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Okay, so I got to pick mine up last friday! What a machine! The weight difference with my Super Tenere is very noticeable (duh!) and the triple is a peach. I'm being cautious during break-in but I can feel her eagerness...
 
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I also installed the mounting tabs for the Kriega soft luggage. 
 
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And the US-20 bag looks like it was made for it!
 
 
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I am one happy SOB and looking forward to many km's on her!
 
Cheers,
Mark
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Did your come with those PR-4's?
Good observation, redfjniner. I have great confidence in the wet weather characteristics of the PR-4's. And since the Netherlands is usually pretty humid, I asked the dealer to swap the D222's with these. 
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Generally speaking, we have found the D222 to be pretty good here in the States on our roads. I am a PR person and have used more sets than I can count. 0, 2, 3 and 4s. I put PR-3's on the FZ because the Dunlops that came with it were sh#t. The FZ-07's came with PR-3s. We can't buy the D222's here in the States. (yet)

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I love that first pic, putting it on the front page collection! Let me know if that is a problem and I'll take it down.
 
Congrats!
 

Okay, so I got to pick mine up last friday! What a machine! The weight difference with my Super Tenere is very noticeable (duh!) and the triple is a peach. I'm being cautious during break-in but I can feel her eagerness... 
zCRj85M.jpg
 
5NVwppl.jpg
 
 
I also installed the mounting tabs for the Kriega soft luggage. 
 
tvW8feR.jpg
 
And the US-20 bag looks like it was made for it!
 
 
wZuWNTo.jpg
 
 
I am one happy SOB and looking forward to many km's on her!
 
Cheers,
Mark
 
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Hi Andrei!
 
Theoretically it is pretty simple. Just loop the straps around the subframe. The issue however is the lack of space to guide the straps. I used a large tie-wrap to pull the strap through. I bent the end of the tie-wrap so that it would pass around the the subframe tube. I then taped the strap to the end of the tie wrap and pulled it back through.
 
Good luck!
 
Mark
 
 
 
 
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Hi Andrei! 
Theoretically it is pretty simple. Just loop the straps around the subframe. The issue however is the lack of space to guide the straps. I used a large tie-wrap to pull the strap through. I bent the end of the tie-wrap so that it would pass around the the subframe tube. I then taped the strap to the end of the tie wrap and pulled it back through.
 
Good luck!
 
Mark
 
 
 
 
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Great minds...! I did something similar.
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Thanks markvr. The photo is upside down correct? Were you able to loop around the tubular subframe shown in the photo for the rear pair of webbing loops? I have shined a flashlight and don't see any space around the tube toward the back of the undersear area.

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