stringman

At long last I have some pics. Not very good ones. Its strange but in some lights the match isnt to bad in others it might as well be a different colour. I will see what they look like when they are fitted to the bike, if all else fails I will just paint them black!

I am wondering if raising the bike bake to original height might improve things. I am thinking that lower bars would be better than lower risers as they would also change the wrist position. It seems that street nakeds are the bar if choice but I wondered what the rizoma equivilant would be? TIA

thats good advice but my issue is I have an easyturn turntable so I have to be accurate where the centre stand goes down. I suspect putting the bike to standard height will improve things. Until then its the left leg on the stand!!!

Interesting My bike has a topbox and , at the moment, 1 panier

Sorry for the short reply - was in bed just about to sleep. Posted now. There is some damage to the mating surface, a groove where the angle grinder went to far, and the very end of the surface has a cut. I have fitted the discs ( but not fully torqued them up yet) and the rotors seem flush and solid. regarding the sponginess I left the callipers supported whilst i changed the then took the pads out. when I re fitted them i had to force them apart to fit on the rotors. Again nothing is fully torqued. I pumped the brakes quite a few time and the lever would also go back to the bar. When spinning the wheel it moves freely but i can feel that the pads are binding. Is this normal? I know that I cant really make any comments until its all properly installed but thought i would pre-empt things a bit. Thanks

Thanks for all the replies. Previous tracers werent lowered and i managed ok. I am having the rear shock spring changed and some andreani cartridges fitted so I will get the shop to put the original dog bones back when they do that. Just a thought. As he hadnt adjusted the front to compensate would it change the riding position for the worse with regards to screen protection / wind buffering?

God you're right. I forgot the photos

As I thought. Im not that happy with the lowered position so I will put back the original dog bones on. Thanks

Hi all Has anyone had their GT lowered ( with the dog bones)? And if so do you find it more difficult to get it up on the centrestand? I used to have a 17 tracer (FJ09) and it was fairly easy to get on the the centre stand. I could also ( in a tight spot) pivot the bike on the side stand to turn it 180deg Now I have a tracer 900GT that has the lower dog bones and one of those plates that sit oin the foot of the side stand. No way will it pivot, and its a complete bitch to get on the centre stand, so much so that this week I popped my calf muscle doing it. My thinking is, that as its lower there is less leverage so you need more force. Any Thoughts? Thanks

Well an update. Ordered some new EBC pads as i thought better safe than sorry. When to pull the bike up on the centre stand and popped my calf muscle! Finally got around to doing it today (hobbling around and sitting down) Got the pads changed super quick and got the wheel off nice and easy. 1 disc came of fine and the second did apart from the last two, applied heat gentle pressure all to no avail they rounded. With it being a Bank holiday in the UK no garages or shops are open. so I attacked the disk with an angle grinder and managed to get the 1st bolt off and then realised if i just cut the heat of the bolt square I could use a spanner to get it off. which I did. Problem is there is some minor damage to the wheel ( see photos) The rotors sit nice and square and dont seem lose ( though i havent tightened them to full torque as i want to fit new screws. Asthetics aside do you think this is ok to use? i really dont want to fork out £500 for a new wheel) On a side note the brakes, again havent been fully torqued but the brake lever feels really spongy and can touch the handlebars. Do you think this will settle or they will need bleeding? Thanks in advance

For sale I have my Nitron R1 rear shock. Fitted in June 2019 and only used for about 5,000 mile (only 200m during Covid) Fitted with a 625lb spring and set up for solo rider with weight on bike of 110-115kg for street riding. Excellent condition. I have been advised by Nitron that it will technically fit a GT/Tracer 19reg but due to the longer swinging arm spring should be upgraded to 725lb. Would prefer cash on collection or bank transfer but would be willing to post for additional cost. Based in Kent Uk £325 plus postage

I had a tracer 900 and swapped the bars over to narrower mt09 bars. I now have a tracer 900gt and went to put my mt09 bars on this bike and discovered they were the same. I have the mt09 bars for sale on fb in the uk.

I was intending to use the old pads as the bike has only done 8,000 gentle touring miles and time is of the essence

Tried to order some genuine errors from fowler about 10days wait and £200+ so ordered some wavy ones from france£ 150. Presume I don't need wavy pads

I suspect cut the locks off and wheel it in a van They got one off and made 2 cut on the other before they got disturbed. Was in daylight on a fairly busy road

Brilliant At least I can do it myself. Just need to find the discs now (uk)

Some scumbag tried to.stesl my bike last night and cut through the front discs. So I need to replace both. Is it a matter of just unscrewing the old ones, sliding them out, and sliding the New ones in? Need to do it as quickly and easily as possible. Thanks

sadly they wont ship to the uk

I will post some pics when I can Your match looks way better than mine. The colour rite sit only gave me black for a tracer gt 19

As the title says Has anyone sprayed part of their bike with aftermarket spray in phantom blue? I bought a 2 part spray in phantom blue https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185299647241?var=693077120323 I sprayed my handguards today, 2 coats of the base coat ( black) and 3 of the topcoat (blue) And whilst it is similar colour and (probably) ok for the guards I wouldnt be happy if it was a touch up to the tank for example. It seems much darker than the bike. I am hoping the lacquer will blend it in better. But I wondered if anyone else has had some better luck

warchild looking at your bike , it seems a completely different blue. I have just painted the handguards , 2 coats of basepaint (black) and 3 of topcoat and its not a good match at all- seems blacker if that makes sense?

THanks for the reply Thats what I thought about the oil. I will chat to the shop about it

Hi all I have bought a set of used Andreani cartridges- not much more than a set of springs - so I thought why not. I will be having them fitted by a suspension shop along with them re springing my ohlins for my weight. On reading on here I see lots of issues about hydro locking. I live in the uk and quite frankly our roads are crap! I am sure that the shop will know their stuff ( way more than I do) but I wondered what would be the options to consider to prevent the over harshness? I now matt does a kit but I cant seem to find out details for cost and availability. Other options include different oils? Any thoughts? TIA

My 17 reg tracer was flashed and the difference stayed the same (7%)

Maybe I should have given more detail. I have the MRA vario so have the spoiler. I just need to be able get lower.