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Date: Wed,  8 Apr 1992 14:32:58 -0400 
From: Steve Ha <sh4e+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: *Motorcycle For Sale*

A good friend of mind is selling his incredible Honda.  If you are
interested, please contact him to <sh50+@andrew.cmu.edu>, and please do
not contact me. Following is his message:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - 

Hey, 
 
I have a 1 yr old Honda Turbo NJ1200 RR for sale. I bought it new for about
$100,000 (U.S.) in Japan and brought it over last summer. Only 7 of them
were made originaly.
Let me tell you a couple of things about this bike:
 
1) It has two wheel drive (2x2x2).
2) It goes from 0mph to 200Km/hr in 3 secs.
3) Almost 450 horse power.
4) Only weight 411 pounds.
5) It has quad turbine 1200cc all ceramic & titanium engine with intercooler.
6) All titanium body frame with ceramic-alluminum body.
7) Comes standard with computer controlled dual ABS.
8) Standard equipment includes power mirrors, adjustable power leather seats, 
   adjustable power handle, stereo system (includes cd player) Hand-free
built- 
   in cellular Phone, Electronic remote alarm, etc.
9) It gives great gas mileage...typically little less than 100 miles per
gallon.
10) And more... 

I am selling it because I am buying a new Honda NG750 RR, which is the
racing version of Turbo NJ1200 RR.
Tell me if you're interested.
 
-Sam.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson)
Subject: Re: chain vs belt vs shaft drive
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: world,local
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 15:42:16 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.115725.12808@inmos.co.uk> nicks@grandad.inmos.co.uk (Nick Sturge) writes:
>Having had bikes with all three (on different bikes, of course),
>it's an easy first, second and miserable third for shaft, belt
>and naff old chains.
>
I agree!  I will never buy another bike with a chain if I plan to
ride the bike.  Antiques do not count.  If you want a bike to ride
and not work on, then get a shaft drive.

Furthermore, if you follow the traffic laws you will never notice the
"shaft effect" that people complain about.  Even without considering
the traffic laws I do not think that I have ever noticed it on my
Honda V-65 Magna.



--
(804)-924-8607                   Michael L. Johnson
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mlj8e@Virginia.BITNET            Box 448; Univ. of Va.  
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From: mmaser@sirius.UVic.CA (Michael  Maser)
Subject: Re: Jump start with car?
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 20:38:37 GMT

>In article <3432@balrog.ctron.com>, tavares@earl.ctron.com writes:
>|> 
>|> My bike uses a 12 volt system. Would it be possible, if necessary
>|> to jump start the battery using my car and regular jumper cables?
>|> If it is not possible, why not?

V=I*R    This equation is the most fundamental of all electrical equations
that I know. Put in simple terms 12V is 12V. Therefore, if you jump start a 
bike with a car, the voltage is the same. However, the internal wiring may 
have different resistances and would result in different currents for each
vehicle. BUT there are things called fuses which will blow if the current
is too large. As a result, if you try to jump start a bike with a car and
the current is too high, the fuse will break the circuit before damage can
be done. If the current doesn't reach the fuse level, then you are totally
O.K..??? Any questions???

(This is your brain....   gfugfcgfcgyfgbcuyegfbcaub
This is your brain on a motorcycle        Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: declan@seas.gwu.edu (Declan McCullagh)
Subject: Re: Breaking in an Engine
Summary: Time to get a new bike...
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:11:41 GMT


Bob J Taylor writes:

> By hitting 6kRPM you have not only invalidated your warranty but you
> have permanently damaged the engine.  However, being the nice guy I am
> and realizing that the engine must be immediately rebuilt I am willing
> to make a one time offer of $1000 to take that useless lump of metals
> and plastics off of your hands.

Egads, you're right!  Damn, I'm going to have to be more careful next
time.  You can have my F2 - just stop by and dig it out of the
dumpster.  Better hope Marge next door hasn't emptied her cat litter
on it already.

I'm off to the dealer to pick up a new one later today.  My thanks to
the net for alerting me to this problem before it became more serious.

-Declan

declan@seas.gwu.edu / DoD #599 / 1992 CBR600F2 Try #2
From: cl3d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl D. Lovejoy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Yes Mister PoliceMan, No Mister PoliceMan...
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:13:48 GMT
Organization: Astm Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


   In the past two weeks I have been pulled over buy my local constables
twice.  The first time in my car, when I was just pulling out from my
plan.  Today was the second time, in almost the exact same place. 
However, this time I was on Vifer. 
    Both times I got off with out anything but a lecture.  In the car
the Cop did not even ask for my liscence or anything else.  I was
absolutely accomidating and offered nothing in the way off bullshit or
"No not me".
    Today on the bike I quickly removed my helmet, shut down the bike,
pulled out all my paperwork and ID from my helmet(I keep it behind the
padding in the back), and awaited my lecture.
    Mister Police man asked the normal questions.  "Do you know how fast
you were going, Don't try to tell me that you didn't.  Are you late for
your funeral...I do not like to write tickets, but I will.  However in
your case I do not think it would do anygood..."
    I was going about 50 in a 35, which puts me at about 6 10ths on this
road.  I was nailed and thought for sure I was going to get a ticket. 
He walked around the bike checking things out, asked when my inspection
was up-I told him in july- and handed me back my liscence and stuff. 
Gave another quick lecture and said my family would not want to scrap me
off the road so be carefull.
    This is TOO weird. I am not this lucky, but I can say that if you
are absolutely polite and follow the same procedure that I did once you
are stopped I think that anybody has a reasonable chance to avoid a
ticket.  That is unless it happens to be a State cop, which here in PA.
will never let you off.  
    I have never said more then a few sentences to the guys that have
left me off.  I think the cop pretty much decides before he gets out of
the car, providing your are not a jerk, whether or not he is going to
let you off with a warning, and feel that no amount of "talking" will
avail.  Just conunting my blessings now, and begining to realise that
maybey I am not going to be able to do this too much longer in my town; 
I am starting to run out of cops who have not pulled me over!


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From: garnett@news.Colorado.EDU (Santiago de la Paz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What do we call Harleys?
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:10:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: colorado.1992Apr8.201051.4822
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

John Sloan writes:
|> 
|> I call them (harleys) the best beginner's bikes ever designed. Consider:
|>
|>         [excuses deleted]

Aw, come on now, John, don't go off making up all those excuses.  You know
that the only reason you got that Harley is to ride around knocking people
senseless with that shiny emerald paint-job and out-rumbling the rest of
the Twins on the rides.  

It wasn't enough for you when that starry-eyed kid cooed over your BMW on
Loveland, you had to go off and buy a *shinier* bike that cost *more*, while
the poor heathens of this world like me tool around town with three spare
quarts of oil hoping that head-gaskets really aren't too important.  Face
it, John, you're the Donald Trump of the DoD! :$)

~james

James Garnett                                   garnett@boulder.Colorado.EDU
UnixOps/Distributed Computing                       ...!ncar!boulder!garnett
University of Colorado at Boulder                            +1 303 492 0264
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: RE: KILL A BIKER, GO TO J
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059

->   It is a lame story because in some countries excuses "I didn't
-> see them" and "Hey I was drunk" are allowable excuses for killing
-> someone.

 The first is allowable in the US.  Arrgh.  Your average
motorcycle/rider combo is about six feet tall, seven to eight feet long,
two feet wide, and usually comes in garish colors.  Not to mention
Federally-mandated wired-on headlight.  "not seeing" something that size
should qualify for legally blind.

 A friend of mine drives a wrecker.  He's pulled at least four cars out
from under 18-wheelers.  One lady nailed a Freightliner (with 48-foot
trailer) right ahead of the axles.  She "didn't see" it.

 That's one reason I don't feel reflector vests, flashing doohickey
headlights, or other whatnots to be worth much.  The average cager idiot
ISN'T LOOKING; their tunnel vision is probably divided between the radio
control and the gas guage.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan)
Subject: Re: O.K., HOW ABOUT DOD MOUSE
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:15:40 GMT


What nonsense. Every REALLY old hacker KNOWS that REAL MEN use, real
MANLY men, men who lost their hearing while slaving over hot ASR-33s,
the kind of men who say to hell with the operating system (such as it
was), just move directly to and from the control and status registers
in the I/O space, the kind of men who see meaning in ASCII throwup.

Those kind of men use TECO.

AND WE LIKED IT!

--
John Sloan              "Since I've given up hope,        +1 303 497 1243
NCAR/SCD                   I feel much better."       Fax +1 303 497 1137
Boulder CO 80307-3000 USA                            jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu
Logical Disclaimer:  belong(opinions,jsloan). belong(opinions,_):-!,fail.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: argyle@cg.emr.ca (malcolm argyle)
Subject: Re: FREE MAGAZINE OFFER FROM A NY COMPANY.
Reply-To: argyle@cg.emr.ca
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:38:41 GMT

In article 92Apr7082429@onion.cmu.edu, gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.223633.24610@tellab5.tellabs.com> rgarg@tellab3.tellabs.com writes:
>> ...(Appeal to be part of scam deleted)...  
>
>...(Warning about bigger scam deleted)...
>May 1992 rolls around, and still nothing.  ...(Stuff deleted)...
>October 1992, PCC finally arrived, ...(Other stuff deleted)...


This is rediculous!
I've got to stop watching those late night T.V. movies and try to 
get some sleep at night.  Thank God the NHL players are (were?)
on strike, otherwise I might have missed something important.

Malcolm.

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This doesn't reflect their views. Hell, this  |Malcolm Argyle
doesn't even reflect my views!                   |argyle@cg.emr.ca
                                                                  |Geological Survey of Canada
                                                                  |Bldg. 7, 1 Observatory Cres.
                                                                  |Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1A 0Y3

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Comfortable Commuter?
Organization: UH Dept of Math
	<3617@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:32:49 GMT

"Carl" == Carl Paukstis,LL2-2B,5439, <carlp@frigg.isc-br.com> writes:

Carl> My FXRS-CON goes 160mi before reserve usually.  With slightly
Carl> worse mileage, but a bigger tank, I'd expect close to 200 out of
Carl> a stock FLH-series bagger.

Egads.  My $3995 UJM ('92 CB750) manages 170 mi before reserve when
I'm doing stop-start-squidly driving.  I get almost 200 when I'm just
crusing down the freeway.  And the seat is comfy for a drive lasting a
tank of gas.  And you can get crash bars/luggage/windshield for it.
Insurance is cheap and the 750cc's are enough to get up and go when
need be.

I think ya'll are just looking for an excuse to spend a huge amount of
money on a bigger peni...er, motorcycle.

--
J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - Systems Wrangler, UH Dept of Mathematics
Note! New vox number: (713) 743-3466  '91 CB750, DoD# 0378
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From: artc@bacchus.epps.kodak.com (Art Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Mail-Order advice
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:10:43 GMT
Reply-To: artc@bacchus.atex.kodak.com
Organization: Atex Publishing Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Apr15.200623.26394@APS.Atex.Kodak.COM>, shelly@Atex.Kodak.COM (Shelly Simon) writes:
|> Hello Netters,
|> 
|> I'm in the market for a helmet (Shoei RF200) and I've decided to try going
|> mail order.  I'm looking for any information or concerns I should know about
|> before buying via mail order. Also, if anyone has had any direct experiences,
|> good or bad, in dealing with mail order companies, this info would also be
|> helpful.  Please reply directly to pauls@ftp.com or the address below.
|> 

Fit is really important when you're buying a helmet because if it doesn't
fit right it can be an annoyance or not protect as it should.... Although
I buy lots of stuff mail order (usually through Competition Accessories),
helmets are something I like to buy from a dealer.

So if you really want to go mail order, you should have already visited
a knowledgable dealer and found a model that fits right.

CA, by the way, is my first choice for price, service, quality and all
the other mail-order things.

Art
-- 
Art Campbell          artc@atex.kodak.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                      All the usual disclaimers apply.
From: groh@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (Jim Groh)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BATTERY QUESTION: long slow charge, or quickie?
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:52:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: mailer.1992Apr7.155241.29568
Reply-To: groh@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department

I have always preferred long slow as opposed to quickie.
What?
battery charging?????? 
OH!!

Same is true for battery charging, the key here is less heat from
long slow.  Less heat is better for batteries.  Trust me.

In article <11981@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> jlhaferman@l_eld09.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeff Haferman) writes:
>
>I've always been told that a long slow charge is "better" 
>for a battery than a quick charge.  For example, I have an 
>8 amp/hour charger, which can fully charge a dead motorcycle
>battery in 5 or 6 hours, as opposed to 24 hours using a
>"trickle" charge.

     <stuff deleted>

>Any authorities on this subject please respond.
>

I am not an authority, but I play one here at the university.

>Thanks,
>
>
>Jeff Haferman                            internet: jlhaferman@icaen.uiowa.edu
>Department of Mechanical Engineering     DoD 0186  BMWMOA 44469  AMA 460140
>The University of Iowa
>Iowa City, IA  52242                                 '76 R90S


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: '82 SECA 650 INFO. (WANTE
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 15 Apr 92 10:39:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059

->      Ho, I'm currently thinking about purchasing a '82 Seca 650 to
-> replace my trusted (but to small to haul all my garbage to Florida)
-> '82 Maxim 400. The problem is that the Seca 650 has a shaft drive and
-> the gearing seems (IMHO) a tad to short for highway driving. Does
-> anyone know if it is possible to easily change the gearing on the
-> Seca's shaft drive??

 All the big Secas/Maxims from 650 to 900 had the same final drive
ratio.  The Seca 900 has a 5% taller middle gear, which I will be
transplanting into my Maxim X motor before it goes into my Seca 900
chassis (with Seca Turbo forced-induction accoutrements).

 You might try a taller tire.

-> P.S. To any '82 Seca 650 (nonturbo) owners: Is there anything special
-> I should   check out on the bike before I buy it? (besides the
-> regular stuff)

 You got something against Turbo owners?  <grin>  Powertrain-wise, the
motors are dreadfully strong and reliable, other than the clutches,
which are really a bit weak even for normally-aspirated 650s.  If the
bike has been ridden hard or has seen more than 10,000 miles, you'll
probably be looking for a clutch in the near future.  I strongly
recommend using replacement Yamaha "clubfoot" aluminum discs.  I cheaped
out with a Barnett clutch on my Turbo, and the thin steel discs boogered
the clutch basket, which was NOT cheap.
From: txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: O.K., How About DoD MousePads?????
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:25:08 GMT

randy@ninja.megatek.uucp writes:

>In article <CMM.0.90.2.703345676.arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Arnie Skurow <arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>|My wife's office partner's wife suggested the ultimate DoD goody.  She said
>|that since all people on the net are, to some extent, computer types, how 
>|about MousePads with the Denizen logo?

>  How about mouse pads for optical mice?  Don't leave me out (waaaaah).... :-)

Sheesh guys, you'se show no creativity at all... Just stick 'ol Doomey
on the mouse's back... Wala, instant DoD mouse!


>Randy Davis				UUCP: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
>ZX-11 Pilot			 	      ucsd!megatek!randy
>DoD #00013

Hi Randy! Sporty's comin along... It'll be a race against time though.
Work has me out of town for half of May. :{(


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: twln5@isuvax.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: Lester Wheels/tubeless tires
Reply-To: twln5@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:12:58 GMT

In article <491@kluge.fiu.edu>, berkt@scs.fiu.edu (Toby Berk) writes:
>My wife recently bought a used '78 BMW R80 that came with Lester cast wheels
>and tubes in the tires.  The dealer tells me that we can mount tubless tires
>on the Lesters (after adding valve stems, of course), but I'm a suspicious 
>type.
>
>Does anyone know if this is OK to do?  If so, is there any risk in removing
>the tubes and remounting the same tires tubeless?

I use a set of early cast wheels on my RD. Mine were supposed to be run with
tubes; Lesters, as I recall, could be run tubeless due to the less- porous 
construction. At any rate, I painted the insides of my rims to seal them,
had a flat surface machined at the stem openings, and installed tubeless
valve stems. No problems so far ( 10 years), you ought to be OK with the
Lesters. The main question, I believe, is whether the castings are so porous
as to allow air to escape. If you're in doubt, seal them.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rjwhite@watmath.waterloo.edu (RJ White)
Subject: Yamaha Power Valve System (YPVS) not behaving
Organization: MFCF
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 08:16:14 GMT


On my 1990 Yamaha RZ350, my Power Valve often has the following behaviour:
When you turn the key on, it cycles through the open and close and goes
rrrrrr-rrrrrrr-rrrrr  like its supposed to, but then it sorta goes zzzzzzz
forever as if its trying to do something and can't.
It does this except when I try to demonstrate it to somebody...

I *think* it is still doing this when the bike is running, but I can't be
sure since the engine drowns out the sound.
The bike runs fine.

Has anybody experienced this and know whats wrong?
	-rj
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DoD 051112 (guess!)             | annoying buzzwords.  We prefer to call it
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From: umfehr06@ccu.umanitoba.ca (John Fehr)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: engine slugishness
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:04:25 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Why is it that bikes (or maybe all vehicles) are more sluggish when its cold
outside?  (Even when the engine isn't?)  Is it the cold air intake (that
combines with the gas) absorbs so much of the heat that the explosion isn't
as 'explosive'?  Or is it because the gas doesn't spread out enough in the
cylinder when its cold? (It being closer to the gas's boiling point.)  
  Thanx

     John


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From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HARLEY-DAVIDSON BRAND OIL
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:55:33 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Re: Marvel Mystery Oil

It has a gimmicky name but is well known and heavily used in the
general aviation community for several good things.

It is mostly a very light naptha-based oil with some additives and
wintergreen in it.  It burns clean and has a mild solvent effect.

My dad has a story from his Navy flight training days in the mid '50's
where the old round engine SNJ aircraft were burning out starters 
during a cold spell in Pensacola. The fix was to switch to lighter 
oil to allow the engines to turn over more easily. This was obtained
at the cost of enormous oil consumption during touch-and-go
practice when engines run at high RPM and low airflow (hot!).

A Harley engine is just 2/7 of a radial airplane engine. Should work
for HD's like for SNJs. 

But watch that oil consumption!!!!

Ron