Clegg78

THIS IS THE WAY. I did the same upgrade in 2021, around the same time of year Its such a nice upgrade of the bike... One of the key reasons I am not interested in the 2021+ GT's is I have zero interest in the electronic suspension package in that (the 2023 is better) since a solid well tuned setup like the NIX30/YA535 will blow away any electronic adjustable package overall.

Just realized my inventory was off a bit, showed as sold out on a few things tonight - all fixed

Just dropped it off a the mailbox Thanks!

Figure I'd bump this as I've had a number of people email me and msg me here and on FB asking if these were still being made/for sale. Yup! 2015-2020 Tracers: https://jk3d.us/product/yamaha-tracer-900-gt-seat-slope-modification/ 2021+ (Works on 2022, every new MY will be evaluated to make sure Yamaha didn't do anything funny): https://jk3d.us/product/yamaha-tracer9-mt09-seat-slope-mod/ (I know that URL says MT-09....I have a design concept for the MT-09 2021+ model but haven't had anyone actually help me test it after a few people said they were, so I can't sell that part yet.)

you guys replace the valve cover gasket every time? I know on my Triumph I had to or it would leak pretty well. I have one on order from partzilla for my valve adjustment coming up. But was just curious.

Just ride it hard until the plastic is just carbon

So this is something I want to get into... I do all my own work on everything on the bike (everything that I've had dealer(s) do, including mounting tires, has been done wrong in some way...) Been eyeing up a tire mounting station. You mentioned you used stick on weights, you thought about beads? I had them on a tire change from a local guy (who closed up shop or I'd be going to him still) and I have to say they worked great.

Like others, I get between 44 -50mpg on my Tracer 900GT with luggage on it and my fat ass slung on the seat. The fuel gauge is largely useless. I have one of the data field setups showing Miles ridden (trip 1 for me), and average MPG, and Fuel Consumed and Average MPG. I reset both at every fill up. Last trip I forgot to fill up before I headed out and was doing the maths on the ride if I would hit the reserve level before I got to a gas station. Turned out I was fine. I've found fuel consumed to be the best measure to watch... its never accurate exactly, and on hot days if you ride and park or the bike sits for a while, you'll lose a measurable amount of gas in evap. I think if I rode and it said I used 3.8Gal, when I fill up I would expect it to be 4 Gal going in to the tank. I plan for 180miles as a worst case scenario on a tank when I plan a trip... and that leaves extremely little wiggle room if there is a very strong headwind or something. I try to aim for 150mi fill-ups when I am in the middle of nowhere. With all that said, the OP's FJ isn't getting the right mileage or distance on a tank at all.

Cleaned the rain, mud, desert dust off my bike, and did a once over - found one of the clips that attaches the body work to the radiator (a little Philips head twist locking clip) broke, so I replaced it. Other than that the bike and the chain are in fine shape for 12,000mi.

So I haven' t had any issues with the Sykik unit, but I also 3D printed a little enclosure to keep rain and stuff off of it a bit (and sun a little so I can read it.) I also 3D printed a new mount for it to keep it up at closer to eye level now. I havent released the part designs because I didnt think anyone would care or need this.

I finished the ride yesterday, took a round about way from Steamboat to Denver. Went down 125 out of Walden through the East Troublesome burn scar which was pretty impressive. Total mileage was 1/2 what I planned to do on the WA trip, only about 1350miles over 4.5 days. It was a good trip! But I really want to go to some new places coming up

Just using a good camera (Sony A7RIII) and some very nice GM glass. But the images which are all RAW are run through Lightroom which does punch up some of the colors. But Truly, the colors in the Canyonlands pics are nothing even close to as impressive as the real life view!

Today I rode out from Moab, and went on one of my favorite roads - Castle Valley (just N of Moab, SE of Arches)... just stunning. I got half way through and realized I forgot to get gas in Moab before leaving... so I did a good bit of mileage math to see if I can get to near Grand Junction on my fuel... I filled up in Loma, CO with plenty left, but was on the verge of the reserve level. 3.8gal put back in Besides that I seemed to follow rain all day, didn't get rained on, but was on soaking wet roads most of the day. I went up Douglas pass up to Rangely, co and then over to Steamboat from there. all pics today were from the Innovv K3 and the GoPro I have on the bike today.

I had some very spirited riding coming out of Canyonlands area... enough that on a pass around a spastic jeep (that was going 20 or 90... randomly) going into one of the 180* hair pin corners on the highway up to Canyonlands... I leaned over and prayed the tires would stick... they did... but you can see the rubber looks a bit well used after today And yeah the bike is dirty as sin, but... it is what it is

Haha so I've stayed at that KOA and I walked to the same steak place you mention "Susies branding Iron"! I am in downtown Moab this time. It was a fun day, I hit up the Needles overlook, and Dead Horse Point. I did Islands in the Sky years ago already so I wanted to check out the other places. Also was able to cruise through Paradox Valley again for the first time in like 7 years. I love that area so much.

haha, it just looks like any mountain town the scenery is the impressive part! Tomorrow when I leave I'll grab a photo of main street.

Riding to Canyonlands and Moab tomorrow (unless I dont and do something else... cause... thats how this trip has gone so far ) Planning for fuel stops in the Needles area of Canyonlands is wild. going down to the southern Needles visitors center requires a 20 mile detour to get gas! I had to break it out into 2 legs of 140 miles each, but doing 40-60mi of doubling back to get gas! Good thing I was watching for that availability because that could be bad to realize you are going to run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere.

Heres some pics of Telluride from today

100%, I love this town, and I spend far too little time here... so ... I am going to make a day of it while the remains of a hurricane drown this area.

Yeah! Well, one of those years was the pandemic where I only really got out once for any longer ride and with that I blew the oil pan out I dont get out as much as I'd like, I am stupid busy with many other things it seems. Yeah the T32s, I love em. I've had Road, 2,3,4,5 on a different bike and liked them a lot, I think the T32 is on par if not better than the Roads. I rode them in deep standing water today aggressively and they just took it. I had to lean over hard in a corner after a dude chose to just come into my lane, and the tires stuck like glue in driving rain. Off to Canyonlands and Moab tomorrow. haha weather looks like garbage tomorrow with the potential for strong thunderstorms all day and mainly mid day... so I am going to chill in Telluride for another day. And go to Moab thurs... this is quite a dynamic trip

I appreciate the recommendation, but I had a fixed number of days and was already doing all 500+mi days, and a one 600mi to get where I was going. Because my destination in the Tri Cities is also miserable for AQI, I chose to change my plans this morning. I woke up and saw the predictions were worse for the next week in terms of smoke and such. So... in 15 minutes, I made a new plan. I rode to Telluride via a nice fun route going down the 10th Mtn Hwy (24), Independence Pass, McClure Pass. ~ 400mi but 9 hours of riding. The air was clear, it rained a bit toward the last half the day, but overall was a very very good ride. I haven't been to Telluride on the bike in a while, so its good to be back. Now to figure out a plan for tomorrow... I figure I am just going to go places randomly for the next few days. I am thinking Mesa Verde/Durango which I havent been to for 10 years, and Canyonlands Needles / Moab. Definitely not as much in mileage as the original plan... but god damn I love not breathing smoke. I threw the bike around a lot today... which happens to be my bikes 3 yr anniversary, and the day I crossed 10,000mi on it! (Felt pretty good about the chicken strip situation... I was flying down McClure pass following a Porsche who was going for it )

So Idaho hasn't go better in terms of fire this week... The route to Lolo is super bad, like high 200-300s for AQI. I wont ride in that... so now I have no hotel for the 2nd night and am going to just pick a route in the morning after doing the EBR-1 tour near Arco. Some areas on 93 going up to Lolo have almost no visibility, and Lolo pass has warnings for smoke banks .

No, those are artificially low due to me rebinding the sensors this morning and having to release and rescrew them on a few times letting air out every time. I just didn't top off the tires after. Also the TPMS unit reads 2PSI under for both compared to my hand gauge. It's a consistent 2PSI Since I'm a fatty, I run at 36/42 (cold) when touring. All my cases are within the weight limits in the case (20# for both side, and the gear inside the top case is ~10# I am actually leaving some stuff home this trip to lower the weight. Then I have a dry bag that goes on the passenger seat that has extra water, shoes, and some bulky items like insulated shirt, rain jacket). The bike fully loaded and ready to roll in the morning.

I leave tomorrow on my ride and the last 2 days have been chaos of me designing and printing farkles for my bike 1. I made a little shelf thingy for the rear top case (Yamaha 50L) that has 2 lugs that go into some of the depressions in the bottom and keep my photo/laptop backpack upright and as far toward the front as possible. I put some small velcro to keep it in place, but the weight of the pack keeps it there as well. I've been wanting to do this after getting frustrated at my snacks and such getting mangled by the pack. Also keeping the pack toward the front as much as possible helps with the weight on the bike. 2. I also... and I am pretty happy about this... made a mount to hold my TPMS at eye level. I took inspiration from that other GPS mount a guy sells. (I've never bought one, but just have seen it around and appreciated how it mounted). I took a bunch of measurements on the mechanism, and after 3 tries had a design that fit snug and now I have my own template to make other kinds of mounts on that screen adjuster. For now it just has a big tab off to the side holding the TPMS on with velcro. Its clean and is a big improvement since it was down low before on the bars. Total time to design both of these things was ~ 3 hours.

My comment to that sign is in Mr Burns voice "Excellent.."