Hi my name is Ian and I live in Zandvoort , Holland. I bought a bad 1VJ which needs a rebuilt. Before this bike I rebuilt a TDR250 with a lot of help of the members of the UK TDR forum. Finished after 18 months of hard work, riding it scared me so I sold it again. I am a member of the Dutch XT500 club and we have a website too but the forum is scarcely used. I used to do a lot of offroading but now I am more interested in making nice journeys. I made 2 trips to France this year with my XT500 using only secondary roads and I can imagine that a restored Tenere is very good for this and electric starting... wow, that is a luxury I have never experienced!
Cheers Ian
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Mezo
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Hi Ian & welcome, nice thread hijack 
Yes we can help you with your rebuild, lots of very helpful guys on this forum can guide you through it.
Mezo.
Yes we can help you with your rebuild, lots of very helpful guys on this forum can guide you through it.
Mezo.
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Thank you Mezo, I have bought the bike 2 weeks ago and taken it completely apart, I first want to tackle the block, which is a challenge on its own. I will upload some pictures later, perhaps on a other chapter of this forum
Best regards,
Ian
Best regards,
Ian
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You can say that ... but I don't care ...Mezo wrote:Hi Ian & welcome, nice thread hijack
@Ian: Welcome. You had the same problem as I, a rarely used Dutch forum so you also went "over sea's"
The story is also almost the same, bought a XT600Z, taking it apart and then rebuilding it.
I will start a new thread with pictures of my progress and, of course, questions ....