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    Old style SWMOTECH Engage tank bag.

    in Gear for sale

    Doesn't say it has to be on my Tracer

    in Ride Reports

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    @betoney

    I truly like zipping around on it. It's kind of like an old school big block muscle car. Huge torque. Will still keep up with most anything that is not bleeding edge performance, until about 150mph. Then I get scared. The bike doesn't do anything, I just say that's fast enough. 😃

    I was looking pretty hard at the X's when they came out but, here in SOFLA they were rare and just too expensive. Plus our Honda dealers had no interest in them. Sad. 🤷‍♀️

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    Ride the Tail of the Dragon on the '20 Tracer 900 GT or go smaller?

    in FJ-09 Tracer 900 General Discussions

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    3 hours ago, johnmark101 said:

     Try to ride it in the morning mid week as that is when it is the least busy.  Weekends can be crazy on that road.

    Another consideration is the fact that there are literally hundreds of miles of fantastic roads in the area where NC, TN and GA share borders and if you have time you should explore as many as possible.  The Tracer will let you do so in comfort.  Close by are the Foothills Parkway, Route 28 and the Cherohala Skyway.  The Cherohala is considered by many to be the best road, and is one you should make a point of riding while in the area.  

    👆 THIS

    I've been riding to the NC - North GA area a couple times a year since 2011. The Dragon is cool and all. But, it can be a madhouse/shitshow on a nice weekend. 

    There are miles and miles of great roads in every direction. A good resource for roads to ride is 

    America Rides Maps

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    Santa came early this year! Were you all naughty or nice?

    in Yamaha Niken Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Ride365 said:

    I don't want to be bothered while out on the bike, I do have a Sena but rarely utlize it anymore unless riding with one of my buds......as for a proper modular helemt "I LOVE THEM".

    I basically use it for music. I don't have any friends that use comms. My son has one and comes in several times a year and I go up to see him several times a year. So that's about all the "comms" it will likely see.

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    XR 1200 - Thoughts from the masses?

    in Other bikes

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    On 10/28/2022 at 5:39 PM, piotrek said:

    It's a good dilemma to have. 🙂

    I recall @fddriver2 had one of these at some point and liked it. It's a pretty good looking machine IMO.

    Yes I did/do. I put almost 50,000 miles on one. 

    In 2011 I bought a 2009 XR1200 as a retirement gift to myself. A very cool bike and a rolling conversation starter. I bought every accessory available for it. Tank bags side cases and tail bag. Over the course of the next 2 years, I upgraded it to my needs. It has RaceTec forks setup to my weight. The HD Showa shocks. DragSpecialties urethane motor mounts. A Thundermax ecm tuned buy Thundermax at Daytiona Bike Week. A Remus exhaust. Also what is known in the XR circles as the "Scotty Mod" I rode it up the Outer Banks the length of BRP and trips to NC and all over Florida.

    The facts about it. 

    As cool as it is. It's not really comfortable for a guy who was pushing 60 to travel on.  Not a problem for my 30 year old son. 

    It carries 3.5 gallons of gas. At 100-120 miles you better be looking. Not a problem here in the east. Out west.......

    At +550lbs and ~90hp it isn't the fastest thing out there. I loved riding it in the mountains of NC. It makes a ton of torque. You can stay in 3rd gear and roll the throttle on and off. It's a hoot.

    Now, the reasons it is no longer in my possession.

    I bought the FJ under the pretense of traveling out west with a close friend and my premier riding buddy. Who has since decided that his traveling by bike days are done. I was riding the XR off and on, but my eldest son was in desperate need of a reliable bike. So I sold it to him for $1.00 with the stipulation that should he ever decides to move on from it I get it back for $1.00

    It now has ~70,000 miles on it and it runs fine. It burns a little oil according to my son. 1/4 of a qt over 4,000-5,000 miles.

    He rode it to Barber Vintage Festival with me a couple weeks ago.

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    Aging Riders

    in Tracer 900 GT Discussions

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    On 10/25/2022 at 6:57 PM, PhotoAl said:

    Only in my late 60s but see age creeping up on me.  Every time I'm in a bike shop will check out the Spiders and such.  For me it is something of the wind I'm my face and the freedom to go.  Saw a three wheeler at the bike shop, don't recall the name but it had a steering wheel and was a side by side.  Not my choice but could see it at some point as a great vehicle to take on a long trip.  Wind in my face and rain and cold and heat and all the "fun" stuff but most of all the ability to see all around and take in the country as I go thru.  

    Second @TomTracer comments about meds.  Have had heart issues which have been corrected with surgery - coronary arteries are good so diet is not affected.  I can attest meds and med changes can mess with you.  

    @2and3cylinders here's photo for you - from Barber Vintage Festival

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    I guess I saw you go by!!!! 😎

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