Race Tech spring kit for 2021 Nc750 (contents of kit).

[Gixus]

I’m sure there are a number of people who are considering respringing the fork on their 2021 and later Nc750. The Race Tech site as I’m sure many know, has information as to what springs to use for our bikes. It’s pretty self explanatory in regards to getting the right ones for your style of riding and weight. For myself at 195 lbs it recommends 0.88 kg/mm. I ordered 0.85.

I have attached photos that show what is in a kit, as when I ordered mine I didn’t know if it came with spacers, so ordered oem Honda spacers as spares, just in case.

Surprisingly, as can be seen by the photo attached, the stock spacers that I obtained from Honda are white PVC. Seeing as I’ve read posts on this site decrying the use of Pvc I had to wonder. I guess I wasted $52 Canadian as I could have bought a 10 foot section of appropriately sized PVC for $20.

Race Tech (attached photo) have no problem in saying Pvc does the job, but I will personally use their metal one supplied. The Race Tech spring length is 342 mm. The oem Honda spacer length is 149-150 mm, and as can been seen it has a narrower spout end which I assume slot into the top of the spring.

Hopefully this information is of use.

 

[Gixus]

I just found this on YouTube. I think it answers the question as to whether PVC is strong enough to be used as fork spacers.

 

[halfSpinDoctor]

the stock spacers that I obtained from Honda are white PV

:-o

 

[salishmoto]

Now that I'm riding what had been my wife's 750 as my daily commuter, and though she is a light 120lbs, I am a hefty 205 lbs. I've put RaceTech springs on a Tracer 900 I had and found it helpful. I'm guessing upgrading the spring rate on this lightly sprung 750 will help quite a bit. The calculator has me using a .95 unit and stock is .65, that's a third again stiffer. Think I will do this in the winter. There is a stretch of bad road on my commute and the little NC bounces me around like it doesn't even have suspension. Pretty awful. When I ride that same stretch on my high end S1000XR, it's smooth as butter. I don't fault the NC for it's cheap suspension, but for a bigger guy like me it will make sense to use stiffer springs. Has anyone done the Cartridge emulator kit that RaceTech sells?

 

[670cc]

Now that I'm riding what had been my wife's 750 as my daily commuter, and though she is a light 120lbs, I am a hefty 205 lbs. I've put RaceTech springs on a Tracer 900 I had and found it helpful. I'm guessing upgrading the spring rate on this lightly sprung 750 will help quite a bit. The calculator has me using a .95 unit and stock is .65, that's a third again stiffer. Think I will do this in the winter. There is a stretch of bad road on my commute and the little NC bounces me around like it doesn't even have suspension. Pretty awful. When I ride that same stretch on my high end S1000XR, it's smooth as butter. I don't fault the NC for it's cheap suspension, but for a bigger guy like me it will make sense to use stiffer springs. Has anyone done the Cartridge emulator kit that RaceTech sells?

Yes. A forum search on RaceTech emulators returned 3 pages of results.

 

[salishmoto]

I should have added on a 21+ model...I'll check the forum history.