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  • egrets@lemmy.worldtoMotorcycles@lemmy.worldU Turn Tips
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    2 months ago

    Be sure to practice slow tight maneuvers more generally - find an empty car park to drill figures of eight, circling, and weaving too. Get as comfortable as you can with managing the balance of the bike at low speed.

    Once you’ve established that the turn is safe and committed to it, keep your eye on where you want to go (edit: i.e. look forward in the new direction, not down), don’t get distracted. This will help with balance.















  • egrets@lemmy.worldtoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #3069: Terror Bird
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    3 months ago

    Funnily enough, Brontornis does now most frequently get placed in Anserimorphae alongside waterfowl, whereas it was previously most often thought to be a terror bird (though I should say there’s still plenty of debate). It’s thought to be heavier than any terror bird at possibly as much as 400kg - where the average horse apparently weighs 500kg.

    Being extinct, I assume no one ever told it how to get to Sesame Street.


  • Ignoring the fact that you’ve moved the goalposts:

    • A local PhD petroleum engineering lecturer who was involved with the issue directly has a working theory.
    • A Texas PhD chemical and petroleum engineering professor agrees it’s likely.
    • It’s further supported by the fact that resurfacing work removed the issue.

    Cherry-picking the words “I speculate” out of the entire article to suggest they’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon and just pontificating conjecturing is deliberately misleading and I suggest you take your own advice.



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