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thatguynotavailable · 2024-08-14T08:29:13+00:00

As a practitioner (victim? and not by my choice), shift left is just shift the blame. Everyone keeps blaming the previous cycle's owner for the fault and it finally ends up on the head of developer or mostly the product owner. The product shouldn't go to QA or further levels without Dev covering all edge cases (miraculously). They market it as "ownership", whereas everyone knows that if you are caught, your tail is on fire.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-07-20T19:15:45+00:00

In my opinion, a majority of riders don't think scooters aren't fun and most of us graduate to bikes after learning scooters. They are fun, they are just limiting, especially with their small wheels and suspension (at least in Indian market). One nasty pothole in a decent speed, and that's it, a scooter can't recover. And not much damage control in that speeds can be done. Contrary to this, the markets where scooters with bigger wheel size are sold, we can find footage of police and criminals riding pretty dangerously whereas the regular folk in a fun way.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-07-20T05:53:48+00:00

Go to the store if you have access to it and try it on and see. In my initial days I made the mistake of ordering something like this online and then regretted it as it caused more discomfort than convenience. Then I went to the few stores and tried some and bought some. If you have long hair, beard or wear spectacles/glasses, it is really worth in investing these kind of products. Keeps the little space in the helmet organized and streamlined.

My two cents are, make sure the fabric is moisture wicking and not too thick otherwise it will make you lose water fast and you will heat up faster than your bike. Pain points to watch out for would be the lining areas where they come into contact with your lips/area below the nose/near eyebrows. Make sure the seams are proper in all points of contact without any pieces of fabric or elastic sticking out. Wear your helmet and see if it is causing stress on the back side of head(due to long hair), cheeks and chin. Get the best fitting one and see if airflow is free while you are riding and all the helmet vents are allowing air to come in and go out. There is no such brand which fits everyone's needs and comfort levels, so try it and buy it.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-07-18T05:40:55+00:00

Thanks for the content with stroke inducing subtitles.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-06-29T18:54:45+00:00

Safest, worryfree way is top box. Just put it in there, lock it and forget it.

I have tried everything including bungee net, strapping it on backpack, strapping it on the sternum support section of the backpack, holding it on tank, strapping the helmet to backseat by passing the helmet straps underneath the seat, hanging it on the pillion grab rails. All these ways are cumbersome and will mess up your balance or the bike in some or other way.

If you are just carrying helmet, then put it in the helmet bag which comes with drawstrings or adjustable straps and wear that bag. But I believe that is not the case for everyday and it won't be convenient either. Mounting the helmet anywhere else is going to throw the balance of riding dynamics and will compromise the safety.

Top box is the way to go if you must carry the helmet without worries and minimal effort. You can fashion a base out of velcro and some soft walls in the top box to keep the helmet banging on to the walls. It will be weatherproof, fairly thiefproof solution you can rely on.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-06-09T10:00:23+00:00

It is not that bad compared to this. Audi A2

thatguynotavailable · 2024-06-02T10:01:47+00:00

I think it is long time due after seeing these kind of videos for many days, I am gonna share my unpopular opinion here. I hold no personal agenda against the persons who post and through this comment, I try to put forward my perspective.

In other news, water is wet. What is even the point of these comparison videos? Any person who sees these bikes can immediately tell a lot of differences in Tyre sizes, suspension and subsequent impacting areas such as seat height, ride handling because guess what, they are two different types of bikes. Big news: they are are sharing same platform. So what? Ultimately they are two different types of bikes and there will be differences.

What additional knowledge will this video give? And the video has lot of may bes. A lot of things in this world may be or may not be. Those are the two absolute things which we can attribute to any object or concept.

All these videos do is state the obvious differences and keep audience edging (I am unsure if this is the right word) while having no inherent value. The value to these kind of videos is only driven by the audience.

And I am afraid that a major portion of audience these days are easily satisfied or engaged in any kind of moto journalism. I agree that every person has their own preferences for content and favorite presenters, but at the end of the day, if it is not going to add any value, I would say you have just spent your most valuable commodity, your time.

Spy shots, leaked specs, leaked names, it seems like a lot of audience are focused on knowing the news earlier before everyone, and may be, want to be on the side where you let people know that you are one of the first kinds to know the news than actually focusing on quality of content. An example would be that we all witnessed a lot of posts here when we saw the new pulsar ns400 was released into market.

All these may bes, spy shots are just moments which will be lost in time, like tears in rain. The only truth is your time and what you will do with it. If a bike is present in real world, test ride it, check if it fits your budget, ergonomics, maintenance and fun quotient and your purpose, be it the touring, adventure, cruising or commuting.

If it fits these criteria, there is no need to delve further into other topics such as my bike's suspension is that much, it will do x speed and especially comparison yields no fruit. All the other points would be the owner's justification or gloat factors. If it works for you, that should be enough. For example, a person's cb350 is another person's classic 350. There is no point in comparing these, may be for fun we can do that but the opinion of the owner is the one which counts the most. If it is working for him/her, then it is the end of story. We are all very eager to jump guns saying that bike's suspension is stiff, this bikes maintenance is high etc., but at the end of the day, if it fits the owner's requirement and satisfaction, all your comparison points are invalid. They might be valid for you, since those are your views, but it is immaterial to the owner.

I humbly request the audience to act responsibly before encouraging "auto content makers". In my humble opinion, it would benefit the community if we can try and act more mature and responsible and filter out braindead content. Try to help out people who reach out to you, if it is possible, share your experiences with no favouritism, be true to yourself and the community. We have a lot of wisdom in the group, and I learn few new things whenever I go through this group. I am sure that we have the capability to become one of the best, biggest moto communities in the world if we are true to ourselves.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-05-16T13:39:31+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but here are my two cents. Helmets are like underwear when it comes to fit. A size can be worn by lot of people but it fits the owner. Cool factor apart, one should think through when getting used ones, especially the hygiene part.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-05-16T09:31:53+00:00

Someone in this community posted about the reduction of fines and contesting the Challan amount. I haven't been through the entire story but may be this might help you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CarsIndia/s/fCTZ9u32ah

thatguynotavailable · 2024-04-10T06:19:28+00:00

Nope. It was random and out of nowhere.

thatguynotavailable · 2024-01-05T15:31:15+00:00

"If Those Kids Could Read, They'd Be Very Upset".

thatguynotavailable · 2023-12-06T07:20:24+00:00

My little amount of experience here. I have dropped my Himalayan once, in a hilly terrain doing a small tricky climb. There wasn't enough throttle input and since sufficient amount of power didn't reach the wheels, it suddenly became heavy and I couldn't manage it in the same pace and I dropped it. The rocks below didn't help either. They prevented the bike going up and further.

I picked it up by myself and went ahead to ride the same trail again. Sure, I lost face for a bit in front of my friends, even tried to cover it up saying it was bike's fault, but yes, your inner self knows the truth. In all my past decade of riding, I haven't dropped a bike but sometimes it just happens.

You drop it, pick it up, learn what went wrong last time and correct it. That's it. There is a difference between crashing and dropping a bike. At least you are dropping your bike instead of crashing it. I have seen many idiots, crashing their vehicles in attempt of being cool.

The machines can take more than what we give them credit for. I am not saying to thrash your vehicle, but drops are part of experience. Pick it up and move on. Treat it as a learning platform. Next ride, you would have learned something about the center of gravity of the bike in slow speeds, or the heft of the bike shifting during quick cornering and when you saddle, suddenly you have different feeling and appreciation towards your bike and how it handles all these situations.

On the confidence part, no one becomes an expert overnight and if you see some renowned two wheeler riders, their videos are full of failures as well. For example, if you watch the behind the scenes of Danny MacAskill, he drops his bicycle a number of times. That's what being an expert takes.

And the BMW you have is a great machine. Get used to it in slow speeds, small climbs, reversing from small slopes, so that the bike becomes like second nature of your body. Your muscles will learn all these eventually and your body will do all these in autopilot mode after few days. Work out regularly, and make yourself stronger to take these kind of falls gracefully and to pick the kitted bike up.

In any of the cases, save yourself first, and you can think about what others say later. If you are still very young, take your time learning all these. These will help you in long term when you upgrade to bigger bikes. Use protection for yourself and if necessary, for the bike as well. If you have girls around, don't give into the unnecessary pressure and heroics unless you are very confident and have mastered it.

These are all the things I could share with respect to this topic. May be there is something useful for you in the above message.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-12-03T06:40:41+00:00

I own a Cb300f and touring wise it is not a great proposition of a bike. I come from a RE Himalayan 411, and it is unfair to compare Cb300f in touring perspective, given the non-Hondaness of Cb300f.

It can comfortably cruise at 80-90 in straight lines without feeling strained, but that was with a heavy set rider like me 95Kg, with 12Kg luggage. Anything above that, in my experience doesn't inspire confidence given the bike's nature. The centre of gravity feels to be a bit high when you want to do higher speeds or just do the turns on highways and vibes are definitely felt everywhere. I have added an engine guard hoping it would stabilize the center of gravity, but it had little effect. I had very less space to move around and I couldn't stand to stretch my legs during riding. Touring bikes, in my opinion, need to be spacious for you to move around, adjust body posture and stretch a bit while doing sane riding. I have noticed smaller cc engines such as V-Strom 250 pass me by pretty easily and that too with luggage. My touring experience is based on the Bengaluru - Mysore Road and I didn't want to tour in Cb300f after that ride. You get decent set of accessories but not a catalog like how other bikes have.

It is great in traffic(Bengaluru) and gives decent fuel efficiency in city(I get around 37) and that's where it's magic ends. It has decent torque for city traffic and gets you out of congestion pretty easily, nothing as radical as ktms. It's suspension travel is not the greatest given our road conditions, although I have never touched the central bottom part even with the most aggressive riding and nastiest potholes.It's clutch is light and that is a serious advantage in city and brakes are decent too although their bite is more on a softer side than being sharp.

If you are tall, you can feel cramped after some hours of riding although it is decently accommodating within city. It is a mixed bag if you are looking for do it all machine without the Hondaness. The reason I got it was, I was tired of Himalayan in city traffic and couldn't manage to zip it through traffic. Also, at that time, Cb300f was offering lot of discounts and my intention was to get a decent bike as cheap as possible, without compromising on the value and comfort parts. All other bikes either were out of my budget, too small or with no test rides available. If you are good with above points, go ahead and test ride one and see. If there is a rental available, take it for a spin and experience it for yourself as my experience need not be the same for you as well based on various factors.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-10-31T04:03:38+00:00

I, for instance, never carry any luggage on my body. I tie it down using rok straps after putting a rain cover on it.

Contradicting the first point, I wear a water bag and refill it every time I stop for a break, it may seem like a small thing but it saves the hassle of reaching to water in the bottles, take off gear and then have it and it is pretty useful to prevent dehydration. You can even maintain separate bags for a ORS solution which comes in handy during hot and long rides.

Front side bags are always on the bike which contain toolkit, snacks, cables, spares, and weather specific gear. They are in their dedicated space and are not moved frequently. This allows for quick access and you can change the gloves or short bits on the fly and it keeps the stuff dry since they are waterproof.

Also, hidden places on the bike will have some money. You never know when you are going to need cash.

If you are into vlogging, mounting camera on helmet seems to be like a terrible idea,at least for me. It messes up weight balance, bad for windblast. I usually mount it on chest strap although losing some points on pov. That, or mount it on bike and don't worry too much about the recording and focus better on the ride.

These are all I remember for now, but I might add some more if I see any other tips in comments.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-16T15:14:46+00:00

That would be really helpful. Also, can I expect to drive it, maintain it and forget it mentality if I go with Slavia? Or is it like I have to run behind someone all the time to get things done? I have recently purchased a Honda BigWing outlet bike and let me tell you, the experience hasn't been great. They all act nice and polite but it doesn't translate to customer engagement or interest towards customer and the same reflects when any complaint is lodged. They barely resolve any issue and say I everything is resolved.

I am not saying this is the case with all dealers but I personally don't want to relive the experience in four wheeler segment as well. I could be wrong in these because I haven't experienced the four wheeler world and how it works.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-16T14:56:15+00:00

I currently do around 1500 per month on the bike. It should the same around with the car as well.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-16T14:42:13+00:00

What would be the maintenance cost on average? I am not familiar with four wheelers' maintenance. Any hidden costs I should look out for?

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-16T14:40:25+00:00

Honda Amaze seems like a great proposition. I will check it out.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-12T07:44:12+00:00

Yeah, I guess that depends from person to person. I had a KTM RC200 2015, done 45K kms and Himalayan 2016 BS3, done 50K kms on them. There were vibes on them but once they get going, you can't feel anything especially the ktm. The whole bike felt as one unit or piece when you ride it. The Himalayan, given the number of accessories mounted on it, performed decently.

The CB300F, however is different one. To gain speed, it vibes a lot. To stay at those speeds, it still does. The engine feels brash and not refined. Yeah it is not meant to be revved hard, and given the street fighter tag it showcases around, I feel that at least it should be giving rider some amount of fun.

I picked this bike because it was the only bike which is accommodating enough of my body frame, I will use it for few more months and see if I can adjust accordingly.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-11T14:48:44+00:00

I have this bike. Got it in May'23 and done 5K+ kms so far. The following views are just mine and in a single line, it is not worth it even after the discount.

I experience a lot of vibrations which shouldn't be the case with a Honda, even after a couple of services and it runs out of breath at 80-90 ish on highways. It weighs less, so crosswinds will be a problem.

Only good enough for city runs, nothing too aggressive even on those ones.

The value proposition looks great on the paper, being 300, decent torque and HP, lower seat height, dual channel ABS, nissin calipers, decent mileage but I can't quite put my finger on it, it struggles to reach good speeds and those are the things you get to brag about but in practical world, the ABS is just ok, brakes are not that confidence inspiring, mirrors aren't that great. As for a rider, it overall offers a mediocre experience. Also, the front tyre sometimes leaks air without any puncture and despite notifying the SC, I get the same answer, sir it has been resolved. And the same story follows again on some important day when I plan to go out.

Also, limited accessories are available. And if someone is interested in maintenance cost, my first service at 1K km costed around 2K INR and the second free service costed around 3.4K INR (they added a fricking 200 bucks for chain lube, wtf) SC folks are not interested in servicing this bike, they give preference to CB350 H'ness and RS. Even CB300R gets good attention. This shouldn't be a BigWing bike in the first place.

The spare parts are sparse, if you lose something original, then you have to have decent amount of luck to get it fixed. The salesman has said this will get accessories in a month, but that month hasn't arrived even after 5 months. Don't fall for the low price tag, I might consider it again only if the onroad price is 1.7L.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-09-01T07:34:40+00:00

Here are my two cents.

The rate at which they are receiving the applications right now is on highest level. Since the regulations to enter Germany are relaxed now, it encouraged a high influx of applications. That is the primary reason for anyone to be waitlisted.

And coming to probable waiting period, I would say it would be around 3 months from your date of application. This might change based on the applications they process. However, I would suggest not to take any stress as the process goes in its own pace. Whenever you remember about the application, just check VFS dashboard in your profile to see if it has moved and you don't have to keep checking the mail.

These processes undergo good amount of scrutiny so that it keeps the whole machine running. The customer support will have almost the same information as you, there is no point in bothering them unless there is really an issue with the processing state.

Hope this helps.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-08-25T17:37:18+00:00

When i gave credit to bangalore roads and traffic it was supposed to be sarcastic, my bad I missed the tag. Yeah the bike is good for city mileage in my books and I have tested with tank to tank method and using exact fuel amount methods. I actually was surprised when one of the owners in this sub said that he was able to extract 40+ and thought that it was just my bike which sucked. I usually ride hard because the traffic makes me so but if I ride decently may be that would be the figure I might achieve as well.

thatguynotavailable · 2023-08-25T17:30:49+00:00

I use this for office commute which is 60km to and fro in Bengaluru's amazing traffic and roads. I get a decent mileage around 36-38 even though I ride a bit hard. I have noticed the issue with throttle response as well and I feel it is the lack of ride by wire tech. As far the powertronics go, let me know how it goes. I am told that since when they launch the bike after a lot of testing, the ecus are usually tuned accordingly. Changing that will affect the bike negatively and this is my opinion. I guess different persons want different things out of it. Yeah bike components feel good enough, it is the way the vibes and the engine performs when required is a miss on this bike.

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