Archive for the ‘Motorcycling’ Category

Yamaha Tracer – Neutral Switch Problem

My bike is a 2017 Tracer. As of end May 2025 the bike has done 140 km short of 195,000 kilometers. To comrades whose bikes do not display gear number(s) (N/1/2/3/4/5/6) on the dashboard meter, there are three possible remedies: 1) Open the Neutral Switch and clean the seven copper sensor contacts there. 2) Replace […]

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44 Days in Hospital

Originally posted 22 August 2009 on a previous web server. This version is slightly edited. It was 22nd August 2001, coming up to 24 years ago now. It was a sunny Wednesday morning. At 08:20 a.m. I was on the motorcycle lane of the Federal Highway going towards Kuala Lumpur, passing through Asia Jaya, a […]

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