mnooooa4
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I so love this bike!
First, the background. I traded my Ducati 848 for my NC700X about 6 months ago when I moved to Florida. It was a more practical bike for riding around FL (no twisties to carve). It was also a better bike to have my 10 yr old boys ride on since they don't have to struggle to stay on the little sport bike seat and they have the top case as a back rest. The NCX lived up to every expectation and I enjoyed riding it. My first non-sport bike in 30 years.
This weekend, we took a trip from Jacksonville, FL to the Tail of the Dragon. Roughly 450 miles. Not a long drive, my longest ride in a long time by far since I normally trailer my sport bikes on these adventures. Fully loaded with the OEM case and panniers packed with clothes and tools, the NCX behaved quite nicely. Was stable at higher speeds, had the oomph to do the quick overtaking of cars and trucks, held steady with the crosswinds. We took about 10 hours with plenty of stops.
Here's the good part. After a 10 hour trip, I still had the energy to unload and make a quick trip to the tail. I had my doubts about its ability since I was used to the high horsepower, sport suspension, stickier tires. , etc. I was very pleasantly surprised my first run. Very nimble, easy to throw into corners, good smooth power 4500-6000 RPM. Went back to the motel with front and rear tires scuffed to the edges and a big smile on my face. The next day, the NCX did great against everything I threw at it. Even managed to scrape the pegs a couple of times. Not the fastest bike out there, but definitely on of the best if you throw in everything it can do that sport bikes can't.
Only 2 things to improve: Need better front brakes and someone has to find a way to make that rev limiter behave in a more civilized manner.
That's it! I'm off to ride some more.
First, the background. I traded my Ducati 848 for my NC700X about 6 months ago when I moved to Florida. It was a more practical bike for riding around FL (no twisties to carve). It was also a better bike to have my 10 yr old boys ride on since they don't have to struggle to stay on the little sport bike seat and they have the top case as a back rest. The NCX lived up to every expectation and I enjoyed riding it. My first non-sport bike in 30 years.
This weekend, we took a trip from Jacksonville, FL to the Tail of the Dragon. Roughly 450 miles. Not a long drive, my longest ride in a long time by far since I normally trailer my sport bikes on these adventures. Fully loaded with the OEM case and panniers packed with clothes and tools, the NCX behaved quite nicely. Was stable at higher speeds, had the oomph to do the quick overtaking of cars and trucks, held steady with the crosswinds. We took about 10 hours with plenty of stops.
Here's the good part. After a 10 hour trip, I still had the energy to unload and make a quick trip to the tail. I had my doubts about its ability since I was used to the high horsepower, sport suspension, stickier tires. , etc. I was very pleasantly surprised my first run. Very nimble, easy to throw into corners, good smooth power 4500-6000 RPM. Went back to the motel with front and rear tires scuffed to the edges and a big smile on my face. The next day, the NCX did great against everything I threw at it. Even managed to scrape the pegs a couple of times. Not the fastest bike out there, but definitely on of the best if you throw in everything it can do that sport bikes can't.
Only 2 things to improve: Need better front brakes and someone has to find a way to make that rev limiter behave in a more civilized manner.
That's it! I'm off to ride some more.
