2023 Yamaha Tracer 9GT / 9GT+

[Grumpy Goat]

Chains snap more often than final drive failures .  No one ever says much about it though unless it destroys the engine cases .

Too many variables on this issue, I think. Chief of which would be lack of proper maintenance and inspection as leading to the failures that we see. Failures in the shaft are not easy to predict partially because of the longer service interval.

The yamaha is a nice triple but ugly , and terrible case design / space . 
You wont have trouble from your spokes on the Triumph .  Put road tires on it and it will work just as well as the GT
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I agree with the bit about the ugliness of the cases but not on the bike. Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

On the spokes on the Tiger … funny you should mention that but several Owner’s on the forums of pure 2023 Tiger 900s have reported spoke failures, so much so that only today I did an inspection of all my spokes after buying a small torque wrench primarily for the purpose of tightening loose spokes. Until this Tiger I never even knew that spokes could simply fall off while riding. Hopefully that doesn’t happen with mine, whose spokes were all fine. BTW, cross spoked wheels are a whole different beast. But I digress.