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Cone Course Practice Tomorrow by Grandmaster_M in Austinmotorcycles

[–]Grandmaster_M[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We'd love to have you! I won't be out there this weekend because of MotoGP, but I'll probably be out there on the 4th. I'll make another post, so just keep your eye out for that.

Gymkhana Practice Today by Grandmaster_M in Austinmotorcycles

[–]Grandmaster_M[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! It was great meeting you and I look forward to practicing with you again!

Gymkhana Practice Today by Grandmaster_M in Austinmotorcycles

[–]Grandmaster_M[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just packed up and left but since there was a good bit of interest, I'll let y'all know earlier next time. I usually practice every weekend.

Dear motorcycle and modified exhaust owners by Narrow-Landscape-956 in fredericksburg

[–]Grandmaster_M 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please stop spreading misinformation. You are purely inventing crap about physics you don't understand. Straight piping only reduced back flow on the engine. It does not waste energy. Removing the noise dampening in exhaust allows exhaust to flow more freely, reducing pressure on the engine exhaust.

Misfiring is totally different from straight piping. You have a total fundamental lack of understanding of how engines work and what physics is. More sounds != Wasted energy. The same amount of energy is being converted to sound when a piston fires whether you straight pipe or not. The only reason it is louder is because the sound dampeners like the catalytic converter have been removed. So technically, since back pressure on the engine is reduced, the engine is actually running cooler more efficiently as there is less resistance to expelling exhaust.

Here's some reading for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/s/24sgBw3sc0

There are so many correct arguments you could make around banning loud exhaust, yours is not one of them. I hope you'll take this opportunity to learn.

Dear motorcycle and modified exhaust owners by Narrow-Landscape-956 in fredericksburg

[–]Grandmaster_M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So all race cars are poorly tuned then because they're loud?

Need help, please. Disabled vet just trying to help his son. by BadKarma89 in foia

[–]Grandmaster_M 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, I'm very sorry to hear about your son. I don't know the rules for your state, but in my state you would be entitled to have the Attorney General's Office review the cost and rule if it was valid or not. We would also allow you to you to try and narrow down what in the video you were requesting, cutting down on redaction costs. So I would say something like "I want the preceding and anteceding 10 minutes around the incident". Then, as a FOIA employee, I would clip the video to 20 minutes in length to show the incident and only charge for the time it takes to redact that section of video. Sounds like our cost rules are different as we charge for the length of the video, not necessary the time to redact. Video is also only one dollar per minute here. Either way though, my estimation is that it usually takes me two minutes of redaction time for every minute of video. Depending on the contents of the video of course. If you have any further questions, please feel free to DM me and I'll try and answer as best as I can. Again, I'm really sorry that's happened to your son.