MrFritz86

Dear all fellow riders after so much brain storming on which directions to take, either invest money on the tracer to make it better or invest the money on a much better bike, I decided to sell the beloved Tracer to pull the trigger on a Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak. Completely different category of a bike, also huge different value. I haven’t ridden bunch yet, only rode it home yesterday in the Nashville heat around lunch time. First impression, rides smooth, comfortable, engine is sublime, no vibrations, tons of customization available to the user. Unfortunately I’m leaving the country for a couple of weeks and can’t enjoy the new bike until I’m back. I do have a lot of parts for sale since I traded in the bike and the dealership only valued it as stock. I’ll post the parts once I’m back if anybody is looking for anything that might fit their needs. Here a few things just in case: Givi Crash Bars, Givi Splash Guard, Puig Sport and Touring Screens, SW Motech Aero bags with mounting brackets, Sargent performance seat. Well, I wanted to thank everyone on this forum, a lot of help, tons of info gathered, shared great experiences.

Does anybody know what paint code are the head cover and pump oil cover? I like that bronze and was thinking to paint the crankcase cover and the wheels as well.

I do the same, that’s why I was having issues when turning the key back on I’m now trying to place the switch back on before getting off the bike, or remember to turn it to on before turning the key I’m just getting used to it

Like the all gray

Sw Motech provides crash guards brackets as mounting solutions, or amazon can have cheaper options. Last time I've ordered my Aero side cases, it took just little over a week to be delivered even if they were listed as backordered by 3-4 weeks from Germany. You Might be lucky just like I was 😅

I did read the owner's manual, I always do before posting anything online, It's common sense to read it. 😅 However, the manual I found online is a bit different (I'm now wondering if the hard copy is like yours) It says, turn the key on and set the stop switch to run I always let the pump prime, and never start the engine before it's finished But what it doesn't make any sense is that, if I turn the key on, and wait a bit to set the stop switch to run, it does not prime. And this is where it's having a rough start. It seems odd that it doesn't prime whenever we set the switch to run. But only if it's already set prior to turn the key on. And/or within that amount of time after turning the key on (which still not the correct way of doing it, it has to be set to run before turning the key) I obviously try to get used to it, but sometimes I just forget. Thanks anyway.

Hello everyone '19 Tracer 900 here. I have a doubt on the fuel pump not priming (see below), I took a look to the owner's manual but couldn't find anything on this matter bc to turn on the bike says to turn the key on, set kill switch to run and then start (nothing wrong here) This is what doesn't add up I turn the key on and if the kill switch is set to stop and I wait like a few seconds (lets say the amount of time that the pump usually takes to prime) before turning the kill switch to run, the fuel pump will not prime! So I don't hear the sound at all. But, the fuel pump is only priming if the kill switch is already set to run prior to turn the key on it seems odd that the pump will only prime within that amount of time, and it seems like it's having a rough start. On my other bike, if I turn the key on, and wait even a few minutes, when I turn the kill switch to run, it will prime the pump no matter what. Do all the Tracers behave like this? or is it just mine? Thanks in advance

The kit comes with interchangeable lenses, you can either do both spot or flood. I chose whatever they call hybrid with mixed lenses. And yes it really looks much better, it gave me much more confidence in both night and day riding. Maybe would have been better the D2 instead of DM. But I'm still happy with these.

Hey I was able to take some pics of the Denali DM at night consider that I’m running the single intensity relay (full intensity) with just the on/off switch atm I set one with the spot lens and the other with the flood as you can see it really lights up the sides of the road with the flood and down the road with the spot Aux light nighttime Imgur: The magic of the Internet

Electronically speaking, brown / white / red are positive, black/ blue /green are ground/negative Then there are mixed colors (or numbered wires) to be distinguished Also buy a service book, that will help you a lot with the wiring diagrams, other stuff as well

I would suggest you get a multimeter, it’s inexpensive and will definitely help you a lot in many situations In this case you would have had already found the live wire However, most of the time brown would be the positive, so it must be it

Ok on the Tracer I tapped on the tail light which is the connector with 2 cables black is ground as you can see, and tapped the white/red I have a different connection bc I have a aftermarket plate mount now where the OEM cable was brown to blue on the tail light so this is a live wire when turning the key on

I’ll get back to you once I get home later today Busy with a customer atm

Outside the forks wouldn’t be possible since the lights were hitting the fairing, maybe lowering the mounts it would have been possible, but it that case I needed the extension cables there is a fender mount option, but depends on the bike you might need the extension cables. with the single intensity relay I had to tap only in one cable (i.e. tag light). There are different ways of setting them up based on what you’re looking for. I’m buying another switch bc I want the aux lights to be controlled independently without tapping in the stock lights and control them with the stock light controls

I didn’t take pics during nighttime yet, but I can definitely do it I'm planning on buying the dual intensity relay and hi/low switch pretty soon here some pics of the lights and mounts please consider that I have the DM 2.0 kit D2 2.0 kit is a step up Denali DM lights Imgur: The magic of the Internet

I added Denali DM 2 Kit with the fork mounts on my tracer bc I had the same issue Dark in the area from the front wheel to where the beam started to hit the road it made a huge improvement, now the front road is well lit and it made the road ahead better illuminated, also on both sides you might want to consider the D2 if you want a wider and deeper illumination

Use some loctice lock threads I didn’t have nylon lock nuts on hand, just regular nuts, with some either blue or red loctite I had no issues on my 2 bikes

did the TB sync yesterday afternoon since the Carbtune was delivered earlier than expected. Also changed the front brake pads to the EBC HH, couldn't stand the abrupt initial bite of the stock pads. now I just need new levers, hate the stockers. Note on the TB sync: the master body, remained the master since it was pulling the least amount even when the other 2 screws were fully seated. I was able to get them close enough, but the Carbtune scale up by 2cmHg with 4 dash in the middle, and yes I was able to keep the bodies within 2 dashes, which corresponds to 10cmHg (or 10mmHg as per Yamaha service manual) Maybe it smoothed out a lil bit, but was barely noticeable. Also the it wasn't that bad at first, just leveled them a bit better. Now here comes a question based on some info I was able to gather on TB sync around the web... how true is to sync them at 5k rpm, to reduce vibrations when cruising? I know the service manual states to sync at idle, but anybody ever tried to sync at higher rpm?

After my recent trip to Dallas, TX, I got back home with 4000miles on the clock Today did the oil and filter change, tried Maxima synthetic 10w40 and the engine seems a bit smoother (maybe due to the fact the oil still new), Yamaha OEM filter. In the next few days I'll do the TB Sync once the Carbtune Pro 4 is delivered, hopefully I can get rid of some vibrations. Also the engine feels like when sitting at idle is kinda knocking/pinging a lil bit.

We should definitely get together

I’m actually On my way to through Denton to NTK and just found a Duluth store there, imma stop by and check it out thanks a lot guys for the input

Thanks for the info do you have a link to the product?

Thanks for greeting me, I quite spend bit some time throughout the year here in Coppell when visiting my dad Living in Nashville, we were mostly using stand by flight tickets, but with Covid and the new bike, I started this touring experience and I think I’m gonna love it even more now that you told me the huge improvement that was the Sargent compared to the plank stocker (hey nothing wrong with it since its much more comfy compared my naked stocker 😅) Where are you located?

Today I rode from Nashville, TN to Coppell, TX 12 hours riding counting all the stops for stretching, snacks, fueling and lunch With the car it took me exactly 10 hours last month Not bad considering that my butt was completely dead after 6hours of agony, the rest of the ride was completely numb when sitting, hurting really bad when stretching a bit Recently bought some padded undershorts and tried to avoid any kind of seams to make my life easier, still my skinny butt is in pain Last night I’ve ordered the Sargent seat (rebate for Labor Day weekend), and hopefully I can stretch my rides to a full tank, which is around 210miles and around 3 hours today I had to stop every hour otherwise I couldn’t make it also to my surprise, the Puig touring screen is garbage, buffeting above the helmet is atrocious, luckily I’ve tried it on Wednesday for a couple of hours on the highway, and after that I’ve tried the Yamaha stock screen and it is much better. I can live with (stock screen) taking pretty much a full blast without having that atrocious buffeting. I think (Puig Tour) it fits better shorter people, bc when bending my back to lower the helmet height below the top section of the Screen the buffeting was gone and it was super quite, but being 5’10” I can’t ride bending my back. I don’t wanna spend $130 to add the add on top screen and maybe it won’t even fix the buffeting added some FJR pegs and it dampened the vibrations a lot, very useful on longer rides also added the Givi splash guard, the SW Motech Evo Engage and the tailbag which was already in use on my other bike so it’s good that I can exchange the bags in between my bikes fuel economy is not bad, rode 172 miles and filled up with 3.7 , so yeah 210 miles for a full tank. Today the fuel average was around 46 considering the spirited ride 😅

If I’m not wrong you have to press the “set” button, which I think is the “-“ button as well to activate (set) the desired speed