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My Honda HS520 started on the first pull. I store small engines with the fuel tank and carb empty.

The beep "disengaged" when the car was already sideways was the best part. Or maybe the map track showing the car in the opposite direction lanes after it went all wibbly-wobbly. Can't decide.

Full self driving into wall https://www.threads.com/@firerock31/post/DTeG3ujCcaG?xmt=AQF0z_i3zDVZJxVv-VcnJ7ReRKVBHNzHu-US6z04i9kljkaAXrYUeclGsF6T9QfVAn3kd8s&slof=1

I had a mission to buy a new ECE 22.06 helmet and a new set of gloves. I bought a HJC RPHA12 helmet from Otomoto and RST TracTech Evo gloves from Riders Choice. The helmet is a last-year's style (mfg date Nov 2024) but that doesn't concern me, one less year of future available use on the track...

I may be out for a dumb reason. No parking! At entrance to Marriott across the street

Well. I just booked it. Track days. 4 in a row (yikes). Almeria, Spain. 30 March through 2 April 2026. I've not ridden there before. Requesting a hire bike for the track, they have a few available (already discussed this with them)...

It's hard to assign a value to a several-years-old MotoGP bike. What it cost originally to build (or lease) is water under the bridge ... sunk cost ... irrelevant. What are you going to do with it? It's obsolete as a race bike. Can't use it as a track-day bike ... spare parts are unobtainium...

Unfortunately, with the way fault determination rules are written ... "if someone else is going to make you crash, always hit them"

Fixed. Congratulations and welcome back. I left the automation-industry (mostly automotive) rat-race 3 years ago. Not having to book/schedule vacations, instead just going, is another big plus. I'm currently mulling over when and how long my next trip to Spain is going to be. Spent a week in...

What a waste of engineering effort. Let the EV be an EV and make it a better one. That noisemaker isn't going to win over anyone who wasn't going to buy one anyhow.

I've seen many cases where a mass-production line was converted into a service-parts line. Usually it involves cutting out a whole bunch of automated assembly operations and keeping only the critical fabrication and assembly tooling (and relocating what's left of it from the main production...

Count me in.

Hydraulic lash adjusters? Adds weight, cost, and complexity. I think improved materials and manufacturing have largely removed the incentive for doing so. I just checked the clearances on my 2004 ZX10R after ignoring them for 60 000 km (155k on the bike) and only had to change one shim.

There might be a "check operation" in the schedule but there's nothing to be done, there's nothing to adjust, on the supercharger. Only related thing to check the operation of, is the bypass valve, and if you can hear it chirping when you shut the throttle at 8000+ rpm, it's working. Regular...

Electricity costs (for charging at home) can equally be predicted. Bear in mind that "a hardware issue" can include that 9 speed automatic transmission that an EV doesn't have. Or a CVT. Or a turbocharger. Or a high-pressure fuel pump. Or stuck piston rings from carbon deposits. Or a stuck VVT...

City buses have air suspension, and they're driven by drivers who don't own the vehicle they're driving. My street recently got speed bumps, and the buses don't even slow down.

If you get a ticket before end of tomorrow, you still have to pay it.

Few people buy basic cars, even if that's all they actually need. Nissan Micra, Mitsubishi Mirage, Hyundai Accent. And now, those are gone. Few people buy work-truck F150s, either, even though that will get them where they need to go just as well as a luxury Platinum edition will. My time in...

In 3700 km it used 1.4 litres to keep it topped up ... it has been trending lower, and runs well. Let's see what reducing crankcase pressure does first ... The eventual fix will be a new bike.

Oil consumption ... which was understandable for a break-in period on new piston rings, but it should be past that.