HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley Outperforms ZX11, Film at Eleven
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:19:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Oct13.131914.16332
Organization: The Phallogocentric Cabal

In article <1992Oct13.152140.8162@news.yale.edu> 
rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:

>In article <1992Oct13.110610.16328@husc3.harvard.edu>
>zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:

>>Well, too bad for them then.  I think a manufacturer ought to adapt to the
>>demands of the market, not the other way around.  As evidenced by the
>>number of people still trying to race their agrarian machinery, Harley
>>loses a lot of customers by not building sport bikes.  I think even the
>>factory has come to recognize this by instituting the 883 racing class, and
>>making a lot of noise concerning their perennial race bike development
>>efforts.

>"Harley loses a lot of customers by not building sport bikes."
>Seeing as Harley basically sells it's entire production NOW, how is
>it going to sell more bikes by building sport bikes?

If they make more bikes, they can sell more bikes.  If they sell more
bikes, they can make more money.  If they make more money, they can invest
it in new production facilities and hire more workers.  If they expand
their production facilities and hire more workers, they can make more
bikes, sell them all, and make even more money.  Generally speaking, this
is how capitalism works.  Film at eleven.

>-Ekr
>
>
>
>-- 
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Eric Rescorla, DoD#431 (Nighthawk S)              rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu
>Former chemist now CM400 mechanic                 ekr@eitech.com(preferred)
>        "God gets off on a technicality. Film at 11" --CJ Silverio

cordially,
mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
"Nous donnons la mort, nous saurons la subir."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Post-tipover tips?
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:35:03 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: world
Organization: MSUS

In article <1992Oct9.195630.19113@socrates.umd.edu>,
rowell@socrates.umd.edu (William Rowell) wrote:
> [...]
> Well, after a more careful examination of the bike I conclude that the only
> damage was a scuff of the left mirror and a minor scratch on the engine
> case. I am amazed that the fairing sustained no wound whatsoever. Truly a
> wonderfully engineered body. [...]

Yea, ain't the egg just a marvel of natural engineering?
From: gal@calliope.uucp (Gal Kaplan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet Care (was Re: Why is my face shield so scratched so soon?)
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:53:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Oct9.165302.23238
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

In article <dbc-081092183528@b62003.student.cwru.edu> dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
>In article <BvtIrI.I04@tridom.com>, alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
>wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>   My helmet's first face shield got really scratched up.  When it came time to
>> shell out the bucks for a second one, I asked why.  Most of the abuse on the
>> shield came from my not taking care of it properly.
>
>Speaking of helmet abuse.  Does anyone use those lined helmet bags?  Are
>they work the hassle?
>
>| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
>| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
>| "You can lead the house to order, but you     | '81 CB750C           |
>| can't make it think"  -William Weld (Gov. Ma.)| '88 Bianchi Limited  |
From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HEY PEOPLE! was(Harley riders are JAGOFFS!!)
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:57:19 GMT
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com

> There; is that reason enough? Is that OK? Am I a "Harlee Jagoff" for having
> chosen a bike for these reasons? Am I a Yuppie scum???
> 
> You people are way out of line for the most part. I'm proud to say that I
> bought a Harley primarily for the above reasons, and only secondary because
> I wouldn't be caught dead on one of those JAP pieces of shit that sound
> like a Chiwawa with a broomstick up its ass.
> 

Yeah, we're way outta line. Nice of you to step in and moderate, and then
throw in a quick parting insult. Well since you've thrown down the gauntlet...

Are these the same "JAP pieces of shit" that are pushing the frontiers
of modern superbike technology ? The same bikes that are now showing
up with ABS, fuel injection, and now a forkless front suspension ?
The same "pieces of shit" that have been reliable for the last 20 years,
unlike your "Hardley Drivensen" which is just finally getting with the
program ? 

So what if your bike holds its value better? It SHOULD - it costs TWICE as
much. I bought my bike to ride the damn tires off of it. If you want
an investment, put your money in the bank.

Oh, and I wouldn't be caught ALIVE on one of those tractors that look
like motorcycles and sound like refugees from Briggs & Stratton quality
control !

Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
DoD # 810
1992 FJ1200A
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: timke@microsoft.com (Tim Keane)
Subject: Re: Know someone at Triumph or Norton???
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:55:06 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Oct12.165337.2400@inland.com> bloom@inland.com writes:
>I'm still pissed that the British managed to kill off the best of the 
>Britbikes, the Norton.  Maybe we could get the Japanese to buy the rights 
>to build the 1969 Fastback Commando.  I'd love to get their quality and 
>reliability with the looks, sound and handling of the Norton.
>.........Dr. Doom

You can buy a brand new '69 Fastback (or just about any other Commando) from
Fair Spares/Norvil in England.  As I understand it, they bought the whole
Commando spares manufacturing unit of Norton (which was still making factory
spares right up until last year).  The bikes are actually better than new,
because they use some upgraded parts and more care in assembly.  They also
offer many performance options (like better brakes and suspension) if you want.

Of course, they are insanely expensive by US prices (like all other bikes in
England), and I don't know what the status of importing them in the US is.
But if you *really* want a brand new '69, quit being pissed and go buy one.

Tim Keane (aka timke@microsoft.com)       /======\'74 John Player Norton
-----<---@   Britbikes 'R' Us   @---->----| DoD# |'67 Triumph TR6R
We are all doomed, but some of us are more| 0165 |'70 BSA 441 Victor Special
doomed than others. -- Robyn Hitchcock    \======/'67 Triumph T100R (Sheila's)
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:36055 rec.bicycles.soc:589
From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.bicycles.soc
Subject: Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist...
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:37:46 GMT
Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu

In article <1bhbdqINNs4c@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>BTW - NC law requires a vehicle to honk upon passing another vehicle
>(actually, it is "recomended" in the DMV driver training booklets, I
>haven't checked the VC).

   In at least a couple of the states I've lived in, use of the horn
is restricted to emergency use only.  Of course in practice, it's used
in all kinds of situations, most of them hostile in nature.
--
Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:25:50 GMT

In <1992Oct14.212455.705@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:

>In article <92Oct14.151535.15488@acs.ucalgary.ca> parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes:

>	Honda CL450	(am I the only one happy with what I've got?)

  No! However, if I didn't have to compromise my bikes would be more
special purpose than what I ride now.

__
   Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who
   Arch. & Eng. Services   |          **           | I think I am. 
   UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer" - IT175 |           - anonymous
From: rct@fulcrum.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: the encyclopedia brittanica agrees: chains suck!
Date: 13 Oct 92 12:16:23 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <djm.718899783@morpheus> djm@morpheus.wustl.edu (David Maconochie) writes:
>neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>>"Transmission is normally through chain or gearing between engine and
>>a two- to six-speed gearbox and then by primary chain to thea

>   A primary chain connects engine to tranny, a secondary chain connects tranny
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let's get picky - you mean the final chain, don't you?


============================================================================
Richard Taylor                 DoD #981                  (rct@fulcrum.co.uk)
"Would you trust a company who have their bits reversed ?".
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Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Bicycle vs motorcycle flame war, part
Date: 16 Oct 1992 13:22:36 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 2496@i88.isc.com, jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>In article <1992Oct15.180342.28677@megatek.com> randy@megatek.com writes:
>>In article <1992Oct14.211112.7675@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
>>|No, you were an idiot.  And your original post reveals your feeling
>....
>>doesn't make me a rabid car hater, you moron).  Your choice, but quit trying
>>to justify your juvenile reaction.  
>
>Thank you.  Gen. Stockdale, do you have anything to add to the discussion?

Er, um, yes.  When I was in Viet Nam...  this society, our own society,
Well, er, Americans... and, um...  well, that's all.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Drilling my own discs
Date: 11 Oct 92 03:12:14 GMT
Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA

Saturday October 10 1992 15:09, Robert M. Button wrote to All:

 RMB> May I suggest a freshman's physics course for John.

No, you may not.

 RMB> (see gyroscope). So...as far as carbon-carbon brakes are
 RMB> concerned...they are first of all lighter material than steel...but most
 RMB> importantly...their high heat characteristics allow for much greater
 RMB> force to be applied by the pads.
 RMB> ..or something like that.

Yes, yes, thats obvious, but since you really can't answer my question,
why'd you bother taking up bandwidth in the first place.

John

--- GoldED 2.40.P0720+
--  
John Hamilton                  uucp: uts.amdahl.com!kennel!john
DoD #0327   ToT #11            internet: john@f8.n143.z1.fidonet.org
ZX-11 From Hell.               arpa: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG
She said, "Its either me or that ZX-11!" Too bad, I'll miss her.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Marking Disks (was: Re: Drilling my own discs)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Keywords: brakes holes cooling green magic marker
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:48:43 GMT

In article <Oct.4.17.42.16.1992.15310@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:

[deleted]

>Aren't you also _decreasing_ the surface area between the pads and the
>rotor?  Is it negligible enough so that the cooling effect on the
>rotor outweighs it ?

A Good Tip(tm) I heard elsehwere right here on the NET was to
take a green magic marker and color the edges of your disks.

Spose'd t'make 'em stop faster, I guess...

YMMV
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FOUND:  Old Honda 450
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:19:27 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Gary O. Meeker (meeker@step2.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: Anyway, does anyone know if it is possible to claim an abandoned vehicle like 
: this, provided its not stolen?   I already have 2 motorcycles, but you never 
: can have too many.  Besides, I always wanted a bike with spoked wheels.  
:
So, you found an old DOHC 450 Honda?  A good friend of mine had one of those 
back in the mid 70s.  They were a pretty quick bike for the time and size.
I even rode it once.  There might even be some collector value in another
ten years or so.  Why don't you call the local DMV office or police?
They can check the serial number on their hot sheet, unfortunately it sounds
like it may have been stolen and dumped.  If the original owner is not
found there is probably a way to register it.
 
--

*******************************************************************************
* Bill Ranck                                          ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu *
* DoD #496  Bikes past and present: CB175, CB550F, Norton 750, CB350F, XV535  *
*******************************************************************************
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:47:05 GMT
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California

In article <1992Oct15.115935.19629@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> groh@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes:
|
|     1. HD Softtail Springer
|     2. HD FatBoy
|     3. Ariel Square Four
|     4. Vincent Black Shadow
|     5. Brougham Superior
|
|and a Ducati, ZX11, etc. etc. etc. 
|    five is not anywhere enough!!!!!!!!!!

  Amen on #2.  If I am ever in the market for a cruiser, I like the looks
of the FatBoy.

(The audience hushes as all the Harley riders fall out of their seat :-)

  Is the Black Shadow all its hyped up to be?

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: nrmendel@unix.amherst.edu (NATHANIEL ROBERT MENDELL)
Subject: address for Muzzy?
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:41:07 GMT


Hey folks--

I just picked up a zx10 and was curious to see what kinds of gadgets Muzzy
has for it.  Anyone know where I can get in touch with them?  Also, anyone
know where I could find carbon fiber or clear plastic body parts for the 
bike?  (Don't you think a see-through fairing would be great?!)

Thanks,
Nathaniel
Amherst College
zx10

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!) (really DoD pets)
Keywords: cager,asshole
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 23:24:29 GMT

In article <carlp.718570987@frigg> carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
>
>Don't you think cats, being much more individualistic, aloof, etc. are
>much better pets for flaming individualists like motorcyclists?
>
>Dogs are big and loveable and devoted and STUPID (they'll do anything
>just to please you).  Cats don't give a damn what you think, and if
>they fall over, scramble, almost-die during some stupid maneuver -
>they just look up to see if anybody's looking, and then put on that 
>"I _meant_ to do that" look.  Prefect biker attitude.
>
Nope, my dogs are like my bike. big. loveable. and devoted.

the last thing I want is a bike that has a mind of its own, thank you very much

-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
From: vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:06:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Bike for Sale (was: Re: What would you buy for $2000?)
Organization: Dances with Hawks
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis) writes:

> vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson) writes:
> 
>>  A Hawk 650 GT.  They just turn soooooooooo nice.
> 
> Except that the NADA blue books lists the average retail price of an '88
> Hawk 650 GT (first model year) at just under $2,700.  A $2,000 example would
> probably be pretty sad...

  Depends on your fortune.  I bought an '89 sporting 1500 mi. on the clock
  with nary a blemish on it for $2500 (including a Targa Tsunami fairing).
  So kind of the poser to break it in for me! :->

  A month later, there was another entry in the classifieds for a '90 Hawk
  with Targa fairing, Muzzy pipe, and claiming 7500 miles.  Asking price
  was $2500.  I didn't look at it so I have no idea what shape it was in.

  Lurk in the classifieds and pounce when indicated.

  Victor "Scrapes Pegs with Hawks" Johnson
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: rec.moto.tech
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 23:50:58 GMT

In article <1asuanINNrgt@bigboote.WPI.EDU> ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick) writes:
>
>
>	hi all,
>
>	the idea of a rec.moto.tech sounds good to me too. i am not a
>	great wiz at moto tech stuff :( but i like reading such
>	articles. i still love the usual rec.moto noise, but a lesser
>	noise, tech-oriented group sounds fun.

Do you *REALLY* think that the noise wouldn't follow.  I'll bet it would.


>
>	- ravi
>-- 
>-- 
>'''---```---^^^^^^-----#-----~~~~~----'''------~~~~-----````~~~---------$$-----
>sig (n): a piece of mail with a fool at one : Ravi Narayan - ravi@cs.wpi.edu
>          end and flames at the other. (C).  :       Suzuki GS500E
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff
            {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Stupid Questions
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:04:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Oct07.150434.18472
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Oct5.184908.622@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>In article <1aq50tINNouj@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>>>6.  What was the ugliest motorcycle ever produced?  (New, not ratted out.)
>> 
>> BMW R100G/S.
>
>ed, those who ride glass motorcycles shouldn't throw stones.

Glass?  Ed, wherever did you ever find a Spagthorpe Blink Dog?
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: walking bike (Was: Re: The Dead Battery Problem)
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:23:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet


-> In California, it's the vehicle code:
->
-> CVC 27801.  No person shall drive any two-wheeled motorcycle: (a)
-> Equipped with a seat so positioned that the driver, when sitting
-> aside    the seat, cannot reach the ground with his feet.
....
-> I'm surprised that other states don't have similar requirements.


 Possibly because LOTS of riders can't touch the ground with both feet.

 The "both feet" thing seems to be a nearly religious issue with some
people.  *I* can't touch the ground with both feet on my Yamaha; in
fifteen years I've never owned a bike where I could do this.  Yeah, I
have short legs.  There's no safety issue - if the bike leans, you
simply stick out the other foot and it'll touch the ground when the bike
leans far enough.  But some people feel threatened or something if they
can't plant both Keds firmly on the blacktop.

 The DoD-correct solution is, of course, not to stop.

=======================================================================
can you help me...help me get out of this place?...slow sedation...
ain't my style, ain't my pace...giving me a number...NINE, SEVEN, EIGHT
(Nazareth)               XJ900 TURBO at 15psi          DoD# 978  KotFAQ
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From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Impact drivers
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:59:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <980@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com> jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak) writes:
>
>These appear to be steel screws threaded into an aluminum case.
>Any suggestions how I get these puppies out of there?
>I'd really like to be able to inspect that drive sprocket.

 _Carefully_ drill the heads off with a drill bit slightly larger than
the diameter of the screw threads.  The cover should then come off over
the remaining threads.  Saturate the stubs of the screws with
penetrating oil, grab them with vise-grips, and remove them.  Throw all
philips-head screws away and replace with Allens.

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| Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       |
| davet@loowit.WR.TEK.COM         | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
| '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
| '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
| '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     |
|       1938 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     |
| My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
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From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Valve actuation (was Re: Harley Outperforms...)                 
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:32:22 GMT

In article <Bw4yEJ.xv@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org
(Neal Howard) writes:

>What I'd like to see is a 4 stroke piston engine in which the valves are
>opened/closed either electrically or hydraulically where the timing/lift/
>duration is microcomputer controlled so that various "electronic camshaft
>profiles" may be switched dynamically while the beast is running to suit the
>instantaneous needs of the rider. 

You might be interested to read up on the Renault
Formula I engines.  They use pneumatic valve actuation.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu