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I'm in contact with the seller now; they may just send me a new one. They want a video demonstrating it not working, so that's got to happen before I start hacking it apart. Either way, after I'm done dealing with them I'm definitely gonna pull it apart and try because why not, right? I'm not going to send it back; it'd take so long and cost enough that it's not worth the hassle; I'd sooner just buy another instead.

Well, being an aliexpress thing, make and model aren't really applicable. You'll find the same product under dozens of different names. But it's this one: 5V Magnetic USB Charging Motorcycle Tire Pressure Monitor With LCD Display Adjustable Wireless TPMS Wheels Tire Pressure Alarm|Tire Pressure Monitor Systems| - AliExpress Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com And, yeah, username is relevant now. It's dark, and it's -30. It's bloody freezing and gross.

Yeah, they do that every spring here (winters at -40 tend to do bad things to roads) so during chipseal season, you've got to be super careful - never know when you're going to round a corner into gravel everywhere.

Aw, man, I just got my set yesterday only to discover that one of the two buttons (one used to enter the menus, pair sensors, etc) doesn't work. Being an AliExpress purchase for a whopping $25 cdn, I'm probably just out $25. Trying to decide if I'm going to order a second one or not - then I'd have a spare set of sensors. It's a neat model, too; fully sealed and waterproof with a magnetic power connector (vaguely apple mag-safe like). Or just shrug and move on. Dunno.

I'd never encountered these before until my last trip through the US before the pandemic. Went up this super windy road on the edge of Lewiston, ID (some absolutely ridiculous twisty trip up the edge of the mountains south of town) and they were everywhere. Be leaned right over on a 15mph marked corner, just to have wheels randomly skip out hitting millions of tar snakes. Worse, they seemed to be applied really badly, so some simply lifted right out of the pavement, becoming these slippy, weird lengths of rubbery tar loose on the road surface. Awesome road, but man did that detract from the experience, particularly given literally dozens of switchbacks with straight up dropoffs on the outside. It's one thing to go down due to some stupid crap on the road, another to fall off the edge of a mountain because of it. Aha! This road right here: Google Maps ★★★★★ · Historical landmark · 22716-22728 Old Spiral Hwy

Absolutely! That too; I'd never really thought of it before and always had some issues with body positioning because I'd be trying to do it while entering a corner. Getting myself in position before the corner helps enormously particular as I'm a pretty big guy and really not very agile, so it ensures I'm not disrupting the suspension shuffling around, and it reduces the amount of things all going on at once - all of which are reasons to do it specifically listed in the book, too. It's kind of funny looking, as you approach a corner with the bike actually leaning the wrong way; though *really* your center of mass is centered and upright as your body is offset in the correct direction.

Hah this was my big take-away when I swapped the exhaust on my old MT07. Power difference existed but was minimal (and could be replicated with bonus health by cutting back on the fast food), and it definitely did improve parking lot safety to be a lot louder, though - I miss people stopping and looking for me vs. just backing out into me. But I really noticed police tended to pay substantially more attention when I was approaching. The Tracer gets louder when you're really on it, but generally speaking it doesn't draw extra suspicion. By the time they realize how fast I'm going, I'm already gone.

It's funny, I'm really happy with my fronts, but my rear is laughably awful. My old crazy heavy XJ750 stopped better with it's rear drum than my Tracer does with it's rear brake. Maybe I should try a new set of pads for it. Never really thought about it much as I only ever use the rear in winter 😃

Yeah, I tried this too. Tablet and I've got a PC in my shop. In both cases, I found it to be really impractical vs. just having the book on hand. I have a very large color printed poster of the wiring map on my garage door, too, and love it The binder is much better, particularly knowing I can reprint parts if/when I need to. I'll straight up pop out relevant sections if I need particular pages at hand during a project, and if they get all oily/gooky I just print new pages. And I laminated a couple important reference pages (specs, torque values, etc) so they're always at hand too. But... Oof. That's a *lot* of printing. Most home printers really require you take breaks or they'll overheat!

I can't really see the Super Tenere being the right way to go there if you're looking for a better two-up experience than the Tracer, unless you're intending on riding off-road. I mean, it's a bit smoother and weaker, but... eh. The FJR would be a much, much better choice IMHO if you're looking for comfy two-up touring, and a step up in power instead of down. The FJR's are damn nice rides. I suppose that depends heavily on how - and more importantly, where - you ride though.

B-mode makes the bike feel broken to me Mine's a 2019 Tracer 900 GT, so I've missed the FJ09 extreme jerkiness. I've got a Booster Plug, which certainly helps a lot with the off-idle jerkiness. The GT doesn't need a flash but, like anything else, would still benefit from one. I'm a fan of the Booster Plug though because it's removeable in a couple minutes and has no danger of voiding a warranty as a result (they'll never know it was there, muahah!) As to the 0-60 times noted above, I can't say I've measured, but throttle is HEAVILY limited in B mode until you get above ~5000rpms. There's a HUGE difference in performance. But all it does is basically limit throttle position until you get to higher RPMS and then it has no impact - B-mode at 6000RPM and A-mode at 6000RPM are identical. Still, that's a substantial loss off the line, so if you're getting the same 0-60 times in B mode and A mode, you're launching very, very weakly in A mode. If you've got a Tracer (vs the FJ) accidental wheelies are *possible* but you've got to work to do it; that 2" of extra swingarm length makes a huge difference.

Hah I got a PDF of the Tracer 2018-2020 900 GT service manual and printed it. It's 680ish pages. That's a non-trivial load for any printer, and it's *meaty*. In the US, you can buy a manual cheaper than I printed it from Yamapubs, but they won't sell to Canadians because reasons.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of shaft drive, but... There's just not many options, and fewer with a performance angle to them.

The adapter was just a cheap one on eBay. There's enough cable between it and the stock harness to reach right back to the tail light, though I just cram mine under the seat latch. This one: Yamaha OBD2 OBDII 4 Pin diagnostic Plug Adapter Cable For Motorcycle Bike ATV | eBay Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for...

No, the black and red/orange 2020 has metallic paint on the tank.

Glad to see you're back! That paint looks awesome; so sparkly! I like the metallic black (it's on the 2020 Tracer as well) but those blue stripes! Is the white all pearly as well? I loved that pearl white so much on my 2018 MT07.

Yes, this will work. With that adapter, you can use any normal ODB2 scanner including the bluetooth dongles. You can also buy those scanners with the adapter built in, but I'd advise against that - it works fine, but you're better off IMHO having the adapter and being able to use any ODB2 tool you wish, rather than being stuck with the shitty cheap one. I'm very fond of the bluetooth ones, because then you can leave them connected and log data to your phone through a ride, which provides a lot of troubleshooting data beyond just scanning codes... as well as just cool data should you ever want to get into streaming track days and stuff. You could, for example, log throttle position and lean angle and overlay that on a video But if you don't have either a scan tool or the adapter, the linked one is just fine for scanning codes and clearing them, and is something every Tracer owner should own. After all, you can pop a code just for running the bike in gear on the center stand, which then locks you out of the setup menu for the dash until it's cleared.

That's a much better look than the previous pics, though I'm still not really a fan. Not as bad as it looked previously however.

Hah I have my Tracer up there on basically every ride that's anything beyond commuting to work 😃 Actual sport bikes packing I4's typically go waaaaaaaaay past this. Even like a little R6 will do 160mph, let alone the literbikes. Have you considered FJR bags? They have the same mounting and indeed exactly the same backside - just different lids. You can put a reasonably large helmet into the FJR bags. You can literally just buy the lids and swap your lids for those to convert over.

The round emblem (63) is very easy to remove. I used a $20 Princess Auto (see: Harbour Freight) heat gun and it popped off without any effort at all - it's made of hard plastic, and there's a hole in the fairing behind it so you can push it off. The raised "TRACER" and flat "gooGT" portions are also very easy to remove with said heat gun, but they will not transfer: with any heat, they get super soft and distort. The raised TRACER part is basically thick vinyl, not hard plastic badging like you'd find with a car badge. I pulled all of those off my fairings before wrapping them in vinyl. Put the round emblems back on where they belong but on top of the vinyl with automotive trim tape from the local hardware store.

Yikes. My MT07 sailed past 180kph. I'd be *really* butthurt if I bought the Tracer and it was limited to that (~115mph).

I'd agree. Particularly when it's talking about "three intake ducts" and contributing to engine sound - That'll be the ducts between the throttle bodies and airbox, and probably the airbox design itself, and as you said it'd be portable to the full CP3 line of bikes. It's not a bike designed for extreme speed - 135mph as an effective top speed is just not really that fast in bike terms. Just doesn't need forced air.

God, that looks awesome. It's at least not snowy here now, but not nearly that nice looking. Everything is brown and dead. Stupid Calgary. Got to track down a parasitic power drain issue - battery dies after ~4-5 days not riding, so something is funky. Quality multimeter time required. Meant to do it today, but exhaustion won. Tomorrow. Maybe even swap out my plugs as well - have had new ones around for a while now but still haven't actually gotten to installing them. Just such a PITA to remove all the fairings and of course the first time removing Yamaha coils is always a nightmare.

Who's Tracer is limited to 114mph? Hell, I've had mine to 136mph, since adding a couple teeth on the rear (theoretically lowering the top speed) and I'm a big, heavy dude.

Because they always have been, on all the CP2 and CP3 platform bikes.