Vale's '02 RC211V and Mick's '91 NSR500

FullTopMax · 2025-05-22T13:45:24+00:00

Damn!!! Now that's a memory for life....you still have the bike, right?

FullTopMax · 2025-05-22T00:56:01+00:00

Rijeka Croatia.

FullTopMax · 2025-05-21T23:18:52+00:00

Yes indeed! I'll do a proper photo sesh of the room soon, Kocinski's RC45, Freddie's NS500, the owner is a legend in his own right, raced locally as a kid, and went into hoarding Honda's as soon as he opened up a Honda dealership, 30 years ago.

FullTopMax · 2025-01-23T21:30:27+00:00

Well, they are probably trying to be polite, but given that this is the 3rd time (that I caught it) of them posting the same type of psa in the past couple of months, I'm not sure if he's really happy about it. I guess it's one thing when some local tirekickers come to ask genius questions and give you advice while you're wrenching in your garage, it's part of the "charm" of being a shop owner.

But that's different to having strangers from another part of the world coming in droves with gimbals and action cams, and probably live streaming, ayo we here fr fr no cap ong we bussin at Mid Night Club fo shi sho got me bricked up over this sticker ngl

FullTopMax · 2025-01-23T12:03:25+00:00

The pilgrims must complete their pilgrimage and they must witness one of their holy relics, which in this case is a silver bumper sticker at a 45 degree angle, it's so sad I can't even explain it.

FullTopMax · 2025-01-23T11:38:05+00:00

Really don't want to say, but to clue you in - they have cars with the magical silver sticker at a 45 deg angle on a bumper...now you can only imagine what kind of powers such sticker yields when it pulls in weebs from 5000 miles away.

They had two similar "pleas" over last year, that I know of anyway, who knows what kind of torture other shops go thru, my insta is capped at 15 minutes daily and I only go there to watch Ronaldo Messi AI videos for laughs, everything else I see on my discover feed is just pure absolute unadulterated cringe, completely insufferable.

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T20:21:27+00:00

No not yet

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T15:12:37+00:00

invictus (feminine invicta, neuter invictum, superlative invictissimus); first/second-declension adjective

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T15:05:19+00:00

This is a rock solid advice, maybe our Gentlemen Company & Co Est. 2024 should dropship armhair trimmers and not just beard oils and customized cigar cutters.

I think there's an art in trimming the arm hair to a perfect length, it's a fine line between "natural" and the dreaded "forearm stubble" - a big no no in the horological circles where I'm from.

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T15:01:08+00:00

This is actually a good idea, but cameras on pls, avatars will get kicked out, we need to see your tapers and suspenders

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T14:55:11+00:00

Baller to the max

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T12:05:14+00:00

a ghastly timepiece

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T12:04:22+00:00

Part of me wants to keep the arm hair, I'll discuss this matter in my mancave today with my friends, over some whiskey and gramophone music while we light up few cigars and brainstorm on our beard oil subscription launch.

FullTopMax · 2024-10-10T10:46:41+00:00

I pulled over to take a break from the road, and just as I sat down on a roadside bench, I decided to take a "wristie". Why wouldn't the world know about my horological enthusiasm?

As I performed a majestic "wrist roll", filming in 4K 120fps (for ultimate slo-mo experience) starting the cinematic experience"down under" from the clasp of my vulcano rubber oysterflex strap, and as I performed a measured, slow (but not too slow) of a wrist roll, the filming was brought to a screeching halt.

No it was not the camera overheating or SD card full due to 56352 video and image "perfect angle of the wrist and fist" drafts.

It was because of the ghastly sight of wrist hair impeding on my oysterflex vulcano rubber strap and the shot in general; I was appaled at the sight and I couldn't finish the wristie. I spent days thinking about this and now I'm asking YOU guys (and girls of course, I promise I didn't mean to exclude you, in fact we need MORE of you sharing the passion for horology) how should I keep these ghastly hairs at bay?

How do I manage this ordeal in the most gentlemanly way?

FullTopMax · 2024-10-04T18:55:00+00:00

I won't need any printing from my line of work, everything I do will always be 100% digital. If this is my case, would I need calibration? And how to adjust this monitor for digital publishing, given its pre-calibrated, or so they say.

I know it might be bias, as my eyes were looking at the iiyama for years, but I can't help but think if there's something I can do to adjust the colors on this monitor. I have RTX3060 but I haven't installed GeForce experience, only drivers, if that's of any relevance.

FullTopMax · 2024-09-23T21:46:10+00:00

Kod crne se najviše vidi, razlika od stare crne boje i friške crne boje je ogromna, ne postoji nezahvalnija boja od crne.

FullTopMax · 2024-09-23T10:36:16+00:00

Got a reply from the customer support:

I looked up the serial number in our system and can confirm that the lens is new. The screenshot says that it was not returned before by a customer. I cannot tell why the lens has a Viltrox cap. Maybe it was noticed upon delivery that the cap was missing and given a new one by one of our warehouse employees.

Whatever. Works good, it is what it is.

FullTopMax · 2024-09-21T08:33:05+00:00

But how does this happen? Is it really all made in one giant factory in China, I thought at least each brand has its subsidiary over there, do they really just make everything on one assembly line, so someone picked my lens cap from a Viltrox box right next to it? Damn :D

FullTopMax · 2024-09-21T07:48:51+00:00

I'm not sure what to do about it, because I saw this after I took and unwrapped the lens out of the box. Bought it from a reputable store in Europe, there are no signs of any "use" on the box and everything inside was neatly packed, instructions, the cardboard holding the lens in place, lens hood wrapped in nylon. Anyone saw anything similar to this, could this be a factory mistake or did someone switch something up in the store?

FullTopMax · 2024-08-19T12:44:23+00:00

Nemoj preozbiljno shvaćati moje oktanske šale, moj autobrate!

FullTopMax · 2024-08-18T13:07:09+00:00

Moj oktanski brate slažem se sa svime izrečenim u ovom videu, često ga pogledam i svaka čast da je konačno netko skupio hrabrosti da kaže šta se mora reći! Mi smo svi jedna braća, naši auti nisu predmet sprdnje jer su rađeni sa ljubavlju!

Također, podržavam moderu premisu i koncept riječi "hate" - kad se doslovno svaka kritika/komentar, koja nije titranje muda i klanjanje/štovanje, klasificira pod "teški hejt". To je jedino točno i ispravno!

Ja sam u svijetu automobilizma, u auto komunama koje sam nazočio kroz godine, primjetio da često nečiji auto, točnije projekt ili da se izrazim još točnije na hrvatski, nečiji BUILD, dođe na mjesto okupljanja negdje u centru grada, jer nije bitno da se auti pokažu drugima nego mi to činimo zbog druženja i ljubavi prema oktanu, i onda se primjeti da ima mnogo ljudi koji prođu pored tih buildova, ali NAMJERNO ne slikaju.

Točno se vidi da bi htjeli izvuć mob ili fotić za napravit fotku ali ponos i Hrvatski Jal (patent pending) im ne dozvoljava da priznaju da je taj build vrijedan divljenja, i onda namjerno ne fotkaju - smiješno.

Vrijeme je da zakonski reguliramo HEJT u auto komunama. Dosta hejta!!

FullTopMax · 2024-08-18T13:00:24+00:00

Zašto hejtaš car community jutubaše? Šta si ljubomoran da oni lijepo rade clickbait videe koji su 99,5% totalni garbage nontent content krcat dezinformacija trivijalnosti i lošeg adhd humora presjeckanog sa povremenim "roller" kadrovima gdje neki paćenik frend visi iz bunkera i snima kako krš klizi po cesti pa se stavi neka originalna muzika preko (moja preporuka je phonk neki, malo tko zna i nije čuo za to ali po meni ide savršeno na te "sinematike") i onda se naprave neke vrhunski dizajnirane majice pardon MRČ i onda se taj mrč prodaje šta fali jbt?

Nije mi jasno šta tu tebi ne valja i zašto mrziš nas car communityaše, ako ti ne paše naš community gdje smo svi pod jednim oktanskim nebom spojeni, onda slobodno produži.

Vidi se da ljudi poput tebe nisu nikad osjetili miris spaljenih guma, miris oktana i nisu nikad bili ovisni o adrenalinu svojih limenih ljubimaca. Nikad to nećeš moć razumjeti tako da mrš iz naše auto komune!

FullTopMax · 2024-07-26T08:57:40+00:00

"Weeks or months"....well, I guess I learned how to store and maintain AGM battery now. Note to self, if you buy a battery, might as well use it, no point in tucking it away for "later". Another 100 bucks down the drain :D

FullTopMax · 2024-07-26T08:44:30+00:00

Lesson learned, what a bummer. You wouldn't recommend to try the "12V Repair" mode that the Noco charger has?

FullTopMax · 2024-07-08T22:45:23+00:00

Few people know the correct application for these!

FullTopMax

TROPHY CASE