[barfridge]

It does my head in every time I ride the bike.

- It's in a really awkward position.
- You have to move your whole hand to operate it.
- It's not ergonomic at all, the movement to push it away is just plain awkward.
- I can't operate it when I want to, yet find myself hitting it accidentally all the time when wearing bulky winter gloves.
- What was wrong with the standard rocker switch bikes have had for decades?
- It seems they have made the menu buttons easily accessable, but who uses them while you're riding? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the one that is important when you are riding at night more usable?

Rant over, thanks for listening

 

[Slaine]

I had a bit of trouble at the start as well but have gotten used to the switch now.

As for the menu buttons, it seems to be standard, I remember as Yamaha brought out the neuen Tenere in 2010, its menu buttons were on the dash and not the handlebar. Yamaha received very negative critic and in Germany were almost lynched for doing this although the bike was still very good.

 

[littleowl]

I don't like any of the switch gear, it seems flimsy and not very positive compared to others I've had. The headlight switch is awful I agree, I have switched it on by accident loads of times although since changing my levers I haven't done it once.

But I'd have to say it was the suspension that was my biggest bugbear! Now changed

 

[Asiaoildude]

I like it - I think it's clever although I don't wear gloves a lot...

I also like the other switch gear - KTM have started using Indian made switch gear which is worse...

 

[MotoChief]

I hit it a lot, and I mean a lot, on accident. H3ll, I thought the darn high beams were on some weird automatic setting before I realized how it operated. But, now that I know how the thing works, I like it. Although I do still hit it on accident regularly.

 

[teppistella]

It could be worse... Try having your horn button transposed with your turn signal, and honking every time you want to put on your indicator! Honda, WTF were you thinking??? LOL

 

[cb_abq]

Agreed...it's annoying, but it's far from the worst thing ever, IMHO.

 

[outofthebox]

But I'd have to say it was the suspension that was my biggest bugbear! Now changed

littleowl, mind doing a mini review of the suspension?

 

[TC3]

It could be worse... Try having your horn button transposed with your turn signal, and honking every time you want to put on your indicator! Honda, WTF were you thinking??? LOL

Agreed, I hated that set up on my NC700!

I dont have an issue with Scrambler set up to be honest

 

[Motorhead1977]

All points well taken. It took me some time to get used to operating the hi beam switch, especially the "flash to pass" function without turning on the hi beam completely. I'm used to it now but at least is is approximately in the same place as where it is on my other bikes. Want some really weird switch positioning? Try riding a Harley Davidson! Turn signals are located one on each handle bar side! Not on one common switch and they operate with a "push to activate" instead of a slide in the direction you are turning! The headlight and horn are inverted - I think Honda got the idea for the NC 700 from HD and the start and kill switches are also the reverse of the switch position used by the rest of the world! Guess that's one reason why it seems most HD riders don't want to ride anything else. Too confusing, along with how to rationalize all that money for so little performance?