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From: leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Mariage...what happens???
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:24:11 GMT
Organization: Damage on Demand

In article <1574@shaman.wv.tek.com> robd@orca.wv.tek.com writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.004625.12695@novell.com>, mvij@novell.com (Manish
>Vij) writes:
>> Is this a trend?  What the hell do people do when they get married that
>
>Some, like me, lose all sense of self and become emasculated zombies. 
>Fornunately for me, after 10 years I bought a bike and within a year had
>regained all I had lost...and divorced the wench...of course...she was WAY
>uptight and a bitch....
>

Ahyup.  Testimonial, friends, getting a bike helped dissolve my
marriage.  'Course, there was a bunch of other stuff, too, but just
something about getting that bike and learning to ride it fired up an
independent streak in me.  I'm picking up all sorts of Politically
Incorrect hobbies, sheeyit, next thing you know I'm going to be hunting
animals with a gun and eating them.  Raw maybe even.

Emasculated zombie doesn't quite enter into it for me, though...  Hey,
maybe getting a bike made an uptight bitch out of me...

*vroom*
	- Leigh Ann


Leigh Ann Hussey 		leighann@sybase.com
DoD#5913	AMA#624549      
"And they ride, and they ride/ And the White Hounds run beside/ And they'll
seize the night and shake it by the throat."
From: weigl@sibelius.inria.fr (Konrad Weigl)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: helmets
Date: 13 Aug 92 07:09:15 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)

In article <7ebb023e1d1401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, mtw@cd.amdahl.com (Mark Wong) writes:
|> (Story how a pedestrian survived an accident with a car probably because he 
wore a helmet deleted)

I know that car racers have to wear helmets because it is proven beyond the shadow of`
a doubt that wearing helmets increases your chance of survival in case of an accident...
IN A CAR...

I thus advocate mandatory helmet wearing specifically in cars, on bicycles (As discussed
in Germany), and for pedestrians.

I hope that that closes the discussion:
Politicians will not advocate anything that will alienate the majority of voters, as
the implementation of mandatory helmet laws for car drivers certainly will...

Obviously, I insist on full faced helmets:

Ever seen a car rider's face once a car crashes into it from the side?


_NOBODY has the right to protect me from the consequences of my own
imbecility_

Konrad Weigl, 11.11.91
DL4UP, HD, DoD#297, (Federation of European Motorcyclists) FEM#AA-0334
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mvij@novell.com (Manish Vij)
Subject: Wheelies?  Ouch!
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 06:40:09 GMT

In a determined effort not to be made a liar of by my .signature,
I left work on Friday (permanently) and, contemplating net.advice
on popping wheelies, popped into first gear at 7000 rpm.  Soon
I was contemplating my gas tank while the front wheel was five feet
off the ground.  Then I was contemplating why I was doing this when
hospitals are unlikely to be open.

Next, I was contemplating my navel as my bike tipped and slid.

Finally, I was contemplating the abrasion resistance of denim
(C) Blaine Gardner.  Four feet is a little optimistic.  Mine went
for three.

Now, I'm contemplating how fun that wheelie was, all 3 seconds of
it!

Anybody got a spare alternator cover for an EX?
From: smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: AMA Progressive Insurance Rip-Off
Date: 12 Aug 1992 09:20:21 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
Distribution: world

In article <169oe8INNodg@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> sandman@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
>
>I guess I got a good deal on my insurance.
>I own a 92 CBR600F2LN. I have full coverage(property damage, bodily injury,
>passenger liability, deductible waiver, comprehensive, and collision).
>
>25 years old.
>2 marks on my record.
>7 years experience.
>Single.
>Male.
>
>I pay $513/year. The next cheapest was about $2000.
>Took me 3 weeks of calling around before finding an out of state
>company that would give that price.

Well, for any military types out there (or those who are directly related
to military types/current customers) USAA gave me a great deal on my
bike.  Full coverage with no/minimum deductible on

83' Suzuki GS550E
21 years old
1 ticket for 10 over
1 week experience
Single
Male

I pay $180/year for this.  The drawback on them, though, is that they
don't insure crotch-rockets in any way, shape, or form.  When I called
the first time to get a quote, they said they didn't insure my bike, but
then the lady realised I had said GS550E, not GS550SE.  It's amazing the
difference one letter can make....;-)

Anyway, the reason I said all the military stuff, blah blah blah, is
cause they're primarily an insurance agency for the military, but
non-military and non-military dependants CAN get policies through them,
it'll just take you forever and a day to get the thing going.

I have phone numbers/addresses for the interested.

Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: RFowler@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert A. Fowler)
Subject: Re: Photo Radar
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:58:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.040805.28827@riacs.edu> dschlot@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Dave Schlotthauer) writes:

>You know the photo radars, the ones you pass but dont notice until 
>you see the little trailer with the "You are going.." with your
>speed beneath? Well I drove past one today and guess what? It didn't
>do anything. I was a little nervous cause I wasn't exactly doing the
>speed limit. I thought that maybe it wasn't working so I went back
>and watched as cars went by. It worked fine. So I go back (the legal
>speed this time) and Viola! Nothing. Are we immune to this device?

1) Thats *NOT* photo radar, thats just a "warning" to speeding motorists, 
photo radar is only used in Pasadena, CA and in one other city in the USA.  
It is inside of a station wagon (the ones in Pasadena), and there is an 
officer in the car (to prevent vandalism).

2) I've noticed that to the "warning" signs my bike is visible, but that it 
is masked by *ANY* other trafic (opposing or following behind) within about 
a block.

ObQuestin:  Last I heard, radar guns were considered (in court) to be 
measuring the speed of the nearest vehicle, while people have complained 
about being 'masked' by a truck following there car, have any bikeres been 
ticketed for the car/truck in back of them?  And if so how did it turn out 
in court?


    _________________________________________________________________
                        
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 O,> / O   [with all respects to Ohio MINE were made in Japan]
           
                           CM400T/XL500R/VF500F
                             '79   '82    '84
                           
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From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: New Zealand Grad School (was: Harley shops)
Date: 18 Aug 1992 22:09:29 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I asked about Harley dealerships in NZ, and...

In article <1992Aug19.143445.10204@waikato.ac.nz> higham@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>The main place is in Christchurch but there is also a harley shop in Dunedin,
>Imperial motorcycles.

Actually, lots of other people wrote too (both posting and email)
so you can consider this a general "Thank You."

I suppose I could mention that I'm thinking about trying to attend
graduate school (CompSci) in New Zealand.  So, if anybody would
like to write about being a non-native graduate student I'd love
to hear from you as well.  In particular, opinions about program
quality, adminission difficulties, school reputation, and culture
are useful because of the lack of local presence.

Thanks in advance.

-
-John H. Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu
From: dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If it says RoadKill RoadKill RoadKill on the Label Label Label
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:47:46 GMT
Reply-To: dboyd@informix.com
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <16b44fINNn8@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green -  
Pixel Cruncher) writes:
> 
> The only road kill at the RCR came in little cans for $1 each.  So,
> Diana, how was it?
> 


Road Kill in a Can, who would ever have thought? Straight from Daytona, by way  
of the RCR, to me on the west coast.

I haven't touched it yet, I thought I'd save it for some special event. I could  
raffle it off at the next joust after we're way into the 2nd keg.

Then again, it would make a great come-on. "Hey, want to come over and share a  
can of Road Kill and a can of Bud?"

---------------------

THE ORIGINAL ROAD KILL (7 stixs)

"The Choice of Discriminating Bikers"

Here are the ingredients:

Opposum, spice and inert ingredients (not more than 10%)

Inert ingredients:

racoon          snake          buzzard
iguana*         armadillo      skunk (less than 1/2 of 1%)
muskrat         red dog        water buffalo*
kangaroo*       platypus*      
and ass, birds, rodents and reptiles.

* - imported at great expense

Guaranteed 60% Opossum

Guaranteed Back Road Kill (No Interstate)

U.S. Inspected and Rode Over by the Dept. of Agriculture

***EXTRA MONEY***

You too can make money while riding your bike. Be a Road Kill Collector,  
collect and deposit at your nearest Road Kill Collection Center.

------------------

Most women get shit like flowers and jewelry for presents, I get road kill,  
t-shirts and motorcycle parts. I love it.

Thanks again, Ed, everyone's really getting a kick out of this little can.

Diana

DIANA BOYD	"Walking with the spirit, talking with the spine
EVO Woman	 Mama sing, open up yourself when worlds align."
KLR Woman                                            -C. Whitley
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: romanko@waterloo.hp.com (Jeff Romanko)
Subject: Mainshaft Bearings--FZX
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:39:47 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1scd1 PL5

It hasn't been a good year for this Yamaha Fazer owner.  First I ram into
a deer a 100 kph costing me $850.00 (yes you read that right) for a new rad, 
now the bearing blows on my mainshaft.  Well, this is the second fazer I've
owned, and wouldn't you know it, I had the same bearing problem with the 
first one--at approximately the same mileage (30 000km).  Although these 
bearings are NEVER supposed to go, (the FZ engine is bullet-proof you know),
I was willing to except the first occurance as a fluke.  However, now I'm 
fairly convinced there is some sort of flaw inherent in the FZX transmission.
I called up good old Yamaha Motor of Canada and they tried to convince me 
that I was simply over tightening my chain .  Please, my chain is always too
loose.  So now I'm wondering, what could really be causing this bearing to 
go. It seems to be getting enough oil (as demonstrated when one of the balls
burst through the oil seal spraying oil all over the ground in front of my 
rear tire...whoops!).  Could my mainshaft be warped?  Maybe it was a batch of 
bad bearings.  There aren't a lot of Fazers around so I don't know if anyone
else is experiencing this problem.  What gets me is that FZR's have the same
engine and are supposed to have the same bearing but I've never heard of 
one of those bikes having this problem.

The worst part is that you have to dismantle the entire engine to crack open
the crank case.  The shop guys estimate 10 hours (at $45/hr) even with the 
engine out of the bike already.  Then I may need a new crank as well.  But
if I'm only going to get another 30 000km out of it is it worth it?  Just 
when it stops raining the bike gets laid up.  Isn't that the just the way
the rubber ball bounces...

Comments and advice are greatly welcome.

-Jeff				romanko@hppad.waterloo.hp.com


Comment
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Braking Distances (was Re: Scooters and a non-flame for RKOU)
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:37:50 GMT

In article <16r5ihINN1qj@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM writes:

>>Do motorcycles stop faster than cars?

>They do when I'm riding them.  :^)

no, ed, stopping quickly by hitting something doesn't count.

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|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
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From: lmcansi@noah.ericsson.se (Andrew Silver)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Help pleeeze!
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:05:49 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Communications Inc. Montreal, Canada

***************************
Still Need Help With Carbs!
***************************

Pleeeze somebody help me!  I'm still having trouble with the low speed idle.  I adjusted the valves last night, but they were OK all except for 2.

The problem is that when I release the throttle, the engine speed drops quickly until around 2200 rpm - then it sort of hangs there and drop slowly to 1000.

Then, when I just TOUCH the throttle, it goes up to 2000 rpm again - and does the same thing back to 1000!  So when I'm driving and I pull in the clutch, the engine speed stays there for a few seconds resulting in a jar into the next gear.

I've sealed up the carbs so there are no air leaks.  Now, here's a question:

	The manual says CAUTION:  Do not disturn the pilot
	screw.  This component is pre-set at the factory by
	very specialized equipment.

Is this the screw used for adjusting the idle mixture?  Should I play with it?  By the way, the bike is a Suzuki Katana 600 1990.

Thanx in advance for your help and all replies are answered.

Quicksilver!
From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW carbs
Keywords: Boxer twins, Bing carbs, CO2 Tuning
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:21:36 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Aug12.152656.1382@serval.net.wsu.edu> johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns) writes:
>
> 
> 
>I'd love to find CO/hydrocarbon measuring devices for mere mortals but
>they are expensive.  The closest I found to reasonable was at a NAPA
>shop for about $400, a small hand-held unit.

I seem to recall the Dennis Kirk sells a CO2/Hydrocarbon
exhaust gas analyzer--around $200. Of course, I've got the
catalog on my desk at work, just to confuse people and for
ease-of-lunch-time-parts-purchasing!

> 
>bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu if you feel compelled to send email
>johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu if you seriously expect an answer
>AMA #500924   DoD #00314   WMTC #0002   SR= 2.125
>FJ1200 R100GS/PD 740GLE  KotV KotRR KotD #0001  :-)
>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
> 
>When the ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage.  When the
>sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.
>                                                       zen saying


----
Mark Bergman		'77 KZ1000
Brooklyn, NY
718-855-9148

bergman@panix.com
{cmcl2,psi,uunet,apple}!panix!bergman
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dhawk@netcom.com (David Hawkins)
Subject: Re: Got Good Copy of FAQ? - Still Needed
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 22:52:38 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: faq need
Distribution: ca

I wrote:

>The last set of posts of the rec.motorcycles FAQ had truncated
>articles - and they were all ones I wanted.  Do you have a copy of
>the full articles, and if so, could you email them to me, please?

I grabbed copies off of the cerritos.edu archive and they were
truncated also.  So if anyone has a good copy, please email them
to me, ok?

Upping the distribution to 'ca' ....  ;-)

later, david
--
David Hawkins    dhawk@netcom.com      DoD#1113
They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.  
                      -- Hindu proverb
From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Summary: Oh My God, I'll never be able to turn again
Date: 14 Aug 92 03:03:42 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <1992Aug13.220924.2802530@locus.com> dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
>Who else has discovered that countersteering does not appear to work
>correctly on shaft-drive motorcycles?
>
> It must have to do with the counter-rotation of the shaft cancelling
>out the centripetal counter-steering force, but I'm not sure how the
>shaft-effect hike in the rear end contributes by altering the steering
>geometry. Maybe someone can clarify this for me.
>
>
>-- 
> * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ 		| Views expressed here are	*
> * (213) 337-5136 		| mine and do not necessarily	*
> * dana@locus.com  DoD #466 	| reflect those of my employer	*
> * "Dammit Bones, spare me the lecture and give me the shot!"   *

I certainly wish you hadn't told me this.  Now I'll have to move somewhere
(e.g. Oklahoma) where I'll never have to turn again.  All this time I 
thought I'd been countersteering and now I discover it "does not appear
to work correctly."  What, pray tell has led you to this conclusion?
--
Steve Hendricks                        |  DOMAIN:  steveh@eagle.ISC-BR.COM   
   ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.  ms LL2-2B    |  UUCP:    ...!uunet!isc-br!eagle!steveh
   E. 22425 Appleway / Box TAF-C8      |  Ma Bell: 509 927-7034
   Spokane, WA  99220-4008             |  FAX: 509 927-2499
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Loose Helmet Visor 
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:42:09 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.175729.401@ohrd.uucp> ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:

>at high speed, my shield flips up and I get a rather
>surprising blast of air and crud kicked up by trucks in my face.
>Is there a fix?  

put the helmet on, put your glasses on, close the visor, appply a *liberal*
amount of duct tape up, down, and all around the offending lid.  works for me.
if visibility is a problem, try clear packing tape.

you could also buy my red-with-reflectoshit-slathered-all-over-it large
rf200 for a song ....

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|             i feel sorry for old people with brittle bones --            |
|                   especially when they get in my way                     |
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From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:02:16 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
Distribution: world
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 21710@progress.com, matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper) writes:
>rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor) writes:
>
>  If you have the camber of the road in your favor going into a right hander,
>you get it for the left hand when you go the other way, no? 

If the road is properly banked, which most aren't.

I beleive the original poster was refering to a more or less flat road,
in which case the only camber is the gentle parabolic curvature of the
road surface for drainage to the sides.  Since in the US you are to the
right of the center, you get some camber if you are turning right, and
it is negative camber if you are turning left (unless you just drive on
the left side of the road for all your left hand turns).

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 19 Aug 1992 18:58:20 GMT
Organization: Lauwrence Berkeley Laboratory
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.243.64.149

In article <Bt8p5D.A1F@news.cso.uiuc.edu> thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
>jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes:
>
>> On twisties, when somebody is on your back, IT MEANS HE WANTS TO PASS YOU
>
>On most twisties, passing is illegal, and for good reason.

	Only when there's a double-line (quite often I agree)

	That's why you have turnouts, so since people can't pass they wait for the
slower driver in front of them to pull over. Sometimes, the guy doesn't even
know he's being followed and keeps going (on the nerves of the people behind
him). I agree tailgating is a bad idea, but sometimes if you don't do it the
guy in front of you will never react and you will be blocked for hours.

	In CA, when you have 5 people blocked/slowed behind you, you have to pull over
to let them go. Twisty roads here are very well done, and have plenty of
turnouts.

>
>> Yohoooo !!! WAKE UP !!!!
>> Wake up your dad, pull over in that turnout, get a life and LEARN TO DRIVE.
>> Moron !
>
>Ahem.
>

	Hey, I have a flamer's license ! I have a DoD # ! (-:

	Unfortunately, I'm not very good a plain mean flaming, and indeed it does not
look good. Sorry for the inconvenience.

>--
>Ben Cox
>thoth@uiuc.edu
>

	JNM
From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Parts Gouging.........
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:37:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpfcso.9900961
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

In rec.motorcycles, Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:

> I priced an upper and lower set of ball bearings for a steering head
> on Saturday..

You can get most bearings at your local "House of Bearings", or somesuch
place.  Take in the bearings and they can cross reference any identifying
numbers.  The cost is a fraction of what you will pay at the dealers.  
Steering head bearings might be a little tougher to find, unless they are
individual balls, in which case it will simple. 

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcla.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
I'm OK, you're inflatable.  It's been a long time since Deb's written me.