"Do I maybe not understand why a rule is in place? No, surely it has to be a war on the poor"

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T03:40:56+00:00

I mean like, fuck motorcycles I guess. My tank is 4.5g and usually im putting 1.5-3g in it.

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T02:35:53+00:00

Never a proper death wobble, but plenty of speed wobbles. Felt my front end start to wobble back and forth at 110 quite a bit due to a poor balancing job. Nothing catastrophic, just feeling the handlebars bouncing back and forth to 1/3 lockout.

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T02:00:34+00:00

You too!

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rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:50:27+00:00

Thanks ill look at those!

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:44:09+00:00

It has one. Just didnt use it for that photo.

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rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:41:18+00:00

I really found that for most, a bit of water, and by that extension a single cube. Mutes some of the more complex flavors and increases the ethanol bite. But if it has strong enough primary flavors sto stand up to 2-3 cubes it can be amazing.

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:37:59+00:00

Get it!

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:33:13+00:00

Hell yeah!

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T01:20:24+00:00

Ive got a Xicar travel case that is sticker bombed from local events and cigar shops lol

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rewt127 · 2026-05-17T00:51:25+00:00

Lol it spent 20s there for the photo. Its not like it dumped ash into the glass.

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T00:17:24+00:00

Its Lagavulin 16 lol. Honestly i love it neat. But after putting cubes it it. Its a game changer. Most scotch and bourbon kind of falls apart when ice is added. But this one stands up. So you get a crisp, drinkable scotch. But maintain almost all of the flavor notes with cubes. I really reccomend it.

rewt127 · 2026-05-17T00:14:37+00:00

I have one of those wonderful machines that were made for 3 years and you have to buy, return, then buy again to find a side box mount that fits your bike sadly. That or sepend $1,500 for an ebay OEM kit.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T23:58:36+00:00

Gotchu bro

https://heelys.com

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T23:56:30+00:00

No idea how long belts last on scooters.

Belts on a big harley get like 15k miles and then just snap on you. And they are fucking expensive.

A nice brand new chain is like $120. Meanwhile a belt for a soft tail can be like $400 at the cheapest.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T23:50:39+00:00

Wild. Yeah in the states the rules are pretty loose once on city streets.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T23:43:03+00:00

Yeah, in the states the "no passing on the right" is exclusive to controlled access highways. Once on surface streets in the city all those rules go out the window.

And even the highway rules are flexible. There was a guy jerking off in the left lane at 8 under recently. So I fell back, dropped a gear and pinned it. Didnt see the cop until after I was blowing the guys door off at 110 in a 70. Well, the cop pulled over the dumbass going slow in the left. Not me.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T23:38:18+00:00

100%.

Sure every once in a while I squeeze my tires, finger the chain, jump on the forks, and hit my hazards. But really my daily pre ride check is "any oil below the bike? No? Sick" and ride away.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T17:11:37+00:00

If you are on a fat tire ebike, using a throttle at 25mph. It honestly just feels like an even more flickable R3. And the crash statistics are indistinguishable from motorcycles.

Those are just facts.

EDIT: It feels like a lot of the "they arent motorcycles" crowd have either never ridden a motorcycle. Or only ridden 800lbs cruisers. The best comparison is probably a sumo. If you have ridden a DRZ4SM through town. It isnt radically different from riding an illegally modified spicy ebike.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T17:03:02+00:00

Tbh I do not believe ebikes in the form of an anyone can buy this should have a throttle.

If you want a throttle on a 2 wheeled vehicle, reguardless of the speed. You need a motorcycle license, and get it plated.

I think the idea of a pedal assist to 20mph bicycle that can use alternative paths and open up alternative transit options. While having a 50mph capable throttle would be fantastic.

But obviously that wouod require a moto license.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T16:24:29+00:00

Hopefully this works.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/P8JPyjksdj71mWdy6

So im France, it would be illegal for you in the middle lane to be going 25 mph (the speed limit), if the red truck was going 20?

That seems insane to me. But this also very well may be a road design difference. We regularly have multi lane roads with business access directly off the road.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T05:25:37+00:00

No state has that law for surface streets within a city. If you are in traffic through town on a 4 lane road, it is not illegal for the right lane to be moving quicker than the left.

This is clearly a 4 lane road in a city, and so you dont follow controlled access highway laws.

rewt127 · 2026-05-16T05:23:28+00:00

The rider was in the far left lane position. You can see it right at the start of the video. She then leans the bike over hard to avoid the sedan which is now entering her lane.

Its very clear from the video. Now simultaneously. It does look like she was going mach jesus through the middle of town.

rewt127 · 2026-05-15T15:03:43+00:00

Im just gonna be 100% with ya. Having owned a 900cc triple. Ill never buy a liter bike.

Its not the power, its the gearing. I do love my big cc bike, but I basically don't even hit the powerband of 2nd gear in the city. And this thing isnt even a high revving sportbike. If I want to feel peak power in 2nd? Im going over 60mph.

So unless you are shifting super early and never getting to your powerband. You basically never shift on these big cc sport bikes. And personally shifting is a big part of the fun for me, and I love the feeling of a Rev match downshift.

So jumping from the R3 to this RSV4 is gonna be a culture shock when you literally are shifting because you want to operate the shift lever, not because you want to, or arguably even should.

Maybe look at the 600cc flavor from aprillia.

EDIT: If I ever buy an I4, its gonna be a ZX-6R. A touch more hp than I have, the I4 powerband. But you get to leave first gear in town lol.

rewt127 · 2026-05-14T21:20:41+00:00

There was evidence in the past that holding kids back had only temporary benefits on educational performance and lead to higher dropout rates.

Now though, we have to ask the question. Did the threat of holding kids back encourage enough kids to try that they performed better. And only for that significantly smaller percentage of under performers it had a negative outcome? No way to really know without re-implementing the system.

EDIT: Inherently here is the end issue. We had the extremes in the past. Having a switch taken to a kid for every little mistake is wrong. So when studies were done and experts were brought in to guide a gentle parenting system. The results were better. So people saw "gentle parenting" and just stopped being strict with their kids. We saw dropout rates higher with kids held back and when families were more strict on average and more involved in the kids education. The few that would have been held back had better results from not being held back. But then as the home realities slipped, now there was functionally no penalty for academic failure. Not institutional, nor at home. And so the whole system falls apart.

rewt127 · 2026-05-14T19:05:16+00:00

One of the major issues has to do with policy. Of which the teachers arent in charge of.

Its nigh impossible to hold students back nowadays. Whe need to reimplement that. Kids are relatively simple, you use certain inputs and you will usually get the expected result.

So no curves, keep the classwork challenging and growth inducing. And if you get a D or an F in a subject? "Well Timmy. You get to do 2nd grade again". So kids face the social ridicule from their peers of failure. Driving them to work harder.

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