redbike2
New Member
Very experienced rider (30 years riding, mainly sport bikes).
Presently I use my bike as principal transportation from 4/1 until the snow falls - as follows:
1. commute 140 miles daily (70 out, 70 back) - all highway.
2. ride from massachusetts to ny for business every 2 weeks
(approx. 225 miles each way; down in the morning and back in the evening).
3. other days, use for general street commuting.
I was able to test ride the bike today on the highway for approximately 45 minutes.
First, i liked the ride (congratulations all of you, it's a really nice bike).
I had 3 issues.
1. windscreen provide insufficient wind protection on the highway.
2. 6th gear generated significant.
3. The seat appeared like it could become uncomfortable on a longer ride.
SOME QUESTIONS TO PRESENT OWNERS:
how do feel about the nd700x for this application?
Any comments on these issues?
which windscreen provides the most protection from buffeting? which windscreen do you recommend? is the Honda tall windscreen provide enough protection from wind buffeting? (I am 5'10" tall).
do you have vibration in 6th gear?
after how much time does the seat become uncomfortable?
has anyone attached highway pegs directly to the frame? which ones? if not, how to the frame, any other highway peg attachments?
any reliability issues?
does anyone have 50k miles (80k kilometres) yet?
will I average above 60 mpg (app. 3.96 litres per 100 kilometres)? How about, 65 mpg (2.62 litres per 100 K)?
How is the bike 2 up?
Thanks. Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Presently I use my bike as principal transportation from 4/1 until the snow falls - as follows:
1. commute 140 miles daily (70 out, 70 back) - all highway.
2. ride from massachusetts to ny for business every 2 weeks
(approx. 225 miles each way; down in the morning and back in the evening).
3. other days, use for general street commuting.
I was able to test ride the bike today on the highway for approximately 45 minutes.
First, i liked the ride (congratulations all of you, it's a really nice bike).
I had 3 issues.
1. windscreen provide insufficient wind protection on the highway.
2. 6th gear generated significant.
3. The seat appeared like it could become uncomfortable on a longer ride.
SOME QUESTIONS TO PRESENT OWNERS:
how do feel about the nd700x for this application?
Any comments on these issues?
which windscreen provides the most protection from buffeting? which windscreen do you recommend? is the Honda tall windscreen provide enough protection from wind buffeting? (I am 5'10" tall).
do you have vibration in 6th gear?
after how much time does the seat become uncomfortable?
has anyone attached highway pegs directly to the frame? which ones? if not, how to the frame, any other highway peg attachments?
any reliability issues?
does anyone have 50k miles (80k kilometres) yet?
will I average above 60 mpg (app. 3.96 litres per 100 kilometres)? How about, 65 mpg (2.62 litres per 100 K)?
How is the bike 2 up?
Thanks. Looking forward to hearing from you all.