Juttin from the license plate

I'm not sure it's helpful to share things like this, especially to the group who already knows the issue, but it couldn't hurt I guess.

Just another tragic story that will be reduced to a +1 death by automobile.

Frustrating that the reporter doesnt at least touch on the epidemic of such "accidents", and how they might be prevented in the future.

I live in central Michigan so winter a thing. The worst of it is over, so I guess I made it. A 30 mile round trip commute to work with snow and ice, with little incident. I did fall once going like 5mph lol, it was pretty silly.

Admittedly, I had alot of factors going for me that many other would be winter commuters likely wouldnt.

I work at a school, so for those real bad days, school would likely be closed. Also, about 22 out of the 30 mile trip is dirt roads, and of those paved miles, about 6 are 55mph speed limit. The whole trip is super low traffic.

I seem to have the perfect bike for it, a Yamaha XT225, and put the fattest Tusk Adventure tires I could find, and finally, put about 50 studs per tire. They were igrip brand (St 11-f). I think Ive only lost 1/100 studs so I'm happy with them, although they were a PITA to install since the bit warped throughout the process, making the 2nd 50 take 2-3x to stud than the 1st 50. Igrip did sent me a free replacment bit though.They seem to give me a good balance of grip between snow, ice, mud and pavement.

Lens fog/freeze was a challenge. Pinlock helped but it will be an electric lens next year.

I posted about this a few days ago. Thought id share that I got the bike!

02 Yamaha 225 xt in what appears to be excellent condition, 3600 miles for $2800.

A very knowledgeable and helpful father and son showed it to me and help me lift it into the truck which was very appreciated.

Was going to ride it today but the cold weather was too much for the dying battery. Still, im pumped!

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/775641931082580/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner

Seems like its in good shape but im a noob. He's asking 3000, seems a little high to me but again, idk. Appreciate any insights.

New rider looking for an entry level dual sport. XR 150 seems perfect. I knew it would cost more to have a new bike but an extra $900 in delivery/setup? Ive got no intention of paying. Im just bitchin. See what yall think?

Hooked up a new controller from Amazon to my dual motor 500 watt bike. I'm a rookie so I just hooked it up to the rear motor. My commute is about 45 mins x 2 per day. It worked great for 2-3 weeks for a total of about 400 miles.

Then, yesterday, omw back, near the end of my trip, the motor started turning off. I let it rest for a minute and it finished the trip no problem.

Today the problem returned, I rested it and it helped but eventually it seed to stop working completely. It seems to be making the classic clunky sounds that accompany a bad motor.

Thankfully, I was able to hook it up to my other motor and had no issues.

So, obviously it's a motor problem. My looming question is, might my controller have caused the damage?

Overall the now apparently dead motor probably only had around 2k miles on it.

I suppose I plan on opening up the motor and checking hall sensors but it's all new to me. I also plan on not working the motor as much as I did with the first motor.

Any other tips/insights appreciated

I want to hear from all yall down voters.

Here's some more, similar knowledge

https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1182/electric-vehicles-are-stealth-rainforest-killers

I've got a single speed k1 wide chain I want to put on my multispeed bike (lectric 3.0 ebike).

I'm a newbie, not sure of what info on the bike might be relevant but it's a modern, 7 speed, freewheel.

I've messed this up before. I tried this chain on a different bike when converting it but I kept skipping.

Sounds like I need better fitting cogs? Do I need "wide" ones? Crankset and rear cog? Possible better fitting chain tensioner too? Shopping around, I'm not seeing much a difference in sizing for these parts.

Any tips appreciated

Probably dumb but thought it might be a thing. Got a standard, small, two-wheel trailer and wondered whether it could actually stabilize my ride. Maybeweigh it down some or modify it somehow? I'm talking for slippery conditions.

The first article title I read on the story only said that he died. Just now ran into the more accurately titled article here on Lemmy

Sure, don't give dogs twinkies, but for that matter, don't give humans twinkies either. The idea makes it seem like dogs are aliens or something. Dog food ingredients are usually meat, grain and veggies, just like our meals. Food that is healthy for you is healthy for your dog, and vice versa.

First of all, I find this picture hilarious regardless of whatever. It was in a healthcare textbook, baby reflexes.

Also, sorry I didn't know how to rotate. Is it something easy on this app, Jerboa? I'm clueless

Anyway, thought it could be good material for one of those "what people think child free is vs what it really is".

Listening to a book..."Sapiens". Author talked about how dependent kids are. How compared to other animals, our babies need alot of support in the early stages of life.

Like alot of you I'm sure, I've got a fair amount of kids in my life...none of "mine" but some kind of are. I guess my point is we may not have kids, but really, they are all our kids, as supported by evolutionary biology, it takes a village.

Edit: Going a bit deeper...the author explains that for millions of years, while we were tribal, nomadic gatherer/hunters. We didn't know who's kids were who's, obviously the mother was primary caretaker, but, circling back, we evolved to raise kids as a community, not so much of the "traditional" mom/dad/child dynamic popular today.

I don't plan on "having kids" but still, I think it's all our responsibility (hopefully a partially enjoyable one) to help. Hard to argue anything more beneficial for our societys future than having well developed youth.

Ran out of my ritual multi vitamins and wanted some quick, got these from Walgreens.

What do yall use? I know I've heard it's best to use multiple bottles for different nutritional needs but that sounds super inconvenient.