Re:Raising Hell
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Kurt+Russell
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I owned a 77' Kz1000, that bike ran like a raped ape! I got drunk and traded it for a harley sportster. What a major mistake, that bike was a pile of dung. The Banditos out of Corpus Christi, Texas did me a favor by stealing that pile. I think we sould cut the guy a break he's a biker and a nerd.
Nerds tinker it's what we do.:-)
Connecting to the ECU
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carcosa30
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· Score: 2, Interesting
This would be totally fatuous were it not for the plans he mentioned of hooking the computer up to the bike's engine control CPU. I don't know enough about that sort of thing to know if there's any point to it. Possibly overclocking your engine to a dangerous degree when you need to go very fast, but why...?
Pretty neat nonetheless. Computer controlled neon lights, et cetera...?
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Re:Connecting to the ECU
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catch23
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· Score: 2, Interesting
This is nothing too new. You can get a PowerCommander device that does this for more of the newer fuel-injected bikes (like my 2003 yamaha r6)
You can put a setting on the power commander to make flames come out of your exhaust if you really wanted to, but why go through the trouble? most people get the power commander so that the power output is more linear since some bikes only reach their full power band around the 10,000 rpm range which is much less used in normal street usage. Manufacturers build the bike for track usage, and usually don't keep in mind that 80% of the bikes are never going to be on the track.
I'm working on something similar
by
Chairboy
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I'm in the planning phases of doing something like this with my Bandit 1200.
For the interface, I plan to fabricate a fighter plane style MFD to replace my gauges, and also do the video logging that he does, except using a camera built into the fairing. I've done video on bikes before, and vibration is a big problem, so among other things, I'm hoping to find or adapt some video stabilization code.
I've already got a computer in my car, the only things I'm waiting for before I start buying is: 1. Nano-ITX Epia motherboard (4.7" squared) 2. An LCD screen that's daylight readable and affordable.
For power supply, I'll use an Opus 90 (this guy should have used the Opus 150, it has a shutdown controller built in) like the one in my car.
The website is back up - the videos are shocking
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klasikahl
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Watch the gas->home video and go about 1/3rd through it, and watch this guy pass on the dotted white lines while driving on the freeway with cars on either side of him. He weaves right in between cars with 1 foot of clearance on each side at speeds close to 60-70mph... This guy is nuts!!!
Re:The website is back up - the videos are shockin
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jm92956n
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Lane splitting at 60mph is nothing; I've done it on my motorcycle at higher speeds.
There were two videos floating around the web at one point that would amaze you if you think this guy is dangerous. One was taken by a guy who owned a Ferrari F50 (their last generation supercar). He approached speeds close to 200mph on public roads. The other was of a guy on a motorcycle who drove the outer loop around Paris in 18 minutes. He passed trucks like they were standing still. Rumor has it he died on a subsequent attempt.
I'm unable to find a link to either at the moment. Maybe someone else has one?
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Re:There's a name for guys like this...
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I wish more people knew about these stats. This guy rides like he's going to die, but mostly it's absent minded car drivers and bikers who don't leave themselves an "out"
In this area (Northern CA) I see it all. Women on cellphones doing makeup while doing 90 on the freeway. Guys reading the paper, shaving and drinking lattes.
I'm from the UK originally (8 years ago) and I'm disgusted by the level of driving skills here. Based on skill the speed limit should be 10mph on the freeways.
If I were in charge I'd make some changes, here's my 10 points.
1. Ban the phones, you SHALL use a handsfree set. $1000 penalty and points and have your phone disconnected. Thou shalt learn !
2. Stiffer driving tests. If you're warm blooded and can make it to the DMV you've already passed here in CA. Make sure they really can control a car.
3. Recurring 5 yearly tests, make sure they've retained what they've supposedly learnt. Test has minimal cost, no excuse there.
4. Don't give kids cars or bikes, make em go on courses and prove they are safe to be out before letting them loose.
5. Don't give people big bikes, build em up gradually through smaller bikes before giving the liceneses for larger capacity bikes.
6.If you don't have insurance, you're getting suspended for two years. 50% of california drivers don't have insurance, this sucks because it means I have to carry uninsured motorist insurance of my own. Why isn't the law enforced ? $3000 fine. If you can't pay your wages are garnished and your car used as (part) payment of the fine. If you are caught again (see 7) then you go to jail for 6 months.
7. Random stops, yes, random. If you're not drunk, on drugs and have insurance what are you worried about ?
8. Variable speed limits. Slow the traffic in peak times (advise people to stay in lane) and speed it up when it's quiet. Speeding during peak times gets you a fine of $1000
9. Have an regular state sponsored vehicle check every year. This would include a brake check, tire check and suspension check. I'm amazed how many people have bald tires and the back wheels are bouncing off the road on the freeway. Car taken off road if not road worthy. Cars on the road in bad condition can be impounded, max fine $3000. Educate the dumb about car condition.
10. Red Light cameras, lots of them, until it gets through to people that red means stop on your side, it also means it's green on the other side, meaning go... I see too many mid intersection crashes just because someone decided they could "make it" Max fine $3000, If it's more than 2 seconds red, your car is taken away from you too.
Ok, I said 10, but here's 11.
11. Get rid of the commuter lane. It doesn't work. Never saw the sense in shutting down a lane during peak hours. It seems no-one cares about it here anyway. I know it's supposed to encourage ride sharing, but it has failed. Get over it.
It also creates a hazzard. When traffic is stopped in the other 3 lanes and the commuter lane is moving at 80mph, I consider this unsafe. People pull out. I also see that all the time.
Re:There's a name for guys like this...
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tokabola
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· Score: 2, Interesting
The 87% figure was specific to Ft. Carson at the time (it's in Colorado Springs, Dad Driving Capitol of the World) and most of those accidents were partly the cars fault too. The fourteen is what I remember, vaguely, meant to make my point, not be definitive.
As an MP (and later a cab driver) I drove a lot (ussually 8 to 12 hours/day) for ten years, in US, Korea, and Germany. I agree on a lot of points but think the fines are excessive for first offenses. Flat out opposed to random stops, Police abuse their autority enough as it is, I should know.
Variable speed laws are a Bad Idea, as many accidents are caused by difference in speed as are by difference of direction, and Some people will always "fudge" the clock, same as they "fudge" red lights.
Most states aslready have a "two hands on the wheel", it's just not enforced. Neither is the "slower traffic keep right" law.
All for the vehicle inspections. I've known people who drove for months with broken power steering or only emergency brakes.
And yes, it's far to easy to get a liscense in this country.
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This would be totally fatuous were it not for the plans he mentioned of hooking the computer up to the bike's engine control CPU. I don't know enough about that sort of thing to know if there's any point to it. Possibly overclocking your engine to a dangerous degree when you need to go very fast, but why...?
Pretty neat nonetheless. Computer controlled neon lights, et cetera...?
Intolerance for ambiguity is the mark of the authoritarian personality.
I'm in the planning phases of doing something like this with my Bandit 1200.
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For the interface, I plan to fabricate a fighter plane style MFD to replace my gauges, and also do the video logging that he does, except using a camera built into the fairing. I've done video on bikes before, and vibration is a big problem, so among other things, I'm hoping to find or adapt some video stabilization code.
I've already got a computer in my car, the only things I'm waiting for before I start buying is:
1. Nano-ITX Epia motherboard (4.7" squared)
2. An LCD screen that's daylight readable and affordable.
For power supply, I'll use an Opus 90 (this guy should have used the Opus 150, it has a shutdown controller built in) like the one in my car.
Watch the gas->home video and go about 1/3rd through it, and watch this guy pass on the dotted white lines while driving on the freeway with cars on either side of him. He weaves right in between cars with 1 foot of clearance on each side at speeds close to 60-70mph... This guy is nuts!!!
Lane splitting at 60mph is nothing; I've done it on my motorcycle at higher speeds.
There were two videos floating around the web at one point that would amaze you if you think this guy is dangerous. One was taken by a guy who owned a Ferrari F50 (their last generation supercar). He approached speeds close to 200mph on public roads. The other was of a guy on a motorcycle who drove the outer loop around Paris in 18 minutes. He passed trucks like they were standing still. Rumor has it he died on a subsequent attempt.
I'm unable to find a link to either at the moment. Maybe someone else has one?
An effective signature identifies a particular user amongst a base of thousands.
I wish more people knew about these stats. This guy rides like he's going to die, but mostly it's absent minded car drivers and bikers who don't leave themselves an "out"
In this area (Northern CA) I see it all. Women on cellphones doing makeup while doing 90 on the freeway. Guys reading the paper, shaving and drinking lattes.
I'm from the UK originally (8 years ago) and I'm disgusted by the level of driving skills here. Based on skill the speed limit should be 10mph on the freeways.
If I were in charge I'd make some changes, here's my 10 points.
1. Ban the phones, you SHALL use a handsfree set. $1000 penalty and points and have your phone disconnected. Thou shalt learn !
2. Stiffer driving tests. If you're warm blooded and can make it to the DMV you've already passed here in CA. Make sure they really can control a car.
3. Recurring 5 yearly tests, make sure they've retained what they've supposedly learnt. Test has minimal cost, no excuse there.
4. Don't give kids cars or bikes, make em go on courses and prove they are safe to be out before letting them loose.
5. Don't give people big bikes, build em up gradually through smaller bikes before giving the liceneses for larger capacity bikes.
6.If you don't have insurance, you're getting suspended for two years. 50% of california drivers don't have insurance, this sucks because it means I have to carry uninsured motorist insurance of my own. Why isn't the law enforced ? $3000 fine. If you can't pay your wages are garnished and your car used as (part) payment of the fine. If you are caught again (see 7) then you go to jail for 6 months.
7. Random stops, yes, random. If you're not drunk, on drugs and have insurance what are you worried about ?
8. Variable speed limits. Slow the traffic in peak times (advise people to stay in lane) and speed it up when it's quiet. Speeding during peak times gets you a fine of $1000
9. Have an regular state sponsored vehicle check every year. This would include a brake check, tire check and suspension check. I'm amazed how many people have bald tires and the back wheels are bouncing off the road on the freeway. Car taken off road if not road worthy. Cars on the road in bad condition can be impounded, max fine $3000. Educate the dumb about car condition.
10. Red Light cameras, lots of them, until it gets through to people that red means stop on your side, it also means it's green on the other side, meaning go... I see too many mid intersection crashes just because someone decided they could "make it"
Max fine $3000, If it's more than 2 seconds red, your car is taken away from you too.
Ok, I said 10, but here's 11.
11. Get rid of the commuter lane. It doesn't work. Never saw the sense in shutting down a lane during peak hours. It seems no-one cares about it here anyway.
I know it's supposed to encourage ride sharing, but it has failed. Get over it.
It also creates a hazzard. When traffic is stopped in the other 3 lanes and the commuter lane is moving at 80mph, I consider this unsafe. People pull out. I also see that all the time.
The 87% figure was specific to Ft. Carson at the time (it's in Colorado Springs, Dad Driving Capitol of the World) and most of those accidents were partly the cars fault too. The fourteen is what I remember, vaguely, meant to make my point, not be definitive.
As an MP (and later a cab driver) I drove a lot (ussually 8 to 12 hours/day) for ten years, in US, Korea, and Germany. I agree on a lot of points but think the fines are excessive for first offenses. Flat out opposed to random stops, Police abuse their autority enough as it is, I should know.
Variable speed laws are a Bad Idea, as many accidents are caused by difference in speed as are by difference of direction, and Some people will always "fudge" the clock, same as they "fudge" red lights.
Most states aslready have a "two hands on the wheel", it's just not enforced. Neither is the "slower traffic keep right" law.
All for the vehicle inspections. I've known people who drove for months with broken power steering or only emergency brakes.
And yes, it's far to easy to get a liscense in this country.
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