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Paid closer attention this morning, the sort of ggrrrrr sound goes away in about 30 sec and is there only after a cold morning/evening start-up. GRIM mentioned "Oil Bypass" ..... This makes me wonder if the new 20w50 is not a bit thick for start-up during the colder winter months now? (I've...

XT660Z Tenere Cold Start Engine Noise My XTZ has always had Motul 3000 20W50 in it and run/idle quiet from a cold start and when hot. On a recent and long (4000km plus) trip and not wanting to ride the Motul till the 10000km service interval I replaced it on the trip with Castrol Actevo 20W40...

What is actually more annoying at this point is that the fuel gauge never indicates a full tank even if it is filled up till right into filler tube. Is this an XTZ thing?

It is actually only the last two on the right (engine and coolant temp) that occasionally light up briefly. Took a spin over to Yamaha where they plugged their diagnostic tool in, only code that popped up was for the lean over sensor that got activated once ::). They reset it but that did not...

On my XT660Z when I turn the ignition ON all the lights come on, the RMP needle goes to its full range and all the lights go out as the RPM needle starts moving back down again. This is all normal as per the user manual. On occasion however and as the RPM needle approaches zero the three lights...

My 2010 on Kaspersnek Pass near Pilgrims Rest

On the road between Fouriesburg and Ficksburg riding a DR200 from Pretoria to George.

Hi all and Doctor KLR, Is this Tech Day for tomorrow Sat 2nd March at 8,30am still on?

Sadly the TTR is no longer sold new in SA and they seem to be quite scarce second-hand too .... there was one with about 1500km on for sale on the floor at Yamaha Centurion, not sure if it still there.

Standard ratio in SA is 14/44 but I’m also running a smaller front sprocket, so the ratio now for a long time has been 13/44 and I find it much better than the standard ratio for touring and commuting. The TTR has got a very smooth 6 speed gearbox and with 13/44 it cruises very comfortably at...

Sorry DRAZIL, I do not have any more photos of the village. Ran out of memory on my camera later on in the trip so had to delete some .... needles to say, more memory was promptly installed soon after this trip.

;D ..... yes that tent, actually looked at one of the photos and was wondering the same thing myself. Think I've had it from somewhere around 1990 or something. Still the lightest tent and easiest to pitch of all my tents though, so it usually goes with when I take the 250 for a spin. The TTR...

Day 3: I’m up early but slow in breaking camp and getting everything strapped back onto the bike. It is much nicer lounging around with a coffee and taking photos. But the sun waits for no one and eventually somewhere after 09:00 I’m on the bike but first go and look for a waterfall someone...

So how do I start one of these again, have not done a long ride for quite some time. No one else to blame but myself for not maintaining that strange concept some refer to as a “Work-Life Balance”. As an average rider I’ve got no obsession for dirt only or searching for serious technical...

TTR 250 – Ghost Town & Snow Too much work and too little play fortunately results in almost 40 days heaped up leave. The company “concerned” about my wellbeing basically tells me to take leave ... perhaps they are more concerned about me taking all of it at once and disappearing into the...

What a surprise to see these old ride reports on the first page after all this time .... for a few moments I thought I’ve somehow ended up on an older page of the ride reports section in my search for information/ride reports for Namibia/Botswana. slicknick – Well spotted, that is a jumper boot...

It’s already been said but reading the whole report in one go ... well done! Awesome trip and report.

Hi all, New to the KLR, got a new 2010 in April and it has already got 3200km on  :ricky:. Some questions though. Is there a KLR specific thread on the Wild Dogs forum? If I get an Eagle Mike Doo should I ask Kawasaki to put the Doo in with the 6000km service or is it better to do it somewhere...

Paid R90 for Saturday