NC30 clutch investigation #1

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 …

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NC30 front brake replacement

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 …

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NC30 Carb overhaul part 2

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 …

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NC30 Carb overhaul

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 …

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