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I dropped my bike over gently not moving and bent the rear brake pedal. I got a new pedal, is there anything special I should know before attempting to replace it or is it pretty straight forward?

It definitely lacks power in hills, but it doesn't shake. I live in the mountains and if I'm not between 3200-3500rpm on most hills it seems like it lacks power. I've been running no lower than about 2800 in the hills and no lower than about 2500 on flat land. At those rmps it just doesn't seem...

Just looked over the manual and it says to shift from 5th to 6th at 37mph. By that recommendation I think I'm ok. All of the "lugging" I do is in 6th gear going 60mph plus or minus, sometimes up hills, maybe as low as 2k rpm at the very least. It just feels like it's lugging to me because the...

I've been trying to figure out why my bike is shaking in this thread: http://nc700-forum.com/forum/garage-mechanical-help/12020-feels-lime-im-going-over-bumpy-road-all-time-2.html#post172559 and I realized that it feels similar to when you don't give the engine enough gas and it dies but on a...

Took it to the Honda dealer, they looked it over briefly and didn't see anything obvious. One thing I've been dong is revving the engine as low as I can to try and conserve gas. Can "lugging" the engine damage it?

Changed my tires about 1k miles ago

Yes it is at regular intervals. I spoke with a friend of mine and he said if I hear the brake dragging it could be the rotor. Sure enough I hear the front brake dragging. Is there a DIY way to check the rotor to see if it's true? The bike only has 6k miles on it, what could cause the rotor to...

I've posted a couple of paranoid concerns in the past but this time I have a real one: I was riding home the other night and it felt like I was going over some bumpy road. No big deal, I figured it would smooth out eventually. Five miles later and it didn't stop and it hasn't stopped... I...

I'm retro like that ;) I really just wanted to prove to Greg that I can use the search function hahaha

what tire pressure are you guys running on these?

Oh, you're right, it was a spacer.

What kind of grease does Honda use? I dropped one of the bearings in the dirt and had to completely clean it off.

Thanks yet again Greg, I've learned a tremendous amount from you in the short time I've been coming here. Everything you said is completely true, I admit to being one of the brainwashed masses, I'm pretty sure I've never considered the life of my brake fluid or fork oil...

I assume this has been discussed before and I tried searching for a thread but couldn't find one. How are the 8k mile oil changes working out for people? I just recently accepted 5k oil changes in automobiles so 8k sounds like it's really pushing it to me. I'm approaching 5k on my NC and was...

OneGun, it was about a week and a half or so.

Spoke with SC again, sent the seat back to have them try and fix the gap issue. They also told me they checked a stock NC700X at their local Honda dealer and the up/down seat play is evident on them. Anyone else have issues with seat play? I honestly never checked or noticed it until I got mine...

The two round ones that sit on either side of the mounting bracket are there.

Yes, the tab in the front is in as it should be

Got my seat back from SC today. Sent it in to have them put the new foam on and re-cover it for me. Installed it and now's there's a big gap between the seat/frunk and some up and down play with the seat. Anyone else experience this? I don't think I'm installing it wrong, there's not much to it...

I'll look into how to adjust the tensioner. The bike has about 56k miles. My "local" guy is more than an hours drive, it's not very easy to get there and back. Everyone up where I live either only work on Harleys or won't work on an old bike.