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  1. motorcycleboy

    New MT09 TC is not good.

    I rode the '16 versions of MT-09 when "MT-Tour' arrived in Athens... i was very dissapointed from the "behaviour" of Traction-Control when i gave full throtle in 2nd gear testing the Street Tracker. The engine cut-off 5 times as i was keeping the throtle fully open. i was hearing something like...
  2. motorcycleboy

    tracer review

    I've been riden Tracer at my dealer's, didh't test rode it but i sat on it. So, the driver's seat is about 3cm higher than 09's, wider and with more foam. The passenger's seat has lots of foam but seems cheap in my eyes, meaning stiches and cheap material. Allthough the passenger's foot rests...
  3. motorcycleboy

    Greeks on XT550 in the streets of Athens...

    As a former owner of 3 XT600s i proudly presents you a video for the 33 years old XT550 that are still "in duty":cool: http://www.zougla.gr/automoto/moto/article/diasxizontas-me-souza-tin-leoforo-sigrou
  4. motorcycleboy

    10.000 km service..

    As the title says i just did the 10.000km service in my MT.. After long discusion with my "oil guy" i bought ELF MotoTech 10w50 again. The reason is that for 5000km i had smooth and quite changes in gearbox, stable engine temperatures and when it came out was silky and oily a lot when i touch...
  5. motorcycleboy

    Rear light repair..

    Hi everybody as the title says i have a fixable matter with the rear light of my MT. Yesterday evening i pull a whellie with passenger. But my passenger was very loose so his arse came off the seat and sit on rear light. As a result the metal base of the rear light crooked down. I took of the...
  6. motorcycleboy

    What brand and type of oil ?

    Hi guys, now i have 4.300 km and in a few days i have to ghange the oil at 5.000.. So i must choose between 4 brands that are suggested by other riders for a modern engine as MTs. All of them are fully synthetic. The first is the (new) IPONE 10w-50 The second is the AGIP 10w-60 The third is the...
  7. motorcycleboy

    My new helmet: Shark Speed-R Carbon Skin

    Yesterday i bought the Shark Speed-R Carbon Skin instead of buying the HJC R-pha 10+. In medium size the sticker says that is 1370g but when i put it on my kitchen's weighter i saw the number 1450. In lower speeds is very quite but when i run in more than 100km it is very noisy... as much as my...
  8. motorcycleboy

    A new MT-09 is mine !

    Since last Friday i'm an MTniner too. I got a matt-grey mt-09 with ABS and i have done about 500 km. As i live to the sea shore, my favourite drive for the break-in period is a seaside road named "Sounion avenue" that drives from Athens to an ancient temple at Cape Sounion. The first days...


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