You wanna see me install a Raspberry Pi 3 into my minivan to run the rear seat entertainment system? 😅
I’m more of a lurker than anything else haha. I scour forums for issues my cars/bikes are dealing with, and occasionally will ask a question here or there. I don’t really make many posts anymore, unless I’m doing a specific job or troubleshooting process that I haven’t seen documented anywhere else.
I do have a blog for my XR500 that I’m slowly working to make street legal. I initially called it a “restoration”, but it’s more of a “refresh with some light modernization” than anything else haha. I intend on keeping it as apocalypse-friendly as I can, since it’s kickstart-only, runs off a CDI system, and technically doesn’t need a battery (except for lighting)… The biggest hangup I have with that bike right now is the damn 23" front wheel that’s cracked. Not a single wheel repair shop I’ve called wants to touch it, a not-cracked 23" hoop is ~$150, and it’s too much work to convert it to 21" (that requires a disc brake conversion - I’m not tracking this thing, it’s just a commuter).
It is kind of crazy how motorcycle/car culture hasn’t really moved off of old-school internet forums. I very rarely need to visit them because I’m not a car guy, but I do think very fondly of them whenever I visit, they remind me of the internet of my childhood
There’s not a whole lot of crossover between car/motorcycle enthusiasts and tech enthusiasts. IT guys seem to be an exception here (source: I worked in IT for a bit), but they’re a small minority. Car enthusiasts in general tend to lean towards the conservative side of things anyway… 👀
I just say “I frequent a few niche forums”. No follow up questions. I’m old as well.
they all think you’re talking about 4chan
Or flashback.org if you are a swede
I frequent forums, too. Mostly car and motorcycle forums. Lemmy doesn’t really have those kinds of forums.
If you have content please post it. I’d love to have a motorcycle forum here but can’t really add content
You wanna see me install a Raspberry Pi 3 into my minivan to run the rear seat entertainment system? 😅
I’m more of a lurker than anything else haha. I scour forums for issues my cars/bikes are dealing with, and occasionally will ask a question here or there. I don’t really make many posts anymore, unless I’m doing a specific job or troubleshooting process that I haven’t seen documented anywhere else.
I want to know more about the raspberry pi 3 entertainment system!
If you insist 😅
https://imgur.com/a/F4PoRtg
Ah, too many of us lurkers. We have to get some content people to make content for us
I do have a blog for my XR500 that I’m slowly working to make street legal. I initially called it a “restoration”, but it’s more of a “refresh with some light modernization” than anything else haha. I intend on keeping it as apocalypse-friendly as I can, since it’s kickstart-only, runs off a CDI system, and technically doesn’t need a battery (except for lighting)… The biggest hangup I have with that bike right now is the damn 23" front wheel that’s cracked. Not a single wheel repair shop I’ve called wants to touch it, a not-cracked 23" hoop is ~$150, and it’s too much work to convert it to 21" (that requires a disc brake conversion - I’m not tracking this thing, it’s just a commuter).
Lemmy is missing so much stuff, it’s pretty tough to be only here if you want any content except (left wing) politics and tech stuff
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca
It is kind of crazy how motorcycle/car culture hasn’t really moved off of old-school internet forums. I very rarely need to visit them because I’m not a car guy, but I do think very fondly of them whenever I visit, they remind me of the internet of my childhood
There’s not a whole lot of crossover between car/motorcycle enthusiasts and tech enthusiasts. IT guys seem to be an exception here (source: I worked in IT for a bit), but they’re a small minority. Car enthusiasts in general tend to lean towards the conservative side of things anyway… 👀