Spring ride …
Nice warm weather today, but the water from the recent heavy rain showers takes several days to drain away.
April 2024
New tires …
For the Honda NT1100
Pirelli Angel GTII is still my favorite road tyre 👍🏍️
GPS bracket …
It was not particular easy to make a proper bracket for the Garmin Zumo XT on the Honda NT1100, and it took some serious dismantling of the bike to connect the power supply to the bikes harness.
The Apple Carplay feature on the NT1100 is nice, but for me it is not a substitute for a real GPS system.
It was worth the hard work and I’m very pleased with the result.
March 2024
New wheel bearings …
The old front wheel bearings was starting to rumble, so new bearings (front and rear) was installed today.
First ride in 2024 …
The winter storms was quite hard on the local harbors !
January 2024
Custom made ear plugs …
3D printed and with a special filter to cancel out wind noise frequencies.
It is still a couple of months before the weather permits motorcycle riding again, but I’m definitely looking forward to test the new ear plugs 👍🏍️
December 2023
Throttle holder …
I do not need a fancy electronic cruise control, but on long transport stretches, it is nice to be able to lock the throttle and relax the right hand grip.
I tried a lot of different solutions (home made devices, bought products, modified products) and most of them failed to be perfect, because they could not apply sufficient friction to avoid the throttle from closing slowly.
Long story short: Go Cruise 2 is the only one that works perfectly out of the box – the rest of them are now in the dust bin.
It just shows how much hidden engineering it takes to make simple solutions brilliant 🏆
Cockpit setup …
Here is a picture of the complete cockpit on my Tenere 700 – when all options are installed.
- Garmin Zumo XT
- Original dashboard
- Old iPhone as backup GPS
- Garmin Inreach Mini sattelite communicator
90% of my riding is just with the Garmin Zumo XT and obviously the bikes own dashboard.
The iPhone is just a backup GPS solution, and the Garmin Inreach is only used for solo riding in remote areas.
But it was quite fun to attach all the gear for a quick photo 😉
Corrosion protection …
The area around the front mounting bracket on the Tenere 700 gas tank is known to corrode (thin paint layer and a welded-on bracket).
So when the tank is off anyway, a spray of wax based corrision protection is probably not a bad idea.
New spark plugs …
A quite time consuming job. After the plastic covers and the tanknis removed, it is necessary to move the ABS block, disconnect 10 multiconnectors, and move the water cooler forward.
