|
Renaissance Robot posted:Feeling supremely smug about getting to dob off work for four hours this morning to take a nice long ride out to a training centre. I have the weather app send daily reports every morning about the time I'm having my coffee for this reason. Wet and rainy short boring way to work, nice and clear taking the long twisty road that adds 15mins on Google maps but +100 happiness.
|
#
?
Mar 12, 2019 15:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 20:00 |
|
|
I just leave spiders in my house and garage alone, but there's one that's been living at the bottom of my garage door for the past few weeks, and when I open the door it places it RIGHT above my head as I'm getting on and off my bike (and parking it). I would ignore it but it looks really close to a black widow (we have tons in the area), but the markings on its abdomen are more of a yellow/orange than red. I thought my repeated opening and closing the door would get it to move but nope, it just has to live there. Maybe I can prod it with a stick or something.
|
|
#
?
Mar 25, 2019 19:20
|
|
|
Could be a brown widow. Most spiders are beneficial, but I draw the line on Widows and Recluses. Kill it before it ends up biting you and makes you sick.
|
|
#
?
Mar 25, 2019 19:28
|
|
|
Imagine it dropping down on your neck while you're getting off your bike, and leaving a nice trail of Widow bites down tour back 
|
|
#
?
Mar 25, 2019 21:33
|
|
|
Also if you don't keep your helmet indoors, please always check the liner before putting it on, especially if you know spiders hang around your home. An aggressive hand running around the folds and flaps of the fabric is usually enough to scare out or kill anything that might be inside. I was once bitten on the cheek during a trail ride by something I never saw or felt. It caused a swollen area roughly the circumference of a tennis ball. It didn't cause any real pain or symptoms, but caused a lot of anxiety while I waited to see if my face was going to rot off. I've since kept my helmets in doors and to this day I do a good check before I put them on.
|
|
#
?
Mar 25, 2019 22:35
|
|
|
Thanks man!
|
|
#
?
Mar 25, 2019 22:48
|
|
|
I'm just glad we don't have brown recluses in California, a friend got bitten in the calf by one when he was traveling and his leg looked hosed UP for a while. I think I'll just get the brake cleaner out tonight and take care of this guy
|
|
#
?
Mar 26, 2019 00:39
|
|
|
WAIT! Nobody move, I'm a spider expert. Are you sure you're not killing Argiope aurantia?
|
|
#
?
Mar 26, 2019 19:58
|
|
|
c'mon I'm pretty sure if aragog was hanging out in their garage they wouldn't have posted about it before busting out the brake cleaner (and lighter)
|
|
#
?
Mar 26, 2019 20:17
|
|
|
WAIT! Nobody move, I'm an internet mechanic. Are you sure that using heat on brake cleaner won't create deadly PHOSGENE GAS?! (link to a geocities page made in '98 by someone who spells it "break cleaner")
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 02:54
|
|
|
Slide Hammer posted:WAIT! That story was actually about arc welding using chlorine-based brake cleaner. Mis-spelling aside chlorine + UV *does* create phosgene, which is extravagantly toxic in even tiny amounts.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 10:10
|
|
|
You don't need to use fire with brake cleaner, I haven't tried it on spiders yet but it will gently caress a wasp up pretty much instantly. I hate wasps with a passion, they're total dicks
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 17:23
|
|
|
Slide Hammer posted:WAIT!
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 19:49
|
|
|
Fifty Three posted:This is by design, whether the spider dies or not you don't have to deal with it anymore On the other hand, you'll be dealing with that spider for the rest of your life.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 21:19
|
|
|
You could just water with a drop of dish soap in a spray bottle. Same effect. No imagined/real chemical risks.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2019 21:53
|
|
|
Or quit being a candy rear end and just move the spider somewhere else.
|
|
#
?
Mar 28, 2019 01:07
|
|
|
Knock it down and step on it like a normal person after checking to make sure its actually a widow?
|
|
#
?
Mar 28, 2019 09:27
|
|
|
tjones posted:Knock it down and step on it like a normal person after checking to make sure its actually a widow? Sir, this is 
|
|
#
?
Mar 28, 2019 12:36
|
|
|
builds character posted:On the other hand, you'll be dealing with that spider for the rest of your life. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 28, 2019 17:18
|
|
|
MomJeans420 posted:You don't need to use fire with brake cleaner, I haven't tried it on spiders yet but it will gently caress a wasp up pretty much instantly. I hate wasps with a passion, they're total dicks I soak wasp nests in brake cleaner when I find them. They’re dead almost instantly, I’d argue it works better than Raid.
|
|
#
?
Mar 29, 2019 02:27
|
|
|
It's almost like this highly descriptive pictograph on the back of the can actually means something
|
|
#
?
Mar 29, 2019 06:16
|
|
|
Took the wheels off the GS to have new tires mounted at the local shop. They scuffed one small spot on the lip of the front wheel when mounting the tire (not the end of the world) but it looks like they used brake cleaner to try and clean up the residue from one set of wheel weights. There's a good 40mm spot of varying width where the paint is just gone and the primer shows through. It's smooth, there's no rough edge I can catch with a fingernail so it's not been scraped off. I thought it might have been something on top of the paint, but 91% isopropyl didn't touch it and using some fine cut rubbing compound actually started taking more paint off. If it were a little small chunk I wouldn't give a poo poo, but this is a very noticeable 40mm long spot of missing paint. I really need to put together a tire changing setup.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2019 00:56
|
|
|
5 gallon bucket and a set of tire levers is really all you need, and I’ve done it without the bucket a few times.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2019 12:00
|
|
|
My buddy showed me how on just a shop rug, simple green, and some tire spoons. Def worth learning.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2019 19:10
|
|
|
RadioPassive posted:5 gallon bucket and a set of tire levers is really all you need, and I’ve done it without the bucket a few times. I thought we were talking about spiders or wasps still. Couldn't figure out what the bucket was for.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2019 20:45
|
|
|
Literally just got home from driving out to a guy with a custom chopper which wouldn't drive forward in any gear, just stopped randomly in the road. He knows I'm not able to transport his bike, but was convinced I could find the problem on the spot as he could see nothing visibly wrong. The drive belt had broken and disappeared somewhere. I pointed this out and drove home. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 05:48
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 06:10
|
|
|
I hope you billed him for the callout, and for tapping your sagelike wisdom.
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 07:21
|
|
|
Unfortunately it was like a courtesy thing because I already have his other, considerably worse custom chopper undergoing multi-thousand dollar repairs (wiring harness made of 7 core trailer cable by a glass BBQ enthusiast) AND I had fixed the drive--belt one a couple of weeks ago in an unrelated repair. Just super hosed off he didn't USE HIS loving EYES and just tell me he needed a drive belt and the associated million gaskets over the phone.
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 08:08
|
|
|
My absolute favorite thing is seeing big stretched out WEST COAST CHOPPERS-style bikes on Craigslist for like $40K because the owner bought them at the height of a fad fueled by a show on the discovery channel for $100K and now they have to unload them in a market that wont bear even rock bottom chopper prices. Who could have ever seen this coming?
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 16:39
|
|
|
Jim Silly-Balls posted:My absolute favorite thing is seeing big stretched out WEST COAST CHOPPERS-style bikes on Craigslist for like $40K because the owner bought them at the height of a fad fueled by a show on the discovery channel for $100K and now they have to unload them in a market that wont bear even rock bottom chopper prices. Those same guys are currently getting lowballed by NZers who pack the bikes into crates and ship them over here to be sold to gang members for hilarious profits. Then said gang members run the things into the ground until they won't run anymore, and that's where I come in!
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 19:50
|
|
|
Slavvy posted:Those same guys are currently getting lowballed by NZers who pack the bikes into crates and ship them over here to be sold to gang members for hilarious profits. Then said gang members run the things into the ground until they won't run anymore, and that's where I come in! It's the circle of strife.
|
|
#
?
Apr 11, 2019 20:51
|
|
|
Backpanther has less than 2 years of probation left
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2019 14:46
|
|
|
Is he even still alive
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2019 15:54
|
|
|
Hey just FYI in case your ducati rear MC keeps making GBS threads itself, and your dealer has no idea why, I think I've figured it out. It took some pondering and technical investigation but I think I've finally got to the bottom of it: The brake fluid reservoir is an inch away from the rear header and there is no heat shield whatsoever. On a loving monster 1100 from 2013. Literally changed the brake fluid a year ago for the guy; front still looks nice and clear, rear fluid is a dark brown color and the reservoir cap melted itself to the little rubber baffle on the inside. It's done 2500km since I last saw it. Ducati I'm expecting a cheque in the mail.
|
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2019 02:45
|
|
|
~*~ENGINEERING~*~
|
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2019 16:59
|
|
|
Slavvy posted:Hey just FYI in case your ducati rear MC keeps making GBS threads itself, and your dealer has no idea why, I think I've figured it out. It took some pondering and technical investigation but I think I've finally got to the bottom of it: My buddy managed to ROAST a set of pads, and rotor, and lock up the rear wheel and drag tire on his 999 because the adjuster nut on his rear brake decided to re-adjust itself on a spirited jaunt. I think it was probably dragging pad for 4ish miles at speed before it happened. This was before the wiring fire of course.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2019 04:27
|
|
|
Such character. Much heritage
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2019 14:20
|
|
|
Why the gently caress does Husqvarna/Magura have to use a loving cast aluminum pin and bolt swing clamp to attach their cylinders to the bars, instead of the two-bolt saddle clamp that Brembo, and every Japanese bike in existence use? The one where I can get a billet replacement for $5 and have overnight for $15 shipped? At least it's objectively weaker, less adjustable and shittier I guess.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2019 16:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 20:00 |
|
|
Elviscat posted:Why the gently caress does Husqvarna/Magura have to use a loving cast aluminum pin and bolt swing clamp to attach their cylinders to the bars, instead of the two-bolt saddle clamp that Brembo, and every Japanese bike in existence use? The one where I can get a billet replacement for $5 and have overnight for $15 shipped? At least it's objectively weaker, less adjustable and shittier I guess. Because on the race bike that hinging part has no mirror so it makes taking it on and off a gently caress off a lot faster; only has one bolt and you don't have to line anything up or get anything the right way around, literally thirty seconds with a t-bar. KTM/husky in general have a huge amount of massively compromised design on them intended to benefit their race teams or whatever at the detriment of normal people who just want a decent machine. Things are routinely made too light at the detriment of reliability, engine service philosophy is biased toward swapping out the whole motor, stuff like that. Kind of the direct opposite of Honda's 'it's a dependable commuter vehicle first, 1000cc superbike second' approach. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Apr 20, 2019 |
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2019 20:31
|
|