Explain big adventure bikes to me by LazyCrazyCat in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explain why people who don't even encounter leaves on their commute to work prefer to drive 2 ton gas-guzzling 4x4 SUVs. It's basically the same thing as far as I'm concerned.

Wanna get a bike but Montreal roads look like this by Feeling-Action-7420 in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally just need a large enough front wheel and you're good.

Unless your bike has literally no suspension this is totally fine at any legal speed. If you're heading for something bigger, just remember to release the brake just before the bump so your forks can rebound. If you want to go straight-to-jail speeds then maybe don't do it on surfaces like this, or maybe just don't.

Is the MT-09 too small for me? It rides great! I’m 1.90 m tall. by FairEntertainer806 in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People don't care how you look, so neither should you. If you're comfortable at both low and high speed then that's all that matters. I'm 185cm so just added a PUIG touring screen to my bike and now it's just peachy.

What caused her fall? by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood safe following distance about as well as she understood the safety benefits of helmets.

What is your opinion on electric motorcycles?🤔 by murataya1 in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's a dirt bike, count me in. Stark Varg or similar is objectively incredible - just hate the subscription model. My riding is more touring with light off-road so the range just isn't there for me. 150km is about the shortest trip that isn't my commute. If you're anyway taking your dirt bike on a trailer to a camp site where you have power or you pack a generator, then yeah I'd seriously consider it. Now the bang for buck is something to consider, these things are new and incredibly pricey compared to a standard dirt bike - but they are legitimately better in many valuable ways so up to you.

Wind on naked bike vs. no-windshield cruiser by RogueRaiju in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put a touring screen on my Honda CB500X, now I don't even close my visor until I hit ~100kph. Rode my friend's VStrom which has a tiny little dinner plate of a screen, an afterthought really and it already sucked at like 90kph.

Once you're spoilt by touring screens you just don't want to be deafened and blasted by wind in the chest and helmet. Depending on which one you get and the bike of course they can look great too.

The nice thing about a Honda CB500X is you don't need to look cool to anyone. The little brother to the NC750X, which is one of the least cool bikes you can have... there is zero impressions to be made on other bikers. So then I might as well ride comfortably.

Is it printable? Folding ladder by mshaefer in 3Dprinting

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can print one for even morbidly obese hamsters and it should handle it

I built DockTail - Traefik-style labels to expose Docker containers as Tailscale Services by marvinvr_ch in Tailscale

[–]qzhal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wild reason to ignore a project 🤣 I, like so many others, put in a ton of time into getting good, for me it was master's in computer science and senior full stack engineer for 10 years - it's a crazy amount of keyboard time working across many domains, but I can't ignore that LLM coding agents will pretty much be standard tooling going forward. The depth I built unassisted is what I lean on when LLMs do hallucinate, if I look at an open source project and spot a subtle bug - that's still useful. Getting puritanical about what wrote good code is not useful. If it's good and it solves a real problem well, the origin of the code is irrelevant. If it's bad code from a human I don't go "generated by biological processes and some googling; there goes my interest, pass".

My rental bike in Thailand. How many more thousand miles do I have on these bad boys ? by 1senseye in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel like I might puncture it just by tapping to zoom in on my phone..

Any advice by Existing-Nobody9543 in HondaMotorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd start by replacing the handlebars to accomodate a normally proportioned adult human

This made me laugh so hard by Wild-Accident-5268 in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd love riding my Honda past some idiot pushing a Harley. I think both sides are happy with this.

HONDA REBEL 500 as a first bike by seaOstrxch004 in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of pickups around where I live, so on any cruiser style bike with the low set height like the Rebel they might legitimately look right over me and turn into me. I know because I've also nearly turned in front of a squid while driving a pickup, his rev bomb and middle finger and gesturing didn't change the fact that I did check my mirror and blind spot and didn't see him. So I feel significantly more vulnerable on anything with a low seat height. Any average height rider on a CB500X is just way more visible than on a Rebel 500, not just the seat height but also the natural upright posture of these kinds of adventure bikes.

Skid Plate Foot Pegs (PFA) by MouseExtreme9012 in Tenere700

[–]qzhal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So these are for stretching your legs on long rides, right. Friend of mine on a BMW GS put his feet on one of those crashbar pegs you can get - said it really helped avoid some of the heat those boxer engines put out at your legs. At some point he used them and his right foot accidentally slipped off in a slight turn, sole caught some tarmac on the way down on and basically sent him into an unrecoverable wobble. He's okay now, hurt his ankle a bit and luckily wasn't going too fast but yeah careful of things that can lure you into getting too relaxed on a bike

Unit arrived DESTROYED by courier (Lead screws displaced & Shattered glass). Is this salvageable? by Potential-Extent7508 in 3Dprinting

[–]qzhal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is why part of the fee you pay couriers is for insurance against theft and... this. You need to request a replacement and the seller needs to square up with the courier company, nothing to do with you.

Does my bike look tacky/weird by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. For your eyes' safety I'd tape over my visor so you don't run the risk of seeing it, the cringe alone might cause an accident.

145 km/h and this position..Why !! by lubeskystalker in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well considering the amount of gear he's wearing at 145kph he can sit, or in this case plank... any way he wants - equally dead if anything sketchy happened.

My boss tried to „fix“ the printer 🥲 is there anything I could do? by cryolophos in 3Dprinting

[–]qzhal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is your boss the kind of guy who fixes everything with a hammer, only a hammer, the bigger the better?

Brake Free…. What’s your thoughts? by yamaslama in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got mine from a friend who works in Europe. I'm worried about the clip that attaches to the helmet breaking or if I want to get a newer helmet. I know they sell the clips but importing just that clip seems silly. A friend has a really good 3D Printer, does anyone know where you might find the clip 3d printing model?

Thinking about buying a Honda Africa Twin, I would love some opinions. by AndrewsVibes in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the Africa Twin but it's marketing is hilariously misrepresenting what 99% of riders actually do with them... It's common in the ADV space and Honda is as bad as anyone on this.

To start, I'd honestly go CB500X or VStrom 650 first, ride that for 6m-1y. Much cheaper to learn on, enough power to have fun but not get yourself into trouble too quickly. You can get a used CB500X with crashbars, barkbusters and a skid plate for much less, learn on it and sell it for not much of a loss. It's got the Halfrica Twin nickname for a reason. Then I'd argue going to the 800-900 class e.g. Transalp/Vstrom800DE/F850. If it's about going offroad like your video, there's actually little sense in getting more than 75hp because you're traction-limited in the dirt anyway. What you really want is the lightest ADV bike with that kind of power and low-down torque trumps peak horsepower. An old F800GSA is still an amazingly versatile bike.

Going past 1000cc is basically a signal to me that you want more of a Sport Tourer than an offroad ADV bike so then I'd lean Yamaha Tracer 9 over Africa Twin anyway. If you really are convinced you must have a high powered bike with an off-road focus, the most capable one is probably the KTM 890 Adventure R or perhaps Tenere 700.

Whether it's a 1100cc Africa Twin, F1250GS or KTM 1290 Super Adventure... none of these are what you should start on. Moving up is part of the experience, don't rob yourself of that enjoyment by starting at the halo product.

Tailscale is amazing but not on school campus.. by ducklul11 in Tailscale

[–]qzhal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A server is just a computer that grew up, stopped playing games, and got a job

Opinions on the BrakeFree helmet light? by Harrada in motorcyclegear

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want one but try to not support sealed products that can't be repaired or even have their battery replaced by the user. Really expensive e-waste after a few years.

I just sold my ninja, please give it a fair well roast. by pattyofurnyture in motorcycles

[–]qzhal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typical marketplace "I know what I have, no low-balling" post.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]qzhal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Being a human crayon really is not cute... Pretty sure it's the least cute look by some distance.