Considering moving from '20 900GT to '24 9 GT+

[Ride365]

No way I would be sanding/narrowing the screen "in particular a tinted screen", I just had to barely tilt my bar back a bit so the handguards cleared. Could always lose the handguards too, but man I wouldn't be trying to mod an expensive and perfectly good screen. My 2 cents, if even worth that. LOL

[Jayzonk]

It will be a small amount and will be recovered with the included edging material.  I suspect that MRA sands and polishes every finished windshield unit they make.  

[kilo3]

14 hours ago, Jayzonk said:

It will be a small amount and will be recovered with the included edging material.  I suspect that MRA sands and polishes every finished windshield unit they make.  

@Jayzonk If you have a die grinder and scotchlocs it's a trivial task.

 

[Jayzonk]

I have a King rotary tool, it's like a Drexel tool.  Should work with the right grits?

[betoney]

49 minutes ago, Jayzonk said:

I have a King rotary tool, it's like a Drexel tool.  Should work with the right grits?

I have a few Dremel tools which I use on a regular basis but it can be easy to get ripples when sanding on a flat plane with such a small sanding disc.  For your application, sanding a longer flat edge, it might be easier to using a sanding block with various grits.  Even sanding a small area, the flat surface of the sanding block will help keep the flat surface of the screen edge even.

[daboo]

On 3/11/2024 at 10:23 PM, Jayzonk said:

... chassis being the potential weakness in the gen 1 Tracer, the general consensus is that the Gen 2 Tracer generation was noticeably better, and much much better in this new Gen 3 Tracer.  But I've never really had a problem with the suspension on mine.  I ride generally smooth roads, and it seems to me that the suspension is more than up to the task for road riding.   

Given my satisfaction for my 2020, I haven't really seen the need to upgrade to the 2024 model.  When I was at the dealer last week, I decided to inquire about pricing and a trade on my 2020.  For my low mile 2020 (it has 6000km on the odometer), the dealer offered me $9000 CDN.  With the new '24 coming in at $21,700, the dealer wanted $12,700 plus PDI plus taxes.  I think this is crazy.  I bought mine new for $13,200.  The new model is $21,700, or $8500 more, which is a gastronomical change in price.  I don't blame Yamaha for this - they added many new features to the bike which pushed the price up.  Coupled with the rampant inflation we've experienced recently, I don't think that Yamaha is gouging me , but I do think it's a difficult proposition to give up my awesome 2020 and basically shell out the same amount that I paid for it all over again.  

Anyway,  I'll be keeping my 2020.  There's just too much value there to be giving it up and paying big cash for the new one.  I can adjust the suspension to how I like it...the rest is just fluff.  Perhaps Yamaha is a victim of itself this time, where current Tracer 900 owners are too content to consider shelling out for the new model, which will reduce the number of new buyers, and increases the need to entice owners of other brands to be converted to the Tracer.  Am I alone on this.  Who made the change from the 900GT to the ew '24 GT+?

I look at things similar to you.  

First, the gen 1 Tracer was the greatest bike ever made according to the magazine reviewers.  Then when the Gen 2 Tracer came out, the earlier model was okay...but the new model is the greatest bike ever made.  And now that the Gen 3 Tracer has come out, what was once the greatest bike ever made...is not nearly so good.  The Marketing folks get paid to make us feel like we absolutely need that latest and greatest model, when the old model wasn't bad at all.

I look at how much the new bike will cost, and since it does the same purpose as the old bike does...how much improvement will I get?  And how much will that cost me?  Like you found, there's very little improvement...but a tremendous amount of cost.

And nothing against the owners of the latest generation of Tracers, but the Gen 2 models were beautiful bikes.

On 3/12/2024 at 11:41 AM, Fleng said:

The price difference between the 900GT and 9GT+ is in this part of the world “only” about €4500. So there is a difference where you live. 
I traded my 2019 900GT with 32000 km in for a 23 9GT+ last year and had to pay €9000 for it. Sounded reasonable to me, and more important to “she who cannot be ignored “...

In order to compare apples to apples, you have to ask what is the old bike's cost.  The Retail value of the old bike may have made it a €4500 difference in cost, but it sounds like they gave you the Trade-In value, which was €3500 less.

 

Finally, back to the OP, if you only had 6000 km on the bike...it's still new.  You haven't even hit your second oil change yet.

 

Chris

[RaYzerman]

In my opinion, Yamaha screwed the pooch on the 2024 for North America.  They only are importing the GT+ and not the GT they can get in Europe for less.  I can't understand why you'd want to jump the prices up and not offer that GT....... given they had leftover '21-'22's and didn't even bring out a 2023..... headscratcher.  I'd keep your older one!  Just me.

[Jayzonk]

On 3/26/2024 at 7:15 PM, daboo said:

I look at things similar to you.  

First, the gen 1 Tracer was the greatest bike ever made according to the magazine reviewers.  Then when the Gen 2 Tracer came out, the earlier model was okay...but the new model is the greatest bike ever made.  And now that the Gen 3 Tracer has come out, what was once the greatest bike ever made...is not nearly so good.  The Marketing folks get paid to make us feel like we absolutely need that latest and greatest model, when the old model wasn't bad at all.

I look at how much the new bike will cost, and since it does the same purpose as the old bike does...how much improvement will I get?  And how much will that cost me?  Like you found, there's very little improvement...but a tremendous amount of cost.

And nothing against the owners of the latest generation of Tracers, but the Gen 2 models were beautiful bikes.

In order to compare apples to apples, you have to ask what is the old bike's cost.  The Retail value of the old bike may have made it a €4500 difference in cost, but it sounds like they gave you the Trade-In value, which was €3500 less.

 

Finally, back to the OP, if you only had 6000 km on the bike...it's still new.  You haven't even hit your second oil change yet.

 

Chris

Agreed. Staying disciplined and keeping what I have.  It's not a hard decision because I enjoy the bike so much. I have the comfort seats as well, so I'm invested in this bike.  I'll probably be due for tires halfway through the summer.  Wondering what people are switching to for some sporty performance,  yet still having some touring chops.  I'd probably want to stick with the same profile.  

[Jayzonk]

On 3/19/2024 at 2:58 PM, betoney said:

I have a few Dremel tools which I use on a regular basis but it can be easy to get ripples when sanding on a flat plane with such a small sanding disc.  For your application, sanding a longer flat edge, it might be easier to using a sanding block with various grits.  Even sanding a small area, the flat surface of the sanding block will help keep the flat surface of the screen edge even.

Yes I can do that. Would be good if the block was small so it could fit into the radius of the curve well...I'll use the edge.