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Michael Moore · 10-01-2012, 11:25 PM

The November issue of Cycle World arrived today with a test of the NC700X (the "new concept" 62 degree forward lean parallel twin). A spirited day of riding returned 59 mpg and their best fuel mileage was . . . . . "riding more sedately but still with a touch of sportiness, we got 73 mpg on our very first attempt at a "good" number". They expect that 80 mpg is not out of the question.

The DynoJet chart shows max hp of 48.02 at 6140 RPM and max torque of 43.67 @ 4580 RPM, with the torque above 40 ft/lbs from about 2600 to 6400 RPM.

A tank empty weight of 451 pounds seems a bit lardy.

They sound like they liked it a lot. They remarked it took some getting used to the rev limiter kicking in at 6500 RPM. But then they are used to bikes that rev to the moon. I recall that when I first got my EX250 Kawasaki and was riding around town I was always shifting at about 6K RPM until I remembered that redline was around 14K and I hadn't yet gotten into the powerband. But it was still keeping up with city traffic just find even with the early shifting, and I was shifting where it seemed reasonable.

cheers,
Michael

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Michael Moore EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 142 Thanks: 6 Thanked 53 Times in 31 Posts	Honda NC700 test in the new Cycle World The November issue of Cycle World arrived today with a test of the NC700X (the "new concept" 62 degree forward lean parallel twin). A spirited day of riding returned 59 mpg and their best fuel mileage was . . . . . "riding more sedately but still with a touch of sportiness, we got 73 mpg on our very first attempt at a "good" number". They expect that 80 mpg is not out of the question. The DynoJet chart shows max hp of 48.02 at 6140 RPM and max torque of 43.67 @ 4580 RPM, with the torque above 40 ft/lbs from about 2600 to 6400 RPM. A tank empty weight of 451 pounds seems a bit lardy. They sound like they liked it a lot. They remarked it took some getting used to the rev limiter kicking in at 6500 RPM. But then they are used to bikes that rev to the moon. I recall that when I first got my EX250 Kawasaki and was riding around town I was always shifting at about 6K RPM until I remembered that redline was around 14K and I hadn't yet gotten into the powerband. But it was still keeping up with city traffic just find even with the early shifting, and I was shifting where it seemed reasonable. cheers, Michael __________________ http://www.eurospares.com Last edited by Michael Moore; 10-01-2012 at 11:32 PM..