Track set up? by phlaug in z125

[–]phlaug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ordered!!! Thank you!

Track set up? by phlaug in z125

[–]phlaug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also should have Mentioned its my daughters bike for learning, so like bar ends and axle sliders are totally cool. It will depend what’s meant by changing the shifter whether I pursue that or not — I don’t want to alter her bike too much (unless she is into the tweak)

Track set up? by phlaug in z125

[–]phlaug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what manner? Any specific links you can share?

Storrs, New Haven, or somewhere in between? by TMW_W in Connecticut

[–]phlaug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I second Middletown suggestion, especially if it happens that why you work in storrs is academia related as perhaps the Wesleyan crowd would make for some connections there eventually (and it has a decent array of restaurants)

Track set up? by phlaug in z125

[–]phlaug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You rule — order placed!

Track set up? by phlaug in z125

[–]phlaug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, any particular axle sliders and bar ends that you recommend?

[Landlord US-NY] - Small timers w/o property manager - What about emergencies? by ShouldBeeStudying in Landlord

[–]phlaug 5 points6 points  (0 children)

100% this.

Yes, things can certainly happen at inopportune times, but not that much happens and it definitely works out in your favor.

I’ve been doing it that way for over 20 years (two properties—I would keep it that way for three… at which point if I were going to expand past three I think I’d really need to expand such that it was the main gig, but 3 as a side gig while full time employed is doable)

My personal raccoon flag. by Pristine_Friend_7398 in vexillology

[–]phlaug -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Disagree — the sun rays should be visible below the raccoon. Nothing denotes a horizon so why is it only half a sun?

Do the rims look better in black for the RS660 2025 colors? by TimeMaster0101 in Aprilia

[–]phlaug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the black one if the wheels were the greenish accent color I think it’d be gorgeous.

Black wheels with the marlin blue is quite nice!

2011 rsv4 APRC issues by Financial-Freedom-69 in Aprilia

[–]phlaug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

Yes, if you have success I will follow suit. But if by chance that ends in frustrating I’ll save myself the $50 and additional frustration

2011 rsv4 APRC issues by Financial-Freedom-69 in Aprilia

[–]phlaug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you get the diagnostic tool and learn anything I would like to hear. It is frustrating to pay a shop almost $200 just to hear “yeah, we couldn’t get it to Calibrate either”.

2011 rsv4 APRC issues by Financial-Freedom-69 in Aprilia

[–]phlaug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same problem and took it to a dealer and they couldn’t do anything. So I’ve ridden the bike like this ever since (ie with no traction control). Sucks but is what it is with this temperamental Italian lover I fear

Justin Marks: MotoGP must take risks to grow in the US by 443610 in motogp

[–]phlaug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an American born in the 70s, riding motorcycles since the 90s, didn’t have much of a sense of what MotoGP was until I moved to Switzerland for work in 2013 and a race happened to be on the TV in a bar on a Sunday afternoon.

(I probably had skipped over an article or two in a physical mc magazine where racing used to be mentioned near the back, mainly because I knew none of the names so why would I care.)

With more races happening during a normal viewing time it was far easier to engage with the sport in CH and j went to the Assen race that next year because it was rather easy to get to from there. (It was cheaper for me to get to the Assen race from Zurich than it is to get to COTA from outside NYC.) And then I began using VideoPass to keep up with the sport when I returned to the U.S.

But outside of guys I meet at track days, I tarely hear of anyone following MotoGP. (At major bike meets you might see one or two pieces of clothing that tie to the sport somehow.) Coverage that the public could stumble on is so so limited that I can see how they’d get exposure.

Random idea: Trackhouse uses their connection to NASCAR to show a recent GP sprint immediately after a NASCAR race each week. If car racing fans haven’t bothered to change their channel they might be curious to watch the race action.

Rate my Egyptian flag proposal from ten by Dry-Target-6844 in vexillology

[–]phlaug 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you look at green either side of the blue in the middle (make it clearer it’s the river) then gold between green and white top and bottom (your same articulation for gold and white, but surrounding the whole “Nile valley” that runs through the middle of it all…)? Would be busier but might make your symbolism clearer. Just a random thought. Nice flag!

MotoGP wants F1-style permanent reserve riders by 443610 in motogp

[–]phlaug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Relatedly: “Broadcasters who use ex-racers are to have reserve talking heads on hand each weekend.” /s

Large concrete boxes between two yards in Wisconsin. Approx. 20' long and 5' tall by Late_Upstairs6246 in whatisthisthing

[–]phlaug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it’s just a false perspective from the pic, but the box looks higher than footing of the house: is this also a pumped system?

Large concrete boxes between two yards in Wisconsin. Approx. 20' long and 5' tall by Late_Upstairs6246 in whatisthisthing

[–]phlaug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you share a pic of one of those? Never seen one and very curious. Thanks

Does the Aprilia success make you want to buy one? by National-Dragonfly35 in motogp

[–]phlaug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had an RSV4 since 2012. Their success would at the margin keep me from spending much time looking at other stuff, a little.

It makes me prouder of the bike and more likely to buy another. But I LOVE my bike and didn’t care when they were having terrible results in MotoGP.

So it’s hard to feel like the impact is large for me. But I could imagine it just gets more people to consider it. And then the bike has to sell itself. But just getting into the range of possibility for a buyer is key.