charliext1vj wrote: Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:19 pm Is it a 3aj with 34L tank?

The bike :
It is a mod year 89 2kf with the mod year 83 600Z 34L tank, mod year 88 3AJ shortened seat, mod year 91 3TB crankcase with eletrick start.
All Fairings / fenders is vacumbagged with two layers of true aircraft industri carbon fibre.
Magura protaper handlebars with risers and barkbuster handprotector
Modified bashplate
Handmade luggage rack in carbon/alu / titanium.
Wheels is the genuine 89 2kf alu rims.
Tire Michelin T63 130/80-18 rear and Metzeler Karoo2 90/90-21 front
rearfender / tail light, - I think is from an old TT
The updated graphic is from the famous 1985 Sonauto ( Gauloises Blondes ) paris - Dakar rallye team ( with black base due to the carbon )


Engine:
3 TB crankcase el.start
2kf cylinder head, ported
JE 97mm high comp piston with 11,5 compression
HD valve spring kit with titanium collets
Stage 1 camshaft
stainless bigport headers
Laser produro sport exhaust
Original carburator with dynokit, ported rubber inlets.
Oilcooler from - Off the road.de
+ oilcooler termostat.
KN airfilter.

All the electric harness is from the mod year 91 3TB el start.
And I added an Lazer LED light, just to at least see a little bit when its dark

( There is huge differenses on the XT600 when going thru the modell years, Il been trying to pick the good thing from the different models )







Comming up is stainless Rallye pegs from -Bosley1980-

Best regards Brage

very nice ..... some great ideas for my next project!

Grat modification!

It's a really nice looking thing , can you clarify if the panels are wrapped or carbon throughout ?

jibber wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:59 pm It's a really nice looking thing , can you clarify if the panels are wrapped or carbon throughout ?

They are wrapped, meaning the panels and fenders where first plastic shoot blasted( to clean and roughen up the surface ) and then wrapped with two layers of carbon fibre reinforced plastic on the face side and cured in a vacuum bag system. Then sanded and surface treated / clearcoat painted to a nice finish.
It is extremely difficult to get the headlight fairing and the front fender with the air grillrist in a good looking condition. Not to mention how to vacuum bag these parts without crushing them

Maybe you guys are thinking, well your not saving any weight when just wrapping the parts. True enough, but all these parts in total will only save you something like a kilogram. The idea was to reinforce and stiffen up the plastics, especially the front fender. And this works extremely well. It doesn`t go all over the place when you speed over 100km/h like it used to, and most certainly I did it for the looks

It can be done, to make the plastics completely out of carbon fibre, I know how - but then you have to add three or more layers of carbon and the job is a lot more difficult, because you need to get the tiny things that you need when your fitting the parts to the bike. And as I said the weight saving in total will be very little.
Its only the two small side fairings, the tiny headlight fairing and the front and rear fender. On this bike with the small fairings- its not any weight at all
One hamburger an one beer less and its adds up


Best regards Brage

No, I was not thinking that at all, your bike, do what you will, looks good.

Please more old Tens on the road.



Kindly regards
Brage

The only black Tenere i know of.

Mezo.

My Ten on the road...