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@andersh that is a nice looking day.

Putting the bike in the truck (or maybe the trailer) and heading up to Bristol VT to some riding next week. Need to truck it up there as need the truck as well for other plans. So my other bike has clear access to the lower triple clamp - this one not so easy. Canyon dancers will not work with the hand guards - unless I remove them. Who has trailered a GT - ideas? Images? Vince

Very nice. Congratulations. Winchester, great gateway to tons of good roads.

@Larz that came out very well.

Very Nice. Wish that colour scheme was available in the US. That sign should read: Narrow Winding Road Use Throttle

Very nice - three GTs - swag / swarm / gaggle / herd / posse / not sure the collective term.

Those laced wheels look great on the bike. That color scheme is much better than the only color available of the GT. I am a bit of the "why do it" as well, but good on him for doing what he wanted.

The cheapest weight saving I could make on my GT would be to stop drinking beer.

Also rockymountainatv for OEM parts and tires. Have been buying tires and KTM parts from there for a long time and when I purchased the Yamaha was happy to see that they cater for this parts as well. I have never found a better deal than Rocky Mountain for tires. Luckily I have a buddy who will mount and balance them for the cost of a lunch with beers - never a better reason than to mount new tires, than lunch and beers.

For mine, I just used a piece of 1 1/4" aluminum plate (actually angle that I cut the angle off where it is behind the peg hanger mount). It was very light, just a couple of mm thick. Picked up a 3' length for $7 from the depot. Vince

@coop, I went the same path as @fjrpittsburgh and use the 12" Powerlet/BMW to heating clothing cord and just leave that plugged into the socket when using heated gear. Like you I wanted to mount in the plastic trim around the tank, but decided not to as I did not think it would support the outlet and me plugging stuff into it all the time - possibility of it breaking. Vince

Well done - Marietta is a great base camp for great roads for sure.

Did not want to high jack the great @pgeldz "Finally Got One" thread. He makes reference to a rental company putting a lot of Tracer GTs into their fleet. Anyway, EagleRider are listing the GT (and other Yamaha bikes) in their fleet with GTs in CA (three locations); WA; and Nevada. No affiliation to EagleRider and never used them - their fleet and network seems huge. Yamaha Rentals - Rent a Yamaha | EagleRider EagleRider carries the largest selection of Yamaha motorcycles for rent at...

Congratulations. Reference the 300 sales to the rental company - EagleRider are showing GTs available for rent - there goes the neighborhood.

2 amp is 24w. And congrats. Great bike.

Congrats. You have more training than 99% of the riders in the US.

I have rekluse on my dirt bike as well. Different sensation to QS on the road. Would be interesting to see what MV Augusta have done with Reckluse on there 800cc tourer. QS downshift allows more braking without unsettling the bike in the twisties. Based on my last five days on the rental bike only. Plus the bike makes great sounds auto blipping. Back to topic, I would look into reflash for GT if it includes up and down QS.

I am with @runnerhiker on down QS. I am riding a rental Multistrada at the moment on holidays and the all gears up and down QS is magic in the hills.

@budgie, probably the main reason the right one stays warmer is that it is mounted to the plastic tube of the throttle and therefore insulated from the metal bar. The left mounts to the bar direct and the bar acts as a heat sync pulling the heat out of the grip.

As others have done, added simple thin gauge aluminium bracket to the passenger peg hanger to mount a couple of powerlet outlets for the heated gear (next winter!). This is 1 1/4" angle. Wired up to two of the circuits on the PDM60, programmed for 20 amps each. PDM60 PDM60 - Rowe Electronics That PDM60 is expensive, but worth it in my opinion if you are hanging more stuff on any bike. I am using three of the six circuits, GPS, and these two powerlets. If you are not familiar with it, you have a utility that allows you to program amperage each circuit, delay on and off, -ve switching, trippped circuit breaker resets by turning off ignition. Very clever. And just one lead to the battery. The unit fits very nicely in the space under the seat latch "bridge" under the seat. This is wasted space anyway. Yes I know the Tracer charging system is good for 29.5 amps (~350 watts) and would have no intention of running these at 20 amps concurrently (passenger will have to be cold, so operator can stay warm).

Did a terrific ride down to Abingdon VA - the excuse was to have dinner at the oldest continually operating bar in VA. 843 mile weekend of mostly back roads from Northern VA down to the TN border. A hot 150 miles on route 29 coming home was the only downside. All the roads were good, but memorable was 61 into Tazwell; 16 (Back of the Dragon); 42 to Saltville; Sunday morning, 58 to Hillsville; 221 to near Roanoke; 419 to 220; etc. Good weekend on a good bike. Image was on the Blue Ridge Parkway vicinity Roanoke.

@funkspieler Do you recall how much fuel you put in it? Vince

Bike always 1 mph higher than Garmin 665. Best I have experienced on a bike. Tracer GT

Well done. Money on women and drugs not necessarily wasted.

@bushman57 a nice place to live (and ride). Have fun on the new machine.