New owner from jhb

[freerider]

Howzit guys, bought myself a 2015 nc750x last week. After being off a bike for 11yrs, it's been absolutely fantastic to be back on 2 wheels.

Bike currently has a shad topbox, Tornado performance exhaust and as of yesterday, a Puig touring screen.

Thanks for all the great info on the site, hopefully I'll be able to contribute.

Just to add, this isn't my first bike, but is most certainly one of the easiest bikes to ride that I've had, previous bikes listed below from first bike to now:

Italjet 50
Yamaha DT125
Honda CB550F
Honda RM250
Honda CBR400 NC23
Honda CBR900RR 929
Honda NC750X

[Hannes]

to the forum, freerider. If you're not into massive power/speed, this is probably the perfect bike. Enjoy.

[freerider]

Dealing with the icy cold mornings, installed some hand guards to deflect wind a bit.

[mquinn]

Congrats on the bike - it looks good with the new add ons - bark busters are nice - installation was a b%$ch on mine - removing those handle bars internal weights 😧 even with help from youtube.Ooo well enjoy and keep safe.

[freerider]

Thank you, I actually ignored their instructions and left the internal weights in place.

Will be installing my led spots this weekend.

[neil700]

Where do you source the hand guards and how are you finding the Puig screen? I have been toying with thought of getting both of them as well

[ryc]

Looking forward to your progress and feedback. After 5 winters on my NC the last week has prompted me to look at handguards.
Where are you planning to fit the spots?

[freerider]

Jul 20, 2018 17:46:40 GMT 2 neil700 said:

Where do you source the hand guards and how are you finding the Puig screen? I have been toying with thought of getting both of them as well

I'm 198cm tall so the screen was an awesome addition over the standard one which has the wind directly into my chest.
Got the hand guards from bikegear.co.za, super fast turn around time.

[freerider]

Jul 20, 2018 18:33:42 GMT 2 ryc said:

Looking forward to your progress and feedback. After 5 winters on my NC the last week has prompted me to look at handguards.
Where are you planning to fit the spots?

I bought the tubular mounts from extremelights.co.za, fitted them to the upper front fender today and will mount the spots tomorrow afternoon. I'll send pics once completed.

[ryc]

Bikegear has awesome service 👌🏻
Did you get the spots from them or extreme lights?

[neil700]

I am about the same height and had the Givi screen for a bit but it caused massive buffeting. Is the Puig better?

[freerider]

Jul 21, 2018 6:18:40 GMT 2 neil700 said:

I am about the same height and had the Givi screen for a bit but it caused massive buffeting. Is the Puig better?

Some wind noise over about 80, but no buffeting so far thank goodness. I haven't gone on the highway yet, but have been up to about 130 with no issue besides the noise.

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Jul 19, 2018 17:16:20 GMT 2 freerider said:

Dealing with the icy cold mornings, installed some hand guards to deflect wind a bit.

Congratulations on a really nice. Hope you have many safe km's.
With the Barkbusters and touring screen fitted, did you find any clearance issues between the two?

[freerider]

Jul 21, 2018 9:08:39 GMT 2 @wb65 said:

Jul 19, 2018 17:16:20 GMT 2 freerider said:

Dealing with the icy cold mornings, installed some hand guards to deflect wind a bit.

Congratulations on a really nice. Hope you have many safe km's.
With the Barkbusters and touring screen fitted, did you find any clearance issues between the two?

They do touch the screen, I'm just going to trim a very small edge off the bottom with a dremel.

Spots installed today. This is where they'll be mounted until I've got some crash bars to mount them to.

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Jul 22, 2018 14:28:02 GMT 2 freerider said:

Jul 21, 2018 9:08:39 GMT 2 @wb65 said:

Congratulations on a really nice. Hope you have many safe km's.
With the Barkbusters and touring screen fitted, did you find any clearance issues between the two?

They do touch the screen, I'm just going to trim a very small edge off the bottom with a dremel.

Spots installed today. This is where they'll be mounted until I've got some crash bars to mount them to.

Thanks for the info. Spotlight mountings looking good.