HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: elef@smarmy.Corp.Sun.COM (elaine 'BEANO' leffler)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Date: 11 Sep 1992 16:48:56 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: elef@smarmy.Corp.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: smarmy.corp.sun.com
Keywords: phone # for corbin

In article 29517@research.nj.nec.com, behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>	Well, as long as it has been brought up, does anyone have a phone
>number to reach Corbin?  Baby needs a new seat so my ride doesn't get a sore
>butt when she's on the bike (er, did I get that backwards?  :-)

the number for corbin is 800 538-7035.

good luck - i tried to get them to send me a catalog TWICE in the last
six months and they never bothered to send me ANYTHING.  i'm NOT
impressed.

elef

ps.  i've never seen any of the women i know who REALLY ride motorcycles
wear a bikini with stiletto heels.  sure, i've seen some of them ride NUDE,
but a bikini with heels?  that would be silly....


  **...........................................................**
     Elaine 'beano' Leffler     North American Solution Center
         elef@smarmy           Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.
    elef@smarmy.corp.sun.com	       (415) 336-5142
  **...........................................................**

    your sweet little cupcake, baked with the batter from HELL....

   "...technology marches on - and makes 150-mph motorcycles for
    15-mph beginners' brains."	_motorcyclist_

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Most Favorite Road Sign
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:15:16 GMT

ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola) writes:

>	(P.S. I STILL HAVEN'T GOT A DoD NUMBER, NOT THAT ANYONE WOULD HELP
>	OUT A POOR WRETCH OF A YOUTH WHO HAS LOST ALL MEANING IN LIFE BY
>	NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ANY CLUE WHATSOEVER OF FINDING THE KotL (BUT
>	EMAIL WOULD BE APPREACIATED) :->)

Sure, always happy to help. Lemme see here, where's that DoD Zippo?
Shuffle, shuffle, root, dig...  Ah ha! There it is.  Stand back now.
Flick. Flick. Flick.  Huh? I thought these things always lit the first
time.  Oh, out of fuel.  Sorry, maybe someone else can take over.
-- 
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: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:41:00 GMT

egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:

>In any event, it is something to consider.  Inside a helmet, the
>glasses cannot fly off your face [...]

	Wanna bet?  I bought a prime-o pair of variable-tinting sunglasses
(you know, light at night, dark in day stuff) while in Oaklahoma.  It
was damned hot cruising into Colorado, so I had the face shield of the
Arai Astro open.  When trucks passed by us on the two-lane, I ducked
behind the fairing so as to not get the full blast of their passing.  One
time I didn't duck enough.  The sunglasses were blown off my nose, out
of the helmet, and onto the road.  Total loss of said glasses.  From
that time on, I had to ride with the visor closed for eye protection
(I only have one working eye, and I intend to keep it working!).  Talk
about a hot trip!

	Anyway, glasses can come out of your helmet, especially if they
don't have the curl-around temple pieces.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"I see angels on Ariels in leather and>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | chrome, Swooping down from heaven to >
<viking@iastate.edu      | carry me home."   ---    R. Thompson >
<ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee.>
From: vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:29:53 GMT
Subject: Re: More reserve switch questions
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell) writes:

> [general discussion about various reserve switch setups deleted]
> 
> Dumb question, but:
> 
> Although reserve switches are very simple, they have several problems
> that accurate fuel gauges do a better job of addressing, IMHO:
> 
> 1)  If you forget to switch back to "ON" at the gas station, you
>     may run the tank dry.

  Do it once, its an education.  Do it more than once, you deserve to walk.
  I have gotten into the habit of giving the petcock "a feel" as I watch
  the gas stop receding in the mirrors or if I'm on a stretch that
  requires judicious fuel range estimation.

> 2)  No good feedback on a particular trip about how fast gas is
>     being consumed. A good fuel gauge, a tripometer, and some
>     experience with the fuel gauge lets you predict with very
>     good accuracy how much further you can traval before needing
>     fuel.

  If you have had your bike more than a couple of months, you should be
  able to estimate your fuel range based on the type of riding you have
  been doing and/or the conditions your are riding in.  Given the short
  range I have on the Hawk, I have become adept at guessing when I need
  to switch to reserve within 10 mi. of needing to do so.

> 3)  Having to switch from "ON" to "reserve" requires taking a
>     hand off the handlebar while riding, not to mention the problem
>     when you are forced to switch to reserve at high speed (you
>     decelerate suddenly, creating a hazard to following vehicles).

  Riding at high speed with low fuel may lead to lean mixtures and 
  overheating conditions.  If I'm close to needing reserve and in a
  sitiuation where sudden power loss may be hazardous, I just put it
  on reserve beforehand.  

> 4)  If the reserve amount is not enough to make it to a gas station,
>     you end up trying to predict remaining fuel based on odometer.
>     This is possible, not even that difficult, but to my way of
>     thinking not as good as a gauge. (I used to have problems going
>     home from college late at night. Most of the gas stations along
>     my route were closed, and if I hit reserve at the wrong point,
>     I might not have enough fuel to reach an open station).

  A problem I mitigate by packing a couple of 1/3 gallon fuel flasks
  (the aluminum variety used to take fuel backpacking).  They are 
  relatively strong containers so the additional risk of spill in a
  crash is offset by the ability to make my destination.

> A minimal motorcycle certainly doesn't require a fuel gauge, and a reserve
> switch is a simple, inexpensive option, but for a nice road bike, why don't
> they all just have accurate fuel gauges? I haven't used the "reserve"
> setting on my ZX-10 yet, and I don't plan to, either.

  I don't think I would like to pay for an "accurate" fuel gauge.  The
  most accurate, and inexpensive, fuel indicators are those thermistor
  based glowing lights that begin to come on when there is roughly 1 gallon
  of fuel left.

  Cheers,
  Victor "Dances with Hawks" Johnson
  ----------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:41:42 GMT

In article <dbc-140992204442@b62003.student.cwru.edu> dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:

>How about a corrective lens face shield?  How's that for an optics
>nightmare. :-)

i tried the aftermarket corrective windshield on my old cage.
not worth the money, imho.  kept sliding down my nose.

>| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
>| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
>| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never | '81 CB750C           |
>| get nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111      | '88 Bianchi Limited  |

nice .sig .... finally!

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|  you act like a dick.  jokes are fine, but you have to make some sort    |
|    of motorcycle-related contribution in order to get away with it.      |
|                     -- DoD# (withheld), referring to me                  |
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From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ohio Get together
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:15:23 GMT
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia

I'm still trying decide if I'll be able to make it.  I'm hoping to get my
new, used bike Tuesday and don't know if I'll have it tagged, titled and 
pre-riden in time.  I may haul it up in the back of my truck and just unload
there for the ride.  (10 hrs is a hell of a way to get accustomed to a GSXR1100!)  If I do arrive, it will be drive like hell to get up there.
See the museum, ride some, have dinner and drive like hell to get back.
If I don't get the new bike in time, I may just load up my old CB400T and
use it, though its a bitch (!uptight) at DOD min.

Directions to the museum and hints on good routes (I75 to Cincy, then what?)
would be helpful.  Do AMA members get in free?  

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:30:59 EDT
From: <JDR118@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Triumph Bikes

I am looking for fellow Triumph riders out there who can give me the names of
mail-order parts dealers, especially those carrying lottsa chrome custom parts.
 I have a 1972 Bonneville (40 cubic inch) and would love to hear from other
British bike riders.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: brianm@sco.com (Brian Moffet)
Subject: Re: More centrifugal
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:46:45 GMT

dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
>That's right damnit!  Everyone should do like me.  Go to college and get
>within a semester of an undergrad degree in physics, before deciding
>on your real major!

Or me!  (and several other people I know).  Take all the classes at 
UC Santa Cruz for a physics degree, which would get you one every where 
else, get a job, and decide to drop the idea of writing a thesis 
and drop the physics major down to a minor and slide by with a BA in Math,
or Computer Science, or Philosophy.

brian moffet
--
"Face it, Chuck.  Taken as an aggregate, the human race is a stupid, sorry lot."
                           -- Jonathan Quist

brianm@sco.com  or uunet!sco!brianm                    Speaking for Myself
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: My first ABATE Toy Ride! (Squid rides with Harleys)
Date: 7 Sep 92 09:03:09 PDT
Distribution: na
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <20192@plains.NoDak.edu>, fleckens@plains.NoDak.edu (Clint Fleckenstein) writes:
> This weekend I went on my first ABATE Toy Ride for ABATE of North Dakota.
>...
> I ride a very loud, very GREEN Kawasaki EX500, and my friend rides a 
> white and purple Hurricane.  So you can probably imagine how we fit in 
> with the 250 or so Harley Davidsons, etc. that went on the ride.  At
> first, we were *very* apprehensive.  But as we walked around the lot,
> big guys in leather were telling us how glad they were that we showed
> up.  Our apprehension lasted all of about a minute and a half.

unfortunately, however, all the toys in the world and all the money collected
on charity runs affect the image of bikers not one bit.  for every rider in
those 250, there was an "evil twin" out there doing something that cagers
consider to be dangerous. take paul blumstein, please! 

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: X-reg in the UK?
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:40:10 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Sep8.161058.1194@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:

>Since car plates here have three letters, a demented friend of mine
>likes to see how many assembly language opcodes he can spot: BNE, RTS,
>etc. :-)

The famous "HCF" instruction would be appropriate for certain Italian
and Suzuki models.

Oh, since you ask, "Halt and Catch Fire".
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
From: tbb@sumac02.cray.com (Todd Blachowiak)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Solo saves another one
Keywords: radar
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:25:44 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Originator: tbb@sumac02


> Take it slow, take Tod out to lunch.
                     ^^^
              That's Todd with two d's:-)

> BlackJack

-- 
Take care,

Todd Blachowiak 
KotD #0004
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:44:34 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1551@adpplz.UUCP> martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding) writes:
>ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:

>> Not entirely. ....
>>  ...            you can have a very stable bike if it has a lot of rake and
>> a long wheelbase. 

>I will grant you the possibility, but I will claim again, that in the
>one study I'm aware of, a test bicycle became seriously unstable when
>the front wheel's gyroscopic effects were canceled by a second wheel
>of the same weight, mounted on the forks and spun in the opposite direction.

The gyroscopic effect of the front wheel helps to overcome the inertia
of the system, especially that due to the rotational momentum. Adding
a counter-rotating wheel will double the inertias involved, as well as
removing the helpful effect, in a machine whose steering angles were
not designed to cope with it. It's not surprising that it was
unstable; but you cannot conclude that the gyroscopic effects are an
essential component of steering stability. Before concluding that you
would have to show that the steering angles could not be redesigned to
re-introduce the lost stability.

A natural experiment here is ski-bikes which steer by means of a front
ski. No rotating wheel, and cornering behaviour just like a bicycle.

Now, if gyroscopic effects add the _major_ component to stability, why
can't you ride a bike backwards?
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: FJ bearing replacement 
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 04:51:43 GMT

keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:

I haven't needed to mess with my FJ's wheel bearings yet, but I'll give
it a shot. Maybe one of the real "old timers" can be more help.

>use the hydrolic press to get the other two out (hand press won't accomidate
>the wheel) and be on my merry way. Well, I set it up and start the press and
>the bearings start to move and then stop. I watch the pressure rise and 
>decide that there is something in that wheel that I cannot see preventing
>that bearing from going any further, so I back it off. I turn it around and
>try the other direction with the same problem. It will move the bearings but
>not far enough to get one or the other out. 

It sounds like you're trying to push both bearings out from one side or
the other, right? If the FJ wheel is like all the others I've seen it
doesn't work like that. There's a shoulder inboard of each bearing, so the
only way to get the bearing out is to reach through the hub and drive it
out from the inside. If you're trying to push both bearings all the way
through the hub, you're bottoming out on that shoulder. With a hefty
press, there is a chance you could damage your wheel, so take a close
look once you get it apart.
-- 
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,ba.motorcycles
From: jeff@MicroUnity.com (Jeff 'Giga-hurts' Kaskey)
Subject: Re: Call for votes - rec.motorcycles.nude
Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:35:16 GMT

In article <13SEP199205165204@erich.triumf.ca>, ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
|> In article <n7vnakm.lamorte@netcom.com>,
|> 	 lamorte@netcom.com (R. Scott LaMorte) writes...
|> > 
|> >Hmm, although I've never actually riden a moving bike in the buff
|> >before, I have had the occasion to transport a topless passenger of no
|> >mean proportions. I hesitate to think of the number of near accidents
|> >we caused that sunny day in the Almaden hills in south San Jose...

Sounds like a story to be told...
 
|> 	The thing that gives me pause about nude cycling is the road-rash
|> factor.  ...

Apropos,  I seem to recall that the DoD was lookin for a theme song.
they could consider a song I saw David Byrne (ex Talking Heads) perform
the other night.  I suspect it's called "Buck Naked", and the lyric follows
the thread with "...running naked down the road..."

tfk
From: de@fokus.gmd.de (Dirk Elias)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: 1043 ccm BMW R100GS
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:23:37 GMT
Organization: GMD-Fokus (Berlin)

Hi,
has anybody got experiences with this 1043 ccm kit from Mahle? 
I'm a little bit disappointed by the power of my GS and so I'm
wondering if i should buy this kit. Because it's pretty expensive,
I first want to know if you FEEL the difference (Power is rising
about 15 HP).
May be someone has got long-time experience too?
Thanx for comments in advance
Dirk


-- 
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From: artc@bacchus.epps.kodak.com (Art Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Waving with meaning..?
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:50:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: APS.1992Sep9.135045.5446
Reply-To: artc@bacchus.atex.kodak.com
Organization: Atex Publishing Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep7.141431.25450@ugle.unit.no>, Roar.Larsen@termo.unit.no (Roar Larsen) writes:
|> 
....
|> According to this system, a wave with the hand _above_ the handlebars
|> means just a friendly acknowledgement of fellow bikers, while a wave
|> with the hand _below_ the handlebars means: "Danger - drive legally!!"
|> This of course is interpreted as meaning dangerous road conditions 
|> coming up, or some kind of police activity...:-) I've followed this system 
|> 
|> Do you guys "over there" (or anywhere else, for that matter) do anything 
|> at all similar? Maybe we could start a tradition on this??
|> 

From the right coast of the U.S. through at least the middle, and maybe
beyond, the "Speed trap ahead" wave is more of a downward push with the 
left hand.... pushing speed down, etc.  

Eagerly awaiting all the details of the honeymoon...

Art
-- 
Art Campbell          artc@atex.kodak.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                      All the usual disclaimers apply.
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Warm hands (Was: Leather pants)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 13 Sep 1992 06:10:47 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep11.232627.21120@javelin.sim.es.com>,
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) wrote:
> (about electric clothing)
> My only regret is that I rode for more than 10 years without them.

I've decided that this winter is the time to go electric myself.  I know
that
the first thing to get should be the vest (body core temp and all that) but

I'd like to know how much the chaps and gloves contribute to comfort.  
Anyone have any comments? (boy, was that a silly question!)

> Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834     | DoD #207  AMA
#573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci. dept.| KotNML  /  KotB     
|
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get | '81 CB750C          
|
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111              | '88 Bianchi Limited 
|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer)
Subject: Re: Loud pipes (Was riding clothes choices )
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 10:38:58 GMT

A lot of guys over here have bought racing pipes for their bikes and/or 
running with aftermarket air-filters.

It is a major traffic violation in germany to break the noise/emission law
on a bike.
If you get caught with a pipe that is not legal your bike will most likely
be taken away by the police on the spot and you have to pay a lot of fees
and get points on your license to get it back. And of course you have to
replace the non-legal parts and you have to show a technical inspection
guy the bike after replacing everything.

The cops in germany are so crazy about loud bikes that they have set up
biker traps all over germany where they pull only bikes over and check
the exhaust systems.

A lot and I mean _a lot_ of very nice roads in germany are already forbidden
for motorcycles !!! Only cars are allowed to drive these roads because the
local countys claim that the bikes are making too much noise driving thru
their nice roads and towns. Also they claim a lot of accidents are because
of speeding by the bikers.

The bikers are of course trying to fight that but until now unsuccessfully.

Here in Berlin are not many bikers with racing pipes because you will get
caught in a week. The cops know whats going on.

In the small towns in the countryside a lot of bikers have racing pipes
and other non-legal equipment on their bikes. The public view of a motor-
cycle rider is going worse every year.

The latest try is banning the motorcycles to park on the sidewalks
in the cities. They say we have to park like the cars or get a ticket.
The bikers have fought that successfully so far, because they just have
called a lot of bikers in that city and parked very early on saturday all
over the place where the cars are parking on a shopping saturday. That way
no place for cars where available. 
Until now all the cities have realiased that they have to allow parking on
the sidewalk or a traffic chaos might be the consequence.

I don't have anything non-legal on my street bikes. I don't want to drop
the public-view even more.
I even like to shoot those assholes who ride thru where I live on 2 am 
with a racing pipe at 11000 rpm. That's no way to get more respect from 
the cagers.

If you want your bike loud go on the track and mount a racing pipe and 
ride for a weekend.

-Axel
-- 
fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
CBR600F2 (stolen) - RD350LCN (street) - XR250R (dirt)
From: pmercer@apple.com (Paul Mercer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: key fobs
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:27:13 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

Count me in on the key fobs too.

Paul Mercer
Apple Computer, Inc.
blah blah blah
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles