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SwampNut

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  1. This is a great idea since CA has so much extra electrical capacity.
  2. Not at all, since it doesn't work indoors. Why does this have to be repeated? Satellite signals don't go through obstructions. It doesn't meet any of the rest of the list of needs except for being waterproof.
  3. Because satellites don't work indoors. It's also kind of expensive.
  4. You can't use them indoors. What's BWCA?
  5. Found the offender.
  6. The CBR900 shock and aftermarket spring is the only one I recall.
  7. LEDs are better than HID for sure. Trying them side by side on various vehicles, the LED wins every time. They also have far fewer issues/failures and don't have the warmup problem. They don't have the problem of scattering light forward. There's truly zero reason for HID to exist any more. You can cut the original socket to make a perfect spacer. Took me five minutes to do both, mostly test fitting and re-trimming with the Dremel.
  8. I'd be looking at the ground side of things, considering your weather and how sometimes you leave bikes outside (not sure if this is one). Measure resistance from the bulb shell to ground, should be near zero on most bikes (didn't text a XX specifically).
  9. Yes, but has it been on your riding jacket since the mid-90s? No? Poser. I have LEDs in mine, and while "solve it" is a judgement call, I can tell you that the reach and reflectance are stunningly better than halogen. It took very minor hacksaw surgery to fit them (cutting the old base to fit). https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NXS9RHB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  10. That's 24,000km or 16k miles, at least in my manual. But we all learned that it simply "never" needs adjustment. I did one check in my...80k miles I think? Never out of spec.
  11. No, the internet has the Good Times virus, which we all know will cause Dutch Elm Disease in the elderly.
  12. Delivery to the customer as analog still exists plentifully. It's just muxxed down the road, or even converted right at the customer demarc on the side of the house. There are a few places where true analog all the way to the CO still exists for now. FCC has a mandate to shut it all down soon, I forgot the date. A device connected to analog lines obviously has to connect to a service to generate notifications, so there would be fees. It's basically analog alarm monitoring, another dead technology.
  13. Must use an analog phone line and no subscription. I have no idea how that could be remotely possible. Another wild goose chase where everything we say will be ignored.
  14. I assumed he meant 100k miles, which is when the valves may need adjustment... But seriously, as he said, the 99 and up gives you FI. If you're looking for a digital dash specifically, the 2001 and up. There's no reason to fear a bike with 50k on it. We've seen people selling bikes that look showroom and have 50k, and people selling ratty shit with 15k on it. I read your message as looking for a nice-condition bike that is reliable, and really, the mileage is not an issue at all.
  15. Wow, that is amazingly cheap.
  16. Only making sure you can get a discount. They are a sleazy and useless money-grab for sure, other than that.
  17. Is anyone in the house an AARP member? I don't know how they discount devices like this, but I joined just to get $200 off my glasses.
  18. The Watch only works with a smartphone or standalone with a smartphone type of plan. Also, what makes you believe that a modern "dumb phone" has any different radios than a smartphone?
  19. The Apple Watch does those things, but it will call 911 after a VERY short delay and notifying your list. I mean seconds. It's also got automatic fall detection and some heart monitoring. No fees unless you get the standalone version with it's own cellular. EDIT: Fall detection gives you quite a bit of time to cancel the call and notices. Unfortunately, I don't think it can do auto-notify without also dialing 911 in a short time. But she could say "hey siri, tell Zero I've fallen and I can't get up."
  20. My 2005 Ram really did great with the tow mode. Added 100-something HP and improved MPG in an obvious way. The performance 1 mode was cute and fun, but twitchy. Performance 2 was guaranteed to blow up a stock trans, according to them. I used it once.
  21. What's it do? Other than stop the centerstand, which already has a stop...?
  22. This sounds rational and well balanced. <checks URL> <drinks more coffee> WTF.
  23. It does sound dramastically different from other chains. I think you will actually get more RWHP than crank HP, due to the sinusoidal repleneration of the dissimilar metals.
  24. $75 for a weathered old helmet, $200 for a comm system that goes for a little over that on eBay. Also I phrased it as a question because I really have no idea if it's worth anything (the helmet part).
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