Well, I'd like to say that didn't suck but damn. That sucked so much.
I'm not too used to long rides, I've always had sports bikes that murder your back (and ass) after an hour. But leaving my house at 3am yesterday morning I just wanted to get home. Stopped twice on there way there and on the way back. Managed to do the entire trip including a visit to my father in 14 hours.
Might think I am crazy for this, but the reason for the long trip is because the seller accepted £600 on my old 2001 Kawasaki and was selling the NT700 for £1600. So all in was £1000 for the NT, which is a damn good deal.
I must say, what an absolutely beautiful machine the NT700 is. Given the pictures and size, I could not believe how lightweight it is. I was seeing reviews of people saying it's bulky and heavy, clearly they haven't rode it because once I was moving it was better (seriously) better than my ZR7S.
I got caught in a bit of congestion on the motorway, and even with the extended panniers I was able to filter (legal in the UK) without a single problem.
Small niggles:
There is a clicking when I roll on the throttle, I already looked it up and a post here said it's somewhat normal? I can live with it as I had earplugs in and didn't hear it until I rode home without them in the last 10 minutes of my journey.
The panniers do need reinforcing though luckily are intact. I already have some JBWeld ready as suggested by another member here.
The bike seemed to like revving somewhat high, I often found at 60mph, 5th gear wasn't very well liked. But that might be me just getting used to the engine.
Other than that, perfect so far.
I'm not too used to long rides, I've always had sports bikes that murder your back (and ass) after an hour. But leaving my house at 3am yesterday morning I just wanted to get home. Stopped twice on there way there and on the way back. Managed to do the entire trip including a visit to my father in 14 hours.
Might think I am crazy for this, but the reason for the long trip is because the seller accepted £600 on my old 2001 Kawasaki and was selling the NT700 for £1600. So all in was £1000 for the NT, which is a damn good deal.
I must say, what an absolutely beautiful machine the NT700 is. Given the pictures and size, I could not believe how lightweight it is. I was seeing reviews of people saying it's bulky and heavy, clearly they haven't rode it because once I was moving it was better (seriously) better than my ZR7S.
I got caught in a bit of congestion on the motorway, and even with the extended panniers I was able to filter (legal in the UK) without a single problem.
Small niggles:
There is a clicking when I roll on the throttle, I already looked it up and a post here said it's somewhat normal? I can live with it as I had earplugs in and didn't hear it until I rode home without them in the last 10 minutes of my journey.
The panniers do need reinforcing though luckily are intact. I already have some JBWeld ready as suggested by another member here.
The bike seemed to like revving somewhat high, I often found at 60mph, 5th gear wasn't very well liked. But that might be me just getting used to the engine.
Other than that, perfect so far.
