HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan)
Subject: Re: Share your scare stories:Ever put the bike down two-up?
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:15:14 GMT


Yes. Circa 1981. Trying to make a U-turn on a country road somewhere in
Kentucky in a heavy rainstorm on a Honda CB900C with my girlfriend and
a full load of soft luggage.  Rear tire hit the yellow paint stripe and
the next thing we knew we were lying in the road with the bike on top
of us. Fortunately:

[1]	It was a very low speed lowside.

[2]	We were on our way _back_ from the World's Fair in Knoxville.

[3]	The prior parts of the trip on the bike went fine.

[4]	Ankles and knees twisted up a bit, but no major injuries.

[5]	It is probably the only time there was an advantage in
	living in Ohio and not Colorado.

[6]	She married me anyway.

[7]	She didn't make me give up motorcycles.

[8]	She still rides pillion occasionally on the FLHS.

--
John Sloan              "Since I've given up hope,        +1 303 497 1243
NCAR/SCD                   I feel much better."       Fax +1 303 497 1137
Boulder CO 80307-3000 USA                            jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu
Logical Disclaimer:  belong(opinions,jsloan). belong(opinions,_):-!,fail.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mf@dancer.uucp (24241-fusco)
Subject: Re: Ambulance Chasing Lawyers
Reply-To: mf@dancer.UUCP ()
Organization: On the Road
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 02:01:31 GMT
Keywords: Lawyer Book Ambulance Chaser Scumbag

In article <1992Jul22.205536.14786@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>I've heard from here and other places that personal injury lawyers
>typically don't do very well with motorcycle accident cases. I heard
>that Shapiro does pretty well.
>
	At a recent mid-summer event at Marcus Dairy in Danbury, CT,
the 'law offices of John Haymond' had a booth using a few 
mini-skirted, high-heeled women (models?) as bait handing out 
embossed cards and lighters.  
I guess he is some hot-shot northeast personal injury lawyer
(specializing in motorcycles).
I thought his tack was tasteless (but probabaly very effective,
and did make for some of the nicer sights at the event, except,
of course, for the Ducatis).
From: gcb@ukc.ac.uk (G.C.Blundell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Motorcycle hire in Florida, is it available for under 21's?
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:24:17 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.


I am planning to go Florida in early September, and would like to 
hire a motorcycle there( I can't drive a car). I have tried various companies
here in the UK but the minimum age to hire a motorcycle through them
is 21 for which I am too young.

So, does anyone know of any hire company or motorcycle shop which does
hire out motorcycles for anyone under 21(preferably in the Orlando or
Titusville area, but anywhere will suffice).

Gary.

P.S I do hold a full UK motorcycle licence which is according to my sources
is valid for MC hire in the US of A.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: Get this! (Was: Pooder returns...
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:07:28 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.090214.912@msus1.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John) writes:
> Close, but my ride is a Pan/Shovel.  That's a Shovel top end on a Pan lower.
> (I converted it.  Pan top ends are crap.)
> And I feel that Evos are good machines for geriatric riders.

Give us your opinion on pan tops on shovel bottems (STD sells these).
How about fake pan tops on evos? :-)

- Roid
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Subject: Re: Women get off easier and more often (Was Re: Cops... )
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:43:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.235938.22563@nas.nasa.gov> ciotti@wk42.nas.nasa.gov (Robert B. Ciotti) writes:
: And the probability that a woman will get off with a warning to that
:of a man getting the ticket/busted is 100 to 1.

Not if you know what to say :).

Sean
(pulled over 6 times, ticketed once)
-- 
                  |``Wind, waves, etc. are breakdowns in the face of the
Sean Casey        | commitment to getting from here to there. But they are the
sean@s.ms.uky.edu | conditions for sailing -- not something to be gotten rid
U of KY, Lexington| of, but something to be danced with.''
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Subject: It's time for the bitch to die.
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 16:45:45 GMT


In a previous article, szirin@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (seth.zirin) says:

>A week elapsed since my complaints against the cager and I hadn't heard
>anything, so I called the clerk of the court for news.  It seems that
>Babe must have herself a slick lawyer because she filed multiple
>complaints against meek little me.  I filed reckless driving and tailgating
>charges against her for cutting me off and tailgating.  She responded
>with the "abusive language" charge and also filed reckless driving and
>tailgating against me!
>
>I can't imagine what I did that would be considered reckless and I
>certainly didn't tailgate because of the fear she would slam on the
>brakes and I'd get wadded.  Although this is obvious to anyone that
>rides, it may not be obvious to the judge that decides...

No, I don't think that it is up to a judge to decide.  Her fate is already
decided.  

GOD FU*K#N DAMMIT!!!!  WHy does shit like that bitch continuously get to
pull their crap on the rest of us?!  I am so pissed off right now that I'll
ride to wherever she is, introduce her to my right hand, and then find out
what a 9,000 rpm burn-out can do to her anatomy.

Damn.  Damn.  Damn.

Just shoot her in court and then use the Twinkie defense to get declared
temporarily insane.  It works for me.

-- 
...............................DarkMan..................................
Trying to think of something profound to put here.  Also available for
advertisements at a reasonable cost.                       DoD# 650
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Questions and thoughts on this summer.
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:03:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Jul24.170313.26965
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Jul24.050107.5073@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) writes:
>
>>Question:
>>why is lugging the engine bad for the engine?
>
>According to an article I read in Car & Driver years ago (yea, a cage
>rag, so shoot me), it's not. It was a problem in the bad old days when
>bearings were made out of silly putty. Now if you manage to induce
>detonation while lugging, that's another tale.

For a given power output, however, running at low RPM's means higher
cylinder pressures than running at high RPM's.  So even if you don't get
detonation, you're still stressing the parts more.
--
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Honeymooning on Highway 1
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:43:37 GMT

Hello people, 

I recently requested information on bike rental companies in San Francisco.
A friendly DoDer posted me info about BikeURent (I think that that's the right
name) but it turns out that tehy are booked solid.  The information was for my
best mate Graham.  He's getting married on September the fifth and will be 
spending his honeymoon on the west coast.  He wants to hire a bigish bike and
ride down highway 1 to or past Monterrey.  At this site (BNR, England) there is
no Email to the rest of the World so I have to use News or snailmail (sob!)
(what do you expect from a Canadian company!).  If anyone has the number of 
any other bike rental companies or has any tips/treats/tricks/traps about this
love-route, please could you reply to me here.  I am deeply sorry about the
lack of Email, it's like losing the use of one of your limbs (well, almost).


Nick          DoD 1069             (What .sig?)

42 ?

"Just another brick...."
From: laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Help identifying farm bike
Date: 22 Jul 92 02:15:17 GMT
Organization: DFWM, Inc

In article <1992Jul18.040712.6162@csrd.uiuc.edu>, leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung) writes:

> Any tips from other GS/PD owners?

hey bruce, next time we meet in moab it'll be a bevy of
boxers :-)  (hi, blaine!)
 
-- 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: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: wheel weights
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:09:47 GMT

taylor@farm.rtp.dg.com (William Taylor) writes:

>Does anybody know where I can buy some wheel weights?

Auto parts stores. Look for the adhesive backed "mag wheel" weights. A
"performance" shop or auto tire shop may be your best bet.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:05:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Deer Claims Another; Thoughts
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Re- My posting

I  tried to prove to myself the ".edu" theory. I tested it with the
responses to my posting. But,as Ed Green so eloquently demonstrates, 
"Stupidity is everywhere."   The ".edu" theory doesn't fly.

As I said earlier, nowhere in my posting will you find advocacy for helmet
laws. You may find that I strongly support helmets but nowhere will you
find "helmet law" or "should wear" in the posting. You can, and have,
extrapolated all manner of other motivations from my text and ascribed
them to me because you see threats in whatever you read that contains
a few keywords. 

It seems that the most targeted bit that I wrote about was my sense of
rage at the "inconvenience" being visited upon the helpers. While this
may seem inappropriate, it still occurred. That's why I shared it.
It surprised me.  But we humans are contradictory creatures. Why else
would one get the involuntary urge to smile while your wife is chewing 
you a new one?????

Still, these were my reactions. No apologies. I'm kinda new to roadkill
cleanup. In 20 years of driving, this is my first involvement. Yes,
I live a sheltered life. Please don't move here. 

Perhaps I'm just getting old. Not old in age. Old in terms of watching the
ebb and flow of net occupancy. After so many years, all the discussions
start to look alike. One can only stand so many innings of flamewars on
the same tired subjects. So feel free to lead with your face, put PTFE
sludge in your engine, and wonder why your bike won't start in the
spring. An AI program could deal with these subjects by now.  

I'll be available by email for further exchanges. 

If you got anything useful out of the post, I'm satisfied. 

Ron (must be an Old One, I'm losing my hair!) Miller
AMA,   DoD
NRA,   CFI-G, PPSEL
Analytical Asshole
Spoogehead #1
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Be a Non-Donor!
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:22:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <14hhbmINNltf@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 28991@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU, cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>> i agree with what's-it's-name that
>>this would serve to alienate us from society far more quickly than it
>>would have any effect on getting a law repealed.
>Making a well-publicized statement of exercise of your freedom of
>choice can serve to alert the generally apathetic public to the issue.
>
>     [hypothetical -- and optimistic -- conversation deleted]
>
>Then again, maybe not... but it's your body, you decide.

the problem is that the average cager has an opinion of motorcyclists as
bad-ass biker dudes.  no amount of responsible riding and personal pr will
change that anytime soon.  the average cager/voter won't let you in his
living room (especially you, ed :-)  ) to have this chat.  they'll just
hear a blurb on the radio/tv about bikers not donating organs, shots of
pitious children, typical media twist-our-motives shit, everyone's outraged.
now when you get those conversations, the cager has already formed an
opinion of you as an _unfeeling_ bad-ass biker dude *willing to let children
suffer to prove a point*.  imho, that won't help Our Cause (tm).

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 >
<       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   >
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<       Don't look to me for proof that women get off easier than men.     >
<                               -- Evelyn                                  >
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From: eeharvey@cybaswan.UUCP (i t harvey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I need repair advice please!
Date: 30 Jul 92 08:41:01 GMT

In article <29JUL199214011904@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu>, earprl@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu (Ron Earp) writes:
>    I am rather new at this whole motorcycle scene and need some help diagnosing
> an engine problem. I have a 1973 Honda 750 K3 that is in excellent cosmetic
> shape and pretty good mechcanical condition. I have one problem, which is that 
> cylinders 1 and 2 don't fire at all. I checked the plugs for spark by removing
> them from their cylinders and both of them are sparking. The exhaust pipes 
> don't get warm at all, indicating no combustion is taking place. I would 
> greatly appreciate any advice or help as I am still a neophyte motorcycle
> mechanic. Thanksa lot!
> 
> -Ron

The fact that is missing on 1 and 2 suggest that it is not an ignition
problem unless it is the splugs or HT leads to 1 and 2. Check that
there is fuel next, the splugs should be wet after running the bike, or
turning it over on the starter. If they're dry, check that there is fuel
in the float bowls by undoing the drain plugs. If these are dry then it
is probably a stuck float or float valve (I fixed mine by hitting
the carbs with a large hammer through a bit of wood). If there is fuel in
the float bowls (but none getting to the cylinder) then you probably
have some sort of blockage which requires removing the carbs and cleaning
them thoroughly with carb cleaner, don't use anything metal to clean the
passages or jets, compressed air is safest.

If fuel is getting through, then it's time to do a compression test
which can tell you whether the bores/pistons or valves are shot.

But check the fuel situation first...

Good luck,
	Ian


-- 
_______________________________________________________________________
  Ian Harvey, University College Swansea         Too old to rock'n'roll
  eeharvey@uk.ac.swan.pyr                              Too young to die
                              '79 GS750E
From: ssuhouns@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:59:58 GMT
 <1992Jul22.133428.12028@javelin.sim.es.com> <RAIBLE.92Jul22131402@wk43.nas.nasa.gov> <1992Jul22.211400.28153@i88.isc.com>

Lots of stuff about squids with their tenticles on the road deleted.

>to control the machine at low speed.  One of the little skills
>that I always "challenge" myself with is immediately placing both feet
>on the pegs as soon as I'm in motion, then continuing across the

I'm disabled, got a ruined right knee, I try to avoid putting that foot down
AT ALL COSTS.  Of course, when you've left the bike in neutral, you
have to get it into gear first.  I nearly fell off the first time, but I'm getting better (at it). 

>intersection in a straight line (and the same direction I was pointed
>to begin with) with _no_ motion of the steering head.  It's not a
>difficult skill to master, and is one more skill to apply to any low
>speed situation.  I routinely come to full stops at stop signs, and start
>up again, without my feet ever leaving the pegs at all, and with no loss
>of directional control.  Folks, it's not hard.  Hell, it's even fun!
>If you practice doing everything with smooth, fluid motions at low speed,
>you eventually get better at doing the same at higher speeds.
>Try getting the feel of a continuous power application from stop to
>high gear, instead of short bursts of power accented by gear changes
>sometime; it's a pleasant, graceful feeling.

I'll go for that, though I find it's a lot easier on Kates R65 than
my K100.  I can actually sit on hers stopped with both feet on the pegs,
But not for too long ;-)


----
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers)
Subject: Re: Harley riders waved
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:04:41 GMT
Summary: Nice bike

In article <1992Jul24.193956.8238@sei.cmu.edu>, dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa) writes:
> 
> Well, if I had my druthers, I'd prefer that British bike that uses a HD
> V-2 (of course I can't remember the marque -- anyone remember?) over any of
> the V-2s in that article, or the Softail (20 feet away from what?). Not really
> a sport bike in the modern sense, but that's fine with me.
> 
> Shoot, what was that thing called? 
> I need a better indexing system for my brain. 

It's a Goodman HDS (Harley-Davidson Special).  I'd like mine with a
Branch/Minton built XLH1200 engine, please.

Chuck Rogers
car377@druhi.att.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Harley riders waved !!!
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 12:50:14 GMT

Pooder:
I tried to reply but your address bounces (twice..)
It has been a while since I picked up a bike rag and I
have been leaning towards a HD but am I to understand
correctly that he is a Norton dealer..are they back in
production/business or is he just handling used/service.

-- 
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From: slndw@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: ride postponed
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:44:13 MDT
Organization: Utah State University



Well, I was getting ready for a ride to whoknowswhere.  Probably Montana
etcetera.  Gonna leave on Sunday.  Even getting my work in order
so it won't miss me too much.
then...
Yesterday went out to go for a short ride up the canyon and noticed
some oil leaking from my left fork.  WAH.
Called the dealer.  He is booked up until August 10.
I guess I'll have to wait until then.  At least it didn't 
happen on the road.

Anybody want to ride to Montana from Utah in a few weeks, possible
around Sept. 1?

-toot
DoD#3323
SLNDW@cc.usu.edu
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Yamaha XZ550 - what went wrong?
Date: 29 Jul 92 20:39:16 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

conrad@pico.OZ (Conrad Drake) writes:
:   can the XV series bikes be made to handle?

I can handle my XV.  New tires helped, ooops I guess from
you address I better make that tyres. :-)
--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: robert@verdix.com (Robert Brown)
Subject: Blond Jokes
Summary: I am looking also for the blond jokes list
Organization: Verdix Corp.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:33:41 GMT

could somebody send me this list also?  Thanks in advance.



================================================================================
Robert Brown		
Systems Administrator

Verdix Corporation
205 Van Buren St.
Herndon, VA  22070

robert@verdix.com
===============================================================================
From: me_f316@ceres (+-=NUBIAN=-+)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Road signs
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:53:49 GMT
Organization: Your Girlfriend's Bedside
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

glenda@st.nepean.uws.edu.au (Glenda Robinson) writes:
: About changing road signs :-
: 
: Where I live, each suburb's sign has an altitude on it. The suburb one up the
: hill from us is often known as a 'hole', mostly because of the lack of shops,
: busses, people, etc, etc there. One day I'm going to attack the altitude sign
: and put a - in front of the numbers with electrician's tape (don't want to
: vandalise!!!), thus proving that the place really IS a hole. 
:                         (eg: alt. -260m) 
: Should give all the locals a laugh.
: 
What is so funny about that
:-|
--
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		| Aaron Brand: me_f316@kingston.uk.ac         |
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		|Thought for the day,                         |
		| 	 If people can walk bare footed       |
		|         Can bears walk people footed        |
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From: worth@acuson.com (Douglas Worth)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: signs, signs, everywhere signs.
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:37:39 GMT
Organization: Acuson; Mountain View, California

Seen at a gas station on I-5 somewhere between
L.A. and Tahoe

Kids with Gas eat Free
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Doug Worth   --  worth@acuson.com (worth@sono.sun.com, ..!sun!sono!worth)
                 415-694-5653
From: che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: Band Names
Date: 30 Jul 92 02:08:03 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

There is an Australian band called Shower Scene From Psycho.
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: pw15@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Subject: Re: NAMES - FUNNY
Reply-To: pw15@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:54:42 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.163058.17975@athena.mit.edu> sybok@athena.mit.edu (The Rifleman) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.152259.26318@javelin.sim.es.com> gfowler@javelin.sim.es.com (Gary Fowler) writes:
>>I also knew a girl in high school name Pebbles (no kidding).  Her best friend
>>was named Sandy.  They were known as the gravel pit twins.
>
>What happened to Bam-bam?
>
>
Boyfriend? Sorry. Couldn't resist.

philip


"Inside the power cage, I can feel the music call my rage
It's paranoid, first degree. It's telling me that I'm not free.
I've got heavy metal music in my blood and I like to get it to you if I could"
-Holocaust, "Heavy Metal Mania" ||||||||| pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu |||||||||