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From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Carbon  Fouling
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:00:38 GMT


     I usually buy older dirtbikes and rebuild them because I am too cheap
to buy a new one.  Every single one, at one time or another has had a Carbon
Fouling problem.  I adjust the damn jet needle up and down and once in
awhile, change the main jet.  But I can never get the mixture right.

     Anybody have any similar problems?

     Also, I've been thinking about this, but can't remember the answer,
Why are 2-stroke dirtbikes harder to start in the winter than 4-strokes?
I mean, is this just me or what?


steve
-- 
"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
 knows when he's had enough to drink!"
-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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From: aweaver@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Andy Weaver)
Subject: Re: Just send beer....
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:05:05 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.032335.28449@convex.com> couyant@convex.com (George Couyant) writes:
>
>G'day everyone.....I'm back at last. 
>
>It'll be a while before I ride again though. I lost 20lbs of muscle tone
>and it's an effort to drive to work, let alone kick a bike over. Shit of a
>way to lose weight let me tell you..
>
Good to hear that you are on the mend.

Your muscle tone should return in just a few weeks with a low fat diet that
is high in complex carbohydrates.  I wouldn't worry about it, just eat 
good.  Muscle comes back a lot faster than when you originally put it on.

Send some of that good weather to Texas if you can't use it.  I think that
this area is turning into a tropical rainforest.  The ground hasn't been
dry this year.  I need to ride.  I got my bike all fixed up just in time
to let it sit :)


Andy


From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:57:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Hangover Hare Scrambles Fiasco
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt

In rec.motorcycles.dirt, tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss) writes:

> I'm dead silent when I get home.  The wife says that maybe I ought to
> forget about racing, just go out and ride for fun...I start thinking

Listen to your wife. 

> maybe she's right...Then I remember Jeff Deeny's "We get old because
> we stop riding" thing, and take last Sunday's stinkin' performance as
> a learning experience.  It would be easy to blame my bike, but that's

Whoa, I said riding not racing.  Isn't racing something that is best done
by those that still heal quickly?  You should have a lot of years of good
trail riding ahead of you.  I went for a ride last summer with a guy that 
was 68 years young.  He still loves to ride the rocky single track trails.

I've made a new years resolution to enter an enduro this summer.  It's been
8 years since I last tried one.  I'm not going to be too serious about it
except to plan on finishing without houring out.  I'll use my bicycle 
odometer and a cheap stopwatch.  I've heard that they've gotten a pretty 
large following in the RMEC 4-stroke class (misery loves company:-).  I plan 
on lot's of conditioning prior to the race.  

-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 roosting because we get old, 
                                 we get old because we stop roosting.
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: National in San Antonio
Keywords: texas   snowmos   rain sucks
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:13:10 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <1993Jan5.233954.26540@rtsg.mot.com> dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne) writes:
>Mike Baxter writes:
>
>>      There is a AMA National Hare Scrambles/Cross Country race being held near
>>San Antonio, Texas this Sunday (Jan 10th).  I was just planning on going to 
>
>    Cool!  Well good luck Mike.  Nice to have someone lend you a bike,
>    hope your trip back to 125 days goes well.  You know, it always
>    seemed to me that Texas was never a big AMA state.  Can't explain,
>    but it just seemed like I never heard the acronym when I was down
>    there.  I know you guys race TCCRA, but what's the state MX group
>    called?

About the only time the MX tracks are AMA tracks is when they host a national
event.  I think Wolfcreek and one of the new tracks Kings Creek are AMA tracks.
Several tracks get together and run series like the Texas Series.  Of coarse
there is the NMA and the GNC races also.  Texas gets them all.

As for painting my frame, I'm not stripping it.  I just want to touch it up so
it looks real good before the first race.  


>>picture for this coming weekend.  Cold and wet!!!    Wish me luck!
>
>    Hard to imagine "cold & wet" in San Antone!  The one time I passed
>    through coming back from the coast it was 100 degrees with sun
>    everywhere.  But Texas has been looking pretty moist lately.
>
>    But don't talk to me about weather... here at {Team Strange} we are
>    seriously bummin'.  Another pitiful Chicago winter so far.  Rain,

Well it's lightly raining right now and cold to me (I'm a Florida boy)
is anything below 50F.  I watched the forcast today and of course it has
changed.  It may turn out great down there in SA.  As for your weather,
maybe you should stud you tires.    
						

_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
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From: mtrhead@selway.umt.edu (Josh Harmon)
Subject: Re: National in San Antonio
Keywords: texas   snowmos   rain sucks
Organization: University of Montana
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:54:22 GMT


>     lakehouse lawn, lookin' stupid.  The YZ490 is put away, maybe if
>     there's a sunny weekend day I will be forced to take the DR350 out 
>     for a street riding fix.  Yeah it's still early in the year, but
>     it's a damn short season!  And you hosers in the Rockies are
>     drowning in white stuff.  Leave a little go by for us flatlanders...
> 

You can have all of our snow you would like, way too much here to 
ride dirtbikes (I was able to ride most of last winter!), and to 
cold (-5 F) to go skiing.

This hoser wishes it would warm up and melt these 3 feet of snow.

Good luck with the sleds... maybe I should look into getting one, 
given the local conditions.
-- 
--- Josh Harmon -- 88 CR500R -- 88 GSX600F -- Disciple of DoD: #1137 ------
::: mtrhead@selway.umt.edu   To Bad, San Fran :(, The Cowboys are BACK! :::
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From: masys@nlm.nih.gov (Dr. Daniel R. Masys)
Subject: Re: pipe paint recommendations
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 20:17:14 GMT

In article <JIM.93Jan6094516@la.cypress.com> jim@cypress.com (Danny Merchant) writes:
>Does anyone have any pipe paint recommendations?
>(It needs to be heat resistant, prevent rust, and not chip.)
>
Most auto parts places sell a High Heat flat black (haven't ever seen
other colors) suitable for exhaust pipes.  Get the variety which is
supposed to be good to 1200F.

>Is there any special preparation that needs to be made to the pipe
>before painting it?
>
Pro painters use MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) to remove all traces of
oil prior to painting, but standard paint thinner works pretty well.

>I am putting a Pro Circuit (unfinished) pipe on my KDX250.  I would
>like to hear any constructive comments about this pipe.
>
Nice pipe :-).

Dan Masys
masys@nlm.nih.gov
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: What to wear?
Date: 5 Jan 93 07:49:18 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

Me again!  Well, I've been poking around some local motorcycle shops
trying to figure out what I want to get as far as dirt riding apparel.
I've found boots and a helmet I like, but after that I've still got
questions...  Every place is full of $189 Kevlar MX pants, but they
don't seem to have as much protection as I would have expected - just
some thin padding for the hips, and more importantly the knees.  Do I
need to get separate knee protection?  In which case do the MX pants
only provide abrasion resistance?

Next, I'd like to find some type of armor which is less extreme than
the big plastic contraptions you wear outside your shirt.  I borrowed a
nice Dainese unit that has nylon shoulder and elbow protection and
padding on the chest, all held together with a stretchy fabric which is
quite compact.  Problem is I haven't seen anything like this for sale -
am I just not looking hard enough?

Thanks much!
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
From: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: What to wear?
Date: 6 Jan 1993 02:21:50 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) says:

>Me again!  Well, I've been poking around some local motorcycle shops
>trying to figure out what I want to get as far as dirt riding apparel.
>I've found boots and a helmet I like, but after that I've still got
>questions...  Every place is full of $189 Kevlar MX pants, but they
>don't seem to have as much protection as I would have expected - just
>some thin padding for the hips, and more importantly the knees. 
	
	Get a Dirt Bike mag, look at the Donaldson Cycles ad. Buy the 
Mr.Motorcycle pants. They come with plastic knee cups for about $70.
The thin hip padding is all you'll get on any brand. I've got two
pair of the Mr.M stuff, both holding up well.


>Next, I'd like to find some type of armor which is less extreme than
>the big plastic contraptions you wear outside your shirt.

	Tough. The dainese stuff you tried on is for roadracing. Buy a 
Hallman (or the equivalent) or don't bother. You;ll like that contraption
the 74th time you fall on it.

-- 
Go fast. Take chances.

	Mike S.
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From: eastman@bnr.ca (Gordon Eastman)
Subject: Re: Quieting down a Honda CR-125? ('86)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:57:05 GMT

In article <17550055@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>, mcclend@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Mike
McClendon) wrote:
> 
> How quiet is the "Sneaker:"  MUCH quieter than stock, or just a little?  Is it
> as quiet as say, a stock XR?  Quieter than the Cobra "Hush Puppy"?  Quieter
> than a Super Trapp with minumim discs & resonator?
> 
> My wife wants to ride a YZ125, buts says she can't stand the noise!
> 
> -- Mike

I have a Sneaker silencer on my KX125/KDX200. It is somewhat loader than
the stock KDX silencer silencer but much quieter than a MXer.

Gordon   1990 KX200
____________________________________________________________________________
Standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not BNR's
From: Patrick.Martin@f825.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Patrick Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: On Wise Use
Date: 5 Jan 1993 04:09:56 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

 
In a  LA Times letter to the editor on 31 Dec 92, environmental-whacko
and Sierra Club member Elden Hughes wrote:
 
The high priest of off-roading, U.S. Sen. Steve Symms (R-Ida.), told the
Blue Ribbon Coalition of off-roaders and timber and mining interests how
to handle endangered species that wander on to private land, "Shoot,
shovel and shut up."
 
With that kind of leadership and that kind of audience, it is going to
take a strengthened Endangered Species Act and all the rest of us to
keep things even.
 
ELDEN HUGHES
Sierra Club
Whittier, CA
 
 
Knowing Elden, this doesn't surprise me...He has taken Sen. Symms'
comment entirely out of context.  Sen. Symms was not commenting on what
should be done, BUT on the attitude taken by some...
 
Actually, the Symms' quote could very well have been referring to
myself!  As I HAVE taken on the attitude of "Shoot, shovel and shut up."
But, this acquired attitude of mine was brought about by the lies and
evil doings from the likes of Mr. Hughes, the Sierra Club, Earth First,
Greenpeace, et al.
 
I've said it before, and I'll repeat it again - the environmental
community has a VERY deliberate and defined attack against the so-called
Wise Use Movement  -- and this was a prime example.  Propaganda,
misquoting and taking comments out of context abounds -- and doing it
all very publically, mind you.  Yes, Elden had a very sympathetic ear at
the Times...But, I'd like to suggest that he _knowingly_ took Sen.
Symms' comments out of context...and, used the media as a willing tool!
 
In other words, he slamm-dunked all you letter-writing type off-roaders!
Are you mad as hell?  What ya gonna do about it?  Don't you think it's
time to discard the rules and get tuff?  You know, it really doesn't
matter HOW hard you work to improve your image as an off-roader...as all
it takes is one little lie from an Elden Hughes-type whacko in the media
and your precious image is all shot to hell and back!
 
Patrick Martin
 
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From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Re: What to wear?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:41:12 GMT




     If you plan on following my YZ400 ( with the 6 x 18 rear) down a rocky 
trail, invest in some heavy armor.  Inquire for testimonials
-- 
"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
 knows when he's had enough to drink!"
-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne)
Subject: Re: George Couyant, where are you?
Keywords:  'roos   whisky    250-klick rides in the outback   6 bikes
Organization: Motorola Inc., CIG
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:25:29 GMT

     Well I sent a mail to our cheap-cigar-smoking buddy to see if it
     bounces etc.  (Isn't he at couyant@convex.com?  I quickly scanned
     for his address in some saved messages but didn't find it right away.)
     I remember late last year he disappeared for 3 weeks or so when they
     sent him to the other side of the Austrailian world, but this _has_
     been far too long...

     Will let y'all know if he responds.

--
           Jim Dunne 	dunne@rtsg.mot.com    ...uunet!motcid!dunne
 All statements are merely opinions, yet are corroborated by a .357 magnum.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: It's painted and Nat in SA
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:56:49 GMT

     Well I did it.  It's painted and I'm ready to start slaping my CR back
together.  All I need now is mo' money!  

     I talked with Todd today.  He raced the National Hare Scrambles down in
San Antonio.  He did pretty good in the 250B class finishing 8th.  He was 
running 4th for most of the race until he stuck his bike in a mud-hole on the
last lap.  Oh! and as for the weather, it sucked.  He said it was cold and 
started raining hard during the race.  He also said that Scott Summers is 
Faaaaaasssstttttttttttt......................................................
Butch, our 47 year old adolesent friend, went less than 1/2 mile before running
off the course into water that was over his head.  Needless to say that he has 
to split his cases.  Butch's son raced but had a very hard time at it.  You see,
his kickstarter broke and with all the mud he had a very hard time starting it
when he stalled.  The track was between 12 and 14 miles long, poorly marked
and was very tight woods.  Todd said the dead engine start was wierd, but he 
like it.  
     
     The next race for me is held just out of Waco.  It's a South Texas Hare
Scrambles race.  I'm not sure of the date right now, but I will definitely be
ready to kick up some roost.  I like Waco and Waco likes me because every time
I've raced there I have placed in the top three.  I know Andy is ready to race.


_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
From: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: Alcohol Conversion
Date: 6 Jan 1993 02:37:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin) says:

>
>     Ok, lets get an interesting topic started here. Enough with the cloths!
>I'm thinking about converting my YZ400 to run on straight alcohol.
>
>A number of sources say you need to mix a vegetable based oil such as castor
>oil with the alcohol instead of your regular oil because the regular oil
>doesn't mix right with alcohol.
>
	
	Maybe sorta right. I race a kart, all 4 stroke karts are alcohol
fueled. No oil in the gas. I'd be very concerned in your case about things
like, what is this alcohol dissolving? The tank, lines, O-rings in the carb,
carb boots are all possibilities not to mention the crank seals. That said,
I'd try it, maybe drool some over the pieces you can and make sure they don't
just melt, then use it with caution. Drain the carb and tank after use.

	As for jetting, I don't think you'll get jets big enough without 
a drill bit. If I remember right, the YZ400 was about a 410 main. I don't
remember ever seeing a jet bigger than 450 for Mikuni or Keihin. I can
tell you the standard and "bored out" jet size for a kart which
will give you some idea of the ratio if you're serious.

	As for where to buy it - your local dragracer store.


	
-- 
Go fast. Take chances.

	Mike S.
From: masys@nlm.nih.gov (Dr. Daniel R. Masys)
Subject: Re: What to wear?
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 12:51:50 GMT

In article <76107@apple.apple.COM> thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:

>Every place is full of $189 Kevlar MX pants, but they
>don't seem to have as much protection as I would have expected - just
>some thin padding for the hips, and more importantly the knees.  Do I
>need to get separate knee protection?  In which case do the MX pants
>only provide abrasion resistance?

The knee protectors come with and are inserted in the pants; the protectors
generally appear from behind the sales counter when you buy.  However,
you can purchase the knee and shin protectors separately, generally for
about $15, and just wear them under jeans if you are trail riding only
(for MX battle, moto pants and something closer to full armor would be
prudent).  The protectors-under-standard-pants is clearly not as good as
fancy pants-- I have inserted the front brake lever through the jeans
once (which of course happened as I dropped the scoot and myself into
14 inches of muddy water, pinning my leg under the thing)-- but you can
patch and replace a lot of pairs of jeans for the price of a single
pair of moto pants.  Also, MX pants have splashy designs on them which
make you go faster, and the guys who wear jeans never get the girl :-).

Just limping imperceptibly today from the big bruise just *above* where
the knee protector stops...chased that CR250 with my XR250 for 50 miles
through the forest on Sunday, and finally caught it when my son just got
too tired to stay on the pipe.

Dan Masys
masys@nlm.nih.gov
From: trsajo@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Johansson)
Subject: Re: Yamaha TDM 850, comments wanted.
Reply-To: trsajo@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:09:11 GMT


I tried posting this in the rec.motorcycles a few days ago, but since I didn't get
any response, I'll try here instead. (Yes, I think it does have some "dirt-relevance",
so I probably should have posted it here at first anyway.)


In article 19787@eua.ericsson.se, trsajo@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Johansson) writes:
> 
> I am thinking of trading in the old R100RS for something new, and since
> I prefer shorter (20 - 200 miles) trips on twisty and sometimes bumpy
> roads some kind of off-roadish bike interests me. And YES, I love unpaved
> roads, with lots of gravel! (The R100RS prefers tarmac, but copes pretty well
> with most surfaces. It's a bit heavy though, especially when it slides ;-)
> 
> The TDM appears to have the same riding position as an off-road bike, but
> how does it handle bumps and unpaved roads? Should I get a Transalp instead?
> (No, the Africa Twin is to heavy!). The KLE 500 also looks interesting, but 
> I've already got a dirtbike (KDX 200), and 500cc is a bit small on the road.
> 
> Two cylinders is better than one (less vibrations I hope :-), and 850cc should
> provide enough pover (77hp i think). 
> 
> What I really need is a bike that is perfect for shorter trips, sometimes two up,
> on twisty, bumpy, sometimes unpaved roads. It should also be possible to put some
> luggage on it and make a longer trip 1-2 weeks a year. The R100RS is perfect for 
> these 1-2 weeks (or more...) vacations, but the rest of the year... 
> And a CBR900 doesn't handle unpaved roads that well, or does it? Maybe I should
> try one of these as well :-)
> 
> Any comments on the good's and bad's of the TDM 850 would be appreciated.
> Especially the following:
> 	-Can it handle both paved and unpaved roads? preferences?
> 	-Vibrations? At what speeds?
> 	-At which speeds does it cruise happily? (I hope up to 80 mph)
> 	-How long can you cruise at 60 to 80 mph before getting tired of windblast
> 		and vibrations? (I'm 5'10" , 176cm, tall).
> 	-What mileage can I expect?
> 	-Is the engine torquey or peaky? (Displacement and bhp is similar to R100RS,
> 		which leas me to suspect similar, ie nice characteristics).
> 	-Does it break down often? How?
> 	-How easy is the maintenace to do for your self? Do I need lots of Yamaha
> 		special tools and very small fingers to get at things hidden behind
> 		layers of other things, ie bike always seems to be built around
> 		the faulty part? ;-)
> 	-Does it hold its value, or should I look for a cheap almost new bike?
	-Is there any differences between the years -91 -92 -93? Did they correct
		any problems, or change something on the newer bikes?
> 	
> 
> I just have to find one of these for a test ride, as soon as the winter is over!
> 
> 
> Anders Johansson
> 
> 

Anders