It was a looooong Fart for me, but pictures are attached :-)

[randy]

As many of you know my father passed away during FART. 

I had trailered my loaner bike R1100rt to Sparta on Wednesday night.

On Thursday I went to look at a used bike, a 2019 Tracer GT in Statesville, NC

The seller and I could not come to an agreement so I left empty handed and drove truck and trailer back to Sparta

 

Friday I had made arrangement to meet my Uncle Tom in Morristown, TN. 

During my ride to Morristown, TN my father passed away. 

I did visit my uncle and as always we had a wonderful time, and he remembers many of you from 2020 START

 

So now I rode back from Morristown, TN  to Sparta to load the  R1100rt on the trailer in anticipation of the trip to IL

However during the ride back the Tracer bike owner texted me and called me

Long story short we agreed on a price

. 

So now I needed to leave Sparta, NC go down to Statesville, NC,   pick up the Tracer then trailer both bikes to Morristown, TN, pick up my Uncle then drive to Mahomet, IL to attend the funeral

 

so all that to say, no pictures means it did not happen :-)  so here is the new (to me) bike

It does have Yamaha side cases, but they were still in bubble wrap from the trip :-)

Top case is a GIVI

 

planned up dates in December/Jan/Feb

suspension upgrade

SW moto tank bag

install aux fuze panel

install three power receptacles (using fuze panel)

hook up Garmin XT

hook up Phone holder

 

 

 

[wbw6cos]

Congrats Randy!  Looks great.  I cannot wait to chase you on that one day.  

[TEWKS]

Nice bike! Dang you must be a little winded after all that back and forth. 

 

Again, sorry about your pops. 

[9Mary7]

My condolences on losing your Dad. Mine has been gone 11 years and I miss him every day.

 

I will admit to have been lookin hard at a new Tracer 9.......

[Chris K]

Glad to hear you and the bikes made it back safely. Can't wait to see the Tracer in person. 

[lawnchairboy]

I betcha that triple is a bunch of fun.  

[randy]

so far I like the engine.  Yes I miss the 160HP of my S1000r, but the Tracer GT WET/ready to go weight of 475lbs is SWEEEEEET.   after riding the 1999 R1100rt for the last 3 months, the first time I went to move the Tracer I almost rolled it off the trailer :-)

 

so far the likes are 

low weight

low weight

low weight