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Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by 0_____0 »

annoyingnoob wrote: post #6

I like the site and it looks like it has lots of useful information. The evangelism is uncomfortable for me, does not pertain to motorcycle repair.

can i psychoanalyze you for a sec here and ask you to delve into why that makes you uncomfortable?

for context, to me (lifetime atheist) it looks roughly equivalent to someone sticking some hippie nonsense in a blog post. not particularly relevant to the content but a bit of personal minutiae.

do you have a history with religion or situations where you felt pressured to conform to religious norms perhaps? or something else entirely?

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by names_are_hard »

annoyingnoob wrote: post #6

I like the site and it looks like it has lots of useful information. The evangelism is uncomfortable for me, does not pertain to motorcycle repair.

It's not my cup of tea either, but it's one of the things I like about this site. It represents a previous era of the internet, when people put whatever they wanted up on their personal sites.

Nowadays we're all carefully curating an image, crafting our messages, and optimizing our content to fit our audience. This guy is not interested in any of that. He has something to say so he says it. He doesn't seem to care much how it's perceived, he's not trying to make money off of it, he doesn't care how it looks or if it has good SEO (at least as far as I can tell...). He's just being himself, with all his quirks and oddities.

I think that's why it's so popular on HN right now. It reminds us of the way the web used to be.

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by names_are_hard »

I've run across this site in the past while searching for solutions to my bike troubles. In addition to the motorcycle stuff, his site is filled with religion, politics, and miscellaneous ramblings of an old-timer. Like this page[0], where he talks about this new-fangled thing called CSS which the so-called experts are using these days.

> Several college students, majoring in web design, have kindly offered to "Update" the site to a more modern look. The offers are generous and sincerely meant to help, so I always go and look at the more modern examples they give of their work. Slow loading, lots of Adobe Flash. Strange, to say the least, site navigation. Like this " ≡ " symbol called, believe it or not, a Hamburger Button.

> You just can't make this stuff up.

[0]http://dansmc.com/best_viewed_with.htm

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

myself248 wrote: post #26
nicbou wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a lot of room for better help for mechanics. Most of it is distributed as long-winded YouTube videos, and it's the wrong medium. Everything else is lost in the noise on various forums. I'd love something like ifixit for other fields and I can't possibly be alone. I want answers that aren't hidden in a 30 minute 480p video of a mumbling dad. Here's an example of what I mean, since I just finished it: https://…

I mean, they're clearly not opposed to the content: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Tractor

I run a two wheel tractor tips group for BCS tractor(Italian design) machines on Facebook. At some point, I want to come up with an easy to follow repair and maintenance manual from the crowdsourced solutions. I was thinking wiki format.

These things break down in spectacular ways. If anyone is interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1761993507160910/

At some point, I want to create an online course for women who farm for tractors and tools repair and maintenance.

I believe more and more that our machines and tools in the future would be robots and electrical. And data hogs. Connected machines. At which point, we are most certainly going to be restricted from repairing them.

I am sorry to go off on a tangent as the GP is about motorcycles. I have made this about farm machinery. I don’t suppose right to repair is an issue with personal road vehicles?

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by names_are_hard »

names_are_hard wrote: post #55

I've run across this site in the past while searching for solutions to my bike troubles. In addition to the motorcycle stuff, his site is filled with religion, politics, and miscellaneous ramblings of an old-timer. Like this page[0], where he talks about this new-fangled thing called CSS which the so-called experts are using these days. > Several college students, majoring in web design, have kindly offered to "Updat…

More entertainment:

> I code everything I put up in NotePad. I test in Pale Moon, Firefox, Internet Explorer and sometimes Opera and Chrome. I look at some of these "Modern" web sites filled with ads up and down the sides and across the top... Yuck! I understand the desire to get Revenue from your site and all, but really, things have gotten out of hand.

http://dansmc.com/best_viewed_with.htm

> You know, all this could help with the yearly Flu and other diseases. I particularly like the Social Distancing. Keeps all these creepy, irritating people at six feet away. What's not to like? Not to mention leaving no finger prints and no drones or cameras taking your picture, tracking who you are, and where you go. That could be handy if you happen to walk on dry sand or want a haircut or play tennis. Again, what's not to like? Nitrile gloves are reusable too. Wash your hands, a bit of hand sanitizer, pull them off and you are good to go to reuse them for the next trip to town.

http://www.dansmc.com/why7.htm#label

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by octoberfranklin »

ehnto wrote: post #44
pengaru wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW I've done a lot of lifting for engine and trans services with nothing more than ratchet straps or a come-along hanging from either an overhead joist or I-beam, or a constructed A-frame when the former were unavailable. Honestly two post lifts are more just a space and time saver for quick service shops and kind of suck. Back when I worked at a muffler+brake shop it was the two post lifts that did the most damage…

Interesting! What would you prefer over a two post lift? I have always wanted one for a home garage but maybe there is a better alternative?

A pit, I suppose, like at the oil change places.

Climbing up and down the ladder is a hassle but once you're down there it's convenient and much safer.

Re: Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

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Post by fiftyacorn »

hakcermani wrote: post #7
second--shift wrote: post #3

I love retro pages like this. Also, a fan of motorcycles and enjoying the intersection between the two. I was doing some work on linux metrics and was also reviewing ( http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/tutorial.html ), another cute retro page. It's rare to see two interesting 90s-style pages in one day. Of note, both display lots of valuable content in an easy-to-access way, load faster than anything Web 3…

Another retro one, but for bicycles! ... https://www.sheldonbrown.com

Sheldon's is a classic especially on older bikes or specialist parts like hub gears. Is it still maintained since Sheldon died?
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