Yamajank

With a semi short test ride, I feel like I have flattened the seat but I’ve lost the flex that I used to feel when accelerating. It’s probably better in the long run. I’m not stressing the seat, and I can probably get more feedback from the more important areas of the suspension. Might switch back and forth from time to time to see if I truly like the switch.

Looks nice but I think I'd like to see what the blue rim color would look like on the bags

The OEM rubber feet vs new homemade feet

I got to wondering why I didn’t really have seat complaints. (Unless you put the seat in low, then it slants way too much) Caused me to investigate. I had been using the adjustable spacer in the low position but hooking the front stem into the high position as well as high position in the rear. As a result I could feel flex in the seat, and I think the rubber feet on the bottom of the seat were floating. If I weighed more (150) something probably would have broken. So I moved the adjustable spacer to the high position but I replaced the rubber feet that are located in the middle and rear of the seat with homemade rubber feet. (Most forward feet, no change) I sliced them down to about an eighth of an inch and so the middle (round) feet only touch when my weight is on the seat. The rear rectangular feet sit on the bike, but the overall effect is that the back of the seat sits about 4-6 mm lower than before, and my measurements with a level indicate that to be the case. Haven’t been able to test yet, but I’m thinking that I’ve leveled out the seat angle even more than it was before and made it more sturdy. I’ll try to include pics. They aren’t great, but I wanted to see if I could actually see a difference. The picture from the side is with bike on center stand. The pic from above is not on center stand but holding the bike level. First pics are the after...

Exactly, and some of you might remember my fiasco of the “professional” making my chain waaaay too tight. What a joke. I’ll keep it from the shop as much as possible.

Way up in northern Indiana. A mile from Michigan border.

Speaking of fun Kentucky roads...a buddy of mine was supposed to join me next week and backed out. Has anyone ever seen a website for trying to find a companion for a trip? Or a group even? Or just to see if there are rides happening in the area?

All this talk of suspensions got me to tweak mine a bit. I'm only 150 lbs so take that into consideration. And this setup is without bags. Bike has almost 5000 miles. Tire pressure 34 front/rear. Front preload on the 4th line (so 3 lines showing). Front compression 10 out, front rebound 5 out. Rear preload 1, rear rebound 3 out. I thought it was fabulous. I'd love to see if I could tell the difference between some of these aftermarket setups.

Well, I don't think the helmet is the noise. I rode without the helmet. Hit 60mph and it's bad. So it has to be the Puig. I don't know why I didn't notice it when I first tried it out though! I can't believe it wasn't there before and now it is. Anyone else with the Puig shield hear a noise? I'm 5'9" and I can make it go away if I crouch down, but where I want to sit comfortably...it's horrible. If I can't return it to Revzilla, I might be experimenting with some cutting.

Yep. Took it off. I’ve done it before, but just to test the noise again. So I don’t hear the noise. I know it’s a bit more noisy in general with no shield, but I think I can rule out the noise being from the Tracer. I can hear the noise with the stock screen but only when I lean kind of over to the side. Put the puig on and as soon as I get to 60 it’s like the right side of my helmet has a freaking bag pipe in it. I noticed a flaw in the helmet that I think could be the culprit. It’s a new scorpion, and I think you can see in the pics how the rubber seal on the right side is warped. I can straighten it, but as soon as the visor gets opened it goes back to warped. I have to think that the combination of the puig airflow and the bad seal make the noise happen.

Went out for a long ride and suddenly noticed a whiny noise. I had recently switched to the Puig windshield and at about 60mph exactly there is a noise that I imagine sounds like a dog whistle would to a dog. I can’t tell if it’s a wind noise coming from the Puig or if it’s an engine thing. It doesn’t matte the gear though which makes me think it’s a speed thing. Switched helmets thinking maybe it was that, but it was the same with a different helmet. Anyone else have the whiny noise at 60 plus? I’m wondering if it’s been there the whole time and I just can’t hear it over the wind noise with stock shield. Changing the height doesn’t change the volume or pitch. Help?

Realized my lousy service shop tightened my chain way too much. Spec in book says it should be between 35-45mm and it’s less than 15! And it seems out of alignment also. I felt like there was more vibration and I hope there wasn’t any real damage done. I can’t fix it until I get a socket big enough...27mm? Ahhh. They were doing a 4K service and did not do a throttle body sync because they said the diagnostic tool told them it wasn’t necessary. Is that even possible? I think they were just too lazy to do it. Thoughts?

For anyone who is still chasing the perfect windshield here’s my take. 5’9” with 32” inseam. Low seat position. The sport shields are pretty much worthless for me. Both look fine, but the Calsci shorty actually is hard to ride with. The vstream sport shield is a little better, but not enough. The Calsci medium is really like a barn door. It will likely force you to move your mirrors. It does not seem like the mount will hold up to the weight of it long term, but that’s probably just being paranoid. It isn’t that heavy, and performance wise it does a great job of shielding. It blocks almost all the noise at 70-75, and it still lets in a little air around the sides. The vstream medium is honestly probably the best looking, but I found it to have a bit of a rhythmic buffeting, not bad at all, and different helmets might make all the difference, who knows? Now I also tried the puig touring. It is so good at making a pocket of air that I think I could only think about using it in cold weather. It was about 90 deg and I wasn’t getting near enough air to cool off. Not even around the sides. Not even in the lowest position, which I might say is high enough for almost all speeds that I would go...the height in the highest position is as high as I could have a windshield at my torso length. The pics are calsci medium next to Puig, vsream medium next to Puig, and vstream medium next to vstream sport.

I got the spacers to work! Just needed to try a little harder I guess. Anyway, I think that is the ticket for me. I’ll post more details later, but I find that moving the shield out that half inch or so must act somewhat like the vent in the calsci shield. It doesn’t necessarily cause any less wind (which is good with me) but it’s calms it down. I’d even say significantly.

I tried that one day and couldn't get the holes to line up with about 3/4" spacers. Didn't make sense...it shouldn't have changed any dimensions as far as I could tell.

I’ve changed my mind on this actually...rode a little more with and without helmet. It might be cleaner air, but it seems like it makes the air more ferocious at anything over 50mph. If you turn your head at those speeds it feels like your head is going to come off. So I ordered the medium (barn door) from calsci and while it does fix noise, buffeting, and any kind of bad wind, it is huge. Had to readjust mirrors, which seems to work fine. It does seems like the mount is struggling with the weight and pressure put on it. And it looks like a freaking HD touring shield. Although I am able to look over it at 5’9”. I’m torn. The shorty will get returned. I also ordered the short and medium vstream. Short was no better than stock or the calsci sport. The medium is slightly better than stock for noise, but not enough. It’s a different kind of noise...and for me maybe even more of a buffeting. Here’s my big question. I think calsci is on to something with the cut out vent in the middle of the shield. Has anyone tried cutting a hole of some kind in the stock shield to see if it cuts down on the noise factor? I asked Mark about cutting the stock screen and he said his laser only cuts on a flat sheet. I’m tempted to try cutting one with a dremel, but I’d be guessing on size and location!

Calsci is the way to go. They do it with math and science. Just got the shorty and it is much cleaner air. I'm told the medium will make a pocket around you but I'd rather not be hot so I went with the shorty.

I think you're right. It wants to go but the tracer I test rode was also brand new and seemed more stable and calm at the slow speeds. It will go in soon for the first service and I imagine I'll have them look into too.

2ND gear. Not lugging. New bike. Not new rider.

No...while trying to just obey a 30mph speed limit and keep it steady. I can keep the speedometer at 30, but it doesn't feel like it's smooth. I can't tell if it's suspension or engine or something else. I get the snatchiness of the throttle and differences of the a, b, and standard.

New 2019 tracer gt...only has 300 miles but I'm a little worried about how it feels at 20-35. I can't tell if it's rpms that aren't smooth or if possibly a wheel is out of balance. Is it just still needing more break in? How do I determine what it could be? Anyone else have it on a new gt?

Hi...brand new 2019 model...one of the last ones around in the country I think. What the heck is this thing? It was in the "tool" bag.

Any of you guys find it odd that the 20's seem to have some matte black and some not so matte? Not that they make them different just that on the same bike some of the parts look more glossy and others they clearly tried to go matte. I think I'd have to change the red parts no matter what.

I’m kind of new here. Have been put off by the copper 2020, and wondered if people have been able to change it. Where can you find the pics of what these people have done? Also, it looks like there is some matte black and gloss black on the 2020. Anyone confirm?

Thanks Kilo, can anyone else weigh in on whether Tracer seat is less angled than the MT? Or am I really destined to have to replace the seat on a new motorcycle to make it rideable.