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Wore these on today’s ride. With the medium filters they’re adequate. I tried a short ride with the max protect filters but I didn’t get one of them sealed all the way, so I couldn’t tell how well they worked. They’re comfortable, though slightly difficult to insert.
Updated review on these earplugs:
The max protection filters work pretty well. I can hear a bit more traffic around me and wind noise is reasonable
They're a pain to put in and take out vs. foamies
They're not as comfortable vs. foamies
They don't block as much as foamies which isn't a surprise and has it's trade-offs
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
Wore these on today’s ride. With the medium filters they’re adequate. I tried a short ride with the max protect filters but I didn’t get one of them sealed all the way, so I couldn’t tell how well they worked. They’re comfortable, though slightly difficult to insert.
Updated review on these earplugs:
The max protection filters work pretty well. I can hear a bit more traffic around me and wind noise is reasonable
They're a pain to put in and take out vs. foamies
They're not as comfortable vs. foamies
They don't block as much as foamies which isn't a surprise and has it's trade-offs
nice. I have not had a chance to use mine yet
Every decent riding day I've had other shit to do so far.
Wore these on today’s ride. With the medium filters they’re adequate. I tried a short ride with the max protect filters but I didn’t get one of them sealed all the way, so I couldn’t tell how well they worked. They’re comfortable, though slightly difficult to insert.
Updated review on these earplugs:
The max protection filters work pretty well. I can hear a bit more traffic around me and wind noise is reasonable
They're a pain to put in and take out vs. foamies
They're not as comfortable vs. foamies
They don't block as much as foamies which isn't a surprise and has it's trade-offs
I hated mine. Took them out after 30 mins. They hurt my ears and didnt block enough wind noise in medium filter. They also kept falling out.
It’ll be interesting to see if it pushes other mainstream manufacturers into the water.
I wonder how much they detuned it. Obviously trying to hit some range benchmarks.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I bet they had it where they wanted and it only had ~60 miles of range so they started dialing it back. The Zero SR without the range extender has a range of 179 miles city, or 90 highway. and 0-60 of 3.3 seconds, so I guess the Livewire isn't all that slow for a first attempt.
I wonder how much they detuned it. Obviously trying to hit some range benchmarks.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I bet they had it where they wanted and it only had ~60 miles of range so they started dialing it back. The Zero SR without the range extender has a range of 179 miles city, or 90 highway. and 0-60 of 3.3 seconds, so I guess the Livewire isn't all that slow for a first attempt.
another thing to consider is how many charge cycles. If it has a desgin life on the battery pack of, say, 100k, you make the pack last longer by reducing both the peak discharge rate (and charge rate but i digress) and its 'capacity'
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I bet they had it where they wanted and it only had ~60 miles of range so they started dialing it back. The Zero SR without the range extender has a range of 179 miles city, or 90 highway. and 0-60 of 3.3 seconds, so I guess the Livewire isn't all that slow for a first attempt.
another thing to consider is how many charge cycles. If it has a desgin life on the battery pack of, say, 100k, you make the pack last longer by reducing both the peak discharge rate (and charge rate but i digress) and its 'capacity'
Of course. You also make sure that the number of cycles in the life just safely exceeds what you expect to be the time the warranty covers.
Is the KTM 390 Duke still the only low end thing that's remotely like that?
Pretty much. BMW GS 310 R is also naked and looks pretty good. The KTM offers the best performance for small displacement nakeds currently. If Kawasaki makes a naked version of the Ninja 400, it'll more than likely be pretty close in performance.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
Yeah. Looks great....performance is definitely lacking.
...its a starter bike. Its great for what it is IMHO
A used ninja 250 is a great starter bike. This is a pretty good city bike. The Honda 300 engine is pretty anemic compared to its competitors and holds it back when you want to spend time north of 50 mph.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
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I should buy a patch kit. 
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