HGP61

I'm not sure about the bracket on the sports screen but I have swaped between my puig touring and the original a few times and it's only another minute and two bolts to swap the bracket over.

The early bikes had a very abrupt throttle response going from fully off to partly on and this made the bike surge forward. It only caught me out a few times before I got more familiar with the bike. It was more noticeable in A mode and to be honest has only concerned me once when part way through a U turn the bike surged forward towards the opposit kerb and I had to stand the bike up and stop. (might have been a bit of target fixation that caused that) The ECU can get re-mapped by an engine tuning guy to eliminate this issue. I'm still on the original suspension but the stock setup is a bit on the cheap side. I do feel it sometimes on particularly bad surfaces but I had tweeked the suspension pre-load and damping and found it's sweet spot for My weight and riding style. After 25,000 miles i'm thinking I should upgrade to an aftermarket setup and this is on the cards for later this year. Enjoy the bike when it arrives and sometimes best to use it for a while before you decide what it really needs to make it yours.

I also felt that the seat height on the new T9 was higher when I sat on one in the showroom. It was higher than My 17reg 900 and both bikes on the low seat hight. I wondered at the time if it could be down to the suspension settings on the new bike or the fact that the stock suspension was brand new and not compressing under my weight. I rode a friends T9 for a short time recently and it didn't feel any higher than mine.

That's what I do with mine, I've only been averaging 4,000 miles a year so do an annual service usually about November before it's stored for the winter. If I was lucky enough to get more riding time I would do an oil and filter change between 5,500 and 6,000 miles. Although I did the Valve clearance service last November at 20,000 miles just in case I had got more riding time in this year but it's best to do that service a wee bit early.

The car I have been driving for the past eight years takes about 5 mins of normal driving to indicate 90 degreesC after that it has NEVER varied mid winter from -5C to summer mid 30sC, an hour of slow moving stop start traffic, it has never changed from an indicated 90C. I believe this has been set like this by the manufacturer to stop drivers from panicking when the gauge moves a bit in it's safe normal range. As long as the cooling system is in good condition I don't think I would start to worry until the gauge was telling me it was heading up to about 110C but I would be more aware and looking for any other signs after 105C when I'm expecting the fans to kick in. It's still coolant under pressure at that temperature if it looks like it's turning to steam that's another matter.

I swapped tracers with my riding buddy a few weeks ago and tried his T9 out for part of the trip. Loved the quick shifter although it was a bit of guess work using it as I couldn't see the tiny wee indicator light on that split screen display without my reading glasses on, the T9 felt a bit smother on the road, (I still have the stock suspension on my 17 Tracer) would be nice at times to click on the cruise control. But, as much as I loved it I wouldn't be tempted to get down to the Dealership and give them my bike and £7 or £8,000 to trade up.

For planning a route that I'm going to input into the Tom-Tom sat nav I usually sit with a paper map or road atlas this usually has more detail on smaller roads and makes sure that the route that I input uses the roads I want to ride and not what the sat nav wants to pick for me. On multi day trips the road atlas is usually put in the bottom of the top case and might get used if we want to change that day's itinerary. The maps that the route planning programmes don't necessarily show enough detail unless you zoom right in.

All depends on what you have with you and what accommodation you use. You may need to get all the stuff you intend to take with you and try it for size. I had a quick look through the previous posts and couldn't see anything about hotels or camping. I usually run all the time with a top box it has everything I would usually need on a day trip (spare cloves spare top or jacket liner etc. and space for the helmet at stops) Camping adds the side cases and a roll top bag. The side cases have the fitted soft liners that can be quickly removed and taken in to the accommodation either tent or hotel. I am planning A tour later only using Hotels and am considering only using the top box and a roll top bag that can be taken into the hotel. This potentially would make filtering through traffic a bit easier on the motorway trips to and from the good bit of the tour.

Don't think you have anything to worry about, sounds normal. My Tracer typically runs in the low 70'sC only gets hotter in traffic. Fuel consumption regularly mid 50s with a very impressive 68 MPG once (Lightly loaded touring, half of the mileage on single track roads on Mull and half the mileage 60mph A roads) Didn't check the coolant temp with that but I don't think it would have been anything over my normal low to mid 70sC.

That last picture says it all. You've made the lady in you're life very happy so worth all the time and effort. a good job, well done

I have seen lowering links advertised that drop the Tracer 35mm. If you go along that line with your bike just be aware that the early Tracer had the sump plug sticking down from the bottom of the sump and this could damage the sump going over bumps and curbstones. from 2017 the sump plug was re=designed and stuck out to the front.

First time out on the bike this year, as usual because it was first registered in March 2017 the first run out is to the local MOT station. (that's the Ministry of Transport approved testing garage for our foreign members) for its annual safety inspection. It was a very cool 4 degrees C and the roads a bit damp from a drizzly light rain but it was so nice to have the bike out of its hibernation when I put it off the road in November. It felt so lively and smooth, now was that because I did the valve clearances and throttle bodies last November or because I've taken the beak off? Just a bit of road tax to buy now and I can get out to enjoy some more.

Even worse when there is a slight camber at the edge of the road, I couldn't lift the bike off the side stand when i was sitting on the bike and had to get off push the bike upright and push it a few yards to a flat bit of road.

Glad the extra 3 1/2 inches worked out for you, it's more than satisfying when your modifications give you the required outcome. Might think about slightly narrower bars for mine now,

Yes but. Don't go for that option, it will work but when I tried it the connection would always work and vibrate loose. as most have suggested wire it into one of the spare connections behind the display.