[scjohnson243]

Wow - I think I am in love! I have test driven harleys and a few Suzuki motorcycles over the last week looking for my first bike - Yesterday afternoon I got on a CTX700N and was really impressed. For a new rider everything seemed so smooth and easy! Handling was much easier, and the breaking and accelleration was extremely smooth!

If you are fairly inexperienced rider and looking for something for your first bike I would definitely recommend taking one for a test drive...

I would be interested in the opinion of more experienced riders, have you tried this bike, and how do you like it?

Thanks!

 

[Easy Rider]

I would be interested in the opinion of more experienced riders, have you tried this bike, and how do you like it?

I've heard nothing but good reports......except for a few who think their machine MUST be capable of 0-60 under 4 and a top over 140 !!

They have two different models of the 700; one is a sport-tourer style and the other is more of a naked standard, I think.
I have no personal experience with either.......as I have, so far, resisted the temptation to actually ride one.

 

[AloRaptor]

Not a bad looking bike! Chain drive is a turn off for me. At $7000 a good used bike may be a better choice for a first bike. :shock:

 

[scjohnson243]

Thanks for the replies! I have test driven a few of the older bikes (well, some with as little as 800 miles on them) and I really liked a few of them (M50 was really nice) - But with my inexperience this one seemed REALLY easy to handle. The one I drove was the sports-tourer style - like I said, I have really no experience with street bikes, but this thing seemed so Balanced, seemed almost difficult to throw it off in the corners... I was doing pretty tight figure 8's in the driveway after riding it around for 10 minutes. Again, I'm sure more experienced riders can do it with anything, but for me, this seemed really "Right".

I was mostly looking for a bike for my 40 mile daily commute to work - getting almost 70MPG is extremely attractive (I assume thats a bloated number, but even if I actually get 50-60 thats great in my opinion!).

I'm still looking and driving bikes, but... I dont know... Its going to be hard to beat...

Easy: I'm not a "Speed" type guy, as long as it seems to be able to hit 70 on the interstate comfortably, and get me in and out of traffic when I need it, I'm happy! I'm sure there is better performance out there, but the accelleration on this felt SOOOO smooth... I had it up to 65 and gave it a hit of gas and it still had some pretty crisp get-up to it!

 

[anrfknm]

The NC700X is on my list for an adventure/all-round bike.

 

[slozomby]

according to fuelly its possible to get 70mpg.

Honda CTX 700 DCT MPG Reports | Fuelly

 

[scjohnson243]

Thanks Slozomby! That is a cool site, I have never know about it before!

I pulled the trigger on it and dropped off a deposit yesterday. Should be picking her up end of next week or beginning of the following week! I can't wait!

 

[Easy Rider]

I pulled the trigger on it and dropped off a deposit yesterday. Should be picking her up end of next week or beginning of the following week! I can't wait!

This is both good news and potentially bad news.
We have encouraged you to violate one of our own rules for a new rider: Buy used and cheap for a "training" bike.

The truth IS that most new riders drop their bike one (or more) times during their training period.
If it is a new bike, that just makes matters worse.

Good luck. Take it easy.
Take your new bike to a vacant parking lot and practice tight turns, obstacle avoidance and hard stops.
Everybody should do that a couple of times a year. I'm overdue.

P.S. Have you taken a new rider's course yet....MSF or equiv. ??
If not, you should.
Before you put many miles on that nice new bike.

 

[scjohnson243]

Morning Easy!

I have taken the MSF and plan on spending a lot of time in parking lots working on the skills I was taught in the MSF - I have ridden a lot when I was younger (20 years ago) but I understand they do not relate to a street bike. I managed to almost make a perfect score at the MSF, so I feel better than I did!

I mainly bought it to commute to work, but plan on starting off a few weeks/months in parking lots and right around my little town before I start to drive it daily!

Thank you again!

 

[Easy Rider]

Sounds good.

Only potential problem is if your commute is on freeways in a big city; that can be bad for your health, no matter how skilled you are.

While you are "in training" make note of how many bikes you see on your normal commute route.
If you see none or almost none, there probably is a good reason for that.

 

[Hithu]

hello