We looked at the ‘22 Tracer GT as a possible replacement to my ‘20 Tracer GT hoping it would address my few complaints with the ‘20 and while the rear seat was MUCH better than the Suzuki and Kawasaki offerings, the major complaint she has with mine is still prevalent: the rear pegs are low (which is usually a good thing) but very close to the rider foot pegs which makes getting on a slight challenge and once you're on, you bang your feet together. I’d been thinking I missed the boat by not checking out the GXS more and was (happily) surprised that seeing it, examining it and sitting on it (still deep in winter around here) did not blow me away. My passenger is (admittedly) extremely picky but for bikes billed as 2-up sport tourers both will need help if they are to be used regularly and for a passenger larger than say 5’2” and like 120lbs.

A lot of good advice here so I won’t add much more other than to say I spent a day a few weekends ago making the rounds at the bike shops checking out the latest goods and was extremely disappointed, as was my passenger, with how small and oddly shaped the rear seats were on the GSX and the Ninja 1000.

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