HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers)
Subject: Re: DoD Driveway from Hell (tm)(Was:Re: Faster 1100 Again)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:46:05 GMT
Summary: LHIAJ

In article <1992Sep28.195104.572@halfdome.sf.ca.us>, bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
> In article <20908@drutx.ATT.COM>, car377@druhi.ATT.COM (RogersC) writes:
> > Chuck Rogers
> > car377@druhi.att.com
> 
> THREE articles from mr. "i'm gonna keep my fj1100 for 22983 years and
> put 234234293479234 miles on it without dropping it or letting one
> single ounce of spooge collect on it just so i can show you god damn
> beemer riders that japanese bikes can also last if (and if is the 
> operative word) you take care of them" all in one day. 
> 
> to what do we owe the pleasure?

Uh, Lenin?

:-)
Chuck "Mostneon" Rogers
car377@druhi.att.com

It's really *much* easier to use scientific notation. Lemme see, that would
be 2.2983 E4 years and 2.34234293479234 E14 miles.  Actually, I *did* try
to stick some spooge on it the other day, but a protective boundary layer
(probably due to warp field fringing) formed and flung the stuff back onto
Kevin's K75LT, where I got it in the first place (it was masquerading as black
paint).  :-)
From: ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: calling mature riders
Date: 28 Sep 1992 15:30:54 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu


	hey, i had to respond to this one after seeing that subject line

In a previous article, noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry) said:
:- [to those who know me and recognize my name: i'm back!!
:- 	NM (Next Motorcycle) countdown: $3000 left to go :-(


	how come that figure hasnt gone down? or has it?

	- ravi

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: alastair@Cadence.COM (Alastair Young)
Subject: Importing old British bike to California
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:07:55 GMT

I am probably moving to San Jose by the end of the year and I'd like to take
my 2 wheeled companion with me (1956 Ariel Red Hunter). What's involved 
legal-wise over importing an old bike like this and putting it on the road?

Al

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From: madhatta@plume.mit.edu (Tom Yates)
Subject: Re: Motorcycling in Europe
Organization: CMPO at MIT
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:37:40 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.125457.29894@prl.philips.nl> mcardle@prl.philips.nl (Owen
McArdle) writes:
>As regards re-selling over in Europe - check the regulations in the country/ies
>you intend to sell in before shipping: Someone posted here in the last year
>about a bike he had sitting in a garage in Italy after something like a year
>which he still couldn't sell. I believe the problem was import regulations -
>all terribly vague, but that's all I remember - anyone save the post ?
>

well, as a datum (though maybe not an interesting one) i can quote the UK
regs chapter and verse from HM Customs & Excise notice 3A (Bringing your
private motor vehicle into the United Kingdom).

Section 5, para. 19: (applies to all who move their normal home to the UK,
including British citizens)
Rules of the relief if moving from outside the EC.

Your vehicle may be brought in free of duty and tax so long as you:
    *are moving your normal home from outside the EC to the UK;
and *have lived for more than 12 months outside the EC;
and *have possessed and used it in your normal home country outside the EC
     for at least 6 months before it is imported;
and *did NOT get it under a duty/tax free scheme (but see para. 17);
and *declare it to Customs when you import it;
and *will keep it for your personal use;
and *do NOT sell, lend, hire out or otherwise dispose of it in the UK
     within 12 months of its importation unless you get Customs authority
     first.

para 17 permits use of such schemes if you're a diplomat or armed forces or
summat.  ignore those.

to prove that you paid duty on it you must bring receipts of same, to prove
you have used it you need to bring proof of motor insurance for the period.
proving you were out of the country should be easier.

you will be issued a UK registration from the DVLC that explicitly
prohibits resale without customs clearance, making it impossible to resell
the vehicle as the new owner cannot register (and thus insure or MoT) the
vehicle.  to get this clearance you have to pay the duty (9% customs, 17.5%
VAT, 10% car tax, all pro rated on the wholesale UK value as determined by
C&E for used vehicles).  on my '86 FJ12, i reckon that would come to about
2,920 quid, or $5180 at this morning's rates.  urgh.  note that the
wholesale value is the NEW value; they will make some allowance for age and
use but don't say how much.  don't expect them to fall over themselves to
be generous.

now you can see why bikes are so much more pricey at home.

i have looked into shipping the cheeseburger home at some length, as you
can tell.

tom

From the machine of Tom the Mad - madhatta@teaparty.mit.edu - DoD#0135
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner)
Subject: Re: Why is my face shield so scratched so soon?
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:55:04 GMT

In article <Stafford-061092171523@stafford.winona.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct6.182341.11617@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis
|> Jackson) writes:
|> >I have had my helmet (a Bieffe Classic, if it matters) for less than
|> >five months and the face shield is scratched as hell.
|> 
|> Quite likely due to cleaning.  You must use a moist, soft medium.
|> I recommend licking it clean.

This has the added benefit of adding protein (bugs) and fiber (dirt) to
your diet. It probably also solves the fogging problem (divers do it).
What a great thought!!!!!!

--
Stef            aka  spgo@is.morgan.com   DoD#0190 
'82 KZ550 (Commuter) '84 750 Interceptor (Toy) '86 Alfa GTV6 (Money drain)
                Warning: I brake for radar traps. 
        Disclaimer? I don't need no steenkin' disclaimer!
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: bye bye brucer
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:05:48 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>In article <ramarren-240992104825@kops.apple.com>, ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi) writes:
>
>] I don't see why you folks think you've got to discontinue your r.m habit
>] just because you leave a particular account. There are plenty of public
>] access Usenet sites around the world, many of them with zero or very small
>] access charges
>
>] So don't go away, go remote!
>
>I have been, but, as I posted several weeks ago, my account should 
>spontaneously combust sometime _very_ soon.  Could anyone please tell
>me of one of these abundant free-access sites before I'm lost forever?
>Aaargh! 

FTP on over to ftp.cs.widener.edu, /pub/nixpub/*. It's not a totally
comprehensive list, but it's pretty good (check flames on comp.misc, or
wherever it was they were brewing last month for further poop on THAT
issue...).
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:25:29 GMT
Reply-To: randy@megatekl.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California

In article <1992Oct6.210846.17355@wam.umd.edu> delilah@next18pg2.wam.umd.edu (Romeo DeVerona) writes:
|nope. there is no transmitting element whatsoever in a radar detector; in  
|fact, since it doesn't (like a radio does) have to reproduce the signal it  
|receives, it doesn't even need an r.f. oscillator or mixer (heterodyning  
|stage); all it really needs is a bandpass filter (or three) and a squelch  
|threshold; if signal strength in the band exceeds squelch, it beeps  
|(faster with increasing signal strength).

  Huh???  Obviously, you know nothing about a super-het radar detector.  You
are correct in ONE way - there is no *intentional* transmitting element in
a radar detector, yet ALL super-het radar detectors DO emit a microwave
frequency to mix with the incoming frequency to artificially and selectively
amplify the incoming frequencies that are to be detected.  How well this
mixing frequency is contained within the body of the detector is often a
function of the quality and price of the detector.

  That is how the VERY non-mythical radar-detector-DETECTORS work, that are
so popular in Canada.  They detect this superhet frequency, which is typically
the same for almost all super-het radar detectors made (then you get your
detector confiscated and/or destroyed).  I am unaware of any radar detectors
that work worth a shit that *aren't* super-het units.

|the radar GUNS the revenue collectors use DO emit radiation, however...

  As do radar detectors.   Of course, radar GUNS emit a couple of orders
magnitude MORE power, since that is their intention.  It is a unintentional
side-effect of detectors, and worse with the real cheapies, which is why
some cheap detectors sets off other cheap detectors.

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW K Winter Storage
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:59:16 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu writes:
>Hi All!
>
>The recent cold-snap we've just had here in NY reminds me that
>it's almost that time of the year again (sigh) and I'd like to
>know from fellow K owners what needs to be done to my K75S for
>its winter storage.

"Winter Storage"? What's that. Your K75S is a BMW. BMW's have heated
grips, (and K's, at least) robust electrical systems, so heated gear works
well (on R's too, ya just gotta rev 'em a bit to keep up with the load)
and are not to be parked for the winter unless road conditions prevent
their use!

There are polar bear runs (OK, you'll have to come to NJ for them, but
that's likely where you do most of your riding anyhow:-}). There's the
midnite run in Croton-on-Hudson, somewhere around 1 Feb. And wouldn't you
like to ride to the bike show at Javits Center?

So get a trickle charger (assuming that there's electricity in your
garage). Ride whenever you can.

>With my R I used to put a wee bit of oil in the cylinders, 
>should I do the same with the K?   The battery comes out right?

But if ya gotta: Battery out (or at least on trickle charge). Bike on
centerstand w/ jackstand under front of motor, so both tires are off the
ground. Add some fuel stabilizer to a FULL tank of gas (don't want
condensate). Should about do it.
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW K75S engine mods - query
Keywords: BMW
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:52:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: wrgate.10695
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <1992Sep28.180350.21746@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> keithh@bnr.ca (Keith Hanlan) writes:
>
>What other performance modifications have people done to a K75 engine?

  I ditched the stock pipe (weighs 45#, sounds like furious chipmunks,
looks like a pile of mashed potatoes) and installed a Luftmeister header
and canister-type pipe.  _Much_ less back pressure, which confuses the
air flapper in the airbox.  The injection went rich instead of lean.  No
problem, the flapper is adjustable, but it's tedious to do because the
airbox has to be removed to do the adjustment, and reinstalled to run.
A dyno and an exhaust gas analyzer would simplify things.
  The power noticeably improved, and the engine now has a terrific
three-cylinder growl unlike anything else on the road, except a Trident
maybe.

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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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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Subject: Re: More gasohol
Originator: markk@sparcplug
Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Organization: Teknekron Communications Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:57:02 GMT

In article <marcl.717864030@os-d>, marcl@os-d (H. Marc Lewis) writes:
>neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>>>Harley?  Two strokes?   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
>>Don't forget the Aermacci's (sp?) True, they were Italian-made, but were sold
>>as Harleys and H-D owned a major portion of the factory.

>...and they were 4-strokes, not 2.

The Sprint was a 4-stroke single.  The Harley-Aermacci effort also
produced air and water cooled 2-stroke twins for roadracing.  They
were actually pretty good.

--
)V(ark)<               markk@tcs.com                   DoD #400
1988 FZR400            1985 ZX900 Ninja             1977 RD400D
 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Almost had it stolen tonite!
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:52:20 GMT

dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
>In article <1992Sep27.204546.29334@eye.com>, jesse@eye.com (Jesse Lackey)
>wrote:
 
>> It is situations like this that make me want to get a .22 to keep on my bike
>> somewhere.  Not that I know how to shoot, but there's nothing like a gun to
>> stop large assholes in their tracks...

>Yeah, the only problem is that you should only pull a gun if you're
>going to use it.  'Cause, if the other guy has one, and you don't use
>yours, he WILL use his...

The other problem is that with a .22, the other guy might die laughing
when you pull it out. And if you did shoot him, he'd probably get mad &
hurt you.
-- 
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: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au (Conrad Drake)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: fuel/engine efficiency (was Re: More gasoh
Date: 30 Sep 92 07:31:26 GMT
Reply-To: conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au
Distribution: world
Organization: QPSX Communications
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
: > lenin argued that capitalism
: >initially would promote innovation in the pursuit of efficiency but
: >that once a technology became entrenched (i.e. part of the means of
: >production) it would behoove the owners thereof to eliminate buy up
: >and/or destroy competing technologies. 
: 
: Yeah, well, Lenin missed the boat on a whole bunch of political and
: social science.
 That may be true about Lenin, but do I need to remind you what happened
to LA's light urban rail system? I'll give you a hint - Roger Rabbit
wasn't all fiction.

It's also one of the reasons that Sarich's 2 stroke injection system has
taken sooo looong to get (near) to market.

Buying patents so as to keep technology off the market is an entirely
valid and common business strategy.

A monopoly/cartel is particularily interested in maintaining expensive,
capital intensive technologies - it keeps competitors out.

Cnrad Drake
--
"There's something stirring in my loins and it isn't the spirit of Jesus"
                - Helen Razor, JJJ announcer, 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: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cheers to the new moto TV show!
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:03:58 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Sep30.185852.19811@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
> DoD advise:
> When one is in a hurry after lunch, but does not want to pass up
>one's plump pickle after finishing off that tasty tavern burger, is it
>considered good form to station said pickle hanging out of ones mouth to
>enjoy in between gear shifts? Could it be mistaken for some gauch penis thing?

It depends.  Is it British Racing Green, or some other green?
-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: krafft@fnalnk.fnal.gov (N07732_KRAFFT, KEITH G.)
Subject: RE: How far do you commute?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  
Reply-To: krafft@fnalnk.fnal.gov
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Distribution:  world
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:10:17 GMT

In article <92273.112423HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET> HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET (Steve Hahn)
writes:
>How far does the average Denizen commute?

48 miles through Illinois' cornbelt (spinning through dirt roads and cornfields
depending on time constraints and severity of hangover :-)), and 10 miles semi-
city traffic. That's 58 total miles for those without an abacus. :-)

Keith Krafft Krafft@fnal.fnal.gov | "I love her, I need her, I seed her.
DoD# 720               '90 XT 600 | Yeah she turns me on. Alright, hold
                                  | tight, I'm a highway star."
                                  | DEEP PURPLE (Machine Head)  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mcardle@prl.philips.nl (Owen McArdle)
Subject: Re: Motorcycling in Europe
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 12:54:57 GMT

As regards re-selling over in Europe - check the regulations in the country/ies
you intend to sell in before shipping: Someone posted here in the last year
about a bike he had sitting in a garage in Italy after something like a year 
which he still couldn't sell. I believe the problem was import regulations -
all terribly vague, but that's all I remember - anyone save the post ? 

-- 
Owen P.McArdle          || e-mail : mcardle@prl.philips.nl
Philips Research Labs.  || 'phone : +31-40-742824
Eindhoven, Nederland    || vice	  : XJ600S      DOD#0335
From: bwilliam@prelude.cc.purdue.edu (Brenda Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Yamaha Route 66 info.
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:05:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University

I am interested in pricing a Yamaha route 66 I know
they where made in 1990/91. Any year would be ok and 
if you know of problems with these bikes I would like
to know that also.

I am also aware this is a weenie bike :) and all the other
junk, but I am looking for a commuter bike that is cheap 
and not that ugly.
 
 Best Regards,

 Rich  Williams    |  Internet bwilliam@symphony.cc.purdue.edu
          On a fairly good road in rural Indiana.
               #include <std/disclaimer.h>
 "The whole of science is nothing more than the refinement of
                  everyday thinking." Einstein
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:55:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Drinking & Helmets
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Re: Drinking while in costume


PVC tubing, cut to length. Needs to be pretty flexible to clear the
chinbar.

Ron
From: gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:27:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Can't trigger traffic lights
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

	I've also found that reaching back with one foot and pressing
  the centerstand down until it contacts the pavement will get enough
  metal close to the pickup to trip a stubborn light near my home - 
  a tip posted a while ago by another rec.moto poster - thanks again,
  whoever you are!  (If you don't have a centerstand, too bad).

|      Bob Boardman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico        |
----------
My own method is roll over to the lefthand portion of the lane about
one and a half to two feet from the curb then lift my arse off the
bike about a foot and then slam it into the seat...seems to work
rather well, too. Of course YMMV depending on weight of motorcycle,
yourself and ability to raise your hindquarters which isn't feasible
for those who have trouble reaching the ground with their feet.

Graeme Harrison
DoD#0649
'What does product liability have to do w/ JB Triumphs not in USA?'
From: sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:23:54 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Oct05.074723.12516@microsoft.com> chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih) writes:
>Yeah, some medico in Australia has done careful studies 
>to prove that if you take a fall on your chin at high 
>speed wearing a full face helmet you'll snap your spinal 
>cord; if you're wearing an open face helmet you'll just 
>crush and/or grind off the lower half of your face.  

Hmmm.... if you put it that way, you know, I think I'd rather have my spinal
cord snapped at the neck ( = instant death, I believe) than have the lower half
of my face ground off. I have had road-rash on my chin from when I bit the 
pavement in a bicycle race; the experience multiplied by a hundred or so is
not at all a pleasant thought.

-s