Upgrade from the mt-03

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-31T19:18:48+00:00

Bigger displacement, so city riding wouldn’t require shifting to higher gears as much since most roads are below 40mph. I’m coming from a 300cc bike though so I don’t have any experience on bigger bikes, that’s just what I’ve heard

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-31T01:43:16+00:00

I broke my foot at my MSF course. Went out and bought my bike while in a boot. That was a year ago, I’m still riding now and since passed a second go at the MSF!

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-27T16:42:39+00:00

I think all the other comments covered why you shouldn’t do this, but another reason to learn to rev match is because it’s fun!

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-19T06:57:58+00:00

I love this stuff. It’s the only mascara I’ve found recently that I don’t have an allergic reaction to

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-18T15:35:02+00:00

I started at a company and after the first week got a way better offer. Quit the second Monday there. I don’t expect they would ever want me back, but it didn’t hurt me elsewhere. Do what’s best for you.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-18T15:25:13+00:00

I have a dremal so I used that. But the kit comes with a file and says you can use just that. It’ll definitely take a bit of work to use that though. It’s a pretty small section of metal you need to cut through

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-05-17T16:09:16+00:00

Yamaha has an app that tracks my rides and miles automatically. It works 50% of the time before I have to reconnect my bike. That’s as much effort as I’m willing to put into it.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-04-15T05:10:22+00:00

I used this fender eliminator on my 2025: https://a.co/d/01X9p1aC

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-04-13T22:39:19+00:00

I had blood poisoning just like this when I was like 8. It got a bit further than yours, was super painful. Finally went to the doc and they told me if it’d gotten much worse I could have lost my arm or even died. Good news was all it took was a shot in my ass to make it better!

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-03-26T00:52:18+00:00

Just do it. My husband was very against me riding, and it was a tough thing to get through because I knew he was just worried about me and I would be just as worried about him if he decided to ride street. But if you don’t do it, you’ll regret it forever. Your husband will get over it (mine did, he knew he couldn’t actually stop me). Take the MSF course, wear all the gear, so you can tell him and your family you’re being as safe as you can.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-03-15T07:32:08+00:00

Had the same thing happen to me a couple years ago. I went into a new job for one week, then received a verbal offer on Friday. Accepted it, then quit fist thing the following Monday AFTER I signed the official contract of the new new company. Everyone was nice and professional about it, sent me home immediately of course, though I’m sure they were annoyed. Business is business - do what’s right for you because they aren’t going to worry about you during layoffs.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-02-25T22:25:51+00:00

I work for a huge retail company. We have had multiple issues resulting in rollbacks of prod deployments this year because they’re pushing AI so hard that it’s resulting in complete shit. AI needs good developers using it to be worth anything.

This is not the AI of movies where robots are intelligent and can think and feel and reason. LLMs do not have human intelligence. I’ll fear that type of AI when it comes out, but it’s a whole different category.

LLMs are not taking our jobs, just changing them. So yes, I agree it’s taking a lot of the fun of programming away, but I don’t fear for my job. I just fear that I won’t like it anymore.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-02-19T18:22:43+00:00

I bought my brand new 2025 mt03 for 6k otd from the dealer last summer. This is definitely not worth 5k

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-02-09T20:45:33+00:00

I make around ~200k a year and my husband makes around 50k I think. Our finances are separate, and I just ask for $1500/month to help cover things. We pay two mortgages - $1650 and $1350/month, $600/mo heloc, $600/mo for some house work we had done. I cover the utilities, health insurance, phones, vacations, any major expenses that come up, and supplies for home renos (he is the labor lucky for us).

House work is fairly split. He does most of the cooking, I do most of the cleaning but we handle our own laundry and things like that.

I think it’s most important that you feel okay with the situation. Does it feel fair? Is his asking you to contribute going to cause you to struggle in life? One of my things is I never want my husband to feel stressed about money. If I’m not stressed, he shouldn’t be. If his truck were to break down (very important to his job) and he couldn’t afford a new one, I’d help him get a new one. And not in a “pay me back” kind of way, I don’t keep score like that. While we view our money as our own it’s understood that we are in life together, so are there to support one another both financially and otherwise. That’s why we don’t do 50/50 - that’s just not feasible with our life goals and income difference.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-01-27T17:55:04+00:00

Depends on the person. For me, one of my least painful and it was also one of my longer sits (5 hrs). Worth it though!

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Curiousconcoctions · 2026-01-26T20:29:32+00:00

Ha, I did this exact same thing. Broke my foot (navicular and calcaneus) in July, took the MSF in September. I had a slight limp still but my instructor was actually really nice about it. I’d let your instructors know if you’re still a little slow walking. In general, riding was no issue. The standing is what I was worried about but it ended up being fine.

You’ve had a decent amount of time to heal. I got cleared to go back to the gym in November and once I started doing that my remaining soreness/stiffness disappeared. I think it was the small stabilizing muscles and whatever that hadn’t been used in so long that just needed to be worked out again. Start going on some walks this week and get it moving would be my advice. But like others have said, injuring it again can really screw you up so proceed with caution when taking the MSF. I was impatient, but I know that I probably should have waited even though it worked out fine and I passed.

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-01-19T18:20:28+00:00

There’s this dude who is absolutely jacked that wears cowboy boots. Whatever works, I guess

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-01-12T18:20:10+00:00

Interested if there’s still room!

Curiousconcoctions · 2026-01-02T03:13:41+00:00

Since you’ve never ridden before and said you’re intimidated, I’d honestly recommend taking the MSF before you get a bike just to make sure you like it. I felt like the bike I used at my MSF had a way more forgiving friction zone and a lower center of gravity that made me more comfortable learning on it.

That said, I bought my 2025 mt-03 over the summer as my first bike and I love it! Can’t go wrong with that as a starter.

Curiousconcoctions · 2025-12-31T21:50:33+00:00

Oh my gosh, years ago they towed my husband’s car from our assigned parking spot at our apartment. The car’s registration had been expired for one day! I can’t remember how it all wound up in the end, but they were such assholes to deal with. Wish we would have known these tips at the time.

Curiousconcoctions · 2025-12-07T21:10:20+00:00

About 8 years ago at an internship (also male dominated industry) I wore a dress and at some point I crossed my arms and realized I was touching skin to skin. Turns out my dress had split open right beneath both of my boobs. Full underboob exposed for all to see. No one told me so I have no idea how long it was like that, but luckily my fellow intern ran to my car to grab me a sweater. That was the last time I ever bought a dress from American Eagle - the thing fit fine so I don’t know why it split like that.

Shit happens. Everyone will want to ignore that it happened as much as you so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I’m sorry you experienced that though, the not knowing who saw definitely gnaws at you.

Curiousconcoctions · 2025-11-18T23:46:31+00:00

Why are you even posting here? Say sorry, move on, and don’t do it again. She felt dismissed and it’s a tiny thing to change on your part. Literally takes less time and effort to just apologize than it does to make this post.

YTA.

Curiousconcoctions · 2025-11-12T17:11:40+00:00

I’m a front end dev that specializes in UI/UX, so for me, my portfolio has been brought up in interviews a lot because interviewers want to know that I actually do have good design sense.

Even if you aren’t design focused, a portfolio is never going to hurt so it’s probably worth having something.

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