The NC23 has been making this ticking sound when first started when cold since I got it. It disappears after a minute or so. This might just be a bad exhaust gasket. It’s also clear the clutch bearing is going, because pulling the clutch in when cold often results in some quite unpleasant noises. That …
The NC30 rewire has been completed. The first post described the alternator/rectifier wiring, what remained was the battery wiring. Since the master fuse and connectors to the alternator and the loads are integral to the starter solenoid and doesn’t lend itself to upgrading, I’d decided to bypass it completely. The new battery wiring goes from …
As I described in the last post, the charge wiring on the NC30 was seriously fubar and needed a complete rewire. After a massive order of electrical gear, I had all I needed. The first task was to find a replacement regulator/rectifier. I found a used FH008 MOSFET rectifier off of a CBR600 on ebay …
Both the NC23 and the NC30 are known for having weak regulator/rectifiers. Mine seemed to work, though I’d definitely noticed a very distinct brightening and dimming of the lights when revving the engine. Since I have enough things to fix on these bikes, I didn’t exactly go looking for more. Then I started digging into …
It’s been almost a year since the first installment of the makeover. The unpainted side fairing has been lying around taunting me, but I was a bit intimidated by embarking on painting. Not long after the last post, I went to the local Finishmaster store. They were super helpful, matched the paint from the good …
The NC23 has some aftermarket gadget that does two things: it turns the brake light of the twin tail lights into turning lights, and it makes the brake light blink. I guess the idea is that blinking the brake light makes it more visible. However, it blinks pretty fast and bulbs are slow to turn …
Well, nothing’s ever easy with this bike… As described in the last post, I found 4 clutch springs instead of 3, explaining the heavy clutch. So I put it back together with 3 as it should be. The clutch now felt pretty normal, very much like the NC23 one. I refilled the oil and took …
I complained before about the extremely heavy clutch on the NC30. It’s to the point that I can’t ride it for more than 15 minutes before having extreme hand pain. Now, my RSI-scarred hands aren’t exactly strong, but it’s way worse than any other bike I’ve ever ridden. My suspicion was that someone had fitted …
I had the fairing off the NC23 for wiring up the high-beam solenoid on the left headlight (when I retrofitted the headlights I only hooked up the right one to the high beam circuit, because I only had one connector) and I decided to investigate the extremely poor lighting on the instrument cluster. The speedometer …
I got a big chunk of 1/4″ 6061 aluminum plate and tried to mill it, with pretty depressing results. The setup just was nowhere near rigid enough to handle it. The force on the bit would cause enough flexure to pull the bit to the side or cause it to jam into the material. A …