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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Demise of Harley-Davidson
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:57:06 GMT

csc@pilot.njin.net (Sean Casey) writes:
>Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:

>|This is a standard feature of the new Harleys.  When injured, a
>|new Harley will attempt to reconstruct itself.  Now, talk about
>|smart engineering!  

>Reminds me of the Borg episodes... perhaps they are attempting a quiet
>takeover, subverting the country via Harley motorcycle...

The Borg's been on Northern Exposure? Damn, I missed that one!
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
From: sunshine@cco.caltech.edu (Tom Renner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Need help with VF500F idle
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:34:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Ok, So I'm back from a really tedious summer (tedious because I had to leave
my steed here in LA, while I was in Washington State).  And now the thing
won't idle properly.

Related information and details:

- The bike has been sitting in storage for the summer.
- I replaced the fuel flow diaphragm when I got back here to LA.
- The carbs were (mostly) empty for the duration of storage.  I mean that I
   spazzed and left fuel in two bowls (interrupted job...).

- It idles perfectly when I first start it, but gets worse in a linear
   fashion as the bike gets warmer.  Finally it dies, and won't restart until
   the bike cools down.
- Throttle response is otherwise normal.
- Adjusting the idle speed stop screw does not solve the problem; i.e.
   it still gets to the point where it stalls at idle when it gets warm.

So what gives?  Vacuum leak around the fuel flow diaphragm?  Clogged slow
jets?  Where is the most likely place to start?  If it's that jets are clogged
with fuel goo, won't the problem slowly go away after a while sufficiently
long periods of idling?  Any thoughts are appreciated.

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sunshine@tybalt.caltech.edu   Tom Sunshine Renner, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 
DoD #0911     '86 VF500F Interceptor       "It's a kind of magic..."
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rich@grebyn.com (Richard Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Winter Storage
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:55:54 GMT

In article <1b4issINNs4c@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 11928@i88.isc.com, jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>>
>>Instead of paying $15-$20/month for storage, ride it down to the
>>balmy southeast, and let Ed Green care for your bike 
>
>Trrrryyyyy it, you'll llliiiiiike it.

Some things never change. I lay off rec.moto for a few months, when I
come back:

1) Ed Green is still reading every damn post

2) And he still doesn't have a bike.

Hell, I might just start a helmet vs. not and Harley vs. not flame war,
just for the lazlo of it.
-- 
Rich Lawrence, Synoptics Systems Engineer  DOD#9630  rich@grebyn.com
     '92 Seca II "Yuri"  CI$:71101,2272  GEnie:R.LAWRENCE14
 "Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries."
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:21:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: mimsy.61158
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes:
>Okay, denizens...If you could only have 5 bikes in your garage,
>what would they be?

In no particular order:

	Ducati 851
	Harley Davidson Springer Softail
	BMW R100GS
	Honda CBX
	Brough Superior 100SS

Just coincidentally, one from each of the great motorcycling meccas
of the world (Italy, USA, Germany, Japan and England).

Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"Due to circumstances beyond your control,
                        you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."
From: czw70@ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FOUND:  Old Honda 450
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:16:14 GMT
Reply-To: czw70@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Organization: Amdahl UK

In article <24991.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
>
>-> late 70's.  The emblem on the side said it was a dual cam 450.
>...
>---stuff deleted---
>
>The Honda 450 was hot stuff in its day, 25 years or so ago...  Its
>main claim to fame was the use of torsion bars for valve springs.  I'm
>not aware of any other vehicle that did that trick.  Worked fine,
>though.
>
Wasn't the CB450 known as the Black Bomber?

I had a later CB500T, another DOHC twin with torsion bar valve springs,
the latter seemed to work without problem, but then the 500T wasn't
exactly a revver.
In contrast to the 450, the 500 was _exceedingly_ dull and, IMHO, rather
ugly.  Good plodder though, a forerunner of the CX perhaps?  ;-)
CAW
--
  >>>  Charlie Whitfield               czw70@juts.ccc.amdahl.com  <<<
  >>>  Tommies on Tour    -    Sports Touring Without Compromise  <<<
  >>>                                        DoD#0526   ToT#0002  <<<
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:24:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Oct14.212455.705
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <92Oct14.151535.15488@acs.ucalgary.ca> parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes:
>Okay, denizens...If you caould only have 5 bikes in your garage,
>what would they be?
>
	Honda CL450	(am I the only one happy with what I've got?)
	BMW R-50/?	(Love them jugs)
	Indian Scout	(Why not?)
	Harley Servicar (in Mary Kay pink, for the wife's business)
	Spagthorpe Whippet (and an empty track)

How could there be any question?

So, when are you going to build me a garage?  A shrubbery?
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:10:39 EDT
From: <PXM7@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE

SILVER 1980 CB750F SUPER SPORT FOR SALE

20000 MILES, RACING HANDLEBARS, FOUR IN

ONE PIPE.  THE FUN BEGINS @ 5000 R.P.M

STILL QUICK.

PRICE: ASKING A BARGAIN $750.00

REPLY (814) 867 7231 (pete)
OR
PXM7@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Advice on HG leathers
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 11:18:15 GMT
Keywords: Scout,Concord

Just for Good ol info's sake anyone have any method of
retarding the shrink rate HD/HG jackets. Mine seems to
be shrinking as I get older.
-- 
##########################################################
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                 and TARGETS !!!
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#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I by my jeans, jackets and ammo
in the same store.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper)
Subject: Re: <None>
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:54:36 GMT

dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:

>In article <1992Oct13.140654.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>, sproksch@cc.curtin.edu.au
>wrote:
>> 
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>qweq!  putyer dsannc  poi fsd wer?

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  Nothing like a quality post-response series from an edu site.  

  Looks like some more keyboard work is in order for you Dean!

-Matth
--
          Matthew J. Harper ! Progress Software Corp. ! {disclaimer.i}         
   God created heaven and earth to grow barley and hops. Now he homebrews !-)  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: HELMETS:Arai only
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:14:53 GMT

dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
>In article <k21701.718631885@kyyppari>, k21701@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Teppo
>Nieminen) wrote:

>> I thought that all riding safety equipment (including leathers) were
>> safe for one crash only. I mean, the idea is that
>> the suit/helmet/gloves/boots is consumed to save the wearers own
>> skin...

>Helmets yes, everything else no. 

Well, it depends. My open face Bell certainly suffered no damage when I
did a face-plant in it. I'm quite sure that in a similar accident it
would again provide the same degree of protection.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jlp@blink.att.com (Jon Peticolas(x7058))
Subject: Re: Pocket size multimeter
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:28:08 GMT

thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:

>jlp@blink.att.com (Jon Peticolas(x7058)) writes:

>>thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:

>>>Placing a 1uF capacitor between the leads should solve this problem.

>>I'm unconvinced, I might try it, but I've looked at ignition noise
>>with a 'scope (points, coil and condensor - electronic ignition may 
>>differ) and thar's alot of energy in them spikes. A pi network might
>>do it but....

>Oscilloscopes measure voltage, not energy.  

DUH.. Nevertheless, if you can see multi-volt high frequency 
spikes at the terminals of a sizable lead-acid battery, it is 
reasonable to extrapolate from those voltage/frequency measurements 
and the load in question, the conclusion that there is more energy 
in those spikes than can be suppressed with a mere 1uF cap. Noise 
like this is what causes automotive radio manufacturers to place 
large inductors (AKA chokes) on the power supply leads of their equipment.

>If the 1uF cap still isn't enough (and I bet it is), then put a 10K 
>resistor in series with one of the leads.  

I see, a series resistor, a parallel capacitor, one more cap and
you've got a pi network.

>Which brings up yet advantage to digital meters - high
>input impedance!

Of negligible value in the environment under discussion. 
In fact high impedance, fast response times and low capacitive 
load work against you when making simple voltage measurments 
in a noisy environment.

>>>Then you can get the advantages of a digital multimeter - it's more
>>>accurate, more rugged, more reliable, 

>>Don't buy it. My cheap analog meters have taken some serious abuse
>>and survived. My DVM has a LCD display that mere moisture makes 
>>unreadable.  It also requires batteries. I can leave a cheap analog 
>>meter in my tail pack/glove box for years and when I pull it out
>>some dark night on the side of the road I'm not going to be stopped by
>>dead batteries.

>Well, my cheap analog meters break when I drop them, and the lithium
>batteries in my DMM are good for several years.

Can I help it if you're buying crap meters? And for that matter
with the sterling reliability of the various heaps I ride/drive,
it may well be years before I pull that meter out on the side of 
some dark road miles from anywhere I could possibly buy a replacement
lithium battery for a digital volt meter.

>>>cheaper.

>>On what planet?

>Earth.  I'm sorry, I neglected to check where you were posting from.

New Jersey, arguably not in the same galaxy. Around here DVMs 
usually run about twice the price of a comparable analog meter.
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From: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au (Conrad Drake)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Price of Honda FT500
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:09:28 GMT
Reply-To: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au
Organization: QPSX Communications
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro) writes:
: In article <1992Oct4.031930.11282@umr.edu> snayar@cs.umr.edu writes:
: >
: >Hi!
: >	I own a 1983 Honda 500 Ascot. It has over 13,000 miles on it.  I am
: >interested in pricing it.  So if someone who has a Blue Book can help me out
: >I would appreciate it.
: 
: Around here, when they were new, 4 year old left overs, FT500 Ascots
: could be gotten for $995!  They have not held value well...
: 

Around here they have been advertised for about $1000 (Aus ~$2.50 US:-)

BTW I've never actually seen one - what's life like with an FT500?  The
local rags only mention them in passing - "flat track? flat on its face
more like!".

Are they really _that_ bad?  What do you like about yours?(handling/clip
ons? economy?)

Trivial minds want to know (apart from a ct90 they're about the only
post 80 bike I can afford:-(

Conrad D
--
"A carnival of misery so tragically our own,
 Where gathered 'round the ballot box we reap what we have sown"
               "These Festivals" Leunig, 1992

Email: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au
Snail: QPSX Communications, Private Bag 24, West Perth 6005, Australia. 
Numbers:(ph) +61 9 324 1641, (fx) +61 9 321 2984 (dod) 0604
From: kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 80/81 CB750 s
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:03:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: monarch.2896
Organization: Array Microsystems, Colorado Springs, CO. USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Jeff Deeney (jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM) wrote:
: In rec.motorcycles, goblin1@athena.mit.edu (Ihab A Elnaccash) writes:
: 
[...]
: 
: -Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
: jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 

: We don't stop riding because we careen through a llama ranch and burst into
: flames, we stop riding because the damn bike's torn down for servicing. 
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Wasn't it just down for servicing right before you went careening through
a llama ranch and burst into flames?  Maybe you'd better not fix it this time?


ObMotoAdvice: Don't ever dismount a moving motorcycle.  Bones break.

  O                
 <M> 
_/ \_
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!) (really DoD pets)
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:23:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet


-> >I use to think I didn't like cats.   Then, I tried oriental food.
->                                          ^^^^^^^^
->      Try "Asian", it doesn't piss us off as much.


 What is this, Oriental Belligerence Month?

 If you have nothing better to do than worry about the difference
between "Asian" and "Oriental", you've got it pretty good.
From: HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What to do with old battery?
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:38:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: UCF1VM.92289.103805HAHN
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services

o The old battery - take it back where you bought the new one.

o Save the acid...comes in handy when cagers piss you off.  :-)

o Hmmm....usually, when you add the acid, wait about 45 minutes
  and the battery is fully charged.  (Just bought one for my
  700 interceptor.)  Did the instructions say to charge it?

Recycle your batteries!  They are 100% recyclable!
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley Sportbikes
Date: 16 Oct 1992 13:36:50 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 92Oct15140744@porky.sono.uucp, mayer@sono.uucp (Ron Mayer) writes:
>
>Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher (egreen@east.sun.com) wrote:
>> HD management would be idiots to build sports bikes.
>> 
>> Do you think Sun should build mainframes?
>> Peterbuilt should build sports cars?
>> Boeing should build hang gliders?
>> Pepsi should produce beer?
>
>  HD should build Mk 82 Bomb Casings?

If they have the tooling and capacity for it, and a fat government
contract, YES!

>  HD should build fake tatoos?

They don't.

>  HD should build yuppie swimwear?

They don't. 

>  HD should build the evo engine:-) ?

Yes.

>  HD should build ...well, you get the point.

No, I don't.

>If Harley Davidson wanted to invest the resources into designing a
>decent sportbike; why would they be "idiots"?  

Because building something other than what you're good at, and are
known and respected for, just for the sake of doing it, is not
generally a sound business decision.  In a situation where it will
alienate and offend your loyal customer base, it is idiotic.

Of my rhetorical questions above, Sun building mainframes is the most
analagous in this respect.  Sun has been "preaching" client-server
computing and open systems for 10 years.  For them to build a mainframe
with a proprietary operating system (which they certainly *could* do)
would be idiotic.

>Seems to me that
>sportbike design could lead to research with spinoffs which could
>potentially help their entire line of bikes.

It would eat R&D, and I doubt if much sportsbike technology would
benefit HD's traditional line at all.  Fat Boy's are not going to run
or sell any better if they have oval pistons or 5 valves per cylinder.

>I guess they just get faster short-term profits from going into the
>swimwear buisiness.

Harley is not in the swimwear business.  They license their logo to
companys who make a plethora of consumer products to leverage off the
recognition of the Harley brand name.  It's free money, and it's free
advertising.

---
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: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Make Your Own (was: Re: Electric Vests)
Date: 16 Oct 92 22:46:13 GMT
Reply-To: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Organization: Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada

In article <1992Oct13.133907.13962@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:

>If you like the idea of homebrew, ask Ed Hackett who made his vest.
>It's the first paisley electric vest I've ever seen. It would probably
>keep you warm with that pattern alone! :-)

My vest was made by Liz Sain.  She runs a small buisiness out of
her home called Saingear.  The address is:

2205 Coronet Blvd.
Belmont, CA  94002
(415) 591-2373

Write her for a brochure.  She makes other products related to
motorcycling to.  She is a true rider, and her products work.

The advantages of her vests are that they are made to your
measurements and the tail is long.  It comes half way down your
bum, so it does a great job of keeping your kidneys warm.  They
also stuff down to a very compact size.  Oh, yea, then there is the
fact that you can choose your colors.  She has some standard colors
to choose from, but if you are in a position to get her the
material, she can use about anything.  Mine is the standard blue
nylon on the outside, and when she asked about the lining, I told
her to go nuts.  She did. :-)  One of my other favorites is a black
denim outside with a Bugs Bunny pattern liner made for another
rider in the Bay Area.

The price for the basic vest is (was) $99 plus there are various
options such as internal and external pockets, epaulets, and
length.  I'll warn you now. Don't try to order one now for this
year.  It might be a great time to order for next fall.  Liz spends
much more time riding than she does making vests.


 Ed Hackett   edh@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu     The Desert Research Institute 
 DoD #0200  WMTC  BMWRA  DIOC             Reno, Nevada   (702) 673-7380   
 KotLS  KtoLE  DotD #0003            I'm not really a chemist, I'm just one of
 900SS  K100RS  501 CAMEL            them motorsickle sonsabitches.  __=o&o>__
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: R100GS; Drive Splines, I DID IT
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:36:36 GMT

bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.025544.24119@javelin.sim.es.com>, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>> ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:

>>>SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE  JOB OF REMOVING THE REAR DRIVE CASE
>>>IN ORDER TO GREASE THE DRIVESHAFT SPLINES ON R100GS

>> So Ron, is this where I'm not supposed to say "Gee, I sure wish I had
>> one of those low maintenance shaft drive bikes." ?  :-)

>blaine, the reason your bike doesnt have such long-term items on the
>maintenence schedule is not because it doesn't need them.

Sure it is, no dirty, maintenance-intensive shaft drive on the FJ, so no
need to mention it in the service specs. But the manual does go into
little things like steering head and rear suspension linkage checks
every 15-18K. 

As far as the chain goes, 20K out of the original, with adjustments
every few thousand miles.

>and another point: think of all time you waste dismantling the rear
>end just to change a tire

You've started changing your own tires bob? :-)

>i supose your toyota truck has a chain too. 

Nope, it's belt drive.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih)
Subject: Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd. (10/4/92, 1:30p)
Date: 08 Oct 92 07:48:42 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Distribution: usa

;trucks harass cars,
;cars harass motorcyles,
;motorcycles harass bikes,
;bikes harass pedestrians,
;pedestrians harass tricycles,
;tricycles harass little kids,
;little kids harass dogs.

dogs harass cats;
cats harass mice;
mice harass cheese.

All in the house that Jack built.  La de da.

---
chris
From: marcl@hela.isc-br.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:25:25 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

My choices are:

  1) Honda 125cc 5-cylinder GP Racer       (unfortunately, none of these are 
                                            believed to still exist)

  2) Brough-Superior SS100                 (preferably one of the 7 or 8
                                            owned by T.E. Lawrence)

  3) Moto Guzzi 500cc V-8 GP Racer         (to give my Ducati something to
                                            look up to)

  4) Honda NSR750 oval piston 4-cyl "V-8"  (`The' supreme example of state-
                                            of-the-art Japanese technology)

  5) Harley Land Speed Record holder       (triple the DoD nominal speed!)

--
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ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.         |  e-mail: marcl@hela.ISC-BR.COM
22425 E. Appleway Ave.        |  or:  ...!uunet!isc-br!hela!marcl
Liberty Lake, WA 99019-9534   |  "Nature bats last..."