@salazam Whats happening Mr. Biggles

nada mucha biga brutha, how's the bike running?

She's having fuel issues. I figure she just needs a tune up. Clean the carbs, that whole schtick.

Poopsville. Good ol carbs!

It is what it is. I'm not too worried, I just gotta find time.

I used to think fuel injection and computers were beta.... till I plugged an OBDII monitor into my truck

It was one of them fancy Autel's... mang! Seeing the stats from all the monitors blew my pipes!

I'm torn. On the one hand I love the simplicity of old tech (carbs e.t.c.), but on the other hand the reliability, and efficiency of new tech is wild.

That was one of my favorite parts of tech school. The data is neat.

That's how I feel about electric as well.... but I'll always love the carbs

But man... VW busted the pike's peak world record in a battery car

It's only gonna keep getting better

Electric cars are cool because all the power is available instantly, if wanted. No need to worry about Torque/Horsepower curves. I sure do like the sound of an engine, though.

Exactly... nothing like the firebreathing chest rumbling pounding of pistons

The growl of the exhaust.

I went to Nascar a few months back... I can't imagine watching them go around the track all silent BOORIINNGGG!

I went to a dirt track race awhile ago. The feeling in your chest as the cars go by is like no other. I grew up near Heartland Park. They're known amongst those in professional drag racing. I love the sound, man.

Or the banshee scream of MotoGP or F1!

It'll eventually switch tho, if electric takes over. I personally am looking forward to a bunch of self-driving cars parting out of my way like the red sea as I through them on my racer

Lmao. No more left lane lingering with self driving cars.

It's gotta be the future. Ppl can't drive for shit nowadays

People have never been able to. I'm weary of them, though. They'll probably use them as a way to track folks.

Also, unless I'm mistaken... a carburetored bike will withstand an emp blast

Carburated vehicles will.

You can start an old school vehicle with the points distributor too.

they might skip a beat or so if it interferes with the ignition coil

A misfire, though, doesn't render a vehicle unusable.

So one could technically mount an emp on a carbureted machine and theoretically disable any electric or electronically controlled engines in it's vicinity. Hmm...

You'd definitely need to test it, but theoretically, yes.

Reason number 98 to keep a carbureted vehicle around when the future happens!

Are you familiar with ethanol as a fuel?

To a degree. So far it's used as an additive. Unfortunately, it is incredibly rough on rubber seals.

I heard it's got a higher compression/combustion ratio (whatever the equivalent to octane is in alcohol) but is less efficient

I wouldn't be surprised. Methanol/Ethanol are a large component of race fuel.

I thought about switching to teflon fuel lines and seals when I got all excited about the ability to make mash and distill it to make my own fuel

But I would need acres of cornfields or fruit orchards for that to be feasible.

It'd be a hell of an undertaking. You can use used cooking oil to make diesel.

I was just apocalypse prepping in my mind

since I don't know how to make gasoline

Unfortunately, hand tools and walking are gonna be the key.

no way, with all our knowledge? It'll be like when you take something apart, the first time it takes forever to put it back together but after that it gets easier each time