• HD Fat Bob headlight on the Stryker?

    HD Fat Bob headlight on the Stryker?

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    Round headlights are just not my thing… So cudos to Harley for making this horizontal one – looks very nice and modern. Found out it’s attached to Fat Bob. Although it’s a fairly new bike – chinese did their thing, copied (or just made more on the side) and are selling these headlights on Aliexpress…

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  • Dream CAR ownership – Lancer EVO X + mod list

    Dream CAR ownership – Lancer EVO X + mod list

    In the past I’ve been buying stock cars and throwing a bunch of money and time to make it “mine” – usual things like suspension, wheels/tyres, audio etc. etc. This time I went with a different approach. Found one locally, already fixed and slightly modded. Thought it would be nice to actually drive a car,…

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  • Moto trip to Austria – Day 2

    Moto trip to Austria – Day 2

    Heading from Czechia: couldn’t get any decent food or even a tea as they don’t take euros or cards in cafeterias – only local tugriks (what’s the currency there?…right – Czech koruna) …whatever, just passing through πŸ™‚ had to resort to the gas station food but we were already dreaming for a good Schweineschnitzel place…

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  • My plans with Stryker going forward (mods)

    My plans with Stryker going forward (mods)

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    I’ve been thinking a lot how to personalize my Yamaha Stryker or make it better overall πŸ™‚ They say do not make plans as they will not come true, but I already have most of the parts in hand, so I only need some time and engineering to fit everything in place. You can read…

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  • My first “ZERO” electricity bill!

    My first “ZERO” electricity bill!

    It’s in Lithuanian, but you get the point πŸ™‚ “No subscription fees” for both storing and transfer of electricity – so zeroes all the way πŸ™‚ The grid operator takes 12% cut of all electricity I’ve pushed to them in a month so if my solar does not make any – zero for them too…

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  • Motorcycle exhaust modifications – Yamaha Stryker

    Motorcycle exhaust modifications – Yamaha Stryker

    I have failed technical inspection with my Yamaha’s exhaust being too loud so I’ve done several mods to the existing COBRA slip-on to make it more silent. I’ve got it used with the bike and I believe it was already tampered with (no foam or mesh inside) although I’m not sure it should come stuffed,…

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  • Moto trip to Austria – Day 0

    Moto trip to Austria – Day 0

    This year we’ve decided to see… Slovakia, no… Alps in Austria, actually it was a second compromise πŸ˜€ Initially Andorra was the point, then maybe Spain, but all these more remote (from Lithuania) countries had one thing in common – bikes should be shipped there. And with shipping prices these days it would have been…

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  • Paradox alarm system and Home Assistant  with esp8266/ESP32 (without IP150)

    Paradox alarm system and Home Assistant with esp8266/ESP32 (without IP150)

    If you want to integrate Paradox (most panels) alarm system to Home Assistant – you will need to pull/read data from the panel and feed it to MQTT (preferred) server. There are several options: IP150 module, serial (UART) or Serial-to-WIFI device, which I’m using now. The latter is cheap, small, easy to set up and…

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  • Post technical inspection – Yamaha Stryker (thoughts, fixes, second try)

    Post technical inspection – Yamaha Stryker (thoughts, fixes, second try)

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    So, after they have failed my bike as β€œnot road worthy” I need to change some things. Letβ€˜s see how can I workaround these issues and how long these (temporary?) mods will last πŸ˜Š  First – relocate number plate to the back, on a rear fender. Then – Cobra exhaust… 129dB should be lowered to at…

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