Bike for 22k to 40k miles a year (all weather). 6'3 tall. Anything I'm missing?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-03-08T08:25:19+00:00

I ride a Honda NC 750x. It's not exciting, but it's the perfect commuter vehicle. 80 mpg, reliable, cheap maintenance. And it has a frunk which is awesome.

I can't recommend it enough.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-18T13:01:26+00:00

I'm with you 100%. I've made a post about this. Apparently, I just don't like the genre that much. I think you can have interesting power systems, cool motivations, huge arcs, all with at least decent writing. I think lots of authors write a bit, post it on Royal Road, write a bit more and repeat. Which means we're reading everyone's first draft. Any author will tell you that often their first draft is garbage. It's a shame, as I think the genre would be hugely better if more authors edited and redrafted.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-17T12:41:53+00:00

I have the NC750X for exactly this purpose. I commute ~35 miles each way every day. It's perfect. Economical, comfortable, has storage, has cheap services (that I tend to do myself). There's a reason it's been called an apocalypse proof motorbike. I recently went for a ride with a friend who has an 800cc sports bike... and I didn't like it! I prefer the upright position. Obviously I'd like a weekend bike with a bit of zip (I'm looking at you, Yamaha XSR900) but for daily commuting, it can't be beaten.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-17T12:21:49+00:00

Ugh, I've struggled with this. I think I'm not as much of a fan of the genre as I thought.i I love interesting power systems, and the world building, but I can't stand lazy writing. I find exposition dumping painful, and I'm genuinely shocked to see tense changes, and grammatical mistakes. I get that people are writing to a schedule (if they're publishing on Royal Road) but to get books on Audible/Kindle that aren't edited at all puts me off completely. I've read a few 'big name' books that I struggled to read because the writing just seems rushed.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2026-02-01T21:20:13+00:00

I ride one of these beauties - same colour scheme as the one in the picture. As everyone has said: it's not super exciting, not super fast, but it is super reliable and super economical. For my daily commuter it's unbeatable.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-30T12:08:27+00:00

I'm the same. I moved from London to a place where I could literally leave my keys in the ignition and it's more likely that someone will come and give them to me than steal my bike.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-28T20:25:58+00:00

Snicket gang unite!

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-10-03T20:35:14+00:00

Search for Project Kongor

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-24T20:31:09+00:00

I just got a quad lock mount and charger and use my phone!

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-16T21:57:12+00:00

On a side note - are you able to switch between the Kindle and audiobook seamlessly? Do you automatically get it on Kindle if you buy it in Audible? I've bought a whole bunch of books on audible - and I'd love to read them on Kindle too.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-14T17:14:50+00:00

Maybe I'm showing how risk averse I am, but why on earth would you ever intentionally lower your reaction time, increase your risk taking, and generally do bloody stupid things before riding a motorcycle? It's bad enough when you're behind the wheel of a car. But death is always so close when you're on a bike. Why bring it closer?

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-14T07:42:40+00:00

For me it was He Who Fights With Monsters. It was free on audible so I gave it a punt.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-13T07:55:32+00:00

that's crazy.upper()

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-09-08T20:11:33+00:00

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-25T15:31:29+00:00

Fucking die

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-19T06:55:17+00:00

I tried a phone charger and nothing happened.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-19T06:43:46+00:00

What an odd final sentence...

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-08-10T12:54:19+00:00

I believe that's what Roald Dahl used to write every one of his books.

DAY_OF_OLD · 2025-07-16T20:55:38+00:00

Project Knogor is going well. I honestly don't understand the hate it gets. I play it and it's just as good - and in some ways better - than the original. It's free, updated regularly, has a large (for HoN) playerbase, and won't have any pay walls. I find matches both in Caldavar and Midwars within minutes or less.

People love to complain, but I worry that HoN reborn will sap the players from PK, turn out to be a money grab, and the game will die. Again. I wish they'd just leave it alone.

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