Greasyjonny

Not a big deal, just illustrating how these oem restrictions are nothing new. Still though, buying a tune online and installing it via my phone is much easier than physically modifying a carburetor.

Same. FI is way better, just gotta weight for a flash to Also not like oems weren’t pulling this bullshit back in the carb days. They would put brass plugs over the adjustment screws to keep you from messing with the stock settings. Bikes and cars are so much better and faster now than in the era of “real power”

The dead spot in second gear is done to meet noise and emission regulations. Not fun, but can be corrected with a flash, But it’s easily overcome but not granny shifting into second. Rev 1st out to 9k and you’ll never come close to hitting the dead spot in second. My first gear goes up to 64mph, 80 something for second and 3rd tops out at 100mph. Also 3rd will accelerate faster under 5k than 2nd so you could always just shift up.

In New England. It’s not the gulf coast but it gets humid. Certainly not a “dry heat” place. The only thing I can say concerning under layers and individual tolerances is that it will be better with the under layer than without.

Under layers my guy. I have the klim -1.0 cooling layers and I can be out in 95 degrees with AAA rated rev it jeans and a mesh jacket and full face. Comfortable off the bike as well. They’re pricey but worth every penny when you’re out in the heat.

The tracer 9 has hands down the best headlight of any bike I’ve ever used for night time visibility. Better than many cars I’ve driven.

Are those the short ones? I wonder if the standard length would be better. I just had ASV confirm that the CRC540-x levers should work for the 2021 mt09 and tracer

I think the title is a typo for 2022. Specs at the bottom of the article are listed as 2021s and there has been no announcements on the 2022 models

Seeing as Akra’s tracer exhaust is identical to their MT-09 exhaust you could infer that This yoshimura exhaust for the 2021 MT-09 would also be their offering for the Tracer model. Looks a lot better IMHO. Under slung is the way to go. Cheaper too.

The carbon one sounds great. But I’m not sure it’s the right look for the bike, at least for me.

I don’t think they’ve showed up in the NE yet. I had a dealer try and pull a bait and switch tho for a 900gt

Nope still waiting. The dealer I though that had one pulled a bait and switch with me for a for a red (hahah you mean orange?) tracer 900 gt. Yamaha is completely unhelpful. It looks like they just showed up in dealers in the UK tho

So uh... anyways...what oil you guys using?

Welp apparently the tracer has landed in Rhode Island. I put myself on a couple of wait lists and when I called one today about test riding one of their used bikes I inquired if there was any updates on deliveries for the tracer 9, and was told there’s a redline on their floor now and another coming in 3 weeks. Going down first thing to check it out and hopefully fall in love with it and bring it home.

As far as I can tell what Yamaha is calling spin forged, everyone else calls flow forming. And it does indeed result in lighter and stronger wheels. Not that they’ll be immune to pot holes but I’d rather have lighter flow formed wheels than heavier cast even if resilience is the only consideration. I have oem cast 18” wheels on my car for the winter and aftermarket 19” flowformer wheels for the summer. The 19s have obviously less side protecting them and have held up perfectly against north east portholes compared to my oem cast wheels that have had to be reshaped a few times

Saw couple YouTube vids of a dealership in Greece unboxing a standard and GT. So it would seem that these are starting to trickle out at least.

Spin forging is also known as rotary forging, or even more commonly as flow forming. It’s definitely not a cast wheel. Here’s a link that goes over it abit (scroll down slightly to see the explanation on flow forming VD10X Spin Forged | Varro Wheels | Luxury Staggered & Concave Wheels

I’m not concerned about the wheels. If the strength is there than wall thicknesses are a moot concern. Forging has always been the superior way of creating a wheel when strength and lightness are considerations and price isn’t an option. My 18” cast wheels on my GTI are heavier and have more tire wall protecting them than my 19” flow formed wheels. Guess which wheels I’ve had to have reshaped cuz they got bent on pot holes?

Yep same story. With all the oems. My local shop just got a massive shipment of groms and I thought it was kind of a dick move to send 10 groms right before a refresh, but the sales guy says nah they’ll be lucky to get 3 new groms. They’ll have no problem selling the 10 “old gen.” They have one definitive to be delivered tracer 9 with a deposit already and I have a deposit one of the 2 additional ones they have on official order but currently sit with no due date.

Some ride reviews from the euro press launch are finally starting to roll out. They’re all in French or Spanish at the moment though. Hoping to see a steady flow of them released in the next few days

Same, I actually like the dash and thought so as soon as I saw it. It’s got this retro-futurism vibe I dig. Already got my deposit down and if the my-09 reviews are any indication this is gonna be a banger.

They finally ran out of the 8 million pumpkin turn signals they made 20 years ago, we’ll have to deal with those mirrors for a little while longer