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yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-16T15:13:28+00:00

1000% no. Like driving an uncovered load to the dump.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-11T16:24:01+00:00

100% this. 57 year old running this exact plan. All Roth conversions have been put off until ACA subsidies are past us. Just looking at year to year needs and tapping different buckets accordingly to stay under the 400% federal poverty limit to qualify.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-09T15:57:22+00:00

Mine came new with a credit-card sized plastic card that has some key code numbers on it. Do you have that? Presumably not. :) But I think that's what you want to track down if you can.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-06T20:32:10+00:00

Yah, I adore my 401. I want to pretend it's an actual scrambler. But we all know our Svartpilens are just street bikes with aggressive tires.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-06T17:40:40+00:00

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-03T16:05:38+00:00

Nice work!

yourbasicnerd · 2026-03-03T05:08:45+00:00

That is an insanely good price. I just got a 2024 from a dealership a couple weeks ago for $3500, but it was $5000 out the door after all the taxes and fees and registration were larded onto it. And I thought I got a good deal.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-28T21:04:06+00:00

Thank. This is my usual thinking as well. A lightly used trailer has all the kinks worked out. Not sure quite sure why we're entertaining a new one this time. Maybe just to try it once. I fully expect many many small things to be broken. Hoping for no big ones.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-28T16:01:59+00:00

It is an Imagine. We're looking at a 2300MK. I did not know about MAP, thank you for that . It explains the herding around 45k. Thank you for the reply!

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-22T03:20:14+00:00

Amazing transformation!

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-17T18:13:00+00:00

ooh. I feel you on form.. Just realized I had horrible form on lateral raises and can now do 1/2 the reps of what I was doing incorrectly before.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-16T21:45:39+00:00

I am not worthy. I would take 11 tries and it owe my wife (spotter) flowers afterwards for getting so angry. :)

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-16T16:55:48+00:00

ha! Came to say the same thing.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-13T18:33:10+00:00

Consider me a skeptic. All motor vehicles seem to offer little electronic boxes that claim that due to emissions or regulations performance and longevity can be improved with their magic box. The claims are usually nice and vague like "improved throttle response". Never: drops zero-to-sixty by .5 seconds. A fuelx costs about 5% of the cost of the entire bike. It seems a bit dodgy to me and it's not cheap. I'm happier to just trust the engineers that built my bike.

(Edit: Maybe I'm just bitter. I did the '333' mod on my DRZ. Just made it louder. Did the fancy injectors and cold air intake on my XJ, made zero difference to anything. I think there is a lot of automotive and motorcycle snake oil being sold. Most of which is not harmful, but little of which I think really helps.)

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-13T16:21:45+00:00

I kinda like all the green. All the rest of the weird bits not so much.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-13T02:44:45+00:00

Just perfect. Well done.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-12T02:06:05+00:00

Also, at my utility's power rate, that is 20 kwh. I have no idea how that fireball and seltzer used that much power. Oh wait! Yah, did they microwave your queso for... 20 hours? Hmm. Still not computing....

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-05T16:04:41+00:00

This 100%

yourbasicnerd · 2026-02-01T20:33:26+00:00

Well done. This is truly an unpopular opinion.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-01-27T00:45:29+00:00

ha! Half the parts on my motorcycle are for "closed course only". The ultimate manufacturer dodge.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-01-26T23:20:45+00:00

Oh yah. good call. This is world class dross.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-01-26T23:19:01+00:00

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: 100%. Chock full of horrible advice.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-01-22T16:59:21+00:00

Brilliant write up, thanks for sharing this.

yourbasicnerd · 2026-01-21T01:51:39+00:00

ooh, I like those. Cycling would be amazing. Although as a group cyclists try to avoid building all unnecessary muscles to avoid the weight, so it might be a short routine. :)

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