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A: Yes. Thank goodness. It was a nightmare last year trying to sort out the jetting. This year it is in the ballpark. It’s not perfect, but it’s much closer. We went one size richer on the main jet (490) and Husky went two sizes richer on the pilot (35). We still believe that the Mikuni TMX 38mm carburetor is inferior to the Keihin PWK carburetor, which was less temperamental and ran cleaner throughout the range. Although, when we think back a few years, the Keihin had its teething issues too. Husqvarna did not switch from Keihin to Mikuni for a performance boost. Although Husky, KTM and Keihin have been mum on why the carbs were changed, we assume that it was a production capability issue at Keihin’s factory or a significant price difference between Keihin and Mikuni, or maybe a little of both. Whatever caused Carb-Gate, we miss the no-hassle Keihin.

However, the same small component plays a key role in the design and manufacture of both vehicles: the friction-drilling screw.

Consumers have become incredibly particular about what they eat, what goes into their food, and under what conditions it is manufactured. Going further up in the Maslowian order, ‘new’ and ‘exciting’ product offerings are embraced with great enthusiasm and the influencer who is able to cover the most launches and offer the best reviews, is most likely to have the greatest following. And it is natural that where consumers go, brands will follow.

Yes I have. Drywall nail pops are the bane of many homeowners and it depends upon when and how the house was built. Nail-pops have many causes but only two results. Either the nail moves and the drywall stays put and the nail "pops" creating the tell-tale dimple or the drywall moves and the nail stays put with similar results. If you do not understand which of the two is happening, you will not take the appropriate repair steps in paint preparation and you will have doomed your efforts — the nail will pop again.

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HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING A SCORECARD, BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T. HOWEVER, WE WILL GET RIGHT ON THAT. Here is a quick synopsis, with a few added factors yet to be discussed. KTM wins the power, brake and clutch category, while Husqvarna takes the handling and wheel crowns. Every other category is a tie, as you would expect from bikes that are identical. But, perhaps there are tiebreakers yet to be discussed. Here are a few added features.

That said, politically, 2018 doesn’t seem like a golden period of international standardization. Political leaders trumpeting promises of deregulation have proven of late to have serious sway with voters, especially in the Anglo-American world. Furthermore, calls for America to “go metric” have been ignored for hundreds of years. In 1906, purported telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell urged Congress to adopt the metric system: “Few people have any adequate conception of the amount of unnecessary labor involved in the use of our present weights and measures.” Congress demurred, and does to this day. It remains to be seen how long this will continue to be the case, despite the huge costs having a different system represents.

A: If you have a pre-2018 TC250, you unplug the secret wire. Unlike the Husqvarna four-strokes, the Husqvarna TC250 two-stroke before 2018 do not come with an adjustable map switch, but what few people know is that it does have two maps. The stock map is the aggressive map, and it comes installed in the bike. There is a mellow map, but it is hidden under the gas tank. Look under the tank, just above the cylinder head, and you will see a wire hanging down with a white male/female connector. If you unplug that connector, you will activate the mellow map. A fair number of MXA test riders felt that with a little less jolt they could carry more speed out of corners without the drama, wheelies and wheelspin. On the 2018, you have a map swicth mounted next to the throttle that can switched back and forth between maps.

There are three variants: Version I has a flat top with a large operating area for switches, push buttons and touch displays. Version II features a smooth sloping top for desktop applications. Version III also has a sloping top but is recessed to accommodate a membrane keypad or product label.

Others decided to pursue other careers or start their own companies. Sarmad Ali (perhaps the most talented advertising person of our times) decided to join the media (Jang Group), Imran Irshad first went abroad and then came back to open his own agency, Shoaib Qureshy also opened his own agency and Raihan Merchant made a fortune by going solo early on in his career.

Better quality ones tend to be able to handle bigger batteries, offer high-quality insulation, provide surge control and are a good length.

Also if i were to build anything, then i wouldn’t be threading the nuts or bolts at all. Instead i would be buying them based off of bolt grade, the interior threads into billet components would also be designed in such a way that the forces acting upon the bolt are not in an axial direction but in a radial direction. thus putting significantly less stress on the threads of the bolt and instead uses the threads to maintain tightness.