Charles Harris

Lol. Hard tails without the pogo seat can be brutal. That makes my kidneys hurt just looking at it.

Cool bike.

I haven't rode a 690 Duke yet but I used to have a 640 Duke. It was a fun bike up at deals gap but the 45 min ride sucked on the way up there. I know they have improved the vibrations but it's still a single. I don't think you would like it very well for riding two up. I would ride a demo before you get to serious. The 950, 990, 1090, and 1290 duke would be awesome. The 950 supermoto and duke are the same bike with different bodywork. The 650 Versys is a great riding bike. Suspension and brakes are not a KTM, Ducati, or BMW, but they are good. I feel like the suspension and brakes are also good for riding two up. The motor puts out great power is great for a 650 and its smooth at highway speeds. It's a great bike at a good price point. I feel like helmet, jacket, gloves, and boots are necessary even when just riding across town. They have saved my dad once. He was only riding about 5 miles across town. A young girl driving a suburban was talking on her phone and pulled out in front of him. He was riding a KTM 950 adventure. He grabbed the brakes the bike stood up on on the front tire. The windshild of the bike hit the tire of the suburban. His face hit the fender and he landed up on the hood. He was only running about 30mph when that happened. He walked away with some bruises and that's all. One of his toe nails turned black from the impact inside of his boot. He was wearing one of my Arai helmets and it ended up with scratches all up the front. I bought my Aerostitch back in 1998 and I still wear it today. I used to wear out a jacket about every two years before. It's the yellow one in the pictures. Here are some pictures from some of our rides.

I did the same thing. I listed all of my DeWalt stuff on eBay and bought Milwaukee. I converted my 12v tools over first. Then the fuel sawzall and circ saw are what pushed me over to Milwaukee for the 18v stuff. Dewalt makes some great tools but they need to catch up with some really good brushless saws.

Don't skimp on gear. Your gear can make a HUGE difference in you comfort riding. Your helmet is the most important. Make sure it fits correctly. This is my go to gear. Helmet - Arai quantum Jacket - Aerostitch Darien w/ heated liner Pant - Aerostitch Darien Boots - Aerostitch combat touring boots. (They take 20 or 30 k miles to get broke in good but they will last for years) Gloves - I like motocross gloves for summer riding. Several companies make good road gloves just make sure you get ones that fit correctly and have precurved fingers.

Have you thought about a dual sport? I think a BMW 1200 GS adventure is the best all around touring bike. I've never been a big fan of baggers. I prefer the Harley Ultra for a bagger but they feel like dogs after riding a BMW. If you are looking for a smaller bike you should look at a Kawasaki KLR or Versys. They are both great bikes. For street fighter style bikes my favorite is a KTM 950 Supermoto. The Ducati hyperstrada is a cool bike. I grew up really close to deals gap we rode 129 every weekend. We also made a lot of road trips. You are already ahead if you have dirt bike experience. My advice for riding is be alert and pay attention to what cars are doing around you. Some people just don't look for motorcycles when pulling out or merging.

You can see all of the drills in this video.

I would say that corded drill should be faster. If you are doing much drilling in masonry you really should try out a sds rotary hammer. They are awesome.

If you are drilling small holes for anchors/ tap cons, yes it does surprising well. I have a brick house built in the 50's. I always reach for the M12 fuel when hanging pictures etc. It does great drilling into plaster. I opted for an M18 fuel sds rotary hammer and the 2404 for lighter stuff.

http://www.grainger.com/product/GREENLEE-Cordless-AC-Adaptor-6CCJ6?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/6CCJ6_AS01?$smthumb$ Greenlee is already making one.

One of my other hobbies is RC airplanes and helicopters. You have to learn all about this stuff or you'll end up with a crashed plane. One of my airplanes has a brushless motor that puts out the power of a 30cc gas engine. It will use up a 5 ah lithium polymer pack in about 4 mins if you stay in the throttle. It would be possible to make an adapter. It just needs to convert AC power to DC like a computer power supply.

Andrull, I'm not sure what your point of disagreement is. It sounds like you have some experience with lithium polymer packs. They usually advertise the C rating of the cells. You can take the C rating multiply by the Ah rating to get the discharge rate in amps. Internal resistance affects what the C rating is for the battery. Have you found where the C ratings are for the Samsung 18650 cells? I haven't been able to find them published. Samsung just publishes the max continuous discharge rate in amps. At the end of the day what matters is that the pack can provide enough amps to the tool. The difference in Ah rating just means longer run times. The 3.0ah cells havent caught up to the 1.5 and 2.0 ah cells yet in max discharge rate. The way Milwaukee has built these packs (3 in parallel) will give the best of both. Plenty of amps and long run times. The only downside is size and weight.

Cool. The shorter stroke length should make it easier to not bend blades. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice. 6509 or 6519? I prefer the 6519 over the big 15amp one. I had both. I haven't had a chance to try a 6509. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The capacity and discharge rate are two different specs. It's actually the opposite of what you would assume. The internal resistance increases as the capacity increases. The more internal resistance the lower discharge rate. As a battery ages the internal resistance also increases. Samsung makes 1.5 ah (1500 mah) cells that have a max discharge rate of 25 amps. The highest discharge rate 3.0 Samsung cells I have found are 15amps. I believe this is why we haven't seen any 3ah slim packs. When I first saw this battery pack I thought Milwaukee has sourced some 4.5ah cells. Batteries continue to improve. Hopefully in the near future we will have 5 ah cells with 25amp discharge rates.

Lol! That's how it started with me. Except I got the M12 fuel screwdriver first. The drill and hackzall are awesome.

Congrats. Bosch makes some awesome tools.

I'm very pleased to have this model. I don't need the switch in the grip for my router table. Seems like it was a great deal judging from everywhere else I have looked. I'm considering selling the hitachi also. I'm really liking this Bosch. I might pick up an extra fixed base on eBay for the router table. Doesn't seem like it will be to hard to remove it when needed.

Yes. It's a new SDS Max 18v.

I must have got a good one. The DCD 790 I had held bits well and ran very true. My only complaint was how rough the knurling is. I was spinning the chuck down one day under power. I know your not supposed to do it that way, but who can say they have never done it that way at one time or another. I wasn't paying close attention when it grabbed. I didn't have a good hold of the chuck and it spun over my finger. To my surprise it peeled a decent size chunk of skin off. Needless to say I was careful to spin the chuck by hand after that.

That's an 18v drill. Those cells are full charged at 4v and fully discharged at 3v An 18v/20v has 5 cells in series. Fully charged you should get a reading of 20V. (That's why DeWalt calls their batteries 20v) If you are reading 15.8v with the battery not under load it's dead. Lithium batteries do a great job of holding their voltage to the end of the cycle. Once they get to the end the voltage drops quickly. See the graph in the pictures. It's tracking the individual voltage of each cell in one of my 2 cell Lithium LiFe packs (built from a cut up 36v DeWalt pack). I call it falling off the cliff. Our newer lithium powered tools stop the discharge before it falls off the cliff to protect the battery. Your battery is at the edge of the cliff. When you pull the trigger the voltage drops and the tool cuts off to protect the battery. Leaving lithium battery's deeply discharged can damage them. I would recommend not trying to use the drill until you get a charger. It will just make the situation worse.

Wow that is a lot of data. I've been hanging onto an old unlimited data Verizon plan. Makes it a pain to get a new phone but it comes in handy for stuff like this. I streamed it part of the day on my wifi iPad. Then the rest on my phone. Looks like I used about 2gb.

Makita? You can see the DCD 995 sitting on the table at 3:32.

This picture was posted up on Twitter at the new product symposium. Does anyone know what is plugged in between the battery and drill? I'm guessing some sort of telemetry to track amp draw.

Hopefully there will be a Friday night tool fight before to long.