Geoff's Super Tenere rebuild...

[GeoffD]

Is that salt on there Geoff or just road dirt?

Its that white shit corrosion stuff that seems to grow on ally when its been stood out in the rain...

[GeoffD]

I have been watching S10's on UK ebay and what look to be fairly presentable units have been going for 500-800 or thereabouts.
I would grab the best cheapie I could and use what you have as a donor. Then flog the remainder at project end.
A lot cheaper in the long run.

I know exactly what you mean Dave.... I've been bidding on S10's for 2 or 3 months now for that very reason, but they seem to be growing in popularity, the prices have gone mental.... so I'll keep looking & start with this one...The main thing is I've got a frame, logbook & registration number.... once I get the frame coated, its just adding bits to it after that..

[55W1985]

[CharlieGreger]

Oh you Lucky...Lucky Bastard!!!

If the other two rebuild are anything to go by, then this is going to be brilliant!! I didnt know a thing at all about the S10 when i bought mine, and am still a long way off from knowing enough about it. It has been an awesome bike so far and i am sure you are going to be very happy with yours!!!

[xtjoe]

Can only be good, well done as always making it very interesting with your abilities ................

[GeoffD]

This bike should be on the tip.....


Hacksawed through the exhaust mounts cos they were seized & the bloody whole thing fell off....the headers were just rust...



The bloody nuts are totally seized here.... gonna wait till I get the head off...



God knows what happened to this swinging arm to get bent like this...





This engine mounting bolt is a bastard....



And so are these two bolts...



The socket slipped off that one on the bottom of the shock abs, bloody hurt it did.... bastard



Swollen hand....

[Mezo]

Looks like that parts bike i stripped a few months back, every frigging bolts was solid

Times like this when you need one of them air ratchets Geoff, rattle the buggers undone.

Mezo.

[Just Dan]

Rattle guns and wd40 are your friends. I have been whinging about my Tenere. I think Geoff now has the new Wilfred. Stubborn little fella.

[GeoffD]

I've got an air gun chaps..... doesn't help with some of these seized bolts though...

[vander]

I have seen motorbikes being rescued from the bottom of a harbour after sitting down there for some months or years and they looked pretty much the same (damn drunken tourists... )

I know it rains a lot in England, but salty and so much to do that to a bike??