ReconRat

Wow, lucky dude... you know welds aren't really supposed to break like that. A darn weld should be as strong or stronger than the metal around it. Doesn't always work that way... edit: just noticed the cracked frame below the swing arm, at the exhaust hanger/rearset mount.

Throttle cables and/or throttle slides. Something is hung up somewhere. It doesn't take much.

he was probably tweetering... I'm on a bike!

Yes

just for that I'm putting a laptop on my motorcycle... going for a ride now, just because...

crap, it's a 4 hour backup... I'm not doing that now. It boots. It still BSOD in safe mode but I don't care. I'll run a backup tonight at home. I'm gone...

repaired the 4 sectors. Backing up stuff to a usb drive now. Then re-try booting. That will probably work. zzzzz

This is the daily not ride. My laptop BSOD'ed in both boot and safe mode. I'm at work scanning the drive and backing up and repairing or whatever. Takes forever. Found 4 bad sectors...

Actually, I think that is the goal, since almost no one makes it that far. If they did, half would be there, and the other half would be taking care of them. Besides, make it that far riding a motorcycle all the time, would be epic in itself. There would have to be both a book and a movie about a person like that. Pretty rare.

Ok, I had to think about it. The latest HD engines are TwinCam - 88 cu in (1450 cc) and 96 cu in (1584 cc). And based on sales numbers for HD, I would venture that the >1400cc group is majority HD. And I'd like to see that chart redone, with actual totals of bikes factored in. What percentage of all bikes registered are smaller than 1000cc? If we sampled our own 3200 member database, what would the percentages be for the 3 displacement groups?

Yes, all of the 919 are left over 2007 models now. I like mine so much, I just might get one of the 2007. The choke is just a airbox blocker thingy, to cut down on the air. Which is basically the same thing a choke on a carb does. I don't even use mine, it doesn't need to use it, with the fuel injection. I think I've only used it 2 or 3 times, and I like riding right down to freezing temperatures.

When considering that everyone is buying larger displacement motorcycles in each of the 3 groups listed, this chart is alarming. It says fatalities are declining within the two lower displacement groups. Even just moving up to a 1000cc liter bike from a 600cc sport, will stay in the same lower group. What would be the factors on a bike >1400cc. My first guess is simply the size and weight of the bike contribute to the fatality. Not just the slow response in handling and maneuvering, but the thought that the shear size and weight of the larger motorcycles might be causing the injuries. Meaning that when that extra heavy bike rolls over on you, it's not survivable.

DOAH! duh me, I didn't notice that... Funny that mine works behind a flyscreen, mini windshield. I wondered why it didn't focus on the flyscreen. Dunno... I have noticed that I shouldn't start a video sitting under a tree or in the shade. It will get the exposure all wrong, and never get it right. It's best to point down the bright road first, before starting up the video.

on the lighter side... If you ride a motorcycle, without a helmet, and you are drunk, and have no medical insurance, and you are going around a curve or corner, and there is a car that wants to turn.... You might as well just give it up and fall down. Statistics say so...

And extremely misleading, as all statistics are. Portions of the "one in ten" stat, may or may not already include the "if sober", and "if wearing helmet". That alone would reduce the odds from one in 600, back down to a simple one in 100. It's probably somewhere in between, and still relies too heavily on an unknown "medical insurance is 90% safer" stat. Since data on collection of data methods isn't included, it's just another something unknown to think about. And thinking about data on data just makes my head hurt again.

I've been cruising the ODOT statistics website for a while now. There's some interesting information there. Especially when you consider that it is OHIO information, and very accurate. Statistics can be misleading, especially when comparing apples to oranges. But information about motorcycles is there, and can be considered. Motorcycle stats in general: Crash when drunk = twice as likely to die. No helmet = 2 to 3 times as likely to die. Odds of dying in a motorcycle crash, one in ten. About 90% of crashes are evenly split between a car turning into path, and just running off the road in a turn. Injury types vary. And oddly, having medical insurance = 90% less likely to die in a crash. I'm not sure what that is about, but apparently people with medical insurance don't die in crashes. So as crazy as it sounds, if you crash a motorcycle when sober, wearing a helmet, and have medical insurance, your odds of dying might just be as low as one in 600. I'd say that is probably better than in a car. (And probably safer and less likely to happen, than falling in the kitchen or shower and cracking your head. A well known high fatality risk.) But statistics lie, and you'd need to apply similar rules to crashing the car. And I'm sure that would improve the odds for that also. edit: Oh yeah, one more thing... something we all know and often forget about. There are stats showing a higher percentage of crashes for beginners. Basically those in the first or second year of motorcycle riding. And in particular, it is not at first, but after some confidence has been gained. Those type of statistics are harder to work with, but does point out the risks for beginners is higher. And my opinion, is that simply getting a new motorcycle, or borrowing one, puts a rider into this risk category. Even for an experienced rider.

Exactly, which is why I haven't given up on the older GoPro yet. It should work fine anywhere on me or the helmet. Or packed in foam or something, and used as a rear cam...

Dude, that's funny right there... Thanks Lost1888, for what you said. It was probably time we expressed that there are extremes on the street that are a bit too extreme. No matter what they are. I could only wish that cagers could understand that also, and stop texting/phoning/etc while driving.

Wouldn't you be tempted to ram that can of lighter fluid up or down one of his body orifices? I think I remember back in the USArmy that messing with someone who was asleep, wasn't a good idea. They were pretty much immune from prosecution for anything they did right after waking up in bad circumstances.

I'll have to run mine a short way and show what it will do. It will blur a bit when revving to redline, but my eyeballs do too, so I don't expect anything different from a camera. And I've never tried my GoPro on this mount. I should try and see what it does. After finding good video with the other camera, I didn't bother. But the GoPro is all weather, and I should find out what it does there. And I've got four different digital cameras with anti-shake, and I've only tried one so far. This might keep me busy for a while.

Granted, what works is good. But spring steel does not dampen vibration nor harmonic oscillation. If anything, it would be the opposite, it's rather good at it. What you have is a length of metal for a mount that is not sympathetic to the vibrations and harmonic oscillations that are found at the point it is mounted on the bike. So it's all good. If it had vibrated, you could have shortened or lengthened it to try to stop it, or added a weight or brace between the two to try to dampen oscillation. Rubber and/or cork washers or barriers all over the place will do a good job also, stopping transient transmission of frequencies. Everything has a natural frequency of oscillation. Metal happens to be particularly good at it. Because of the density. Get the right frequency, and it will hum and sing like a tuning fork. This is why mounting on the centerline of a vehicle is so much easier. It eliminates multitudes of various lengths of parts that all want to oscillate per the harmonics of the engine and chassis.

My homemade mount works fine up to 140+. It works better than any store bought mount I have tried. Any mount on the centerline of a vehicle, will have less vibration. Mine is located between the handlebar mounts, not really on "the handlebars" where it would vibrate. The enginerd in me wants to say it's not vibration anyway, it's harmonic oscillation.

I bought one. Added it to an order to get free shipping. And I got money back. Nope, never used it yet.

I gently turn the camera onto the bolt until it bottoms, and then back it out to point wherever. I have an upside down wingnut with rubber washer to snug up from below. The way a camera mount should. My cheapo snap and shoot digitals that I buy, all have anti-shake. Perfect for the bike. I find that a 2gig SD card recording 640x480 runs out a little bit before the two AA batteries. It will record about 50 minutes. I change both at the same time and do it again. Get a bag(s) or something for cards and batteries, so that you can put fresh ones in one place, and used ones in the other.