sabre85

I didn't give up my 5th Gen VFR when I purchased my Tracer GT. I have a love-hate relationship with the Tracer. Love the engine, handling, bags, cruise, and the heated grips. Hate the rider triangle (for me), seat slope, sound of the pipe, suspension (I have upgraded that, happy now), and the fact that trying to keep it clean is nearly impossible for someone who is used to fully faired scoots.

Not to brag, but notice the darkie. Two up at the Gap

Amazon has them in many different sizes and kits, not unreasonably priced. just another box set to add to the tool box

11 curves in 318 miles, and the highest hill is an overpass

Pricey but worth every penny!!

The yamaha stock rack DOES work with the stock bags!! The stock grab rails come off, the stock rack goes on in minutes.

Been going to the mountains for two or three times a year for 40 years now. Discovered "The Gap" when a little old man I was helping pull his small fishing boat out of the lake at the north end said to me with some astonishment "You like curvy roads?...go that way," pointing towards 129. At that time it was all sport bikes and locals. A few years later I started reading about 'The Dragon' in all the motorcycle mags and the rest of the world found out about the little slice of motorcycling heaven, and turned it into the noisy, touristy, cruiser clogged, squid crashing, cop patrolled, destination that it has become. When I go there now I kind of treat it like the big roller coaster at the amusement park. If the line is not too long...I take the ride. There are so many good roads in the area (NC SR 28 all the way into GA, Warwomen RD, Wayah Rd, NC SR 281, 215, 209,107, US 276, 64 when there is no traffic. ect) that the Gap is no longer the focus. Don't get me wrong, if your a sporty rider it needs to be done, but get a good map and find some of the real gems in the area.

If you're a sporty type rider the stock suspension is sorely lacking for two up riding. I'm a bigger guy, 250 or so in gear and my girl goes about 180 in gear. For me the stock suspension was completely inadequate two up, everything would ground in a corner at speed and bottom out on the smallest of bumps! I took mine to traxxion dynamics and they fixed me up quite nicely, proper springs, new shock and forks. Pricey, but totally worth it for me. At the very least you will need to upgrade the springs front and rear.

Got my 2020 GT in January, upgraded the suspension at Traxxion (AK forks, penske shock)and a Sargent seat. Have done the seat slope fix by raising the front mount as much as possible,(ride with the seat in the lower position) but still feel that seat slope push a bit. Handlebar up and back risers, new bars with more rise and pull back, and did a little rerouting of the cables to get some more adjustability (still not completely happy with the bars, could use some more sweep to the bar-ends - a little less 'elbows out' feel, more sport bike like). Here is my problem, I've still got too much weight on my hands. The reason I purchased this scoot was to get a more upright riding position, and not have the complexity and future black box problems that might come with the electronic suspension. I figured the traction control and antilock braking stuff was pretty much sorted. It's proly all the same black box, but one less place to go wrong. If I could move the foot pegs forward an inch or two that would probably rotate my hips enough to fix my problem, but I haven't seen an aftermarket solution. Anyone seen something like that? Edit - I'm a sporty rider -"old guy fast" - so a solution like TomTracer suggests (next post) about a peg LOWERING kit would proly not work for me. I'm not sure a full on custom seat, Russell Day Long, or one of the others will solve the problem. 🤔 Does anyone know where I might get a custom handlebar made? All my net searches have wound up at harley ape hanger type places. I really like everything else about the bike, motor, handling with the new suspension, weight ect. but this has got me stumped. HELP!!!!!!

Two up on NC SR 215 in Smokies on my 2K VFR

Sargent: [1] 5 considerably more comfortable, same for the passenger portion [2] 3 I have addressed the slope problem by shimming the front mount, did not completely fix the problem.

When I removed the foot peg feelers (they just unscrew) my problems with putting the side stand down were reduced quite a bit. My issue was not related to a being short, it was just that the feeler would interfere with my boot just trying to get my heel on the tang to push down the stand.

Just spent 4 days in the Smokies - Smokin roads and tires. Been riding dunlop roadsmarts on a VFR since they've been making them. The stock tires were not bad, but the rear is going to be toast before it gets to 2200 miles. Not as hard on the front (easy into the corners...hard on the way out) I might get 3k out of it. Felt the rear squirm a couple of times, but nothing that kept me from enjoying the motor. Looking forward to some premium rubber.

Got a big trip planed for 9 riders this coming weekend, May 14 thru 18. If you folks in the area (Gatlinburg south to the Georgia-N C state line and east towards Ashville Lake Lure area) have any updates about gas availability it would be appreciated. Went through this a few years ago and it was a bit of a hassle. I know it all depends on the pipeline folks gettin their act together, just hoping that you can shed some light on just how bad it is. The news makes it sound like there is a "gas apocalypse" but they just concentrate on the big towns. How is it so far out where the roads are? Any help would be appreciated!!!!!

Just wondering if everyone else is having to wait on your dealer to get parts for the recall? Purchased my GT in January. The right side bag had been damaged in the transport or unpacking, they said no problem they would get a replacement. Not a problem for me either...it's January and I live in Ohio, couple of weeks for the part... no problem. I get the recall notice, call the dealer, they say they are waiting on the part, they'll call when the part comes in. Now it's May, still no bag, no recall part. Is everyone else having this same kind of problem with parts from their dealer?