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Set of skull candy inear headphones is perfect if all ypu want is some music. I would suggest though that you take a couple of rides outside of traffic time before you start commuting to tunes
 
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
 
d7e7r7 said:
Any recommendations for someone who has never ridden a bike before but is considering it as an alternative to commuting to work by car every day?

I'd say I'm shorter than average but not super short... Must I measure my height?
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Go do the training first. After that see if you are still keen. Then you've only waste a couple of rands instead of tens of thousands.

Best is to measure the bike. Go sit on one and see if you can flat foot it.

NC might be a bit tell.

Next best bet is the Kawasaki ER6 series.

Flat footing isn't a requirement but does put new riders at ease and generally better to start there.

Otherwise there is the new BMW G310 on the way, but I'm still not convinced my these small motors.

The baby 650GS also isn't a bad option.
 
faniedry said:
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
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The good thing here is that you came out of it ok. This was from pull away though?!
 
faniedry said:
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
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mine got stuck in 2nd today. Flashing dash in the gear shift indicator. I wonder if it was having sympathy pains with yours? :p
 
Sinbad said:
mine got stuck in 2nd today. Flashing dash in the gear shift indicator. I wonder if it was having sympathy pains with yours? :p
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LOL earlier in the ride, I crossed some standing water, and there was a robot just after it. Obviously using more backbreak than front to stop, it felt like something was under my break pedal.... i think it was the ABS kicking in :wtf:
 
faniedry said:
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
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Painted road lines might have happened. Notoriously slippery when wet and is one of the reasons I avoided lane splitting and filtering like the plague on wet roads.
 
Blu82 said:
Painted road lines might have happened. Notoriously slippery when wet and is one of the reasons I avoided lane splitting and filtering like the plague on wet roads.
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Been thinking. Remember the NC doesn't have a clutch I can play with when pulling away. It's straight power the back wheel, and I think also because it's automatic, there's quite a bit of power going to that wheel.... need to feather it a bit more in future me thinks :)
 
d7e7r7 said:
Any recommendations for someone who has never ridden a bike before but is considering it as an alternative to commuting to work by car every day?

I'd say I'm shorter than average but not super short... Must I measure my height?
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If you have slow to still standing traffic, look at a scooter.
It your traffic is faster than 60km/h ... then rather a bike.

Scooter is good for up to 80km/h ... after that, they are to sluggish.
 
spiderz said:
If you have slow to still standing traffic, look at a [-]scooter[/-] Grom.
It your traffic is faster than 60km/h ... then rather a bike.

[-]Scooter[/-] Grom is good for up to 80km/h ... after that, they are to sluggish.
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FTFY :twisted:

I'll get a Grom riding buddy I swear!!!!
 
faniedry said:
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
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Lucky bro , thats all i can say, situations like that do not always end the way they did for you .
When riding in the rain i ride like i am riding on eggs especially with a powerful machine .
Had the same experience with sea spray on the beach front here , but managed to recover and not go down .
Every one at the beach hotel was watching and i even got a few claps , needless to say it is freaking frightening .
 
faniedry said:
So here's another feature about my NC750XD that I didn't know about.

Riding in this morning with the wet roads I stop at the front between the cars, at the robot. Robot turns green, I pull away. The backend just slips out side ways. Man down. The car that was to the left of me, a bakkie, it's side is against my frontwheel and the fukker just wants to keep driving. Bliksem, so I almost smashed his window telling him to STAHP! YOU DUMB FUKK! Anyway, So I pick up the bike, and because the bike is kinda top light, it picked up quite easily. But that's not the feature I was talking about. Before I get back on, I put it on it's stand and have a quick look to survey the damage. Vokkol. Not a scratch, not a chip, vokkol! <- You can clap now, that's the feature I mentioned up top.

Needless to say the rest of the ride was taken with much more care. I have absolutely no idea what happened. Maybe too much torque for the wet road, maybe I was on the white line, maybe there was a bit of oil or something on the road. Who knows.
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Glad you came out okay dude - could've gone pear shaped very quickly. Could be road marking or torque on pull-away (i have done that before, but got the bike under control very quickly) or a combo of both
Remember that it is programmed in our minds to stay ahead of cars so we tend to throttle a little more on take-off
 
my 2 cents - if you are around 80kg and less, get yourself a nice 2nd hand CBX Twister 250cc (2008 around R15k) - very nice bike, runs forever and you could easily get up to around 120km/h - 140km/h if needed. The best part about it, is once you are confident with your riding ability and decide to upgrade, you could still sell the twister for around the price that you paid - your gear will probably cost you about the same as the Twister, but buy wise not cheap and you find that if you ever move to a bigger bike, you wont need to shell out for gear again
 
TheFriendlyGhost said:
my 2 cents - if you are around 80kg and less, get yourself a nice 2nd hand CBX Twister 250cc (2008 around R15k) - very nice bike, runs forever and you could easily get up to around 120km/h - 140km/h if needed. The best part about it, is once you are confident with your riding ability and decide to upgrade, you could still sell the twister for around the price that you paid - your gear will probably cost you about the same as the Twister, but buy wise not cheap and you find that if you ever move to a bigger bike, you wont need to shell out for gear again
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+1
Buy cheap then upgrade ... hence the reason for the scooter recomendation for slow traffic.
 
faniedry said:
Yep, from pull away
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It was a brand new bike off the floor right?

Your tyres are still new, that's the problem.

You need at least 100km across the tyre before giving it horns.

Try doing some bob and weave to wear the edges down when you can (in the dry).

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Also stay the hell away from painted lines, manhole covers and the like. Specifically in the wet but might as well do it in the dry as well so it's a habit.
 
faniedry said:
LOL earlier in the ride, I crossed some standing water, and there was a robot just after it. Obviously using more backbreak than front to stop, it felt like something was under my break pedal.... i think it was the ABS kicking in :wtf:
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Always more front brake than rear brake.

ALWAYS.

Even no rear brake at all is better than doing it the wrong way round.

Doesn't the NC have linked brakes? Then it might be the sensation of it self-pressuring the pedal.

ABS should "kick" back and then go pap. Feels like the swingarm snaps the first time you feel it and is very sensitive on the rear brakes of most ABS bikes.

But Honda loves their dual brakes so it's probably that. In which case you don't even ever need to use the pedal (bad habit but Ja).
 
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