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From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:02:38 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net (Randy Davis) writes:
]  But, BREAKING the lenses?  Does anyone have any evidence that this is a
]major risk factor?

government tests showed that labratory rats forced to ingest large doses
of broken glass lenses were several times more likely to develop digestive
problems and cancer. I suppose either of those would interfere with vision
given enough time..

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: gxw@crosfield.co.uk (garry wilmot)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: cbr900
Keywords: blade
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:32:58 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Any comments out there on the new honda fireblade??

how does it handle on the road?

Is it a dangerous bike on account of it's inclination to wheelie?

what's it like for say slim smallish 5' 3" pillion on short or
long (200 mile) runs?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: heff@ki.ch.apollo.hp.com (God of Thunder)
Subject: Re: Mass. MSF info wanted
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:35:22 GMT
Distribution: ma
Reply-To: heff@ki.ch.apollo.hp.com (God of Thunder)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

> I'm sure this must be a FAQ; is there a KotMSFinfo?  I'm looking for
> information on MSF course availability in Massachusetts; a telephone
> number for the MSF would be sufficient.  Thanks.

1.800.447.4700

Jeff Oesterle

'82 Yamaha Vision 550
DoD#6892
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From: ssuhouns@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Chainlube for my BM?
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:25:19 GMT
Reply-To: ssuhouns@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., University of Reading

In article 20469@serval.net.wsu.edu, bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>In article <Bu14Fr.Anw@inform.co.nz> dev2@inform.co.nz (Michael Seales) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep03.150857.12055@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>>> The chain on my BM is getting a bit slack and I can't seem to find out from
>>> the manual how to tighten it.  It's a blue D-reg 86 K100RS that's done about
>>> 60,000 miles.  I recently bought a new shock abosrber and new tyres but now the
>>> drive chain needs adjusting.
>>> 
>>> Can anybody help me?
>>
>>I think you're beyond help.
>>
>>I checked the date of this posting, just to be sure it hasn't been sitting
>>in a queue somewhere since 1st April.
>>
>>I have NEVER NEVER heard of a chain driven BMW K-series bike.
>
>The poor lad is confused, it's the Boxer that has the chain.  Well
>at least my '92 PD has one.  Self-lubing, gotta replace it every 50k miles.
>Honest.  Would I kid _you_?

I don't know about the boxer, I've never seen *HER* bike apart, but both of the K's
I've had have had chains - bloody great big ones round the front of the engine.
It also had to changed at about 50K, and adjusted every 10K or so if I remember
right.



Paul

----
73's de Paul                         The smelling pistakes are all my own.
Packet: G4YFY@GB7BEQ                 I have no employer (I retired ;-).
EMail:  ssuhouns@susssys1.rdg.ac.uk  1990 16 valve K100RS(LT)    DoD #0573
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: What's a "stroker"
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 20:39:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.001734.11560@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>
>>	While we're on the subject, here's my Christmas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwish
>>list for engine parts:
>
>>	o Cosworth pistons
>>	o Carillo titanium rods
>>	o Falicon-strengthened crank
>>	o Delkron cases (stronger than stock so they don't scatter all over
>>	  the road)
>
>With all these aftermarket goodies (the crankcases are what surprised
>me) is it possible to build a "Harley" engine that has no Harley parts
>in it?

	Yes.  In fact, it is possible to build a complete "Harley" that has
no Harley parts in it.

	BTW, my cases are STD, which are somewhere between stock Harley cases
and Delkron cases in strength.


-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF    1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	            (I need another bike for this space!)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
From: cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Cervi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fabulous Harley Babe Bashing etc.
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:34:59 GMT
Organization: NSWC, Carderock Div. Det., Annapolis Facility

In article <pl1hv74@fido.asd.sgi.com> danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom) writes:
>Ed, I see where you're coming from, but unless I've been riding on a *hot*
>day and Bud is the *only* cold drink around, I won't touch the stuff.  Life
>is too short to drink bad beer, and Bud tastes like they ought to pour it
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Read the writing on the screen, Ed.

	Mark Cervi, CARDEROCKDIV, NSWC Code 2752, Annapolis, MD  21402
	  cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil, (w) 410-267-2261, (h) 410-647-0990
			DoD #0603  '87 Moto Guzzi SP-II

      "A Gentleman does not go Motoring about after dark."  Joseph Lucas
-- 
   _ _ Mark Cervi, CARDEROCKDIV, NSWC Code 2752, Annapolis, MD  21402
    _ _ _ cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil, (w) 410-267-2261, (h) 410-647-0990
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: What does STOP mean? (was Re: stupid people)
Date: 12 Sep 92 12:58:42 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH


jamesf@public.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com) writes:

>In article <1992Sep9.095529.2010@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>>"B. Pasker: I've always wondered what 'STOP' stood for. Could anyone tell me ?
>> C. Paull : Spin Tires On Pavement."
>
>Slightly Tap On Pedal

I first noticed these signs in the mid-70s, mostly in urban areas.  I was
told that it was a result of the oil embargo, and it stood for meant 
"Single Tank of Petrol" meaning you couldn't fill up more than one tank 
at a time.

For some of us with older bikes, this meant that we couldn't fill up our 
reserve tank at the same time as our main tank.  It was a real pain in the 
ass to have to fill up your reserve tank, ride down to the next STOP sign, 
and then get into another half-hour line to fill up the main tank.

And if you let the engine idle when in line, you would deplete your reserve 
tank while waiting to fill up the main tank, so all you could do was fill 
up the reserve tank again, hop to the next station, and hope the line 
was shorter.

I spent two days hopping from line to line before some other rider (on a 
Harley, no less!) tipped me off that I could sit in line without the 
engine running and _push_ the bike up to the pumps and so fill up my 
main tank.
-- 
   Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH  03766
                         bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu        
             I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
                              DoD # 0698
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: angel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Angel)
Subject: 1962 Honda 150:  Is it rare/collectible?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:27:21 GMT

Hi  

My father-in-law has a 1962 Honda 150 that still runs and
he is giving it to me to ride.  Is this a rare and/or
collectible machine?  I've already had one offer to buy
it (he didn't mention how much).  I'm not interesting in
selling it, just curious as to its value.  It runs OK and
is in fair condition.  Please send any comments to

angel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

Thanks

Jim
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Hi,

Couple quick ones on my R-65 ('79)

A. R-65's use many uncommon BMW parts (fit R-65 only). This could make
   finding used parts tricky.
B. No electronic ignition (US models) till '80 or '81
C. OK power for one, not enoungh for touring with two.
D. Watch out for used BMW that still require leaded gas. I destroyed
   a cylinder head running unleaded on a long fast trip. I don't
   know which year BMW switched to unleaded (stainless) valve seats.
E. R-65's have surprisingly good re-sale value. :)

But all in all it has been a good bike.

Mitch

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: MY Winner for DoD Ballard (wuz Winner of the Official...)
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:13:44 GMT

John Miller - SysAdmin (jsm@n4vu.n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US) wrote:
: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin) writes:
: : In article <1992Sep9.170551.7149@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
: : >In <1992Sep8.132034.17070@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson) writes:
: : >
: : >>I find "I'm a little teapot" is great fun when carrying a pillion.  
: <etc. deleted>
: : >  Your a sick, twisted man. You make me proud to ride a bike.
: : >                                          Jorg 
: : 
: : Yes, but where's the lyrics post?  This must be one of those songs from
: : which I was depraved as a child.  %-)
: 
: All together now (hmmmm):
: 
: 	"I'm a little tea pot, short and stout;
: 	Here is my handle, here is my . . . OTHER handle???!!! . . . 
: 	DAMN!  I'm a sugar bowl.  
: 
: ObMoto: Who can tell me if there are any bikes other than BMW with fuel 
: injection?  (If I can't afford a big twin, maybe I can select second 
: choice from something that don't have no steenkin' carburetors.)  
: 
: Best,

Crapasaki GPz bikes were piss-fed, if I remember rightly.  1100 etc.

Hang on, searching my interior arcvives....graunch...shiffle....gring...ping!@

I'm a little teapot short and stout,
here's my handle here's my spout.
When the water boils, hear me shout
lift me up and pour me out.


It's a kind of schizophrenic teapot, it also thinks it's a 
Suzuki GT750^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hkettle.

Yes, a GREAT song to sing on a bike.

I used to sing "I'm rolling along on the crest of a wave" a lot, especially
on long journeys, but then I am completely, certifiably mad.


Nick (the bewildered at life Biker)  MAG 73516  DoD 1069  Concise Oxford.

M'Lud.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Valentine 1 radar detector on a bike?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:49:02 GMT

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:

>Has anyone tried the Valentine One radar detector on a cycle?

Looks like I should have mentioned a couple more details. (Thanks for the
e-mail guys, I'll get back to you all individually as well.)

>cover the Ka band: Stalker & photo radar.

Everyone sez: "but bikes don't have a front plate, and they photograph
your front, and you've got a smoked face shield anyways, right?" Yea,
true, but I do have a cage too, and we do have winter here, so I'm
looking for dual-purpose protection. (And vanity plates do have some
disadvantages. :-)  Also, I _think_ I've heard rumors of dual camera
setups.

>The other concern that Valentine mentioned when I talked to them was
>that the rear antenna & directional indicator might suffer on a bike
>because your body would block the signal.

A couple of folks noted that radar isn't bothered much by puny organic
matter. Yea, that's what I thought too, but the guy at Valentine sounded
like he knew what he was talking about. But then I don't know if I was
talking to Mike Valentine hisself, or just a salesdrone.
-- 
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: mbeaving@bnr.ca (Michael Beavington)
Subject: Re: How long for Dod number?
Reply-To: MBEAVING@BNR.CA
Organization: BNR Ottawa, DMS Software Design
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:18:30 GMT

In article <BD.92Sep9090701@fluent.UUCP>, bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:
|> 
|> How long does it take to get a DoD number once you've sent your
|> request off to the KotL?
|> 

Take a number and wait. bwah-ha-ha!

I kill me! :-)

=============================================================================
= The Beav |Mike Beavington|BellNorthernResearch Ottawa,Ont,Canada| Dod:9733=
= Seca 400->Seca 400->RZ350->Seca750->Suzuki550->Seca650turbo->V65Sabre     =
= (-> 1994 FJR1000 ????)                                                    =
= Who needs parking spaces when there's plenty of sidewalks?                =
=============================================================================
From: lrandall@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Laura Randall)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: arguments for motorcycle parking
Date: 12 Sep 92 04:22:37 GMT
Reply-To: lrandall@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico

In article <jcn.716234452@helix>, jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols) writes:
>Here at Rice Univ, they have just changed all the rules about parking, 
>i.e. making it almost impossible for commuter students to park anywhere 
>close while allowing staff and faculty huge lots that have yet to fill 
>up, but I digress.
> [...]
>Thanks for the help.
>
>
>--
>*  Jeff Nichols                 |   I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. * 
>*  DoD#0402         AMA#?!@#*%  |   Ride:  GS500E    		   *
>*  It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milkbone    *
>*  underwear--  Norm Peterson					   *

Here at Chico State (look us up in Playboy party school list ... sheesh)
parking is extremely limited for *anyone*. They only have 2 types of
parking decals: R = any car, M = motorcycle. The university is located in
the middle of town (student population about 16,500). Riding a motorcycle
is the only way to find free parking anywhere near campus. There are bike
sized slots marked on the street in at least 2 locations around here with
no parking meters. On street parking for cars have parking meters. hehe

For on-campus moto-parking, a sticker is required @$15/semester (cars=$54).
They _have_ separated the car parking from the motos. The motos get to park
CLOSE. I don't have the parking regs in hand so I couldn't say if a motorcycle
can park in the car lot, but I haven't seen that to be necessary so far.

Oh, and the cops *will* ticket any car parked over moto slots on the street.
Gotta love it.

Laura Randall	lrandall@oavax.csuchico.edu	DoD#0420
Computing & Communications Services
CSU,Chico
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: '85 Hesketh Vampire for sale
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:30:19 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <72230@apple.Apple.COM>, thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:
> Well, not really, but I couldn't get over some of the
> names of motorcycles I found thumbing thru the blue book.
> Like: 
>...
> Bultaco Astro
> 

ooops, don't tell al bowers!

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Indian coming back?
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:38:41 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Just saw an add the other day in some lame mag ("Interview Magazine")
anyway, there was an add for "Indian Motocycles"
(yes, no "r" in there) and it said coming back for '93 from Springfield,
Mass.
Is this for real?  Is Indian coming back?  The photo was of an old front
end (Indian head light) of a really nice bike.
 - Kirk
From: laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: >wheelies
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:12:12 PDT
Organization: DFWM, Inc

In article <6585@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, ranck@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
> Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@i88.isc.com) wrote:
> : 70 degrees?  When's the last time you saw a paved road with a 70 degree
> 
>    70 degrees does seem a bit extreme, but there are some hills in SF that
> must approach 50 degrees or at least it seems that way.  Lombard St. on the
> block just below the real crooked one is an eye-popper.

no, bill, no streets in SF exceed 20% grade.  it just seems that way.
consider that I-80 from donner pass is deemed extremely steep in
places because it exceeds a 6% grade.  in SF, if the grade is more
than 15% they post a little yellow sign at the top that understates
"hill." 

-- 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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Castrol Syntec (Oh God! Not oil again!)
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 10:49:47 GMT

Valvoline also has a 20/50 synthetic out now, anybody
use it yet. ?
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone)
Subject: American beer bashing (was Re:  Harley babe bashing...)
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:14:04 GMT

In article <18l6b8INN49i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 9SEP199208144826@erich.triumf.ca, ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
>>In article <18l09uINN49i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com writes...
>>>In article 23163@sybase.sybase.com, leighann@sybase.com 
>>>	(Leigh Ann Hussey) writes:
>>>>
>>>>I'd rather have Nothing than a Bud any day of the week...
>>> 
>>>You're weird.
>>> 
>>	I wouldn't say so. 
>
>I would.  American beer is nothing to get excited over, but it is
>better beer than no beer.  Anybody that drinks beer, that would rather
>not drink beer than drink Budwieser, is weird.
>
>---
>Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,

Wrong, fermented rice breath!

You have driven your pickup truck of logic off a blind curve.
Many that like *real* beer think that Budweiser and its kind have
misappropriated the very name "beer," and would rather write-in
Lance Holst for president than pour that swill down their throats.

Personally, I think once beer has been run through a Clydesdale,
it really shouldn't be called "beer" anymore.

"Crisp, clean Budweiser:  all the buzz of regular beer, without
that annoying beer taste."

ObMoto:  None.  Sorry.  This doesn't seem to bother Jim Small, though.

Oh, I almost forgot:  EdGetaGoddamnBike.


 Phil Stone         (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov | ...ames!eos!phil)
 '83 R80ST               DoD #95              "Motorcycles OK"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: key fobs
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:29:42 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

I'd buy a couple of them.

=============================================================================
Neal Howard                            | '91 XLH-1200
neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org               | DoD # 686
=============================================================================
From: murfeypj@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Rider course info sought
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:42:58 GMT
Reply-To: murfeypj@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Could someone please E-mail to me or post phone #'s and/or addresses where
I can get info about MSF or ABATE riding classes? I'll be taking a class
either this fall or this spring, in Indiana. Thanks in advance.

					Pete Murfey
					MurfeyPJ@RoseVC.Rose-Hulman.edu
					DoD # 0704   :)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Keywords: oil roads sign
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:26:48 GMT

Heh, heh,

Has anyone been to the AMA Motorcycle Heritage Museum lately?  For those who
haven't, it's a really neat place; clean, orderly, respectable.  So, when I
was there last weekend, I was suprised to find a small sticker posted inside
the leftmost urinal in the otherwise spotless men's room, reading:

In article <1992Sep9.195233.18738@kpc.com> atl@kpc.com (Drew Lynch) writes:
|+-------------+
||             |
||     55      |
||             |
||   SPEED     |
||   LIMIT     |
||             |
||             |
|+-------------+


:-) :-)

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Feeling poorly)           |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Being bored)         |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
From: ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I have my DOD number!!!
Date: 15 Sep 1992 20:17:00 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

In a previous article, laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) said:
:- In article dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
:- |> > 
:- |> Anyone looking for sysadmins and not to particular about whether or
:- |> not they have a degree? :-)
:- 
:- YEAH WHAT HE SAID!!!!! except i have rn & i have a unix box or a hundred
:- 

	take a signboard to the next DoD event ;)

	- ravi

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 16:07:49 GMT

In article <1544@adpplz.UUCP> martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding) writes:
>
>The problem, of course, is that motorcycles derive their stability from
>gyroscopically induced movement of the front wheel. (Really- it's been

Not entirely. It's easy to balance on one skate when you're moving, but
difficult when you're stopped. Skaters derive stability from the fact
that a lean tends to induce a turn (instead of falling over) because sharp 
skates, like sticky motorcycle wheels, allow the body to move forward
but not sideways. The gyroscopic effect of motorcycle wheels contributes
to a bike's stability, but is not necessary. Motorcycle wheels are usually made of lightweight alloys to keep the mass, and thus inertia and gyroscopic
effect down, but you can have a very stable bike if it has a lot of rake and
a long wheelbase. 

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: x1sdup@esparc19.webo.dg.com (Stephen Dupre)
Subject: TEST/IGNORE
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 18:32:03 GMT
Reply-To: Stephen_Dupre@DGC.ceo.dg.com 
Organization: Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA

Just adjusting some environment variables...