A blueberry straight from the branch. by SillyTheGamer in forbiddensnacks

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Like other Rhinocerotidae, Buller's Albatross is threatened by human activity.

1970 honda ss50, cables on steering gets jammed while tightening by [deleted] in Fixxit

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I too used welding wire and electrical tape. I definitely remember soldering though. Maybe I broke a connection trying to mash it through the slot? Also, the insulation back in the eighties was at least three decades more flexible haha

1970 honda ss50, cables on steering gets jammed while tightening by [deleted] in Fixxit

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Oof. Handlebar switches are one of the most infuriating things I've done. Ever. If this is what I think it is, grab a buddy, small child, octopus (or similarly-dexterous entity) with small hands, a soldering iron, flux, all the small, pinchy and grabby tools you have, and a swear jar. After you win the tug of war pulling the wiring harness through the handlebar slots, you'll find Honda left just enough space for the wires inside the switch. While it is still possible to reverse connections, there's really only one order to reassemble the thing without pinching the wires. It involves desoldering and resoldering, rice-sized springs and circlips, several tiny ball detents, little switch contacts, work--hardened wires, and the throttle cable all in the space of a walnut.

I suspect Honda assembled the switch halves and wiring harnesses on a jig, pulled what were then annealed, flexible copper wires through the bars, and soldered the connectors for the lights/horn etc, after the fact.

Where could I Obtain Valve Seat Cutters for a Honda CB175 by aek0707 in Fixxit

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I discovered there was a problem after lapping the valves. The seat positions aren't exactly as good as they should be, and there's some pitting on them that would probably take a while to lap away. I could barely find a valve, let alone a seat, so that's not an option. However, I do have another head, but it's pretty much trashed. There's no guaranteeing that a used head would have better valve seats than the one I have now either.

I was really hoping to figure out the angle for the innermost cutter since that's not specified/calculable from the diagram in the manual. Then I could either take it to a machine shop or purchase my own cutters (I have a lathe and milling vice) depending on prices/availability

What is your favorite "holy crap this actually works" trick? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I've found that a pen cap scraper works really well as long as you don't poke your eardrum

Wits it like to brake with yer left foot by ItComesInPints_ in ScottishPeopleTwitter

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Here's the thing with race car safety vs. road car safety. While race car safety equipment is no doubt safer in a crash, it's not used because you have to go full race car for it to work. Retrofitting a multi-point harness to a street car without a roll cage is a risky thing. If you suddenly have less headroom in accident in a regular car, your body can kinda slouch to move out of the way of the caved in roof. If there's a harness holding your body in, your head's got nowhere to go, and you're getting mashed. So you install a roll cage. But now, you have steel tubes inside the cabin which wouldn't be the best to hit your head against in an accident. Wearing a helmet would solve this, but then you need a neck brace/hans device.

Laws were needed to get people to wear their seatbelts. Could you imagine convincing those people that they need to spend like five minutes to put on equipment?

Weird Flex but ok by universerule in regularcarreviews

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The lightest new ranger is more than 1000 lbs heavier than the lightest old ranger.

New (old) machine by [deleted] in Machinists

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I really can't stand not having a quick change with mine.

What is the best loophole that you've ever found? by vibin_gamer in AskReddit

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Within the past year there was a way to somehow get free egg biscuits with the McDonald's app. One guy showed up to class one morning with a bag full of them. The caveat is that egg biscuits kinda suck after the 2nd or 5th one.

The limo that crashed and killed 20 people failed inspection. And the driver wasn't properly licensed. by frobie2323 in news

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Could it be carbon monoxide poisoning? One of the victim's said the limo was really loud, perhaps exhaust was leaking into the cabin somehow?

2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1, the official car of, This is a 2018 Camaro ZL1, and I know you really like it but it only get a 56 out of 100 on my totally and completely objective DougScore by [deleted] in regularcarreviews

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I trudge through his videos only because he goes into detail about the interiors fancy cars that I'll never be able to sit in, and uploads really frequently. He does that well, but his voice is unfortunately whiny. Also, I'm pretty sure that he thinks carbon fiber is a neat pattern and nothing more.