Nothing makes you hate cars more than living on a busy street, forced to listen to their din day in and day out. >:(
Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud — Not Just Bikes
Urban noise is a common problem, and the vast majority of it is created by motor vehicles. Noise is far too often dismissed as a minor nuisance, rather than the legitimate health issue that it is.The book "Curbing Traffic" has a chapter about the health impacts of noise pollution. I explore the research in the book, and visit Delft, the city that is highlighted in the book as being a shining example of what can happen when noise pollution is taken seriously.
This video explores the problem that farting cars, farting motorcycles, and farting mopeds create in our cities.
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There is no 'free' market, and there never has been. The 'free' market is predicated on the belief that all players will act honestly, and make informed choices based on available information. This is a completely false assumption, and has been proven so time after time.It completely ignores human nature whereby someone will always lie, cheat, and steal to achieve their own ends -- this is what we see here.
Industry players will always form cartels and collude in anti-consumer behavior -- price fixing being the prime example.
Without someone to keep corporations in line, the market would steadily skew to all of the power being in the hands of a few.
There is no such thing as a 'free' market, and there simply never has been. It's a utopian myth which can never be true.
People who go around spouting about the 'free' market are either naive, self deluded, or actively lying.
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damn, so we've had 11 years of this very thing getting worse.
when will people get it?! people keep voting for these pro corporate parties and it's depressing
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well, the same is happening here in the Netherlands. people have been voting the neoliberals into power for decades, despite things going to shit, and other parties being available here.
it's the propaganda that's working; most people still believe that free market capitalism is great, and it will take a lot more downfall before they understand it's shit.
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@bazkie about 10 years ago when I had learned just enough Dutch to read sites where younger folk hung out (and chat to them) I learned a fair few thought all the bicycles, good public transport (which folk in UK often envy!) and the high cost of learning to drive (which is same as UK) was imposed by "big government/EU" and they wanted to have cars just like young people in UK, enjoyed watching Top Gear and thought folk in UK and USA had more "freedom" (and those youths would be 30-40+ by now, many with families of their own)
At least you are highly unlikely to get Nexit as everyone can see the mess the UK is now in 5 years later..
@vfrmedia UK has been a lovely warning sign for us indeed!
..tho people have been voting far right the past few years despite Trump, so maybe most people don't really understand warning signs 😅
and about that dutch youth; keep in mind we've had neoliberal rule for decades now, so the whole "free market good, nationalization bad" has been really hammered in.
not sure if we'll get rid of it in my lifetime tbh. but most of the lovely social policies we have left stem from the more progressive governing we had before I was born 😅
btw why did you learn dutch? (maybe I asked before)
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I love pirate radio!
I don't know if it's actually a pirate station, here's an FM broadcaster near Quinault Lake here that plays all kinds of odds and ends with weird stuff in between. It might fall under LPFM, but I doubt the FCC would hassle them anyway since it's in the middle of nowhere and low power.
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@vfrmedia what's LPFM?
I wonder if maybe the FCC is a bit more relaxed these days since people listen to FM radio less (or well, I imagine that they do)
the "free market" is to economics what the frictionless spherical cow is to high school physics.
The very existence of corporations means there is no free market. Corporations are a legal construct of governments that grants a business (and later even a mere collection of assets) status as a district entity separated to some degree from the owners and workers within.
As such, there is no choice between "government vs corporations" because they are *two sides of the same coin*...it is all one big hegemony.
We have all been thoroughly conditioned to think otherwise for a couple of centuries now. It is thoroughly ingrained the minds of everyone in the "free world" that corporations are the capitalist free market and government is the socialist planned economy but that is pure BS.
The biggest economies in the world have arrived in the same place from two different directions...the US being a corporatocratic regime and China practising state capitalism.
As such deregulation just means re-regulation.
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It used to be. I guess it didn't sell well?
I will say I see a lot more Rebel 500s than 300s. Our post-covid 75-80mph average freeway speeds probably have something to do with that.
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Seeing Ian struggle with how the bike so readily stalls under power reminds me why I got rid of it. :( #motorcycle
I don't understand how #Honda can sell it in this state. >:(
I Took a Stock Honda CRF450RL Enduro Riding - It Didn't Go Well (EP.3)
The Honda CRF450RL is a nice dual sport for some highway, fire roads, and desert terrain. It has a fatal flaw - stalling - for enduro type riding or singletrack. Where is my KTM, Husqvarna or Beta when I need one - those bikes are so much better for true enduro riding.
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My #Honda #CBR650R sounds "bored" at the low end of the rev range, but begrudgingly does it, which is thanks to the dyno tune ECU flash. 🤙 #motorcycle
Before the flash, it was cranky and refused. As in, the throttle was mildly snatchy because I asked it to spend a lot of time at low revs when not going very fast. (Maybe sub-freeway?) 🤔
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Probably Honda's Strangest Motorcycle
The Honda CX500 and later CX650 are some of the oddest motorcycles to ever come from the company. And they worked
#Honda #motorcycle #turbo #CX
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I had a GL650 when I did dispatch riding. A GL is a CX with a fairing, wide bars and a bigger tank. The fairing and bars got dumped after an accident anyway. Pretty much every dispatch rider in London at the time had either a Honda CX500/650 or Kawasaki Z550. The shaft drive was great, no more chain tensioning/oiling. But the front end wasn't up to the job and combined with the shaft jacking made it an interesting ride at times.
Mate had a turbo - think hippo on acid.
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I just saw the F in there and thought crapp.
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Apparently my CBR650R makes both more torque and more horsepower than the CB750 of old. :3c
It also makes slightly more horsepower than the new CB750 Hornet twin, but less torque.
#Honda #motorcycle #CBR
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the CBR650R gets most of it out of the revs, HP is obvious, but Torque is almost same, just at higher revs.
Both a 4 cylinders, the new CB750 Hornet is a paralleltwin.
The motor from the old CB750 is similar to the CBX750, and this motor provided more HP and torque, even with higher revs.
Finally got the chance to take my new CBR650R out for a day-long spin and had a blast! When this bike sings, it's like no other one I've ridden: it has a two-tone whistle of an induction noise, and since it doesn't have too much torque down low, I was able to hear it a whole lot more than the whistle of the Ninja 1000SX that this replaced! Switching to a smaller bike was definitely the right choice for that reason alone, but it was also much easier to get on the side of the tire because of its lighter crankshaft.
The route was one of my favorites: Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Port Townsend, atd Whidbey Island, but this time along the Pioneer Highway to spend as little time on I-5 as possible. There were so many other people out riding both motorcycles and bicycles since this was the best weather we've had in quite some time! One interesting rest stop was at The Rex in between La Conner and Conway, where there were motorcycles parked as far as the eye could see for a fundraiser barbecue for the owner of The Rex.
(Album (12 photos, 6 attached here))
#motorcycle #Honda #CBR #CBR650R
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At this point, I can safely say that big twin cruisers don't interest me. If it's not easy to get a bike on the side of the side, it's just not for me.
Also, I can fart on my own without needing an engine. :P
I'm celebrating the return of Spring with a new Honda CBR650R! (Album)
After selling my Ninja 1000SX because I realized that it wasn't the right bike, I did a test ride on this exact bike at The Brothers Powersports in Bremerton on a stormy day a couple weeks back, then later that night I put a deposit on it. I had the shop put some comfort mods on the bike (heated grips, quickshifter, top case rack, frame sliders) over the past week and then took the bus and ferry last Friday to pick it up, which took forever because I had to wait an hour for the ferry! I did have to ride home with a backpack on, which wasn't fun, but I got it safely home and then spent all of Saturday started putting more mods on it (GPS charging mount and adjustable rearsets because my long legs were cramped). It was kind of a bummer missing out on the nice weather Saturday, but with the bike all buttoned up, I'll be able to any upcoming warm weather! Even better is that I bought it out of pocket and don't have to deal with financing!
On the ferry ride home Friday, I ran into the same lady I saw when I headed home from Bremerton after test riding the bike. Her name was Loki and she was headed with her partner Isaac from her home on the Olympic Peninsula to Seattle to teach circus performers.
(I realize my eyes were closed in the photos. Bummer!)
#Honda #motorcycle #CBR #CBR650R #CB650R
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How do folks feel about the CBR650R? (It has a 648cc inline-4, unlike other 650cc sportbikes.) #Honda #motorcycle 🏍️
My legs are too long for someing as committed as a ZX-6R, and I'm guessing that would also apply to a CBR600RR. :(
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In the same brand + model, of course.
A CBR6000RR cannot fight against a GSXR1000.
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Most car exhausts, anyway. Not the M3 that my neighbour across the road drives.
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