From: Marty H on
On Dec 7, 10:51 pm, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au>
wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H <hyt...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >> Marty H wrote:
> >> > On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >> >> Marty H wrote:
> >> >>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >> >>>> Jeff R. wrote:
> >> >>>>> Still think $12 is steep?
> >> >>>> Sure is.  I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me
> >> >>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it.
> >> >>>> Nev..
> >> >>>> '08 DL1000K8
> >> >>> what is a Tachometer worth..?
> >> >>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth?
> >> >>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain
> >> >> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a
> >> >> tachometer factory fitted.  I find it hard to believe an iphone
> >> >> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast
> >> >> majority of the population.  If you need one then maybe it is value for
> >> >> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app
> >> >> would be of actual non-novelty use.
>
> >> >> Nev..
> >> >> '08 DL1000K8
>
> >> > you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby
> >> > then?
>
> >> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population.  The ones who
> >> do, have a tachometer.  
>
> >So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all
> >the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up?
>
> >I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the
> >population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast
> >majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is
> >need is a market.
>
> >>What?  You don't have a tachometer?  What kind
> >> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you?
>
> >A new one in the market for one
>
> >> > ever built and played with RC aircraft?
>
> >> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population.
>
> >again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to
> >justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last
> >post)
>
> >example
>
> >http://www.rcgroups.com Members: 291,316
> >(the most popular RC I know of)
>
> >www.advrider.com   Inmates: 116,705
> >(the most popular MC forum I know of)
>
> >> If you need one then maybe it is value for you.
>
> >correct, another people who could use it
>
> >> > you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only
> >> > use to change gears
>
> >> Why would you need a tacho to change gears?  Back off the throttle, pull
> >> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;)
>
> >you'll keep :-P
>
> >mh
>
> Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy
> end of a trumpet.
>
> </rant>

I thought it looked wrong..

ta

mh
(moot...moot..moot...got it)
From: F Murtz on
Kevin Gleeson wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H<hytram(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
>>> Marty H wrote:
>>>> On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
>>>>> Marty H wrote:
>>>>>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Jeff R. wrote:
>>>>>>>> Still think $12 is steep?
>>>>>>> Sure is. I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me
>>>>>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it.
>>>>>>> Nev..
>>>>>>> '08 DL1000K8
>>>>>> what is a Tachometer worth..?
>>>>>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth?
>>>>>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain
>>>>> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a
>>>>> tachometer factory fitted. I find it hard to believe an iphone
>>>>> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast
>>>>> majority of the population. If you need one then maybe it is value for
>>>>> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app
>>>>> would be of actual non-novelty use.
>>>
>>>>> Nev..
>>>>> '08 DL1000K8
>>>
>>>> you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby
>>>> then?
>>>
>>> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population. The ones who
>>> do, have a tachometer.
>>
>> So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all
>> the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up?
>>
>> I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the
>> population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast
>> majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is
>> need is a market.
>>
>>> What? You don't have a tachometer? What kind
>>> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you?
>>
>> A new one in the market for one
>>
>>>
>>>> ever built and played with RC aircraft?
>>>
>>> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population.
>>
>> again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to
>> justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last
>> post)
>>
>> example
>>
>> http://www.rcgroups.com Members: 291,316
>> (the most popular RC I know of)
>>
>> www.advrider.com Inmates: 116,705
>> (the most popular MC forum I know of)
>>
>>>
>>> If you need one then maybe it is value for you.
>>
>> correct, another people who could use it
>>
>>>
>>>> you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only
>>>> use to change gears
>>>
>>> Why would you need a tacho to change gears? Back off the throttle, pull
>>> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;)
>>
>> you'll keep :-P
>>
>>
>> mh
>
>
> Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy
> end of a trumpet.

Or someone with no tongue

From: Lee on
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:51:32 +1100, Kevin Gleeson
<kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote:


>
> Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy
> end of a trumpet.
>
> </rant>

<pedant>
The blunt end of a trumpet, surely?
</pedant>
--
Lee
(or possibly the loud end?)
From: hippo on
Marty H wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 7:20�pm, Moike <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Marty H wrote:
> > > On Dec 7, 7:27 am, Moike <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Marty H wrote:
> > >>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Jeff R. wrote:
> > >>>>> Still think $12 is steep?
> > >>>> Sure is. �I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost me
> > >>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it.
> > >>>> Nev..
> > >>>> '08 DL1000K8
> > >>> what is a Tachometer worth..?
> > >>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth?
> > >>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain
> > >>> mh
> > >> A silly question, perhaps, but why?
> >
> > >> The tachos on most modern bikes are digital and ought be at least as
> > >> accurate. �Would any slight error make any real difference?.
> >
> > >> Moike
> >
> > > who was talking about a modern bike?
> >
> > > think '79 vintage
> >
> > > mh
> >
> > Yes, I was.
> >
> > Moike
> > '79 R00RS
>
> I think mine works off a rubber band..
>
> mh
> (bounce bounce bounce)
>
>

I think my analogue Hella tach from about 1980 would still work, although
I haven't used it for about 3 years on even a car.

--
Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: hippo on
F Murtz wrote:
>
> Kevin Gleeson wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:47:22 -0800 (PST), Marty H<hytram(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Dec 7, 7:37 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >>> Marty H wrote:
> >>>> On Dec 7, 5:52 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Marty H wrote:
> >>>>>> On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "Nev.."<id...(a)mindless.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Jeff R. wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Still think $12 is steep?
> >>>>>>> Sure is. I think the most expensive app I have spent money on cost
me
> >>>>>>> $8.99, but that one actually saves me money every time I use it.
> >>>>>>> Nev..
> >>>>>>> '08 DL1000K8
> >>>>>> what is a Tachometer worth..?
> >>>>>> or, what is a audible Tachometer worth?
> >>>>>> I need one, so "if" I had a iPhone/iTouch, $12 would be a bargain
> >>>>> Just about every motor vehicle I've ever owned has come with a
> >>>>> tachometer factory fitted. I find it hard to believe an iphone
> >>>>> tachometer could be used as anything other than a gimick for a vast
> >>>>> majority of the population. If you need one then maybe it is value for
> >>>>> you, but I struggle to think of any circumstance when a tachometer app
> >>>>> would be of actual non-novelty use.
> >>>
> >>>>> Nev..
> >>>>> '08 DL1000K8
> >>>
> >>>> you have never worked on, restored or rebuilt a bike/engine/carby
> >>>> then?
> >>>
> >>> No, and neither do the vast majority of the population. The ones who
> >>> do, have a tachometer.
> >>
> >> So the worldwide production of Tachometers must stop now because all
> >> the people that will ever need one, replace one etc has dried up?
> >>
> >> I think the argument that the neither do the vast majority of the
> >> population is a little mute, if things always needed the vast
> >> majority, very little would ever see final production. All that is
> >> need is a market.
> >>
> >>> What? You don't have a tachometer? What kind
> >>> of bike/engine/carby restorer/rebuilder are you?
> >>
> >> A new one in the market for one
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> ever built and played with RC aircraft?
> >>>
> >>> No, and neither do an even more vast majority of the population.
> >>
> >> again..a mute argument, there is enough people into that hobby to
> >> justify a device like this (also refer to my ebay link in my last
> >> post)
> >>
> >> example
> >>
> >> http://fat.ly/e913u Members: 291,316
> >> (the most popular RC I know of)
> >>
> >> www.advrider.com Inmates: 116,705
> >> (the most popular MC forum I know of)
> >>
> >>>
> >>> If you need one then maybe it is value for you.
> >>
> >> correct, another people who could use it
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> you are, like some others in this thread are thinking a Tacho is only
> >>>> use to change gears
> >>>
> >>> Why would you need a tacho to change gears? Back off the throttle, pull
> >>> in the clutch, give the gear lever a kick... nope, no tacho ;)
> >>
> >> you'll keep :-P
> >>
> >>
> >> mh
> >
> >
> > Moot. The word is moot. A mute is something you shove up the pointy
> > end of a trumpet.
>
> Or someone with no tongue
>
>
>

Or an L200 - Mitsubishi Ute?

--
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