As I said, my usage it's pretty much solely commuting, 54miles a day on motorway and heavy city centre traffic hence me considering the above bike.
Managed to pick up a 2017 NC750x DCT with 3,200 on the clock from a Triumph dealer in Manchester last Saturday. I didn't have much time on the weekend to play so just done the two days commuting so far.
Obviously I was a little apprehensive about the bike as it really is an odd bike with the low reving engine and the auto box so completely different from my previous but it really does work well.
Adventure style so it's nice and comfortable with good visibility. Flash colour LCD dash with all the info you can need.
It's obviously not a rocketship with 54bhp but it does have a decent amount of torque and peak is very low down so around town it's fine.
The gearbox... Very, interesting. Pottering around town it's flawless. It has a basic D mode which tries to get you in 6th as fast as possible which is fine. Then S mode with three levels. I've only really had it in level 3 as why wouldn't you. This definitely makes it more lively. You can also have it in manual mode and shift up and down with buttons on the left handle which works well but the low limiter takes some getting used too.
Biggest annoyance is when filtering or in very slow traffic you want to keep it in first really for the control, it won't do this unless in manual, switching between modes is easy luckily. Also not having a clutch mean ultra slow manuouvers between cars is hard as you can slip the clutch.
Bar those two points I'm really enjoying it. It's very relaxed and easy which is want I like. Fuel economy which was one of the main reasons for the bike is as reported brilliant. Around town it's in the 90's and on the motorways it's still 80+. You have to try really hard not to average less than 75mpg. New challenge...
Anyway some pics
Weird "frunk". Kind of useful but I'm fitting a givi rack for my topbox, I need it for my laptop etc.
Anyway it's not an exciting bike no, but a bit different and suits my needs for now. I will want more power I'm sure. I'd love to try the DCT box on the Africa Twin or especially the VFR1200! I'd urge everyone to give it a go, 90% of the time it's perfect. Trips to the ring, probably not...
