2021 NC750x purchased yet?

[mudtrack]

Still waiting here. July 19 we hope.

 

[lowrider]

#1 son looked at the side kickstand and it looks like there is a 0.030 to 0.035 shim needed to tighten up the attachment point and take the "wiggle" out of the kickstand. I'll look to see if I have a washer near that size and hopefully find it in stainless.

Reading these posts made me giggle as I too am in the "should not have sold it" group and considering another 750X. Still no 2021s available in my area. There was an 18 up in Gainesville that I wanted to sit on Friday but traffic through Ocala screwed up my day and I then had no time. If anyone is looking, the advertised price is pretty high but with very low miles at RideNow Gainesville.

I know this is somewhat subjective, but have any taller riders taken delivery of their 2021 MY NC750X? If so, would you mind sharing your opinion on the ergos? Excuse the impatience. I am going to sit on one sooner or later but really interested in the meantime.

While I wait, I am scooting around on the new Xmax 300. Not thrilling by any means but it is really a lot of fun and practical...crap I sound old. But I did go out with my Harley buddies this weekend. Kept up at and it was fun on the curves.

Anyhow, thanks in advance! Mike

When I was growing up during the 60's in Winter Park, Ocala was a nice quiet country town. I hunted Ocala National Forest and I can't remember anything like a traffic jam anywhere around there....but as they say...ya can't go back to the way it was.

Good luck finding the 2021 NC and if it too short for you there is always a booster seat.

 

[lowrider]

Still waiting here. July 19 we hope.

Fingers crossed!!

 

[mudtrack]

Fingers crossed!!

HOT fingers crossed.
Too hot even for a ride.
It feels like a blast furnace.
I am curious. How do you ride when the temperature is more than 20 degrees F above body temperature?
It's not really fun.

 

[Janus]

HOT fingers crossed.
Too hot even for a ride.
It feels like a blast furnace.
I am curious. How do you ride when the temperature is more than 20 degrees F above body temperature?
It's not really fun.

Wait until it's not so stinking hot, or soak your shirt with water and let it dry out before doing that again. Stay hydrated.

Today was just awful up here

 

[mudtrack]

Wait until it's not so stinking hot, or soak your shirt with water and let it dry out before doing that again. Stay hydrated.

Today was just awful up here

I spent 5 hours this afternoon outside holding a watering hose and spraying it up into the air to douse myself at the same time as watering the back yard garden and yard.
Honestly. Five hours. I guess it beats working for a living.

 

[mudtrack]

I spent 5 hours this afternoon outside holding a watering hose and spraying it up into the air to douse myself at the same time as watering the back yard garden and yard.
Honestly. Five hours. I guess it beats working for a living.

I have tried that trick of soaking my shirt and going for a ride. It feels great until the shirt dries out.
Either under a mesh riding jacket or just my t-shirt with no armor protection. Still, the water dries out and then I get hot again.

 

[mzflorida]

#1 son looked at the side kickstand and it looks like there is a 0.030 to 0.035 shim needed to tighten up the attachment point and take the "wiggle" out of the kickstand. I'll look to see if I have a washer near that size and hopefully find it in stainless.

When I was growing up during the 60's in Winter Park, Ocala was a nice quiet country town. I hunted Ocala National Forest and I can't remember anything like a traffic jam anywhere around there....but as they say...ya can't go back to the way it was.

Good luck finding the 2021 NC and if it too short for you there is always a booster seat.

Ocala is growing fast in my opinion. We are Gator Boosters and have traveled through there quite a bit over the past 5 years. Traffic has become progressively worse over that time. We rode through the forests up there.

If I put a booster seat on any NC I would look like a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade float.

 

[dduelin]

Some of my favorite roads are in rural horse country around Ocala. "Around" is the operative word.

As far as heat goes there is good science to support ditching the mesh and covering up with solid textile apparel when air temps exceed 93-95 degrees. We can't drink enough water to keep up with water loss from hot air moving over exposed skin. Managing air flow over our bodies is key to riding in extreme temperatures.

 

[lowrider]

Some of my favorite roads are in rural horse country around Ocala. "Around" is the operative word.

As far as heat goes there is good science to support ditching the mesh and covering up with solid textile apparel when air temps exceed 93-95 degrees. We can't drink enough water to keep up with water loss from hot air moving over exposed skin. Managing air flow over our bodies is key to riding in extreme temperatures.

0430 till 0730 this morning...nice ride until I got out of the shade and into open fields. Rode the South side of Ponderay river, crossed at the bridge at Priest River and returned on the North side on US 2 into Sandpoint, got gas and back down US 95 to home. 68 when I left the house and 81 when I returned. I put the A/C on in the garage...shop is too hot without air so I'm fooling with the bike in the garage...nice dry 73 inside.

I put 30mm high with 20mm back bar risers on last night. WONDERFUL change in riding position. Back is straight up and no leaning forward so hands don't hurt either. Seat position doesn't change but sitting upright makes me sit with my butt further back too. Jury is still out on the seat.

I needed to loosen the emergency/parking brake cable and move the front brake in about 1/2" but no other changes. Best part is the Madstad shield is still in a good spot and I get no buffeting in the more upright sitting position. Still not sure what the little side deflectors accomplish. I had adjustable side shields on my Victory Cruiser that allowed air flow where I wanted it and I could adjust them while riding. I think they were a Harley shop buy but not sure...memory is fuzzy back then. Once I get my hand guards installed maybe they will re-direct air flow and the side deflectors might make more sense to me. The big fairing on the Harley Ultra gave a good clean ride like the Goldwing. Not sure I can accomplish that on the NC.

Nap time!!

 

[mzflorida]

Some of my favorite roads are in rural horse country around Ocala. "Around" is the operative word.

As far as heat goes there is good science to support ditching the mesh and covering up with solid textile apparel when air temps exceed 93-95 degrees. We can't drink enough water to keep up with water loss from hot air moving over exposed skin. Managing air flow over our bodies is key to riding in extreme temperatures.

It is pretty in that area. Ride over to St. Augustine is not bad either I think it was SR40?

 

[davidc83]

It is pretty in that area. Ride over to St. Augustine is not bad either I think it was SR40?

SR40 goes from Ocala to Ormand Beach on the Atlantic....west sr40 goes to Yankeetown...nice road to travel as long as traffic isnt bad...except from ocala to Atlantic, mostly straight road....more curves on the west side of the state...actually you can ride SR40 right into the Gulf (about 5 miles past Yankeetown, ends at a boat ramp...

 

[dduelin]

It is pretty in that area. Ride over to St. Augustine is not bad either I think it was SR40?

You can take SR40 over to Ormond Bch then up A1A but I generally don't. SR40 is long and straight and carries a fair amount of traffic. We should meet in the middle some Saturday morning and I'll show you some roads around that area. From Ocala if I was going to St. Augustine I'd take little roads up thru Anthony, Citra, Palatka, etc.

 

[mudtrack]

I called my dealer again. July 19 is still the date.

 

[the Ferret]

fingers crossed here too mudtrack

 

[mzflorida]

You can take SR40 over to Ormond Bch then up A1A but I generally don't. SR40 is long and straight and carries a fair amount of traffic. We should meet in the middle some Saturday morning and I'll show you some roads around that area. From Ocala if I was going to St. Augustine I'd take little roads up thru Anthony, Citra, Palatka, etc.

I would really enjoy meeting you! All I have is the Xmax right now (not a negative thing) but I am pretty sure I could keep up. I may work with RideNow from here to negotiate a price on the low mile 18 they have in stock.

I know we took a very pretty route over from Gainesville. Thought it was 40 but must be mistaken because we hit it from the north end. I'll have to look at a map.

 

[lowrider]

Installed my highway pegs on the crash bars today. They are not really pegs but rather 2.5 x 4 inch pads with rubber ribs that fold up when not in use. Apollo heated grips arrived also but they will be a job for Thursday. It looks like the throttle side can be installed with the supply wire above or below the throttle tube so I can get either the top or bottom Atlas throttle lock...not sure it matters...anyone have a reason to select one location over the other??

 

[mudtrack]

Installed my highway pegs on the crash bars today.

Hey, lowrider. You may have already mentioned, but what crash bars did you mount? Any fit issues?
I have the SW-Motech crash bars ready to mount on my wife's NC750X as soon as we have the bike. Highway pegs of course!
She almost never drops a bike, but on our "muddy road" at our beach place, bike drops are common.

 

[dduelin]

Installed my highway pegs on the crash bars today. They are not really pegs but rather 2.5 x 4 inch pads with rubber ribs that fold up when not in use. Apollo heated grips arrived also but they will be a job for Thursday. It looks like the throttle side can be installed with the supply wire above or below the throttle tube so I can get either the top or bottom Atlas throttle lock...not sure it matters...anyone have a reason to select one location over the other??

I position the heat element wires on the underside of the grip and switch pod.

 

[lowrider]

Thanks Dave...that's good and the way I was thinking...something about great minds??