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[jht]

Dunno who's done this, however....
Whichever designer stuffed the fuse box, starter solenoid etc under the seat, and then left it all exposed to the water'n'shite flung up by rear wheel etc needs to be taken outside and have their balls (or other parts if not male) dipped in liquid nitrogen
Having to replace solenoids as a service item at 26k seems tad stoopid methinks

So go get an old inner tube from your local tyre place and chop it up



Fit over end of rear mudguard and bolt down using the 2 mudguard bolts (one under fuse box, other under scottoiler in this case) and then cable tie it in place, having punched some appropriate holes (I got flash & used a hole punch). Cable ties arrowed in pic + another one on side around rear resevoir to mc hose.








That should do the trick


(any Moderators wanna bounce this and the clutch cable cover post into knowledge base? tried to post there originally but couldn't)
Done - Thomas.

[tdm850rider]

Give me a linkback to the clutch one and I'll look into it.

[Pict]

Nice work, jht! Must admit I was stunned to see the "hole" in the design - I guess there was a later rethink, and 900's are better protected.

Edited by Pict, 23 January 2007 - 05:50 am.

[Landy]

It snot that uncommon, I was helping a mate sort out the buggered up main bus bar on his Hardly recently, caused by exactly the same stupidity.

[Jez]

Nice one, J. There was another post about this a while back where peeps were suggesting ally plates and fizzy pop bottles but no-one mentioned an inner tube .

[jht]

Fizzy pop bottles???
Now I shoulda done that, but used plastic beer bottles instead (if such a thing exists.. Ah hell shoulda got some White Lightening)
And I'd have to have drunk said contents first, what an excuse for getting rat arsed

SWMBO: "What you want all those bottles of strong cider for?"

" Gotta fix the bike luv!"

[wicklamulla]

well done J, does it protect the underside of the starter relay too ??h

[jht]

Yeah, that the idea!

Cable tied around Resevoir to Rear MC pipe, that little bracket where starter motor cables run through, and around frame cross member just behind shock mount. The aim was to specifically protect the area around starter solenoid, fuse box etc.

After week riding in rain/snow/ general dampness I'll have a butchers under seat at weekend and see what water ingress have had if any & report back

I've also coated the area in ACF50 before fitting rubber, stuff seems to have a good reputation for stopping/preventing corrosion (anyone else used it???)

[jht]

Found this whilst browsing web, not seen an undertray offered for TDM before

http://www.mototunin...tdm850_pdr.php3

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dunno if it extends all way down, different tho'

[jht]

Mai non! je ne pas any idea how to order as my french is pants
Tho' I know a few french speakers, will try get one to have a look and lettuce snow what it says re ordering for you, may not be till weekend tho'

[Jez]

Any idea how I go about buying one, my french is terrible.

I think maybe JBX's french is passable. Or maybe you could get the page translated using Babel Fish or similar.

[wicklamulla]

i used babelfish and im still in't dark. what we need is some feedback from a MKII owner thats actually fitted one, i wonder if someone on the German TDM site has ever used one ??

[jht]

i used babelfish and im still in't dark beating away furiously . what we need is some feedback from a MKII owner thats actually fitted one, i wonder if someone on the German TDM site has ever used one ??

[Edman]

There's a couple on here
Here

and click on Yamaha on left

Say they ship to Europe

Edited by Edman, 21 February 2007 - 07:22 am.

[wicklamulla]

ahhh 900 riders it looks like u can get a decent rear hugger..... from Edman's link above !!!

[wicklamulla]

folks i'm out in the garage taping up me wiring loom on the bike and re-routing it, now the fattest part of the loom that runs down by the rhs frame rail towards the starter relay............... where does it go then, around or under the relay ?? also the loom then splits into smaller sections, 1 to the fuse box and 1 to the outside of the frame rail and up to the tail light, now how do i route this section to the tail light ??? do i route it out over the top of the frame rail with the black felt stuff stuck to it (right next to the fusebox) or do i route it out underneath the same frame rail ???????? sorry fer the confusions............ !!!!!!!!!!!

[wicklamulla]

useless fookers !

[TDMTAM]

useless fookers !

My bikes not in bits so I cant help

HaynesBOL aint much use either.
TAM

Edited by TDMTAM, 28 March 2007 - 09:35 pm.