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Post by scooter on Sept 15, 2015 21:44:25 GMT -5
hillbillybob Have you tried those deer whistles on your bikes there?
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Post by scooter on Sept 13, 2015 20:03:34 GMT -5
As for your friend's stepdad, 'mac, he's more than an idiot. What he did was the same as pushing a car out of the way. Exactly. I view it no differently than having my car pushed or pulled to another spot while still in park. I was at that house again yesterday. There's enough unused space in their garage for a Honda Goldwing, but I'm not allowed to put my Zuma 125 inside? It's like going to someone's house with a nice coat on. You see a big coat closet in the house with lots of empty space inside. But after you put your coat in the closet, it's thrown into the kitchen where it could get food and drink spilled on it. Then you're told to not put your coat in the closet when you come to visit. It's just so unbelievably dumb. Some people never grow up, Bigmac. It's best to stay away from them as much as possible. |
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Post by scooter on Sept 13, 2015 19:56:41 GMT -5
Indeed, Very Cool Technology Design Just a better engineered internal combustion engine though--- Hear me out, V-tech is basicly just a complicated valve lash setting..... ( over simplifying I know ) What I mean by Innovation is, Instead of replacing a Carb with EFI, something like a Jet engine needs to be invented....... The Jet/Turbine or even Rotary, was the most recent Innovative way to make an engine..... I'm not smart enough to design my own but, In the year 2015 will still have the basic internal combustion engine doing things more efficiently, Not a Brand New Power Plant ( so to speak ), Just a redesign of what already exists... Heck, Even Electric motors are just more efficient versions of what was created 150 years ago....... If someone was to come up with a whole new platform, It could be a Billion dollar idea....... YES, This is a VERY cool Internal Combustion Engine Design, ( No doubt about that ) How about a Totally new Idea all together? I don't mean fuel but, Instead a different propulsion device entirely....... Like I said this is a VERY COOL DESIGN!!!!!! I hope to see it in the market..... I'm sure there are people out there who have designed engines, but they can't or don't know how to get them built. They mostly all have one thing in common, in that they use some energy to make their parts move, and what's left over is the output. You could try it. Imagine a fuel source like gas, and what you could do with the power of its combustion, to push a piston, turn a turbine, or something new. There's a type of clock I read about that uses ambient temperature to power it. As the temperature rises and falls each day, a piston or something is used to harness that difference and wind the clock. It's called an Atmos clock. www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjI0eD7pvXHAhXGuB4KHV1gAlo&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAtmos_clock&usg=AFQjCNFiROXkVEXRTLBafsXHyque2QtLRQ&sig2=TceQTTtqo59yFgkJujJqpg&bvm=bv.102537793,d.dmo I knew a fellow some 20+ years ago that was developing an engine similar to a rotary engine. He was pretty darned old back then. I assume he's gone now. I never found out if he got his engine working. I had an interesting thing happen when I was cleaning my fish tank once. Water would siphon out of the tank into a smaller tank, and when the water in the smaller tank drained into the sump, a floating ball I put in there would cover the outlet. Then when the water got high enough, the ball would pop off of the outlet tube until the tank emptied again. I was fascinated with it. It was an engine of sorts, having a definite cycle, and surely could have been attached to a crank if one so desired. I can't remember why I put the ball in there, but I did and that was the result, a water powered reciprocating engine. Making a new kind of engine would be fun. We should have a discussion about the possible ways it could be done. Speaking of cool ideas, would you guys check out my post here: not getting fire? try a new kind of spark
I posted it the other day and I don't think anyone has found it.
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Post by scooter on Sept 11, 2015 17:34:51 GMT -5
I've been studying primitive fire making techniques; everything from the bow drill, to the fire thong and, while my favorite has to be the fire thong or rattan or bamboo saw type, because they can be made with no modern tools, I came upon something in my research that is, perhaps not as primitive but, definitely cool.
It's called a fire piston and, interestingly enough, it has something in common with modern engines; diesel engines in particular. It uses compression to light an ember from a piece of char cloth, tree bark, or other easily lit tinder. Best of all it's really fast. Once you have your ember lit, you just put it in your tinder bundle and blow up a fire. How cool is that?
You can find lots of cool videos about fire pistons on youtube. Just search for fire piston. You can see them being made and being used by people who use them every day. The fire piston is traditionally made of bamboo, rattan, or some other soft wood, but I'm going to share this video of a modern version, that works just as well, made of aluminum. Watch this guy strike up a "spark", literally in a split second.
You can buy one of these on ebay for about $15 and up, and I'm sure there are plenty of other sites on the web that sell them in various forms. I got one right away. I can't wait to try it out! I'm definitely going to make one, but I want to try a proven design first. I've seen these made of dowels and copper tubing from the hardware store, in addition to traditional materials, so there are a lot of options to make this simple but very clever device. One fellow made one out of a dowel and a mag-light, and stores some tinder in the body of it. It's the light that lights a fire. No batteries required.
If you're into survival stuff, or science and history, please check it out and comment. Of course, feel free to comment about this and other fire making tech, or anything at all.
Here is a really neat fire piston made of clear acrylic, so you can see it working!
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Post by scooter on Sept 9, 2015 21:14:02 GMT -5
When do the vibrations occur most? Hello, the vibrations begin hard at first when I start the engine, after 7 minutes warm start begin to soft ,and also when I go between 10-20km/h ( 3000 RPM ) shake also, the clutch is new, but the bands on it I review are a little thin  I don't know why your engine would be vibrating when you are not moving. Maybe a bad bearing, maybe a bad or loose engine mount. I would, of course, check the variator and rollers for signs of wear, wobble, etc, if it vibrates on the road. Check the engine mounts for loose bushings and such. |
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Post by scooter on Sept 9, 2015 21:01:51 GMT -5
Anyone recommend an online site or a program for this? Considering scootering to the convention i just got home from, but want to compare routes for mileage and such. And this all assumes i've upgraded to at least a 150 by then. The wrinkle is that i'm not expecting to use the interstates to make the trip from Hazelwood MO to Olive Branch MS, and while Waze is great for that on my phone while i'm on the road (aside from massive battery drain), trip planning with it isn't so good. Google Maps on the other hand is rigid about its routes, you either take the interstate, or if you choose no highways, it'll go far out of its way to avoid them (my guess its adding about 75 miles to this trip). I need something i can use on my computer that has Waze's intelligence really. I don't know if this is any help, but here is what I do. I punch in start and end points online or in my phone's GPS. I then look over the route to get a basic understanding of what my trip will look like. I then do whatever I want to do. I let the GPS tell me where to go, until I get to some point where I want to take a different route, and then I let the GPS reroute me. You may tell it you don't want freeways, but if you jump on the freeway, it has to reroute with the road you are on. If it's a long trip, I usually have a good enough idea of how I'm going to get there, that I know what I want to do ahead of time, to some extent. i.e. "When I get to this point, I'm going to get off of road X and drive over to road Y and let the computer reroute from there. At worst I might have to pull over once in a while to get oriented with what I am going to do next. When travelling, I kind of let it just happen. If I decide to take a different route, half way through the trip, then so be it. |
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Post by scooter on Sept 8, 2015 16:21:36 GMT -5
The micro chip is the base for everything electronic today, from the internet to cell phones, from GPS to MP3s, from radios to rockets, and everything in between. They're in our cars, our homes, our phones, our computers, and even in our bodies in some cases. You can run a micro chip without a collider, but just try running a collider without a microchip! Colliders are cool, but the micro chip is arguably the most macho thing ever invented!  |
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Post by scooter on Sept 8, 2015 16:02:55 GMT -5
office space
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Post by scooter on Sept 8, 2015 15:57:57 GMT -5
When do the vibrations occur most?
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Post by scooter on Sept 5, 2015 21:30:35 GMT -5
Ugghhhh I tried to get it off with a 90psi air impact wrench and the damn thing wouldnt budge! What to do now? Should I try and make one of those tools with metal bar and bolts to fit in the two holes onthe drive face? Its buggin the outta me. If the spec is like 60 psi on that nut why the did tarzan torque it to over 100psi at the factory! It's not so much the psi as the size of the gun. After having this same problem, my impact wrench not getting a nut off, and even my mechanic friend's wrench not working, I got a big 3/4" gun from Harbor Freight. I call it "The Boss". One blip and that nut was off. It's been a great tool to have. I use it on my truck too. It was expensive, at $100, but it certainly works. |
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Post by scooter on Sept 5, 2015 19:11:41 GMT -5
Thanks, JR. I don't really use email much any more. I just come to the site and see what's up.
Since there are no notifications for replies, on the site, I use the recent posts page so I don't miss anything. This is also nice because I don't have to go through every forum on the site to see new threads.
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Post by scooter on Sept 4, 2015 23:02:09 GMT -5
Just what the title says. I keep logging back in, clicking myself, look for threads started. I just want to get an email when I get a reply to one of the brain dead topics I started. - Joe You only get a notification if they like your post, quote it, or tag you. No notifications for replies. I don't know why. |
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Post by scooter on Sept 4, 2015 5:19:16 GMT -5
They're usually on the left side of the bike, from the rider's perspective. It may be mounted to the frame. You may need to remove the seat bucket, and/or the left top body panel beside the seat. If you can see the carburetor, try to find the fuel line and follow it back towards the tank.
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Post by scooter on Sept 3, 2015 15:45:23 GMT -5
There's a sucker born every minute!
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Post by scooter on Sept 3, 2015 15:35:35 GMT -5
There's Mordeth 13, if he's still vlogging, and CycleCrusa, who talks a lot while he's riding, and on of the guys on here that vlogs under the name of Captain Crunk. Those are the only ones I know by name.
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