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On ‎6‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 6:04 PM, cammy said:

anyone had trouble with the 2017 tracer 900 with the front end doing it s own thing when liggage'd up at the rear? any help would be great thanks people!

A few people have noted it in the past.  Usual recommendations are to crank up the rear shock preload and raise the forks in the triple-tree by 5 to 10mm.  This puts a little more of the weight bias back to the front wheel.

 

The spend money fixes are to get new springs weighted for rider + gear that you normally carry (minimal investment).  A rear shock rebuild/revalve is the middle ground with a new shock/fork cartridges being the big spend.  

 

I have a 2015, and turning up the rear preload, raising the forks in the triple tree and raising the rear compression/rebound to a 1/4 turn off of max setting fixed the light/flighty front end feeling.  It also doesn't do the rocking horse on fast sweepers anymore, though it still doesn't feel planted when pushed.  230lbs with gear, for reference.

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