stewmills
New Member
Greetings from Alabama! Not new to riding (casual rider) but new to this bike.
Just bought a 2012 NC700X manual last week with just under 3K miles. Excellent shape. Stock except with aftermarket rear luggage rack.
So far I have:
My other current bike is a 2008 Suzuki Savage/S40 I zoom around on, so this NC700X will be more of a longer trip bike that the S40 isn't great for.
Was initially looking at a CB500X/F but stumbled on this bike by accident and couldn't go home without it. Really like the feel and the torque it has on the low end (the S40 is the same) as I'm not a crazy top-end-go-fast rider.
Stew
Just bought a 2012 NC700X manual last week with just under 3K miles. Excellent shape. Stock except with aftermarket rear luggage rack.
So far I have:
- Cleaned it inside and out mainly to blow off cob webs and dead bugs.
- Fixed one missing side rail bolt the PO left out because the luggage rack wouldn't line up (simply dremeled out the hole in the rack).
- Fixed a broken and misaligned rear tail light lens that was cracked from PO backing it into the garage wall.
- Chopped off the front reflectors on the front fender bolts because it makes it look like a cheap scooter (I know...don't need a safety lecture). You have to dremel off the reflector section and keep the portion of the bracket (spacer) that sits between the fender and the fork so it doesn't crush and crack the fender.
- Changed the oil and filter.
- Most importantly I lowered it today (I am 30" inseam) using Soupy's at about 6 turns on the brackets and dropped the front forks (triple trees) 1" down, and lastly cut down (cut, sleeved, rewelded) the sidestand down about 1.5" total for proper sidestand lean. The feeling of control of the bike with this simple change is night and day!!! No more tippy toes!!!
- Partially cleaned/lubed the chain that was crusty from sitting up but just got proper cleaner and lube today and will give it a full once-over. Appears to be no rust, just crummy.
- Got a new AGM battery in today to replace the 3.5 year old battery that is on it's last leg from sitting up for the past year.
- Givi engine guards ordered and in the mail. Will install those as soon as they arrive first of the week.
My other current bike is a 2008 Suzuki Savage/S40 I zoom around on, so this NC700X will be more of a longer trip bike that the S40 isn't great for.
Was initially looking at a CB500X/F but stumbled on this bike by accident and couldn't go home without it. Really like the feel and the torque it has on the low end (the S40 is the same) as I'm not a crazy top-end-go-fast rider.
Stew