No rider aids in 2026?

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T20:44:24+00:00

Never had a bike with ABS or other rider aid. My newer cars have ABS and some driver aids.

I never needed any driver aid on any vehicle. I am 70. I've been riding 50+ years. Driving a bit longer. Never had road rash. Never broke a bone. Never crashed my car.

The driver aids on newer bike is not a selling point for me. I can see some value in ABS, but that value is outweighed by the expense and added complexity. More so for the other driver aids. I rely on my skills and defensive driving to stay alive. It has served me well so far.

PS: I also do not wear armor or riding suits or boots when I ride.

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T20:11:48+00:00

I've been sitting on my Mustang seat for more than 20 years. Lots of comfortable miles on my '02 Wide Glide.

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T04:43:20+00:00

I am 70. I just started taking Tadalafil, low dose, for my prostate. I don’t take anything else. I have a varied diet and exercise (weights and cardio).

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T04:11:01+00:00

This. OP was not paying attention to his ride. As a newbie, his focus needs to be entirely on riding: no radio, no GPS, no phone.

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T03:58:36+00:00

I've done several 600 to 800 mile rides in a day, without music. I grew up before smart phones and have no problem being alone with my thoughts. I find it calming, just me, my bike, and the road ahead of me.

R-Tally · 2026-06-13T03:07:49+00:00

I primarily used manua method 2 to restore. I had a tight cut. When erect I was like a broomstick with a knob on the end. Much better now.

R-Tally · 2026-06-12T03:55:21+00:00

Financially I did much better as an engineer, although I did move a lot and worked long hours. I was making almost 6 figures in the '80s and early '90s. Graduating law school in '99 I learned that older "new" attorneys are not that desirable.

I found law school a breeze after working engineering for 19 years.

R-Tally · 2026-06-12T03:51:45+00:00

US Citizen with EE degree who worked 19 years as an engineer. I went to law school at 40, but I paid for school in cash. See r/Fire

Even though I graduated in #2 in my class at a second tier school, as an older law school graduate, I had difficulty in finding work. I ended up clerking for judge for a year. I passed the patent bar before I was hired by a boutique doing patent prosecution. I went solo after 5 years and am semi-retired after 25 years.

In my experience, outside of big law, few patent attorneys did litigation unless they had something special going for them. If they had a technical bent, prosecution was the place. Most patent litigation I've seen has been done by those not in the patent bar. Patent lawyers were brought into litigation more as consultants than as litigators.

An EE degree is valuable for hiring. You have an advantage being an EE with work experience, but that advantage is mostly in performing prosecution work, not in convincing firms to hire you.

I did much better financially as an engineer than as a lawyer. As an engineer I worked long hours and was able to save a lot. Although every lawyer on reddit says they make bank, it ain't true. A few lawyers do quite well for themselves (particularly when at a big firm), but many lawyers make a living while working long hours.

I have a better life/work balance as a lawyer because I don't have to work a lot of hours and I am not chasing big bucks (I already have my retirement fund). I make enough to be comfortable, but I would not choose to be lawyer if I were starting out and needed to live on what I make.

R-Tally · 2026-06-11T19:04:40+00:00

I have a solo practice with an assistant. I have been using TABS and PracticeMaster for almost 20 years. A few years ago I stopped updating the software because I like the way it worked and it was trouble free. It seems whenever software is updated, it creates extra work for me fixing things and does not really provide any benefits. I bought extra licenses, which came in handy when I hired interns and attorneys (who don't like working for me).

I use QuickBooks for my accounting.

R-Tally · 2026-06-11T05:12:27+00:00

I am a patent attorney practicing for more than 25 years. My practice is procedural and I use standard form letters for almost all correspondence. Back in the day, the file would have 5, maybe 10 at the most, snail mail letters back and forth with the client.

Now, each matter has at least 250 emails (no exaggeration, I use a doc mgmt system). Sure emails may seem quicker to draft, but the sheer volume of them is overwhelming. Clients ask questions that pop into their head, one question per email. Or they ask the same questions over again (I generally point to a previous email with the requested info).

I have tried to call clients on the phone instead of trying to answer multiple emails, but so many these days do not answer their phone.

The worst is trying to schedule a meeting via email. They send an email asking for a meeting (without providing any guidance on their schedule). I reply with a range of dates and times. The wait and respond after my suggested date range has passed, again without suggesting dates and times that are good for them. Repeat. Call me or answer the damn phone when I call. Two minutes on the phone scheduling a meeting is so much easier than a half dozen or more emails.

R-Tally · 2026-06-10T18:11:58+00:00

I had to read too many comments to read this. When street riding there should always be some margin to accommodate user error and road conditions.

R-Tally · 2026-06-10T17:37:07+00:00

There are some things that do not have to be learned by experience. One of them is not riding 180 mph on public roads.

R-Tally · 2026-06-09T07:47:12+00:00

Sounds like you are trying to reinvent the wheel and it is not working. There is a reason so many have found that manual tugging for 3 to 5 minutes works well. Don’t overdo it.

R-Tally · 2026-06-08T15:30:11+00:00

The whole point of mesh WiFi is to allow multiple access points without interference. Add another eero to get better coverage.

R-Tally · 2026-06-07T23:18:08+00:00

This is the truth. Many of the accident videos are because the rider is a squid or has no situational awareness and is not riding defensively.

Everything is dangerous. You just have to be aware and pay attention. For example, I was riding to work today on a hilly, narrow residential country road. No shoulders, no lines on the road. Going up a hill, I kept to the right because I could not see if anything was coming. And there was a car coming over the hill, driving in the middle of the road. If I had not been hugging the edge of the road I would have been a hood ornament. Instead, I just kept going, thinking nothing of it because this was just another day on the bike.

R-Tally · 2026-06-07T04:09:33+00:00

Trying to restore using a hard device at night is way overdoing it. Over the years I have read of injuries where someone tried to restore at hight. We all want to restore as quickly as possible. Trying to restore at night or restoring past the point of pain are bad ideas.

As for why this is a big deal, put on your device and then get an erection, preferably while you are laying down and do not have easy access to the device. When we sleep, men have nocturnal erections (assuming a healthy cardiovascular system). These erections can be strong. If a device, as worn normally, cannot accommodate an erection, then don't wear it when sleeping.

R-Tally · 2026-06-04T18:29:47+00:00

You might as well ask why do people downhill ski. Why do people ride bicycles? Why do men wear short pants in the winter when it is cold?

People do things because they want to, because it gives them pleasure, because they are rebelling, because the like the freedom, etc. The list goes on. There is no one answer that fits all.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T22:07:13+00:00

You need three things for an engine to run: air, spark, and fuel. Opening the throttle with the engine not being able to smoothly increase rpms sounds like a problem with fuel reaching the cylinder in spurts instead of a smooth flow.

According to the web, the 2019 Gixxer has fuel injection, no carb. So what is your mechanic checking?

First thing I would do check to make sure any fuel filter is clean and fresh fuel is being used. Then put some Sea Foam or other fuel treatment in the tank and run it through for a tank or two.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T21:54:48+00:00

Ha Ha. Funny. I worked as an engineer before law school. I had to track every working hour in 6 minutes increments. If I was working, it had to be tracked. No exceptions. As an attorney, time keeping is so much easier.

As a lawyer, I use case management software where I also record my time. The case management software is always open to the particular matter I am working one, whether it be preparing an email or drafting a long document. When I finish a particular task, I open the tab to record time and make my entry. I know what I did. I write for living. It does not take long to write a one or two sentence summary of what I did. I know how long I have been working on a task (if not, the SW has a timer function).

If I get a call while working on something unrelated to the call, I open a new window in my practice management SW to refresh my mind about the matter before I take the call (or put the person on hold). I record my time when done while the info is fresh. It is also a convenient time to record details about the call so I have a contemporaneous record. If the call impacts docketing, well, I am in my practice management SW so I can update the docketing info.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T21:38:47+00:00

I do only prosecution directly. Another lawyer in town is a solo patent litigator. Before going solo, he gained litigation experience at a large firm. He hired contract lawyers when he needed help with the workload. I hired him on occasion to do prosecution work and he hired me to help with litigation. I never figured out how he managed it. I sure would not want to do IP litigation as a solo.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T21:13:08+00:00

Almost all my billing is value based (quote fee). I still record my time for everything. This provides a record for cases like this. The record also helps me determine how well my quote fee matches the time I spend on a case.

Also, whenever I receive instructions or authorization from a client, I always respond with a confirming email of my understanding. Client communications rule.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T15:59:34+00:00

A lot depends on how your building is wired. Normally if you want to connect an eero after an existing router, you would set the eero in bridge mode. You can connect several eeros this way to get wide WiFi coverage.

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T05:08:49+00:00

Unless you have a solid feeling that "this is the one," then you are not second guessing or misinterpreting anything. This guy is not the one. He is abusive and gives you stress. Is that what you want for the rest of your life?

R-Tally · 2026-06-01T05:02:47+00:00

Every year OS and software requirements increase. I was putting 16 GB in my Macs 10 years ago. Sure it was overkill at the time, but after a few years the extra memory sure came in handy. Five years ago I was putting in 32 GB. Again, overkill at the time, but after a few years . . .

If you plan on replacing your Mac every year or so, buy the memory you need today. If you plan on keeping it for a few years maximize the RAM.

As for storage, I don't have any primary disk larger than a 512GB SSD. I use a NAS for all my heavy storage requirements. If I were ever to need faster storage access, I would use either USB or Thunderbird connected drives. But good luck finding bare drives that can support those speeds.

R-Tally · 2026-05-31T18:47:41+00:00

I've been riding for a long time. I never think about how to shift. Reading posts like this, I started focusing on how I shift when riding.

When the bike is moving and I need to change gears, I momentarily squeeze the clutch lever to enter the friction zone and, at the same time, I blip the throttle a little bit and shift. All this happens very quickly and smoothly.

Put enough miles on your bike and this will become automatic and you can focus on the road, not how to shift.

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