01-09-16, 08:40 AM
Dont really see how you can compare the SV650 with the Tracer 900. Perhaps with the new Tracer 700?
Think Yamaha had resolved the fuelling issue that affected early MTO9s by the time they announced the Tracer version.
Suspension---Not just Yamaha but even the likes of Triumph & BMW are guilty of specifying a very basic shock to , as they would have you believe, keep the OTR price down. Suspect the real reason is to increase their margins. Personally I would cheerfully pay an extra couple of hundred quid for an OEM item that didnt have to be binned from new & further money laid out just to make the bike handle the way it should in the first place!
Think Yamaha had resolved the fuelling issue that affected early MTO9s by the time they announced the Tracer version.
Suspension---Not just Yamaha but even the likes of Triumph & BMW are guilty of specifying a very basic shock to , as they would have you believe, keep the OTR price down. Suspect the real reason is to increase their margins. Personally I would cheerfully pay an extra couple of hundred quid for an OEM item that didnt have to be binned from new & further money laid out just to make the bike handle the way it should in the first place!