HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mojo@Caere.COM (Morris Jones)
Subject: Re: Leaning
Organization: Caere Corp.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:14:37 GMT

mvij@novell.com (Manish Vij) writes:
>              If you countersteer / lean the bike aggressively, but come
>up off the seat slightly to the opposite side, you can keep your head
>level and track the bike beneath you as tightly as you dare.

Warning ...

I'm not sure what you mean by leaning to the opposite side, but leaning
your body to the outside of a turn will decrease your ground clearance
and increase the chances of scraping.

If that _is_ what you meant, then know that it's a bad habit to
develop.  Work towards leaning your body into curves if at all.
That'll give you an extra bit of ground clearance.

(Manish took the MRC:RSS from me a couple months ago, but the RSS
doesn't go into cornering in the detail that the ERC does.)  :)

Mojo
-- 
Morris Jones
Caere Corp.
mojo@caere.com
From: rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Shaft vs. Chain.... NOT!!!
Date: 19 Aug 92 11:56:16 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <ramarren-140892085658@kops.apple.com> ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi) writes:
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dsd@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (douglas.s.daudelin)
Subject: Excellent Spectre 750 - must sell
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: nj
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:46:25 GMT
Keywords: For Sale


Left New Jersey; must sell my motorcycle located in Upper Montclair:

1985 Kawasaki Spectre 750
Excellent Condition - Low low miles
Black & Gold

For the low price of $1200.

call: John Stephan   201-783-6527  or  408-746-6392

(please do not respond to this account - phone the number above)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ck@iconix.oz.au (Chris Karadaglis)
Subject: Re: Popping Them
Organization: Iconix Pty Ltd (World Headquarters)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 00:50:51 GMT

In <16j79fINNogm@cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:

>[talking about wheelies]

My RG250 : every morning on the way to work there is this particular corner
with lots of bumps in the exit (it's really tight, turning into a side street).
If I'm in 1st, just below band, and enter the corner, bike leaned over, then
whack it as soon as 75% of the corner is done, the front pulls up. Then you
start hitting the bumps. I did my best mono this morning. As the back wheel
hit the bumps, power band kicked in, the bike straightened out, kept
beautifully in line, and lifted up. Kept it going for a couple of metres.
Probably the best way to wake up in the morning!

(I've got a hard on just thinking about it)

>-
>-John H. Osborn
>-osborn@cs.utexas.edu
>-DOD# 2001  '92 BMW Paris-Dakar

Shckwish!
From: kelton@ocf.berkeley.edu (Allen Kelton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Automatics
Date: 17 Aug 1992 06:22:10 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu

	While discussing a 1-legged  rider I had seen, a friend of mine
mentioned automatic transmissions on motorcycles.  I know all scooters are
automatics, and I've seen ads for used Honda 400 Automatics, which I assume
are REAL motorcycles (if an automatic motorcycle can be considered a real
motorcycle).  He said that just about any motorcycle from the dealer can have
the option for an automatic transmission for around $1000.  I've never heard
or seen this before, or even mentioned in a magazine.  Was my friend just
blowing smoke?  I know an oldster who would be interested.  The idea of a
crotch rocket with an automatic sounds obscene.

kelton@ocf.berkeley.edu		Allen Kelton
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mat@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Michael A. Thomson)
Subject: Digitized Motocycle Pictures Wanted
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 17 Aug 92 09:34:58 GMT

Does anyone know where I can find some digitized motorcycle pictures?
Preferably racing style shots?

Thanks in advance
Michael
mat@vulcan.anu.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Subject: HG Paris/Dakar jacket price
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 12:30:20 GMT


I found a black HG Paris/Dakar for $349, and a brown one for $369.
Their normal list is $517 and $537.  Are any of these prices
reasonable, or are they all way over-priced?

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------>DarkMan-------->
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a mechanical engineer can get a job?
From: mvij@novell.com (Manish Vij)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Sissy bar 4 EX500 wanted
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:56:39 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

Anybody have a spare sissy bar for an EX500 lying around that they
don't want?
                                          /-\o /-()  -- -  --   -
   Manish Vij    ::    '89 EX500          \_/ \\/ )  -- -    --
   mvij@ocf.berkeley.edu                       |/_\  -- -  --   - 
   mvij@novell.com                              \_/.  .  . . ........
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FJ Owners Group
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:43:24 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

In article <Bsuo3D.3Cw@news.udel.edu> andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen) writes:
>In article <1992Aug11.185147.1645@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson) writes:
>>	Apparently, according to a Cycle article (August '92) there's
>>this guy who trying to start-up an FJ 11/12 owners club.  I suppose
>>it will be like rec.moto only snail-mail-based and without all those
>>other pilots who haven't purchased an FJ yet.
>>
>>	For those who are interested:
>>
>>		FJ 11/12 Owners Group (FOG)
>>		Deni Boyer
>>		Box 535
>>		Fair Lawn, NJ
>>		07410
>>
>>Maybe someone should let him know about the FJ Newsletter and maybe have
>>them collaborate.
>
>Ian Howie and I met this "guy" at the Rider rally in Lancaster,
>PA a few weeks ago.  SHE was handing out pamphlets about the 
>newsletter to FJ owners.  The newsletter and owners group are the
>same.  It appears that she has succeeded in getting exposure in
>most/all of the major moto-rags.
>
>She owned an ~86 FJ (not sure about that) which was piled
>high with luggage and had crash bars with about 200 watts
>of driving lights mounted on them.  The bike had almost 60k
>miles on it.  Altough she was a relatively short, stocky woman,
>she was definitely NOT a he...

The term "guy" is not gender specific.  It originated with followers 
of Guy Fox, during his ill-fated rebellion.  Since both males and females
were present, the term "guy" is fairly applied to both sexes.

Ride gender free (nah--bag that one),

Bill 

________________________________________________________________
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johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu if you seriously expect an answer
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                                                        Zen verse
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Our Gang in California
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:06:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: apple.71234
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey) writes:

>So I'm looking at "posers.gif", from the rec.moto.photo archive, and am
>possessed of a sudden wonder: is that Hein Gericke jacket the official
>jacket of the WestCoast DoD?  Just how expensive is it...? <bracing for
>the inevitable blow...>

Yes, if there is one company who has the lion's share of the leathers
market around here, it would be Hein Gericke.  Reminds me of one of the
Tuesday night dinners we have in the bay area where a bunch of us get
together - we were at a Mexican restaurant, and we pretty much took over
one of the wings.  A couple not in our group was already there, and they
had put their leather jackets on another table.  As our crowd trickled in,
the jackets started pileing up, so someone finally moved the whole 
stack elsewhere.  When the first couple tried to leave, they didn't know
where their stuff was, so the guy comes over to us and asks "Has anyone
seen a black leather jacket?".  We all laughed because we thought he was
being sarcastic about the mound of jackets in the next room!

(Well maybe you had to be there)

Anyway, I've ordered lot of HG stuff from Competition Accessories, getting
a quantity discount for myself and several friends.  At the time, I got
the V-pilot jackets for $280, and the matching pants for $195.  Not cheap,
but very functional, and stylish too!

-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
From: wrs@wslack.UUCP (Bill Slack)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re:  Watch out for the spiders
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:35:40 EDT
Organization: W. R. Slack

In article <1433@seqp4.sequoia.com> cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell) writes:
>In article <+72m4xc.shoun@netcom.com>, shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:
>> Tarantulas are very mildly poisonous. Like being stung by a wasp.
>
>I've always read that Tarantulas are not poisonous at all. They bite, and
>the bite might be painful because of their size, but they don't have any
>venom from what I've read. Since we (thankfully) don't have them around
>here (Boston) I don't plan on testing this first hand...
>
>               Paul
>-- 
>cantrell@sequoia.com

First of all, all spiders are poisonous to some degree. Tarantulas are not
as toxic as some but they do inject a fair amount of venom. Never heard of
anyone dying from it, though. The main problem is as you said, the fangs are
so large they leave big, deep painful holes. Think of a pair of No. 2
pencils, well sharpened, and curved through a 90 degree arc. I have had pet
tarantulas for over 15 years, mostly Mexican Redlegs and the occasional Pink
Toe. I would NOT want to be bitten by one of them so I handle them
carefully. They make great pets because they can be left alone for weeks,
winter or summer.

Secondly, I live in the Boston area (well Nashua NH) and I'm sure SOME of
them must have gone feral by now  ;^}

Bill

__
wrs@gozer.mv.com (Bill Slack)  DoD #430
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust! Oo..o&o
From: ksmith@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Kevin Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Cager penile size (was Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters)
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:54:23 GMT
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
X-Post-Machine: kalambo.scl.cwru.edu

In article <Bt3FJt.Gz0@gtsi.com> rich@gtsi.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:

 stuff deleted

>car could hope). End of story, I thought. Nope, dickhead decides that I have
>insulted the size of his testicles, and pulls up right on my ass, then "whips"
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 more stuff deleted

Why is it that people get so pissed off when you pass them. I was going to 
the movies 'bout a month ago in modrerate traffic on a two lane each way
road (Monticello, for you Cleve-burgers) when a light turns red about three
cars in front of me. I split the lanes and got up front where I could get
away pretty quickly (being of the impression that although assoles in front
of you are better than assholes behind it really sucks to be surrounded by
assholes) to be away from the cars. Light turns green, I take off, no problem,
except some guy in a old sedan gunning it for all it's worth just so I couldn't
pass him. A little right hand did the trick and I was outta' there. Didn't
stop him from flipping me off as he passed me (eventually).
  
While in bitch mode, for those of you who lane split, I was doing this on
I90 about a week ago. Traffic doing @5 mph me doing @15 when some asshole
decides that if he has to be stuck in traffic then so do I.  This guy
waited untill I was about 15 F*ucking feet behind him and then swerves out
towards the dotted yellow and then back into the lane and then repeated this
action every time I tried to get by, with a subsuquent dirty look when I 
finally got by.

Does this happen a lot or does Cleveland, the only city where it's _your_
fault for being in someone's blind spot when they almost kill you and your
girlfriend, just suck? 

I think it's a penis thing.      

"I can't respect anyone whose only | Kevin Smith   DoD #959 
 contribution  to  music is  their | '91 GSP21p, '88 RG450, '89 BS110  
 opinion."                         |        
                --Nuno Bettencourt |    
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: Personal Freedoms?
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:02:22 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.201542.8126@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.155021.3269@otago.ac.nz> clive@otago.ac.nz (Clive Boock) writes:
>->Personal Freedoms?
>->
>->   I've been following the anti helmet-legislation thread here for some time
>->and suddenly came across some postings about bikes in the USA having hardwired
>->headlights; i.e. the headlights are on ALL the time. 
>->   Have I been misreading something here or is this actually the case
>->nationwide or confined to only some states?  
>->   Should this not be regarded in the same light (!!?) as legislated wearing of
>->helmets?
>
>A helmet can be intrusive, uncomfortable, and subtract from the total motorcycle
>experience.  Furthermore, many feel that it makes them more likely to get in an
>accident, a likelyhood that to them outweighs the possible advantage they might 
>acquire by having a helmet in a crash.
>
>In all but very rare cases (idling at MSF ERC), a headlight is no detraction to
>anything but image.  I don't even notice mine, in most cases.  If I rode 
>exclusively during the day, I would not even know if it burned out.  I *always*
>notice whether or not I am wearing a helmet.

I have found quite difference in other's visibility between two types of headlights.
My old CB750 had quite a few incidences of people not seeing me (old non-halogen light).
I have less problems with my EX500, which has a bright halogen. 

When the sun is at my back in the evening, I run with brights, since my headlight
has to compete with the "sun".

I heard from a Northwestern Univ. Driver Safety instructor that they were thinking
about making the same law apply to cars. But I haven't heard anything since. 

I don't pontificate about safety equipment. 
I personally wear a helmet, and safety belts when "caged".
My next vehicle will be a truck, since I DON'T like airbags.
It seems my choices are getting slim these days.
Too many politicians and lawyers trying to keep us safe from ourselves.


-- 
=> Dan DeClerck                      |  EMAIL: dand%isdgsm@rtsg.mot.com   <=
=> Motorola Intl Subscriber Group    |                                    <=
=>                                   |  Phone: (708) 632-4486             <=
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From: mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: BMW Service Gouge?
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:16:39 GMT
Organization: New York University

Maybe I'm feeling a little cheap.  

Maybe I'm pissed cause it's rained the last two weekends.

At any rate I feel gouged and I was wondering if I am justified in 
feeling so.

As most of you know I just bought a new K75S last weekend and while
I like the bike very much I was a bit taken back when the bill for
my 600 checkup was $260.00.

I mean, damn, I just spent $9,000 for the bike (or more accurately my
credit union spent $9,000 for the bike (I am now enslaved to them)), I
ride it for one rainy weekend and I'm stuck with a $260.00 bill!

What does everyone else pay for their "authorized serive"?  What 
should I expect to pay for Service I and Service II?

Damn I wish the sun would come out.

--Jim

dod 0648  :)
From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Photo Radar
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:46:58 GMT
Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA

Tuesday August 18 1992 17:53, R. Craig Dodson wrote to All:

 RCD> I've seen this posted here more than once, and although they may be
 RCD> "poor" targets, they are targets just the same. Having several friends
 RCD> who have gotten tickets on bikes (all radar clocked) over the years, let
 RCD> me assure you that a bike is no Stealth fighter or SR-71. Hell, ever go
 RCD> to a county fair where they time softball throws with a radar gun? A
 RCD> softball would seem to be a much "poorer" target than a bike, let alone
 RCD> a car or truck and yet the gun has no problem picking up the tiny 6"
 RCD> sphere. Even your helmet alone is a good 12" (semi) sphere.

Abolutely. We've used police radar guns to measure the speed of 1/10th scale
radio control cars, which have a radar signature somewhat less than the
headlight on all street-legal bikes. Works fine.

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: mja@philabs.philips.com (Michael Amato)
Subject: Re: Blue Jeans Bad; Leather Jeans Good
Originator: mja@hercules
Reply-To: mja@philabs.philips.com (Michael Amato)
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, NY 10510
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:39:29 GMT


In article <1992Aug14.174344.12747@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug13.223841.29574@serval.net.wsu.edu> bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
|> >>
|> >> Except in my case 20-30mph low side. Bone chips in knee. Missing
|> >>epidermis(sp?). But the levi's came thru unscathed.
|> >> Go figure.
|> >>
|> >The jeans stick to the pavement and you slide against the inside of the 
|> >pant leg.  The fabric, not sliding against anything does not get hurt.
|> >Your skin agianst the fabric get shredded.  Yummy.
|> >
|> >Ride injury free,
|> >
|> >Bill
|>  
|> Thats what the doc said. So I immediately discounted it.
|> Now that I've heard it from a fellow DoD'r I will accept it as biblical.
|> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Now I've got this bridge I think you might be interested in.......

|>  
|> ================================================================================
|>  Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
|> ================================================================================
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| Michael Amato  DoD#0639 | "If pro is the opposite of con,       |
| mja@philabs.philips.com | then what is Congress"? - Will Rogers |
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From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:08:28 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
: you GUYS.  to imagine that people PAY you to think for a living. 
: 
: you just get the address, go down to city hall and look up the address
                                       ^^^^^^^^^
: in the tax records.  it'll tell you who owns the property and how much
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
: they paid in taxes on it last year.  or you can go to the local public
: library and look up the address in a reverse telephone directory.  or
: you can park down the street, wait half an hour, walk up to the front
: door and look at the name on the mail box. 
: 
: remember, there is NEVER a good reason to involve ANY government
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: agency in a search for information.
: 
: -- laurie
: ____________________________________________________________________
: "Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
: ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski
: 
: laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us                                   DoD #0023

What?
What do you call city hall?


Jack Tavares    KotHO DoD# 0570 BMWMOA# 58278 AMA# 651191 BMWRA# 16087
83 R80ST	79 KZ LTD 400H (for sale) 
Sorry, but at DoD minimum speed it is impossible to speak. There is just 
too much wind noise.  At that speed I am spending all my concentration 
allowance on riding, and cannot afford anymore thought for words.
However, when I finish a ride and the bike is in the garage cooling down, 
the single word that comes to mind is:

    BEER.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
Subject: Re: FZR's competition?
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 01:13:30 GMT
Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA

In article <1992Aug10.164737.22679@ohrd.uucp> ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
>In article <BsL1ut.1on@ecf.toronto.edu> carter@ecf.toronto.edu (CARTER EDWARD A) writes:
>>Greetings.
>>
>>Firstly, we are deprived of the FZR400 in Canada.  I was wondering what
>
>Yeah, but we were not deprived of RZ350s. They're faster, cheaper and more
>plentiful.

  Cheaper and more plentiful, yes.  Faster, no.  Come out to the track
to find out (it was a $5000 lesson for me).

 -Jim
From: mvij@novell.com (Manish Vij)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harlye Craze and Women
Date: 19 Aug 92 21:56:24 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley, dammit, and proud of it

In article <1992Aug19.201321.27877@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>Of course, based on your .edu e-mail address, we could just all infer
>that you have insufficient experience to have a valid opinion on
>women anyhow.  (Ohoh!  Now I've done it!)

Actually ... Berkeley is liberal in soooo many nice ways.  >o|-)    -8

>:') for the .edu-insecure

No need.
                                          /-\o /-()  -- -  --   -
   Manish Vij    ::    '89 EX500          \_/ \\/ )  -- -    --
   mvij@ocf.berkeley.edu                       |/_\  -- -  --   - 
   mvij@novell.com                              \_/.  .  . . ........
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Hard-soled shoes/boots
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:12:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.151816.16144@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:

>	The facts are the facts, and I don't dispute your story, but I
>	personally feel much safer and comfortable wearing boots.  

i believe it was ian (of steve and ian's excellent adventure fame) who low-
sided his fj, receiving a scar in his boot down to the steel toe.  had they
not been steel toe, he would be :-)

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|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
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|  "I twisted from between his knees.  We came on our feet together.       |
|  "The doorbell rang."                                                    |
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