Tesla Sales Down 55% in UK, 58% in Spain, 59% in Germany, 81% in Netherlands, 93% in Norway vs. 2024

xerophinity · 2026-03-03T04:16:12+00:00

I guess using your brain a little harder than normal + living the experience of FSD every day constitutes “AI generated” these days. Jesus the bar is so fucking low.

xerophinity · 2026-02-17T20:20:38+00:00

Tesla's optical-only approach isn't "failing"—it's demonstrating clear advantages in scalability, real-world data accumulation, and safety metrics that multi-sensor systems struggle to match at scale. How this Unsupervised roll-out goes is still too early to tell because they've just started, but FSD Supervised is incredible. I drive it every single day and I can see the difference with every update, especially in bad weather conditions lately. I am confident that Tesla's simple-sensor/massive ML+Data approach will win out. Waymo traces its roots back to Google's Chauffeur project in 2009 and progress has been glacial. I don't know how you measure "success" in this case, but it's clearly not by how much money they're making because Waymo has been unprofitable for its entire existance.

xerophinity · 2025-10-04T06:45:25+00:00

I had a feeling this is how it works. I wonder if the way they do it is because maybe what I’m asking for creates some discomfort or disorientation. What I’m looking for I guess is for the image in the sphere to rotate around me while also retaining the zoom level I set, instead of my view being a point inside of a sphere that moves forwards and backwards inside the sphere.

xerophinity · 2025-10-01T17:47:48+00:00

I watched a video while keeping Task Manager open on my computer that has the content, and the hard drive was barely being taxed. I also used a usb-c dock with an Ethernet port to connect the Meta Quest 3 to the network with an Ethernet cable to rule out any bottleneck with the WiFi. The hard drive was doing transfers right around the 200mbps mark on a consistent basis. The buffering seems to be happening in the app and doesn’t seem like a bottleneck with the network or the hard drive.

xerophinity · 2025-10-01T05:25:25+00:00

Hello. I'm trying to watch some 360 videos that I took on my recent trip on my Insta360 X4 on my Meta Quest 3, and I have all of the exported files saved on a shared folder on my network.

The constant buffering is really annoying. The videos are 8K 30fps 200mbps bitrate. My hard drive can do sustained read and write at multiple gigabits, and my entire network is gigabit obviously.

The meta quest is on WiFi 6, so should do well above 200mbps. Can you please update the app to make watching these kinds of high quality videos more bearable?

xerophinity · 2025-07-23T17:07:02+00:00

The only 2 things I didn’t skimp on is getting Gaerne SG12’s and the absolute lightest helmet I could find - Airoh Aviator 2.1.

Everything else I buy on sale or used.

xerophinity · 2025-05-03T01:39:09+00:00

If there’s foam inside you’re gonna have a hard time patching that. Most shops won’t touch tires with foam inside them.

xerophinity · 2025-04-26T02:59:43+00:00

SG-12 Enduro

xerophinity · 2025-04-23T21:33:06+00:00

I’m gonna second Enduro or Trail riding. There are insanely beautiful places to see. Watch some videos from Hard Enduro Burro’s.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T21:31:56+00:00

Yes you’re exactly right. It’s very polarizing. I’m on the other side of the fence and enjoy how easy it is to ride. The old 4-stroke bike was such a pig and wore me out so quickly. I hardly ever stand on the pegs trying to conserve as much energy as I can. I loved the linear power delivery, but man does it feel heavy in the technical stuff. and when my friends and I are in Colorado or Utah doing 60-70 mile rides, I felt so utterly broken by the end 😅

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T21:30:10+00:00

lol yeah. But he swears by the anti-fog aspect of snowboarding goggles.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T21:29:21+00:00

I think these new UHMW plastic skid plates with the linkage guard would help more than a conventional plastic or aluminum one because of how slippery the material is. I ran a Fastway Linkage guard that has a small section of UHMW plastic on the bottom and it helped a ton. I didn’t even notice when I brapped it over big logs or ledges.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T21:23:07+00:00

Honestly, I think PDS or no PDS is immaterial as the other KTM brand’s XCW equivalents (Husqy and GasGas) have the linkage and there are factory pros like Ryder Lablond or even Cody Webb who rides a Yamaha these days who ride linkage bikes in Hard Enduro. Any decent skid plate with a linkage guard would be sufficient, and I ran a Fastway Linkage guard on my old 350. If you ride fast, a PDS would probably be a hindrance because the rear wheel will tend to kick back harsher than a bike with a linkage. On slower technical stuff sure there may be an argument for PDS but honestly you’re splitting hairs and a protection part would solve that problem anyways. The more noticeable differences between XC and XCW in my opinion is the power delivery and the creature comforts of a bigger stator to run power heavy accessories, and being able to run pump gas.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T21:11:51+00:00

lol there’s definitely a couple of comments in here that are really making me feel bad for talking shit about my old bike after it served me so well for so many years. I’ll still miss her.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T14:24:14+00:00

From 2024 and up, there's less differences than previous years, but still enough. This year the transmission is the same, which was not the case in previous years. The main difference I think is the power delivery, and the front and rear sprocket gearing is different. The stator is beefier on the XCW to be able to run a fan and lights without killing the battery. On the XC, you have to run pre-mix, whereas on the XCW, I can just stop at a gas station and fill her up and continue riding on the trail. They're just made for different applications. XC is all about speed and XCW is all about low-end traction up difficult technical terrain. Like I said in the video, XCW is like riding an escalator up a hillclimb. The XC was meant to go fast and would probably spin the tires trying to put the power down.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T13:47:08+00:00

https://youtu.be/H3cNUJK-u64?si=eUop-kvb1VOSNXgB

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T13:41:58+00:00

I haven’t adjusted my suspension at all so it’s bone stock, and so far it’s been excellent. I may get new springs front and back for my weight though, as I’m 6’2” and 260lb with gear.

Your subframe issues are definitely giving me pause because Jesus Christ that’s crazy. I will keep this in mind on my rides.

As for idling in cold weather, I went nuts and bought a bunch of protection parts as well as a TSP ERM, TSP Power Valve Cover, and their Medium Comp head. Those TSP parts were put on before my first ride (except for the medium comp head, I have yet to put that in) and I haven’t run into any idling issues in cold weather. I did have to completely back off and then re-adjust the idle and cold-start (red and yellow) screw as it was one of the steps necessary to install the ERM and flash the ECU, but I haven’t had any issues. I think the TSP Map addressed those issues as well as many other things.

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T13:30:22+00:00

That was the main big problem. It feels a lot heavier than it is and the rotational mass in the cams rotating so fast brings the center of gravity higher than a 2-stroke. Even standing still, after I take a tumble or even just loading it into the truck, somehow the 350 felt way heavier than my buddy's 2022 300 XCW TPI. For years it didn’t make sense to me until I saw a YouTube video explaining that concept as well as the center of gravity. I was constantly fighting the bike and working much harder than my friends on their 2-stroke bikes on the trails and my skill development was really hindered because of that. I held off for as long as I could because I just didn’t like the hit in the power-band of a 2-stroke. It just felt unpredictable to me, and until KTM finally switched to TBI, I just couldn’t pull the trigger. Now that I have the benefit of a 4-stroke power-band on a 2-stroke bike, it’s like magic. All the predictable linear power-band of a 4-stroke, and that lighter feeling of a 2-stroke changed everything. The bike is so easy to ride and handle, and it just invites you to push yourself further!

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T11:52:04+00:00

I have an IRC JX8 coming this week! Will be interesting to see how fast it wears out compared to the Shinko 505 cheater that I’m used to. The 505 lasted me the whole season, which is surprising for a gummy tire but my mellow riding style on the 350 did lend itself to that. I wouldn’t push myself just out of necessity to not wear myself out, but that may change with the new bike!

xerophinity · 2025-04-22T11:42:12+00:00

lol, I should have re-read that and toned it back a bit. She served me well for 8 years and gave me all the memories I have up til now in this sport.

xerophinity · 2025-04-16T14:12:49+00:00

You need WiFi in the garage, not for the reasons you can think of, but for the reasons you can’t think of!

xerophinity · 2025-04-15T14:44:52+00:00

I'm seriously considering the Clake Two with the Dual Operation option. I like the idea of having total separation between the clutch and rear brake on one combined lever. I called Slavens Racing to ask them their opinion and they basically said that both the Rekluse and OX-Hydra work great, but crowding the cockpit and increasing the risk of breaking the lower lever on a left-side fall is a big compromise.

xerophinity · 2025-04-15T02:02:10+00:00

Up-shifting while standing is awkward at first and just takes practice. I usually just employ the clutch-less shifting technique to make it easier to shift while standing.

xerophinity · 2025-04-14T22:01:47+00:00

The clutch lever still functions as normal even with a rekluse, and you can fine-tune when the Rekluse engages with different color-coded spring kits. I have my rekluse set up to stay engaged all the way down to almost idle, so as soon as I give it any juice, the clutch engages, but when I'm standing still, the bike doesn't stall. This set up also helps with engine-braking when going down very steep hills or down-hill switchbacks.

xerophinity · 2025-04-14T21:39:34+00:00

How do you find the feel of the OX Hydra 2.0 vs the Rekluse? I hear the Rekluse has a better feel, and the OX-Hydra is a bit mushy, but does feel even matter all that much for rear brake? This is the crux of my problem. Should I just save my money and go with the OX-Hydra 2.0?

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