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Three weeks ago my tail lights stopped working due to some unknown electrical fault. Broken wire? Corroded connector? The curse of an evil wizard? I have no idea. I had to buy a AAA-powered bicycle light because I couldn't find the fault or apply a safe hotfix in a reasonable amount of time. Today the loving things started working again. God alone knows why. The only thing I can think that I've done is yank on the cable coming out of the ignition switch, suggesting the fault was a corroded connector pin (the same issue that killed my indicators last year) that's been jostled back to life. I'm mad that I don't know though. This kind of magic bullshit is exactly why I don't want a car, because faults like this would be even more impossible to isolate.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I feel like I'm falling out of love with biking - used to be I'd spend every Sunday semi-lost somewhere in the wilderness beyond the M25, just for the sheer joy of being out on a bike. Being stuck in a car for a few months will fix this right up.
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Mar 5, 2017 22:32
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Renaissance Robot posted:Three weeks ago my tail lights stopped working due to some unknown electrical fault. Broken wire? Corroded connector? The curse of an evil wizard? I have no idea. I had to buy a AAA-powered bicycle light because I couldn't find the fault or apply a safe hotfix in a reasonable amount of time. Car electrics are generally less baffling than bike electrics, because they're mostly kept in a nice warm dry engine bay rather than having road poo poo thrown at them. I'm also going to reiterate my only real piece of wisdom on sparks - check the negative path. People always forget the return path and it tends to be the source of all kinds of bizarre intermittent faults. (As evidence for this, I spent a chunk of this morning trying to work out why my living room lights weren't coming on - stopped, had a think, remembered I'd changed a fitting in the hallway, checked it and sure enough the neutral wire had come loose in the rose.)
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Mar 5, 2017 22:37
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Definitely wasn't that this time as the negative lead for the tail lights is shared with the brake lights, and those were (are) still working.
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Mar 6, 2017 01:42
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PaintVagrant posted:I sold my ninja 300 ABS for $3700 firm. Said straightup I wasnt haggling at all, come and buy the damned thing. After about a week of a few tire kickers, a dude showed up and bought it at that price. Annoyingly I cant sell my immaculate 300 ABS in white with cowl, yoshi fender delete, and brand new tires for 3000. I have listed it a few times now and nobody even contacts me about it. I am just keeping it at this point.
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Mar 6, 2017 18:34
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revmoo posted:Annoyingly I cant sell my immaculate 300 ABS in white with cowl, yoshi fender delete, and brand new tires for 3000. I have listed it a few times now and nobody even contacts me about it. I am just keeping it at this point. Sheeyit. Where do you live?
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Mar 6, 2017 19:18
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revmoo posted:Annoyingly I cant sell my immaculate 300 ABS in white with cowl, yoshi fender delete, and brand new tires for 3000. I have listed it a few times now and nobody even contacts me about it. I am just keeping it at this point. revmoo posted:The drivers in this city have my braking at an extremely high level of performance. I can threshold brake with howling tires all the way to 0 every single time without hitting ABS. ilkhan fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Mar 6, 2017 |
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Mar 6, 2017 19:31
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I guess I'm going to rant about myself here. Went shopping yesterday and at some point parked up outside a Poundland and the sheer loving ridiculousness of the situation - my little red bit of Italian semi-exotica parked up outside the shittest, cheapest shop in Christendom - struck me. First as funny, then as utterly tragic when I realised this was the first time this year the bike had been outside the rut I've worn from my house to my office. Yeah sure it's winter, but it's not like I was the road warrior last summer.   At least you still live where there's roads worth riding and traffic you can get around to get to them. I'm seriously thinking of trading my versys for a grom, because I'm far more likely to use a bike like that to at least boot around the city getting a coffee, than keep a bigger bike on the off chance I fancy spending an hour or two on the highway to get to the one road with a curve and some scenery. I don't even commute on mine because of my hours and the absolutely awful commute I have. I'd move closer to work if the center of suck wasn't directly positioned over my office.
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Mar 6, 2017 19:43
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ilkhan posted:Like he said, where? Yep anyone near Louisville is welcome to come nab this 300 for 3k.
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Mar 7, 2017 00:00
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I feel like I'm falling out of love with biking -
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Mar 7, 2017 00:24
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I've had people give me poo poo for not commuting on my bikes very often. One reason I don't is that commuting is loving boring and it'll make your bike boring. Maybe that's happening to you. Save the bike for fun trips. dirtbike argument
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Mar 7, 2017 00:27
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shacked up with Brenda posted:dirtbike argument
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Mar 7, 2017 01:27
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My favorite thing about commuting: dumb fuckers that cut across 3 lanes on the freeway into my lane and then lay into the brakes for no reason whatsoever, making me brake from 75mph to 20 nearly rear-ending them. Thank gently caress no one was behind me at that moment. I hate people. Not even a sorry wave. 
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Mar 7, 2017 01:54
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Counter argument: get an s1000xr that is rad for commuting.
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Mar 7, 2017 03:07
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I've had people give me poo poo for not commuting on my bikes very often. One reason I don't is that commuting is loving boring and it'll make your bike boring. Maybe that's happening to you. Save the bike for fun trips. Commuting you can go one of two ways. Either powerplay the poo poo out of it and get something super comfy, fast et al like Z3n posted:Counter argument: get an s1000xr that is rad for commuting. Or you can get something desperately slow but incredibly nimble and turn every commute into an excitement-packed IRL video-game. Half measures between these extremes are what get you tired and over it and wanting a car.
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Mar 7, 2017 07:12
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City commute? The SMC was awesome. Highway commute? I loved my FJR. They didn't meet in the middle particularly well - you can do both on either but the SMC wasn't a rocket couch on the slab, and the FJR wasn't going to jump curbs and make detours over railroad tracks very well. There's a WR250X that's been all adventured up on CL near me that might kinda make a happy medium, but holy Christ it is ugly as gently caress. 
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Mar 7, 2017 07:38
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I would die a happy man if I had the chance to own something like that. It looks perfect for every road I could conceivably ride in one day from my house.
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Mar 7, 2017 07:56
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Unfortunately the perfect bike for my commute is a scooter, and I'd rather loving walk.
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Mar 7, 2017 08:05
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Unfortunately the perfect bike for my commute is a scooter, and I'd rather loving walk. Get yourself a classic and scoot in style  About as maneuverable as a bicycle, about as fast as a scooter, cooler than either
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Mar 7, 2017 08:22
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Jazzzzz posted:City commute? The SMC was awesome. Highway commute? I loved my FJR. They didn't meet in the middle particularly well - you can do both on either but the SMC wasn't a rocket couch on the slab, and the FJR wasn't going to jump curbs and make detours over railroad tracks very well.  Rocketcouch-curbjumper.
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Mar 7, 2017 08:54
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Slavvy posted:I would die a happy man if I had the chance to own something like that. It looks perfect for every road I could conceivably ride in one day from my house.  
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Mar 7, 2017 09:17
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I've had people give me poo poo for not commuting on my bikes very often. One reason I don't is that commuting is loving boring and it'll make your bike boring. Maybe that's happening to you. Save the bike for fun trips. Am I the only one who loves commuting on a bike? Best start and end to a day at work. Then again, not everyone has the chance to ride down the Old Pac Highway to work and back.
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Mar 7, 2017 10:07
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Barnsy posted:Am I the only one who loves commuting on a bike? Best start and end to a day at work. Then again, not everyone has the chance to ride down the Old Pac Highway to work and back. Getting to skip Bay Area traffic is amazing.
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Mar 7, 2017 10:17
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Commuting with a powerful bike sucks from the standpoint that you're usually sitting in traffic behind some shithead playing with their phone, and you're only capable of using 0.001% of your bike's potential. My commute right now allows me to take the three back roads in this city that aren't constant cluster-fucks and it makes the commute fun and easy, but if I ever have to take the highway I'll be buying a cheap electric car and being done with it, because haha gently caress you if you think you'll ever go faster than 35 around here. 
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Mar 7, 2017 12:14
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Barnsy posted:Then again, not everyone has the chance to ride down the Old Pac Highway to work and back. Yeah mate, bit of an unfair advantage to you there.
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Mar 7, 2017 12:21
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just paid for an attorney retainer... don't get caught speeding kids 
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Mar 7, 2017 15:47
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Ripoff posted:Commuting with a powerful bike sucks from the standpoint that you're usually sitting in traffic behind some shithead playing with their phone, and you're only capable of using 0.001% of your bike's potential. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBTdfAkqGU
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Mar 7, 2017 16:33
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Ripoff posted:Commuting with a powerful bike sucks from the standpoint that you're usually sitting in traffic behind some shithead playing with their phone, and you're only capable of using 0.001% of your bike's potential. I am unfamiliar with this "sitting in traffic" thing you speak of, surely you mean "filtering past traffic"?
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Mar 7, 2017 16:47
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Razzled posted:just paid for an attorney retainer... don't get caught speeding kids  I'm sorry, man. How fast were you clocked at, again?goddamnedtwisto posted:Unfortunately the perfect bike for my commute is a scooter, and I'd rather loving walk. I dream of a commute that would allow me to justify a grom. You have one, so get a grom. goddamnedtwisto posted:I am unfamiliar with this "sitting in traffic" thing you speak of, surely you mean "filtering past traffic"? I don't even filter that much any more. It's too dangerous on our highways, and there is too much debris on the ground.
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Mar 7, 2017 17:06
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I am unfamiliar with this "sitting in traffic" thing you speak of, surely you mean "filtering past traffic"? You have no idea how envious I am of Californians/other countries and your amazing laws (or lack thereof if I recall correctly). If the US would adopt splitting as a whole country, I could die happy. PA went through the whole helmet law repeal years ago and yet didn't bother to add splitting to the list. What a waste.
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Mar 7, 2017 17:13
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Coydog posted:
77/45 on peachtree industrial... no one was around, was trying to get errands done before flyin out for vacation
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Mar 7, 2017 17:16
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Now that is a bad break. Peachtree Industrial cops are always out for blood. That's super-speeder, too. 
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Mar 7, 2017 17:29
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Is that "say goodbye to your license" territory in GA? Anything 30 and over in Ohio is 6 points and you'll probably get slapped with a misdemeanor for reckless op
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Mar 7, 2017 19:24
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Jazzzzz posted:Is that "say goodbye to your license" territory in GA? Anything 30 and over in Ohio is 6 points and you'll probably get slapped with a misdemeanor for reckless op AFAIK GA charges you an extra $200 fee on top of the standard fine that, if not paid, will result in your license being suspended. Otherwise it's the normal points stuff. Funny enough, super-speeder kicks in when going 85+ on highways too which is laughable to anyone who's been on I-75 or 85 against traffic. I do 80 on those highways and get passed like I'm sitting still.
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Mar 7, 2017 19:35
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Coydog posted:I dream of a commute that would allow me to justify a grom. You have one, so get a grom. A Grom would actually be a pretty lovely commuter bike in London - too low, too cramped, and still pretty wide. Any random scooter would loving blitz it.
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Mar 7, 2017 19:37
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I truly don't get Groms
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Mar 7, 2017 19:41
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Ripoff posted:AFAIK GA charges you an extra $200 fee on top of the standard fine that, if not paid, will result in your license being suspended. Otherwise it's the normal points stuff. I remember driving from Athens to somewhere on the west side of Atlanta 15-odd years ago, doing 85 two lanes over from the HOV lane and getting my doors blown off by a minivan with 3 kids in the back. I guess mommy had somewhere to be and she wasn't loving around
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Mar 7, 2017 20:23
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91/55 in Michigan got me $240, zero leniency, and a snarky attitude about racing on the highway. Not that I should excuse riding like a lunatic but still.
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Mar 7, 2017 20:31
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Revvik posted:91/55 in Michigan got me $240, zero leniency, and a snarky attitude about racing on the highway. Not that I should excuse riding like a lunatic but still. drat dude you got off easy, 92/55 3 years ago in a car got me a nice 1000 dollar fine with 0 priors or accidents on record
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Razzled posted:77/45 on peachtree industrial... no one was around, was trying to get errands done before flyin out for vacation I got 80 in a 65 last year.  There is a reason 101 is the worst highway in the country. gently caress the CHP.
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