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I dunno, it says 13 grams, 100 calories. You eat 3 oof those, 300 cals and 39 grams of carbs. Not much nutritional value.
Anyone serious about loosing/maintaining weight should pretty much forget tortillas of pretty much any kind. Especially if you don't exercise. IMHO of course. I don't touch it.
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Or used OEMs on eBay.
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Factory workshop manuals can be found for free on www. And you can print specific pages. Trying to make sense out of wiring diagram while looking at your smartphone sucks.
Search specific bike forums. They are way better than Clymer.
Having said that usefulness depends on complexity of work to be done. For relatively simple things Clymer is OK, for something sophisticated like engine overhaul OEM workshop manual is worth its price.
Counterfeit OEM workshop manuals can also also be found on eBay. In paper form or on CD.
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Portion control is the key.
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Well, I'm familiar with AAA just because that's where one can get international driver licence. Typically they are sorta needed to rent a car overseas. But not always.
Anyway, those offices are typically attached to car repair shops. Some nationwide chain that name escapes me at this moment.
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Or electric bicycle.
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On 12/4/2023 at 7:39 AM, SwampNut said:
My 2000 model did 142 HP on the dyno stock, and 147 with a fuel-adding tuner. That was in summer in Vegas so it was hot and 2000 feet of elevation. It should be more at sea level and cool.
Complete, another Bull Shit from Seamp. Dynos read in standard conditions by default.
2000 feet of elevation would call for 6% correction factor. Let's say it was 95 degrees instead of standard 77. That's another 3% correction. All together around 10%, or around extra 14 HP.
Are you claiming your bike would make 156 rear wheel hp at see level at 77 f degrees? Stock?
Lol.
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Well, I've found this. Webster definition of cheaply made chinasum hardware. They put POS like that on 20 grand bike. Lol. Congratulations.
It is easy to see why that has happened. Once pressure is applied that "caliper" flexes like banana, and locks pins in place. They can't slide, hence one sided wear.
Here we go. Caliper in question.
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23 hours ago, SwampNut said:
One sided piston.
That, and operator error.
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On 11/29/2023 at 11:36 AM, SwampNut said:
Jeffrey M. Friedman, 15 Science Translational Medicine, November 22, 2023, speaking of GLP-1 agonists and health improvements they drive.
"It is impossible to overstate the public health implications of these developments. Obesity is an independent risk factor that greatly increases mortality risk and is estimated to carry a $173 billion burden for the American health care system alone. It is also a significant problem in the rest of the developed world and a growing one in the developing world. Although concerns about the cost of some of these emerging, more effective drugs have been raised, their potential health benefits make it imperative to develop means for ensuring that they find their way to patients who need them."
"In addition to their impact on the treatment of metabolic disease, the substantial weight loss that is now achievable should help mitigate the personal and societal consequences of this disorder [obesity]. The identification of mutant genes that cause human obesity and the current availability of effective treatments vitiates the notion that food intake and body weight can be controlled by volition alone. Obesity is arguably the most stigmatized human condition, and in addition to their health benefits, this generation of treatments should lay to rest the unfair treatment that many people with obesity endure."
Genes, really? How come there were hardly any obese people not that many decades ago but there are shitloads now? Have genes changed that quickly? Me thinks it is not the case.
Some just outright refuse to exercise brutal truth they -
-Eat way too much and/or eat wrong foods.
-The do not burn enough calories. Due to industrialization there are hardly any jobs requiring physical work left so the only way to burn excess calories is via exercise.
If you daily food intake is 3000 calories, but your body naturally burns only 2500 per day you'll sooner of later gain weight. Two options for you to not gain weight:
You reduce daily calories intake.
You don't change eating habits but start to exercise to burn excess calories.
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We all saw your cooking full of potatos, rice, beans, etc. Technically not horrible ingredients but high on carbs. High on carbs, and someone who thinks they can eat all of that and not exercise without weight gain penalty.
You hate me anyway, it is not like the fact I'm pointing out inconvenient truth to you is gonna ruin our relationship.
You need reality check, dude.
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One don't have to eat junk food to be overweight. Sure, metabolism plays the role, some can eat like a horse and stay thin, but it is basically calories in, and calories burned one way or another. Junk food or not. Healthy foods could be high on calories as well.
Things like potatoes, rice, bakery products, cakes, cookies, bread, anything pretty much with flour, some beans, and couple other foods high on carbs are absolutely no go if person has tendency to gain weight. And some think if they just avoid junk foods they eating habits are healthy. Or if they avoid animal fats they won't get layer of fat on their body. Fats are integral part of healthy diet.
Oh, alkohol. Empty calories and it stimulates appetite, double whammy. Avoid it, and reduce it to bare minimum. Forget daily drink or two.
Back when I was in high school there was one really fat kid in entire school. About 240 kids. So, 0.4% of kids were fat. He had some sort of medical condition, his and mine parents were friends, that's how I know.
Now, by my friends estimate who is a teacher in the very same high school, around 25% of students are fat. What has changed? Eating habits and how kids spend their free out of school time. We were outside playing after school till we almost dropped dead from exhaustion, then we went home. One don't get much exercise by operating touch screen, etc.
I understand some people are prone to weight gain, but that applies only to small percentage of population.
The rest should take an honest look in the mirror, and examine their lifestyle and eating habits.
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DIY is not about money, it is about convenience, and more specifically, time. Round trip to tire changing place, mandatory wait, etc. It could be easily 1.5 -2.0 hrs. Not interested, even if they did it for free.
Also, any tire changing place open and waiting for you at, let's say 10 pm? Because mine DIY is open 24/7
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1 hour ago, IcePrick said:
$320 is expensive?
And no, the No-Mar uses leverage, not much muscle involved. Compared to getting on your hands and knees and levering them off (I've done probably 100 that way), the No-Mar is like the difference between an army using horses and an army using tanks.
The tire spoon uses leverage as well.
Anyway, I thought they were more expensive, like 700-800 bucks. In this case I stand corrected.
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5 hours ago, mikesail said:
So a bird at full tilt boogie will aero brake at well over 130 hp, pretty significant deceleration.
Well, HP=F x V. F is rolling resistance plus aero drag. V velocity. But, yes, at high speed lion's share is aero drag. And, if you were tucked in, and then roll off and sit straight up aero brake can be higher than engines peak HP. That's why you never ever get directly behind someone when braking from high speeds on the race track. Even if your name is Marquez the guy in the front of will put brake you, and boom.
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34 minutes ago, IcePrick said:
It takes a long time to balance with a gravity balancer, but for the price I never explored other options. I have more time than money these days.
No. Unless 45 seconds is considered "long". With some experience you can kinda guess how much weight it needs by how fast wheel rotates. Typically it takes less than 2 ounces to balance mcycle wheel, so if you are low on experience start with 1 once, and go from there. And, you won't be able to feel it if weight is off by .25 oz, so don't loose your sleep over it. Many times tires are not round enough, there is dick you can do about it. Balanced or not, vibration will be there.
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No Mar is waaaaaaay overpriced. Many victims of clever marketing. No idea why people buy them. In the end of the day it is muscle powered machine. You still gonna sweat like a pig on 90 degrees day. I'd never spent that kind of money on muscle powered tire machine.YMMV.
So, I'd suggest low end or high end approach.
Low end would be get Harbor Freight balancer for 50 bucks, it is good enough for motorcycle tire, and some sort of bead breaker. Can't find the link to one I have. It was, of course, cheap. Plus couple tire irons and rim protectors.
High end would be compressed air powered tire changer. More expensive vs. No Mar but not by much. And you won't sweat like a pig. And get the most overpriced wheel balancer you can find.
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Timeless picture. You are just like me, whatever works or, in this case, pair of boots.
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Can't see shit, Captain.
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I drove that Volvo XC90 couple of times, it makes proper supercharger and turbo noises at WOT, power is good, there is small hybrid thing that kicks in during acceleration, but at light loads it does have that cheap 4 cylinder harshness. I'm a purists, it bothered me. On 90 k car totally unacceptable.
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6 hours ago, superhawk996 said:
Electronic shit is great until it’s not. I’ve never heard of a keyhole suddenly failing to respond to a command.
My ex's topotheline everything 2023 Volvo V90 went caput at the gas station. She fueled up, and the thing stopped to respond to anything. As it turned out later car decided to upgrade parts of software on its own, and then there was a glitch. Lol. Or that's what dealership told her later.
Anyway, it was late evening, she called Volvo 800 number and after going back and forth for an HR or so they sent a tow truck and dragged it over to the dealer.
It took dealership 10 days to get that 90k $ POS going again.
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2 hours ago, SwampNut said:
Model X. As you walk up, the door opens itself, and closes when you sit.
Could be potential live saver. Opening and closing doors is very strenuous activity. So many things could go wrong.
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4 hours ago, The Krypt Keeper said:
Not always, people are born diabetic and others are insulin resistant. My wife is one of them, weighs 125lbs and even the insurance companies are a freaking nightmare to deal with because she isn't 300lbs. Her arm sensor for blood sugar levels isn't covered either because she isn't 300lbs.
Took over 2 weeks of phone calls for her (2) prior authorizations for her Mounjaro shots to be completed for the next yr.
She stays active, eats like a small bird to maintain blood sugar levels and if she loses any more weight has issues with the medication because of the dosage to body mass ratio.
Well, she was born like that. It is different.
My good friend doctor, got good number of patients with prediabetic conditions cured by telling them to eliminate rice, potatoes, bread, anything with flour, cookies, etc, anything with high carb and sugar content. And getting their asses of the couches.
That's what I would try first instead for being guinea pig for some company in China.
That's all.
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Nice flip flap on air travel speed. Typical Cuban Bull Shit. What else is new.
At the bottom there is whole list of ingredients you should not touch. Acid this, acid that, corn starch and more.
Btw, if you are such of expert on healthy eating how come you are fat, and I am not fat. Lol.
End of discussion.