GPmotoTwin
New Member
Hello Forum,
After reading every review out there, the prospect of a fun, torquey twin with gas mileage that beats my first bike, a brand new 1999 Ninja 250R, was just too tempting to resist. So I did what any (ir)rational motorcyclist would do. I bought 2 NC700Xs- one DCT, one Manual.
My 2012 DCT was farkled up the wazoo. The previous owner was a engineer by training and executed every mod thoughtfully. The easy stuff - Honda top case and panniers, centerstand, Givi crash bars, etc - were a no brainer, but I really appreciated how cleanly he installed auxiliary lighting and additional strobing brake lights. The only mod I ditched right away was a too-tall-for-me Madstad windscreen that put my view of the road right under the lip of the screen.
I knew I had to try DCT ownership at some point. Although I heavily favor manual vs DCT in a car, the novelty in a motorcycle intrigued me. Motorcycling is a sport where a small shift in one variable can change the entire experience. And DCT is one huge variable.
My 2013 Manual NC700X was almost bone stock, save for a Dan Moto exhaust and a broken frunk latch. What I learned from the 6 hour round trip picking it up from the seller, a young logging company owner, is that an NC700X fits in the back of a 2012 Ford Transit Connect van (luckily). And that in his town south of Binghampton, there's only logging, rock, and heroin from NYC. Every year, logging and rock work is disappearing, but there's only more heroin.
To be continued while I upload pics from my cell...
JJ
After reading every review out there, the prospect of a fun, torquey twin with gas mileage that beats my first bike, a brand new 1999 Ninja 250R, was just too tempting to resist. So I did what any (ir)rational motorcyclist would do. I bought 2 NC700Xs- one DCT, one Manual.
My 2012 DCT was farkled up the wazoo. The previous owner was a engineer by training and executed every mod thoughtfully. The easy stuff - Honda top case and panniers, centerstand, Givi crash bars, etc - were a no brainer, but I really appreciated how cleanly he installed auxiliary lighting and additional strobing brake lights. The only mod I ditched right away was a too-tall-for-me Madstad windscreen that put my view of the road right under the lip of the screen.
I knew I had to try DCT ownership at some point. Although I heavily favor manual vs DCT in a car, the novelty in a motorcycle intrigued me. Motorcycling is a sport where a small shift in one variable can change the entire experience. And DCT is one huge variable.
My 2013 Manual NC700X was almost bone stock, save for a Dan Moto exhaust and a broken frunk latch. What I learned from the 6 hour round trip picking it up from the seller, a young logging company owner, is that an NC700X fits in the back of a 2012 Ford Transit Connect van (luckily). And that in his town south of Binghampton, there's only logging, rock, and heroin from NYC. Every year, logging and rock work is disappearing, but there's only more heroin.
To be continued while I upload pics from my cell...
JJ
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