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Thanks. It is tough but someone has to do it :D. To be honest though it can get pretty windy from time to time. Before last week I loved the trade winds, as they keep the temps down, now not so much.
 
mkoffskey said:
Hello from North Carlina. Charlotte vicinity. My last motorcycle was a '68 BSA 650 Lightning (the fastest street bike at the time). I decided to jump back in and chose the NC over the VStrom and Versys. I love it. Great bike! So much easier to maneuver than that BSA (although that BSA was fun). Road with a two guys. One had a Triumph 650 and the other a Harley Nighttrain.
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Hi Welcome from the UK. Any chance that you might have a picture of the BSA that you could post. Beesers are my favourite british bikes
 
Badger said:
Hello Chaps,

New NC700X DCT owner from Watford, UK just got my bike yesterday. Very excited. Part exchanged my Transalp 700 and SH300 for one bike. Thought the NC 700 had best of both worlds. Any converts here from the Transalp?
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+1 to what JDE says...
I've done some time in the UK. Story for another time. Meanwhile, look forward to hearing of your adventures :)
 
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Greetings all,

New member from South Africa. Picking up my NC700X on Tuesday! Looking forward to reading up on the various mods etc that guys are doing, what works, what doesn't, good/bad products and all that. I also have an XT500 I'm rebuilding, slowly....

Errol500
 
Hello All !
I've been riding for over 30 years now, including many years that I didn't even own a 4 wheeled vehicle. I ride almost daily in virtually all weather conditions. I currently ride a Yamaha FJR1300A, sport-touring motorcycle, that I've put 68,000 miles on in the last 5 years. I absolutely love that bike! But that's not why I'm a newbie on this forum.

My wife got her motorcycle endorsement a couple years ago and has been riding a Honda 600 Shadow. She's been aching for an upgrade and I made the mistake of taking her to the Motorcycle show here in Seattle this past weekend. She sat on numerous bikes, but fell in love with the NC700X. The DCT is a nice option for her, but I really want her to have the ABS. So it looks like we're gonna have to splurge on the extra $2k for that option. She wants to test ride one before buying, but despite weather not cooperating this week I think she'll have a Rain-check from Santa under the tree.

I look forward to hanging out here and possibly I can get her to join also.
 
Rocker66 said:
Hi welcome from the UK. Riding as a husband and wife team is just great. Sue and I have been doing it for many years
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I'm married to a Sue also. She used to ride on my bike, but now she is happy to ride her own. I'm not sure which I like better because I must slow down when she's on her own bike, but I do like how much more maneuverable my bike is without a passenger. I generally let her lead the way so that I don't go too fast and leave her behind. ;)

You probably have similar weather to us here in Seattle. Lots of cold and rainy days!
 
Hello, purchased my bike (NC700XC) yesterday for commuting after wringing most of the life out of the Honda Rebel (purchase used with 800 miles in Aug 06) and just closed 49K miles. Developed a leak in the gasket separating the head and bottom end and elected to put my money into a new bike. This bike is a huge adjustment from my Rebel. No, not because of the size/power but the styling. I had some forward controls and did many minor mods on the Rebel to accommodate my long inseam. As a metric cruiser style this is quite a departure and is going to take me some adjusting to the riding style. I'm late 50's so I'm not sure on longer commutes how this is going to feel so as I found with the rebel, the communities into their bikes are such a great resource for shared knowledge and fellowship (as any rotarian would appreciate ;-)). I'm probably spend most of my time lurking as I'm too new to contribute and the first point of business is finding a fit kit to fit my Givi Maxicase 52 topcase on this bike. Yup, had that on the rebel ;-)....anyway thanks in advance.
Surf1div1 (not my real name).......................;-)
 
Hello from Northwest Indiana. My name is Geoff and I am currently awaiting arrival of my NC700X (hopefully next week), and hope we have a mild winter so I can ride! I just started riding this past May and put 6000 miles on my 1999 Kawasaki Vulcan 500, which I have traded-in for the Honda. Looking forward to putting alot of miles on the NC700X and saving more money on gas. I currently ride to work about 80 miles round trip-as long as no snow or ice on the road. I sm looking forward to using this forum and learnig from other riders/owners.
 
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