Lovely week end trip

[tanserf]

Went for a ride and sleep over with hubby on his Tiger 800 to visit our daughter in the Drakensberg. Lovely weather, took a new route, R56 through Ixopo to Underberg, instead of the norm R617, for those in the know. Lovely ride and a better road. I hit a best of 3l/100km on the Honda, hubby came second(for a change!) with a laudable 3.9km/l! We tried to stick to the speed limit(also for a change) as far as we could, which is 100km/h.
here also a pick or 2. The painting is my daughter's, done for school art 5 years ago. Little did she know then that she will be working in the same area! Lovely weekend.

 

[Poot]

Your daughter is a talented artist! I would be interested to see the photograph that she modeled it after, if there is one.

It is also nice to see the NC700 'off-road' if even for a little while. What was your fuel mileage for the trip?

 

[tanserf]

Hello Poot,
the lovely thing about where we live, is that we are just 2 hours away from a World Heritage Site, uKhahlamba/Drakensberg and that is where she painted it.
I got 3l/100km or 78,4 US MPG for the trip, according to Fuelly, my best tank so far! Very impressed with that. Another photo, still the same mountain range.
Keep well

 

[scrumpymike]

Hello Transerf, just to say thanks for the wonderful images. What a beautiful area! We've just moved back down to England after 16 yrs in the Scottish Borders. We miss the Scottish roads and scenery but not the summer rain and snowy winters.

 

[SuperMek]

You got grips protection / wind visors on your bike. Can you please give us some close up picture of the mounting and where you got those protectors (name/brand/model/make or what is available.)

 

[WMU_BRONCO]

3l/100km = 78.4 Miles per U.S. Gallon

Were you using straight gasoline?.......or gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol?

Here in the U.S. up to 15 percent ethanol can be added to gasoline, and that reduces the miles per gallon.

 

[happy]

Nice and lovely pictures!

 

[tanserf]

Hi everyone
firstly,thanks for all the replies. Here in SA we do not add ethanol to our gas yet, but are aware of the practice elsewhere. My hubbies company recently finished an ethanol extraction plant in Zim, from sugar cane. Secondly, the hand guards are BarkBusters off my hubbies Tiger, he is getting replacements after a run in with a car. The damage is from his fall. Very sturdy stuff.
We are planning a trip to our Wild Coast at the end of April, may have to do some extensive off tarmac riding, will take some pics!
Then finally, a nice video for all to enjoy, showing the spirit of our beloved NC700X. Enjoy!
Honda NC700X riding - YouTube

 

[SuperMek]

Perfect! Thank you for the pics.
Sorry about your hubbie, but he managed ok after the car incident? I hope so.

We up in the north won't have a bike riding day today, sorry to say...

This is what greeted us this morning...

 

[tanserf]

Hi Christian,
your summer is obviously a bit late, but for the bikers, we hope it comes soon! A sight like this is so unusual for us, I'm on the wrong side of 40, and have never seen snow!
Talk soon!

 

[Poot]

SuperMek, one good thing to note from these pictures is that your bike is safely in the garage! You will be riding soon enough, that only seems like a light dusting!

 

[happy]

Hi all
It became 25 degrees C today!
Tomorrow I will be installing my topcase (compliments from the bike shop from whom I bought the NCX) and then I will go a few KM with it.

Sorry to see the snow in SWE.

 

[Thomasec]

Hey Swiss . . . very interested in your install. Could you post some pics? Also would like to see what inside the box looks like. Thanks!!

 

[happy]

Hey Swiss . . . very interested in your install. Could you post some pics? Also would like to see what inside the box looks like. Thanks!!

Hi Thomas
Check out my other post: http://nc700-forum.com/forum/nc700-mods/209-original-honda-topbox-rack.html
Hope it helps.

The topbox arrived, all except the lock.
They have to reorder it again.

I also heard (read) that UK riders have a problem with delivery of bikes and parts.