What did you do to your FJ-tracer-gt today?

[banderso]

4 hours ago, Yamajank said:

Way up in northern Indiana.  A mile from Michigan border.  

Hi, there's a regional forum ( in this site) where you could make an inquiry.

I'm north of Evansville.

See ya

bill

[3sum]

5 hours ago, Yamajank said:

Way up in northern Indiana.  A mile from Michigan border.  

I have a good friend that lives in LaPorte who’s always up for a ride. He’s on a darkside ST1300.

[colorider]

Mounting the Yamaha (pyramid plastics) fender extender.  Used the supplied/w tape and will also add the plastic rivets once the clamp process is complete.  A bit of a challenge to remove the fender until I first removed the little clamps that hold the brake lines in place.

 

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by colorider

[kilo3]

Fed it some twisties. Not much knee dragging but a whole lot of big tail slides around corners.

[AdvRich]

Fun! I found that the 180 rear adds a good bit of stability on gravel, especially given the 17" front. I ride DS too, but much narrower rear tire. It took a few moments to figure out that the little vertical nudging I was feeling from the FJ's rear, when I thought I was riding around an imbedded road rock, was that extra width clipping the rock edge. 

[3sum]

Finally got up to Traxxion to get the bike. Didn’t get to do much other than surface roads and some interstate going home, but it already feels tons better. I can’t wait to get in the twisties to really check it out. 

[roadwarrior]

Installed the RAM Mount to the Madstad Screen.  Well I was at it, I bought a separate base plate for the boat and a handle bar mount for the pedal bike or to use on the Tracer when not using the touring screen.

[enx]

I replaced worn chain after 34000km, with a new one. EK mvzx2 525 with JT sprockets.

[knyte]

26 minutes ago, enx said:

34000km

Woah; nice!!

[texscottyd]

1 hour ago, knyte said:

Woah; nice!!

I had the same reaction!   A bit over 21K miles sounds pretty good to me.  

Is that an aftermarket chain you were replacing, @enx?  It doesn't look like the OEM Yamaha part. 

[ucwinters]

Practiced removing plastic panels on the new 2020 900 GT.  Placed seat in high position.  Put on a pair of  Grab On foam grips to increase diameter of hand grips and help quell any tingling/vibration to the hands.  Ordered Heed crash bars w/ bags from their website.

Ed W.

[enx]

6 hours ago, texscottyd said:

I had the same reaction!   A bit over 21K miles sounds pretty good to me.  

Is that an aftermarket chain you were replacing, @enx?  It doesn't look like the OEM Yamaha part. 

It's aftermarket, yes. The oem lasted only 19000kms.

[banderso]

Hi,

19500 miles....

Replaced the clutch basket cushions. There was plenty of radial movement between the drive gear and basket due to worn cushions.

Installed the slipper clutch kit ( thanks partshack).

The buzz/vibration when in neutral, and between 4-5k is gone.

I hope it's gone for a long time.....😁

 

See ya

bill

[kilo3]

23 minutes ago, banderso said:

Hi,

19500 miles....

Replaced the clutch basket cushions. There was plenty of radial movement between the drive gear and basket due to worn cushions.

Installed the slipper clutch kit ( thanks partshack).

The buzz/vibration when in neutral, and between 4-5k is gone.

I hope it's gone for a long time.....😁

 

See ya

bill

What cushions did you use? OEM?

[SKYFLIX]

Installed both the STS Smart Turn and Smart Brake Modules today. Created my own plug and play wiring harnesses for them to allow for quick removal if I ever wanted to move them to another ride. Been wanting to do this for a while, but never could get them shipped from the manufacturer. So I found a reseller on e-Bay and had them in 3 days. Lovely!

And I can say that they work beautifully. I swear there must be some kind of genie living in them working its magic, because that's what it feels like.

No problems at all during the installation. Anyone can do this if they just take their time, though I would definitely recommend cutting off and throwing away the nasty bullet connectors that it comes with.