Where did you ride today?
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That demanding yet persuasive wife Jill, told me today that I should not cut the grass. We go should go for a ride instead. What a slave driver. 98 miles, some lunch and some ice cream. I am back at home looking at the grass. 
The perils of a naked bike.
Lots of bug guts.
The perils of a naked bike.
Lots of bug guts.
It's a beautiful bike! I love the white. 
The helmet...meh. 
I figured the reason we hadn't seen you post today, was you were enjoying your new toy. Nice to have a wife who you can share the experience with.
Chris
The helmet...meh. I figured the reason we hadn't seen you post today, was you were enjoying your new toy. Nice to have a wife who you can share the experience with.
Chris
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That demanding yet persuasive wife Jill, told me today that I should not cut the grass. We go should go for a ride instead. What a slave driver. 98 miles, some lunch and some ice cream. I am back at home looking at the grass.
The perils of a naked bike.
Lots of bug guts.
Yeah, I cut the grass.
That helmet looks familiar. I let a wet towel sit on mine for all day to soften the bug juice after returning from ArkanSTOC. That is the only downside to a naked bike IMO. But better than having bug guts on both the helmet visor AND the shield... which I've had happen more than I like. Yet you don't really have a totally naked bike. At least that splat wasn't dead center on the visor obscuring vision for both eyes!
The MRA Vario touring screen works well in keeping bugs off. Though there are some bugs that're very persistent.
Chris
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LunchThat demanding yet persuasive wife Jill, told me today that I should not cut the grass. We go should go for a ride instead. What a slave driver. 98 miles, some lunch and some ice cream. I am back at home looking at the grass.
The perils of a naked bike.
Lots of bug guts.
I rode my NX500 around some of the lakes and rivers here in northeastern Oklahoma. I got in 185 miles.
PC1 was beautiful. Just over 550 miles for the day. 
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I trailered out to Arkansas Monday with the norton and k100 for a little gathering of of britbike.com we took a 170 mile ride yesterday to OARK for lunch. Wednesday was an unboxing of a 1952 BSA A10 with sidecar that was bought and shipped from england. The guy that owned it past away last year but
he had rode over most of england, Europe and some the US with his wife aboard.
he had rode over most of england, Europe and some the US with his wife aboard.
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The trip out was pretty uneventful but I40 through Memphis and west Memphis was absolutely the worst road i have ever been on and to top it off we ran into an extremely heave rain storm on that section of road. I am camping in my 6x12 enclosed trailer. So far first night on the floor than 3 nights with 3 air mattress’s going flat that a flat on the trailer so 2 new tires this morning. So far it has still been a fun time with some great people and bikes.
650 miles today from Ventura to Williams AZ via Joshua Tree NP and lake Havasu. 
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113 miles today....stopped at a Honda dealership and they twisted my arm to test ride a NT 1100.....To be fair I have never ridden a dct bike.....I should have tried manual mode first but they had it in tour mode and it quickly shifted to sixth.....felt like it was lugging and I wasn't sure about cranking on the throttle......vibration was more on the bars, footpegs, and mirrors than my Z900rs....I was kind of dissappointed.....If I ride it again I will use the paddles and shift more like the Z for a better comparison....Russ.
If there's some kind of "sport" mode, you might want to try that. My Subaru Outback XT (turbo) has a "normal" tranny mode and a "sport" mode. In normal mode, it'll try to stay in a higher gear, which is what it sounds like your demo ride was doing. In "sport" mode on my XT, it'll put the tranny into the optimum gear for optimum performance. I would think the NT1100 has the same thing. You might not have to go "manual" to try out the DCT and feel the optimum response from the bike.
The other owners here have said good things about the DCT. I trust them. I wouldn't give up on the DCT without giving it a second chance.
Chris
The other owners here have said good things about the DCT. I trust them. I wouldn't give up on the DCT without giving it a second chance.
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From what I understand about DCT you cannot "lug" the engine. The system won't allow it. When it feels like that you DO want to crank on the throttle a bit more and it will automatically downshift to handle it. That's what the "automatic" part of DCT is about. Then again, the NT might be different from most DCT bikes...
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82 miles just because. Met Jill’s cousin for lunch. Beautiful day. 
ardykay54
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Me too.....211 miles for me today....Russ.