From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Like You Care
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:13:54 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1bk7enINNk4f@cs.utexas.edu>, osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
> I'm thinking about doing a CFD of rec.motorcycles.osborn, which will
> be used for posting only articles of interest to me.  So there.

good idea.  in this age of "me, myself, and i," you should feel right
at home.

> Why are motorcycle reviews so bad?

because americans are stupid slobs who can't write their ways out of a
paper bag.  have you ever seen collection of the crap that gets handed
in by undergrads?  most of them still *type* or *handwrite* their work, 
leaving spelling errors intact.

> You get get two does of Kevin Cameron per month if you read Cycleworld
> and Motorcycle International.  And when is his damn book coming out?

rsn

> The local BMW shop (Lone Star BMW) is dumping their Bimota dealership.
> They've sold 1 Deici in the past year and the importer hasn't come
> through on promises to supply them with a Tesi.  These are definately
> rolling art pieces (they move me like no Ducati can) but I'd hate to
> try to make a living selling them in the US.  Still, I bet that they
> become as collectable as Ferraris have become over the years.
> (So buy yours now!)

if you had one of these rolling pieces of art, would you ride it or
collect it?  rememer, we're in the age (ok, we're almost past the age)
of postmodern deconstruction: art is what you say it, no more
standards of aesthetics.  as a matter of fact, the next bike i buy
will be made in a third world country and be red, gold and green, a
multicultural sort of bike.

> I've seen '93 BMW K-bikes, PD's, and R100R's.  The new white and green
> PD color scheme works really well - it looks great.  The R100R now
> comes with dual front disks.  (Does this make a single disk R100R
> suddenly collectable?)

i think the only thing that would happen if i had dual front disks on
my GS is that it would nose dive quicker.  how do newer gs people like
the dual front disk. you should disconnect one, ride it around, and
report back to me, please, on the difference you feel.

> The wires for heated grips on my PD run inside the handlebars.
> So, if you want to install a barsnake or something similar
> you need to reroute the wires.

typical bmw.  if they would have made the grips wires out of 4 guage
reclaimed uranium (does it conduct?) wire , they bars would probably
not vibrate any more.

> When I ride with the grip heaters on, I feel an interesting connection
> with my bike.  It sounds weird, but I feel more intimately connected
> with it when it works to keep me warm and comfy.  I expect the
> feeling will only grow when I get a heated vest.  This is part of
> why I like riding in cool temperatures.  (The fact that my unvented,
> heavy, black leather jacket roasts me in the summer could be another
> reason.)

its not because they're heated, john, its because they are heated and
vibrate, feeling much more like you have your penis in each of your
hands.

> Why do people always want to talk to me about my bike when I'm in a
> super nasty mood?  If I bomb an exam, lose my homework, or don't
> finish a program on time it is almost a sure thing that somebody will
> come up to me as I'm getting on/off the bike and say "Wow!  I didn't
> know BMW made dirt bikes!" or "Did you modify that yourself?  BMW doesn't
> make enduros do they?" and they always finish with "How much did it cost?"
> They usually get real quiet when I say $10,000.  From now on, I'm very
> tempted to play with the brains of the clueless...
> 
>   "Actually, I work for BMW and this is a prototype of a bike we're
>    thinking of selling.  What do you think about it?  Please don't
>    tell anybody you saw it, OK?"

the other way to freak them out is to say that you hate the bike
and would they please take it for a ride around campus.

> Who rides a smoke-grey colored R90S (?) with a DOD plate-frame and
> a broken speedometer to UT?

sounds like laslsu20983lo (oops, forgot the "z").  would you mind
taking the del'orto carbs off and sending them to me, pls?

> If you ride an old H-D or BMW or Triumph or Norton or Guzzi, people
> think "Cool bike" when they see it.  If you ride an old Japanese bike,
> even if it is in great shape, people think that you're just cheap.
> Too bad.

its *true* though.  old japanese bikes are usually cheaper than old
'merican or yerupeen bikes.  what do we tell new rider to get? an
old honyamsazasaki.

> I wish I got to ride half the bikes that Alan Cathcart gets to.  Sigh.

quit school and do what he does (what ever that is).

hope this helps.

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