Recent content by Greenman41

Welcome. I swapped my GS for a Tracer 900 2 years ago and haven’t regretted it, well not often anyway and only after +3hrs in the saddle!

Fair point.

I’ve read a few threads on this on other forums. One thing to check is whether you will have to butcher the underseat plastic tray to accommodate the remote reservoir.

No probably regarding the suspension if you’re coming from a ‘Blade.

My speedo reads about 10% high, so if you are increasing wheel speed for any given engine speed, I.e. fitting a smaller rear sprocket, you do have a margin to work with and might even end up with a more accurate speedo.

Is the speedo drive in the gearbox? These days of ABS I would have thought it would be from a wheel speed sensor?

I get it. I just think the OEM guards look a bit crap, and don’t work either. I think my bike looks better with no hand guards, but if I have to have them for riding in cooler weather, and I am a bit of a wimp, I’d rather have a set that work.

Yes, depends on the position of the sun wrt the screen, obviously, so not a problem all the time but when it is the screen is totally illegible.

I swapped mine for KTM guards that actually keep wind and rain off my hands. Easy-ish to fit and narrower too.

I wouldn’t ignore the front, but a spring change and new oil is cheap and good enough for me. I have a hyperpro rear shock and fork springs and it transforms my 2017 Tracer. It’s no perfect and fork cartridges and an Nitron or Ohlins shock would be better though twice the price. I can live...

Glad your mod worked. I’ve tried wearing cycling shorts, and a pair of undershorts supposedly designed specifically for motorbikes and neither worked. It’s kind of strange but I can be out cycling for 4hrs and not get a sore arse, whereas 2hrs is enough on the Tracer. Maybe I should graft a...

I replaced mine with Allen screws. I carry a key in case I ever need to adjust the screen. Also fitted Nyloc nuts on the end of the screws so that I’m less likely to screw them right out if I adjust the screen.

Renthals are good. I’d put a suspension upgrade high on the list, it makes a bigger difference than almost anything else.

Mine is the same. When I changed the gearing on a previous bike I fitted a Yellow Box correction device, it was wired into the sensor circuit. Google might help you. Personally I just live with the error and adjust the speed in my head.

Got mine off eBay and it mounts the satnav above the clocks.