I have a 43F swing arm for the drum brake here in the states if you want it. Just pay postage and it’s yours

They can be opened by cutting along the seam around the back panel. I have no recommendations as to how to do it, it's not easy and it can make a mess.


I vaguely remember an old forum post about cutting one of these open. Been trying to find it in the search but no luck yet.Basically the trick ...

That huge fiberglass fairing was always a heavy nuisance!

The small plastic fairing of the 43F is very similar to the stock 1VJ fairing. It's not perfect but hey. :tenere:

Stock 1VJ
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/931eea_f74410b2b6e04df882395f00c12669ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_599,h_364,al_c,q_80 ...

Some plastics don’t like adhesives very much. Clarke brand motorcycle tanks in the USA are made of a roto molded plastic that will not chemically bond to adhesives, glues, or paints so stickers just fall right off, paint peels, and plastic and epoxy repair patch kits for damages are useless.

I don ...

Anybody got $12,000 so i can make my Tenere look that good and sell it for $10,000?

LaurensR65GS wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:14 pm I have a friend living in Texas that is interested. He is not a member of the forum yet. He applied to become a member though. How can he reach you?

They can send me a message on the forum or reply to this post once they get signed up. No rush

It's time to let them go. I don't ride them and I don't want to fix them anymore.

1VJ and 3AJ for sale in Utah in North America. $4,000 for both.

3AJ is a rolling basket case with a repaired engine out of the frame.

1VJ is all together, just needs some time and a battery to get it started again ...

Goofing around with the 500 this weekend. Trying to practice lifting the front wheel and maybe get around to a proper pivot turn. For now it’s passive rock sitting and mountain vistas.

Great way to spend a holiday

Looks like there is a difference but many many shared components

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1200933185157585&id=100057227450503

Here’s an old forum post from 2017 about it


Howdy Tenere fanatics,
Today I had a look at what I thought was a 39E for sale, turns out to be a 39F ...

5 years in the making, nice work. Now break the engine in proper with a hard ride and post some photos!