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Why not just lean over and put your hand on the block/cyl. head?

TacoomaJD, I'm a bit worried about you wearing the gear shown in your pictures. Maybe you can solve the issues you mentioned in other ways: modifying the windshield or buying another one, getting a flip-up helmet, and always wearing mesh pants, jacket, and good gloves. FWIW, I now looking for...

In a Sep 2019 thread, melensdad said "knee armor does not protect the knees! Not really happy with that fact . . ." Me neither. I've long been bothered by elbow and knee armor that locate themselves to where-the-hell-ever instead (it seems) where they are needed - under your elbow and over...

Of course, youse guys are flippin crazed maniacs . . .:cool:

It looks as though I'm going to be on oxygen due to a newly arrived lung problem. I know the following questions are going to seem a little weird, but . . . Has anyone tried to ride with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator? Was it successful?

Bad news, maybe. Your description and pictures may indicate that a rod or main bearing has failed. I hope not, because that would be very expen$ive. Was the pan you drained the oil into scrupulously clean to start with (no pieces in it before you drained the sump)? If you saved your...

Best to leave it. Modern engines are a *system* of interrelated parts, including the cat converter, and you're likely to lose power and mileage (which a dyno can't measure very well) if you fiddle with the bits.

The rule of thumb given to me by a couple of automotive engineers who worked for GM was to reduce the spec torque by 10% if using anythin like Loctite.

Wonderful pictures, and thanks for the link to your site - Google translates it into English reasonably well.

Good post & pics from showkey. The best way to see if detonation is going on is the following procedure: 1. Ride a bit until the engine is warm. 2. Go to Wide Open Throttle in the rpm range that you hear the pinging. 3. When you hear pinging, and still at WOT, hit the kill switch and come...

Really nice work - seems professionally thought-out and videoed. It's an incredibly helpful post. Thanks.

Here's a way to see if it's "ping", i.e., detonation; accelerate to the rpm zone where it usually happens, feather the throttle for a few secs, then go to Wide-Open Throttle. If the ping goes away when you feather and reappears with WOT, it's might be detonation. Which is an engine destroyer...

Thanks for the thoughts; I'll pass them on to the CTX700 forum. Although he didn't say whether the bike was warm, I got the idea that it was since the event happened on his way to work. My guess is that it mmight be the ECU, since when it happened, he shut it off briefly, restarted, and had no...

A person on the CTX forum with a DCT described how he was at a stop light in manual mode when the bike began to creep forward. He was quite sure the throttle was closed. CTX DCT Stalling - Page 3 - Honda CTX700 Forum Since the NC700 shares the engine and tranny with the CTX, and since its...

Something's wrong. If the engine is in good tune I don't think it would ever make mpg that low. Are you sure a spark plug wire didn't fall off? :)

If you have some time and are willing to take the saddlebags off (BTW, what model/# are they? They look good!), would you post some pictures of the support(s)? TIA.

Is it possible that the pump itself has failed, rather than 'just' a gasket? Do you hear any unusual noise coming from it?

Question for those who have one of these transition shields: are they dark enough in bright sunlight? I've looked at a number of helmets with flip-down shields and find that their tint is much too light for me.

If you do store it outside or even in a shed. securely plug and cover the air intake to the air filter and the exhaust pipe exit too. Mice get into everything. I do this even when it's stored in the garage, which is a part of our house.

Really nice job. That stuff would also cover up some of the scrapes on my helmet, so it's all good.