My 2024 Tenere 700 with Farkels

[SteveInNorCal]

I wanted to share some details about my T7 and the mods I've made to it.  Some background - I've been riding motorcross bikes since 2007 and adventure bikes since 2012.  My first was a 2012 Multistrada but that didn't last long - ok bike on the road but horrible off-road.  I "upgraded" to a 2015 R1200GS and loved that bike for 10 years.  I upgraded to a '24 GSA in April before ultimately deciding I wanted something smaller, lighter and more nimble for the BDR and similar routes around here in Northern Cali and the western states.  So that led me to buy my T7 in July '24 bone stock.  Since buying it I have to say it's been amazing but with most anything, it's gotten better with the personal mods and customizations I've made.  

 

I wanted to share what I've done thus far as well as my thinking behind the choices as well as some data that may be critical to some of you - weights.  My priorities when adding items was 1) performance to task, 2) weight, 3) cost and 4) ease of installation.  I kept a spreadsheet of what I added to track #2 and #3.  I'll share the weights here in case anyone is interested.

 

A bit of reasoning on items I've chosen:

• Camel products - I wasn't familiar with Camel before I got my T7 but have been really impressed with their communication, engineering and price.  I really felt the T7 needed it's rear brake and clutch fixed and of course the pegs were a bit small.  So I went with these products.
• Scotts Damper - I do 80% of my riding off-road with some really narly ruts, roots and rocks.  I've made good use of dampers on the GS and figured it would be good on the T7.  I went with the TripleClamp Moto installation because I didn't have to remove the steering head nut (and retorque).  Although I did find the tools needed to do this properly.
• Yoshi full exhaust - I really like the Akra stuff but since I was removing the cat (more on that below) I needed to run a spark arrestor.  Yoshi makes one for the full system I got so no worries running the T7 here in very dry northern California.
• Altrider - I've been using their stuff for 10+ years and it's held up to everything.  Might be a bit pricy and a bit more heavy but I know they put a lot of effort into engineering it and it'll last longer than the bike.  Note that I got their euro 4 crash bars which only work since I removed the cat.
• Quadlock - similar to Altrider, been using their stuff for a long time and have it installed on the GSA as well as in my car & truck.
• McCruise - I have carple tunnel in my right wrist and while I can ride it really helps to have cruise control for the there and back road ride.  This was the only fully electronic cruise I could find.  It's expensive and complicated and large and heavy but for me was necessary (I hate throttle lockers). 
• Thunderbox - I wanted a quick and easy way to get power to added items and this has worked great.  Easy install and not too expensive.
• Motology display & GPS mount - a really nice solution to mount the T7 display side by side with the Garmin Zumo XT2 in my case.  I will say you'll need to be careful about clearance of handlbar add-ons like the barkbusters.  Again, easy install and solid (it's literally a solid piece of metal with the appropriate cut-outs for mounting the T7 display.  You'll need to drill your own holes for your GPS or mount of choice.  I wound up making a 3D mount to stand-off the Garmin mount a bit to be flush with the T7 display.
• LSK ABS Dongle - I hate having to reselect off-road settings after every key cycle so this was an easy choice.   Works great, dead simple install.  Not too expensive.  Now I just use the ABS button to select rear off, ride off road all day, then press it again once I'm back on the tarmac (must be fully stopped, this is an ECU limitation).
• Motostill sticker kit - I really liked their designs and their price was really reasonable.  They are out of Istanbul Turkey but I got my kit in less than a week.  Install was relatively easy and this was the first time I'd ever attempted something like this.  I'm happy with how it turned out.  Pics below.

 

As for weights, you can see in the table what things weighed, both what I took off and what I added.  The addition of ~20lbs is probably negligible and would be less without the cruise control.  I'm pretty happy with it.

 

Oh, and I did a tubeless conversion.  It's been sitting tubeless with a new set of Motoz Rallz on it for 3 days now.  It's lost about 2 lbs but I did the install when the ambiet temp was about 95 degress and now it's in the 60s so that may be the reason.  Jury still out.  Easy conversion, hopefully it doesn't fail.  I'll carry tubes for awhile just in case.

 

This forum has been a fountain of information so thanks for that and I wanted to give back a bit!

 

 

[jdub53]

@SteveInNorCal Nice bike and build!

 

I saw your comment about carpal tunnel, and thought I'd share that I experienced that in my right wrist about eight years ago. While riding my R1200GS-LC (one of the smoothest bikes I've owned), within 10 miles my right hand would get so numb I couldn't tell how much pressure I was applying to the front brake lever. No such issues when I'd then jump on my DR650, so ergonomics must have been a factor. Anyway, within three days of corrective surgery I was back on the computer keyboard for work, was riding again a week later and no more carpal tunnel issues. 

 

Hope you enjoy your T7 as much as I do mine. 

[BikeBrother]

@SteveInNorCal

So now its time to ride that beauty.

[maddog123]

very nice bike !!

[AZJW]

Welcome from Arizona.  Nicely appointed T7 and the spreadsheet is nice touch. I'm married to an Accountant so I've seen a few of those in my day, but they usually detail how much money I shouldn't have spent! Looking at your oem 2024 LED turn signals and how much better they look, I think I'll start searching for threads that cover the conversion from the bouncing pumpkins. Enjoy the bike, my son & I are eyeing the NorCal BDR so if you have any current Intel, please share.

[Hollybrook]

@AZJW my wife has an MBA and carefully monitors my spending on toys. This has never been a good thing for my car racing and motorcycling efforts!

 

At least she is a good sport, because I have bought bikes while she is away from home on more than one occasion.  

Edited August 24 by Hollybrook

[SteveInNorCal]

On 8/24/2024 at 6:47 AM, AZJW said:

Welcome from Arizona.  Nicely appointed T7 and the spreadsheet is nice touch. I'm married to an Accountant so I've seen a few of those in my day, but they usually detail how much money I shouldn't have spent! Looking at your oem 2024 LED turn signals and how much better they look, I think I'll start searching for threads that cover the conversion from the bouncing pumpkins. Enjoy the bike, my son & I are eyeing the NorCal BDR so if you have any current Intel, please share.

Nothing yet, I've got a trip to CO first half of Sept and UT second half.  Plan to do the NorCal BDR in October.  Should be cooler temps by then too.  From what I've seen it looks great.

[AZJW]

On 8/28/2024 at 6:16 PM, SteveInNorCal said:

Nothing yet, I've got a trip to CO first half of Sept and UT second half.  Plan to do the NorCal BDR in October.  Should be cooler temps by then too.  From what I've seen it looks great.

Enjoy your trips and I think you'll find the T7 a really good BDR platform. Hopefully the NorCal BDR isn't a tour of burnt matchsticks.

[RobRoy]

Howdy Steve... 

Thanks for the itemized lists...  Really saved me some time.   Been looking at the bike for four ( 4 ) years now. 

Randomly speaking to my now expired MIL's next door neighbor whom I knew rode and we'd had short convos to get out and do it. 

He recently sold a Goldwing, now selling his KLR ( but he had several more dirt capable bikes before that ) told me our mostly Quad and SxS motorsport shop had some T7s, which surprised me.  ...even moreso on sale. 

So I'm running up against the pick-and-choose add-ons list with most priority on convenience. 

I'll probably have some questions along the way.   Nice to meet you.   

                                                           Bob 

[SteveInNorCal]

4 hours ago, RobRoy said:

Howdy Steve... 

Thanks for the itemized lists...  Really saved me some time.   Been looking at the bike for four ( 4 ) years now. 

Randomly speaking to my now expired MIL's next door neighbor whom I knew rode and we'd had short convos to get out and do it. 

He recently sold a Goldwing, now selling his KLR ( but he had several more dirt capable bikes before that ) told me our mostly Quad and SxS motorsport shop had some T7s, which surprised me.  ...even moreso on sale. 

So I'm running up against the pick-and-choose add-ons list with most priority on convenience. 

I'll probably have some questions along the way.   Nice to meet you.   

                                                           Bob 

When you get one you'll love it.  And it's fun (and pretty easy) to work on and since the T7 is so popular you'll have a lot of choices to make it uniquely yours!  Enjoy it!

[RobRoy]

Steve,

We cleared two ( 2) units off the floor... 

First things first....  That tail has to go immediately.  LOL 

I'll probably put a 'Paw' on the kickstand, spools on the swinger.

The front fender has to go UP, and I'll need a rear rack to sack stuff.

After that I'll ride it some, re-calibrate the 'money throttle' then figure out where to go from there.  

Thousand dollar cart clearing is painful, but fun ! 

I can hear the girl now, "What now ? ".