Dave76

Its the bearing that supports the shaft that your front sprocket bolts to. Generally a big old job to change too, fingers crossed its not the problem.

I seem to remember my bike having a similar smell when new, I put it down to residue left in exhaust during manufacture and possibly oil/wax left on the engine burning off. in any case it went away after a few rides/washes. I occasionally smell some burning still, usually at the beginning of a ride and when stopped at a red light, that's when some chain lube has made its way onto the exhaust. Smell goes away after a few miles.

Nice one, thanks for getting back to me.

Is that the medium? Dave

The wife started on an Mt-07 and now rides a tracer 09. You'll be fine

Yep, watched the video and seems exactly the same as mine. I have noticed it before but i can't say it bothers me. Every bike ive had has done it to some extent, I'm sure my 2016 Triumph speed triple was worse. Still id rather have it a little too loose than no movement and there being a chance some muck or whatever gets in there and causes it to bind.

Not sure if your service schedule is different but my book says spark plugs every 8k (excessive) and brake lines every 4 years.

Get yourselves over to Northwest UK, there's loads of Tracer's here. I bet on a full days riding I pass anything from 10-20 of em

I have a similar experience to some on here, Harley riders rarely wave, BMW GS riders are the same, i generally give a wave or a nod of my head and usually get a similar response.

I think you may run into problems when changing headlight bulbs to LED due to beam pattern issues. Don't think there's any issue changing indicator bulbs to LED.

Yeah, had a 2016 Speed triple R. Wont be having another Triumph. Was off the road for 6 weeks whilst they tried to sort an oil leak and the Brembos never worked right. Had it back half a dozen times. Gave up in the end and got the Tracer

You must have the patience of a saint if after all that you still feel the service was adequate. Sorry to hear your not able to ride anymore though.

Not really, I have other hobbies/pastimes that I do. I'm a fair weather rider anyway, living in the UK that means the bikes parked up in the garage a lot anyway. It has however ruined cars for me. Always used to be a car guy but since getting into bikes, cars just seem so boring.

Absolutely, each to their own, I'd have probably just changed the oil in the spring, in fact that's exactly what i'll be doing. In my case I only do around 4,000 miles a year too.

Ive had quite a few bikes where the oil is supposed to be checked with the bike being held upright and never really had a problem. I do agree though that its adding an element of risk that could be avoided. Least it has a sight glass. My Triumph Speed triple had a black dipstick that had to be checked upright too.