IronBunny
New Member
I am new to this forum, to the NC700X, but not to motorcycles, hello everyone!
Here are some of my questions in order of most important development....
Issue #1
This past weekend I rode the bike 100 miles each way to Daytona bike week and for the first time I started to feel and hear a growl coming from the rear tire general area. I am assuming it is either the chain or rear sprocket, or both. Any suggestions on how to verify this or diagnose what might be the issue. I don't want to continue to ride the bike like this so I parked it. See below more about the history of the bike.
Issue #2
Handle bars and foot peg vibrations numbing my hands and wrist. Any idea or suggestion on how to alleviate this issue. On my way back from Daytona I could hardly hold on the bars with my right hand. I know part of the issue is me, I am getting to be an old fart full of aches and pain, but I do not get all that numbing from riding my Sportster, maybe is the high frequency vibrations from the parallel twin vs the more low frequency vibrations from the Harley VTwin.
Issue #3
I was hoping I could live with the stock seat, but I will have to make an investment on an aftermarket seat, so which seat ? I think the main issue I am having is the constant slipping forward to the narrow not so comfy part of the stock seat. I wish I could find a seat that would make the riding position more standard flat instead the sport slope position that this bike has. Although my wife was also complaining of the rear pillion on our way back too.
Issue #4
The front brakes make a nagging noise when the breaks are applied. The dealer said that noise is normal because of the style of disk the bike uses and the fact they just had installed fresh new pads. I did not believe them, knowing that noise was not going to go away, but they refused to check the issue. It is more of a rotation noise on the front wheel, more audible when the front breaks are applied. a couple of weeks ego I went to a Harley demo rides event, and out of the 7 bikes that I test rode, one bike had the exact same issue making the same noise on the front wheel. So if a new bike makes the noise, it might be a faulty installation issue.
The history of the bike...
The local Rightnow Dealer had this 2012 NC700X with 26,xxx miles and asking $5K. I offered the dealer $3K cash out the door including all fees, tag and title and after some back and forward they agreed, so at the time I was thinking I was walking out with good deal, and maybe I did, but the bike has its issues and now I am learning of them...
Unfortunately the local RightNow dealer claims that per fire department code, they are not allow to keep any fluids on their new/used bikes so one can not test ride any of the bikes before first paying for them. No other dealer in town operates that way but they do. The sales person told me that I had 10 minutes to go out for a ride and could null the deal if I didn't like the bike, which turned out to be false, they refused to look into the front wheel noise issue, they refused to null the deal and the manager refused to even give me a complaint contact number for me to call. I was treated so bad, I will never buy anything from those people.
Anyways, now am stuck with the bike, so here is a description of the bike...
The bike didn't look like it was abused, but it was no garage queen either, it was definitely well used by its original owner who probably just did the required minimum maintenance but nothing extra. That said, I am not sure that all maintenance was done by the original owner and definitely not much by RightNow either, avoid those people like the plague.
When, I took the bike for my 10 min test ride, when I came back complaining, the head mechanic came out and to talk to me, and he discovered that the chain tension adjuster had been left loose and were becoming undone so he went back and got a wrench to fix the adjusters, that is an indication of how thoroughly their 250 point inspection is.
Anyways when I came home, I never seen such a filthy chain, even the rear wheel was covered in grease, it took a lot of work to clean all that up, but in the end, now that area has develop that a growl which is an indication something is up.
More about my thoughts about the bike and my experience so far...
Conclusion...
Seems like I will be doing a little bit of an investment in parts for this bike and I am looking for suggestions, ideas and recommendations....
What chain, what sprockets, anything different from the original to make the ride smoother and maybe help the vibrations, what place to best buy parts from, what brand of parts, and all that.... etc
What aftermarket seat is best recommended, I have a mustang seat on my Harley and I live by it, firm believer of Mustang, but what else is out there for the NCX, what brand, where to buy, what is a good deal...
Is there anything that I could purchase to help eliminate the vibrations from the steering bars, what parts, what store, etc...
I would also like to purchase a bigger windshield screen, something tall enough that will take the wind off my face and my helmet, what is recommended, what is popular around users here, where to get it, what is a good deal ?
I live check by check, so all my extra expenses are sacrifices that I make, so am always looking for budget conscious alternatives.
Here are some of my questions in order of most important development....
Issue #1
This past weekend I rode the bike 100 miles each way to Daytona bike week and for the first time I started to feel and hear a growl coming from the rear tire general area. I am assuming it is either the chain or rear sprocket, or both. Any suggestions on how to verify this or diagnose what might be the issue. I don't want to continue to ride the bike like this so I parked it. See below more about the history of the bike.
Issue #2
Handle bars and foot peg vibrations numbing my hands and wrist. Any idea or suggestion on how to alleviate this issue. On my way back from Daytona I could hardly hold on the bars with my right hand. I know part of the issue is me, I am getting to be an old fart full of aches and pain, but I do not get all that numbing from riding my Sportster, maybe is the high frequency vibrations from the parallel twin vs the more low frequency vibrations from the Harley VTwin.
Issue #3
I was hoping I could live with the stock seat, but I will have to make an investment on an aftermarket seat, so which seat ? I think the main issue I am having is the constant slipping forward to the narrow not so comfy part of the stock seat. I wish I could find a seat that would make the riding position more standard flat instead the sport slope position that this bike has. Although my wife was also complaining of the rear pillion on our way back too.
Issue #4
The front brakes make a nagging noise when the breaks are applied. The dealer said that noise is normal because of the style of disk the bike uses and the fact they just had installed fresh new pads. I did not believe them, knowing that noise was not going to go away, but they refused to check the issue. It is more of a rotation noise on the front wheel, more audible when the front breaks are applied. a couple of weeks ego I went to a Harley demo rides event, and out of the 7 bikes that I test rode, one bike had the exact same issue making the same noise on the front wheel. So if a new bike makes the noise, it might be a faulty installation issue.
The history of the bike...
The local Rightnow Dealer had this 2012 NC700X with 26,xxx miles and asking $5K. I offered the dealer $3K cash out the door including all fees, tag and title and after some back and forward they agreed, so at the time I was thinking I was walking out with good deal, and maybe I did, but the bike has its issues and now I am learning of them...
Unfortunately the local RightNow dealer claims that per fire department code, they are not allow to keep any fluids on their new/used bikes so one can not test ride any of the bikes before first paying for them. No other dealer in town operates that way but they do. The sales person told me that I had 10 minutes to go out for a ride and could null the deal if I didn't like the bike, which turned out to be false, they refused to look into the front wheel noise issue, they refused to null the deal and the manager refused to even give me a complaint contact number for me to call. I was treated so bad, I will never buy anything from those people.
Anyways, now am stuck with the bike, so here is a description of the bike...
The bike didn't look like it was abused, but it was no garage queen either, it was definitely well used by its original owner who probably just did the required minimum maintenance but nothing extra. That said, I am not sure that all maintenance was done by the original owner and definitely not much by RightNow either, avoid those people like the plague.
When, I took the bike for my 10 min test ride, when I came back complaining, the head mechanic came out and to talk to me, and he discovered that the chain tension adjuster had been left loose and were becoming undone so he went back and got a wrench to fix the adjusters, that is an indication of how thoroughly their 250 point inspection is.
Anyways when I came home, I never seen such a filthy chain, even the rear wheel was covered in grease, it took a lot of work to clean all that up, but in the end, now that area has develop that a growl which is an indication something is up.
More about my thoughts about the bike and my experience so far...
Conclusion...
Seems like I will be doing a little bit of an investment in parts for this bike and I am looking for suggestions, ideas and recommendations....
What chain, what sprockets, anything different from the original to make the ride smoother and maybe help the vibrations, what place to best buy parts from, what brand of parts, and all that.... etc
What aftermarket seat is best recommended, I have a mustang seat on my Harley and I live by it, firm believer of Mustang, but what else is out there for the NCX, what brand, where to buy, what is a good deal...
Is there anything that I could purchase to help eliminate the vibrations from the steering bars, what parts, what store, etc...
I would also like to purchase a bigger windshield screen, something tall enough that will take the wind off my face and my helmet, what is recommended, what is popular around users here, where to get it, what is a good deal ?
I live check by check, so all my extra expenses are sacrifices that I make, so am always looking for budget conscious alternatives.