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2021: What did you do to/with your NC700/NC750 today?

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The OEM Honda panniers that I bought came a little to close to the bottom of the right side (exhaust side) for me due to my aftermarket pipe. So between other projects I thought I'd fab up a quick heat shield. As I didn't have the thickness of aluminum I wanted to use I went to a buddy's metal Fab shop and bummed the right size piece from him. Also wanted to check out the new skid plate he installed on his NC 700x too.
 

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The OEM Honda panniers that I bought came a little to close to the bottom of the right side (exhaust side) for me due to my aftermarket pipe. So between other projects I thought I'd fab up a quick heat shield. As I didn't have the thickness of aluminum I wanted to use I went to a buddy's metal Fab shop and bummed the right size piece from him. Also wanted to check out the new skid plate he installed on his NC 700x too.
What kind of airplane engine is on the bench?
 
Good eye, that's a 3W 157cc I just finished rebuilding for a friend. Ready to go on the test stand and fire up. One of my hobbies is Giant scale RC airplanes. You fly?
Here's a link to my latest plane build. Delro W4X Turner Gilmore maiden. UMS 260 Radial
That link is amazing. At first look I thought it was a Gee Bee R-1. Born in 1955, I used to build and fly models from as long as I could remember starting with hand launch gliders in the back yard to stick and tissue rubber powered Guillows school yard free flight kits. When I got a paper route I could afford Cox powered U control stunt and combat flying then single channel galloping ghost R/C kits. After a hiatus of a few years of school and marriage I came back to modeling with 2 to 4 channel RC gliders - two meters and open class. Thermal and slope soaring I enjoyed both and built planes designed for each type of glider flying. I never built a power plane with anything larger than a Cox .15 though at competitions I saw lots of big scale RC models. I sold off my RC stuff when the frequency bands changed in the early 1990s. While flying single channel RC models at 19 I got my Private Pilot's license, then Commercial Instrument, then added a Glider rating. I flew full scale until we were blessed with a first child and the flying money flew away.
 
Wow, that's cool. So you were really into it. And then and got your full scale license, cool. I have a few friends that their flying stopped when they had kids, I understand. My buddy and I started with electric RC about 9 years ago and since we are both motorheads went right in gas planes. We both fly competition aerobatics and have spent tens of thousands on the hobby, As you can Imagine. The new technology is not cheap when you get to that level. But now we are a little burnt out. So I thought to get back into bikes (my forte) and we bought a couple of NC700x's. Which we are spending allot to get the bikes up to what we think the NC will work for us. I have a long history in motorcycling competition, but now enjoy just riding and touring. Pre Covid, my buddy and I rode from my home in Thailand to Myanmar to Laos and Cambodia back to Thailand ( cbx500). So hanging (stuck) out here in CA thought I'd start riding and bought the NC700. And found this website.

Oh, and that engine IS going into a gee bee. why I rebuilt it I don't know, He will just crash it. Its a gee bee and you know they never last more than a couple of flights!
 
Wow, that's cool. So you were really into it. And then and got your full scale license, cool. I have a few friends that their flying stopped when they had kids, I understand. My buddy and I started with electric RC about 9 years ago and since we are both motorheads went right in gas planes. We both fly competition aerobatics and have spent tens of thousands on the hobby, As you can Imagine. The new technology is not cheap when you get to that level. But now we are a little burnt out. So I thought to get back into bikes (my forte) and we bought a couple of NC700x's. Which we are spending allot to get the bikes up to what we think the NC will work for us. I have a long history in motorcycling competition, but now enjoy just riding and touring. Pre Covid, my buddy and I rode from my home in Thailand to Myanmar to Laos and Cambodia back to Thailand ( cbx500). So hanging (stuck) out here in CA thought I'd start riding and bought the NC700. And found this website.

Oh, and that engine IS going into a gee bee. why I rebuilt it I don't know, He will just crash it. Its a gee bee and you know they never last more than a couple of flights!
A friend of mine (Africa Twin DCT) has a son that has lived in Thailand for many years. Tim likes long distance riding and rallies. When he went to visit his son several years ago he rented a CB500X and completed a SaddleSore 1000 in Thailand which I though was quite an accomplishment given the road signs and markings were not easy to understand. The pictures of the countryside were beautiful.
 
Put a new set of Dunlops on mine. Cant get the correct rear size in a PR4 at the moment so its a forced change. I am ok with Dunlops though. I will test later.
 
The OEM Honda panniers that I bought came a little to close to the bottom of the right side (exhaust side) for me due to my aftermarket pipe. So between other projects I thought I'd fab up a quick heat shield. As I didn't have the thickness of aluminum I wanted to use I went to a buddy's metal Fab shop and bummed the right size piece from him. Also wanted to check out the new skid plate he installed on his NC 700x too.
Heat shield is a good idea.

This is not mine but was on fire when I met the guy!

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Re-glued my heated grip, which was slipping over the throttle tube. I used superglue, but I have seen other posts that there is some grip glue stuff that people swear by. If this becomes a "once a year or so" MX item I think I'm okay with that, but if this coating lasts less than a year I'm going to try something else.

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What brand of hand guards do you have? I am looking for options.
Yeah, these are the Bikemaster heated grips off of Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009Z1KQ2M/

Bikemaster is generic/rebranded stuff, but in the case of these grips I have been very happy with them, for a fraction of the price of Oxford. Just make sure to hook them up and test them out before installing -- looks like the number one negative review is a dead on arrival heating element, which is easy as an Amazon return/replace to fix.

You can see my review here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...ef=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B009Z1KQ2M
 
Yeah, these are the Bikemaster heated grips off of Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009Z1KQ2M/

Bikemaster is generic/rebranded stuff, but in the case of these grips I have been very happy with them, for a fraction of the price of Oxford. Just make sure to hook them up and test them out before installing -- looks like the number one negative review is a dead on arrival heating element, which is easy as an Amazon return/replace to fix.

You can see my review here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...ef=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B009Z1KQ2M
Thanks for the info on the grips, I am more interested in the hand guards you have.
 
Ah, reading comprehension not my strong point today :)

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The handguards are totally generic eBay ones. They are just plastic, no metal backing. There seem to be two styles - ones with a shorter inner section and a mounting hole on the face of the handguard, and ones with a larger inner section and a mounting hole on top. A bracket mounts below the mirror, and the other end goes on the bar end. I had to 3D print custom spacers to keep them from rattling, and buy a different extra-long bolt to make them compatible with the Kaoko throttle lock. YMMV. The listing for what I bought is gone now, but this seems to be equivalent: https://www.ebay.com/itm/202911657066
 
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