Recent content by Cal

I sat on this bike at the motorcycle show this weekend and it is very very nice! Only 75 will be brought into Canada, only 1 into Calgary is what the salesman said. I've heard the same with the states, just a limited number. Why would they hold back supply? There was a huge crowd of old guys...

Over on Stromtrooper the vstrom forum Greywolf painted his new 2012 650 yellow, and it looks great!

shale cuts! the piece of shale In my tire went right through the brand new k60 and into the tube, found it in the tube when I was checking it in the water at 2 moose lake. Sorry for the thread hijack.

A rider on Adv Rider, Radioman, had the spoked tubless conversion done and rode from washington to South America and the system failed in Colombia so he put in a rim strip and tubes and is now good to go. Tube changing is not that bad I had to do it on the Dempster Highway in the dirt, lucky I...

Lee I have followed your thread with much interest, I am truly interested in the NC. The suspension upgrades especially seem worth while, now I see the only limiting factor as a true adventure bike are the cast rims. My friend is in Mongolia now with 2 bent cast rims(F650 twin) from a high...

My direct experience has been with good old Castrol GTX 10x40 bought in 4 liter jugs at the auto store. Single cylinder rotax with 80000kms and still going strong. I used this oil from the second oil change at 600 miles. Cheers

If you find yourself in Calgary on the way up, I'd be glad to host you. Cal

Kit de transmision makes perfect sense now!

Duk2n In the part where they talked about changing the brake pads twice and the tires 5 times to test different types they also said something I did not quite under stand. otras tantas el kit de transmision. What is meant by transmision kit? Saludos Cal

wow I did enjoy your review, your outlook on motorcycles pretty well matchs mine and I have been riding for many years( to many to count) For me I use a bike for travel and vacations mostly. I do not own a NC now but my research is pointing me in that direction. My present bike is very...

What a fabulous thread on wind deflectors, thank you for taking the time to post it! I see a 40 year old Makita jig saw on your bench. Cheers

Howdy folks, just joined this forum after reading it daily for the last month! I do not own a NC700X yet but I have test riden one back in July when Honda Canada was in town for the day. The test ride was a bit short at a half an hour and in stop and go traffic so it was not what I needed to...