Hi dude, although you live not so hot country, do you feel some engine heat on your legs in city trafic on some hot summer days? Have a nice time!( I love all your videos, funny and informative)
Yes. It is a hot bike. My boots get warm especially when the fan comes on. Nice in UK (mostly), but not ideal on 25c+ days 🥵 Thanks for nice comments 👍👍
When oil filter is changed, do you need to remove the left side bar? I am just asking because the front bolts of the plastic cover fixes the left bar too. Oil filter cannot be removed if the plastic cover is not removed.
I actually don’t know. It is in for a service in January and I guess I shall find out. But mechanics are pretty used to dealing with that kind of thing. It did cross my mind at the time. I went ahead anyway as I wanted somewhere to fit spots. 👍
That was one of the first things I did with my NT as I like wearing chunky adventure style boots, they never fit under the stock set gear lever height on road bikes. Also drop the rear brake lever down a fair bit too, I like to ride with the rear brake covered at slow speeds so I can balance things with a touch of brake drag when needed - dropping the lever down half inch or so makes this so much more comfortable 😊
Already done. I ride Adv style too. Another thing I did was replace the rear brake pads with scintered ones. Much better, can pull up with no front brake, as I like to. 👍👍
Awesome! I have this very same problem on my 2023. Have size 44 in shoes and struggle with fast upshift because of this. Will try this quick fix. First I thought I need to move them apart but this might be sufficient, thanks for sharing!
I've owned my Interceptor now for five years & have just under 55,000 Kms, yes almost 55K! Not so much as a hiccup from this beautiful bike. Just try and pry it from under my ass. I do all my own maintenance & it has never let me down. I've been riding foe 50 plus years & this is the most enjoyable motorcycle I've ever owned. By the way my wife & I ride 200-300 Km per trip all the time here in Ontario Canada.
I have to say one factor in choosing this bike was possibility of doing own servicing. It is proper old school, as I remember bikes, and I love it for that also. Great to hear your 5 years of no issues. It bodes well. Also, I love riding this bike, very much, too. 👍👍
Morning good video them crash bars look ok first time I’ve seen a Africa twin all black not many of them about normally blue red white I’ve seen all look the same I remember putting full crash bar set on my Ktm 1290 advs bldy job but got it done in the end such a faff ride safe mate take care
Took one on a test run a few months ago , what struck me about the bike was its great wind protection , the smooth easy power, and above all the low seat height 820mm and the incredible overall balance of the bike . They aren’t big sellers here in Australia , but if I had the $22000 AUD , would seriously consider this beast , love the black , get black , made it a complete stealth NT😊 But make sure you wear a fluro jacket , you need some colour for the cage buffoons ,just saw your closing snaps , the bike looks beautiful . Do you think you could somehow blacken the silver exhaust running at the bottom ? Reckon if that was blackened , the whole stealth mean Batman look would complete . Are you going to put some spotlights on the front bar ? Black Matt finish ones with black lens covers ? Smoked windscreen ? Black tail pipe ? But seriously wear a fluro wet weather jacket when going through towns , I was nearly collected on my Tri colour Transalp , with the mandatory running lights on , and the Honda always on front indicators . Doing 50 km per hour , an older lady on my right at a side road at an intersection, waited until I was twenty metres from her and then quickly pulled out 😮 I practice safe emergency braking every ride , had the front brake covered with two fingers , managed to avoid going over the side of her sedan bonnet and swerved past the front grill , only because she thank God braked to a standstill.😊 The point is I had just put on my black wet weather gear , I have a black helmet . I was so angry at nearly been put into hospital and my newish Transalp being damaged badly , but later that day told myself I was wearing all black on a cloudy day. Your bike is all black , but I don’t think that makes such a difference to visibility if we have bright helmets and clothing . I am going to get a green fluro jacket and put it on regularly on commutes, I know it’s uncool but after yesterday I just want to be seen by little old ladies, drug crazed moms and dads , ect ect. Love stealth bikes though , but firmly believe we see the rider not the bike, a too light bike can blend in with sunshine also ,but the helmet and jacket need some colour as that’s what is highest , our bodies stick up out of the bike . Sorry for the rambling just woke me up yesterday.
Might possibly be able to get a black link pipe. One thing, this bike probably due to all the fairing, wind protection and big engine gives off heat. Not sure it would be my choice in Aus' just because of that. In UK, usually bloody freezing, not a problem. Thanks for comments, much appreciated 👍👍
@@CodgerBiker oh right sorry it’s very similar to the African twin I’ve just looked them up I’ve never noticed them before look a nice bike really ride safe
Awesome tutorial. I want to thank you for this Video. JIS screws all have a dot on the head marking them as such. You probably know that already. With my fading shape eye sight, it’s hard to see that now. Cheers! Thank you.
What a small world ! Watching this video, as interested in the Nortons, when a comment of when a Norton was first seen, being kicked out of woodwork & reporting to the metal work teacher, I thought, that use to happen to me, then, it turns out it was the same school !!!
@@CodgerBiker No, the woodwork teacher was Grant Allen, can't remember the metal work teachers name, but he did judo classes after school time, that I used to go to. I think after I left in 1980, the wood work teacher became headmaster ? It was so strange listening to you & me relating, then you mentioned the same school. Are you older or younger than me ?
Different school. I was at Spendluffe for a year, then Grammar, then Tennyson. I got moved around!!! Left in 79. My mate lived by the bus turnaround and we kept the mopeds at his place. Spendluffe was the best of the 3. 👍
I found the best solution for the wind buffeting issue with the standard windscreen was to buy the WRC Caponord windscreen product code: HO042T. Eliminated the bufetting and looks better than adding a deflector.
Hm thinking maybe to paint the clamps to black also, would it look better? How does silver clamps look in real with all the rest being black on handlebars?
@@CodgerBiker Installed it. I think I may need that 20E extension, to have more wind protection, it is pretty modest now. Also do you have clutch cable clearance issues, seems also pretty tight on yours, where the clutch cable starts? Otherwise pretty good.
These little bikes really respond well to decent tyres...Metzeler,Pirelli standards,that sort of level...not block pattern cheapoes. You will be surprised how much the handling is transformed.
I’m a 6’ 2” rider suffering from stock screen helmet buffeting on my 2023 CB500X. I bought a cheap Chinese screen spoiler from eBay & all sorted,no more wind blast or noise issues as the Justech spoiler pushes it over my head now.
One thing about that road, if you remember. All my 360 batteries were fully charged, but back at your house. The only time I ever forgot them... or was it the curse? 🤔
After the terrible buffeting from the first of my three CB500X(two 2020 models and my lastest 2024 model) OEM screens I bought a GIVI touring screen. It worked a treat.Then someone told me about the cheap Ebay spoiler.Fitted and adjusted correctly,it's quieter than the GIVI and completely eliminates the buffeting. The same spoiler does just as good a job on my 2020 Dl650 Vstrom too!
That polishing compound looked awfully like T-Cut. I had some bad marks on a screen a few years ago and used a headlight restoration kit from Halfords that worked a treat. I have a loft full of screens that I bought thinking they’d be better and never getting it right. Unfortunately I’m a bit tall and tend to sit high in the seat, saying that the screens that have been worst have been the slightly narrower ones where the air comes from each side and seems to catch each side of my helmet.
It does look T-Cut like, I agree. If I had any I would have tried it. Also agree screens are personal, and the side buffet, head shaker, is worse than no screen. 👍👍
As with the Android Auto (bluetooth) on my NT1100 the phone is 'Off' and dark. It doesn't appear to make a lot of difference as far as I have been able to tell over a full day of riding. I mean there must be some current drain, but it is not (so far) a problem.
Nice vid Sir, but i'm failing to understand the significance of GPX, everyone talks about it but I only use Google/Beeline and life is simple! What am I missing please?
You are correct. They are a complication. But useful sometimes. Idea is they are transferable across devices. But Google maps does not support it directly. And they might not always work. But are useful if you want to repeat a route, or share it with others. E.g. The TT route gpx file kept me on track, the course is over 30 miles long. 👍
@@CodgerBiker Your 'aving a laugh! Anybody getting lost on TT course must be from outer space - but then I live on it so i suppose its ingrained!!! Trouble is, I find it impossible going anti-clockwise in case of meeting someone coming the other way🤣🤣🤣
😂 You'd be surprised. I can get lost in my shed. But you get the idea. Gpx is supposed to be transferable across different devices. E.g. NC500 or Wales 360 or any route to share with mates who have different devices. The one I used was recorded on my TomTom 550 a few years back. But it works on the Moto2. Jealous of your location, that's my dream 👍👍
Such a shame that it doesn't get you back to the route. I hit a closed road a few weeks back in the middle of nowhere and it was a complex ten mile ride to get back on route. I would have been lost without Calimoto (which I want to replace ideally because that has many problems too). Can you plan a route via an app or online to get that kind of functionality, rather than using GPX?
You can plan a route on the app, you don’t need to use a GPX. I just wanted to try it. There is also, so DrJ just told me, a PC Beta version. Looks like that should work like other Satnavs, create the route on the computer, save it, then it appears on your phone app. As I said, I only just got this, so I’m showing it as I find it. 👍👍
One of the things I really like about my INT 650 is the LACK of technology and subsequent distractions. 2 1/2 years ago I became distracted by looking at my speedometer while rounding a corner and glanced off the side of a van going the other way. Only by dumb luck I wasn't killed, but I did have to have my left leg bones at the knee screwed back together. I absolutely don't need (or want) another gee-whiz gadget to distract me while riding, the speedo and tach are quite enough, thank you very much.
@@CodgerBiker I am relieved to know that. I had been planning to make a non-functional look-alike just so I could pass a vehicle inspection, but now I'll not have to.😀
I have found, and confirmed with Beeline, that it doesn’t reroute on imported .gpx routes. Once you get back on the route it carries on directing you. It doesn’t try to send you back to the start but gives the rough direction to get back on route.
Unfortunately that was not the case here. I was about 500m from the gpx route. But it kept pointing to the start, 4 miles away. Next time I will ride onto the route, somewhere along it, and see if it picks it up. There were no Way Points, just start/finish. However, I'm happy with its 'Places' function. 👍
@@CodgerBiker How odd, definitely did on mine last I tried, maybe a software update has broken that bit. The only thing that annoys me is that you can’t save a recorded ride. You have to export it as a .gpx and then import it, and then it won’t reroute… Probably all be fixed eventually though. I still think it’s a neat solution, I hate having a phone on the bars.
@@CodgerBiker Yeah, I swap mine between a FatBoy and a Enfield 350, neither of which look right with a phone attached. The beeline is just so unobtrusive.
Hi Codger Nice to see a vid for this product not by an influencer 😉 My son is buying one of these Beeline 2 soon and I might get one too. Subscribe for live updates..... I thought these run off Google maps which updates for free 🤔
Just be advised that if you do this is significantly handicaps offroad capability by eliminating low end torque. The CB500X is designed with modest off road capabilities in mind so perhaps you should purchase a CB500F if you have no interest in going off road. Why take an ADV bike and turn it into a road only bike?
I think that the last time you visited the castle/scene of video shoot, was the first time that we spoke Codger 🤔 Suits the styling of the RE perfectly. If ever 'I go down that route' with the Sled that's what I'd buy.
Ah that helps. I was trying to find the video to link it. Will check later. Thanks 👍 Yes that Moto2 is very neat. You are a human sat-nav. I get lost in my shed. So it's useful for us mere mortals. 👍👍
I really liked the idea of this one after seeing Silver Fox Travels using one. The routing problem is too big a problem for me though. You would expect this type of functionality in a satnav. I don't think you missed anything. SportsBikeShop also reviewed it and had the same issue.
It's fine for this bike and matches my needs (point to point) on this machine. Suits it too. There's always the possibility of updates as it really is an app on a phone... well maybe! 👍
Love the Lake District used to live there. Freewheeling and fuel economy, if you followed Top Gear then there was an episode where Jeremy tested fuel economy by letting a car freewheel and then run with no accelerator in high gear. He found the car used fuel freewheeling but there was virtually no fuel used running in high gear.
Good idea with keeping the tank lighter , have a Transalp and only 28 inch inseam , stopping on hills with anything less than studied braking can result in tip over situations . So many learners drop their bikes because their bike is too heavy and tall.😮 Great video, test rode a NT1100 here in Oz , great bike .
I've just bought that bike except mine is the red white and blue. Ive come from two DCT Goldwings and having a clutch again is nice if you ride for fun like I do but if you are commuting or working on it then the DCT is very good. Notably Honda improved the DCT for this new 2024 model year. I test rode the DCT and it was silky smooth.
I agree. I had the old DCT Africa Twin. Unstallable in city traffic. But I was happy to go back to a manual. To me the clutch is part of the joy of riding. But I get it, and DCT is by far the best system. 👍👍
I’ve just bought one ( 2024) it’s light and sure footed in the corners, but off road and going slow it’s gutless up to 4,000 revs, in fact you have to rev its balls off when you try to pull away from the lights, if a smaller gearbox sprocket and a re-map doesn’t get me any lower down power I will sell it. I should have found a green lane when I test rode it
