mickey63

No Motorcycles are not exhaust emission tested (yet) in the UK.

I said yet as who knows what the bast. government will bring in in the future............

As long as they both work and are aimed correctly, they should be no problem.

I'd suggest block/tape up any holes. Intake, exhaust ports, coolant and breather pipes, make sure there is oil in the engine and then store off the ground on a block of wood.

1 hour ago, bowlin01 said:

@Clicknow mines a 2018 GT and has had the recall and replacement fitted 24th Nov 2020

Hi Bowlin01 you don't know how long the job took do you?

I'm looking to get mine booked in, hoping it could be done while I wait.

Just don't fancy a Bus/Train trip home & back if it's a leave it with us all day job. Would rather stand outside the shop in all my bike gear (staying warm) for an hour or so....

Thanks

Mick

14 minutes ago, SuperMax said:

Just installed the Yamaha comfort heated seat yesterday, but didn't had the chance to take the Tracer out and test it, as it's been raining for the entire day, but as I have set the heat level on medium, it didn't seem to heat up during the 4 minutes as I left the engine idling.

How long does this comfort seat usually take for you to heat up?

Medium level? What colour is the switch, red, orange or green?

The fitting instructions in one of the above posts seem to state red is high, orange is off and green Is low. No medium.

On the high setting I start the bike, by the time I've finished putting my helmet and gloves on and get on the bike I can feel the heat........

2 hours ago, Danielblue said:

Does the passenger seat just plug in to the riders seat or does it have additional wiring ?

Also does anyone have a video of the installation of this?  particularly the cable routing.

The passenger seat isn't heated, only the main rider seat is.

Power for the main seat is tucked down near the battery, the only wire you have to run is the lead of the on/off switch that you mount near the screen/dash. Although thinking about the switch, you might be able to mount that on a home made bracket near the seat and save pulling lots of panels off to route a cable (might need some creative thinking 🙂 )

 

 

I use a large car/lorry battery that I had to slave to the bike. I normally take the car/lorry battery down to the house every three months and charge it up. I've used this set-up for a several years now with no problem. Can go for a month/8 weeks without using the bike and it will still start.

If I ever need to change the car/lorry battery, I think I'd get a leisure battery (caravan) as they don't seem to suffer as much from discharge/recharge problems.

I have a standard SAE lead connected to the bikes battery, picked up another which I lengthened and fitted crocodile clips that I use to connected to the car/lorry battery. Its then just a simple job of plugged/unplugging the SAE leads when you want to use the bike.

Yes it's blade type connections so no need to mess with the wiring.

I fitted one last year, sorry no pictures. I think I took the old horn off complete with the mounting bracket. Mounted the Denali back on using the original bracket and not the one supplied in the box. I also shaved a bit off the horn mouth as I felt it was quite close to the brake hose near the top of the forks. I supose it will depend on how you angle it......

Thank you, looks like I got it right without needing the instructions 🙂

Unusual for me!

I've read that drilling holes in the baffle tubes of the db killer helps  increase the noise. I'm sure a quick search on the web will give you ideas. Sorry didn't want to link another sites url. 🙂

It the same process as removing the petrol tank, you just don't go that far...

This link should help, it an earlier model but it's identical

37 minutes ago, BBB said:

I’ve never heard of the two pin aux plug under the seat. There are spare plugs under the windscreen, but they are low current so only really suitable for satnav and aux lights. For heated gear, use a fused connection to the battery or power block.

It's used to supply power to the heated seat (if you buy one) it's exactly the same as the Aux one behind the screen. 

Look at the video in this link. 7.20 in you'll see the lead from the seat and where it plugs in. 

The 4 pin plug is the OBD reader plug, not an Aux plug.

Their is a two pin Aux plug under the seat, it's buried deeper in the wiring. Mine was on the right hand side between the battery and towards the seat locking bar. As for heated gear, I go either directly to the battery or as you said a power block of some sort.

15 hours ago, Touny said:

Hi Wanderer, just a quick question :

I have the same problem with the tracer gt and i’ve bought aftermarket side case brackets (that look quite simular to yours), but I need to « force » the side cases on the brackets when installing them.

thanks !

Are you saying you need to force the case onto the lower brackets? Do you have the rubber blocks on the right way around? Sounds silly but i was told they are slightly tapered and need to be fitted the right way around.

I like the plug mount idea, I just might have to borrow that 🙂

To answer my own question.... It may help someone else in the future....

The heated seat switch fit's on the front of the bike opposite the power out-let plug. It doesn't pick up power from the front accessory plug, it's just a switch with a long lead. You need to run the long lead from the front of the bike to the seat where it plugs into one of two leads coming out of the seat.  The second lead coming from the seat plugs to a power connector as per the video esseci59 kindly linked in the above post.

I know what I'm doing this weekend 🙂

1 hour ago, norcal616 said:

the plug is buried... no pictures but you should find the right one...

 

Thanks. I was after info on tne switch cable run, from the front of the bike back to where?  Does it pick up power from the front of the bike? 

I haven't got the seat yet, should be here by wednesday. Once i see the seat wiring it might all be a bit clearer.  Was just hoping someone had the fitting instructions .....

Thanks.

Bit of a long shot........

I'm  looking for the installation instructions for the Yamaha comfort heated seat.

I was lucky to pick up an unused shop demo set on eBay for a third of the price of new.  Unfortunately no user/installation guide. If any one has the instructions, would you mind scaning them and post them up, or private message them to me.

Many thank.

Mick

Not changed the exhaust on the GT, its only three weeks old 🙂

I did change it out on my previous bike, a MT07. Same exhaust, Akrapovic. Found a similar price differenct between the official Yamaha and none Yamaha supplied Akrapovic exhaust. I was also told if you run without the cat your not euro4 compliant. Your on dodgy ground with the warentee and I'm also unsure if you need a remap. If you run with a cat then all is covered ok.  

31 minutes ago, wordsmith said:

This is the same one I've got.  Used it a couple of times with no issues on a friends bike while out in France. Very happy with it.

Fitted an SW Motech Adventure rack to the back of my GT this morning, with the rack you can buy adaptors that will allow you to mount any manufactures cases (GIVI Monokey/Monolock, Shad and others)

Took about an hour to fit, it replaces the rear grab handles and uses the same boltholes.

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New Phantom Blue 900GT.. Picked her up this morning from the dealers 🙂

Only fly in the ointment was no cases., none of the GTs delivered to the dealership (seven this week) came with the cases. 

I've been told there is a bit backlog, approx. six week wait for them.... I'd been warned before hand so it wasn't a huge surprise.

anyway the bike is great, just taking it easy running it in.