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 …
The latest NC30 update is pretty pedestrian: it got new front brake disks and pads. The old disks were below the service limit and the play in the “floats” was enough that the wheel could move noticeably with the front brake held in. The pads were also hopelessly oily from the leaked fork oil, so …
With the carbs and valves finally done, it was time for a little test ride. (After having the bike for over 3 months, I’ve so far basically only ridden it around the block twice to test the forks after rebuilding them.) After putting the fairings back on, I shot some pictures and went for a …
The first post about the carb overhaul ended with “now I just have to synchronize them”… Well, nothing ever seems easy on this bike. For those of you who don’t know, synchronization is the procedure by which you make sure all cylinders are idling at the same throttle. If you don’t do this, chances are …
Along with the carb cleaning, checking the valve clearances on the NC30 going to get done while I had stuff apart. While access is tricky (you have to remove the radiators and pretty much the airbox as well), it was actually easier than on the NC23 because you don’t have to remove the camshafts to …
Since the NC30 wasn’t idling on all cylinders and generally was misfiring at low rpm, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to take the carburetors apart and make sure everything was cleaned and adjusted right. This turned out to be a good decision… While the insides were pretty clean, things were pretty garbled. There’s a good …
I’ve been collecting parts to start working on the NC30. The first step was to fix the leaking fork seals. This turned into a bit of a longer project after taking the forks apart and noticing that the slider bushings were in pretty bad shape, too, so I figured I should just replace them while …