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Slavvy posted:Don't those have like a sealed bearing inside the engine that makes the whole thing blow up unless you take the engine apart in order to flick out the bearing seal so it gets engine oil instead like it always should've? Yeah, the IMS bearing - you have to drop the transmission to get to it, but you don't have to disassemble the entire engine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Pu6BMgqAs
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Depends on the year, newer engines with the "improved" bearing needs to split the engine to replace it.
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Feb 4, 2020 19:53
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What was the logic in making it that way?
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Feb 4, 2020 20:15
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Rolo posted:What was the logic in making it that way? quote:Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer
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Rolo posted:What was the logic in making it that way? The IMS in general or the fact that the upgraded design is worse to replace?
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The early hexhead boxer BMWs had a final drive with effectively no fill/drain bolts because the gear oil in there was intended to last the "life" of the bike. A few years in they sent a bulletin around describing a procedure to change the oil using the ABS sensor hole at the top. This requires you to use a tube so small to fit in that hole that in my experience you have to microwave the oil to heat it up enough to squirt in in there without taking 45 minutes of squeezing a bottle.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The early hexhead boxer BMWs had a final drive with effectively no fill/drain bolts because the gear oil in there was intended to last the "life" of the bike. A few years in they sent a bulletin around describing a procedure to change the oil using the ABS sensor hole at the top. This requires you to use a tube so small to fit in that hole that in my experience you have to microwave the oil to heat it up enough to squirt in in there without taking 45 minutes of squeezing a bottle. How do you drain it? Flip the bike over?
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Slavvy posted:How do you drain it? Flip the bike over? well it is a boxer, so like the other boxes (subarus) you probably just continuously add oil 
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I bought another bike. It sounds like a sewing machine, but I feel like it's the most neutral and confidence-inducing thing I have ever ridden. 22k miles, faded plastics, but linked brakes and abs make up for everything. For those who don't know, it's essentially a smaller ST1300. Or so it feels that way. The aftermarket for these is amazing. The Concourse is going up for sale in March  http://imgur.com/gallery/dOcsBmO  Edit: since I was already on imgur, here are the other bikes http://imgur.com/gallery/TTS2d75 Nitrox fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Slavvy posted:How do you drain it? Flip the bike over? Suction through the same tiny diameter hose? Rev. Lester is right, gently caress trying to dribble gear oil through a cocktail straw
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The early hexhead boxer BMWs had a final drive with effectively no fill/drain bolts because the gear oil in there was intended to last the "life" of the bike. A few years in they sent a bulletin around describing a procedure to change the oil using the ABS sensor hole at the top. This requires you to use a tube so small to fit in that hole that in my experience you have to microwave the oil to heat it up enough to squirt in in there without taking 45 minutes of squeezing a bottle. Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The KTM of cars? Now I'm confused. How is BMW also the ktm of bikes?
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Slavvy posted:How do you drain it? Flip the bike over?
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MetaJew posted:Now I'm confused. How is BMW also the ktm of bikes? During the late 30's, Austria were very enthusiastically German, they only deny it now because of how poo poo went down. From there it's just a short hop to understating that 'the KTM of X' is shorthand for 'X made by Germans with everything that entails'
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MetaJew posted:Now I'm confused. How is BMW also the ktm of bikes? Those fucksticks put electrons in the coolant pump and coolant in the electron pump.
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right arm posted:well it is a boxer, so like the other boxes (subarus) you probably just continuously add oil This is the maintenance plan my mower is on
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:This is the maintenance plan my mower is on Pro tier is draining your bike oil and pouring it into the mower.
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Slavvy posted:Pro tier is draining your bike oil and pouring it into the mower. Reduce, re-use,
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Had an impromptu gathering of high end electric motorcycles, and was able to include an extremely rare Lightning Strike in the mix.  Finally we were able to get an up-close look at the thing and get some more data. Then a couple of us went for a joyride on Highway 9. 
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Which one is yours?
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The blue Energica SS9.
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I do kinda miss the Santa Cruz mountains.quote:Had an impromptu gathering of high end electric motorcycles Bay Area AF. dema fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Feb 18, 2020 |
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I mean you're not wrong...
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dema posted:Bay Area AF. There's tons of Zeros here in Atlanta. I'm pretty sure I'm the only Energica Ego owner in the whole state, though.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:There's tons of Zeros here in Atlanta. I'm pretty sure I'm the only Energica Ego owner in the whole state, though. what happens if it breaks?
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I wish I had a place to charge a zero/it was feasible to own one.
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I wish electric bikes let you have artificial exhaust sounds like “jet engine” or “kookaburra”
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Razzled posted:what happens if it breaks? The same things that happen if your gas bike breaks. You fix it yourself, or if you can't you take it to someone who can.
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Rolo posted:I wish electric bikes let you have artificial exhaust sounds like “jet engine” or “kookaburra” TIE fighter. Get weirder with it.
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Legit I wanted mine to sound like Excitebike.
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Razzled posted:what happens if it breaks? I already have Energica sending maintenance materials to a shop near me to keep up on the warranty. The bike I bought from Florida had a battery issue so they shipped me a loaner bike from California while they fixed it.
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Revvik posted:TIE fighter. Get weirder with it. Jetsons/Futurama noise or bust. Now do electric bikes have an OBD2 port? Because I have a business idea involving some cheap parts off Alibaba, an hour of Android development, and a 3000% markup...
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I was thinking this same thing about electric longboards the other day. Surely, very soon, there are going to be all kinds of little arduino-speaker modules available to mount on your board/bike/motorcycle/car that will play any sound you want, but specifically Jetsons/Futurama/Star Wars/turbine/loud pipes sounds, with pitch as a function of ground speed.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I was thinking this same thing about electric longboards the other day. Surely, very soon, there are going to be all kinds of little arduino-speaker modules available to mount on your board/bike/motorcycle/car that will play any sound you want, but specifically Jetsons/Futurama/Star Wars/turbine/loud pipes sounds, with pitch as a function of ground speed. poo poo of course an Arduino could do it even cheaper, actually annoyed at myself for not thinking of that with the drawer full of banggood tat I have. The only problem is the RAM constraints, you'd have to do a lot of pre-processing to the sounds, but that's not that difficult.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:poo poo of course an Arduino could do it even cheaper, actually annoyed at myself for not thinking of that with the drawer full of banggood tat I have. The only problem is the RAM constraints, you'd have to do a lot of pre-processing to the sounds, but that's not that difficult.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:I already have Energica sending maintenance materials to a shop near me to keep up on the warranty. The bike I bought from Florida had a battery issue so they shipped me a loaner bike from California while they fixed it. that's cool, what kind of maintenance is needed that's electric specific? i'm getting warmer on the idea of an e-bike for commuting but the zeros are ugly as gently caress. i really liked the look of the Damon bikes but who knows if that's real or not. the range they were talking was pretty good
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Razzled posted:that's cool, what kind of maintenance is needed that's electric specific? If something like the charge fuse blows then they'd have to drop the battery, open it up, and replace it. Not an easy job. Or the AC onboard charger could fail; Zero bikes are plagued with this. The inverter/controller could fail. It's rare, but I've heard of it. The worst is if your battery, or one of the cells, goes bad. A battery is only as good as its weakest cell. In Energica's case they can open up the battery and replace a bad cell should that ever happen. In Zero's case, the battery is fully potted in a thermal compound, so they cannot. If a cell goes bad they have to chuck the entire battery and replace it. edit- Damons are probably years away at best. I actually made a snide comment about it being a concept bike on a facebook group and the Damon CEO popped in to defend it. So who knows. LodeRunner fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Feb 18, 2020 |
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went camping on the natchez trace last night to visit meriwether lewis' grave and drink beer it was cold (34 around 7pm and 23 at 6am) and the ground was crunchy:  but I did pack two bundles of firewood in from columbia (the cars behind me stayed far back): hammock camping is the only way to camp:  and the ride out the day after was incredible: 
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It finally warmed up long enough to get the grime, dust and bugs off the little fart and go for a spin.
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Rolo posted:It finally warmed up long enough to get the grime, dust and bugs off the little fart and go for a spin. Finally got out a couple weekends ago to get some sunshiny pictures with more interesting backdrops. I'm too lazy to get up early enough to catch the golden hour of sunlight, but these turned out pretty well (Lightroom is my friend)  
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