HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Freeze & Break
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 16:57:48 GMT

In article <4SEP92.21471495@vax.clarku.edu> fdeignan@vax.clarku.edu writes:
>Concerning the breaking of locks and cables ... would someone please
>enlighten me on the subject of "Freeze and Break"?

Many steels become brittle at low temperatures.  The
meaning of "low" depends on the alloy; some mass-produced
cargo ships broke in half in the North Atlantic during WWII
winter crossings, and a famous pipeline failure in Canada
took place at about -3OF.  Thieves sometimes freeze a lock
or chain by spraying air conditioning refrigerant on it,
then hitting it with a hammer.

Some high-alloy steels are much more resistant to this trick
than are common hardened carbon steels.

>Also, if anyone knows what a
>"blue-point hammer" is, please enlighten me on that subject also.

AKA "smoke wrench".  An oxy-acetylene cutting torch.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@forel.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: niall@c3.PLA.CA.US (Neal Bedard)
Subject: Re: Jap Crap!!! (DEFINED)
Organization: Cathode Ray Mission, San Jose
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:10:03 GMT


Yo, Shirl -

Feeling inadequate today? Must be all that red meat. Maybe a little more rice
in your diet would lend balance to your disposition...


-Neal
[niall@c3.com]
DoD #0x451
From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Goofy Harley Questions
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:47:01 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <1992Sep11.110117.2310@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, groh@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (Jim Groh) writes:

| Had a chance to ride both of them at Daytona this year. Both were
| comfortable to ride on, the Springer seemed a little 'soft' in the
| front end, while the FatBoy felt 'massive' to steer.  It may have 
| been a head thing.  My wife also rode both of them and she decided
| she wanted a fatboy and I decided I wanted the springer. I feel 
| that it is more of a 'looks' thing then any serious differences in
| the ride quality and comfort.  As to handling, neither one of them
| is a sports bike. :-)

  You, sir, are a true diplomat.
-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
    I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes)
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Organization: Thinkage Ltd.
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 09:06:45 GMT

In article <188plcINN7nb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack) writes:
>
>In a previous article, scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath) says:
>>In article <1870c3INNi4b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu  
>>(Joseph Hack) writes:
>>> I've always wondered about that.  Are they loud because:
>>> 1) Harlie riders like to be obnoxious.
>>> 2) To scare old ladies.
>>> etc
>>You are asking for a flame so here you go.....................
>No, I was asking a question that I expected an answer for.  Whether
>I get smart-ass answers or not, I don't care, but I don't need
>flames from dickless pansies like you.
>Faggot.

please do not clutter a motorcycle newsgroup with your sexual envy.

oh, Freenet... must be a Fidonet escapee. that explains your sexual
frustration, however this is a motorcycle newsgroup. take it elsewhere.

-- 
   - Ken Dykes, Thinkage Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada    [43.47N 80.52W]
         kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca   postmaster@thinkage.com   thinkage!kgdykes
         harley-request@thinkage.on.ca             kgdykes@math.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Subject: Re: Harley Sportbike? 
Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:14:48 GMT

Heard on the radio this morning that Nieman-Marcus
has in their catalog an entry for Harleys.  You can
get them with various add-ons, including sidecars.
You can request color, model, and _year_ (how far
back I don't know, but don't count these uber-capitalists
out on any score).

Only $35K each.  My guess is the "standard" model
is a little loaded...

				--Blair
				  "You get what you pay for, even if
				   you pay way more than it's worth."
From: mahoney@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Mike Mahoney)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 00:31:20 GMT
Subject: Re: Hot Softail Nostalgia
Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley

Howdy,

   i purchased a 91 fat boy. the pipes are a nice look, but get more in the
   way of the foot peg.  i also wanted to put a larger saddle bag on and alter
   the sound of the bike(rather quiet with stock pipes) so i replaced the pipes
   and went with the lower configuration...am extremely happy with the bike!

   regards,
   m
From: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Date: 4 Sep 1992 22:57:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath) says:

>In article <1870c3INNi4b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu  
>(Joseph Hack) writes:
>> 
>> I've always wondered about that.  Are they loud because:
>> 
>> 1) Harlie riders like to be obnoxious.
>> 
>> 2) To scare old ladies.
>> 
>> 3) To get better gas mileage.
>> 
>> 4) To go faster.
>> 
>> 5) So you don't hear that piston slap as much.
>> 
>> 6) Harlie engineers were never made aware of the invention of the muffler.
>> 
>> 7) None of the above.
>> 
>> 8) All of the above.
>
>You are asking for a flame so here you go.....................

No, I was asking a question that I expected an answer for.  Whether
I get smart-ass answers or not, I don't care, but I don't need
flames from dickless pansies like you.

>GET OFF THIS GROUP ASSHOLE. LEARN TO SPELL (harlies?)

You call that a flame?  A spelling flame even?  Get a clue little
boy.  If I felt you were man enough to handle it, I might  even
consider flaming you back, but if I did, you would probably go
crying back to mommie, so I'll spare you this time.

Faggot.
Organization: Hardware Maintenance, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:58:19 -0400 
From: John Makel <jm4b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: 1916 Harley parts

All,
  I am looking for parts that I need to finish the  restoring a 1916 Harley.
The model is 16F and is 61 cubic inches. Specifically the parts I need are
front hub, front and rear fenders, innner and outer primary tins, and a set
of handlebars. Any leads in the finish of the bike would greatly be
appreciated!

                                        john...

16 16F(soon)
78 FX
80 Sturgis
90 XLH 1200
92 FLHTC
HOG#0547387

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com (chris dehahn)
Subject: Re: internal prejudice
Reply-To: dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:36:03 GMT

--
In article <1992Sep14.134944.29543@crd.ge.com>, davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM
(william E Davidsen) writes:
|>Path:
|
engage.pko.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!news.crl.dec.com!deccrl!caen!uakari.primate
e.wisc.edu!crdgw1!rdsunx.crd.ge.com!ariel!davidsen
|>From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
|>Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
|>Subject: Re: internal prejudice
|>Message-ID: <1992Sep14.134944.29543@crd.ge.com>
|>Date: 14 Sep 92 13:49:44 GMT
|>References: <1992Sep10.171919.7951@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
|><1992Sep11.121114.20783@PA.dec.com>
|>Sender: usenet@crd.ge.com (Required for NNTP)
|>Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
|>Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY
|>Lines: 13
|>Nntp-Posting-Host: ariel.crd.ge.com
|>
|>In article <1992Sep11.121114.20783@PA.dec.com>, dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
|>(chris dehahn) writes:
|>
|>| It's not so much we have anything against Evos, it's that the Evo people
|>| think HD's made before 1984 are all junk. I've gotten lots of mail
|>concerning
|>| this topic. I am an admitted shovelhead fanatic who believes that the
|>Evolution
|>| is not the Solution. 
|>
|>  I like Evos, I like pans (my first bike was a pan, 1960 or so). I know
|>they built some bikes in between, but I sort of ignore them ;-)
|>
|>-- 
|>bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
|>    I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
|>

Fine with me, it leaves more shovels around to blow off the Evos and
Pans with

8^)

CdH

<<<<<<<<<<<<   Ninety eight....don't be late  >>>>>>>>>>>>
Chris deHahn....CdH....Digital Equipment Shrewsbury MA USA
dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
From: stafford@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Evo vs. Shovelhead HP
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:59:29 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System


	Jesus, there is a Knuckle which still holds the single
	engine drag record.  I'll look it up when I get a chance.
	It's what you make it and FM.
From: stafford@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Yuppie Posers From Hell
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:55:52 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

> Jesus f*ck*ng H. Christ on a g*dd*mn crutch. $35K Knuckles, and now this.
> They oughta just build replicas of the old bikes with Evo motors, then they 
> could open up a boutique to take care of the rampant demand sure to follow 
> for fake Panhead covers and kickers.

They will, Dave.  In fact, the boutiques have already begun.
The only _original_ biker act today is to butcher classics.  Chop the
fuck out of them and ride them as if it were yesterday. These are the
good old days.

mad john

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: wfrank@well.sf.ca.us (Wade Franklin)
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 02:26:47 GMT

In article <18bdo8INNk04@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack) writes:
>
>>please do not clutter a motorcycle newsgroup with your sexual envy.
>>
>>oh, Freenet... must be a Fidonet escapee. that explains your sexual
>>frustration, however this is a motorcycle newsgroup. take it elsewhere.
>
>Gee, and I thought that maybe that way the way you Harlie types
>liked to talk to each other.   If you want to talk about motorcycles,
>at least talk about real motorcycles.  ie, something that goes over
>55 mph, burns more gas than oil, doesn't take 15 minutes to get
>started, and doesn't make you go deaf after riding for a few days.
>
>I own a Ducati.  It will outrun ANY Harlie, even if I keep it
>1st gear all the way.  It runs better, looks better, sounds 
>better, I could go on, but I don't want to ruin your day
>all at once.
>
>And if you really want to talk about sexual frustration, look at
>ANY Harlie rider.  Its really weird, but most of them are
>balding and fat, and unusually ugly.  Your typical fat and dumb
>biker, if you will.  And when a Harlie rider does manage to land 
>a female type, they are usually the skankiest looking things
>you ever did see.  Some of the ugliest women I have ever had
>the misfortune to set my eyes on were riding on the back of
>a Harlie.
>
>As far as chicks on the backs of real bikes, well, some of them look
>pretty good.  Especially all the ones around campus here that
>want to ride on my Duc.  Yeah, I sure am sexually frustrated!
>NOT! :-)


I'm really disappointed with what's happening in this newsgroup. I thought
it was created so that those of us who prefer Harleys could split away
from rec.motorcycles to avoid the perpetual my-bike-is-better-than-yours
bullshit, and have some constructive discussion of Harleys.

Unfortunately, we get these people coming over here who have no interest
in Harleys except to run them down, and the people who ride them. What's
their problem? I don't care what anyone else rides. Hell, I'm glad that
there aren't more people who are interested in Harleys, because then
they'd cost even more.

I'm sure your Ducati is a wonderful bike. I considered buying one for a while,
until I knew for sure that what I wanted was an FX. I learned how to ride
on a Yamaha, and I still ride it occasionally. I see very few Harley owners
flaming owners of foreign bikes these days in rec.motorcycles. Please quit
coming over here and flaming us. You're wasting your time - we know what we
like.

   Wade

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: crsg9887@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chad R. Sandstrom)
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 05:49:52 GMT

bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack) writes:


>In a previous article, scol@scottsdale.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath) says:

>>In article <1870c3INNi4b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu  
>>(Joseph Hack) writes:
>>> 
>>> I've always wondered about that.  Are they loud because:
>>
>>You are asking for a flame so here you go.....................

>No, I was asking a question that I expected an answer for.  Whether
>I get smart-ass answers or not, I don't care, but I don't need
>flames from dickless pansies like you.

>>GET OFF THIS GROUP ASSHOLE. LEARN TO SPELL (harlies?)

>You call that a flame?  A spelling flame even?  Get a clue little
>boy.  If I felt you were man enough to handle it, I might  even
>consider flaming you back, but if I did, you would probably go
>crying back to mommie, so I'll spare you this time.

>Faggot.
This is seriously juvenile and ignorant crap.  I agree with Mr. Colbath,
your verbal diarrhea doesn't belong.  You might as well crawl back under
your rock until you've learned how to stop behaving like a such a fool.

Chad Sandstrom     
(I have sent this brief note to the clever Mr. HACK but I wanted to 
post this here to emphasize how idiotic this sort of posting is and
how much I'd hope that r.m.harley (or any group) can remain free of
this bile.  Usenet may be some "free market of ideas" but I ain't
buying any of the shit Mr. Hack is offering)
From: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: B.M. Davidson
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:25:47 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.harley
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <1992Sep14.194447.1212@msus1.msus.edu>, stafford@msus1.msus.edu
wrote:
> 
> 
>  The next project bike is shaping up.  It's gonna be a
>  BM Davidson.  That's a late BMW boxer frame with a Harley
>  Shovelhead engine - maybe a Sportster engine.  And
>  if luck persists, an RS-like fairing.  fabrication of
>  the swingarm has already been worked out.  
> 
>  Why?  Why it will piss off two major groups of snobs
>  in one pass!
> 
>  Seriously, the BMW boxer frame has some poetic resemblance
>  to the fetherbed frame - great wide-open chassis.  Why not?

A lot of work for not much gain. The current FatBoy handles better.
BMW frames are not reknowned for their handling qualities.
========
Godfrey DiGiorgi | ramarren@apple.com | DoD #0493
"Logic may be the beginning of wisdom, but logic never bought
 me a Ducati."
 Rule #1: Never sell a Ducati.
 Rule #2: Always obey Rule #1.
Honda VFR700 Intercepter 1987, "Bright White"
Ducati 750GT             1975, "Thunder"
Ducati 250 Mk III Diana  1966, sleeping beauty
Toyota MR2               1985, "VSSC"
========
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: 4 valve HD
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:21:48 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.013056.6435@research.nj.nec.com>, behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
> I just saw the fake panhead rocker covers
> in the display case today--made me chuckle outwardly, wince inwardly,
> especially since a mint example of the real thing was parked outside:  a 1964
> Duo-Glide.

You mentioned seeing the '64 at HD Edison in an earlier post.  HD Edison
has fake pan boxes in their display case?  Wait 'til I tell Otto at
HD Bound Brook next week.  The only thing I like about Edison is their
constant stock of S&S jets and gaskets...

Otto and Joe Williams sold HD Bound Brook to a long standing customer but
will stick around a while until the new guy gets up to speed.  These two
guys have been there more than 50 years and the place was run by a related
Williams before that.  There is no better dealer in NJ.

- Roid
Organization: Mythos/Xcalbrin Inc.
X-School: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:01:30 EDT
From: JJ Serowik <JJS158@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise
 <1992Sep9.142301.24106@access.digex.com>

Harley guys,
             Notice that I spelled Harley right!!  Here I am a mere college stu
dent at Penn State wanting to read some interesting stuff on an American motorc
ycle pop into your newsgroup to read this shit.  Excuse me Mr. Hack? what the h
ell were you doing starting this bullshit?  I found the questions you asked fun
ny, but if you made fun of something I owned I'd get pissed too.  Anyway, I'm
still in college I can't afford a DOOOOCAAAATI or a god damn scooter for that
matter and you're here bustin' on these Harley guys?  Get a life you sorry
excuse for human life, live and let ride!!!!!
                                               Rob

P.S. Did you buy your own Ducati or did Daddy buy it for you?  I want to know.

DoD#459
"The owner of this account didn't say it, I did:)"-me
"This isn't my account and therefore the owner had nothing to do with it"-me
From: stafford@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:01:22 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System


 To the bewildered chap who owns a Ducati and cannot spell Harley:

	Here's two challenges for you and your Ducati:

	1) A cross-continent ride without valve maintenance.
	   Seems some of these Ducs require expert, expensive
	   special-tools valve maintenance very 2,600 miles.

	2) Your Duc against my '56 FLH.  A one-year appreciation
	   race.  (Prognosis - poor: you are already loosing as
	   you read this.)

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: henry@ilx057 (David Henry)
Subject: Sokol
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 10:02:22 GMT
Organization: Intel
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Keywords: Sokol Poland


I am restoring a 1935 Sokol. This bike was made in Poland and reputed to be
a copy of a Harley of the same era. It has a 995cc V-twin side  valve engine
and the gear shift is on the gas tank.
Any info, ancedotes, pictures etc. gratefully received.

--
David Henry, Intel Corporation, Haifa, ISRAEL
henry@iil.intel.com phone +972 435 5019 fax +972 435 5674
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: rich@godzilla.quotron.com (Richard Yee)
Subject: Good Harley mechanics, gas tanks, and painters
Organization: Quotron System, Inc.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 22:10:27 GMT

  Hi everyone,

  For starters, I'd like to say that this is my first posting
  to rec.motorcycles.harley even though I've been reading its
  postings for the past few weeks. Its a goldmine of info
  for Harley owners! 

  Anyways, I'm hoping someone might be able to answer a few
  questions I had. I recently purchased a 1992 Sportster 883
  (my first bike) and I've been having a great time with it. 
  My problem is finding a good Harley mechanic in Los Angeles    
  (preferably the west side). I know that a lot of Harley owners
  like to work on their bikes themselves but I'm sort of new
  to bikes in general and I'd like to start out slow. In the
  mean time I need a reliable mechanic. I live close to
  Bartels' Harley Davidson in West L.A. and thought about taking
  my bike there but I've heard that their mechanics are not very
  good. Does anyone have any opinions or recommendations?

  In addition, I just purchased a 3.25 gal. tank from Custom
  Chrome and noticed that it had some rusting on the inside
  of the tank. I bought the tank from CCI because it was about
  $90.00 cheaper than the same tank from the HD dealer. However,
  now I'm wondering if the quality of the tank is substandard 
  to HD's. I also noticed some slight imperfections at the 
  the bottom edge of the tank. Is this normal?  HD says that 
  their tank has an epoxy coating on the interior of their tank
  to prevent internal rusting. Am I better off with the HD tank?
  Looking back at the CCI catalog I noticed some small print
  telling customers to install the tank on the bike before
  painting the tank, I assume,  to make sure that the bolts
  and holes align properly. Is quality control that poor at CCI?
   
  Lastly, I need to paint my tank. Does anyone know of any good
  painters in the Los Angeles area? I was thinking of taking the
  tank to Bad Bikes in Culver City but they want about $275.00 
  just to paint it solid black. Is that the going rate for painting
  tanks?

  Anyways thanks for taking the time to read all of this and I
  appreciate any help anyone can offer me. 

  Richard Yee 

 | 92 Sportster 883 XLH | email: rich@godzilla.quotron.com |
            
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: 4 valve HD
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:10:37 GMT

ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell) writes:
>>Eric Murray :

>>Ob. Harley:  I've heard rumors of a 4-valve harley.  Does
>>anyone know anything?  I mean a factory bike, not aftermarket heas.

>    That was a 1917 to around '21 or '22 competition model.

Check the october '92 issue of Cycle World for a nice article on this
engine, some great looking photos too.

>    And these kids on their rice rockets think they have
>    "modern" technology.

Well, they did enclose the valve train and upgrade from a total loss
oiling system. :-)
-- 
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.harley
From: mtrost@convex.com (Matthew Trost)
Subject: Re: Need info on locking Gas Caps
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:11:51 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <sefCZWm0hXuaMsgFZR@andrew.cmu.edu> "Shirl G. Grant" <sb3t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:


>Aren't bike gas caps vented (or one of the 2 for fat bobs)?  I thought
>this was the major difference between car and bike gas caps.

>-SunShine

Sunshine, this is my understanding: (anyone, correct me if I'm wrong)

Single tanks are vented caps.
Dual tanks: left one is solid, right one is vented. I assume because the kick
stand is on the left side, therefor it leans to the left when parked, and you
don't want the gas leaking out the vent hole, if it were on the left tank.

Matthew

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley