2021: What did you do to/with your NC700/NC750 today?

[Bulitt]

Err, I guess so. I started getting the itch again a few months ago.

Brought this home today. This is about right for me timing wise. After I sold the 2012 in 2014 I was without an NC about a year before buying NC #2. I sold #2 about 18 months ago. Someone remind in 12 to 18 months how much I like the NC700/750 and DON'T SELL #3.

I wanted a 2018 or later to experience 745cc and the post '17 DCT upgrades but used bike prices are rising fast and I couldn't justify the price difference.

2013 DCT with 7300 one owner miles. Michelins, Corbin seat, some original Honda accessories, original Madstad first gen windshield (like 670cc's), Barkbusters, wider foot pegs, Puig hugger. Extras include a Seat Concepts extra seat, Leo Vince pipe and 3 other windshields. He said one was a Puig, one is a something-or-other, and the original one.

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Just seeing this! Atta-Boy! Congratulation! Welcome back to a DCT!

 

[bigbird]

Installed a Feniex T3 strobe light under the stock taillight where the reflector was. Required removal and replacement of the taillight to tap into the brake light power and ground wires. I already had a modulator wired in to pulse the stock brake light. I’ll add additional reflective red tape to make up for the reflector.

Is that a Whelen product or a knock-off?

 

[dduelin]

Is that a Whelen product or a knock-off?

Like Whelen, Feniex is a provider of equipment used on emergency vehicles. I’ve used both the Whelen TIR3 and the Feniex for brake lights but the Feniex is more compact while just as bright. The T3 is only 25mm tall and on the 2012-2015 NC doesn’t block the white license plate lighting like the 34mm tall TIR3 does.

 

[dduelin]

As I mentioned in post #584 I modifed the Puig hugger by trimming off the forward projection that covered the top of the swing arm gusset. This opened up a slot to hang a rubber flap down into. Now wet road fling off the tire hits the mud flap and drains down in front of the wheel. The entire area there will be easier to keep clean. The flap is about 6" wide at the top and tapers to 4.5" at the bottom and about 9" long. I would remove the hugger completely except for the chain guard part of it

This shows what collected on top of the swing arm in just a few miles of wet pavement. That's a little pile of sand to the right on top of the swing arm.



After trimming the front edge of the Puig. Now there is an opening between hugger and the back of the swing arm gusset.



After the mud flap was screwed in place.

 

[Janus]

I sat on my bike in the wee hours of the morning and smoked my pipe. The overnight low was 70°. It's supposed to breach 110° today. I live on the Olympic peninsula so this weather is highly unnatural and described in (rightly) hyperbolic terms by journalists. It stinks and I hate it.

Here's my meerschaum pipe, the favorite of my trio

 

[dduelin]

Although this is a top notch job, the one thing that people sometimes forget is that wind swirls around under here. Especially at highway speeds. So. If you want optimal rear shock performance, you should still spray lube your shock every so often. Otherwise, gunk will accumulate on the shock shaft from puddles and road mist.

Now for the most part, the average person might lube their shock once a month or once a season. This is perfectly okay. The one thing I find that happens with such practices is that short-throw vibrations from rough roads can be a little annoying.

Since I have the nervous system of a geriatric ninja, it gets pretty annoying after an hour for me. So, like an anal-retentive OCD, grease monkey, aerosol spray-can addict, I would lube fairly weekly. But once I got my shock sock on, this was no longer a concern.

Now. I am a kinda guy who uses three layers of eye protection. A shock sock would be about the same kind of protection if added to the configuration shown here. A shock sock cuts down on the need to lubricate. If your spine is sensitive like mine… you notice things. A hugger and a cover shield is surely on the right track.

As a regular wallower in the mud, such additions complicate cleaning and risk rock jams. So these modifications are not for everyone. But if you are a street person, this is the way to do it.

Disclaimer: Do not attempt to huff any aerosol chemicals. Do not attempt to huff said chemicals after igniting such gasses using a lighter or other ignition source. Do not hold the button on the can down while igniting such upwardly sprayed airborne chemicals anywhere near your face in an enclosed space such as a small broom closet. Do not run frantically into the street after igniting hair and eyebrows.

Aerosols can be hazardous to your ego. Don’t use them with the engine running. Please.

Never had need to spray lube the rear shock yet but I’ll keep it in mind. The stock shock is pretty poor. I don’t think spray lubing it is the thing for sensitive spines with this shock. It’s need is beyond topical lotions and sprays.

 

[potter0o]

Hot ride home. Got to experiement with misting myself before riding home...judgement....MORE MIST!!!

 

[Janus]

Couldn't take being inside any longer so I left around seven thirty, it was 88°. Tried to make it to the coast before sunset. I was kind of on autopilot at the wrong place and went weast, which is when you mean to go west but go east instead.

Made it to Hoquiam, which used to be a bustling city-town. Now they turn off their stoplights at night.



Got a little misty out there, and it was 64°. I've never felt so happy to be chilly.

 

[davidc83]

95'F in Louisville as I type this....not on the NC today but on the C50 Boulevard...going to be hot on my 50 minute commute home....and I think I forgot to turn on my AC this morning at the house.....usually turn it off at night...

 

[melensdad]

At my local dealership today. In stock now are 4 scooters and 1 dirt bike. He can’t get inventory fast enough. Almost everything that goes on the streets sells before or as soon as it arrives. He said parts are just as hard to get. And Dunlop tires are close to impossible to get.

FWIW 84 and humid here. Rained so hard yesterday I pumped water out of the pool. Did that again this morning after more rain overnight.

 

[670cc]

At my local dealership today. In stock now are 4 scooters and 1 dirt bike. He can’t get inventory fast enough. Almost everything that goes on the streets sells before or as soon as it arrives. He said parts are just as hard to get. And Dunlop tires are close to impossible to get.

FWIW 84 and humid here. Rained so hard yesterday I pumped water out of the pool. Did that again this morning after more rain overnight.

I feel good now that I make it a practice to keep spare tires on hand for all of my higher usage motorcycles. For the Goldwing I have spare wheels with new tires already mounted up. That way if a tire got unexpectedly damaged or distributor stock ran out, I have it covered for the short term.

 

[mlc]

It's actually felt cooler than usual this spring along the SoCal coast. A couple weeks of triple-digit heatwaves only, that's less than usual.
But we haven't seen a drop of rain since ... February? Maybe January ? The summer/fall is going to be another firefest.

In the meantime, it's white mesh jacket instead of airbag, and stay near the coast, because 20 miles inland, past the first ridge or two, is 30 to 40 degrees warmer.
My latest job is a bit farther from the coast than I'd like, so at the edge of the tolerable on the bike (90s at least most summer days). If I couldn't park on the sidewalk under the roof shade, there would be a lot more car days.
Also not regretting the white helmet...

 

[Janus]

I accidentally rode over 300 miles. I misunderestimated how long it was and would take to ride around the Olympic peninsula. Oops!

Boy is my back sore. It was rather windy, especially on the coast along the Puget Sound. I sorely lack core strength







Had a great time when I found the twisties. Had some good moto-meditation when on less exciting sections. Bike life is great

 

[TacomaJD]

Put the new DID VX3 chain on the street NC last night. I like the natural color finish much better than the gold color finish of the VX3 on my track NC.

Was surprised to see the chain that I took off of it was a DID VO chain...lower grade than the VX3. Bike only had 4100 miles on it when I bought it, so I figured it had oem chain, but maybe he changed it? Or maybe they put DID chains on oem in 2016? Who knows. I know the old chain was in bad shape, kinked all to hell.

 

[Janus]

Put the new DID VX3 chain on the street NC last night. I like the natural color finish much better than the gold color finish of the VX3 on my track NC.

Was surprised to see the chain that I took off of it was a DID VO chain...lower grade than the VX3. Bike only had 4100 miles on it when I bought it, so I figured it had oem chain, but maybe he changed it? Or maybe they put DID chains on oem in 2016? Who knows. I know the old chain was in bad shape, kinked all to hell.

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My '17 came with a DID chain. Just a cheaper one

 

[bigbird]

Rode my bike last night an hour and a half for the first decent evaluation of the Seat Concepts kit.
I was very pleased.
Before installation, I had put the stock seat back to the stock height by removing the taller front bracket I had made and the 2 rubber pieces that I put over the seat bumpers.
Really all I can say is that the forward seat slope is gone, and the seat does not feel like a plank of wood after 30 minutes.
And after 90 minutes it still didn't feel like a plank of wood.
I don't notice the seat now, so in my books that is a big win.
Since I don't tour, I will never put 8 hour days on the bike so I can't comment on all day riding.

 

[potter0o]

Took a rider refresher course today. A little too easy but the class was small so lots of practice time. Good excersises on tight turns from a stop, emergency braking and making turns tighter. The spouse came so got to do some of the excersises two up. Good experience for driver and passenger doing the same excersises.

 

[670cc]

I woke up to a rare pleasant summer day - not too hot or humid. Temperatures started out in the 50s (F) and barely kissed 80 later in the day. A light cloudy haze in the sky kept the major burn of the sunshine away.

So what better to do but go for a ride on the NC700X? I checked out the Corps of Engineers lake to see how much the water rose with all the rain we had last week- not too bad. I think I'll go boating next week when the weekend crowd goes back to work. Also found a little abandoned road that serviced a campground that was closed long ago. I remember we camped there when the kids were young.

The bike averaged 82 mpg during my relaxed 175 mile ride. My riding was all rural. I did not even pass through a traffic light on the ride. It was a good day!

 

[Porko]

Rode it over to visit my fathers grave. Been three years since I did more than fire it up in the shop to keep it loose. I have been riding my off-road bike when I do ride. Thought it was a good time to try the pavement again and beat the heat. Great bike, love it, time to ride it more. Ride safe.

 

[sea dweller]

My 5000 mile long test of the Shad seat led to the conclusion that it feels great at first and on short rides, but on a long ride you slide forward into a little pocket by the frunk and the soft foam has crushed to the point you feel like you're sitting on the plastic seat pan.

Sent my driver seat to Russell for a Day-Long Seat upgrade. They had done one for me a few years back on a CTX, which turned out great. They are a little pricey, but well worth it. When I originally talked to them, there was a 3 1/2 month wait.