My new bike

[Scott_rider]

My new (to me) bike. A Suzuki GSX-S1000F . So far, I've put a tail tidy and a double bubble screen on it.

After 2 years and 4,600 miles on my Yamaha Tracer 900 I fell out of love with it, for a couple of unresolvable reasons , so I changed it.

[minkyhead]

nice back to your hoolgan days

i wonder what you didnt like with the tracer ..ive been considering a few not ridden a tracer and the mt09 i tried was a while back and i bit harsh in the ride as i remember but the newer ones are different i believe ..so far the base model versys 1000 is top ol my list for value touring ... may not bother at all

[Scott_rider]

nice back to your hoolgan days

i wonder what you didnt like with the tracer ..ive been considering a few not ridden a tracer and the mt09 i tried was a while back and i bit harsh in the ride as i remember but the newer ones are different i believe ..so far the base model versys 1000 is top ol my list for value touring ... may not bother at all

The Tracer was good but flawed, in my opinion. Mine was the mark 2 version ('19 plate) by which time the snatchy throttle issue had been sorted out by Yamaha compared to the mark 1 version ('15 plate to '18 plate, I think). The CP3 900 engine was a peach with a load of instant shove but you do have to work it to get a wriggle on. The excessive turbulence from the front end was my main issue and is a general complaint from loads of Tracer owners. I tried a sport screen, a touring screen, no screen, etc. etc. and the turbulence was just about bearable but never good and always took the shine off a long ride out. Finally, the suspension was ok but not brilliant, even with a bit of tweaking, but you can sort that out with re-valving which wasn't something I wanted to do.

If a bike were a dog then the Tracer would be an excitable, snappy Spaniel...the Suzuki is more like a lazy, growling Rottweiler...if that makes sense?

[cozi70]

Glad to hear your happy with the new purchase.
That's a good looking bike.
Just being nosey,but what didn't gel with you on the 9 tracer. I'm asking because I recently bought the mt07 to try the cp2 unit and possibly replace the 660z with a t7,but also tried the 9 tracer and see some pros and cons with both bikes?

I've just seen you answered most of those questions while I was typing