Honda NT650 "Deauville"
"I've got one of those!"
Web Resource
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This site is the sister to the CX500 Web Resource. I welcome contributions from NTV650 and NT700 owners.
Rob Davis, Telford, Shropshire UK
Successful Motorcycle Touring : How to Do It
DiY Servicing Pages
Air filter change and optionally remove the airbox
Tappets (8,000 mile and 12,000 mile service) including fairing side removal, petrol tank removal, radiator drain and removal
Headlight bulb change - I swapped the puny 55/60w headlight bulb for a 100w sunshine beam
Remove radiator (or change the coolant)
Final Drive (Rear Wheel Hub) Oil Change
Changing pannier lids (narrow to wide, or vice versa)
Remove front wheel (typically, for a tyre change)
Fit the front lower foot guards (fairing lowers)
Where's the colour code on my Deauville?
The front brake lever part number is 53170-MAJ-G41 (@£25.00) and the clutch lever - both in black - is 53178-KV0-670 (@£8.50). Both these are useful spares to carry stashed in your tail cone. If your bike falls over and either lever is snapped off, you could be marooned for several days before finding a replacement. Sod's Law says it will be three o'clock in the morning and the weather will be raining Datsun Cogs.
More useful spares to stash in the tail cone : clutch cable 22870-MBL-730 (@£8.21) and the two throttle cables, "A" is 1791-MBL610 (@£16.14 each) and "B" is 1792-MBL-610.
Any Deauville (NT650, NT700) or NTV650 owners wishing to contribute to these or similar tasks, or comment in any way, are very welcome to email me - you MUST manually remove the 'z' from the email address.
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Links
to other recommended sites
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Deauville
owners club
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CX500 / GL500
/ CX650 / GL650 Web Resource
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Phil Cooper's
"Buying Guide to Used Deauvilles" page ...
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... and his"Deauville
History" page
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EBAY
UK, US, Germany
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Deauville
items on UK Ebay.
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Deauville items on Ebay Germany (translate carefully, and make sure the seller will ship to the UK) Some useful words : Bremsbeläge = brake shoes / hinten = rear / Drehzahlmesserwelle = speedo cable / gut = good / sehr = very / Regler = regulator-rectifier / rot = red / Lichtmaschine = stator / Anlasserrelais = starter solenoid / Nockenwelle = camshaft / Kupplung = clutch / deckel = cover / Sicherrungskasten = fusebox / Krümmerhalterungen = exhaust flanges / Heckfender = rear mudguard / Rück = rear / licht = light / neu = new / Seitendeckel = side panel / vergaser = carburettors / sitzbankbugel = grab rail / kühler = radiator / (hinter) rad = (rear) wheel / rahmen = frame / hauptständer = main (centre) stand / Lenker = handlebars / Fussbremshebel = footbrake pedal Will you post this to England and how much will this cost? Könnten Sie die Teile nach England verschicken und wieviel würde das kosten ? Would you please contact me if the article does not sell? Könnten Sie mich bitten kontaktieren, wenn das Teil nicht verkauft wurde. Danke I have received the article safely, many thanks. Ich habe den Artikel erhalten. Vielen Dank. I have not received the article, please tell me when it was sent. Ich habe den Artikel nicht erhalten. Wann haben Sie die Sendung verschickt. Item as described, no problems, would buy again. Ware wie beschrieben, schnell und gut, gerne wieder. |
It's been my experience that German sellers are reluctant to take PayPal. As a bank draft or electronic transfer will probably cost more than the item, I've had no choice but to send cash in Euros for my purchases. This has been a gamble but has worked fine on all occasions. |
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Motorcycle
Breakers (Kent, UK)
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Wemoto
in Hove, Sussex, sell may useful parts
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For Stainless
Steel capscrews, nuts, bolts, clips, fasteners and washers etc, try Pratt
Lay Ltd in Sutton Coldfield
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John Oldfield
spares - I've had good service from them
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L.M. Spares
(The Bike Shed) of Longworth Lane, Bartestree, Hereford, HR1 4DF supplied
me with a good condition low mileage CX500 oil pump, complete with strainer
etc. Efficient service at a good price; recommended..
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Carole
Nash Motor Cycle Insurance (UK only). Expensive, includes UK / European
breakdown cover. No NCD on Classic insurance, and tends to go up steadily
every year.
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Footman
James Motor Cycle Insurance (UK only). Also covers you for UK / European
riding and breakdown. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
FJ more than HALVED my 2006/7 insurance premium (from Carole Nash), as
they treated the Turbo as a Classic, enabling all three CXs to be covered
on one policy. They also did me several excellent travel-insurances on
variois foreign trips and more than halved my car and household premiums.
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David Silver
spares and replacements. Most efficient service, a trifle pricy, but
recommended.
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My Motorcycle History
Fourth Tour - 16th August 2008
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After many
years' motorcycling on various models (CB125s, CD175, CB400T and a very
long association with the CX500),
I now own a lovely red NT650 Deauville. I am the second owner and the
bike is immaculate condtion, just 6,500 miles after 5 years in the hands
of the original owner. Many thanks to Rick Thompson for selling what must
have been a dear possession. I am already very impressed with it!
Here is "the Red Fox" my NT650 the day after I brought it home and spent two hours cleaning it, after a very wet ride back from Brighton. |
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By April 2009 we'd clocked up another 2,500 miles and I am still just as delighted. It's comfortable, economical (55-60 mpg) and stone reliable. Very long-legged and agile, whilst slightly heavier than the CX500 the weight is better balanced, although the turning circle is wider. With a 180-200 mile range on the main tank, I had no trouble getting round Belgium and Normandy on this year's Motorcycle Adventure in May. Here we are ... yes ... how could anyone resist taking a picture of a Deauville at Deauville? We did several high speed runs at 85-90 mph on the toll motorways and with a full load in the large panniers, top box and pillion bag, the Red Fox didn't miss a beat throughout the 2,200 mile journey. |
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September 16th 2008 after fitting the "Powerbronze" flip screen, Honda knuckle wind deflectors, LED indicator repeaters, Fenda Extenda and windscreen extension. For the footguards, see this page. |
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Here the standard
smoked screen and Powerbronze flip screens are shown together so you can
judge the height difference.
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From the front
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.. and from the rider's view. I've since raised the top lip of the screen by another 4 inches, using an old helmet visor cut and shaped to fit and then pop-riveted in place. See lower down this page. |
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Honda's wind
"knuckle" deflectors, supplied by David Silvers. Spot the CX500's
tail in the background.
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LED indicator repeaters make the side views more prominent, especially at night. You can also see how the footguards were fitted. |
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Here is the
"Fenda Extenda" as made
by Pyramid Plastics. These are about £20 and are dead easy
to fit - three or four screws and 20 minutes of your time. The guard helps
stop road dirt and debris from accumulating on the front of the engine
and front exhaust downpipe.
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And finally this is the DiY flip screen extension - it's just an old visor with the "ears" cut off and the edges rounded away. After five pop rivets and soft plastic washers it now sits at the right height for me. If I sit normally, I am almost completely out of the wind; if I sit bolt upright I can see right in front of the bike, and if I scrunch down a little I am totally out of the wind and weather. Bear in mind that on a motorcycle a windscreen is something you look OVER and not THROUGH. |
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On the CX500s I was very used to having a temperature gauge and although the 650 Deauville has a temperature warning light, this is often obscured by the throttle cables. I bought a matchbox-sized digital gauge with a 1 metre lead from eBay, temporarily removed the petrol tank and then taped the probe tip to the top run of the radiator hose, with the display unit stuck to the top of the dashboard and the wire lead tucked behind the right hand dashboard panel, also after temporarily removing it. The display is on all the time and I will have to change its two tiny batteries periodically, but now I feel happier when riding. "Normal" running temp appears to be between 40 and 46 C and the display has a range of -50 to +100 C. The unit is not waterproof so if you fit one, position it well under the protection of the windscreen. When at about 82C during some very humid weather, the temperature warning light came on so the little gauge appears to be accurate. |
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Hands up everyone who never noticed these folding-out undersaddle hooks ...
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... which are for locating elastic bungee straps! Thanks to John Coates for the photos.
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