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This is going to be my play bike. I've been wanting to get another naked sport bike for a while and I think this will fit the bill nicely! Now I can't wait for a warm winter day to take it up the N GA mountains for a proper introduction.

It's almost new. 2018 1200 S model (with factory Ohlins, Brembo Monoblocks, lighter wheels, cornering ABS, and not even 10k on the clock. I paid $9700 for it. I wish it had the Termignoni exhaust already on it, but to find an S model was my big thing. I can add the idiotically expensive exhaust later. It still sounds pretty good stock, just muted a bit.

I bought my Tracer a mate today. Don’t know why the second picture is upside down…

Cool. I plan on leaving here Wednesday and heading up a day earlier than my buddies. Maybe I'll see ya there. I have a Black/Silver 2019.

Welcome neighbor! Well, sort of. I live south of Atlanta. Where in NC are you going? I'll be in Tellico next week.

I agree about wondering on the insurance question. Luckily it doesn’t have something like Ninja in the name so at least that’s going for it. I too looked at a N1K years ago when it came out and no matter what company I called, premiums were outrageous.

Me too. I did a short demo ride on a N1K last year and liked it, but wondered about the slight-ish lean it has (I have two jacked up elbows that won't straighten anymore). At least with the Suzuki, it has a true handlebar on it. But i'm jonesing for a ride on one. #2 me too. It's nice, but not a must have for me. Now that I've lived with a bike with true cruise control (even though I'm fighting an issue with mine currently), I don't want to buy another bike without it.

The GT does have cruise control.

I agree. I've already begun laying the groundwork with my wife. Like an idiot, I told her that I'd keep the Tracer for 5 years when I bought it, since it was the first new bike I'd bought in over 10 years. I usually buy 2-3 year old models but I was ready for something new and the Tracer ticked all the boxes at the time.

Ok, I've been messing with this off and on for the last couple weeks. I've adjusted the clutch play at the perch and it hasn't gotten worse, but hasn't gotten better either. It still holds for about 10-15 seconds the first time I engage the cruise and then each subsequent attempt will disengage after a couple seconds. I was doing some Googling today and this seems to be an issue with other Yamahas. I've read on both the MT10 board and Super Ten board that other bikes have had this issue.

As much as I love my Tracer, I must admit this new Suzuki coming out has me very intrigued. That great K5 engine and *36* litre sidecases. The TFT dash looks better than the Tracer's. The price looks quite agreeable, too. More info at: https://suzukicycles.com/street/2022/gsx-s1000gt-plus

Just wait. 😂

Finally, the search function gave me exactly what I was looking for. I have the OEM rack as well and want to add a smaller Givi topcase. I've researched the lovely internet without success as to what adapter to get to add to my Yamaha rack. I'd like to get one of smaller Trekker cases since they are flat on top but those are some proud prices. What adapter plate did you go with @roadrash83??

Is it the course or fine version? I have no problem spending $20 to change it out.

I haven’t adjusted either brake switch but I guess it would be prudent to check them at least. Thanks.

I actually did do that while going down the road, pushing it out and holding it there. I attributed that to possibly why it would hold longer, but even while I held it pushed out, it still disengaged.

Between the raindrops, I took the bike out for a test after realigning the rear wheel with my replacement Motion Pro alignment tool and spinning the knurled wheel for the clutch cable a bit. While the cruise would hold for about 5-10 seconds this time, it still disengaged each time I set it. I'm at a loss.

I have almost 17,000 miles on mine so I just tried that. I'll report back after I can take it for a quick spin between the rain here. I'm still wondering why the bike has a feeling of it "dragging" a bit under throttle since changing out the stock gearing for a -1 on the countershaft sprocket.

I guess there's always that chance, but the CEL hasn't come on and the on/off light for the cruise control is solid and not blinking. Like I mentioned above, since putting on the -1 tooth up front, it feels like the bike is dragging. I'm going to remove the front wheel again and reinstall it possibly today. When I spin the front wheel, it seems as though there's a little bit more resistance from the rotors/pad friction in both sound and feel than I remember from before.

Not that I'm happy to read this, but am somewhat relieved. I just did chain, sprockets, and tires changing and upon my initial ride after all that, mine would disengage each time a couple seconds after activating the cruise control.

I saw what you had posted that I quoted. I'll check those, but I haven't adjusted anything in the clutch or brake switch. Thanks.

So I just took mine for a ride yesterday after changing the chain and both sprockets (I also changed both tires too). My cruise control did the exact same thing. The first time I set it it held for about 5 seconds or so and then disengaged itself. I set it again about 4-5 more times and each time it would disengage about 1-2 seconds after that. After I reached my destination, the bike sat for about 2 1/2 hours. On the way home, I tried again and it again held for about 5 seconds and disengaged. I tried one more time and it disengaged after 1-2 seconds. I can't figure out what has caused this. I will say that I went down one tooth on the countershaft sprocket and immediately upon riding away from the house, felt like the bike was "dragging" (for lack of a better word) under acceleration. I can't imagine that going down one tooth would do this because I've done it on a bunch of bikes before and never had this feeling.

Thanks. I started to put some heat on it but gave it another shot and that’s when it released. I’ll definitely be changing the nut on the next change.

Thanks. The sprockets are Vortex from Rocky Mtn ATV. the chain is the VX3 that’s so popular. I like going down 1 on the front to get more grunt. I made sure not to over tighten the pins. I’d do a little at a time on each and made sure each link still moved freely. I just worry I didn’t do enough.

I put back the OEM Dunlop (blech) that I pulled off shortly after buying the bike. I’ll burn through it and get a set of Angel GT’s that I loved on my Sprint and Tiger.