roadwarrior

Two niggles: 1) Forward slanted seat. 2) Crappy windshield, lots of wind noise and buffeting. 3) Well ok three niggles. Somewhat underwhelming brakes. Now I spent the last 25 years driving a '78 Honda CB1000, '85 Honda V65, and a '00 Yamaha Vmax. Compared to these bikes the GT is so much better (other then the annoying seat) that I really don't have any complaints. The seat and windshield can be upgraded.

Looking forward to some more information and reviews on this seat. A rear rack, case and pad will set me back $500, and that doesn't address the seat. That will go a long ways towards a Corbin with a passenger back rest. I could still get a rack and just use an existing touring bag that I have.

The cut down stocker looks great! I plan on doing the same thing next spring and use that for around town and a touring screen for longer rides.

I used the Motodynamic tidy tail and integrated tail light. I also used a TST relay so I could eliminate the bulky and hot resistors that come with the tail light. Motordynamic will include at no charge the wiring harness needed to eliminate the resistors.

Please report back. I've been holding off (probably 'till next spring) on a touring windshield until there a few more option to pick from.

The bike has a little bit of buzz to it in the higher RPM's but at cruising speeds it's as smooth as butter. That said, I did install the Yamaha MT-09 Adventure Pegs and a pair of Grip Puppies on my GT. Just an extra bit of comfort, grip and vibration isolation. My previous street bikes for the last 18 years has been either the Yamaha Vmax or Honda Magna with the V4 motor and boy howdy that is that one smooth engine.

Saturday was a dreary rainy day. Perfect day for working on the bike Installed: Yamaha LED front blinkers; Motodynamic integrated tail-light and tidy tail; MT-09 adventure pegs; and grip puppies. Cleaned, oiled and adjusted chain Did the first 600 mi oil change

Installed my front Super Tenere (ST) LED blinkers today. A big thank you do Stevesweetz for providing the pictures and write up on post #1. Weird that on the Tracer GT the right side blinker wires are different colors from the left side. For instance, what is red on the left side is blue on the left. Why wouldn't they be the same? Just to be difficult I suppose. Anyway, the most challenging part was getting the base of the ST blinker back on the plastic side panel. Really took a lot of screw driver prying and cajoling. The blinkers look and fit great and the black finish is a much nicer match to the rest of the bike then the grey finish of the stock pumpkins. For the back I used Motorydynamics integrated tail light. The TST relay worked great controlling both front and back blinkers. Plus, I could eliminate the tail lights resistors which are bulky and from what I understand, put off a fair amount of heat.

Installed the MT-09 Adventure Pegs last night and went on a nice ride today. I don't think the bike is super buzzy, but the combination Grip Puppies and Adventure Pegs do a great job of reducing/eliminating what little vibration there was.

Mind sharing what tidy tail, integrated tail light and front blinkers your using for your Tracer GT?

Great thanks. I see how it works now. That is pretty slick that you can control the blinker speed through the relay rather having to use a in-line resistor. Is the FJ/Tracer relay by the battery then?

Do you need two blinker relays for the front or just one?

I ride mostly on the arch of my foot and in that position there is no interference. When you move to the ball of your foot, your heal will come up against the passenger bracket (not foot peg). At size 10.5 and on the ball of by foot, my foot kind of gets tucked or sandwiched between the driver and passenger peg/bracket and I don't mind it all. Having my wife comfortable on the back is important too and she really enjoys the seating position of this sport tourer.