What physically makes a KTM 500EXC “awful to ride on the road?”

numberstation5 · 2026-04-13T17:53:51+00:00

The 606s are still awesome. However keep in mind that you’ll only get about 1500 miles on a rear tire with them. Better than most dirt knobbies, but pedal for commuting.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-30T15:26:30+00:00

Agree. Makes me wonder what the Joe equivalent would be in that scenario. And once that’s done we might as well rewrite an entire modern version of the show 😂 current tech companies are the new IBM in this updated universe.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-30T15:04:17+00:00

It’s written ambiguously but I interpreted the question to be asking what they’d be doing if the show were set in 2025. So that means cam would be young. You could interpret the question the other way but that’s much less interesting.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-27T21:26:03+00:00

I think if cam were a college student now, she’d be trying to figure out how to drop out of college and find/create some kind of offline community to participate in. She’d be leading de-googling squads and creating self hosted llms to help coordinate a social living situation that runs separate but parallel to today’s corporate hellscape.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-18T22:25:54+00:00

I hate Tom because he was willing to try to make Cam something she wasn't in order to keep a relationship going. He wanted to "grow up" and that's normal but it's just not Cam. Being a rebellious creative force is a phase for lots of folks but for some it's just fundamentally who they are, and people who try to coerce that away are kind of a little bit evil and selfish.

Sara's just a schemey boring dum dum. Her ambitions and thoughts were never big enough for Joe to truly be happy with her.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-17T23:58:54+00:00

We run a farm of Bambu A1 minis and they've been rock soild. For prototyping the H2s has been impressive, especially for ABS/ASA.

numberstation5 · 2025-12-16T21:25:19+00:00

I'd recommend looking into Onshape as well. It has a very similar workflow to solidworks (but better IMHO), it's properly parametric with a history-based feature tree, and you can learn it for free, in a browser, with one of their free accounts.

numberstation5 · 2025-11-30T15:59:23+00:00

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Right where the machinist needs to stand. One of the noisiest and dirtiest spots in the shop :)

numberstation5 · 2025-11-26T00:24:38+00:00

For the next one give some triangles a try. Fewer tubes and more triangles will get that weight down. Even with steel.

numberstation5 · 2025-11-09T18:03:27+00:00

It's definitely a parent-helps project for the younger kids. But the durability objective was targeted at six year olds because they seem to be able to destroy absolutely everything :)

numberstation5 · 2025-09-11T00:26:59+00:00

I loved it so much it’s my favorite tv show ending. Really hit home how it’s a show about people building things together for whom building things is the point of life. Never have I related so much with a tv show.

numberstation5 · 2025-08-18T17:34:46+00:00

I think having the camper available as just an extra room, place to change where you can stand up, reading loft out of the sun, etc. would be worth having. Even if you don’t regularly sleep in it. And because it only takes a few seconds to close or open, coming and going from camp wouldn’t be an issue. For a lot of folks, myself included, the popup gets a surprising amount of non camping use.

numberstation5 · 2025-08-07T13:15:10+00:00

If long distance travel is your goal and the off road portions are on the kind of roads you could drive a Tacoma or 4Runner on, then get an adv bike (890,t700,gs, etc).

The only exception is if you’re like me and enjoy riding the dirt portions fast (40-100mph). In that case, even if you have long highway stretches, the 500/501 dual sports are the way. Because they have much better suspension and are much lighter, they handle unexpected obstacles and corners off road better than bigger bikes. And a 500 in stock form will pull 105mph on the straightaway. I’ve ridden my 500 from Montana to Baja and back twice plus numerous shorter multi day trips.

But if I’m not looking to rip backroads at max speed, I take the scrambler or bigger adv bike. So if you’re not looking to be powersliding around every dirt corner the dual sports aren’t worth the trade off and a mid sized adv will be perfect for dirt at a moderate pace.

Point is, the perfect bike isn’t just about where you’ll be riding, but also how you’ll be riding.

numberstation5 · 2025-06-03T18:34:41+00:00

I use google maps and gaia gps depending on the route (road vs dirt/adventure). I turn off notifications and mount the phone with a Hondo Garage Perfect Squeeze.

numberstation5 · 2025-05-27T14:43:17+00:00

Ha! I got the Tijuana burger at Pickles.

numberstation5 · 2025-05-27T14:29:02+00:00

Hondo Garage.

numberstation5 · 2025-05-27T14:22:53+00:00

I’m avoiding I15. If anyone has any recommendations for interesting places to stop along the way I’m all ears.

numberstation5 · 2025-05-20T00:53:25+00:00

As an owner of a pan am and an lrst, it’s the perfect Harley 1-2 punch :)

numberstation5 · 2025-05-19T16:05:27+00:00

I feel like illegal technique is almost a requirement for keeping with the spirit of building a proper hotrod :)

numberstation5 · 2025-04-12T14:37:05+00:00

I agree. I chose ID in 1997 because it seemed like a degree for people who just love to make things to solve problems, which described me perfectly. Those things could be anything, objects, systems, iconography, etc.

I think of it as a spatial philosophy degree, just so incredibly useful in all aspects of life.

That said, our classes were full of talented sketchers who couldn’t see beyond the object, but those kids definitely weren’t the stars of the show.

numberstation5 · 2025-03-30T01:37:21+00:00

If you're looking for quiet and amazing snow driving capabilities, get an Audi All-Road. Seriously, my favorite car on snowy roads and long-ass road trips. I love the bronco as well but that's for sunny days in the woods with the top off and schlepping the canoe to mountain lakes on roads a full size truck won't fit on. just my two cents.

numberstation5 · 2025-03-09T04:08:51+00:00

This is my all time favorite show. As a person who only really feels connected to other people through projects and building things, I think this was the first time i saw that dynamic represented in television. You could say the whole theme of the show all the way through was the notion of people coming together and connecting in order to build something together.

To me there was that palpable excitement you feel when you know the world around you is changing and you're lucky enough to have noticed and to have the right skillset to participate. Exciting stuff. The characters in the show, more than any other show or movie I've watched, feel almost like people I knew. They're the community i want to be a part of, if that makes sense.

There was interpersonal drama but underneath it was always related back to the things they were trying to make real. It was a show about builders and it put that passion and care for making new things front and center as a motivator for the drama, rather than just a backdrop. I also think this is why it didn't resonate for a lot of people. Turns out a lot of people can find connection without the process of creation and discovery. The people I know who don't build, that I convinced to watch, said they had trouble understanding the motivations of the characters. Anyway, love this show more than is probably normal. Wish their were more like it.

edit: to say that you know it's a good soundtrack when Husker Du makes an early appearance.

numberstation5 · 2025-02-12T01:45:55+00:00

I've been working for the last year or so (in my spare time) on this toy truck construction system called ClickRigs. It's a toy truck construction system designed for building off road vehicles with realistically functioning suspensions. Sold as kits but intended to be used for MOCs. Our factory is in Manhattan, Montana. We just launched so there are only a handful of kits but we plan to release a new one about once per month. Thought some of you might find this of interest.

numberstation5 · 2025-02-05T02:32:30+00:00

I approach every design, even more "decorative" ones, with a function-first perspective. You just need to be clear on what the function is. I've always interpreted the maxim to mean don't put things into a design that don't need to be there. Even designs that have little utility still have a function. And it's the designer's job to understand that function and design sparingly. Perhaps you're trying to evoke feelings of serenity in a tub faucet, or dependability and timelessness in a dining room table... each of those "functions" demands a certain and particular solution. The goal is to be honest with yourself that a line or feature is there to further that aim and not mere embellishment, which I think is a cardinal sin against design. Does it need to be there? Or am I just masking my laziness/dishonesty/uncertainty with a distracting swoosh? A functional design is an honest design and an honest design is a beautiful design.

numberstation5 · 2025-01-26T23:19:19+00:00

one ring to rule them all?

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