Imagine thinking those were bad things! That’s close to 50% of the US voting population (and I’d like to pretend it was only them, but the rest of the world isnt necessarily better).

How the fuck did we get here? Actually scratch that, i know that humans are greedy, tribal animals who are driven by biological urges only sometimes obscured by higher level thought. The bigger question is how the fuck did we manage to make it as far as we have?

They spent most of the 20th century telling us that Russia was the biggest threat to the world. 25 years later Russia starts invading its neighbouring countries and the halfwits are taking the Russian side.

This is hardly surprising. It’s immediately noticeable in images, but we’ll have to be very careful with other forms of output as the decline could be subtle enough to go unnoticed at first. There’s a very real risk of poisoning our sources of data by allowing AI to write back to them without oversight. And given that the sources of data seem to be things like Reddit and twitter this is a real concern.

I work in marketing and only recently realised how closed the internet has become. I’ve always held that social media can come and go, people can use messenger and Twitter and Snapchat and insta all they like but email is a always a leveller that always works - then I found out about sending reputation. There’s a reason no one uses their own mail servers anymore, if you set up an email server on your own hardware then there’s a good chance that your emails won’t make it to the recipients behind spam filters. Basically, if you want to send emails now then you need to do it through an established service.

They are performance bikes, so there’s a trade off between performance and longevity of parts. But, most of the problems I’ve had have been because of aftermarket parts or changes that previous owners made.

I have a 2008 690 (650cc) Duke. It’s had countless owners and god knowns which parts on it are actually original. It has about 70k km on the odometer (assuming it’s the original one and it was always fitted and connected). I’ve had it for about 6 or 7 years now I think.

Things which have been a problem:

• Clutches are consumables. They seem to last about 20k km for me. They’re not expensive or difficult to replace yourself. The feel on them is fantastic though so I’ll happily replace the plates if that’s the trade off. I don’t want to go back to a bike with a cable clutch.
• The cam chain tensioner. I replaced the hydraulic one with a manual one a while back.
• The muffler. This is not a KTM fault, a previous owner replaced the OEM with a cheap aftermarket can and it’s shit and constantly needs repacking and rivets replaced.
• The single front disc on the front is prone to “warping” where it builds up material in one spot and pulses at slow speed. I replaced it once and the new one started doing the same thing after a short time so now I just deal with it. The same thing happened on my previous bike with a single front disc.
• The fuel mapping has been played with, and in combination with the supermarket exhaust is not perfect. I’ve put a standard map on but it’s still just ok.

Overall I’m pretty happy with it. I often look at upgrading but all I really want is the same thing but maybe a bit faster.

I’m getting around this by having no posters or subscribers on the community I created.

I use a Motorcross helmet and goggles as I find them more convenient and comfortable. I have a GoPro style action camera that I mount underneath the brim of the helmet. It’s pretty much only there as a dashcam; when the card fills I format it.

Social media is literally nothing without its users. Do you think it’s technically challenging to create a forum, or a feed of brain farts? A few rich people seem to have forgotten that recently.

I’d prefer if Elmo had to be the first one to take his rocket to Mars.

They already had Instagram. Just take Instagram and replaced pictures and video with text. Job done. Tbh I’m not even sure why it needs a separate app instead of just adding it to insta.

And it has another article at the bottom saying that they’ve started paying it. Why was this even posted?

Next week: a bunch of Thai kids are stuck in a cave!

Week after: Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand assassinated. Europe on brink of war.

Sounds like you’re doing all the right things 👍

It’s a great feeling isn’t it! Just be careful, middle aged riders who are either new or returning after a long break are very over represented in accident stats. Consider taking a safety course or even just doing regular training exercises in a safe environment.

If they don’t continue to get AMA’s from celebrities then it’s going to be a fairly big hit to the site, I feel like that was a big pull for the “general public” type of user.

Great, another sport I can be picked last for.