept 9: 8 am meetup at 202 street & Hwy #1 Langley (9 riders) Sqewqel Gas Bar Hwy #7 North of Agassiz Hwy #1 waiting for pilot car north of Boston Bar Murray Creek FSR from Hwy #12 north of Lytton to Hwy #1 north of Spences Bridge Decent to Hwy #1 north of Spences Bridge Steve Andronyk on his KTM 690 Southbound on Hwy #1 north of Spences Bridge to  Nicomen River FSR to Hwy  #8 & Merritt This section was more scenic that started with steep & loose switch backs climbing to the summit NW view atop Nicomen River FSR Sept 10: Coldwater Rd south of Merritt to Kane Valley FSR to Princeton  (8 riders) Today's ride was varied & dotted with small lakes, with a mixture of mostly 3rd & 4th gear gravel with baby heads & loose fsr, steeper rutted & rocky loose up & down hill sections, some quad & single tracks with a few small water hazards & downed trees to get over & finis

"Mother, mother ocean, I have heard your call" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YSigW4DzEk ... a little 2 wheeled therapy yesterday with Jimmy Buffett in my ear landed me staring out over a falling tide contemplating some of my "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes".