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From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: CB radios
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:16:00 GMT

In <1992Oct8.182327.22170@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:

>	I've heard this is true, but in two summers going round trip cross
>country with my CB I've never been able to raise anyone for emergency
>assistance (for other people, ya know). I know that there are still REACT
>teams around that try their best, but all those signs claiming that cops
>monitor Channel 9 seem to be b.s. I've called on cahnnel 9 within sight of
>pig-mobiles and gotten no response.

	I've a 3-channel, 5W walkie-talkie that I keep with me when
riding around.  Channels are 9, 19, and 21.  In the times I've not been
able to raise anybody on channel 9, channel 19 and a clear transmission
of "This is an emergency transmission.  Please clear the channel.  Any
law enforcement or emergency vehicles please respond." will cut through
the traffic real quickly.  I've had truckers relay information to
emergency crews this way.  Channel 21 is the default truckers channel
in some states, and 17 in others.  A quick call to the FCC should
provide you with information on your route.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"I see angels on Ariels in leather and>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | chrome, Swooping down from heaven to >
<viking@iastate.edu      | carry me home."   ---    R. Thompson >
<ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee.>
From: rtaraz@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Is anyone out there a bike thief?
Date: 12 Oct 92 10:37:33
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
	<29130@life.ai.mit.edu>
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In-reply-to: benjamin@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu's message of 11 Oct 92 00:41:35 GMT



benjamin> When i get to the bike, i put the key in and turn it. It was
benjamin> on "parking." I KNOW that it wasn't the way i had left it,
benjamin> because i ALWAYS check, and could even remeber checking, i
benjamin> had left it on Lock (steering locked) But the tail light was
benjamin> doing the right thing when i moved the key around. But then
benjamin> i tried to start the bike, and all i could get was an
benjamin> electric sounding tik-tik-tik from the side panel.

benjamin> Does anyone have any idea what this guy might have done to
benjamin> the bike to steal it? If yes, i'd like to check for them
benjamin> before i pay a few thousand dollars to a mechanic to fix it.

I think that _you_ somehow left it on park when you left.  The poor
fuck saw your tail light on, so he thought maybe you left the bike
running and he thought it was an easy steal! By the time that you got
back to the bike, the battery was run down (you perhaps spent at least
a couple of hours in the library (Being an MIT student!)) and the
starter couldn't get enought juice. When the battery is low, the bike
(or even cars) will tick. I would try to explain but I guess everybody
knows how a starter relay work.

Anyway, from know on ALWAYS _double_ check.

If I were you I would beat on that little shit a lot more that you
did.  I dont care if he was trying to steal it or not, he was fucking
with your bike, he deserves at least a broken tooth.

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Re: question #6 answered (was Re: Stupid Questions)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:52:42 GMT

In article <BvIJF5.CFM@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.142556.594@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>>In article <1afidjINN35f@cs.utexas.edu>, osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
JOHN>>> 6.  What was the ugliest motorcycle ever produced?
JOHN>>>     (New, not ratted out.)

BOB>>has to be the FJ. that's why they cover it up with all that plastic.

NEAL>How about a GoldWing with all the bodywork removed (like a plucked bird)
NEAL>as mentioned in a r.m post a couple months ago?

ME:  Having not ever seen a naked Wing (I keep mine covered w/plastic,chrome,
ME:  lights, etc., and not sure what an eff-jay is) I'd have to allow as how
ME:  the UGLIEST m/c ever produced was an Amazonas(sp?) which was owned by
ME:  that Denizen in the Sky, M. Forbes.  One of his Capitalist Tools flunkies
ME:  who evidently lost the draw had to approach it backwards to get on it
ME:  to ride it back to the stable.
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The Dead Battery Problem
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:56:30 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
: (Along the way I learned something they didn't tell us in the MSF class -
: you can't walk a motorcycle from the side the way you can a bicycle.  If
: you try, it will fall over.  On the other hand, the technique they taught
: us for picking up a fallen bike *did* work.  And that's why I bought a bike
: that already had some dings in it.) 
	Actually you can walk a motorcycle like a bike, but its just
	really hard to...My Starter was bad and I had to push start the
	thing several times. A 700 S NH is sorta heavy for me (140
	lbs). Just be sure you put your kick stand down, dismount, lift
	the bike to centerline, raise the kickstand with your right
	foot and then walk it very carfully. I have found that placing
	your hand under the leftside grip and pressing up can help to
	balance the bike if you let it lean towards you just a little.
	Don't press to far or you'll drop it on the other side...

	This is however a very easy way to drop you baby if you mess
	up.


	Ryan
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From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: the encyclopedia brittanica agrees: chains suck!
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:16:51 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <djm.718899783@morpheus> djm@morpheus.wustl.edu (David Maconochie) writes:
>neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>
>>>"Transmission is normally through chain or gearing between engine and
>>>a two- to six-speed gearbox and then by primary chain to thea
>>					 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   A primary chain connects engine to tranny, a secondary chain connects tranny
>>   to rear wheel. 
>What is the definition of "tranny"?  The primary chain connects the
>crankshaft to the clutch drum (or at least it did in my A10).

yeah, yeah, yeah, but that's nitpicking worse than my post :)
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Neal Howard (neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org)        CompuTrac, Inc. (Richardson,TX)
DoD #686   '91 XLH-1200      '70 Kawasaki G4-100cc    '69 Cougar XR7-GT390
	   Ensoniq VFX-SD    Kramer Pacer guitar      '70 429CJ(needs a home)
Disclaimer: The only above mentioned toys I play with on the below mentioned
	    Friday nights are the musical ones 8*}
"how often you get much more drunk than you ought to on a Friday night...
...about once a week" -  Tom Yates
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From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!)
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:27:05 GMT
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Chris BeHanna (behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com) wrote:
: In article <1992Oct4.184114.29949@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
: >	Driving on Broadway (here in New York) in left lane of two lanes, on
: >the left side of my lane (to avoid buses pulling from the right lane). Coming
: >up to a cross street when the car in front of me (also in left lane, but kind
: >of on top of the lane markers) decides he wants to turn left.
: >[...crunch deleted...]
: >
: >	The bad news is I'm told (please tell me if I'm wrong) that because
: >I hit him from behind it will be called my fault. This sucks as we called the
: >cops and it's going to go to my insurance company who will raise my rates
: >but won't pay for the damage I did to his car. All I did to my bike was
: >crunch one crash bar and highway peg.
: 
: 	Not true that it's your fault.  He should be cited for "failure to
: yield right of way."  If he wasn't, then you march down to the local precinct

How can a car in front of you going in the same direction in the same lane
"fail to yeild right-of-way?"  The guy failed to signal a turn apparently,
but you are supposed to be driving/riding in such a way that you will not
hit the traffic in front of you if they suddenly stop.  From the description
given the cager was doing the typical "I gotta huge car so I gotta move 
over to the right to turn left" routine.  So he started to turn and stopped.
Our hero(tm) locked up and slid into the side of the cage.  I'm sorry but
IMHO Sebastian was following to closely, he should have been able to stop.
   I said it before, but I'll say it again, in New York traffic it is
sometimes difficult to leave adequate following distance because someone
will probably decide to fill the gap if it looks like there is room.
I've been there and I've driven on those streets.  I'm not sure I'd have
the nerve to do it on a motorcycle.
--

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* Bill Ranck                                          ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu *
* DoD #496  Bikes past and present: CB175, CB550F, Norton 750, CB350F, XV535  *
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From: tiok_jtk@tac.fi
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: kangaroos? (was Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...)
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:50:55 GMT
Organization: Finnish Ice-Hockey League

In article <1992Oct15.232147.687@halfdome.sf.ca.us>, bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
> In article <1992Oct16.005807.1710@tac.fi>, tiok_jtk@tac.fi writes:
>> 4) BMW R100GS model "Kangaroo"
>> -it is said it's "the perfect boxer bike ever made" and there are only
>>  10 to 15 bikes in the world...this bike is hand made!!!
> 
> what is the "kangaroo" model?  please explain for us depra^Hived

The "official" name for this bike is "Bakker 'Kangaroo' BMW", hand made by
a Dutch bike designer, Nico Bakker. Bakker has designed a lot of bikes for
RR-teams...
The bike itself:
Bakker started to design this bike, when somebody said there should be a big
enduro, which would be a fast and light to handle. At first, he made 
a special aluminium framework. Then he thought there had to be a powerful
and big engine. BMW R100GS boxer was the best for this purpose.
Back tyre is Michelin M59 170/60 ZR 17 (original 100GS tyre is GS 130/80x17),
front is Michelin 120/70 ZR 17, rims are light and very expensive Marviks...
Suspension is a quite same as in original 100GS. 
Front brake is 300mm Brembo double-disk, back brake is taken from streetmodel
BMW (which one, I don't know!) and it's a single disk.
The weight of original 100GS is about 220 kg, but Kangaroo is "only" 185 kg!
Fueltank is about 27 liters and fuel injection is electronic controlled.
The bike it's name according to a bag (for little things, wallets etc)
, which lies on the fueltank. All locks are controlled by electronic servo-
motors.
Cauges are take from original 100GS. Sidebags are from Honda Pan European.

This bike can't be compared to any other boxer-BMW...it's faster than any of
them. Top speed is about 205 km/h.

These facts are taken from a Finnish magazine (MP, 28.11.1991, written 
by Derk Evers).

It seems this bike is a semi-enduro-street-touring-sports-bike! The real
one!  ;-)

But, but...there are about 10 to 15 bikes in the world and that means you
must have a lot of cash to purchase this bike. 

     Jonne Siren / FIHL

     "Not yet Kawasaki, but soon..." 
-- 
-
SM-LIIGA tulospalvelu / Finnish Ice-Hockey League Results Service
"Living isn't necessary; icehockey is..."
NOTICE: The comments above are personal opinions, not official statements!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!) (really DoD pets)
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 19:59:47 GMT

In article <1992Oct09.105934.16685@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>When I used to work in Cambridge, I lived in a caravan in a small village 
>nearby but used to go home, to Cheltenham, at the weekends.  I would always 

is this near Reigate?

>take my cat, Amy, with me to keep me company during the week.  I used to carry
>her in a cat cage on the rack of my FJ1200.  I would put a piece of board on 
>the front of the cage to protect her from the slipstream.  She loved it!  I 
>would often stop and check on her but she always seemed happy.  If I ever took
>her in a car, she would piss and puke everywhere and it would take weeks to 
>get the smell out.  She was truly a biker cat.

Ectually, when she's on the back of the bike, whatever she did (piss & puke)
was expelled into the airstream for the benefit of following motorists.  
Chances are, that you never realized what torment poor Amy was going through
back there.  Note please, that the board on the front of her cage (is there
any symbolism here?) also kept her from bringing her condition to your
attention - without the board she would probably have had a fair chance of
hooking a paw-full of claws into your backside - no?


>
>I used to get strange looks from cagers I was passing though...
>

Considering the above inscribed possible explanation, I don't wonder!

>
>Nick (the Catlover Biker)   MAG 73516  DoD 1069  PDSA
>
>
>M'Lud.


Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff
                    {       3 cats myself       }

Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:36500 rec.motorcycles.harley:789
From: noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: New Rider Questions
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:17:46 GMT
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department

>>What do you do once the bike is so
>>much bigger that you cannot rest both feet on the ground?

i already sent private e-mail, but figured this is worth saying...

you learn to recognize situations and avoid them at all costs!

everyone on the short rider mailing list is probably sick to death
of hearing me say this, sorry.   with skill, experience and practice,
you learn to avoid tough situations and how to get out of them.
many tall riders who have never ridden a bike they can't flatfoot
don't appreciate this -- lucky them!  it will always be harder
for shorter riders, but we can compensate many, many things.

a few weekends ago, i went on a DoDish ride that met up with a rec.moto
lurker who has been riding 25 years.  he wanted to pose with his week-old
R100GS, as well he should: the bumblebee was gorgeous.  he's not the
tallest rider, and this was his first experience with a bike he
couldn't flatfoot.

and sure enough, i saw him stop in low spots between a driveway and
the street to check oncoming traffic, teetering when his feet didn't
reach and doing a quick catch of the bike.  i'm sure he's learned by
now; he's skilled and very experienced, but it was interesting to
observe basically a beginner mistake -- one that even novice non-reaching
riders almost instinctively avoid!!  it's an aspect of riding he just
never had to get used to.

there are indeed some situations that are much easier if you can reach,
and some bikes that a short rider will never ride.  but you'd be amazed
what can be done with a lot of practice.  you have to be very
conservative, pick your parking spots very carefully, form a plan
before you stop on a hill, stay very close to your balance point,
practice a lot in parking lots (i am still in quest of the full-lock
circle) and be humble enough to get off the bike to back it up, or ask
for help, if you have to.

besides, once you're going more than 5mph, it doesn't matter
how much you can reach!!  (boy, did i have fun riding Bob
Palin's KLR650 at the Joust: lookout everyone and don't make
me stop, 'cause if no one's there to catch me, we're over!)

yeah, it sucks to drop a bike in the middle of nowhere that
you can't lift yourself.  you find a way out, somehow.  it
may take more time, more effort, more hassle, but hey, that's
life.  you do it.  i've been climbing on kitchen counters to
reach the top shelves all my life.  tough!  we all have our
own challenges/handicaps (mine is more incompetence than
height, no smiley).

>IMHO you shouldn't marry anyone you can't lift, or reach the ground
>with your feet when astride, either.

when who is astride whom?! :-)  um, never mind.

lengthily yours,
noemi
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DoD #443  						'82 KZ 305 CSR
						    (what's left of it)
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From: Michael.Nelson@f-1.n-1.z-1.rbbs-net.ORG (Michael Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley Fashionable == Deaths
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:01:28 GMT

Hello Randy!

Monday October 05 1992 22:16, Randy Davis wrote to All:

 RD->   You are trying to tell us that Harley's are the "one of the largest
 RD-> fastest bikes you could ever start out on"????  What rock have *you* been
 RD-> living under???  Largest, certainly, especially if you are using weight
as
 RD-> a measure, but never "fastest", since there are 500cc bikes that are
 RD-> faster...

    Hell, there are 125's that are faster!

Michael Nelson, DoD #0726
(michael.nelson@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.org)
(1993 Honda CBR900RR)


 * Origin: SeaHunt BBS, San Francisco (415-431-0473) (FidoNet 8:914/501)
From: kas19@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Kevin Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Hard to find (was New $$ = New Bike??)
Date: 12 Oct 1992 17:38:03 GMT
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
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Well, it has come to my attention that I have the ability to purchase a 
moderately priced motorcycle (read as: more than $2000).  I have been told
by several people that trying to find a purple/pink 600f2 is a futile task.
There are some red/white ones and plenty of '93s but I really like the 
purple paint scheme. Since I can't have a new one is anyone selling one or
know where I can get one. Any response is appreciated. 

"I can't respect anyone whose only | Kevin Smith   DoD #959 
 contribution  to  music is  their |   
 opinion."                         |        
                --Nuno Bettencourt |    
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: 80/81 CB750 s
Summary: rebuild
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:52:38 GMT

In article <dbc-121092143212@b62003.student.cwru.edu> dbc@po.cwru.edu
(Dean Cookson) writes:
>More tech:  How much of a pain in the ass is a ring job on these things?
>My #1 cyl. has shitty compression and blows goo (tm) out the pipe under
>heavy load.  I'm planning on ripping the thing apart this winter and
>doing a ring job on it (and maybe even installing the wisco (sp?) over-
>bore kit).

Nothing about the job is particularly complicated, but
the parts are expensive.  Rings cost more than 20 bucks
a cylinder, you'll need about $100 worth of gaskets,
and you'll probably want to replace the three cam chain
tensioners (another $150).  The rubber spigots that mount
the carburetors to the head, which get pretty brittle
after ten or twelve years, cost $22 each.

>Is there anything special about the job that the clymer and
>honda manual 'neglect' to mention?

Check the cam chain tensioners for cracking of the
rubber.  If there are cracks, replace.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
From: ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Which side do you mount up from?
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:23:51 GMT
Organization: Data and Business Comms, BT Labs, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK.

From article <1992Oct15.023841.10754@athena.cs.uga.edu>, by weaver@castor.cs.uga.edu (Mike Weaver):
> 
> As I was mounting up to ride to work the other day, my wife made the comment
> that I got on the bike on the same side as was proper to mount a horse.
> 

By the title, I thought that this was one of Bob Paskers' cross
postings from alt.sex again !!

Antony.
DoD#1832.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:33:13 GMT

In article <2649@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
|Okay, denizens...If you caould only have 5 bikes in your garage,
|what would they be?

Let's see now...

	My Concours, for everyday riding
	A Super Tenere, for weekend plonking
	That gorgeous BMW /2 conversion of Emmy's (as art)
	Tim Keane's JP Norton 
	Al Bower's MHR Ducati (okay, so I like the genre :-)

Wait as sec, I ran out already.  I didn't get to mention the
Buell, or the GS/PD, or the Guzzi Daytona, or the Indian, or 
the ysr50 (lowercase), or the Husky dirtbike, or the Turbo K1,
or the Vinnie Black Shadow, or, or...

`Course, a new engine for the RZ would be nice, too.

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Mmmmmmmmmm!)              |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Woops!)              |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Re: Impact drivers
Originator: dab@space0
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 14:53:51 GMT

In article <980@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com> jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak) writes:
>Two of the four screws that hold the left rear cover on my CL360 engine
>are quite frozen. The phillips heads were already partially stripped
>from a previous bozon attempting to use the wrong size driver to remove
>them.  I got an impact driver.  All I managed to do was finish stripping 
>the heads out of the screws.  Yes, I used the right size bit.
>These appear to be steel screws threaded into an aluminum case.
>Any suggestions how I get these puppies out of there?

Since you have removed some of the screws the rest will be easy.  Select a
drill bit slightly smaller than the shank of one of the screws.  Drill straight
into the heads of the ruined screws.  When you reach the shank, the head should
fall off (or be easily persuaded with a punch or something).  After you have
removed all of the screws OR at least, their heads, you can remove the cover.
Once you remove the cover, you can remove the offending shanks with vise grips.
You might want to use some penetrating oil before you do that.

CORRECT USE OF IMPACT DRIVER:
Before you use an impact driver to attempt to rotate a screw, you must SEAT
THE BIT in the screw.  That is, with the thing set to a non-torque mode, give
it a good whap with the hammer, driving the bit straight into the screw.
THEN set it for torque and hit it again.  How, you ask, do I set it for no
torque?  Turn it in the direction that a hammer blow will drive it until it
reaches the end of rotation... no rotation upon hammer blow yields no torque.
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    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412