mtbmike
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Hey guys just wanted to say hello been lurking for a long time trying to get a handle on this bike. When Honda released it last year I was really interested. Little back ground on me I have been riding motorcycles since I was a kid have ridden and owned everything from a 600 super sports to liter bike inline 4s and v twin liter bikes to crfs and yzfs etc etc. I have come to a point in my life were I just don't want to keep buying motorcycles all the time I had to choose the best compromise for the type of riding I do now both because I cant get hurt off-road and I need to stay alive on the street and no tickets. I'm 38 years old I currently have 2 motorcycles a Honda 919 built for long distance sport touring I love the motor and the ride position it is my second one I have owned. My other bike was a xr650l built for commuting and to run some easy trails and fire roads. I road that bike for about 2- 1/2 years commuting and racked up over 21,000 miles I bought it with 600 miles on it. A funny thing happened to me during that time realized comfort for the first time riding motorcycles and that HP is not everything my xr was a mire 38 hp and yet I road that bike every day and everywhere while my RC51 sat. That motorcycle got me 53 miles to the gallon I knew that if my xr had just 10 more hp it would be perfect for me. Enter my interest in the nc700x. So I traded in my xr for a brand new left over 12 nc700x manual and I love it. my first fill up got me 73 mpg holy crap!!!!! The motor is ridiculously smooth and sounds a little like my v twins minus the decibels of course major brownie points from me as I love Japanese v twins. The bike is very docile but that's ok I could not ask for a better commuter bike and will be able to do most everything I took my xr on plus the nc is way better on the road the bike handles great and was very surprised I feel I could do some serious knee dragging and peg scrapping on this little guy just completely stable and rock solid through the turns. I weigh 160 lbs with clothes suspension is nice and firm and I like it. I live in Colorado and I have been commuting year round for the last 5 years I ride when ever possible and everywhere I can, I take the car as a last resort always. I have a full trax setup with 37 liter boxes on my 919 that I have been swapping from it to my xr. I will need to get some side racks for the nc so I can use them on this bike but will have to wait a little. Not that big of a deal because of the storage on the NC just a great little motorcycle.
