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While choosing a new battery for my car recently, I watched this very insightful video by Project Farm: In short, he determined that the cheap Walmart car batteries appear to be the best value and even outperform more expensive batteries in some areas. With this new knowledge, and learning...

Haha well that's embarrassing... thanks!

I promise I diligently searched for 20 minutes before coming to ask you guys. I can't seem to find anywhere online that sells the NC700 clutch cover gasket. Gasket only. Any ideas?

I definitely endorse the off-road life! I love it enough to haul my bike on a trailer behind my Civic. Works great. If you want to get a bike that you can also ride on the road, I don't think you'd regret getting a lighter one like previously mentioned (WR250 or CRF250L). Wrestling a heavy...

Yep, spot on @davidc83. My method of using the feeler gauge was very poor the first time around. I took the extra time to make sure each clearance was properly adjusted and now it's running perfectly! That's a wrap, folks! A new cam chain and cam chain tensioner have fixed up this poor NC to...

The more I sit and stew about it the more I'm thinking that I botched the valve adjustment. I think I'll go back in and check things out.

Alright everyone, I would love some feedback on this. I received the replacement cam chain and tensioner on eBay (used) and installed them on the bike. Then I zipped everything up enough to start it up. It now starts and runs very normally. No check engine light, no erratic idle. Revs up no...

Yeah I suppose you could say that. I'm just curious how deep they investigated the issue and how they handled the conversation with the owner. They told him that replacing the engine was the right step and quoted him the price for that. From what I can tell, a fresh cam chain and tensioner will...

Solid advice, makes sense! I really appreciate your input.

Yeah that hook on the one side is missing. I fished for awhile with no luck, and it didn't come out when I drained the oil out of the drain plug yesterday (at least in one piece that I could see). There were some metal shavings in the oil I drained. Not much, but that could possibly be the source.

Well, bless your soul @lootzyan. I feared the spring was just chewed up by the engine somehow, but you poked me into going magnet fishing. What a catch! I'm surprised it didn't do more damage.

Holy smokes... I just realized there's a whole spring missing on the tensioner. It's completely gone. What in the world?

Yep, it was a tensioner issue. Looks like that little press-fit pin at the top came loose and seized it up. Damage is evident on the chain with some spots worse than others. The chain damage has me scratching my head because it makes sense that the links in contact with the sprockets at the...

Alright gentleman, I'm locked in on the issue. I put fresh plugs in and started it up again. No change. I ran it for a solid minute to see if the left plug would be wet again. It wasn't. I repeated this sequence with the same results. Must have been a fluke the first time with the wet plug...

The left spark plug was definitely wet. I remember noticing that. Color was about the same for both. Not a bad idea to check the timing. I'll put it on the list. According to the previous owner's story, the bike was running fine for a long time without any issues before it started acting up...

Hey all, apologies for the very long delay on getting to this. We moved into our first home and have been working on renovations for months as well as prepping for a baby (also our first). I finally had a chance to take a close look at the bike this past Saturday. Here's a quick summary: The...

Mine had similar symptoms a couple years ago accompanied by the gauge cluster blinking on and off at certain RPMs. As suggested by a couple people in this forum, I checked the battery connections and one of them was loose.

In the meantime, here's a picture of both my NC (red) and the new one in question. Needless to say, the overall plan is to take the aftermarket parts from the upgraded one and put them on mine. After fixing the one in need of repair I'll sell it for a little profit (assuming the problem isn't...

Thanks for the follow-up. We're in the process of preparing to move into our first home, so bike stuff has fallen onto the back-burner. I'll be sure to post an update here when I get a chance to investigate!

Good point about the communication that can be lost from the mechanic. I suppose it won’t be too long before I find if it does have serious engine damage or not. Thanks for the pointers! I’ll be playing with it in the garage more comprehensively in the next few days. Sent from my iPhone using...