Mike's Tenere & Motorcycle Blog

  Tenere 700 Hwy Pegs Mounted to AXP Skid Plate I sourced these folding hwy pegs with rubber o-rings on the peg on Amazon.ca for $29.58 (did not use the tube mounts). Was able  to mount to my AXP skid plate utilizing existing vent holes with the following hardware: 21.2 mm diameter aluminum 4 mm thick wall tubing cut at approximately 30 degree angle on 1 end to use as spacers to allow for adjustable positioning of the pegs four 8 mm x 30 mm button head allan bolts with nyloc bolts + blue loctite eight 38 mm washers to mount to the skid plate four 25.8 mm washers to mount pegs to the mount two HD hwy peg mounting plates I had in a parts bin Mounted to AXP skid plate using existing vent holes & HD hwy peg mounting plates from parts bin.   They are positioned to fold back & up about 45 degrees to minimize issues when riding off-road or dropping the bike. When folded in they are the same width as the outside tips of the shifter & foot brake lever.   They...

  Congratulations Gord Aulenback & GA Checkpoint Yamaha on your 50th Anniversary! What an amazing accomplishment in addition to being the #1 Yamaha dealer in Canada. Father & son John & Ken brought their mid '80s Yamaha RZ 2 Strokes for display.

  Spare OEM Clutch Cable Routed Parallel  to Original Hope for the best, prepare for the worst - decided to run a new oem clutch cable parallel to the original to save the day when replacement is necessary 😀 Sealed off the clutch end with a rubber hose snugly fitted to the threaded housing & plugged the open end. Sealed off the clutch lever end with Gorilla tape

  Cyclops Tuff Light Full Flex Turn Signals  Cyclops Adventure Sports acquired Extreme Dual Sports & Tuff Lights in 2023, renowned as the original nearly unbreakable blinker & completely updated the LED function & operation creating what Cyclops promotes as the most robust, water & impact resistant signals for adventure & dual sport bikes. They sent me one of the early production ready signals to replace my existing Cyclops Multifunction 3.0 units which had experienced reliability issues because of manufacturing issues outside their control & are now discontinued.  Owner Darryl VanNieuwenhuise   & team Cyclops have set the bar extremely high for product performance, quality & customer service/support as demonstrated by them not only replacing my faulty Multifunction 3.0 signals last summer to tie me over for the riding season until they were production ready with the new Tuff signals this year (have heard similar testimonial...

  MWR Filtercage & Outercover My interest in the MWR Filtercage & Outercover, which MWR promotes as "Extreme air flow with Extreme protection" is multifaceted & driven by several other modifications & considerations:  shortcomings with my existing FunnelWebFilters airbox lid mounted pre-filter (loose gravity press-in fitment rotated slightly forward by contact with seat pan during seat installation that is susceptible to water entry & inconvenient to clean/oil on multi-day rides/trips);  desire to incorporate water protection to an open airbox lid design/oem snorkel removal or lid mounted pre-filter system;  ease of cleaning without chemicals & quick drying;  optimize an upcoming 2WheelDynoWorks ECU flash & recently installed Black Widow decat header  & be compatible with aftermarket air filters.  Paul at BellissiMoto, USA was very responsive to my queries regarding the "New Filtercage that replaces the stock airbox c...