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12. Side-laced wire-spoke wheels are more than up to the task of riding off-road. Triumph doesn’t report this machine’s running weight; instead, we’re left with the meaningless “dry” weight of 456 pounds. With fluids and fuel, you’re looking at a bike knocking on the door of 500 pounds—perhaps even more. It’s a lot of motorcycle to be chucking around in the dirt, and those wheels are going to live a hard life. Thankfully, the aluminum rims survived my line choices philosophy, which follows a strict rule of “Hmm, too late now.”

I would argue there is likely a causal correlation between an interest in a car blog and and interest and understanding of driving.

The CRF450 rear shock is very touchy to set up. We set race sag from 106mm to 110mm on the CRF. Then, we slid the forks down into  the clamps to balance out the chassis. Please note: any change to the shock seriously affects the forks.

The 21 m aluminium catamaran will have a capacity of 84 passengers and was designed by Incat Crowther; it will be built by San Francisco-based Bay Ship and Yacht. The vessel has a top speed of 22 knots and will be powered by 360 kW-worth of Hydrogenics fuel cells, alongside lithium-ion battery packs. It will carry a 264 kg tank array of 250-bar compressed hydrogen, allowing for up to two full days of operation. Propulsion will come from two 300 kW shaft motors, while 100 kWh batteries in the vessels hulls will boost power to achieve full speed.

It gets a little hairy with these newer systems that are more complicated. The system may not electronically or mechanically damaged due to being lifted and yet still not work correctly. So, it’s anybody’s guess.

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While Kostura admitted that he perhaps should have driven his gas 2018 Colorado ZR2 with 2,700 miles on the clock more slowly, he said the trail seemed fairly mild, particularly in the section where the airbags deployed. He guesses that was only about a six to seven degree incline.

It’s also worth noting that the Chevrolet Colorado isn’t the only vehicle that has had such an issue. Nissan truck owners have been complaining about airbags deploying off-road for years (here’s a video showing it happen on an Xterra).

NEUTRAL NO-FUSS CHASSIS: The KTM 450SXF and Husqvarna FC450 are the only chromoly frames in the 450 class. For 2019, their torsional rigidity was increased by 10 percent. Fast riders thought the 2019 Austrian bikes were more accurate, while Vet riders preferred the previous year’s more resilient frame. The KTM/Husky frame is very balanced. It doesn’t deliver a lot of unnecessary movement, fore/aft teeter-totter or chassis twist under acceleration. It is nicely balanced and needs no body English to make things happen. It does it all. It can turn, and it’s accurate in the rough and super stable at speed. Not exciting but businesslike.

" Truck is a 2014 F150 5.0V8 with ~50K miles. While vehicle was in motion at highway speeds ~65mph, brake fluid warning light comes on. I test the brakes by gently depressing the brake pedal, but pedal continues with no resistance nearly to the floor. Brakes are almost completely ineffective and would have zero ability to stop the vehicle in an emergency situation. I throw on the hazard lights and cut to the shoulder and have to manually downshift the transmission to slow the vehicle. Situation could have been much more serious as I was in moderate traffic. I popped the hood and immediately notice the brake master cylinder reservoir is completely empty. After inspecting all brake lines front and rear and checking all bleeder screws are closed, no visual leaks are present. As I was 100 miles from home driving my wife and child home at night, I had someone bring me some brake fluid to top off the reservoir. After filling the reservoir and bleeding the front brakes, brakes seem to stay tight. I drive ~10 miles and the brake fluid warning light flashes again at highway speeds. Pull over again and notice zero fluid again. Visually inspect all lines, master cylinder, booster, etc., no evidence of leaks. Top off the reservoir to limp the vehicle to a safer location. Notice the engine starting to sputter and fluid completely gone in another ~10 miles. Obviously the master cylinder has failed and is leaking into the booster which is affecting the vacuum in the booster. These are the exact same symptons listed in safety recall notice 16S24/ NHTSA recall 16V-345, however this does not cover 5.0 V8 motors only 3.5L ecoboost despite the same brake components being used. So far over a quarter million trucks have been recalled. Apparently newer 2015/16 F150S are experiencing similiar issues as well evidence of a large defect in newer model F150 braking components." – Oct 7, 2017

The problem that makes AAA hesitant is what should make everyone hesitant. The systems work pretty well MOST of the time, which tends to make people rely too much on them. Then when the aid systems have a glitch, the driver is distracted from paying full attention to the driving environment. By the time they try to retake control to fix the problem the aid system missed or did badly – it may be too late to fix it.

My tester featured heated and ventilated leather-trimmed front seats, heated second-row outboard seats, and heated steering wheel. A huge dual-sunroof provided extra illumination across the cabin.