Make yourself seen

[eldog]

Godh Heinikin gives me the same hangover as stienie does. Stienie pure is much more amenable. Although it varies in quality. Current batch is dreadful. One before was really nice.

That Steinie pure is quite nice. Didn't know it varies.
I suppose it's a bit like Guiness sometimes thick and heavy others quite thin. Nice with a shamrock of raspberry on top.

wonder that now I have been drinking for a few hours should I conduct that experiment with obstacles on the bike.

obviously wearing a hi vis 'bomb proof-no damage' jacket

[eldog]

It fucking should be!

That, and a 50cal chain gun...

And dual RPGs, oil slick tank..... Etc

sounds like Lady Penelope's car

wouldnt mind the loco air horn though

[James Deuce]

Sounds like the steinlager experiment. We set up an obstacle course and got people to drink and recorded the results. Then we had a big party afterwards. D(r)uncen wanted to ride home. Didn't happen.

Duncan was good value, but why the K1? I never understood that.

[James Deuce]

That Steinie pure is quite nice.

NO, it isn't. There's no excuse for drinking it when things like 8-Wire Superconductor and Panhead Supercharger exist.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah weird are choice, but his rather nice missus had just left him for another chick so I guess he was a little out there. Wonder where he is now?


Good old Duncan Swine.

[eldog]

NO, it isn't. There's no excuse for drinking it when things like 8-Wire Superconductor and Panhead Supercharger exist.

I am just starting out on the beer crusade, noob on that scene.

[James Deuce]

I am just starting out on the beer crusade, noob on that scene.

Wise is your course. Abandon ye the breweries known as Lion, Kirin and Dominion, for they are purveyors of fizzy water that tastes of tin. Though verily, they are possessed of outliers in whom the malted hops are still venerated and amongst these lies still some hint of truth.

Seek ye a sour beer. Tis a revelation.

[Grumph]

It fucking should be!

That, and a 50cal chain gun...

Don't need to go that far, LOL, KTM's are an icebreaker of a bike anyway, at least the big ones are...
A mate down here, not a small chap....makes All Black locks look small....had a big KTM offroad twin until recently.
He was going down the Western Valley Rd on the peninsular and met a Subaru coming up at a rate of knots.
Hit head on, he went up the bonnet and broke the screen but undamaged....the KTM with forks compressed under heavy braking, went in between the headlight and the engine block. Up to the driveshaft on that side I'm told - like an axe.
End result, written off undriveable Subaru, some plastic scuffed on the KTM, not even a puncture and the front wheel was straight too.
Pulled out of the sub with some difficulty but no further KTM damage - and it was ridden home...
I saw it shortly afterward and it was hard to see any damage at all - impressive.

[MarkH]

Quite a few years ago I saw a guy riding with a white helmet, I actually saw the helmet first and my thought was "wow, that really stands out". My next helmet was white as was the one after that and the one after that.
I've also thought about that problem of one single headlight not really giving a lot of road presence, which I obviously COULD put out of my mind and hope for the best while riding . . .
I have opted for improving my lighting so that my bikes are a bit more visible to motorists in the hope that they actually notice them.

The ST1300:





And now I've changed the handguards on the DR650 to give it a bit more visibility too (and that headlight really is that white - 4800 Lumens and draws only 30W):





Of course this isn't the only solution, but I figure it couldn't hurt - especially at night when high viz wouldn't even be visible.

I've also been riding along a straight road when a car in front began slowing, there were no intersections coming up and the car wasn't indicating. I sure as fuck wasn't going to try passing a slowing car without knowing what it was going to do, so I braked as I watched it, they then turned right into a driveway and I was pretty darned happy that I hadn't tried to overtake.
Of course you can't anticipate what others will do 100% of the time so I ride ATGATT just in case it is needed to save my skin.

So yeah, gotta agree with Rastus - make yourself seen. Also a bit of caution, ride with you brain engaged, wear protective gear, keep within your limits, etc.

[eldog]

Wise is your course. Abandon ye the breweries known as Lion, Kirin and Dominion, for they are purveyors of fizzy water that tastes of tin. Though verily, they are possessed of outliers in whom the malted hops are still venerated and amongst these lies still some hint of truth.

Seek ye a sour beer. Tis a revelation.

The crusade has begun, getting the horse and provisions ready. Tis a long journey

[eldog]

Quite a few years ago I saw a guy riding with a white helmet, I actually saw the helmet first and my thought was "wow, that really stands out". My next helmet was white as was the one after that and the one after that.
I've also thought about that problem of one single headlight not really giving a lot of road presence, which I obviously COULD put out of my mind and hope for the best while riding . . .
I have opted for improving my lighting so that my bikes are a bit more visible to motorists in the hope that they actually notice them.
The ST1300:
And now I've changed the handguards on the DR650 to give it a bit more visibility too (and that headlight really is that white - 4800 Lumens and draws only 30W):

Of course this isn't the only solution, but I figure it couldn't hurt - especially at night when high viz wouldn't even be visible.

I've also been riding along a straight road when a car in front began slowing, there were no intersections coming up and the car wasn't indicating. I sure as fuck wasn't going to try passing a slowing car without knowing what it was going to do, so I braked as I watched it, they then turned right into a driveway and I was pretty darned happy that I hadn't tried to overtake.
Of course you can't anticipate what others will do 100% of the time so I ride ATGATT just in case it is needed to save my skin.

So yeah, gotta agree with Rastus - make yourself seen. Also a bit of caution, ride with you brain engaged, wear protective gear, keep within your limits, etc.

Excellent work and attitude

[pritch]

There's no excuse for drinking it when things like 8-Wire Superconductor and Panhead Supercharger exist.

The price? I do like a lot of the boutique beers although some of the IPAs seem to be overdoing the hop thing, but $8.00 a bottle? OK it's 500ml but...

[Ocean1]

Wise is your course. Abandon ye the breweries known as Lion, Kirin and Dominion, for they are purveyors of fizzy water that tastes of tin. Though verily, they are possessed of outliers in whom the malted hops are still venerated and amongst these lies still some hint of truth.

Seek ye a sour beer. Tis a revelation.

The crusade has begun, getting the horse and provisions ready. Tis a long journey

The price? I do like a lot of the boutique beers although some of the IPAs seem to be overdoing the hop thing, but $8.00 a bottle? OK it's 500ml but...

Garage Project in Wgtn here are one of my clients. Panhead are just around the corner. I like some of the craft beers, and I love the frequent piss-take and boutique styles bu I'm not a great fan of the massive hops endemic to a lot of craft beers.

I do like the fact that they all actually taste different, a feature that's been absent from generic beers for almost forever.

[Ocean1]

Don't need to go that far, LOL, KTM's are an icebreaker of a bike anyway, at least the big ones are...
A mate down here, not a small chap....makes All Black locks look small....had a big KTM offroad twin until recently.
He was going down the Western Valley Rd on the peninsular and met a Subaru coming up at a rate of knots.
Hit head on, he went up the bonnet and broke the screen but undamaged....the KTM with forks compressed under heavy braking, went in between the headlight and the engine block. Up to the driveshaft on that side I'm told - like an axe.
End result, written off undriveable Subaru, some plastic scuffed on the KTM, not even a puncture and the front wheel was straight too.
Pulled out of the sub with some difficulty but no further KTM damage - and it was ridden home...
I saw it shortly afterward and it was hard to see any damage at all - impressive.

Sounds unlikely, although there's not much of any mass on your typical sedan there back to the axle. Certainly the frames are proper pieces of work. I see references to frame failures on Ducatis, and to be honest looking at the headstock convergent angles for example it doesn't surprise me. By comparison the SDR frame angles are far more in keeping with what you'd expect of a space frame based on a reasonable force/angle diagram.

Which isn't to say KTM is totally focused on typically Germanic engineered performance. Why would you put a single sided swingarm on a bike and then mount an exhaust right over the top of the wheel removing side of it?

Even so, I'll not be attempting any Sub-splitting exercises any time soon, thank you very much.

[James Deuce]

The price? I do like a lot of the boutique beers although some of the IPAs seem to be overdoing the hop thing, but $8.00 a bottle? OK it's 500ml but...

I'd rather have one, really enjoyable beer, than a dozen bottles of swill.