InfernoST
Active Member
Hi All
After my 1st week of commuting with with the new machine I have a few thoughts.
- The foot pegs are dang small, gonna have to replace them with something a bit more substantial.
- The riding position has me leaning more forward than I like causing my back to hurt (I have an l4-l5 blown out disk). I ordered a set of risers that are going to raise the bars and pull them towards me, they should be here today.
- Is it me or does the powerplant feel more like a V-twin than a Parallel? In either case she runs great with more than enough power for my needs but isn't as smooth as the engine was in my old Burgman 650 (sewing machine smooth).
- Frunk is easily scratched, got some help with some solutions thanks to some of the members here. Ordered up their recommendations.
- I miss the center stand, I had ordered one the day i picked up the bike and it should be arriving today and will be installed when it stops raining.
- As with the Burgman the front tire kicks up a bunch of stuff into the radiator, I have to get a fender extender like I had on my Burgman and a radiator protector plate.
- The fuel mileage is crazy on this thing, i would have had to fill up the Burgman by now, I'v only lost 2 bars on the fuel guage from when I picked it up.
- Getting used to mounting and dismounting the machine, It's a bit of a pain with the seat bag I'm running currently.
- The suspension and ride quality are far superior compared to the Big Burg.
- I've watched plenty of review videos where they state the NC isn't all that powerful, for my needs it has way more than enough and sure is quick and fast enough.
- Have to do something about the buffeting, gotta look into a new windscreen.
- Lastly is the storage, considering the cost of the luggage these days I'm going to add this piece by piece.
Overall, extremely happy with my purchase and I know there is something out there that can be had to correct and any of my complaint's which i consider minor.
After my 1st week of commuting with with the new machine I have a few thoughts.
- The foot pegs are dang small, gonna have to replace them with something a bit more substantial.
- The riding position has me leaning more forward than I like causing my back to hurt (I have an l4-l5 blown out disk). I ordered a set of risers that are going to raise the bars and pull them towards me, they should be here today.
- Is it me or does the powerplant feel more like a V-twin than a Parallel? In either case she runs great with more than enough power for my needs but isn't as smooth as the engine was in my old Burgman 650 (sewing machine smooth).
- Frunk is easily scratched, got some help with some solutions thanks to some of the members here. Ordered up their recommendations.
- I miss the center stand, I had ordered one the day i picked up the bike and it should be arriving today and will be installed when it stops raining.
- As with the Burgman the front tire kicks up a bunch of stuff into the radiator, I have to get a fender extender like I had on my Burgman and a radiator protector plate.
- The fuel mileage is crazy on this thing, i would have had to fill up the Burgman by now, I'v only lost 2 bars on the fuel guage from when I picked it up.
- Getting used to mounting and dismounting the machine, It's a bit of a pain with the seat bag I'm running currently.
- The suspension and ride quality are far superior compared to the Big Burg.
- I've watched plenty of review videos where they state the NC isn't all that powerful, for my needs it has way more than enough and sure is quick and fast enough.
- Have to do something about the buffeting, gotta look into a new windscreen.
- Lastly is the storage, considering the cost of the luggage these days I'm going to add this piece by piece.
Overall, extremely happy with my purchase and I know there is something out there that can be had to correct and any of my complaint's which i consider minor.