Stew

I still think and talk in lbs, and feet and inches, and gallons , and all 'proper' units of measurement.

We do mph as well here I have no idea about kph. Fastest I've gone on a bike was an indicated 168mph on my old FZR1000 Exup, and I was punching the tank cos it wouldnt go any faster. That was when I realised I was an idiot, and stopped doing stuff like that.

No idea about the fan, I have never used the temperature display. I'm not going to go tearing the bike to bits to find out The only issue I have had is the really slow speed stuff, and from all accounts the boosterplug will deal with that. I'll update when I fit it, hopefully tomorrow if I can see straight to concentrate.

I'm not Down Under, that , to me anyway, would be Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand even. And the bike definitely can do significantly over 114mph (allegedly officer)

Errrm, mine can certainly do more than that (on a private road of course officer!)

Sadly no. I get them once in a while if I sit around too much. All from a whiplash when a car ran into the back of me at around 50mph about 30 years ago. And NO, to my knowledge the ECU has not been flashed. Bearing in mind the bike is a 2015, I can't guarantee it. Is there any simple way I can tell without stripping it down?

Took delivery of this lovely little magical thing. (Came complete with a free neck buff) Sadly, a bad migraine has put paid to me fitting it today as I can barely move for the pain, but soon. Very Soon!

Excellente!

Which is exactly what I was after. Incredibly impressed with the service from the Booster Plug people, ordered yesterday, being delivered on Thursday (free shipping) , USA to Scotland, that is amazing. Hopefully I'll get it fitted over the weekend, (weather here at the moment is vile) and will keep you posted as to what difference I feel from it.

I have recently switched from a 650 vstrom, which I loved. Until I rode the tracer. The 650 vstrom is a very capable bike, and can sit at 80-100 all day long, and is pretty comfortable. It's low maintenance, and cheap. But... It is decent at everything, and good at nothing. And I feel like a traitor to my vstrom for saying that.

Just had a look in the Haynes manual, which says 45nm for the engine mounting bolts.

This here... Yamaha 800-900cc (MT-09) fuel injection tuning | BoosterPlug Release the Power in your Yamaha, without the expensive setup of a Power...

Thanks, I was looking at that Booster Plug earlier, and I think it would give me what I want. Probably order one tomorrow. I appreciate the help. I'll maybe have a think about changing the rear sprocket size when it comes chain replacement time, but the more I think about it, the more the booster plug makes sense. *UPDATE* Just ordered one, will report back when it arrives and I get it plugged in and have a ride with it installed.

The main thing is you've gotten to the bottom of the mystery. (and made me laugh, hehehehe)

I hear that. The nearest I can think of is when you hit the powerband on a 350lc 2 stroke back in the day. Totally addictive. Oh, and I timed my well behaved run today perfectly, as when I came across traffic police I was doing 2mph under the speed limit. I nearly waved to them I'm just a youngster at 61 going on 20

Aye. Thats a good description of how I was using the throttle today. It really was one of the best bike rides I've had in a long long time. Thing is, I used to know all this, and do all this. But that triple engine bewitched me for a wee while there

@texscottyd , you take amazing photographs. You've a real eye for it.

As an introduction, I have had the bike a few weeks now, and every time I go out on it, I end up riding really quickly. Which has been starting to concern me, as I do like having a license, and some of the speeds I have been doing would get me a hefty fine, and seriously affect my licence. I've had faster bikes in the past, but didn't have the same issues, I was able to just plod along when I felt like it, and go nuts when I felt like it. I've gotten away with a lot of speeding over the years, and I don't need the aggravation, the fine, the insurance cost leap. It might sound like no big deal, but it has seriously been bothering me, because I was thinking, I need somewhere to ride that I can guarantee no police, so I can really enjoy this bike, or learn how to plod along. I've been struggling a bit with 30mph limits, and 40mph limits, to keep the bike from feeling like it wants to crack on. So, I went out this afternoon, determined to once and for all sort this issue out. Since sometimes I enjoy just going out for a wee slow ride, and clearing my head. I rode around 3 hours, not sure what mileage, but, I kept within the speed limit all the time, except on a 60mph limit, when I was sitting at around 67 or so. I managed this the entire time. (until the end, when I decided I was due a treat. More than anything I realised that it is more a self-discipline issue than anything else. The bike wants to go quicker, and so do I. First thing that astonished me was that I ended up slightly obsessing over the wee CRNT FUEL indicator, seeing mad numbers like 70 etc , wheeeee! I was surprised at how difficult I found it to stay under , or just over, the speed limits. And it is a long time since I had cars coming up behind me, going quicker than me, and the temptation to just blast away was great, but I restrained myself, and a couple of times indicated and slowed down to just let them get past so I could chill out and enjoy the ride. It was most enjoyable, and I learned a lot. Because everything was so much less frantic, I was able to really work on my positioning for bends, looking through bends for the vanishing point and all that good stuff that I sort of got a bit out of the habit of. And often I found that by going slower I was actually quicker through the bends, and smoother coming out of them. Now most of the roads I was on are super twisty, absolutely brilliant fun on the bike, flick left flick right flick left flick right sort of thing, and I really really enjoyed myself. 60mph speed limit, which I stuck to, and found I was almost always actually doing 60, whereas before I'd be doing 80+ coming up to a bend, then hammering on the brakes, ending up too slow, and ruining the bend for myself etc. so while it felt a lot slower, I reckon if I timed it, I may have been around the same total time, if not marginally quicker. I am not a fast rider, if anything I'd say I am a slow rider. I've nothin to prove, if other riders want to go faster than me then great, let them get on with it, I've been there, done that, got the scars and bills to show for it. I also took time to mess around with the suspension a bit more, while waiting on getting my new shiny bits fitted in early Sept. I was able to get the bike a lot more comfy on bumps and potholes, which again contributed to me sort of being faster while riding within the speed limit. As for the lower speed limits, I had been struggling with holding 30 or under in a 30mph limit, but realised today that 2nd is the best gear for that, rather than 3rd. Same with 40 limit, 3rd is better than 4th. I may be preaching to the choir here, but there is something about that triple engine that makes it sound and feel a bit like you are revving it hard , when you actually are not. With my prior experience being vtwins and 4 cyclinders, I'm used to going up through the gearbox a lot sooner. So, in summary. Sometimes it's good to actually sort of re-engage brain, and start all over again. We all get used to doing things a certain way, and the triple engine doesn't like that Adapting to it has taken me a while, and I've a ways to go, but , my oh my, it is just such a lovely engine. And to finish up, I treated myself to a brain out 20 minute thrash around some roads close to home, I mean, it had to be done. Not sure where to put this, so any admin that wants to move it, please do. Stew

It's always a delight to take a bike on a ferry, makes you feel like it's a wee adventure.

I was going to post something along the lines of 'how do you ride slowly on a Tracer'. I used to love just taking my time around the back roads on my vstrom, but the Tracer engine doesn't seem to like it (I know, right wrist etc. ) , but I genuinely find it difficult to ride the bike slowly. I don't know if it's the gearing or what, but for me the engine doesn't like sitting in a high gear at low revs, I mean, 3rd in a 30mph limit is almost lugging, 2nd wants to crack on. I'm struggling with this. And I am deadly serious. If you , or anyone, has any sprocket mods that would help with this, I'm all ears. Anyway, I'm away out to play on the bike for an hour or so, and I'll do my absolute best to chill out and ride slower. I'll report back later

Welcome to the forum. There are some really knowledgable people on here, and it's super friendly. Enjoy every mile.

"Average speed cameras work by recording your speed at two different points. They don't capture your speed in a single flash. Instead, they'll monitor your speed over a length of road. This is so people don't slow down just before they see a camera and then speed up again afterwards. They help to keep the traffic flowing steadily instead of stopping and starting. SPECS were the first cameras to enforce an average speed restriction on British roads back in 1999. They use video and Automatic Number Plate Reading (ANPR) to record drivers between a set of cameras on motorways and dual carriageways. Infra-red photography lets them work day and night to catch speeders. They're fixed on roads in a sequence at least 200m apart. This then calculates a driver’s average speed over a set distance, and will detect any speeding offences. The ANPR technology then allows the system to record the vehicle and send a fine to the registered address." (taken from a motoring website) There are several really good speed detection systems in some of the villages near where I live that detect your speed as you approach traffic lights, and if you are speeding, they turn the lights red. It's so annoying, and once people realise, they never speed there again. A clever idea, no fine, no police, nothing. Just the frustration of sitting at a red light, held up, because you went a bit over the limit where you really shouldn't have.

Same, 30 in a 30, 40 in a 40, 50-60 in a 50 , but when the speed limit is 60 or 70, game on.

HD riders and a lot of BMW GS riders are the least likely to wave back. Lately , I've noticed a lot of folk sticking a leg out as a wave. I wave to everybody, especially the ones I know it will annoy

Do you have average speed cameras there? Or Camera vans, (looking very inconspicuous) that park at the side of the road, filming all the speeders?