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From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Golden Spectro = Vibration?
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:30:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.204216.29270@persoft.com> johnf@persoft.com (John Freeborg) writes:
>
>  I own a '91 CBR 600 F2 with 3800 miles on it.  I just put in 20W-50
>Golden Spectro 4 at 3700 miles.  Since then I've noticed a little bit better
>shifting, but a *LOT* more vibration through the bars, pegs, and sides of
>tank - especially at the 4k - 9k RPM range.  Does this correlate with anybody
>else's experiences out there?  The old oil was the stock Honda oil which was
>changed at around 1100 miles.  Could a different oil cause this much change,
>or did I probably put the bike back together wrong somehow?

I'm not sure what the break-in period is for CBRs, but when I asked the BMW
dealer about switching to synthetics, they said a) Spectro makes BMW's oil
anyway (though it's NOT the synthetic) b) BMWs hardened cylinders make it
relatively unneccessary (though they'd be only to happy to sell me the more
expensive oil) and c) DO NOT USE THE SYNTHETIC UNTIL THE ENGINE IS THOROUGHLY
BROKEN IN under any circumstances. (For BMW K bikes, they say this is ~20k)

Anyway, switch back to the regular oil and see if the vibration goes away.
If it does, keep using that brand of oil until you've got about 10k on the 
bike, then switch to the synthetic.

Good luck.

Mike
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From: RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Robert Chambers)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Power bleed your fork oil and get a facial all at once.
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:41:41 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center


This should generate a chuckle at my expense.  I laughed myself after
emitting a loud DoD approved profanity.

I decided since my forks were pissing oil at each bump, I should change
the seals.  I ordered these and other things while at the Honda shop
and after leaving there feeling thoroughly reamed I decided to prep
a little.  The Engine was out of the frame already awaiting a new valve
($22.00 Gads) so I got my oil draining pan under the fork and proceeded
to remove the drain plug.. Well, I neglected to release the 2-3lbs of
pressure from the air caps, so when the bolt was out, the whole contents
of that fork was forcibly ejected in a matter of .5 seconds.  SOME of the
oil went into the pan, Most went on the driveway and an awful lot sprayed
me from my legs to my forehead..  Talk about monster from the oily lagoon.

Ahh well, I'm clean now...   I did release the air from the cap on the other
fork though... Can't have too much fun in one day..

Robert
DoD 191
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan)
Subject: Re: Nicest Interstate
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 03:10:26 GMT

> OK, where's the _nicest_ chunk of Interstate highway in the whole US of A?
> Must be a stretch at least 50 miles long.

Okay, here's another. A lot of I-70 in Colorado from Denver to Grand
Junction is very scenic, cutting through the Rocky Mountains (nothing
like the two-lane state routes, but since you asked...). Particularly
impressive is around the Glenwood Springs area, where they are working
on putting the interstate right through one of the mountain ranges in a
project that, bigger than the Eisenhower Tunnel, is expected to cost
more than the entire rest of I-70. Disclaimer: because of the
construction, that area is often gridlocked. Well, so what; you get off
the bike and start shooting film.

--
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NCAR/SCD                   I feel much better."       Fax +1 303 497 1137
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Children suck (was Re: Cages suck (women cagers))
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:19:21 GMT

In article <UePDld200WB7AltA0V@andrew.cmu.edu> Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Mark "Have you ever touched an exhaust pipe little boy?" Andy
>| Mark J. Andy			WERA NV #813		AMA #700560	|
>| ma1w+@cmu.edu

so i'm straddling the seca, letting it warm up the other day when a little 
boy comes up to within inches of the bike.  i notice the look of rapt
disinterest on his face.  he starts asking the usual "what's this do?"
questions, touching things as he asks.  i warn him not to touch the bike,
even when i'm not around, since parts could be really hot and hurt him.
he nods, looks at the bike, puts his hand on the exhaust, screams.  mommy
runs over and screams at me for hurting him, even though she *heard* me tell
him not to touch *anything*.  her voice wouldn't go down, she wouldn't
listen to me, i yelled an apology and rode away.

kids love motos, adults hate them.  what causes this transition?

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From: phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: !!! SUMMER RIDING SUIT RAFFLE !!!
Date: 28 Jul 92 23:43:53 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.

In article <1992Jul28.231130.27656@infonode.ingr.com> jackr@thorodin.dazixco.ingr.com writes:
>Tsk, tsk, poor Phil, another case of "no-sensa-humus" or possibly the dreaded
>"but-I-don't-know-how-to-build-a-kill-file-whine".

Oh yeah, Jack, a regular comedian you are.  Know any *other* jokes, or
is this petulant "I'll post until you give me money" diaper-waving the
entire extent of your "sense of humor?"

You should know by now:
	I could kill you, but then I'd have to tell you.

>In either case he should buy a raffle ticket.

No thanks.  We've got a state lottery out here as a "stupidity tax"
already.

>Obtw Phil, thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot to post the raffle ad
>today. Appreciate the reminder.

No problem, enjoy the fan mail.  'R'eply early and often, folks.


 Phil Stone         (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov | ...ames!eos!phil)
 '83 R80ST               DoD #95              "Motorcycles OK"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Subject: Re: OIL DRAIN PLUG IS STU
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:12:21 GMT

In article <5761.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)  writes:
>                                                                                                                                


Heeeeee's Baaaaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!







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 1992 Ducati 907 I.E.                                      1987 Yamaha SRX250
 "Life is simply a consequence of the complexities of carbon chemistry..."
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Brake Pads
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:08:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA


Yes, I know we just went over this, but what was the consensus on best
brake pads again?  

Dean

ps My RCR post will have to wait till tomorrow.  Too much shit to catch up on.

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| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "Nothing is as over rated as a bad fuck or as       | '81 CB750C            |
| under rated as a good shit" -Laszlo Nemeth, DoD #666| '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: pooder@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Don Fearn)
Subject: Sticker campaign
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:17:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: Pooder@vnet.ibm.com, but I can't receive e-mail, so forget it. 
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

Yesterday while I was riding into the rain-slicked parking lot of a 
supermarket, I got cut off by someone who was paying no attention to
anything at all, apparently.  I had anticipated the car not stopping,
so I stopped in time with hardly any trouble (I did slide a little on
the wet road glop).  I parked in the space next to the car and asked
the driver, "Did you see me at all??"  The answer?  A nonchalant, 
"Nope . . ."  I started to say something else and realized I was alone.  
No "Sorry 'bout that,"  or "Oops," or even, "It's my road, too, asshole".

I'm proposing we start a sticker campaign like the one I read about 
from a group of disabled people.  What they do is if someone without a 
permit is found in a handicapped parking zone they slap a sticker that 
says something like, "I Park Illegally in Handicap Parking Zones!" on 
the car's bumper.

The Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety makes large yellow stickers with an
outline of a motorcyclist and "Start Seeing Motorcycles!" in bold letters. 
I think that would be an ideal message for the car I encountered yesterday
to be carring today.  I would like to start a campaign that whenever 
someone does stuff like that their car starts carrying that message.  Don't
confront the person; just follow the car and when no one else is watching,
slap on the sticker.  

Maybe a DoD sponsored sticker with a nice tasteful DoD logo in the corner.  
Does anybody know how to get stickers made?   Profits to Arnie's favorite 
charity, maybe?  Any other ideas?


-- 

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From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet laws, abortions and why national health care is a Bad Idea.
Date: 30 Jul 1992 18:30:32 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 6078@cs.cornell.edu, karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>
>Another thing, though--if the hospital knew that there was always an
>insurance company somewhere to dun for the bills, because insurance
>was universal, would they waste time and money trying to collect from
>individuals like you and me?  I think not.  They'd talk to the
>insurance company.

Where there is a buck to be made, rest assured, somebody is going to go
after it.  What scares me about National Health Insurance is the
rampant fraud in the *current* system.  It is unbelievable what is
actually going on out there.

Blue Cross/Shield set maximum "ordinary and reasonable" amounts doctors
can bill for services.  Fine.  Instead of billing for a blood work-up
at $50, the doc bills each test separately, for a total of $250.  The
other side is just as bad.  Since insurance companies make a lot of
their profits on the float between premiums paid and services billed,
an amazing number of claims are simply "lost."  When payment is not
received in a month or two, the bill is re-submitted, and the insurance
co. has had use of the money for an extra 2-3 months.

And this is all private companies, trying to be efficient and make a
profit.  The idea of the United States Government stepping in and
trying to *run* such a system horrifies me!  They can't even *regulate*
the current one!!!

You Brits and Canucks can say what you want about National Health Care,
I'm sure it works great for you.  Our problem is that the United States
of America's Federal Government is a rude, lazy pig, with the unfailing
ability to fuck up every thing it touches.

Anybody who thinks such a system won't be used as a weapon against
motorcyclists (and every *other* "high risk" sport) is naive.  And
don't point to the happy existance of motorcycling in England, either,
they have managed to avoid all kinds of infringements on their
citizens, like the branding (the issuance of a single identification
number, without the use of which life in modern society is not
possible).

---
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  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: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Oil Additive Scoop (or: see Ed Hackett's name in print)
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:28:16 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 697@zx11.UUCP, joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
>
>if you think things like slick 50 do anything besides empty your wallet,
>you are a total sucker. I have some swampland you really need, and I'd
>be glad to sell it to you.

I recently explained to my Dad why his car ran so much smoother after
adding Slick 50.  "It's the automotive equilvalent of a placebo, Dad."

Even the company doesn't make any claims about running smoother, only
reduced start-up stress.


---
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...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ck@iconix.oz.au (Chris Karadaglis)
Subject: Re: Deer Claims Another; Thoughts
Organization: Iconix Pty Ltd (World Headquarters)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:04:55 GMT

In <JEP.92Jul21141223@thneed.cs.duke.edu> jep@cs.duke.edu (Jonathan E. Polito) writes:


>In article <9900936@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
>   [ story of a motorcyclist colliding with a deer and some useful
>   thoughts on emergency equipment ]

>   On a different scale, this lady's choice to (a) not wear a helmet and (b) to
>   ride at dusk/dark in deer territory, severely traumatized about 12 people who
>   came to her aid. These individual strangers contributed time, material and
>   emotional energy on her behalf, all because they felt it to be right. 
>   (and that the law requires rendering assistance.......)

>   I think that she made a thoughtless choice that imposed unnecessarily upon
>   the kindness of strangers. Frankly, MY first reaction was not of compassion
>   but was of rage. HOW COULD SHE BE SO ALMIGHTY STUPID TO BE RIDING WITHOUT
>   A HELMET!!!!! She is free to choose to ride helmetless but I, nor any of
>   the helpers was free to let her die unattended.  Two of the helpful 
>   strangers remarked that this was the second motorcycle accident that they
>   had been first on-scene with in 2 weeks. (The other was a squid-boy that
>   ran off the road when travelling the Masonville Rd. in a pack.) 

>   When you reject the "cost to society" argument, please remember that you
>   are also spitting in the face of suddenly involved strangers who will be 
>   inconvenienced by your decision. They cannot spit back at you as you lie 
>   unconscious and bleeding on (or off) the road.

>   Ride Safe,
>   Ron Miller
>   1988 R100GS


>What kind of TV land do you live in that your priorities are so askew?
>How can you say that you are inconvenienced by someone dying that
>requires your help? There are not too many things more important than
>life.  Next time your mother/wife/child needs to be rushed to the
>hospital and you are not around you better hope that others don't
>think like you or at least don't spend an hour wondering what the law
>requires them to do. 

Well, it's true. I didn't interpret this as cold. Of course he helped, but
things may have been better, or the whole thing could have been avoided,
if this person thought about what could happen, choosing to ride the way
she did.

>Man talk about cold.

I don't think the issue is priorities. I read that article and saw that he
had his priorities right - ie he has helped, and as a result of seeing how
unprepared he was re equiptment, will do something about it. It'd piss me off
too to see a complete waste. But I'd never hesitate helping.

>Jonathan.
>--
>Jonathan Polito                                      DoD #x (K 100)
>jep@cs.duke.edu                                  jpolito@encore.com 
>              "You Don't Say...." --- Sylvia Plath

Shckwish!
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley/Other dealerships
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:07:32 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <18592@drutx.ATT.COM> pms@druhi.ATT.COM (Paul M. Smith) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.221615.27628@ncar.ucar.edu> jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan) writes:
>>
>>I bought my Honda CB900C in 1980-ish from a combined Honda/Harley dealer
>>
>>Combined dealerships like this probably aren't too rare. Competition
>
>Not that unusual at all, I don't believe.  John, you don't even have to
>go to Ohio to find a Harley/Honda combination.  Sun Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/
>Harley Davidson is right here in the Denver area.  I've quit going there

Wild Bill the Lowrider came from Owens Cycle, a Harley/Yamaha/Suzuki/Ski-Doo
dealer in Yakima, WA.  1/2 the showroom dedicated to three Harleys,
plus accessories, and the other half had ~100 riceburners (including
both colors of Seca II, and a year-old-new V-Max).
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 ISC-Bunker Ramo / Spokane, WA   |    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 Phone: +1 509 927-5439          |  
 Mail: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com    |  My employer accepts no responsibility...
From: bloom@inland.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why have to throttle cables?
Date: 21 Jul 92 12:56:31 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

In article <1992Jul16.164138.878@msus1.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John) writes:
> In article <1992Jul16.151715.12876@bnr.ca>, space@bwdlh522.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:

>> I want to know why some carbs need 2 throttle cables?  
>> Any one know why there are 2 cables?
> 
> That's called a "push-pull" set-up and they allow you to force the carb shut
> even when the return spring fails.  


I call 'em pull-pull cables.  You ever had any luck pushing a rope?
.......................Dr. Doom
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:12:57 -0400 
From: Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Children suck (was Re: Cages suck (women cagers))
	<1992Jul21.205745.18185@cs.ucla.edu>
Distribution: usa

Howdy,

noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry) writes:
> any vehicle
> with children, espcially when said children are bouncing up and down on
> the seat (THAT pisses me off) is most definitely to be avoided.

In fact, children are just to be avoided period.  They scream, run
around constantly, play loudly indoors (apartment building) when it
rains out (and play loudly outside your window when it isn't raining),
always seem to get up at 4am, and just generally are quite 
damn irritating.  Not only that, but they're kids, so you can't just
shoot them, because then you'd have to deal with the parents (who
probably aren't terribly cool anyway, to have let their kids be such a
damn nuscience) which would be a hassle.

You can't even shoot one and use that as a threat to the others to
shut up.  They don't have the intellectual capacity to be quiet when
they need to.

Mark "Have you ever touched an exhaust pipe little boy?" Andy

| Mark J. Andy			WERA NV #813		AMA #700560	|
| ma1w+@cmu.edu			KotR			DoD #813	|
| Co-founder/Rider, Team RISC and Two Geeks Racing			|
| '82 Seca 650 (street), '85 RZ350 (track), '87 KDX200 (the humbler)	|
| I want RZ350 parts like steering damper, fork brace, SS lines, etc... |
From: ssuhouns@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: In case of Accident (someone elses) was Deer Claims Another
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:50:27 GMT
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:45:52 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Deer Claims Another; Thoughts
Distribution: uk

bspahh@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Andrew Henry) writes:
 
>In article <+tfmna-.edg@netcom.com> edg@netcom.com (Ed Greenberg) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul21.200402.2792@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>>>     Consumer Reports rated emergency lights/flares/triangles recently and
>>>     found that those big emergency triangles were by far the best. Much
>>
>>One big downside about triangles is that you have to pick them up.
>>This means you can't stop at a scene, light up the scene, and leave
>>after things are secure.    Flares, at least, are disposable.

>Has anyone seen these flares for sale in the UK?

>(The fireworks ... not the flares you get in Oxfam)


I've only seen them used once in the UK, and I used to work as a firefighter
with the worlds largest car-park on my patch (well part of it).  We certainly
didn't have any.  The one time I saw them was just after the M23 was finished,
and I was driving home in thick fog.  They are certainly very noticable ;-)
All they gave us were stupid flashing blue lights on sticks to put into the
cones.  Couldn't even see the flash on an overcast day.

PS for those not in England the Worlds Largest Car-Park(tm) is the M25.

None the wiser are you?

*It* goes round London, the cars on it *don't*


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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  1985 K100RT                 DoD #0573