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Getting ready to hit the mountains.
Olympus Trip MD3
Kodak Gold 200 
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Most of the time, when I am at work I am questioning why I am here why I am working, and also daydreaming of doing things not at work.
But on smoke breaks I have my coffee and see my bike and remember: the beast drinks money.
What it's like owning a #motorcycle in #Milwaukee but not owning a garage: It's in the '70s at the moment but I can't take the motorcycle out of storage because it's supposed to snow on Sunday.
A local at Arna (Laconia, Greece) talks about the fires they had last year, which ravaged the nearby forest.
Olympus Trip MD3 Kodak Gold 200 Photo Digital
I got my angel wings this morning from a fellow scooter rider. These bells are supposed to protect riders on the road. Hang the bell on the lowest spot on your bike. The tradition is that you cannot buy them for yourself. It must be gifted. Although I am not superstitious, it feels nice to be part of the local moto culture here #motorcycle
An update to my #motorcycle turns out that one of the baffles had gotten loose and the shop fixed that by sticking a rivet through it. They also checked the cam chain, guides, and valves.
So now I can ride again!
After plowing through a bit of snow, I got the V85 out of storage and had a nice ride back into town.
There were a handful of other bikers out, and everyone did the 'bike wave' with noticeable enthusiasm.
Love this time of year.
Royal Enfield Classic 500 — Geneva, Switzerland. July 2018, Canon PowerShot.
https://pixelfed.social/p/gyokusai/810619170307213723
Oldest continuous motorcycle manufacturer, now headquartered and produced in India.
Have you seen those silly "viral" videos when one turns on the ignition in some prohibitively expensive car and the voice says some kind of greeting? I did and it got me thinking - how much is this "feature" overpaid for?
Since I had some time on my hands, I set out to check if I can build one on the cheap for my #motorcycle and apparently I can ;)
Essentially the criteria I set for myself were:
- cheap.
- as much waterproof as possible.
- zero maintenance
The first idea was to slap some kind of PiZero and program it, but I decided against, there has to be something simpler.
Enter Adafruit.
I got one of their SoundFX boards with 2MB of RAM which was enough for my .ogg sample. Some trial & error and a bit of research later is what you can see on the video:
- Voltage converter 12V->5V. I could possibly replace that with a simpler element but I had one at hand.
- Timed circuit switch working in "open once on V+ for the time set".
- Adafruit SoundFX board set to "trigger once" mode.
- Adafruit amplifier board (+6dB - +24dB)
- Speakers (4 Ohm) scavenged from a dead sound bar.
- Sample sound of my choosing taken from the Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bear Legacy game, as it is the greatest game ever, period.
What's left to do: solder it all up together and pack into the speaker enclosure; add a fuse to the power wire; connect it all to my #F750gs
If anyone is interested in exact description of steps and configuration and board models, please let me know, I am happy to provide more details.
Overall cost of the whole (minus the speakers, I paid for the whole sound bar some £30 10 years ago): £27.
Thinking of starting a Canadian motorcycle company—tariffs be damned!
We can do it!!
Without further ado, introducing…
the
CHARLEY-BOBNDOUGIDSON
Some pics from a 2008 trip to Vietnam. A helmet law had gone into effect in December of 2007 but fines could only be applied to adults. Plus many parents believed media reports that the weight of a helmet could cause problems with neck development in children. #moped #motorcycle #helmet #traffic #vietnam #travel #asia #traffic
Motorcycle comes out of remote storage on Wednesday so it can be shipped to the new location.
Still more grit on the road than I'd prefer. Fingers crossed, I guess. 
Riding a motorbike.
How to ride a motorbike.
Why to ride a motorbike.
When to ride a motorbike.
#philosophy #motorcycle #motorbike
I have three social media platforms that I check regularly: Mastodon, Pixelfed, and TikTok.
I started using TikTok after I stopped using Instagram because I still wanted #Motorcycle content and folks on the Fediverse aren't doing enough wheelies.
Do a wheelie, folks!
