Marketing, mostly. They also have a booklet with exercises that are easily available online.

I learned welding on my College’s Baja SAE team, so I jumped straight into TIG and that’s my standard. I always hate seeing cars with MIG welded cages, they’re probably strong enough but I hate how inconsistent and lumpy the bead is.

A star for the Spamalot reference.

It’s a MIG gun, it’s not rocket science. If you look at the resultant welds you’ll see that the expert’s bead was a lot tighter, much more uniform, and with a lot less spatter. Both welds will probably hold up just fine, but the expert level weld is good as is while the other one will need some finishing.

That engine is pretty bad. My Dad had a 2003 Sebring, and there’s a driveshaft in his garage from it’s first motor with 1/4"+ gouges from the factory standard sludge issues. the fact that your’s made it to 175k is nothing short of a miracle. 

Same bike. The backs of every part have BMW roundels on them.

I mean, my Husqvarna has BMW Roundels on every piece of it, so there’s that. Also, my Husqvarna dealer is walking distance from my house, where the BMW dealer is 30+ miles away.

It’s not particularly light though. It’s maybe 20 pounds lighter than my Husqvarna TR650 Terra, which has twice the power and cost the same money a few years ago. It’s definitely lighter than the 1200, but that’s not difficult.

Anyone that’s actually going to take it off-road will immediately swap the stock tires for a set Continental TKC80 knobbies. The stock tires will be ok for roads, and well graded dirt/gravel roads, but they will get very sketchy very quickly in sand, mud, or wet roots and rocks.

It would be interesting to see this for a variety of water bath containers. Once you get the bath up to temperature the heating element probably doesn’t switch on much and it’s just running the circulator. I’d be interested in seeing the difference between a standard clear plastic tub, and a cooler.

You’ve obviously never read 49 CFR 192/195 (depending on whether you’re running oil or gas). There’s a lot of rules, a lot of regulations, and a lot of layers of inspection. Newer pipelines are held to a very high standard of quality and inspection, and I’d have very high confidence in new installations. Getting a…

Seriously though, they get to play with spray headers the size of a normal human torso. It’s a lot of water rushing in all at once.

It couldn’t hurt.

I’ve only ever seen one stanced car I ever thought was cool, and it was the polar opposite of what you described. It was a rough (some might say “Patina’ed”) Nissan Stanza with Limo Tint all the way around, and sitting maybe an inch off the ground with the wheels tucked solidly up in the fenders. It was probably the…

From talking to a few Fire Protection PE friends, you can use water to contain most fires, you may just need way, way more than you ever thought possible. No, more than that.

I will certainly agree that there’s very little overlap between those two groups. I will say, though, that the groups I see at my nearest brewery tasting room fall into a bimodal distribution of beer guts and six packs (for guys anyway, which is most of those in attendance).

When I was doing a lot of endurance training I would have 2-3 beers after my rides if I didn’t have a ride the next day. Excellent way to refill on your calories, which was very necessary after a 3-4 hour ride.

I mean, ISO is more about making sure you have procedures and supporting documentation for EVERYTHING. If it’s implemented correctly it can be very efficient, but most of the time it’s just a lot of paperwork there for the auditors.

Warning: Kelly is the guy in the hoodie.

These things happen towards the end of my 4th 12+ hour day of chaos. Don’t drink and comment kids.