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Post by prodigit on Jul 17, 2013 1:24:36 GMT -5
- $500 for a scrapped car - $120 for plastic rims - $80 for aluminum foil - $100 for gold paint. Ah, it's less worth than a chinese scooter  Probably rusts quite quick too. Probably fades yellow to silver because of the elements Is illegal to ride in some places, there's a treshold on how much reflective surface a car may have. In some states they don't care about the law, but in the majority of the western world, you can't chrome your car, because it reflects headlights, and can blind or confuse drivers at night. It can only be sold in a Ghetto like that... Nowhere else in the civilized world will they sell one like it. Because it's illegal in many places. And if they do sell one, then the owner will have to take it to a body shop and spend extra $$$ to paint it with non reflective paint. |
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Post by prodigit on Jul 16, 2013 23:29:50 GMT -5
It's not about the animation gifs, they're cool.
But it's about the meaning of the symbols, that is pretty much standardized. Any mail server (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, AOL), facebook, any instant messenger like AIM, Skype, Trillian, Pidginm Digsbyand, the former MSN Messenger , and almost any chatroom online, would use a standarized form of icons, meaning ; ) is a wink, not a 'hi' icon. : D is a smilie not a Thumbs up (which is (y) in most cases).
Although there is no icon standard in a sense that the images are the same, the conversion of text based smilies to graphic icons is always the same, meaning a ; ) text based smilie should mean, and match a winky icon. That's what I'm trying to say...
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Post by prodigit on Jul 16, 2013 23:20:33 GMT -5
LOL!
I'm 6'3" too, but my taoTao ATM50 does not do wheelies, unless if I sit on the passengers seat and lean back as much as possible..
If I where you, I'd ask your husband to put or have put 1 or 1,5 gram heavier rollers or sliders in the scoot.
It will not only lower acceleration, but improve MPG as well.
Your scoot is probably tuned to do wheelies.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 16, 2013 23:19:17 GMT -5
My BMS 260 had 2,2k miles on it when I sold it. It still had the rubber tips on the tires, like when they are freshly molded, and aside from some discoloration from going through the dust, had zero noticeable wear on them.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 16, 2013 5:07:16 GMT -5
openttd
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Post by prodigit on Jul 16, 2013 3:23:33 GMT -5
Depends on the size of the tire, the type of ground you're riding on (like asphalt, concrete, offroad, gravel, dirt...), the way you're treating and handling the bike, and the size of the engine.
On small bikes, usually you can expect about 1 rear tire change per vehicle, before you'll have to scrap the bike, if you're lucky 2 changes.
On 250cc's you can have 1 front tire change, and 2 rear tire changes, before scrapping the vehicle, if you're lucky upto 3 rear tire changes.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 15, 2013 9:59:33 GMT -5
Ok, the smilie for a smilie face below: :)actually gives this smilie:  which should be a smilie inserted when typing 'LOL' not :)The second icon, is this waving icon  you can get by winking ;-) (without the nose). Is also incorrect. It should be a winking icon. The third icon Thumbs up icon  should be when you type (y) in Skype or Facebook. When typing :-D (without the nose), you should get something like this: ;D Following make sense:    could be gotten when typing o.o  could be gotten by typing 8) but makes sense   could also be gotten by typing (rolleyes) or something of the kind  is a blushing icon, makes less sense  should be a quiet/'me shut up'-icon instead, since following code is used: :-XA You-shut-up icon could be this :-#  makes little sense. It should be :-?   Anyway, so much of this is already standardized, and this forum is not within these standards. When in doubt get Facebook, Skype, or another messenger, and see what symbols/code they use for each icon... |
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howdy all
by: prodigit - Jul 15, 2013 9:49:24 GMT -5
Post by prodigit on Jul 15, 2013 9:49:24 GMT -5
Howdy brother! (for some reason I get a movie voice in my head when I read this sentence)... |
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Post by prodigit on Jul 15, 2013 9:47:58 GMT -5
Why not park the bike on a piece of cardboard, rubber, or wood if you worry about staining the floor?
The stand is so big it'll take decades to rust through those feet!
besides the geometry, you can't really glue rubber to the feet, nor clamp it. The feet handle more than 150LBS lateral forces, so any clip-on material will just break, and any glued on material will just loosen. And any bolted on material will just tear.
Best thing you can do, is sand off the paint and rust off the bottom, and make grooves in the bottom my sanding off with a rough finish; and try out a thick layer of silicone glue, and see how long it lasts. More than likely the silicone will do the same as the paint. Chip/wear off at where the feet touch the ground.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 14, 2013 23:19:14 GMT -5
Seems like China will be able to produce them for $300 or something Most expensive is the battery. Worst is the slow speed, low torque, low miles per charge, and less comfy than a scoot. |
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Post by prodigit on Jul 14, 2013 10:17:08 GMT -5
There's dream imaginary translations, and there's dream translations.
The imaginary translations are always off on the true meaning of the dream, but the full dream translation could often decipher the dream, but off on the details,
Seeing a girl nude often means you will get to know her better, her inner (character that is).
The cans I suppose are for cooking or boiling, or keeping hot. Another parallel to burning emotions or feelings; but not burning bright, but burning softly (like love, like romance).
That's the dream imaginary translation.
The full dream translation could mean something completely different.
Seeing the girl does not necessarily mean she's the one you're going to get to know.
Often it can be a person that has similar character traits than the one you saw in your dream.
But a full dream translation can only be deciphered by God ; so no, I can't help you.
You'll have to ask God to reveal it to you, or otherwise you'll never know.
That's why most people never know the meanings behind their dreams, because they're not interested enough in them to know their meanings.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 14, 2013 10:08:39 GMT -5
And forget your clothes!
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Post by prodigit on Jul 14, 2013 9:30:15 GMT -5
You're about 100LBS heavier than me. I think 67 is about the maximum you can expect this bike to go with any sprocket.
I can make it go 70 on the speedo in crotch rocket mode with the 34T sprocket, but it takes a long time getting there (and the engine needs to be hot, and I'm only 160LBS).
With the 31T sprocket I'm probably getting around 67 too.
You could also try playing a bit with the choke while riding. Test to see on which choke setting the bike performs the best. When riding wot, you can hear the engine sound changing when playing with the choke, and if you push the choke too far you can feel performance loss.
In my case, the choke wasn't set to completely off at WOT to get the best performance.
Try it out and see if the bike pulls better with the choke slightly opened?
I think your sprocket (36T) is the perfect sprocket for your ride!
Me being only 160LBS, and going on level ground, the 34T is the perfect setup.
I'm only going with the 31T, for higher MPG, and because I don't need that fast of a top speed, since I won't be using this bike on the interstate too much anyway.
I know the RPMs are better, but still a bit on the high side with a 36T, but to pull 500+LBS (rider + bike) to 65MPH you ain't got much choice than to keep the revs higher than for instance with the 34T where the revs are lower, but the bike can handle it with a lighter weight rider.
The 31T in 3rd gear is NOT performing better (meaning it's not faster) than the 40T in 4th gear, so the idea of using the 4th gear as cruiser gear on the 31T is ok, but to upshift to 3rd gear on the highway to get faster speed, did NOT work very well on this sprocket.
For it to work (third gear as top speed gear, and 4th gear as cruiser gear) I'd need to get a 27T according to the calculations, which will cause clearance issues with the chain and the rubber chain glider on the fork; as well as it will cause too slow acceleration in 1st gear from a dead stop; as the larger 31T sprocket accelerates ok in 1st, but accelerates slow in 2nd (at best it can keep up with cars accelerating normally, with a rider of 160LBS on it).
So I don't even want to try a 27T!
Perhaps if you're into eco riding, and wanted to get the best out of your bike, you could have installed a 35T sprocket, but at this point it's going to give you so little higher top speed, and MPG, that it's not worth investing the $$$ in another sprocket.
Probably similar to installing a performance exhaust, costs a lot, and speed improvements are only marginal.
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Post by prodigit on Jul 13, 2013 23:55:46 GMT -5
You could have removed the bolts, by having your son sit on the bike, press the rear brake.
That's how I did it. I actually put it into gear, because once the sprocket's adapter is off the wheel, it's so hard to remove the sprocket.
Gear in 1st and you could use a regular socket wrench because the chain holds the sprocket in place.
If you have someone step on the brakes it's even better!
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Post by prodigit on Jul 13, 2013 23:46:17 GMT -5
I'm a bit disillusioned in giveaways.
I've done hundreds and hundreds, and only won one item (a video card cooler set I could not even use, because I don't have the video card).
I think they're just meant to collect data, send spam, and commercial...
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should be a quiet/'me shut up'-icon instead, since following code is used: