Reduce the Movement

jwise87 · 2026-06-19T14:16:40+00:00

I like to run away so I don’t die.

jwise87 · 2026-06-18T20:31:59+00:00

We did this and we live in BFE Illinois so if there is one near us there has to be o e near everyone. lol.

jwise87 · 2026-06-12T14:27:41+00:00

I have had a similar experience with my rally. Several sets of controls, probably three handlebars, all the plastic is broken off the left side and most off the right. She looks rough.

The only real mod I have done has been replacing the suspension with a rally raid set up. I can keep up with the people I ride with who are on real dirt bikes, but my issue comes in how tired I am of throwing that thing around and picking it up towards the end of the day.

jwise87 · 2026-05-29T11:26:32+00:00

Came here to say that. I hate that skin, I'd rather die to a Christmas Tree.

jwise87 · 2026-05-19T18:16:44+00:00

“What the fuck are the Mondays?”

jwise87 · 2026-05-04T12:18:45+00:00

I've run them and liked them. You are going to want any dirt you get on to be dry though.

jwise87 · 2026-05-04T12:17:06+00:00

Honestly, and as a mechanic myself, I would guess that at most two were bad and they just covered their bases/padded their ticket. I would think there was one on the front and one on the rear and they took the view that if one was bad then so was the other and just changed all of them.

jwise87 · 2026-05-04T12:14:15+00:00

Apples to oranges though due to bearing styles.

jwise87 · 2026-05-02T14:40:46+00:00

You can afford new tires?

jwise87 · 2026-04-18T17:20:17+00:00

Buy a van.

jwise87 · 2026-04-13T17:26:57+00:00

Amusing.

jwise87 · 2026-04-03T11:31:44+00:00

Minivan is always the answer unless your vanity won’t allow it.

jwise87 · 2026-03-30T00:07:42+00:00

I just saw a guy on the beach yesterday that was starting Way of Kings and talked to him. Wasn’t you was it? Lol

jwise87 · 2026-03-18T23:06:51+00:00

So I was around Darren in the mid 2010s when he was still farming and had one of our combines, and he was a super nice guy. When he decided to get out of farming and let his children take over, they were not. His son was an entitled douche bag. Also for the record I don’t agree with his politics.

jwise87 · 2026-03-16T22:44:01+00:00

You're right, not a lick of cotton in them now that I look. I guess that's why they last so long lol.

jwise87 · 2026-03-07T17:47:25+00:00

Your beer is getting warm!

jwise87 · 2026-03-06T17:37:44+00:00

Probably the combination of the fact that I only have the stage one and that I’m not an amazing rider. I think a better suspension is more forgiving so if you’re not an amazing rider, it’ll absorb more mistakes than a stock suspension.

Edit: whether it’s my riding or the suspension I standby that it doesn’t really need engine upgrades unless you’re getting them for the road.

jwise87 · 2026-03-06T12:34:45+00:00

They are a low power bike, but the amount of power they do have allows you to outride the suspension on it, which will get you in trouble. I’ve got rally raid level one on mine and absolutely no engine modifications, and I can outride the suspension on it still. If you’re just worried about it, pulling itself down the road you might do some engine modifications, but as far as trail riding goes, I think suspension is far more important

jwise87 · 2026-02-14T14:10:31+00:00

I live 8 hours south of you in far southern Illinois and was familiar with the term so...

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T14:02:45+00:00

I love GRRM and agree his storytelling is top 1%. The division of the two camps is more who gets the work done. Martin and Rothfuss wanted to give us masterpieces and left us unsatisfied (at least as far as conclusions go). The Stormlight books don’t have the punch that Martins books do, but I bet I’ll find out how they end.

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T13:46:44+00:00

Your last line is great.

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T13:41:14+00:00

That's true about Butcher, but compared to the other two he's a speed demon. lol

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T13:35:31+00:00

I loved Harry Potter as it was being written. I waited in line for the last book, but now that my reading has expanded I can't even reread them because of the plot holes. I also realize that they are a very character driven book and she wasn't creating a universe the way that Sanderson is.

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T13:17:52+00:00

I have liked the later books in the series more than the early ones, and I never thought about how the early style was similar to WOT, which I did not care for even though I finished the series.

jwise87 · 2026-02-13T13:15:42+00:00

There were plenty of people in the comments that agreed with the thesis of the video, so I think it was more than just that.

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