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Rear sprockets for the NC that use the standard 520 chain aren't so readily available. When I went looking, I couldn't find a +1 or +2 rear sprocket for it. So I went for a -1 front sprocket to try it out. Also, one tooth on the back only gives a ~3% change in the gearing - since 6th gear is...

To be honest, for U.K. Roads, the standard gearing would be fine, and I wouldn't bother changing it. I found that it cruised nicely at 80mph on the test ride, but out here, it's seriously silly hilly, and a more "motorcross" gearing would be useful. My XR 250 gearing feels perfect o the...

Update. The care package from my mum arrived yesterday, while I was away at a customers garage. (Carburettor rebuild on a lovely Jag XK140) I had some admin to do today, but made time to fit the -1 tooth front sprocket. Made by JT sprockets, it was well made, and fitted the output spline...

Work has been hectic here - much more so than I expected - I've got a line of classic cars to work on - so I've been keeping busy, and haven't been able to do anything to the NC, other than ride it, put fuel in it and fit the standard exhaust back on it for the regulatory import inspection...

I took out the exhaust baffle. My partner heard me coming from miles away!

Yeah, there aren't many available sprockets for this, It looks like going up a chain size might be the longer term answer.

I paid more attention today to the gearing while riding back from the workshop. On some of the really steep slow corners, I found myself dropping down to first, but it was a bit too low. Then on the faster stretches, I did the hooligan thing and reached about 150k ( 90mph) in 5th with revs left...

Thanks for that. How many "teeth" of adjustment has the chain adjuster got? If I drop a tooth off the front, will the adjuster cope?

Apology accepted - I forgot that I must appear a newbie here!

I know what you mean, I could be lowering 1st too much - good point, but I wouldn't mind that too much - there are some rough places I'd like to get to, and also, some of the hills here are so darn steep that it's a challenge to get normal cars up there, they simply don't have the power/torque...

You weren't to know that I've already been looking - but you did assume that I hadn't. Note:- the XA variant is the manual bike - the XD is the DCT. I spotted those comments,- that's to be expected, as the DcT uses the abs speed for Some cross check maybe, so will get its knickers in a twist...

"Harder on the chain" - yeah, the one tooth down on the front will increase chain force, which won't happen if I increase the rear sprocket - my thoughts exactly. And reading around - a few people are commenting that the 520 chain is already a bit feeble perhaps..... But I ideally want 6th to...

No, it wasn't aimed at you - thanks for the adv rider tip - I hadn't caught that one - it didn't come up in my google search, and I haven't been on advrider for some time.

Because it is up to the individual to do what what they choose to do - it is their choice to make. I didn't post a link to it. Anyone choosing to find it could do so under their own steam. It's their path to follow if they wish. And as a moderator, if you were really concerned about my post...

While I don't condone breaches of copyright... I'm sure I saw the Honda manual in PDF out there on the web somewhere..

I don't normally do this, but I have to say that it's good for a new member to be made so warmly welcome by both a moderator and another member... "Not rocket science?" - Hello to you too - have you changed your sprockets for different sizes and have something useful to add - or have you just...

2 years does seem a short life - if the bike is used regularly... When I worked in Jaguar/Landrover as an engineer, the battery specialist explained to me what goes wrong ( when my bike battery failed prematurely) . I'm not a battery chemistry expert, but his ( simplified) advice was.... If...

Thanks for that - I'll mosey in over there to look. Advrider didn't come up on my searches - thanks for the tip. Mike.

Hi Mr Moderator, Yeah, I looked through those 131 posts like a good little boy. (While I might be to the NC700 forum, as an automotive and aerospace engineer, I've been contributing to forums long enough -over 15 years - to know that I should search first and ask questions later.) Couldn't...

Hi all, I live on Madeira, and it's very hilly here, with a 90kph (55mph) top speed on the roads. My NC700XA is great, but the gearing is just too tall, with 6th gear being all but useless. I want to shorten the gearing, and I'm wondering who has done it already... The low top speeds...