NC30 alternator rewire #2

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 …

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NC30 alternator rewire #1

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 …

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Honda Electrical Fail

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 …

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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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