2024: What did you do to/with your NC700/NC750 today?

[Lee_0123]

Left at dawn to ride to the motorcycle club breakfast. 40 degrees F at departure and 55 degrees F when I got home. 142 total miles.

 

[the Ferret]

Day 61.. 53 degrees and sunny for this morning's 63 mile ride

Oh, and turned over another milestone on the ride

 

[the Ferret]

Day 62 ..it's Sunday so for me that's the Airport Loop. Today I ran it counter-clockwise. 51 degrees sunny and windy for the 52 mile loop.

 

[Dan German]

I realized Mrs. German was busy and it was supposed to go up to 15 C, so first road trip on the NC! For historic reasons, my first road trip on any bike is a reenactment of the first road trip I did on the Island, so off to Genoa Bay! The poor quality pic (taken from my table) is a pair of seals that were paddling around while I had lunch.

 

[milesprwr]

Got the Givi brake light kit up and running.

 

[skills4lou]

Milesprwr, can you provide a link to the mirrors you have on your bike? I keep seeing those pop up, and it looks like a better option than snapping the OEM versions.

 

[milesprwr]

Milesprwr, can you provide a link to the mirrors you have on your bike? I keep seeing those pop up, and it looks like a better option than snapping the OEM versions.

@skills4lou, these are called Double Take Mirrors. Their original intention seems to be for adventure riding where they'll fold in if you hit some brush with your mirrors.

Doubletake Mirror - Indestructible Motorcycle front Mirrors - Adventure Set https://a.co/d/h3bnVVX

I got them to help with mirror clearance with my Madstad at full lock, but have really enjoyed their adjustability overall.

 

[skills4lou]

@skills4lou, ...

I got them to help with mirror clearance with my Madstad at full lock, but have really enjoyed their adjustability overall.

Yet another good reason to buy them, as I do bump my Madstad with the OEM mirrors. Thanks!

 

[the Ferret]

Day 63...daggone winters back lol. Short ride today 32 miles @ 34 degrees with snow flurries

 

[milesprwr]

After I failed to install some bar risers, I inadvertently rotated the bars back a few degrees as evidenced by my lower sight picture in my mirrors. To my surprise, this made reaching controls like the turn signal and horn much easier and kept my right wrist in a more neutral position while cruising. As Bob Ross used to say, "a happy accident".

 

[mzflorida]

Day 63...daggone winters back lol. Short ride today 32 miles @ 34 degrees with snow flurries

Not a chance in hell.

 

[the Ferret]

Not a chance in hell.

lol no biggie. Ground was too warm for it to stick. Riding into snow flurries is like when the Millenium Falcon launches forward into hyper space, just all these white streaks coming at you and rushing past. Kinda cool actually.

 

[the Ferret]

Day 64 .... a 65 miler @ 45 degrees sunny and very windy

 

[mzflorida]

lol no biggie. Ground was too warm for it to stick. Riding into snow flurries is like when the Millenium Falcon launches forward into hyper space, just all these white streaks coming at you and rushing past. Kinda cool actually.

Described that way, now I want to do it. Does sound cool.

 

[the Ferret]

Day 65 ...44 miles @ 56 degrees with sunny skies but again very windy

 

[milesprwr]

I tried out the seat slope mod on my morning commute and my butt couldn't tell much of a difference. My legs, however, felt quite nice. The aesthetic kinda bothered me though.

This all gave me the idea to call up Sargent since they just received my returned seat and asked them to build up the foam about an inch higher when they redo the seat.

Edit: For reference, I'm 5'11" with a 32" inseam.

 

[dustyNC]

I came across this place on a remote road near Sage, Ca. It is for disabled kids called Movie Camp.

 

[the Ferret]

Day 66...42 degrees and cloudy for today's 43 mile ride

 

[1984VF1100S]

I took my NC-750 X mit der DCT, today, on a poppy peep ride, up in the hinterlands to the East of beautiful Bakersfield CA, and down to the West of Tehachapi, CA today and saw scads of golden rod flowers, but no poppies have popped up as of yet. Saw many freight trains wending their way up to, and down from the railroading marvel, the Tehachapi Loop. The near new Dunlop Trailmax D-609 O.E.M. tires are giving a good account of themselves, and after about 500 miles on them, their nubs of shame are just about gone. The stock suspension seems to be softening a bit, as the ride seems a bit more plush than when the bike was new, though the suspension is not yet as plush as the suspension on my 1984 Honda VF-1100S, but I am hoping the NC's ride will become more plush as the miles accumulate. I am pondering of getting Honda panniers, and top box for my NC.

Harry From Tehachapi

 

[the Ferret]

Day 67 .... they were calling for rain starting at 3pm so I got out at 11 am and only got lightly sprinkled on 3 times on the 41 mile ride@ 46 degrees and overcast