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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...

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...

So it is time for that longer trip that I’ve been thinking about and a few more items on the ever present “To Do List” have been ticked off, … chain break, master links, H4 bulb for the headlight, camping pillow, ...  a few ciders and Eddie Vedder  (Pearl Jam) is keeping me company with the...

Now that the rack on the TTR is sorted out and I’ve done a daytrip with a bit of exploring to get an idea of what distances and at what speeds are possible per day, I thought it is time to pack the bike for a weekend trip … no idea in particular of where to go but West seems as good as any...

I’ve done a few weekend camping trips with the DR200 and TTR-250 but a long multi-day tour has always been on my mind since discovering what is possible and what people allover the world have been doing with 250cc and smaller bikes …. reading ride reports on the Minimalist Touring Tread over at...