Hi everybody,first post so please be gentle,I have been fixing up an old (1989)xt600z tenere that had been slowly rotting away for the last 7 years and it just passed an M.O.T. today(yee ha)Might have a few questions so here's the first,the bike feels great and runs well apart from trying to engage neutral,is this normal for the bike?Any info on XT's will be gratefully accepted as it's my first bike with a dry sump,

Cheers Andy

to the forum Andy

Not sure if my info is pertinant to your Tenere? .......

But my XT550 feels the same way regerding finding neutral.........after riding it daily for the past 3 years, I've found that locating neutral is a bit easier while the bike is still rolling ....

XT gearbox's tend to feel a bit Notchy in general,

again though, dealing with that comes easier with more riding time,

Remember also that oil changes on Dry Sump systems, require the removal of 2 drainplugs....

1 for the reservoir (mine's located on the frame downtube)....&1 for the crankcase (mine's down below the primary sprocket)

Hope that helps @ least a wee bit.....just my 2 cents really

i have an xs500....

neutral is next to impossible to grab at a stand-still.

rolling, even if its just pushing it forward makes it much easier.

just an oddity of these bikes i suppose.

Hi lads,thanks for the replys,done 150miles on the XT today and was engaging neutral while the bike was still rolling,seem to be the easiest way,found the bike a big difference from my bandit(have to plan overtakes a bit more)but on the back roads it was great fun and very comfy.Put in £15's worth of petrol(3 gallons)and still couldn't see it in the tank(huge thing)but still not on reserve after 150 miles,is this pretty good or normal?

cheers Andy

Hi Andy, have one of those tenere,s meself, great fun. i found if you give the throttle a blip whilst engaging neutral its much easier.

Hi Andy, have one of those tenere,s meself, great fun. i found if you give the throttle a blip whilst engaging neutral its much easier.

Hi joe(hope thats your name)I think I'll keep it for a while as a second bike,have you seen the M.C.N this week the new Tenere looks a bit of all right,fancy one of those(hope the wife can't see this),maybe next year,is your tenere reliable as I might be taking mine round the coast of Scotland next week,

cheers Andy

You might also want to check your clutch cable tension. Make sure the clutch is being fully disengaged. Good check is when the bike is cold (choke is on, revs a bit higher than norm etc). Does the bike snatch when engaging first?

hi you can get good advice on the hubb (horizons unlimited website) theres a xt600 section good stories too see you steve

Hi everybody,first post so please be gentle,I have been fixing up an old (1989)xt600z tenere that had been slowly rotting away for the last 7 years and it just passed an M.O.T. today(yee ha)Might have a few questions so here's the first,the bike feels great and runs well apart from trying to engage neutral,is this normal for the bike?Any info on XT's will be gratefully accepted as it's my first bike with a dry sump,

Cheers Andy

Me thinks you should have let that pil'o crap just rot away!!!

hi you can get good advice on the hubb (horizons unlimited website) theres a xt600 section good stories too see you steve

Cheers mate,very handy website