The Tracer at rest in my driveway. It wouldn&#;t stay at rest for long.
While the bike bears some semblance to a sport adventure bike (think Triumph&#;s Tiger Sport 660, for instance), the Tracer 9 GT+ is pure sport tourer. So tour it we did- quite sporty at times too, I might add. I had been slightly intimidated by it when Gerrad first delivered the Tracer, thinking back to the Tenere 700 we had the previous year that I dropped a couple of times, being too tall for me to ever get comfortable on, but I soon discovered my mild anxiety was wholly unfounded. With adjustable seat height, bar reach, and footpeg positioning, I found that at 5&#;8&#; I could mostly flatfoot on it, and the rider triangle of lowered seat, pegs and grips was a comfortable position for me. Phil felt slightly cramped on it, but at 6&#;2&#;, Phil feels cramped on most bikes under a liter cc&#;s.
I rode the Tracer 9 around for a few days, commuting, errand running, and afternoon buzzing out into the local countryside with it to get acclimated to its features and handling. By the time Lyle and I left for our &#;6-0&#; road trip, I felt fully prepared to log some miles and days in the saddle. Upon my return home from it, I absolutely loved the Tracer. Some motorcycles, when a journalist is finished road tripping it, the bike is left in the garage for others to sample or the loaning brand to retrieve. The true measure of how much a journo likes a bike is by how often they return to it, even after the story/video review is done.
I had to ride the Tracer 9 GT+ more. Once was just not enough. I loved it.
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