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Philanthropy is going away, fast!
All of the hosting sites I have used for years, completely "free of charge", have now updated their policies after they captured you.
I received this email from Shutterfly this morning;
This is a good warning to all of us, to avoid taking for granted those so-called "completely free" sites where you can store stuff. Google being the first one to create and retire apps or sites.
Places like Photobucket or Shutterfly used to based their economical model on traffic to watch the pictures you uploaded. Apparently, it is no longer enough. When they state my account has been inactive, they mean I have not spent money with them.
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I use a combination of sites, I do photography has a hobby.
If you want to easily embed your photos such as in this forum, you can try flickr.com; initially, the site was completely free of charge. Now you are limited to 1000 photos or you can subscribe. The walk around is to use multiple accounts.
Then I also use Google photos; with Google photos there is no privacy, but it is free of charge and unlimited.
Amazon photos, if you are a prime member. Unlimited.
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2 hours ago, Chuck said:
It's a thermistor, so the less it is covered (and cooled) by fuel the brighter the lamp glows. There *is* a delay built in somehow so it doesn't flash off and on like the early float switches.
I did experience the on/off issue though. Including on a highway when not perfectly leveled. Light came on, and then went off.
Also, depending on the sun position, I have missed spotting the amber glow a few times. This is why I stick to my odometer for refuels.
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25 minutes ago, igor said:
hi thanks for your reply , is it possible to check with the frame number which model it is before i start fiddling around with it ?
what do you mean by the down stroke ?
Manufacturing year is just before the "M" which indicates the vehicles was manufactured in Mandello Italy.
Once you have ascertained the year of production, I think that what Docc meant is to check the gear shifter does not hit a hard stop (like the chassis) when depressing it. Meaning the lever can fully reach its lowest position.
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11 hours ago, al_roethlisberger said:
As mentioned earlier though, for a given rider and motorcycle, the only real way to know is to test with a small spare can of fuel, note when the light comes on, and run it out. Do this several times and one may get a good idea of the average for their bike and riding style.
I remember doing this a few times with my FJ1200
True, but there is a factor you need to include;
I drive (most of the time) very conservatively. I change gear "at torque" (I don't know if that means anything in English, since it is a literal translation of "passer les vitesses au couple).
On highways, I am generally well above 40 mpg or around 40.
In the city, I am around 38 mpg.
But if I drive less conservatively, in the city, I do get to 32 mpg too.
If I remember correctly, the "reserve" light is activated when the sensor is no longer fully immersed in gas. So it is not a very accurate, precise indication of the exact volume of fuel remaining.
We all have agreed that 150 miles is when you should be looking for a refill.
Since I abode to this precept rigorously I have almost never felt anxious, if excepted in West Texas, after leaving I-10, some gas pumps can be spaced more than 100 miles. Same in New Mexico. 150 miles is sometimes scarce.
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12 hours ago, al_roethlisberger said:
Metric is absolutely better (IMHO)
When I was in elementary school in the early/mid-1970s the USA was trying to convert, but then it became politicized and deprioritized... and stalled part of the way through.
When I took my job in the oilfield, units for reporting varied with the operator depending on country of origin, but even for oil companies based where the metric system prevailed, there were differences in what units you had to use.
This was a real nightmare. Pressure units in psi, kg/cm2, atmospheres, bars, kilo pascals. Standard systems variation: e.g. reporting according to inches of water or millimeters of mercury.
But the most difficult for me were physical measurement and mass units and of course volumes. meter foot inch, fractions, short ton, metric ton. Before computers would automatically translate everything, all computations to be vetted by the customer had to be in his units of choice.
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1 hour ago, audiomick said:
No worries. Have a look at this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia
In 1971 I turned 8 years old, and in 1981 18. So I grew up in the middle of the conversion process. I still sometimes think in imperial, but metric is better.
Ok, that lines up well with the trip meter. I think it was scratching 200 km when the light came on, and "instinct" said that there must be at least 50 km. still available. Having said that, I don't remember how close to "really full" I got the first (and up till then only) time I filled up before that.
Anyone else?
Better than words:
Remove the extremes, e.g. low mileage not as representative. Remember that in the US, the gas is baptized with ethanol up to 10%, but not necessarily. I have also done some trials with ethanol less fuel.
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11 minutes ago, audiomick said:
I was able to get out for a ride the other day. The fuel light came on, and the number on the trip meter seemed a bit low to me. I don't remember what it was, but less than I would have expected. If I recall correctly, I think I put a bit over 16 Litres in when I filled it up.
So...
Can anyone name a figure for a 2002/2003 V11 Le Mans for about how far one can expect to be able to go on after the light comes on?
Kilometres would be nice, but the internet knows how to convert from miles to proper units.
Take a look at the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas 2022. I used an app to record all my refuels versus trips. You can get an idea.
I am born with the metric system, but here in the USA, it is imperial sorry.
I always refuel at 150 miles. But I have pushed above 200 miles with still fuel to spare, but I restrain myself to 150 miles.
I am going to do the same for the tour 2023.
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I assume this is related to your Moto Guzzi Stelvio 2012?
Here's the part from this site in French which I have not vetted yet; https://www.pieces-motoguzzi.com/moto-guzzi-motos/1200-MOTO-GUZZI-MOTORCYCLES/STELVIO/2012/Stelvio-8V-STD--NTX/Chassis/Transmission-cpl/415/70/1028002262/976
In any case, the part does not look like from a CARC, but if you have no luck anywhere else, including used spares, maybe I can check with them. They sell parts everywhere in the World, and I would think they can answer in English.
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After riding a lot of long distances for the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas in 2022, and now 2023, I can vouch for the SIXS gear.
Especially the "padded" boxer shorts!
They really help to subdue what the but has to go through. They have two options. I have tried both and for long distances, it really helps. They are made of a very light material and they are comfortable once you get past the feeling that you have pooped yourself.
Add at least two sizes if you order from them.
Their undergarment for summer rides are better than anything I tried before. They are extremely light.
What a pity they are not distributed in the USA.
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I did about 400 miles yesterday, starting in the 40 degF and ending in the 55 degF when I returned home in the evening.
The best test you can do when you want to check how good summer clothing is in terms of ventilation.
I wore three layers.
First was a winter undergarment, then the Elite Bowtex, then my profusely aerated vintage jacket IXON Revolution Fever.
The early part of the ride was unpleasant, and I could feel the cold air hitting me hard. Which is a good omen for summer.
I had to add one layer to be more comfortable.
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14 hours ago, Joe said:
Not sure if this is going to work, but a screen shot pic of a V100 Mandello FB post, anyways a new V100 with motor issues stemming from a C-clip not installed correctly on a rocket arm shaft. Which is exactly what Giuseppe was trying to say…..
Point Taken @Joe
The assembly line is not usually populated by the most technical people, although, when I visited Borgo Panigale in the 80's, the workers that I met were not only there for the job. Some were, undeniably, but for the most part, they were motorcycle enthusiasts. They took a lot of pride in what they were doing.
I cannot speak for Mandello del Lario, but if they do not have a Japanese based QA system, (I have a friend working at a Toyota plant in Argentina), and QA/QC is brutal there, then they have no QA/QC.
I could tell you about QA/QC of my Ford Transit Connect, assembled in Spain. Not that I am trying to forgive Guzzi who should have taken extra steps to make the V100 flawless since it was its first exposure to the world.
Furthermore, it was an export model. Usually they treat the "exports" with more care.
So, not good Guzzi, I agree....
If Piaggio had a CS system in Italy, I would tell them this is the best way to drop the reputation of a bike, even before it starts!
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20 hours ago, LowRyter said:
Next we'll ban "reactionaries".
Or worse....
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I participate in forums that have removed appraisals; either the "dislike", or both "Like and dislike".
Since our forum does not have a dislike, you can't chastise anybody, it should be allowed to show tokens of appreciation as often as you deem. However, and I believe this may have to do with it, there is a ranking done on members.
This ranking uses the number of "like" received. Isn't it @docc? so you can only express yourself a limited number of times, should your "favorite" be rewarded for each and every of his posts by you.
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2 minutes ago, Speedfrog said:
EPUB is an e-book file format that uses the ".epub" file extension.
It would be helpful to know what application you use, most e-books apps will allow you to highlight and copy their text to the clipboard. I'm assuming you have already tried to just copy/paste your text in the reply box, and it doesn't come out formatted as the original?
When you paste a formatted text in the reply box, an option menu pops-up asking if you want to keep the formatted text as "rich text" or paste it as "plain text" instead. Have you tried that?
Epub format allows readers to consume the content with any screen size, thus always formatted to fit the media used. Unlike other formats.
This is is why I would prefer to use epub.
The short story would be written on Affinity Publisher. You cannot embed PDF flies in this forum.
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On 3/8/2023 at 9:59 AM, LowRyter said:
This is a riding shirt with built in armor and scuff resistant material?
Yes it is. If you read the narrative, it is certified AAA for Europe 120 km/h or 75 mph here.
I did my first trip with it on March 10, early morning ride to Chapell Hill Texas. Temperatures slightly in the 50 degF (10 degC).
I was uncomfortable, but not to the point to make me stop. Definitively, it is going to be lighter than a full blown jacket once the temperatures get to their usual Texas numbers.
Temperatures are still in the 50's today. Now that I know air flows through it, I need to check it above 80F.
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28 minutes ago, motortouring said:
Have you tried it already?
it makes sense, doesn't it?
I do not know which HTML version is supported here. I could spend a long time fiddling with less than optimal results.
The application I use does not directly export in epub format. Only PDF. I will need to install Calibre and Sigil to convert. But if it does not work, I will simply add clutter to my computer.
I am awaiting to see if AdminJAAP can confirm or infirm.
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The Z generation will never hon the skills we got from riding bikes with no technology.
I checked a recent car, with highway driving assistance. Once you set cruise control, you can take you hands off the steering wheel and just do surveillance. And surveillance is necessary because on this particular model, with an exit lane, the car could lose tracking.
But it is certainly an improvement, especially when the highway is straight for miles and miles. You can determine at which distance you want the preceding car to be, and it is all taking care automatically. Blind spot? no issue. Like in an airplane on the verge to stall, the steering wheel shakes if you omitted to check your mirrors.
Did I mention the HUD? no need for you to gaze at various places on the dashboard. All the necessary information is projected in front of you.
If I am not wrong, a company in California made a crash helmet including a HUD with some camera surveillance behind you. I don't know if they launched it. They presented a prototype.
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A little pearl in the world of vlogs! presented artistically and funnily by FortNine; I hope he will review the V100 at some point....
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New Entry from Abilene Texas;
Two constables on Honda Goldwing; The Goldwing is just as ageless as the BMW GS; at least in my opinion. Whoever came up with the concept should have a statue somewhere.
The two fellows were friendly and not in uniform. Maybe on a Spring Break trip?
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1 hour ago, leroysch said:
Decades ago, working at the missile factory, hardware I was responsible for was Cd plated. But as this got additional visibility (OSHA website):
Cadmium and its compounds are highly toxic and exposure to this metal is known to cause cancer and targets the body's cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive, and respiratory systems.
changed out to CRES.
Yes! and I used disc grinders on battle tanks to remove excess metal, or on the AMX 10 series chassis made of Aluminum. At the time, we only wore goggles to protect our eyes. Dust from the discs, steel and Aluminum flying everywhere....
Later on, other job, I had to transfer oil samples using mercury. Again without proper PPE. Eventually, mercury was banned. But not before it accumulated in my kidneys, where it is still today.
Lol....
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1 hour ago, Speedfrog said:
Firefox for Apple mobile devices requires iOS13.0 or later... no luck there.
I don't know if there was an earlier version that would have been compatible with my legacy iPad, but regardless, I don't have it installed.
I tried Puffin and it's worse!
RE your photo library problems, I think a lot of these incompatibilities have to do with graphics processors evolution. I run Catalina with a patch on 2008 iMac, which is not natively compatible with that OS, and the Apple Photos app is behaving badly and isn't fully functional...
Despite Apple Inc. trying to wrangle them out of my hands, I'm hanging on to my old machines...
Apple is certainly no saint there. With the M2 mini, I was offered a free training session.
My only query was how to merge my two photo libraries into one. Ventura had that option finally. Or so it seemed...
Get that. One library was on a Mac OS Extended journaled external disk, the other on an APFS formated one. On first attempt to merge, Photo came up with strange error messages. The Apple specialist was unable to understand. He kept putting me on hold while seeking help with the "real" specialists...
So, eventually the answer came: I was unable to merge my libraries because the destination of the merge was on an external disk that had been used by the time machine for backups. While I could not get a rational explanation for the why, I was told that to make that merge, I needed to use any disk not previously formatted for Time Machine backups.
I left it at that. Apple software is free, but it comes with strings attached.
I could purchase one of the third party software to merge my photo libraries, however I found odd that Apple never took seriously that over the years, people have multiple libraries.
I have two, combined, they would exceed 1 Terabyte. Note that I only use the photo library because it is the way Apple wants it. I just export them raw for those I want to keep, and post process them. I don't use Photo other than a storage application.
In any case, Apple is not stranger at using tricks to make you need to upgrade your equipment. Such as selling you computers with minimal RAM and absurd storage such as 256 Gbytes in 2023, no SD card reader, two USB-C ports....
Anyway, I use a Fire tablet because I did not want to pay top dollars for an iPad. The Fire tablet is really not anything I would recommend. It is only something made for consuming Amazon stuff. It is dirt cheap but still too expensive for what it is. You can only use Amazon's own browser "silk", you cannot install any other browser. Meaning Amazon completely spies on everything you do.
I don't use my tablet to communicate, because flat display typing is really not ideal. Plus, you cannot really do much in terms of posting pictures.
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Can you directly post an "epub" formatted short story in a thread? no pictures. just words?
I want to embed, not just put a link to be clicked.
It needs to be epub formatted, so it will correctly display on screen sizes.
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5 minutes ago, al_roethlisberger said:
Shouldn't the nylok/nylock nut really be replaced after one use as well, especially for something that crucial, or is that overkill?
I've been told for ages that for really important applications, the nylon locking nuts are meant to be used once.
This is exactly what they taught us in school. The nylstop nuts can only be used once.
Exactly like the metaloplastic washers. Single use.
However, we had a discussion on this forum about the best way to prevent nuts to unscrew; Loctite seems to be the best way. There are several strengths.
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