m/general-motorcycle-qa u/Alex Garage 2446 10 months ago

Help thread: Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment

I am trying to build a sane checklist for Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment before I start buying parts I may not need. The symptom is intermittent, which makes it extra irritating. It behaves perfectly the moment I decide to show somebody else.

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u/Mia Workshop 2446 10 months ago

For Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment, try to reproduce it with notes: cold start, hot restart, bumps, rain, full lock, high load. Patterns beat guesses every time.

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u/Ben Torque 2446 10 months ago

If you can, post a photo of the part, connector, plug color, or dash message. A decent photo can save half a page of wrong assumptions. That is how I would approach Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment before spending money.

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u/Sara Miles 2446 10 months ago

Does Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment usually point to one system, or can it be caused by something completely upstream?

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u/Thomas Spagnoli 10 months ago

Thomas Spagnoli: workshop approach for Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment

For Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment, I would slow the job down for ten minutes and make the evidence visible. Guessing feels fast, but it usually makes the repair longer.

  1. Define the condition: cold, hot, idle, load, rain, bumps, full lock, after refuel, or after charging.
  2. Test the basics first: battery, grounds, fuel quality, connectors, vacuum leaks, air filter and recent work.
  3. If intermittent, move the loom gently while monitoring the symptom. Do not pull hard; you are looking for clues, not creating new faults.
  4. Replace parts only when a measurement or repeatable test points to them.

Keep the original setup in mind. Many faults appear after a small change, and the change is often more useful than the symptom.

For students, this is exactly why I built the free Motorcycle Mechanics Course on this platform. It teaches the method behind fuel, spark, compression, charging, diagnostics and safe workshop habits, so problems like Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment become a sequence instead of a guess.

Add the model year, mileage, recent work and what changed before the problem started. With that, the next test becomes much easier to choose.

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u/Alex Garage 2446 OP 10 months ago

I will test this in order and report back. This is already clearer than the usual 'replace everything' advice. This should make the Tenere 700 chain noise after adjustment thread useful for the next person too.

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