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Scott_rider wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:47 pm I sold my 115bhp Yamaha Tracer 900 because of the unfixable wind blast which is a very regular complaint from Tracer owners and secondly because of the lack of top end 'shove'.

bloody hell chris how fast do yer wanna go ..i test rode one and it pulled like a spotty youth well over 100mph in third gear ib very short order ..got to agree with windblast thing though ....
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Sold my lovely '99 50th Anni Transalp a year ago to make more room in the garage for building of a kit car. Then, shortly after, a straight swap of my '06 MT01 for a new but pre-reg SCR950. Otherwise, I haven't sold a bike for many years - I tend to hang onto them.... they're a pretty harmless vice, after all.
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minkyhead wrote:
Scott_rider wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:47 pm I sold my 115bhp Yamaha Tracer 900 because of the unfixable wind blast which is a very regular complaint from Tracer owners and secondly because of the lack of top end 'shove'.

bloody hell chris how fast do yer wanna go ..i test rode one and it pulled like a spotty youth well over 100mph in third gear ib very short order ..got to agree with windblast thing though ....
The only thing that lets the Tenere 700 is the screen dramas
Is it a Yamaha thing???
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I sold my Varadero XL1000V and my Africa Twin XRV750 as I was finding both a bit heavy and I was offered my Transalp XL650V back from the guy I sold it to 2 years ago. The TA650, which I had owned for years and had sold it as it as I had brought the AT & Vara. I enjoyed both but found they were feeling too large for me and the TA650 can do all I need for distance riding. Also sold my Evo Harley tourer as it was too heavy and wife could not ride pillion any more. Pleased the wife by reducing what is in the garage, but still have 3.
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johnnyboxer wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:27 pm
The only thing that lets the Tenere 700 is the screen dramas
Is it a Yamaha thing???
The consensus with the Tracer 900 wind blast issue is that it's bodywork related and that Yamaha did not put it through a wind tunnel during their r&d procedure. Some of the Yanks solve the issue by grafting on a BMW GS touring screen but I think it looks ridiculous. It wouldn't surprise me if the same is also true for some of the other Yamaha models but I don't know...
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Sold my GSX650F because it was too heavy. I loved the engine in that bike. Suspension was sub par, I would have fixed that if not for the weight.
Now I have SH150i, which is almost exactly half the weight.
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mark vb wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:20 pm Sold my lovely '99 50th Anni Transalp a year ago to make more room in the garage for building of a kit car. Then, shortly after, a straight swap of my '06 MT01 for a new but pre-reg SCR950. Otherwise, I haven't sold a bike for many years - I tend to hang onto them.... they're a pretty harmless vice, after all.
You should NEVER have sold that Tranny you stupid boy ! :shock: :D
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Re: Why did you sell your last bike?

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soho wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:17 pm
mark vb wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:20 pm Sold my lovely '99 50th Anni Transalp a year ago to make more room in the garage for building of a kit car. Then, shortly after, a straight swap of my '06 MT01 for a new but pre-reg SCR950. Otherwise, I haven't sold a bike for many years - I tend to hang onto them.... they're a pretty harmless vice, after all.
You should NEVER have sold that Tranny you stupid boy ! :shock: :D
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Scott_rider wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:52 pm
johnnyboxer wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:27 pm
The only thing that lets the Tenere 700 is the screen dramas
Is it a Yamaha thing???
The consensus with the Tracer 900 wind blast issue is that it's bodywork related and that Yamaha did not put it through a wind tunnel during their r&d procedure. Some of the Yanks solve the issue by grafting on a BMW GS touring screen but I think it looks ridiculous. It wouldn't surprise me if the same is also true for some of the other Yamaha models but I don't know...
I would appear so, just about got the Tenere 700 wind issues bearable, with a USA made V Stream screen and flip spoiler
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Re: Why did you sell your last bike?

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ref tracer 900 a couple of mates have had them for a few years now no additional complaints of buffeting over the rest of us on different bikes,



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some of our American friends may not like the term yanks,

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