Cagedodger
Member
I figured I might as well go ahead and drop a quick post for you folks. I don't have an NC700X yet (what's the commonly accepted nickname since that doesn't exactly roll off the tongue? NC? 700X? NC7? NCX?) but I'm about 95% positive it will be my next bike, beating out the '12 Wee Strom. I'm looking for an economical bike with an upright seating position to commute with that can pull double duty on the weekends for everything up to fire roads. No real adventure.
I'm looking at the DCT version mainly because of the ABS. I'm still not sold on the DCT because I haven't stumbled upon reports of how it handles low speed without a clutch to feather. Any input on that would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just a link to a previously established thread. I do think that ABS is enough of a selling point to me to push me towards that model.
I haven't test ridden one yet and I'm OK with that because it has the features that I want in an all around bike and the seating position is perfect, even if the seat itself isn't quite right (no shock there... no manufacturer has ever gotten that right). I am curious about the forks though. They seem like they're the decades old design... there's nothing hidden in there to make them decent, right? Plain old dampeners and springs? Speaking of forks, is there a good fork brace for it yet?
I'll probably have a real reason to be here in the next month or so. I'll go back to lurking and spying until then. Thanks for having a nice clean forum (some I have seen are real train wrecks!) to look through.
I'm looking at the DCT version mainly because of the ABS. I'm still not sold on the DCT because I haven't stumbled upon reports of how it handles low speed without a clutch to feather. Any input on that would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just a link to a previously established thread. I do think that ABS is enough of a selling point to me to push me towards that model.
I haven't test ridden one yet and I'm OK with that because it has the features that I want in an all around bike and the seating position is perfect, even if the seat itself isn't quite right (no shock there... no manufacturer has ever gotten that right). I am curious about the forks though. They seem like they're the decades old design... there's nothing hidden in there to make them decent, right? Plain old dampeners and springs? Speaking of forks, is there a good fork brace for it yet?
I'll probably have a real reason to be here in the next month or so. I'll go back to lurking and spying until then. Thanks for having a nice clean forum (some I have seen are real train wrecks!) to look through.