CRFan250

I went last year and it was amazing but they moved it to the first weekend in June and I will be on my yearly Fishing trip in Minnesota.  I am bummed!! 

Watching the bagger race was worth the price of admission, lol

I love my madstad with their sport screen(16")....perfect conmbo.

3 hours ago, YamaGeezer said:

No experience on the 900 GT but I have installed a Moto Dynamics brake light on my 2015 FJ-09.  Excellent upgrade and much brighter than stock (running and braking).  The only complication is it changed the turn signal bulbs from conventional to LEDs.  This required additional resistors be in the turn signal circuit.  The resistors came with the brake light assembly and were simple to include.  

Ride Safe - 

This is what I installed on my Tracer 900 GT (2020)....10 minute install and I still used the stock turn signals so it was literally plug and play.  I got it because it was brighter and modulates (flashes 3 times) every time you hit the brakes.

All good by me!  Variety is the spice of life and I never critique how someone sets their bike up.  Everyone is different and that's cool by me....it's all about getting out and riding anyway.

For me a tune was needed to get rid of that hideous stock exhaust.  The new ones are even more hideous, lol.  I personally only use Ivan's tunes and the Black widow exhaust wasn't very expensive and its quite nice quality wise. 

Don't think anyone has a flash for it yet either so there is that.......

I went through the same issues when I installed mine.  I had to semi-loosely mount everything and use a rubber mallet to kind of knock it into place, especially in the collector area. I then wedged something between the oil pan and the exhaust as I tightened it up.  I am a little more then an 1/8" from the oil pan and it has stayed that way for a couple thousand miles now.  No issues and it sounds fantastic.

Congrats!  I owned a 2018 Multi and it was one of the best motorcycles I ever owned and the handling was amazing.  I love the new V4.  Best part is the valves are not desmo and the adjustment intervals are 37K miles!

I am the same height and the 24" works great but I also bought their (I think 16") sport screen which I like as well.  Keeps all the air off my chest and its very smooth air though I would recommend ear plugs.  I also use the 24" with a top deflector mounted and I can look over it and it's very calm and quiet.

I have a 2020 I bought last March and have 4600 miles on it and it's one of the best sport touring bikes I have owned and I have owned a few including Ninja 1000, FJR, FZ1, etc.  The Tracer is the bomb after you make some mods to make it work for you from a seat and windshield point.  I also have an exhaust and Ivan ecu flash and the bike just runs fantastic.  I think you won't be dissappointed.  It's all about that triple!

17 hours ago, 1moreroad said:

Can you hear them? I could hear them at 20k. They were all tight. I'm at 35k miles and I can't hear them yet. So long as they don't make noise, I'll check them again at 40k miles probably in the late spring. 

(This is not the most scientific method of checking, but this motor has very distinct sounds that make it crazy making and/or a little easier to troubleshoot)

You will never "hear" a tight valve.....the gap closes and it actually gets quieter.  You may hear a loose valve but the concept of hearing a tight valve is wrong in every sense.  

On 10/29/2021 at 4:35 PM, stevesweetz said:

Completely normal to have rattle when in neutral with the clutch lever out (clutch engaged).  I've ridden every variant of CP3 bike at Yamaha demos over several years and they all have it.  It's less noticeable on 2018+ models because they started putting an insulated plastic cover over top of the metal clutch cover which dampens the sound a little, whereas 2015-2017s just have a little plastic leg guard piece.

I didn't think to check if 2021 Tracer 9 GT had it when I rode it.  It doesn't bug me anyway.

This is exactly right.  my old FZ-09 had it to.  heck many of my japanese bikes had the clutch rattle to some degree.  My Tuono V4 was the worst but it's the nature of the beast and seems to be more prevalent on slipper clutches as well.

You should hear the dry clutch in my Ducati, haha.  I pull up at a light and people give me a concerned look like my bike is going to fall apart, lololol

My buddy Kyle owns the Farmhouse Inn (Bed and Breakfast) in Tellico Plains and that's where I stay.  About 110 bucks a night and his wife is an amazing cook!!  Right at the start of the Cherahala Skyway.

Get your ECU flashed by Ivan's Performance and enjoy a whole new bike, haha.

4 hours ago, beardo said:

Nope. Honda no longer has the wool pulled over my eyes. The last time they got me was the CB1100. How Honda, managed to dumb down an eleven hundred cc, four cylinder motor, is beyond me. And to top it off, govern the top speed to 110. But to also make such a stunningly beautiful motorcycle so bland and boring, was all I could take. 

I get it. This NT is a different flavor to that CB. But what Honda excels at these days, is....*yawn*... putting people to sleep....

I agree with you and at one point I was a die hard Honda guy.  These days they consistently manage to put heavy, boring bikes to market that are very reliable and have no character whatsoever.  This NT1100 is going to fall right into that category, lol.  Honestly, they should bring back a fuel injected version of the VTR1000 (Superhawk) V twin for that bike and it would be amazing, hehe.:)

Competition is definitely good...assuming they actually get bikes in the showroom!!!!  Having owned a 2020 AT with this motor I just didn't like the on off throttle jerkiness of the motor.  Even worse was there is no way to tune it.  My 2020 Tracer GT with Ivan's tune is an actual thing of beauty and it would be very hard to give up.  I will be curious to here peoples thoughts when they ride this new Honda......

14 minutes ago, jthayer09 said:

Not that I'm unhappy with the T9GT but that NT1100 is shaping up really well... damn.

Trust me...you are gonna want to keep the triple, lol

Having owned a 2020 AT, there is no way I would buy that bike.  I sold my AT for the tracer because of the motor alone.  It's boring as hell and the fueling was quite snatchy.  The triple has WAY more character and more power.

I really hate that manufacturers are dialing up all these twins.  Mainly because they are cheaper to make but they mostly suck, lol.  Give me a triple, a v twin or an inline 4 before a parallel twin!!

11 hours ago, johnmark101 said:

Ivan's works is peerless.  I sent him my Tracer ECU shortly after purchasing the bike.  I have a 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 which has to be among his best work.  Not only is the throttle response perfectly smooth but there was a noticeable increase in torque and horsepower.  An iron fist in a velvet glove.  With the full Akropovic 4/2/1 and a modded airbox the improvement was drastic.

 

Yep.....I had a 14 N1K and had his tune....all of his tunes are awesome.  Heck I have used his Jet kits and they have been nothing short of amazing as well!!

55 minutes ago, mferring said:

CRFan250, what seat are you rocking on that thing?

That's a Seth Laam custom seat made on the Stock seat pan.....

I go down to the Smokies every year and after doing the Tail a few times I steer clear because of the crowds and as others have said, there are tons of great roads in the are that are empty.    Everyone should do it once though, hehe.

16 hours ago, piotrek said:

That looks nice on the bike, and I assume it works well... is that Sport SD 16"? Somewhat similar to the Parabellum Flyscreen. I might give one of these a try. The Madstad screen would fit the bracket out of the box... at a $40 premium. 🤔

Thanks and yes it work surprisingly well.  It keeps all the wind off your chest and no buffeting at all.  I believe it is 16".  I just played with the height until I found a sweet spot for me.

I finally settled on a great combo.....I am now using the Madstad sport screen and changed out my mirrors for some bar end ones (got the set up from Rottwieler).  Keeps all the wind off my chest and very smooth on the helmet with zero buffeting.  Decent wind noise at highway speeds but ear plugs fix that.  I also will keep the 26" screen for trips.  Bike looks great I think...pics below:

I use these Klim gloves for fall and spring and temps into the mid 40's with no issues at all...

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/klim-adventure-gtx-short-gloves

My Winter gloves are Rukkas, similar to these.  Very warm...

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/rukka-imatra-20-gore-tex-gloves