Life! (corona virus, non informative, non hysterical post)

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My riding buddy is Chris, he is riding a 1290 ktm . Very fast rider. Heard him bang the rev limiter a few times . interesting note about gas milage , I was getting almost 47 mpg riding my very conservative way . his KtM got 34 mpg , but he was blasting around and was rarely under the speed limit.
Well, ya, there's no free lunch.
All motorcycles or cars or airplanes will consume more fuel at higher speeds due to increased drag and the power required to sustain the higher speeds.
It's exponential. Hmmm...let me recall, drag increases as the square root of the speed, and the power (fuel) required increases as a cube, or the cube of the speed.
Someone help me out here, as I think I got the very last part poorly worded.
Case in point. My Tenere shows a fuel burn of 4.5 litres per 100 kilometers at a
speed of 110 kph. When I increase my speed to 160 kph or 100 mph the fuel burn increases greatly to 7.8 litres per 100 kilometers. Okay for my great riders and friends to the south, same thing in miles per gallon.
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Well, ya, there's no free lunch.
All motorcycles or cars or airplanes will consume more fuel at higher speeds due to increased drag and the power required to sustain the higher speeds.
It's exponential. Hmmm...let me recall, drag increases as the square root of the speed, and the power (fuel) required increases as a cube, or the cube of the speed.
Someone help me out here, as I think I got the very last part poorly worded.
Case in point. My Tenere shows a fuel burn of 4.5 litres per 100 kilometers at a
speed of 110 kph. When I increase my speed to 160 kph or 100 mph the fuel burn increases greatly to 7.8 litres per 100 kilometers. Okay for my great riders and friends to the south, same thing in miles per gallon.
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There's only so much one can do to streamline a brick.
 

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There's only so much one can do to streamline a brick.
Ha ha, oh yes, the Tenere, the Gold Wing and many other bikes are not focused on streamlining, but comfort is paramount.
The manufacturer's do not anticipate these bikes to be ridden at continuous high speeds for long periods of time.
Do a little math.
At 80 kph, burn is approximately 3.5 liters per 100 kilometers.
At 110 kph burn is approximately 4.5 liters per 100 kilometers.
At 160 kph burn is approximately 7.0 liters per 100 kilometers.
So how far y'all wanna go on your next tank of gas?
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so my new Tenere with the ES is great , but I have not figured out a good setting , cannot seem to hold a line in a curve . the bike wonders around so I change settings better but beating me to death . my old non ES was great ,if it was wondering just increase rear preload it would track like a train. a caveat is I have not spent a lot of time on it because of work and weather . night shift and 70 hour weeks are not helping . yesterday I had the bike set at 1rider no bags std +1 , went to +3 that helped but a harsh ride. any ideas ( I weigh 260 )
 

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off topic , most people were not wearing mask , lots of folks in small groups but staying away from (6ft ) other small groups . saw a guy hauling butt on his bike with no gear but was wearing a mask ( got to wonder what his thinking is ) ...... no helmet no jacket no gloves no m/c pants , but I have my wife beater shirt and a mask on....
 

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so my new Tenere with the ES is great , but I have not figured out a good setting , cannot seem to hold a line in a curve . the bike wonders around so I change settings better but beating me to death . my old non ES was great ,if it was wondering just increase rear preload it would track like a train. a caveat is I have not spent a lot of time on it because of work and weather . night shift and 70 hour weeks are not helping . yesterday I had the bike set at 1rider no bags std +1 , went to +3 that helped but a harsh ride. any ideas ( I weigh 260 )
I would say your too heavy to ride on single rider preload setting put it on 1helmet plus luggage
 

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Will make the adjustments, going to have to find me a nice road were I can make adjustments and record the results for future reference.
 

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Social distancing ride today, rode from Buda to a cafe ( Alamo springs cafe ) south of Fredericksburg Tx then paid a visit to Luckenbach for a cold drink. Then back home to Buda
Have you seen the bat flight out of that old railroad tunnel at dusk? Fun to watch.
 

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Trying to stay to the facts, I don't think anybody for months has tried to say that China didn't withhold information from the WHO, or that China lied and did not pressure the WHO to not raise an alarm initially. Those are old news.

Buckling to China is where the WHO went wrong, although I definitely could see them do it for the US too. However since being called out the WHO has tried to be the world clearing-house they were meant to be. Not sure how well that is going wince we cut the majority of their funding, or how well they will be able to help for whatever comes next.

The general press started to report on coronavirus for what it was in December because of a Wuhan optometrist who wrote about it in patients and then staff around him. Also old news is the fact that US intelligence became aware at latest in November, tracked it as a "pandemic," and in January had at least two audiences with the President (1/23 & 28), with reports of another on January 3. If they got even one audience it was taken to be a solid threat so to have had two or three meetings says a lot. There's an interview in which Dr. Fauci says he and the others reportedly urged "immediate action" that didn't happen.

There are plenty of videos of Trump saying in January it was "totally under control" then giving more denials through February and into March. The math of plotting progress and expansion from two starting points in January versus March is not rocket science. That's why those delays in preparation are how https://trumpdeathclock.com currently estimates that 64,831 deaths of US citizens were caused by Trump. (60% of the total)

Despite all this plus the current administration having closed the office which should have been coordinating the US actions, there is Congress. They have their own numerous intelligence committees and Congress is from whom all money flows.

That's all well documented history at this point, so like an old boss used to say: "So what are we going to do about it NOW?"

btw - The daughter says that while there have been some mutations it's a pretty normal rate and addressing it is just part of the process, not something unique that she's worried about.
 

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As the stomach turns from the endless rioting...a new twist in OLD news. Our “Experts” lied to us again...




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Interesting article. Sounds like this wasn't "our experts" but was this Surgisphere company which supposedly gathering the data the studies were based in.
Ever gotten and acted on bad info? I sure have.
 

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The bats in the old tunnel were visible in the tunnel flying around. Wimberley has a bridge and a pretty good display of bats and I’ve seen it aplenty. Congress avenue bridge bats put on a great big display. But haven’t taken the time to go see . A bridge in Round Rock has a big group of bats . Had a job there a couple of years ago, would watch the grackles hunt and kill and eat any bat that would fall or fly during daytime. Who knew grackles were that predatory.
 
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