François Brion

Moi itou je trouve le bruit ben fatiguant en 6e à 100-120. Je tiens la5e jusqu'à 140 avant de passer en 6 mais j'avoue que c'est risqué côté SQ...

C'est vrai que le banc est trop incliné, ça finit par être inconfortable pour les bijoux. Je vais probablement changer pour un Corbin chauffant.

Par contre, pas d'huile brulée en ce qui me concerne.

Beau trip que vous avez fait.

Psycho-bipolar Québec weather strikes again!!!

Two weeks ago, it was 20°C and sunny and now that, all week !!!

Downshift 2 gears  and crank it up. Ciao

6 hours ago, BBB said:

Don’t post it if it is a copyright violation. The website owner could be held responsible if Yamaha decided to pursue it.

No problem, that's what I thought. Thx.

1 hour ago, BBB said:

Don’t post it if it is a copyright violation. The website owner could be held responsible if Yamaha decided to pursue it.

That's what I thought.

So anyone interested, send me a PM

I found the service manual (yep, the shop manual (681 pages) not the owner manual (128 pages) for the 2019 900 GT somewhere in the numeric world... 228 Mo PDF

It's an US version but I think it won't bother many people 'round here

Will I be thrown away of this site if I put it on a post so that anyone who needs it can download it ?

Maybe someone else has already answered the initial question but sorry, didn't take time to go through the 41 pages of replies

I found these three reviews of the Tracer 9 GT (yeah, it's the new name) and three ''essais routiers''. All in french though (but Google translate is your friend...).

Looks like there quite a number of changes (too many to write it down) but I don't know if it will be all on north american  models.

Yamaha Tracer 9 GT 2021 : objectif rapport prix équipements – Moto-Station

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Yamaha renouvèle totalement sa gamme Tracer 900 pour 2021...

Yamaha Tracer 9 GT 2021 - MotoPlus.ca

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Après la MT-09, c’est au tour de la Tracer 900 GT de subir un...

Essai Yamaha Tracer 9 (GT) 2021 : #çasentlesuccès – Moto-Station

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Elle était attendue, la voici : la nouvelle Yamaha Tracer 9 (et plus...

Essai Yamaha Tracer 9 GT (2021) - Championne de la polyvalence ?

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En 2021, la Tracer 9 et la Tracer 9 GT font peau neuve, et...

http://www.lerepairedesmotards.com/essais/motos/yamaha-tracer-9-gt.php

Good reading (after translation

A good old perfecto.

On 9/4/2020 at 1:14 PM, BBB said:

You’re forgiven 😁. It’s a good enough explanation of volume/pressure/temperature relationships. Much easier than arguing frictional forces, tyre wall flex, contact patches, viscoelastic forces in tyre composition etc etc.

I keep this example in mind, it will be an excellent question for the chemistry exam next week.

It reminds me the good old engineering school days - Heat transfer exam (10 points): Which beer is cooling faster in a fridge, horizontally or vertically ? (Do not ask, I don't remember the answer (and still less the calcs))

Did a short 30 mile ride on highway to get the latest Ken Follett novel. Quite (way too) fast to get there before 9pm. It was 7C (45F) outside... T-shirt under a perfecto (a good one though), jeans, running shoes, open face helmet, no gloves. Even if the heated grips helped a lot, I'm still freezing behind my computer...

Yep, another summer is dead here in Québec.

Signed : An old monkey (­>300 k!!) that never learns

19 hours ago, Tripletrouble said:

Mine is genuineYamaha, but you’ll find cheaper alternatives on eBay that do the job just as well. Some things you need to spend the money on for quality, this isn’t one of them.

The cheapest solution (10 cents for 10-20 parkings) : a flattened crushed beer can (soda could work either, I guess...) 😉

On 9/4/2020 at 1:38 PM, Clegg78 said:

Hey everyone, I got this uploaded to Thingiverse!  Feel free to download and give it a print, I put notes on the print settings and such I recommend. 

Yamaha Tracer 900GT Front Fork Hand Adjustment Tool by clegg78 - Thingiverse

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I designed a small hand tool that is light, compact, and easily...

 

Thx a lot for the files

Nice and practical design. If you put the link, I'll print it at my job. Thanks a lot for your sharing, that's internet all about, free sourcing.

2 hours ago, dpippin said:

I was concerned about dragging the center-stand also. So I ground about half of the rubber stop away. With the shorter stop the center-stand does not interfere with the exhaust. I also have a riding style from doing track days where I hang off a bit and this keeps the bike a little more upright. The real fix was updating to Ohlins suspension with the correct spring weight.

Thx for your answer

20 hours ago, SKYFLIX said:

"Yellow panels", aka road signs.

Exactly. Sorry for my poor english, I'm from Québec

1 hour ago, BBB said:

It is almost certainly the spring rate too low for the combined weight of you and your passenger. If you have increased the preload to the maximum you only have two options: trim the rubber stop on the centre stand so it sits slightly higher, or more importantly a higher rate shock spring (even better, a new, better shock that has been sprung for your combined weight).

Thx for your suggestions. I'll increase the preload and make few roadtests with another passenger that my girlfriend whom is too easy to frighten in curves  . 

I'm a new owner of a 900GT. Very satisfied so far but I noticed that when I have a passenger, the center stand is touching the road very (too) soon while taking curves at not so high speed (let's say at twice the speed suggested by the yellow panels). On all my other bikes, pegs were touching the road way before the center stand. Even if I have hardenned the front and rear suspension settings, it's still going on. Anyone experienced this or have any suggestions (but removing the stand) ?