HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mjk@icf.hrb.com (Michael J. Kelley)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Gas breakdown???
Date: 8 Sep 92 06:19:19 GMT
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.

In the past month, I've only been able to ride my bike once. I filled the tank
just before I parked it and when I got it out this past weekend my bike ran
like crap. Is it possible that the gas broke down a little and has caused the
poor bike performance?? If that is a possibility, what is the best gas
treatment to add in order to bring it back up to snuff?? Note: I always run the
highest octane fuel available at whatever gas station I stop at. -- 


                                                              Mike Kelley
                                                              HRB Systems
                                                              St. College, Pa.

###############################################################################
DoD # 645              Go Nittany Lions !!!             Beat The Owls!!!
###############################################################################
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: >wheelies
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:09:47 GMT

sai@formula1.Corp.Sun.COM (S.Fielding-Isaacs [WWFO Pubs Project Lead]) writes:
>mramsell@gandalf.ca (Mark Ramsell) writes:
>>	My mechanic informs me that while doing wheelies on most sport bikes
>>the engine is running without a supply of fresh oil.  This he says is caused
>>by the position of the oil pumps intake.

> Your mechanic is quite right. The Yamaha race manuals typically warn
> against wheelying for just this reason (oil pickup being starved).

	So what's to keep the motor from locking up when climbing a hill?
Mine's a dry sump so I don't worry too much, but in Colorado or any other
mountainous state this sounds like a serious flaw.  The oil pump intake
should work for everything under a 70 degree incline to be safe.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"There'll be angels on Ariels in leather>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | and chrome, Ridin' down from heaven    >
<viking@iastate.edu      | just to carry me home." -- R. Thompson >
< ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee. >
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,or.forsale,pdx.forsale
From: tomlinj@nostromo.OES.ORST.EDU (Jack Tomlinson)
Subject: Honda Elite 150 for sale $700 OBO (503)-636-3489 (Blake)
Organization: Oregon Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.
Distribution: or
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:49:47 GMT

Purchased new in '86/1500 miles/luggage trunk/never ridden in rain/
like new/emmaculate condition, no scratches, scrapes.

This bike was purchased new in '86 and has only 1500 miles. It has never
been driven in inclement weather, and is in excellent shape.  
Gas mileage: 100 mpg
Top speed: over 65 mph
Color: red

Price includes full face helmet & new tags.
Please reply to Blake Tomlinson @ (503)-636-3489
-- 
tomlinj@nostromo.oes.orst.edu				-Jack Tomlinson
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:09:12 GMT

In article <dbc-140992210024@b62003.student.cwru.edu> dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
>In article <1992Sep14.153625.1807@ohrd.uucp>, ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu
>(Jody Levine) wrote:
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be just as sexy to show a 
>> woman women in well-fitting, sexy leather riding gear who looks like she 
>> has a clue? If not, is the purposeful exclusion of half the population from
>> motorcycling a wise marketing move?
>> 

Maybe. Provided she's got nothing on underneath and the zippers pulled down 
enough to show some serious cleavage.

Yeah, I know, I'm just another sexy pig.

Jeff Achenbach
achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: kjberte@cray.com (Kurt Bertelsen)
Subject: Re: More ascii hand signals
Reply-To: kjberte@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:11:20 CDT

In article 18odagINNqvt@darkstar.UCSC.EDU, scooper@wappo.ucsc.edu (Scott Cooper) writes:
> In article <5246@gdls.UUCP>, parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
> |> easy, but how do you signal an eight with one hand?
> |>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |> To answer my question and educate y`all :-), here's my contribution to
> |> freeway communication at DoD speed without intercoms. Brought to you
> |> by the American Sign Language:
> |> 
> |>  [one through five deleted - you figure 'em out]
> |>
> |>    |||     ||      |
> |>  \ ||||  \ ||||  \ ||||  \ ||||   /||||
> |>   \   /   \   /   \   /   \   /   \   /
> |> 
> |>     6       7       8       9       10 (or in this case, 0)
> |>  ^^^^^^
> 
> The eight is fine, but try signalling the number six without a) straining your wrist 
> muscles, b) accidentally signalling the number seven, or c) using your thumb to hold your
> pinky down, which I bet is actually some sort of imaginary number.
> 
> Then watch someone with gloves on doing it 20 feet away from you.
> (if this sounds like a video rental suggestion, forget it)

You can't tell me that after all the typing you do, you don't have
control over all your fingers.

Solution:  Learn to play the piano.




Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: torf@colargol.edb.tih.no (Tor E. F{gri)
Subject: Re: Waving with meaning..?
Organization: Colargol, Trondheim College of Engineering
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 17:26:17 GMT

Roar.Larsen@termo.unit.no (Roar Larsen) writes:
: According to this system, a wave with the hand _above_ the handlebars
: means just a friendly acknowledgement of fellow bikers, while a wave
: with the hand _below_ the handlebars means: "Danger - drive legally!!"
: This of course is interpreted as meaning dangerous road conditions 
: coming up, or some kind of police activity...:-) 
: 
: Do you guys "over there" (or anywhere else, for that matter) do anything 
: at all similar? Maybe we could start a tradition on this??

I have followed this *tradition* for over 2 years, and it _might_ have
saved a couple of bikers licence ...    After all I suspect my waving
is not  noticed when it is needed the most. (At DoD minumum ++ one doesn't
have time to focus on meeting riders for a very long time ...).  I try
to make my waving visible thou ...   The most effective form of waving
might be to reach a hand up in the air, but this also has its consequenses,
at DoD minimum ++ my bike gets a little *wobbly* with only one hand at
the handlebar !!   :-)

Ride free, knock some cagers, be a happy man!


Tor Erlend Faegri                |  E-mail: torf@edb.tih.no
Software Engineer                |  Office: EDB-avdelingen 
Trondheim College of Engineering |          Trondheim Ingenioerhoegskole
Phone: +47 7 89 63 89            |          7004 Trondheim
DoD#0586 Suzuki GSX750ES pilot   |          Norway
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Car driver with a Clue!
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:56:23 GMT

In article <3wtnanp.dmatejka@netcom.com> dmatejka@netcom.com (Daniel Matejka) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.180934.17351@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>>Did he speed up during commercials, or just change channels? :-)
>
>  I intended to hang around right in his blind spot long enough to
>find out.  Really I did.


You should have tapped on his side window, and asked him to turn up
the sound so you could enjoy the show as well.
-- 
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: shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun)
Subject: Party Competition (was Re: The man without a number
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 02:10:39 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: Just wondering who has the best parties
Keywords: Party, Full Moon, Labor Day 

In article <1992Sep5.005232.20364@serval.net.wsu.edu>
 bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>
>ps.  Party at my place on Labor day.  Barbecued ribs, brew, CotC, whatever.
>     Everyone welcome, let me know if you're coming.

We've argued the merits of the West Coast Joust versus the Right Coast
Ride based on the number and types of bikes, quantity of beer consumed,
etc. I am now wondering whose Labor Day party was the best. Bill,
how many nude bikers did you have? We had 11 naked bikers on 10 bikes.


-- 
Lissa
shoun@netcom.com     (408) 926-0812
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: Richard A. Swift <Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu>
Subject: Re: ZX1100
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6D17AD3F701401C@rswift.aero.nd.edu>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 7 Sep 92 03:32:03 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Aero. & Mech. Eng.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:28:05 GMT

In article <aPBRqB2w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> , emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
writes:
>Iknow on my older Suzuki (1979) GS-1000E the light switch was present, 
>but had a little plastic tab inside the on button that prevented it from 
>moving. A sharp utility knife removed the tab and voila! there was an 
>operating switch. Other, later models, may differ.
>
>Robert Smits Ladysmith BC  | I don't wanna pickle,
>emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca      | just wanna ride my motorsickle - AG

Yep. Same surgery worked on my 1981 GS750EX. That switch came in handy on
cold mornings.
______________________________________________________
Rich Swift    DoD # 3030   "Provocateur Extraordinaire!" - Datasbuild
ZX-10  - Faster than the speed of thought -

                      Hessert Center for Aerospace Research
                              University of Notre Dame
______________________________________________________
From: martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Rainsuit
Date: 6 Sep 92 00:32:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: adpplz.1550
Organization: ADP Dealer Services R&D, Portland, OR


> martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding) ((that's ME. How'd they do that?)) wrote:

>>  I am here, once again, recommending
>>  (yeah, boring.) Hippo Hands (tm), or their substitute.


laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:

> but do they keep you dry, martin?  i have always thought of them
> more as a replacement for heated hand grips, rather than keeping
> the rain out.

The not.really.Hippo.Hands (not.the.tm) from Langlitz, which are leather 
and genuine sheepskin (so watch those Ducati riders like a _hawk_) spend
their lives behind my fairing, so they get drizzled on but no direct
driving rain. As long as I keep them conditioned, there's no sign of them
getting wet.  (The one time when I rode with them in the rain, and neglected
applying the grease too long, they absorbed water, but my hands stayed dry.)

My Vetter original Hippo Hands (tm) are vinyl outside, fuzzy dinosaur
inside, and keep my hands (and themselves) completely dry at sidecar
speeds (between speed limit and the Approved Speed, closer to the limit).

In Oregon, I get lots and lots of opportunities to test the water
resistance. At least, I did last winter. And yes, they're quite dry, as
well as being warm (and in the case of the Langlitz's, cozy and inviting).

You just have to remember not to use your brake hand to scratch your nose.


          Martin Golding             |  Work to ride,
DoD #236  BMWMOA #55952  WMTC #0002  |   ride to work.
[motcsd!]mcspdx!adpgate!martin
From: TKPOWELL@bluemoon.profs.tek.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re:cbr900
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:50:32 GMT

gxw@crosfield.co.uk (garry wilmot)writes:

-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?

I've got 2200 miles on mine.  Handling is superb.  This has been said
before but I'll reiterate.  What you have here is a light weight 600
with liter bike power.  The light weight makes carving corners loads
of fun.  The liter power keeps the straights interesting.

Other than lofting the wheel from 1st to 2nd, I haven't really gotten
into wheelies yet.

No experience with pillons as I removed the rear pegs.  I would guess
it would be rather uncomfortable.

I put one 375 mile day in (mostly twisties) and felt great afterwards.
Droning on the interstates for this distance would not be fun.  This is
not a touring bike.  I see no problems with 4-500 mile days as long as
you use roads that keep you shifting and moving.

The only 'problem' I've had was the notchy transmission.  It was very
stiff and prone to false neutrals until around 1500 miles.  At that
point I switched to Mobil 1 which improved things considerably.  After
2K, the trans is just fine.  I did have my doubts for a while.

I'm planning on taking CLASS at PIR (Portland) in 2 weeks.  This will
hopefully allow me to approach my limits without fear of running into
a tree or deer or flying off a cliff.  I'm sure I'll never approach
the limits of the bike (too old for that).

--Terry
From: schmke@cco.caltech.edu (Kevin Todd Schmidt)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Wanted: Comments on 81-84 Seca 550
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:11:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

The subject says it.  I would like comments on 81-84 Seca 550's.  Any
information is welcome.

Thanks
-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
        __ ____   __ |                           |
       / // __ \ / / | Kevin T. Schmidt          | schmke@cco.caltech.edu
      / // /_/ // /  | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | schmidt@spc5.jpl.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: DEHP@calvin.edu (Phil de Haan)
Subject: Re: moped vs moto
Organization: Calvin College
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:07:37 GMT

In article <BuDv7t.8r1@cup.hp.com> hesh@cup.hp.com (Chris Steinbroner) writes:

>> From: DEHP@calvin.edu (Phil de Haan)
>> This isn't meant as a flame, but come on.  Call a spade a spade. 
>>There's mopeds and scooters and there's motorcycles.  I've never confused 
>>the two and for the life of me I can't really understand how this 
>>thread is going the way it's going.

>because you still don't understand the difference.  mopeds, scooters,
>and motorcycles are three different things, though technically, the
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>scooters and motorcycles are both considered motorcyles.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>there exist SCOOTERS into the 250cc range.  those can go
>freeway speeds easily, though i wouldn't want to, personally.
>a MOPED is limited to 50cc in most states, it is not supposed
>to go faster than about 30mph.


I think I understand the difference between a moped and a motorcycle--and 
a scooter in fact.  If I remember correctly the original 
post talked about the pros and cons of buying a moped vs buying a 
motorcycle.  That was the topic to which I spoke.  Someone somewhere 
along the line dropped the term scooter into the discussion and I 
included it as well, but . . . in reply to the original post, my advice 
remains the same:  Buy a bike and stay away from the mopeds until your next 
trip to the tropics.

All this talk about scooters into the 250cc range is a bunch of crap that 
the original post mentioned nothing of (sorry about that dangling 
preposition).  It just confuses the issue.  But then again, when has that 
ever been a problem for rec.moto.  Is someone cooking red herrings?

Speaking of dangling prepositions, I am reminded of the Texan who went to 
Harvard as a freshman and inquired of an upperclassman:  "Excuse me sir, can 
you tell me where the library's at."  The upperclassman's upper lip crawled 
a little towards his nostrils and he replied with disdain:  "Around here sir 
we never end a sentence with a preposition."  "Pardon me," replied the 
Texan.  "Well then, can you tell me where the library's at, asshole."

Have fun.  Ride safe.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Phil de Haan (DoD #0578)                                       Every day
 Calvin College                                                        is
 Home of the 1992                                                    ride
 NCAA III men's                                                   to work
 basketball champions                                                 day
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
From: rogerc@discovery.uk.sun.com (Roger Collier)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: vanity plates
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:53:44 GMT
Reply-To: rogerc@discovery.uk.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems
NNTP-Posting-Host: discovery.uk.sun.com


In article 3323@informix.com, dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:
>
>The plate on my sportster says:
>
>EVO WMN
>
>Sometimes it's kind of embarrasing,
>

You were embarrassed. How do you think I felt when you lent it to me?

Maybe I'll take up drag racing :-)

Roger.Collier@Uk.Sun.COM		Sun Microsystems
					Warwick University Science Park
(44) 203 692255				Coventry CV4 7HS
					England

DoD#226		GSXR1100L
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller)
Subject: Re: Question about steel wool in mufflers
Organization: Institute for Astronomy, Hawaii
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:21:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.200629.13213@ncsu.edu> steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier) writes:
>In article <1992Sep4.133039.10789@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
>wsh8z@Turing.ORG (William S. Heyman) writes:
>>I have a bike with mufflers that are fine on the outside but a little
>>ragged on the inside. I remember someone mentioning stuffing steel
>>wool into mufflers to make them quieter. Before I do this I was
>>wondering if the steel wool would rust? I seems to me if you get any
>>water on steel wool it rusts quickly...
>
My FJ1100 had the small V&H canister on the back with *no* packing inside and
was loud to say the least. I made a larger canister for it and used fiberglass
packing to quiet it down. You can buy it from most mc shops, and it costs about
$7 for a 12" square by 1" thick piece. Stuff some of that in there, and it will
help out quite a bit.
From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Keywords: oil roads sign
Date: 5 Sep 92 00:24:23 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <txd.715633857@Able.MKT.3Com.Com> txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich) writes:
>jmcocker@eos.ncsu.edu (Mitch) writes:
>>In article <sysop.170@elan.glassboro.edu>, sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor)) writes:
>>|>
>>|>Saw a sign last month that attracted my attention:
>>|>
>>|>	Freshly Oiled Road
>>|>
>>|>This is in southern New Jersey farm area, and I have no idea what the 
>>|>purpose of oiling a road is.  I did get to practice a quick U-turn, though.
>
>Ranks right up there with "Loose gravel on roadway" or the ever
>popular "Roadway subject to flooding" followed by "Road flooded"
>followed by =8{O

and the favorite of the JOUST (tm)  "DEEP WATER AHEAD"
-- 
I hate the 3B2
The 3B2 can bite me.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers)
Subject: Re: More centrifugal
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:27:23 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.023152.6184@cs.cornell.edu> karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:

>In high school, I saw a film of two physicists sitting at a table in a
>rotating room, rolling a ball back and forth.  Filmed from the frame
>of reference of the room, the ball exhibited some bizarre behavior due
                                                   ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>to the centrifugal and coriolis forces.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^

You can't explain the `bizzarre behavior' without an inertial
reference frame.  In your accelerated frame, the behavior you are
seeing is not explainable.

>The real pity is that so many high school physics students, rather
>than appreciating what makes an inertial frame special, are
>brainwashed into thinking that the inertial-frame interpretations are
>the only valid ones.

Sounds good to me.  BTW, I do this for a living (dynamics,
specifically, vehicle flight mechanics).

Al Bowers   ...brainwashed...   bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov
--
"But the fact that a 1938 touring bodied Alfa Romeo I once had is
worth $1 million sometimes bothers the hell out of me.  It's a
personal problem."                                     -Phil Hill
Iaido   Takamine   Hobie   Rossignol   Alfa Romeo  Ducati (DOD #900)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 02:48:05 GMT

pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:

>               Pavement Ends

Worst or best?  I suppose it depends on the bike. Mine prefer this sign
by a 2:1 margin.
-- 
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
From: parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Engine broke BMW R80GS help please!
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:24:51 GMT
Organization: General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, MI

In article <5330@tuegate.tue.nl>, paul@blade (Paul Derks) writes:
> 
> On the way back from Spain to Holland approximately 200km for Paris
> the engine of my 1989 BMW R80GS broke down.

[details deleted]

> This has certainly lowered my opinion of BMW. I have driven Japanese bikes
> for 8 years (and on long holidays) and I have never had any problem
> (The bikes were much older to). I have had the BMW for 2.5 months now
> and I am seriously disappointed.

YMMV. I bought my '87 R80RT with 105,000 miles on it. This season,
I've put 9,000 miles on it and the only problem I've had was with
the electrical connector to the rear of the instrument cluster. It
came off on a recent tour to the Four Winds Rally in Pennsylvania.
Besides that--nothing.

My '74 R90/6 has accumulated 20,000 miles since I bought it a year ago.
The odometer isn't accurate anymore, so I don't know the total mileage
on it. This was the first 'cycle I'd ever bought (People are surprised
to find this out...). One reason I was swayed to the brand was the
reputation I'd heard about the rarity of breakdowns. (Although when
they do decide to go, they tend to be more expensive to repair.)

The president of the touring club I belong to just had his *second*
greakdown last Sunday. The last one he had was in *1977!* Preliminary
reports point to a problem with a solid-state ignition module that
*he* bought and *he* installed. The stock equipment doesn't appear to
be the culprit. Hmmm, fifteen years...

Like I said, YMMV. I can't take away your feeling of disappointment,
but if you're convinced the brand has something against you, then
drop it. I hope you decide to give it another chance. Maybe your
next incident will be fifteen years from now.

Douglas
--
Reply-To: gdls!parker@ilium.troy.msen.com
DoD #1961    BMWMOA    Renting N56136
--
A dress is nothing but pants with one pantleg.