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bull3964 posted:Eh? On my 2002 at least, you could easily get the sensor out from the back. The tone ring itself, yeah, that requires the hub to be pulled out There's a few different implementations of tone rings throughout the years. The third gen and onward Legacy of which nm is an unfortunate and constant victim is one of the dumber designs.
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Couldn't get a picture of it, but on my way home from work I got to see a twenty foot trail of sparks flying off the left front brake on some 90s Cadillac after the wheel came off.
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# ? Aug 30, 2015 08:06 |
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Collateral Damage posted:Way too many riders. The same kind of rider who swear that helmets are dangerous because the added weight will break your neck in a crash, and ABS brakes are bad because if they stop working you can't brake. wow. Well, there is an explanation for a lot of motorcycle accidents out there if this is truly a common thing to think. Lowside on purpose? whaaa... do they know that if they actually used the front brake they will stop WAY before the sliding friction of a bike and rider will stop? That's.. wow. Speechless. How did these people even get bike licences? ABS on a bike is fantastic. I wonder if they were ever taught the finesse of bike riding, for example, just before you do a major brake, tap the front brake a little to setting the bike down on the front shocks, and THEN pull up hard. I swear riding a motorbike for years before i even got my car licence taught me more about safety, shoulder checks, white space, and just.. general common sense. But obviously not ALL people get the intrinsic lessons that riding a lump of metal that falls over easy can teach you.
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# ? Aug 31, 2015 07:49 |
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rainwulf posted:I wonder if they were ever taught the finesse of bike riding, for example, just before you do a major brake, tap the front brake a little to setting the bike down on the front shocks, and THEN pull up hard. I don't really see much benefit in doing that over just coming on the brakes smoothly. If anything the extra delay will lengthen stopping distance and probably isn't something you can actually do in an emergency. I think it has more to do with how when you were a kid on a bicycle you just skidded to a stop with the rear brake only. Except these people just grew up and decided to buy a motorcycle and ride it the same way on occasional weekends.
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# ? Aug 31, 2015 08:02 |
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rainwulf posted:How did these people even get bike licences? I got my license after an optional weekend course of tooling around in a parking lot. The actual motorcycle license test at the DMV is a short multiple choice test (questions about lane position and how to deal with train tracks are common) and a series of set maneuvers done in the parking lot. There's some tricky low speed moves, but nothing at speed and nothing pertaining to accident avoidance. My state doesn't even have a helmet law, which is not uncommon, and there are no displacement restrictions. That and some money can get you 700 lb Harley or a 190 mph Hayabusa.
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The most important thing for riding a motorcycle safely in my opinion is having extensive experience with on-road bicycling. That way you know how to handle a bike, you know that no traffic will ever see you, and you're used to keeping your head on a swivel. Guess what harley riders never, ever do?
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The most important thing for riding a motorcycle safely in my opinion is having extensive experience with on-road bicycling. That way you know how to handle a bike, you know that no traffic will ever see you, and you're used to keeping your head on a swivel. Hmm, I commuted by bicycle for years in Portland before getting my license last year and a sportster, so I certainly couldn't guess what Harley riders never, ever do. I also wear more gear than most sport bike riders i see, so maybe I'm just an outlier. My brakes do suck, though.
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# ? Aug 31, 2015 16:10 |
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OK you're the 1% or less of folks that actually are good at motorcycling.
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# ? Aug 31, 2015 16:46 |
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rainwulf posted:How did these people even get bike licences? Alabama just passed a law last May requiring motorcycle riders to have a motorcycle endorsement on their license. It goes into effect on January 1, 2016. Prior to this, there was no requirement to have a motorcycle license to operate a motorcycle within the state. The test and endorsement were offered so you can legally operate a motorcycle in other states, but one was not required to operate within state lines.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:Alabama just passed a law last May requiring motorcycle riders to have a motorcycle endorsement on their license. It goes into effect on January 1, 2016. Motorcycle training, like driver's training, is a joke in this country.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Motorcycle training, like driver's training, is a joke in this country. Very much so.
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El Jebus posted:Very much so. Well, considering that the ability to drive is almost considered as a basic right the the US the fact that most license regimes are a joke kinda follows.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Motorcycle training, like driver's training, is a joke in this country. Though as stupidly simply as it is, it still results in a hilarious number of failures. When I was a kid I worked at a grocery store that was right next to the BMV, so when I was working out in the parking lot on weekends I'd get to see the motorcycle maneuverability test setup in operation. So many people failed so miserably, trying to wrestle their inevitably enormous bike around the course. The first test is a slalom with 12 foot spacing, I'm pretty sure I could have driven my Ranger through it, but old guys on Goldwings seemed to have a hell of a time with it. edit: Here's Ohio's "skills test" that you have to take before getting a full motorcycle endorsement - http://www.motorcycle.ohio.gov/mo_skill_test.pdf You're expected to have ridden for a while on the temp permit (which doesn't allow night riding or passengers) before taking the test so this should be a piece of cake. wolrah fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Aug 31, 2015 |
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The most important thing for riding a motorcycle safely in my opinion is having extensive experience with on-road bicycling. That way you know how to handle a bike, you know that no traffic will ever see you, and you're used to keeping your head on a swivel. Yeah, except on road bicycling isn't really like a motorcycle at all. For example, we still have to follow laws. And road signs. And can't decide we want to act like a pedestrian suddenly when a light is red. Not to mention hardly anything from riding a bicycle transfers to a motorcycle.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 00:18 |
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The plug leads on my brothers car appear to be made out of some form of cracker bread. I guess I'm gonna be spending a day cleaning each plug with a pick and blow gun.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 08:17 |
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coldpudding posted:spending a day cleaning each plug with a pick and blow gun. How much do plugs cost where you live that you need to do this rather than replace them?
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 08:30 |
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coldpudding posted:The plug leads on my brothers car appear to be made out of some form of cracker bread. Oh, yeah, Miata ignition leads Buy the nice NGK set. Replace every 30k mi.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:How much do plugs cost where you live that you need to do this rather than replace them? It's so the plastic detritus doesn't get down into the engine from those deep plug holes, not the plugs themselves.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 08:57 |
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iwentdoodie posted:Yeah, except on road bicycling isn't really like a motorcycle at all. Are you loving kidding? It's the exact same physics. Countersteering, picking the best line within your lane, avoiding potholes (and if you can't avoid one, accelerating over it to keep your front wheel up) as well as avoiding turning on manhole covers or other slippery markings on the road, keeping an eye out for debris or sand, keeping your head moving around to detect folks about to run a light or get out of their car, standing up on your pegs/pedals to get a better idea of what traffic is doing ahead? Learning not to target fixate? Many of these are things you will eventually make a mistake with, and it hurts a lot less to make a mistake while on a bicycle vs a motorbike. Maybe you've never ridden a bicycle in traffic? Not everyone rides like a spandex clad rear end in a top hat with no respect for the law. I mean they even told us in the MSF class (which I took over a decade ago) "You need to go ride a bicycle in traffic at least a few times to become comfortable with being completely invisible to cars and handling a two wheeled, single tracked vehicle on the road." Two of the biggest things they teach you, "See, Search, Evaluate, Execute" and taking the lane with confidence are things that you will already be comfortable with if you're an experienced road cyclist. That goes a long way to making you a safer motorcyclist. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Sep 1, 2015 |
# ? Sep 1, 2015 14:39 |
Yeah I've heard a lot of navy ship captains attribute their success to the valuable canoe time they got in training. I think there's something to this.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 15:54 |
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Take it to CA.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 16:26 |
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 18:35 |
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Nm, looking at the back of the hub. How?
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 18:41 |
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That looks like the inner race of a wheel bearing. Never seen one do that before
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 18:43 |
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Break the race trying to get it off, or was it broken that way in the car?
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 18:56 |
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Looks like the outer race to me (tips toward the inboard face, so it's the outer and the inner is already gone), and that it wasn't a fan of whatever removal method was used. I'm more concerned by the garbage where the splined axle stub hole should be...
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 18:58 |
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kastein posted:I'm more concerned by the garbage where the splined axle stub hole should be... I'm guessing whatever this came off of was RWD.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 19:01 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm guessing whatever this came off of was RWD. Kia Sedona left front hub
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 19:12 |
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Geirskogul posted:It's so the plastic detritus doesn't get down into the engine from those deep plug holes, not the plugs themselves. Well, yeah, but he said plug so I was pretty confused. Cheers bro.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 19:44 |
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14 INCH SLIT posted:Kia Sedona left front hub Well then I'm with Kastein, where the gently caress are the drive splines?
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 20:46 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Well then I'm with Kastein, where the gently caress are the drive splines? In a better place.
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 20:49 |
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14 INCH DICK posted:Kia Sedona left front hub 50/50 aluminum/'white metal'
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# ? Sep 1, 2015 22:48 |
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Customer states they think they hit something. No further information provided on request.
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# ? Sep 2, 2015 00:03 |
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14 INCH DICK posted:Customer states they think they hit something. No further information provided on request. stance nation yo
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# ? Sep 2, 2015 00:10 |
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This is what happens when stance nation invades trucker/airbrake nation and it turns out they're as good at plumbing air lines as they are at welding control arms and you have one lock up 2 miles into a 5 mile show circuit.
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14 INCH DICK posted:
I must be dense, because this makes perfect sense to me. VV VV FatCow fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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I was amused over the phrase intelligent tester.
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Someone wants to be a pretty pretty butterfly.
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