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Average Brit bike wiring.

I have been happy with it so far.  The ability to add a couple custom measurements without the price of a full bespoke suit was very nice.  Have not crash tested it on pavement but it held up very well when I did some unintentional offroading with it.

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

Photoshopped. Everyone knows all Docs have a cup holder for their Starbucks.

Are you wearing front or side armor under that suit? Not calling you fat, it just looks really uniform....not distorted by the wind.....

Nope, fat fits.  My skin is so thick I don't know why I bother with leather.    Gained a few after ordering the suit so it is nicely streamlined when wearing it.

4 minutes ago, Pauly said:

Duc guys can't ride. Everyone knows this. Just ask @Uncle Punk. 

That's more true, I have terrible body position.  The beer belly makes moving around the tank hard. Lol 😂

9 hours ago, 2talltim said:

or the Ducatista in their full Dainese  leathers and 3 inch chicken strips on their tires. 

I must be the worst Ducati owner ever.  I have 3 of them.  I don't drink coffee, don't own any Dianese leather and have ridden all of them hard enough to have 1/2 inch chicken strips. I guess I will go hang my head in shame for not living up to expectations. 😁

4 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

66.61%

Dang, I would have put money on it being 69%

You need to combine both trains of thought in this thread.  Used oil goes on the bird feeder pole.  Squirrels can't climb it anymore.  Two problems solved and plenty of new videos to post on OR.

Got my first modern 9mm handgun.  FN 509 tactical.  Vortex venom sight.

On 6/30/2019 at 9:25 AM, ReconRat said:

Plain washers are punched out of sheet metal, and have a sharp side vs a rounded side; put the rounded side against your part and the sharp side up in the air.

Plain washers and special countersunk washers should go rounded side towards the head of the bolt.  Most bolts in aviation have a small radius between the head and the shank.  The rounded edge of the washer gives room for that radius and helps prevent nicks/damage from causing a stress crack in that area and causing bolt failure.

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Pauly, on top of what you are thinking.  The other negative I can picture that may or may not happen in the future is uneven brake wear.  On a conventional bike with two disks, one of the brakes could possibly be more or less effective than the opposite side of the tire and you would never know it.  On this thing if your front brakes become mismatched and one works better than the other it will pull the steering just like it does in a car.  The last thing I want to do in a panic stop is worry that the bike is going to fight you for control of the direction you are going in.

The suspension and bike in general didn't feel much different than a standard motorcycle once it was in motion.  The front of the bike (fairings) are wider than I have ridden before so it just makes the bike feel really big in front of you but if you ignored that, the bars, controls and speedo cluster (easy to read) didn't seem any different than any other bike.  Steering felt a little heavy and not as nimble as a sportbike at lower speeds but it wasn't difficult to maneuver and I never felt it do anything that made me concerned.  It accelerated well enough that I didn't feel like I was being left behind with the group on the demo ride but it was damp Thursday morning so I can't say I pushed it very hard either.  Setting up two wide at stop lights was no problem and maybe even a little easier as the bike is extremely stable at a walking pace.  It will fall over if you come to a complete stop without putting your feet down.   No I didn't drop it, I had my feet hanging down ready to catch it but you can completely stop and depending on your balance I could get a good second-two of upright while stationary before it wanted to go over.  Going over speed bumps felt normal if both front wheels were on them.  I didn't try splitting a speed bump with one on and one off, crashing a demo is probably frowned upon.  You do have to make a conscious effort to avoid potholes as now you are three tires wide instead of just one.  Never messed with any of the ride modes or electronic settings, they were running a short ride and didn't want to pull my attention from the rest of the riders.  I can't picture myself owning one as it's just not my style but I am glad I rode it.  It was a cool experience on a fairly unique concept.

1 hour ago, Gixxus Christ! said:

That thing is fucking serious. Pistons must be the size of C batteries. Probably has a 16k redline. Sounds like a flock of pissed off demon hornets.

Closer to 20K redline.  Max power was 62hp @18,000 rpm.

If you wanted a Honda inline 6 that sounded really evil and mean you need the little 250cc RC166

I rode it on Thursday, it's an interesting bike.

She got skills.

I guess I am stubborn and lucky because I have been using the regular glass version of rainx on my Shoei visors for the last 10 years and never had any issues.  I will probably buy a bottle of this if I see it at the store to see if it works better.

Just glad I don't have kids 😀

I haven't had a chance to read into the current debate but to add something to the conversation with a limited personal background of the issue.  Convicted felon that is still incarcerated I would say no vote.  Once time served and back into public I would be much more willing to allow a vote.

I'm nowhere near a religious person but it sucks to see the loss of any structure as historical as that one.

Got the 749 trackbike on the street for it's first legal trip around the block.  Then got the Sportclassic out and got some heat in it for the first time this year also.  First time ever to have 3 legal streetbikes in the garage at the same time.  Now just to get the 749 street body re-painted so it's closer to the same as the track body.

Sorry I have 5,6,8mm and 1/4in helicoil kits.  Nothing close to a 14.

I will check when I get home tonight but don't know that I have one that size.  I put the link up just to make sure I was thinking the same thing as you were.

Something like this?

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/heli-coil-3878/tools---equipment-16488/tools-23747/cutting---drilling-tools-16542/thread-repair-16906/heli-coil-inserts-19596/ecce6617012f/heli-coil-m14-1-50-metric-thread-repair-kit/554414/4368737?q=554414&pos=0