3sum

Mine acted up on my way home from a trip in mid October. Currently it’s in the shop for a stupid boo boo I had. I told the service guy about seeing a recall notice from Yamaha Europe and he said he’d look into it but I haven’t heard anything back from him yet. 

Finally got up to Traxxion to get the bike. Didn’t get to do much other than surface roads and some interstate going home, but it already feels tons better. I can’t wait to get in the twisties to really check it out. 

5 hours ago, Yamajank said:

Way up in northern Indiana.  A mile from Michigan border.  

I have a good friend that lives in LaPorte who’s always up for a ride. He’s on a darkside ST1300.

Traxxion Dynamics called this morning saying the bike is ready. Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination but I’m all giddy like a kid on Christmas Eve wanting to go get it right now!

On 9/8/2020 at 3:14 PM, Stew said:

Well lads and lassies.

I am just home from visiting my neighbours south of the border, and getting the suspension done

All I can say is W O W !

I need to learn how to ride the bike all over again now. It is transformed.

 

Mine is currently at Traxxion Dynamics getting some suspension surgery. I can’t wait until I get it back. 

This morning I dropped the bike off at Traxxion Dynamics for new suspenders. 

What did I do? I went riding! Picture taken from the porch of TWoS. 
 

Perfect temperature today - I just hope the rain holds off. 

On 8/10/2020 at 9:10 AM, KillEmAll4u said:

I ordered these from Evotech from the UK. The clutch grabs normally now from a stand still and the brake adjustment is perfect. I feel it transformed the bike. I didn't really want the folding ones but I think that's all that have in full size unless you want the shorties. If you do order these, use UPS. USPS has been having issues in customs lately with the virus. 

EP Yamaha Tracer 900 ABS Folding Clutch and Brake Lever set 2015+

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Evotech Performance levers are CNC from billet...

 

You got lucky, apparently.  I've gone to that link and it says sold out. And it seems my Google is broken because I can't find those or others specifically for the GT in the States.

I"m so ready to throw more money at the bike and good levers are towards the top of the list.

On 8/7/2020 at 5:28 PM, johnmark101 said:

The wife wanted to go along but does not like riding the motorcycle so I loaded the GT into the back of my truck and made the roughly five and a half hour drive down to Traxxion Dynamics.  They installed a Penske rear shock and AK-20 cartridges the next day while the wife and I checked out the local area together.  I lost the remote rear preload adjuster in the deal but gained compression damping and height adjustment with the new shock.  Good trade off if you ask me.

 

This is perfect timing.  I'm ready for suspension and have done a drive-in with  Traxxion before (living in metro Atlanta can sometimes be a good thing).  I want to do everything at once, but I'll probably just have the shock done first before going all in with the front.

Which Penske did you go with?

@KeesH, it’s locked in position. 

@KeesH those pictures sure look like the low setting to me.

I only called them and ordered it. I didn’t make any special requests, so I would imagine yours would come like this. 

I’m very pleased with mine. 

I’m loving it. 

15 hours ago, rideandfly said:

Changed oil & filter earlier today. Waiting on a front Michelin tire to show up to balance & install.

Here's the No-Mar Cycle Hill changer and No-Mar static balancer used on the FJ's rear tire:

 

I had that exact same Cycle Hill changer and a few years ago I “upgraded” to the full-on No Mar. Truth be told, I wish I’d saved the money from the No Mar and just kept the Cycle Hill. The No Mar is marginally easier to use, but not enough to justify the price difference IMHO. 

21 hours ago, norcal616 said:

Proper rear shock arrived 🥰... 

@norcal616 which specific model is that? And i didn’t notice if yours is and FJ or Teacer (if it matters for this).  I have a Tracer GT. 

It more than does for me. The OEM seat might “look” better but if it’s not a good seat, look doesn’t mean shit to me. I’ll take function over form. And I have a the original set that Sargent doesn’t want back. 2 for 1 is a great deal in my book. 

@quaxum here it is in the high slot. 

Crap, I forgot. I’ll do it in just a bit. 

Awesome, thanks. Yeah, I bought a Motion Pro PBT tool for a little less than $90 but I really like e idea of the screw on option. Each time I put a new chain on, all is easy up to the point of flaring the new rivets. I always second guess myself whether I’m flaring it enough or too much. 

@1moreroad a screw on master link? Do tell. Never heard of that one!

On 11/11/2019 at 1:51 PM, rlambke19 said:

@3sum

Is your seat in the lower position?

If so, any chance you can post a picture of it in the upper position?

Cheers,

Rob 

Yes, it’s in the low slot. I’ll try to remember to do that tomorrow when I get home. 

21 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Is that on the low position?  If so, any chance you could take a picture or two in the high position??

I’ll try to remember to do that tomorrow when I get home. 

I got my replacement set Saturday and I think it’s perfect now. 
I had posted in the other thread already.

Just got back from a short ride with the new seat. The mods done by Sargent make it perfect, for me at least. It created a pocket that you sit in. Even with my somewhat slick Roadcrafter, even hard braking resulted in very minimal sliding forward. 
Well done Sargent.

I haven’t noticed until you mentioned that but it does appear a little different other than the blue piping not going all the way around like the original seat does. And I haven’t even taken the new rear seat out of the box yet.