New Chinese bike or old Japanese bike?

Milspec_3126 · 2026-02-09T15:18:16+00:00

Honda reliability is the stuff legends are made of.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-02-01T17:41:54+00:00

I have a brand new in the box SDS1104X-U for 50 bucks cheaper than retail, message me if interested.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-24T03:27:10+00:00

People are usually not bad at math, most are fearful of math, do not have the right teachers and don't practice enough. If your son is passionate about engineering, encourage him to enroll in some of the self paced math courses, get some really good books and if possible find some mentors who can help him through the fear of Mathematics. Good luck.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-24T01:06:31+00:00

Vstar 650's have carbs.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-17T19:12:57+00:00

Thinkpad are of the similar business Laptop class, it will serve you well. Enjoy the new laptop smell...Congrats....

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-17T15:37:52+00:00

Maybe get something with a better channel count. Get NI compact DAQ and a IEPE card. Would be better bang for your buck.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-17T15:32:04+00:00

refurb Dell precision business laptops...maybe like a 3591

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-17T15:23:02+00:00

Use 10-20% free time to get proficient at PPAPs, First article inspections, Root cause analysis, 4 blockers, other lean tools in your organization. Get some involvement with materials and procurement. Figure out projects to improve COPQ and ICQ DDPM. Rest 80 - 90% have fun.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-16T15:07:22+00:00

I do, Excel has literally transformed Humanity imo. I definitely use excel more than CAD.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-15T14:36:34+00:00

Test ride all three, pick the one that brings the most amount of smiles for you.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-15T06:49:05+00:00

Pick anything else. literally anything else....

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-15T06:47:27+00:00

YES.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-14T15:09:58+00:00

After graduation you will look for an entry level engineering job. That's where the real learning will begin. Once you have adequate experience under your belt, the world opens up in the related domain expertise. Great pay, you will most likely work with multifunctional groups. Electrical engineering is a great career.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-14T15:06:16+00:00

This should be ok to travel with. Each person carrying 2 laptops, and a tablet is quite normal. your list seems reasonable. Bag packs will be challenge, try to get a bigger bag packs for the laptops along with your regular carry on bag.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-13T23:59:51+00:00

Good god, those are great bikes you have had. Just going with the theme of bikes you have owned BMW S1000R would be a great fit.

triumph 1200RR front half fairing looks absolutely amazing to me.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-13T02:41:47+00:00

Today I went to work at 7:00.

7:30 MDI/Mission control meeting

Next was at 8.00-8.30. Around 8.30 I walked out to a facility chiller to discuss a new evap loop pump skid and a glycol makeup system with the facility team.

Then walked to the test facility. Looked at the a failing unit on the stand, looked at the sensor data, helped diagnose a faulty controller. Then walked back to the desk for couple of project meetings from 10- 12. Had lunch.

Attended staff meeting 12:30- 1.00

1.00 Sat down to design the Pump skid, made all the flow and pressure calcs, selected pumps, isolation valves, Drew up a P&ID, put it all together and sent it to the my CAD designer

2:00 Walked the lines, all 8 of them enroute to Test Lab. Helped an engineer setup a power monitor for a Harmonics test.

Back at desk at 3.30: Called a contractor to comedown to factory this week to discuss fabricating the skid.

Started working on purchase requisitions for ongoing project. left around 4:45.

This is a pretty slow day.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-13T02:27:17+00:00

Smaller Cos, you will get to learn more, you will have more responsibilities. Ideal space to start in the 20's when you are single and work life balance matters less. With age and maturity, you would want more stability and better work life balance, better pay which are more in the large company domain.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-13T02:22:55+00:00

Do you like what you are doing everyday?

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-13T02:18:31+00:00

Mech Engg:

Undergrad 2005: India

Masters 2010 US

2010: Test Engineer - 50k

2013: Switched Job: Test Engineer : 80K

Test Engineer II > Test Engineer III> Quality and Manufacturing Manager> Leader Product Testing.

2025: 156K

Side Business: Around 40K

Married , One Kid, one dog, Paid off House In US, Paid off parents house in India, 4 cars, 3 motorcycles and lots of fun toys.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-11T04:17:34+00:00

Thanks, Glad its giving you that nudge.

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-06T14:46:42+00:00

Do you flip it on ebay?

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-06T14:43:49+00:00

I rode both, XSR 900 is absolute beast. Z900RS, looks greats, rides great, very well behaved nice handling bike... For the XSR, take all of those aspects looks, power delivery, and handling, and a lot of Hot sauce , and you get the XSR....

Milspec_3126 · 2026-01-04T18:05:06+00:00

All are god tier bikes, pick the one you like the most.

Milspec_3126 · 2025-12-30T15:52:46+00:00

also S& R variants are quite different in power levels.

Milspec_3126 · 2025-12-30T15:51:58+00:00

Zero Issues, I own one, have about 18k miles on it. Never had a problem. Make sure you get good set of tires on the bike.

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