Recent content by davie

Have any of you guys fitted muffs to your bike and if so how do they look. I left house at 5am this morning and by the time I got to work the backs of my fingers were sore with the cold. I am going to buy oxford heated grips, but in my experience with them on my Versys you still get sore tips of...

Nice paint job

No, it was not wind noise when I tried the tracer, it actually felt like turbulence shaking my head from both sides. I usually wear ear plugs when commuting to work as I have to wear them in my workplace.

I tried a tracer, but dealer wanted £1,800 to change, probably went up a bit since then as well, as the value of my bike seems to have fallen since then. I have a few things happening this summer, new grandchild , sons wedding, sons stag trip to Budapest, Tenerife holiday, so I don't really...

I took my bike out for spin today to heat up chain, as I was going to clean and oil it. I stuck the soft panniers on to the bike, just to see how they looked alongside the top box . I am thinking my bike is worth more to me than any trade in or private sale and am thinking of just spending a...

Not as much as she used to, but we have been married 30 years now, so I suppose it has to be expected.

Last bike before mt09 was a versys650, now looking at maybe moving back to a versys but the 1000 version, or a Suzuki gsx1250fa, not sure yet

I have the abba stand with the mt09 adaptors, they are a wee bit intimidating the first few times you use them, but tbh honest By the time you faff around sliding the parts into the proper position, you would have been quicker just using paddock stands on the back of the bike, so that's what I...

That makes the book prices quoted to me as crap then, he said £4000 to £4500 for a 15 plate bike, so if I had high mleage that would mean it would be worth £4000, which is only £200 more than you were offered last year.

I am taking it out on Sat morning, if I really like it I will try and get trade in price down to £1k. If not, no problem as can still keep my bike

How much ? maybe not as much as you think I went into my local Kawasaki dealership and was browsing the used bikes, the owner started speaking to me and asked how much I thought my 2015 plate was worth in a trade in towards the bike I was sitting on. ( suzuki gsx1250) I told him I was offered...

What screen did you go for and what bike did you come from?. I am still going to have a think about it, but tbh I was hoping that the demo ride would make me want to buy it instantly, as my demo of the mt09 did last year. maybe it was because the Tracer is really just my bike but is set up for...

I finally had a demo of bike today, I really liked the way the I felt when sitting on the bike, ie when stopped at lights etc and I felt that the sitting position on bike when riding was comfortable. The one thing I did not like, was the wind that I felt when doing a mere 60 mph, I can only...

ok thanks for your instructions, advice and permission your instruction to not buy it, simply because I do not carry a pillion your advice that, in your opinion the tracer is kind of flat compared to the mt-09, and your permission to " go on if you like to spend money for some plastics" also...

I was referring to mtorcycleboy saying that if i find it boring then I will regret it. I cannot see how it can be tbh as it is basically an mt09 with fairings on. Anyways, I am night shift weekend so will have a think about it, maybe demo it on Tuesday and if I like it, put in a cheeky £1200...