Recent content by LandoftheGiants

They call it protectionism, circling the wagons in a time of economic stress. But to me it's just a money grab, and extra tax imposed on the citizens of a nation. It won't bring many jobs 'back home', that's just political cover stories. The global economy, of the West at least, is on the...

There are many private blogs and other websites that offer up the 3-choices only for access. Sign in with Google or Apple or the third, I just move on. I'll not get a digital ID, that's the road to enslavement alright, I don't even like the verification email hoop you have to go through now to...

Even without numbers a good locksmith could pick it in no time. Probably make a key on the fly, the keys are basic like school locker keys. Too bad OP drilled it, no going back now.

I'd rather lick a toad lol

I've licked my fingers after handling a lead battery, as you would after eating a KFC wing for example. I'm testing to see if any acid has leaked, and it always does, even if just in a gaseous form. Like how they find higher levels of radioactivity just outside nuclear plants. They shouldn't...

That's mostly all the harley riders and some of the young riders. Outside of the USA Harley isn't a big thing. They are a retro bike, a 1950's design and most riders here prefer something a little more up to date, and capable. The big sellers here are Japanese and Euro Adventure bikes and...

Yeah, horrendous fires in garages and living rooms. It should be printed in a big warning in the beginning of the manual but instead they tell you not to swallow the small parts or lick the battery. Naturally the manufacturers knew all these risks years ago but kept them quiet from the public.

All MC batts are housed just rear of the tank, below the riders seat. As a participant on motorcycle forums for years I watched many riders go across to Lipo, to save weight or for longevity. Chances are that was a lipo starter battery fire. I wonder if the fuel in the tank burned off too...

Well I know it's "All in EV" here, but for getting around a large city on a motorcycle I'd still prefer internal combustion. There are good reasons street legal rechargeable battery bikes are just a novelty with adult riders and it has nothing to do with battery fires or charging...

No doubt a few oil sheiks will buy one.

Well Google is an octopus, it has no moral compass, just an algorithm to generate higher revenues. They infested my phone with a lot of it's services but I disabled all of them, and it lets me know with endless messages telling me to turn them back on. But hey, I'm no phone zombie, it's not in...

It's indeed a huge bubble and if you're an insider you'll make a killing. Just like all the insiders from the EV bubble. The average man in the street still hasn't twigged that that industry has collapsed because the media is hiding the sales collapse behind the rebranding of hybrid cars as...

Most welcome, look forward to reading some of you posts, where you ride, the fun you have. Cycling to me has always been about fun. As a kid and now as an old man. Most of my ebike rides are late at night perusing the local backroads out here at 1am. I feel like an explorer, I feel like I...

Alas the entire Lipo/EV-O-sphere is full of false marketing and pet delusion. The Toyota dealer told my sister her Petrol Hybrid recharged by regenerative braking where in fact the motor reverts to a generator when running on fuel and recharges the battery. Oh there is regen in there but it's...

Or tow them behind, on a separate barge with a JATO pack so if they go postal the barge can shoot off elsewhere. Or just don't install them in boats and aeroplanes. Or cars for that matter ;)