Mike's Tenere & Motorcycle Blog

  Tenere 700 Fuel Pump  Replacement  Tea Bag Filter  Yamaha does not list any service interval for the fuel pump & related filter, but it is worth ensuring that the entire fuel delivery system performs as per spec & with proper pressure. At 35k km or 22k miles the tea bag filter on my 2014 Super Tenere 1200 ES was dirty resulting in pressure drop that affected performance & fuel economy...the change is subtle & progressive so difficult to ascertain without a pressure test or physical inspection via removing the fuel pump. As with the Super Tenere 1200 & other Yamaha models they do not sell just the fuel pump tea bag filter, instead requiring buying the entire pump assembly (#BW3-13907-00-00), BUT Suzuki, who uses the same Mitsubishi UC-T35 fuel pump on their V-Strom 650 & other models does sell it, part #15420-44G00, which can be sourced on AliExpress. AliExpress Sourced Bike Model Compatibility Chart AliExpress 3 pack order w/free shipping $1...

   LS2 MX701 Explorer Carbon Frontier (Titanium/Red) Helmet The 1,450 gram (+/- 50 g) or 3.2 lb (+/- 0.11 lb) LS2 MX701 Explorer Carbon Frontier (Titanium/Red) helmet replaces my 6 year old 1,650 gram or 3.6 lb Nexx X.Wed2 helmet (1.9 kg or 4.2 lb with SMARTH Cardo Communicator as per my cheap luggage scale). Canadian distributor Kimpex only offers 3 Explorer Carbon models as of this date: Solid (all Carbon) $599.99 msrp, Focus (carbon/high vis Yellow) $649.99 msrp & Frontier (Titanium/Red) $649.99 msrp.  A shout out to Aaron & Modern Motorcycling in Vancouver for every day pricing that is competitive with online retailers & even Black Friday pricing....my all in cost was under $500, which is tremendous value for a light weight carbon helmet of this quality & features. Features 1,450 gram (+/- 50g) intermediate oval shape (Champion Helmet's scale recorded 1,494 g or 3.29 lb for a medium & my cheap luggage scale shows 1.5 kg or 3.31 lb  for m...