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I skimmed it and didnt find much "more to the story than meets eye" about it.
It's by a Chinese branch of Honda and limited to the Asian market for now. And its performance won't rip your pants off - which makes sense given the market.

Thanks!

Available only on BBC iPlayer currently

My first bike was a Suzuki GN250 and I'd highly recommend it (or something similar) to you based on your post. Eg Honda CB250/CD250. Actually any Japanese (UJM) air cooled single cylinder bike will be a great start to learn riding and maintenance. Usually cheap and available parts too.
I now ride a DR650 and still do a lot of my own wrenching.

Those will be square taper cranks. They can be a pain to remove, but sometimes are okay. Remove circular plastic cap and there'll be a nut down inside the crank. One side will be left hand thread, the other right hand. You'll need a socket that is very thin walled. Undoing these can be hard, but getting the cranks off the square taper is usually the more annoying part as the cranks get jammed on. I've often had to bash them off with a hammer 😅

(If you're actually going to attempt this, probs worth watching a youtube tutorial)

My dad recently picked up an automated brake light from the ALDI centre isle... so there are cheap options out there to try (and I imagine poor quality). But the tech wouldn't be too complex i wouldn't think - using an accelerometer.
They've had this tech in after market brake lights for motos for a while now.

Yep, we released an album recently that you can find on any streaming platform :)
Dreams Don't Come True - Cousin In Law.
Doesn't feature any of my songs, but I wrote some guitar parts and do some backing vocals. Hoping to finish recording and release some of my own stuff later this year (maybe... I really hope so haha)

Yourself?

Totally. Lockdowns really highlighted the importance of music to me.

Oh man that's a trickier question than it seems. I recently got a dunlop wah (coz MJ lenderman) and a TC digital delay so figurin out how thosd work for me.
Have one grungy song with an Opamp Muff and then a Boss Chorus over that during an arpeggiated section. I like that.
Mostly listen and play Indie/alt rock.

Yessir. Only been taking it a bit more seriously in last few years and joined a band. Been super fun. The world of pedals seemed too serious and daunting 2 years ago 😅 for some reason, but yeah, been really enjoying exploring that side of things.

Oh wow! Haha I can see why it'd take a while to get thru all the sounds and ways of using it. Have fun

Ah nice one!
What pedal?

This is less to do with single-use plastics, but plastic is often a really good option from a functional POV. It doesn't conduct heat like metal, it doesn't break like glass/ceramics and has better moisture resistance than timber. (Not saying plastic couldn't be replaced a lot of the time, but some times it's a frustratingly good option).

In terms of complete single-use plastic replacement, I'm not sure, but would also be interested. I'd hope it's mostly possible.