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Design changes are a headache. In the perfect world, the concept drawings get fleshed out and design frozen before detail drawings are done, and those get done before anyone cuts metal. In the real world, people change their minds late in the game, errors and oversights are inevitable and...

In fairness, he's riding internationally (not in North America) which means regular plug-in AC power is 240 volts. The capacity of the standard european Schuko plug is 16 amps. UK wall sockets are rated at 13 amps. Even if you reduce that to (let's say) 12 amps that's 2.8 kW of charging power...

No break-in needed. Giv'er. I'm in.

I'm in, assuming it dries out - looks like there is one more line of showers. (I was supposed to be on the way to Calabogie today, but postponed until tomorrow, because the weather there tomorrow looks like a writeoff, so that might as well be the travel day)

I recall hearing about Verge, but forgot about them. Looks like they've pulled it off. I'd ride that!

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That could be expensive. Older generations of Tesla systems have aimed for the clear space that they saw underneath the trailer of a semi which it thought was an overhead sign board.

I recall seeing a recommendation to be scanning ~ 12 seconds ahead whenever you can at highway speed - and I do that.

Apparently they don't "shift". That's a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N thing. I don't mind the way the new Charger looks; it's just far too big and heavy for what I want. I still think this was a botched launch. EV + muscle car + decades of "hemi all the things" advertising was never going to work...

I had a situation that was closer than I would like. Approaching a stop sign at a T junction, with a wooded area blocking view. Someone on a bicycle made a sweeping left turn (from my right, to oncoming me) cutting the corner of the junction by a lot. If I had been a second earlier, this could...

Out. Packing for a race weekend. Not enthusiastic about today's weather, either.

Someone mentioned this name above but typo'ed it. Here's a very useful source of information: Kennametal | Solutions for the Most Demanding Industries

12L14 is meant to be free-machining. It is leaded ... didn't think you could do that nowadays, but so be it. The percentage is pretty low. Might explain why it's expensive. Your application is one where just about anything will work. Plain ordinary low-carbon steel AISI 1018 will work just...

Just today, I have seen two Brightdrop 600 delivery vans with Purolator branding (it is possible that it may have been the same one) and a Brightdrop 400 with signs for a local bakery on it.

This would require properly documenting every test, as opposed to a quick but undocumented screening which results in letting most people go with minimal delay.

100%; obnoxiously loud pipes cost rights.

Also, I recall reading elsewhere, that Toronto's bylaw omits the specified RPM of the SAE test, instead wording it as "at any higher speed". The problem here is that "at any higher speed" includes (let's say) 1 rpm short of rev limiter, and I doubt there is any vehicle that will pass that. This...

Yes, the police here are allowed to conduct roadside stops for document or equipment checks, and yes, it is considered being "detained" ... but they are allowed to detain you for such a roadside stop or equipment check for a "reasonable" time period. What's "reasonable" is left to the courts to...

How did they establish engine RPM? Tach on the bike is not a certified, calibrated instrument. Crankshaft isn't accessible with engine running while keeping oil inside. Your bike has easy access to ignition wires; mine that's 8 hours of disassembly and reassembly. Lots of older bikes have no...

If it was silver (unless it's been repainted), I've seen it in that area a few times. Older chap who has owned it forever. Gamma 500. Can't say I blame someone for being gentle with something that's made from fragile unobtainium.