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Mount them as high as you reasonably can. If you install the Givi Light Bracket for the Tracer under the chin of the bike, you can then mount the lamps of your choice. These 2" LED Flamethrowers put out some insane lighting.

I occasionally think about the newer GT models, but they can't carry FJR1300 hard cases natively like my 2020 GT, and this best thing about my 2020 Tracer is that it's paid for, and carries wifey and I on some long trips just fine.

I agree this is perplexing. Does the kit not have it's own version of the hangar bracket? The holes as photographed are clearly not aligning. This seems very unlike Ohlins.

This seems all wrong. Where is the silver steel bracket that bolts to the two hangar bracket bolts on the inside of the hangar?

I actually did not know this, or I have forgotten about it. I used to be big on K&N filters, and have read a lot of flame wars about K&Ns vs factory filters over the years. Most detractors argue that while the the K&Ns do flow a crap ton of air compared to stock, it also allows more dust to pass thru. Continued to use K&N filters even though I've always had a nagging suspicion that they may be right. When the FJR1300 and Hayabusa were replaced by the Tracer and MT-10 respectively, I have elected to stay with factory filters on the latter bikes.

Sure, I'll go start another thread on the new Desert Runner - this version is considerably lighter and more nimble:

That was my 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa "Desert Runner" edition, carrying 10.3 gallons of fuel and 1.25 gallons of ice water. I rampaged throughout the Desert West for 12 years on this beast.

Middlegate Station is hallowed ground for our Endurance Rally events the past 3 decades. We used it as a Checkpoint, and used it as a bonus location. Some of the most awesome cheeseburgers on the planet are made there.

I am confident there will be no riding the Tracer today. 🙄 The Bluetooth outdoor temp sensor sits just outside my garage window. It's some cold 💩 out there, tbh. 🥶

I am sure most will not like my reply. That's fine, if you think differently, no problem. I am not so sure our cross-plane triple motors like synthetic oil all that much. On the surface, that statement seems ridiculous. However, I can only report my experiences from direct observation and use. I think it was the 2nd oil change (after 600-mile change) that I swapped from full petroleum YamaLube to full synthetic 15w-50 YamaLube. I could immediately tell the engine had new noises that it just did not have before. We all know our clutch baskets are noisy, our valve train can tick, etc. But these noises were different. They seem most pronounce at idle, or just off-idle. Still, the bike ran just as perfect as before. Ran that oil for it's normal 4K interval, then the next change, back to YamaLube AT 10w-40. Started the bike, and I was amazed that those noises were gone altogether. I can't explain this. Late summer 2022, with 16,000 miles on the odo, on a lark I tried YamaLube full synthetic again. Same identical results... a much nosier engine. Again, can't explain it, can't think of any explanation for it. The bike runs just fine - it's just nosier. I am at 22,500 miles now, back to AT 10w-40, the bike is not that noisy, other than normal clutch basket noises. The bike has always ran perfectly regardless of the oil.

The Yakima River running near my town of West Richland is extremely high right now due to this atmospheric river, but there was a tiny break yesterday at dawn they yielded this fine photograph of the sunrise of fire:

These are late-gen Givi V37 hard bags, they can not be mounted on a 2022+ MT-10s. Yamaha inexplicitly removed the four hard mount points casted into the rear subframe that the Gen I bikes had. Gen II's have much reduced carrying options as a result. Hepco and Beck has C-bags, Yamaha has soft bag options (if you can ever find them). Nothing heavy duty like the Givi's, though.

This cross-plane inline-4 is a thirsty beast, many MT-10s don't see much over 32-33mpg. If the ECU is flashed for performance - highly, highly recommended - mileage falls even further to the 29-30 mpg range. This results in a Low Fuel light illuminating at ~ the 100-mile mark. This range certainly doesn't cut the mustard when rampaging throughout the Nevada Basin and Ranges, so an axillary fuel cell was an absolute necessity for my needs:

I was hoping you would score the MT-10 and then start that life-long love affair with it! It was exactly one year ago today I procured my MT-10, it has been quite the wild ride: After adding the 4.3-gal aux fuel cell and proper night lighting, it's a serious Desert Runner: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

These are sitting close to 19,000 miles, and because they are Ohlins, it's really noticeable when the hardware is spent and needs refreshing. As I mentioned, I could always send them to Ted Porter's in central California, he has bailed me out in the past with a Wilbers shock problem. I emailed them about it, and the service costs are not terribly horrible, ~ $340 for the shock and ~$180 for the forks, plus consumables. I will likely pull the hardware and send them on down after I finish up installing the Spiegler SS brake lines.