Considering a NC700X DCT Want Advice

[NCJim]

I am thinking of buying a NC700X DCT to ride to Alaska and back. I am leaning toward the DCT for two reasons:
1) ABS
2) DCT will allow my wife to drive the bike - she has limited experience

I am looking for reports from anyone who has ridden a DCT of pavement. Good? Bad?

I am looking for overall reports for using a DCT for a 7000 miles trip - one up with gear loaded.

Advice on panniers?

Windshields?

 

[mreric]

Get a better seat! The stock seatis gonna be tiring for 7k

 

[johnakay]

I have a dct and I love it but that dreadful seat need changing unless you like numb bum sydrome

 

[Fuzzy]

I am thinking of buying a NC700X DCT to ride to Alaska and back. I am leaning toward the DCT for two reasons:
1) ABS
2) DCT will allow my wife to drive the bike - she has limited experience

I am looking for reports from anyone who has ridden a DCT of pavement. Good? Bad?

I am looking for overall reports for using a DCT for a 7000 miles trip - one up with gear loaded.

Advice on panniers?

Windshields?

HondaBikePro rides a DCT off road and gives it high marks away from the pavement.

No matter what she will ride, if your wife has limited experience get her in a MSF class. In fact if you have never been go with her.

Give Trekkers are the most popular side bags and have survived a number of crashes reported here.

I have made some 2000 mile trips with my DCT. No problems and hardly knows the baggage is there. I do have a Sargent seat though.

 

[dmerc]

I have a DCT and it works fine in the dirt as long as you keep it in the manual shift mode. If you don't it will shift into a higher gear as you are going around corners and the rear end will kick out. In the dirt (if it's rough) I just stand up and paddle shift it. dave

 

[ld_rider]

I'm presuming "off pavement" means riding on the (many) gravel sections you will find in Alaska? Or are you thinking more of single or dual track dirt riding? Personally, I think any motorcycle with ABS can be very sketchy off pavement under certain circumstances. That is why many (all??) dual sports have a way to turn the ABS on/off.

You really don't want to go into a downhill, decreasing radius turn too hot while on gravel/dirt/sand if your bike has ABS...especially with a bike with as little engine braking as the DCT..

But again, if your idea of off pavement is the short, gravel construction zones that you will encounter in Alaska I see no problem with the DCT..

As far as panniers go, I would get lockable metal ones. I have the Givi Trekker Outbacks (37 liter each) and very happy with them. Mounts are very robust and the panniers themselves pop on and off in literally 5 seconds. Luckily, I haven't crash tested them...