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Helmets work as a sneeze guard. Source: living with the aftermath of sneezing in my helmet
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May 1, 2020 16:51
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If you're serious, the last time I heard about it, scientists were starting to think the virus could travel in airborne aerosols and not just the heavier droplets. Helmets will keep the bulk of your disease-filled spit droplets inside, but some will exit out the bottom, and so will aerosols. They will not stop you from inhaling other people's disease-filled droplets. At best they might make the droplet path more tortuous and less likely to find its way to your mucosa. And if the aerosol thing is true they won't help a bit.
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May 2, 2020 00:03
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Phy posted:If you're serious, the last time I heard about it, scientists were starting to think the virus could travel in airborne aerosols and not just the heavier droplets. Helmets will keep the bulk of your disease-filled spit droplets inside, but some will exit out the bottom, and so will aerosols. Also if any of that virus-laden aerosol hits the outside of your helmet, you're going to get it on your hands/gloves when you take your helmet off (it can persist on hard surfaces for days) and unless you're extremely careful you're pretty much definitely getting on your body from there. The best defence remains doing what goons do best: 
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May 2, 2020 08:26
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It's looking more and more like you're going to get it from being in a confined space with someone who has it for prolonged periods of time, not your bare hand touched your helmet which you wore two hours ago when you rode by someone who sneezed.
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May 2, 2020 22:57
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It's a coronavirus - it spreads like colds do. Being in a confined space for prolonged periods with someone who has it isn't good, but it's certainly not the only way to get it. Wash your hands frequently and do your best to stop touching your face.
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May 3, 2020 20:35
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I have finally ridden the goldwing enough to require the first fill up of the year. So I pull up at Costco and they have these new pumps that require you to push them into the filler before they’ll activate. Like there is a very audible click when you push them into the filler neck and only then will they activate. Car filler necks are mostly all the same and bike filler necks are all pretty different, so I didn’t really trust it to stop at the right time and not spray gas all over everything, so I held the weird nozzle foreskin back with one hand and pumped with the other so I could actually see what was happening. Anyone used these? Do they actually stop on time for bikes?
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May 12, 2020 14:30
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I have finally ridden the goldwing enough to require the first fill up of the year. So I pull up at Costco and they have these new pumps that require you to push them into the filler before they’ll activate. Like there is a very audible click when you push them into the filler neck and only then will they activate. If I recall correctly most pump nozzles use a venturi to stop flow, so if you insert the tip of 'er into the tank a few inches and leave it, it'll stop before it wets your pants. The nozzle condom is of no consequence.
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May 12, 2020 14:56
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I have finally ridden the goldwing enough to require the first fill up of the year. So I pull up at Costco and they have these new pumps that require you to push them into the filler before they’ll activate. Like there is a very audible click when you push them into the filler neck and only then will they activate. I have not had success with these stopping in time for me. I would 100% believe it is user error.
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May 12, 2020 15:12
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I think it’s a vapor recovery system. All the pumps in California have it. Yeah, I just have to pull it back with one hand while I pump. My tank has a weird bar right across the filler hole for some reason so I can put the nozzle in more than an inch or so anyway.
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May 12, 2020 15:24
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further proof california Sucks rear end
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May 12, 2020 15:34
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I held the weird nozzle foreskin back with one hand and pumped with the other so I could actually see what was happening. Yeah, as people have said, every pump in California is like that, and your technique is what you have to do. On one bike I can rest the thing on the edge of the fuel filler and push hard and it'll sort of work, but it won't fill the tank up all the way, so you've really got to hold it back with your other hand at least part of the time. At least it only takes like thirty seconds to fill a motorcycle tank. It's always a nice surprise when I ride to a different state and the fuel nozzles are normal. I also think that every dude who's ever had to use one of those on a motorcycle immediately makes the foreskin connection.
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May 12, 2020 15:50
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so the prospective middle weight africa twin model is going to have a bored out NC700 engine (honda fit) who could thunk it https://www.bikewale.com/news/45941-middleweight-honda-africa-twin-to-feature-a-790cc-engine.html what else are they gonna dredge up and piss all over
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May 12, 2020 16:16
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I've seen little "cards" on ADV sites that slip onto the nozzle, and hold that gasket back so that you can fill up normally. They are like $5.
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May 12, 2020 16:18
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Razzled posted:so the prospective middle weight africa twin model is going to have a bored out NC700 engine (honda fit) who could thunk it The Hawk GT. No seriously, they've submitted a new patent drawing for a V-twin that looks suspiciously Bros-like.
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May 12, 2020 16:24
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With a supercharger too!  Please Honda go back to the 1990s
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May 12, 2020 16:36
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They release a V-twin supercharged hawk with updated suspension and rider aids, but it's got the dogshit aesthetics of the UK version
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May 12, 2020 16:48
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Also, it's built by the same team that made the Grom so there is no swingarm bearing, seat is a hard nightmare, the engine is missing critical bearings to shave pennies, and the engine is a detuned shadow engine.
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May 12, 2020 17:51
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Renaissance Robot posted:They release a V-twin supercharged hawk with updated suspension and rider aids, but it's got the dogshit aesthetics of the UK version Yup, it's a new Dough-ville. https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/honda-v-twin-works Also no supercharger. The UK does have a version of the Hawk (in 400cc and 650cc flavors) called the BROS.
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May 13, 2020 13:43
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Bros was the Japanese name for the Hawk, the UK only ever got them through grey import. Our official version was the Revere, basically a naked Deauville and roughly what you'd get if you rode a Hawk through the uncanny valley. But yes the patent drawing on visordown looks a lot more like the Revere than the Hawk, what with the squat frame and extra plastic under the seat.
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May 13, 2020 14:32
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Good, it took long enough, drat. The SV has been around for 21 f-ing years already
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May 13, 2020 15:52
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Renaissance Robot posted:Bros was the Japanese name for the Hawk, the UK only ever got them through grey import. Our official version was the Revere, basically a naked Deauville and roughly what you'd get if you rode a Hawk through the uncanny valley.  this is bang on. Like someone else at Honda tried to copy the hawk guy's homework.
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May 14, 2020 04:01
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The 400 Bros is still the most fun Japanese bike I've ever ridden, a perfect distillation of what you'd want out of a small-capacity bike - just powerful enough to keep you interested, but light and agile enough that it felt like you were controlling it with your mind. No wonder Honda dropped it, they can't have everyone knowing that they could do that all along.
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May 14, 2020 12:13
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Renaissance Robot posted:Bros was the Japanese name for the Hawk, the UK only ever got them through grey import. I didn't know it was a grey, since they seemed so common over there.
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May 14, 2020 15:23
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The 400 Bros is still the most fun Japanese bike I've ever ridden, a perfect distillation of what you'd want out of a small-capacity bike - just powerful enough to keep you interested, but light and agile enough that it felt like you were controlling it with your mind. No wonder Honda dropped it, they can't have everyone knowing that they could do that all along. This but with every small multi cylinder Honda. It's why we've now reached the pinnacle of boring in the form of the cbr300 - a small bike with every fun thing carefully sucked out, up to and including a single cylinder engine seemingly intentionally designed to be as unfun as possible.
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May 14, 2020 22:14
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Gorson posted:I didn't know it was a grey, since they seemed so common over there. Loads and loads of them came over at the tail end of the grey market peak around the turn of the millennium - I think they might have changed the law to make them slightly easier to import, and that shop down by Box Hill that I can never remember the name of, which was responsible for most of the grey market imports at least into the south-east, was bringing them over by the container load. Alas most of them ended up in the hands of couriers once they'd run out of 80s UJMs to kill.
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May 16, 2020 01:49
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I saw another bike in my mirror for a few miles. When I stopped at the next intersection, a guy on a newish Rebel rolled up next to me and gave me a big thumbs up and fist bump. I don't think I was doing anything particularly cool, but it's nice to run into someone who's excited about bikes in general.
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May 16, 2020 22:30
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One time when I was riding home a guy on a VFR750 pulled up next to me and gave me a fist bump. He started talking to me but I couldn’t hear him, so he grabbed his chin bar and ripped his helmet up over his face so I could see is mostly toothless mouth and asked me what my bike was, told me I could “handle a 900 no problem,” put his head phones back in “gotta have my tunes, love music man!” and put his helmet back on (no chin strap) and sped off into the night.
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May 17, 2020 03:55
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Toe Rag posted:One time when I was riding home a guy on a VFR750 pulled up next to me and gave me a fist bump. He started talking to me but I couldn’t hear him, so he grabbed his chin bar and ripped his helmet up over his face so I could see is mostly toothless mouth and asked me what my bike was, told me I could “handle a 900 no problem,” put his head phones back in “gotta have my tunes, love music man!” and put his helmet back on (no chin strap) and sped off into the night. I visualized Florida in this story. Close?
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May 19, 2020 06:35
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California. I thought his 900 response when I told him my bike was a CB300R and I just started riding 6 months ago was very on brand for him.
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May 19, 2020 16:20
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Went to the WI DMV to plate the 690 today. No counter service for anything other than driver's license processing. Ok whatever I'll do it online. No online registration for out of state titles, mail only. Ok let's just see how far behind they are on mail in tags & title transfers, can't be more than a week right? FIVE loving WEEKS.
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May 21, 2020 23:38
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Yerok posted:Went to the WI DMV to plate the 690 today. No counter service for anything other than driver's license processing. Lol a friend of mine bought a Himalayan at the beginning of quarantine and he’s just been riding around with the plate from his 500 Classic on it till the dmv opens again.
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May 22, 2020 02:37
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Do that if you have a plate to steal. Or ride with the paperwork so you can prove that you are in-process with registration
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May 22, 2020 02:58
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Wrong thread
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May 22, 2020 13:33
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Do that if you have a plate to steal. Or ride with the paperwork so you can prove that you are in-process with registration It turns out some of the third party title transfer/registration agents listed on the DMV website still have motorcycle plates on hand.
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May 22, 2020 16:15
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keep the paperwork on you and DIY a tag: QUARANTINE
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May 23, 2020 01:33
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Mostly it's funny to me that I spent so much time trying to get the XR legit, then I gave up and bought a 690 and now the DMV is closed. Maybe this is for the best though. I get to just go through a bank drive through and have them put the plate in the sweet pneumatic tube thingy instead of watching people cough on each other in the DMV.
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May 23, 2020 02:54
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Yerok posted:Went to the WI DMV to plate the 690 today. No counter service for anything other than driver's license processing. It's so rare to get pulled over here in WI (depending on uh, factors) that I would just throw a different plate on there and ride while the paperwork processes. It's a victimless crime anyway. I hope this isn't a nail in the coffin of our walk-in DMV system because the one here is decently efficient and I can get in and out in 30 minutes to an hour.
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May 24, 2020 12:52
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Finally got past the malaise and dread of loving with the DRZs carb and went down to the garage to swap the PO’s JD jetting with the DJ jets I could source after installing a new exhaust. One of the screws on the top needle diaphragm cover was a bit cheesed up and overtorqued making it impossible to undo, so that project came to a quick conclusion. Larger JIS screwdrivers, a mini hacksaw to make it a flat blade screw, and some screw remover bits ordered. Not sure the best way to deal with it tbh. Did manage to reinstall the cover plate that fell off after the petcock decided to piss fuel everywhere last month, and adjust the chain. But when putting everything back together the fuel hose split ... and pissed fuel all over the newly and redone cover. 2/5 jobs done, one new one, and one struck off as impossible... I guess that’s progress?
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May 24, 2020 18:23
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Horse Clocks posted:Finally got past the malaise and dread of loving with the DRZs carb and went down to the garage to swap the PO’s JD jetting with the DJ jets I could source after installing a new exhaust. i'd just cut slots and try to flathead them out. if that doesn't work maybe a set of ez outs? they can't be in there that tight, the heads of the screws would just break off
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Horse Clocks posted:One of the screws on the top needle diaphragm cover was a bit cheesed up and overtorqued making it impossible to undo, so that project came to a quick conclusion. Try to grab the sides of the screw and turn with the sharpest pliers you have. Preferably something like knipex cobra that has straight teeth that bite into the screw head. Another option is vise grips.
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