HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:07:32 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas

In article <3553@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
>I've often been seen wandering around the grocery store, helmet
>in one hand, basket in the other, muttering "well, I can get the
>six-pack and all the veggies in my tank bag, but if I bungie the
>toilet paper to the back I'm not gonna have any place to put
>the cat food & the loaf of bread...don't we already have some 
>toilet paper?..."

You should buy a PC 800.  Then you won't have this problem.
-- 
John F. Haugh II                   | "The US Government has the Midas Muffler
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151            |  touch: everything they touch turns to
UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh |  shit."
Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org      |                  -- Jay Maynard
From: jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:29:09 GMT
Organization: Rice University

ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:

>Well, yeah, it's pretty simple to be a "bike" person when your wife
>can go to the grocery store in her car, drive you to work in the
>rain in her car, pick up anything you need to buy that you can't 
>bungie onto the back of your bike, blah blah blah.  Sell the wife's 
>car, and your whole perspective is gonna change drastically, esp. 
>if you don't like getting on the bike without at least jacket & gloves.

Damn, I've got to be more clear in my postings.  I should have made it 
clear that for the first year, I was a bike person.  My soon to be 
wife was in Austin, so yes I did go to the grocery store on my bike 
(was able to fit 3 full bags of grocery on the pillion once!), I rode 
my bike in the rain, including several trips in the rain to Austin, and 
I STILL ride my bike, even in the rain (although I have to get a 
better rain suit).

So ;-P

You're right, you were grumpy ;-)
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: looking to buy a Honda Magna
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:22:53 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes:
]The possibility for renting out the bike exists, but there
]is a chance the bike could get hurt.  Perhaps something 
]could be arranged like (if wrecked, pay X$) (else rent for Y$),
]who knows.  The testing will be done in Houston, I believe.

Mark "my magna's really a hill climber", Go For It!

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 28 Aug 92 03:21:34 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
]Oh my... I think I need to call my sister-in-law up at the Highway Dept in
]Austin to revoke your MC license! Man that's the whole idea. Change that

Kent! Buddy! Pal! I had this little problem with my throttle on the ZX right
before trading it in and this nice highway patrolman thought I was going
too fast on purpose. you suppose your sis in law knows him (or where he
keeps his tickets???? :-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:04:45 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX

In article <14314@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>
>I've got a problem that's been getting progressively worse.
>
>Running the bike at 80+ mph for an extended period of time
>(5+ mins) causes the carbs to start sputtering . . . lack
>of gas.  To alleviate this problem I have to:
>
>	1) slow down to about 45-50mph and let some gas get
>	   into the carbs.
>
>	2) stop and let some gas get into the carbs(if I
>	   try going too far, too fast, slowing down isn't	
>	   enough)
>
>or	3) don't go above 80!?!?!? (Which means I'm no longer
>	   able to maintain the DoD nominal speed!!! :-(
>
>The bike is an 87 Honda VF700C Magna.  There is no breather tube
>to the gas tank . . .just one tube that runs to the carbs.  
>
It sounds to me like a tank venting problem.  Your tank has some type of
vent or you'd never be able to get very far!  Try looking at/around your
gas cap.  It is full of spoonge?  maybe try a little carb cleaner around
it.  Have you ever stopped and immeadiately opened your gas cap?  how about
next time trying to pop the cap at speed.  may not be the easiest thing to
do, but if you do and your gas starts flowing again, you've found the
problem.

don't be so afraid of pulling your carbs.  I rejetted mine last saturday nite.
2.5 hours from start to finish.  its not that bad.


-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
From: jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 26 Aug 92 22:15:28 GMT
Organization: Rice University

mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:

>I tried the type that you put *in* the gasoline . . but to no avail . . 
>as for mentioning your . . *gag* . . your cage in the same post
>having to do with a motorcycle . . . I think we need definitely need
>to designate you as a splatteree at the next splatterfest!! ;-)

Oh, sorry, I meant to say my long-since-gone car.  Yeah, my wife still
has hers (still working on her though to get a bike) but I definantly 
am a bike person--after buying my bike I had the car for about 6 months 
to a year and during that time I drove it twice--once to move the car 
from my old apartment.

I am REALLY in withdrawal right now ;-(


--
*  Jeff Nichols                 |   I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. * 
*  DoD#0402         AMA#568571  |   Ride:  GS500E    		   *
*  It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milkbone    *
*  underwear--  Norm Peterson					   *
Xref: sparky tx.motorcycles:667 rec.motorcycles:29546
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles
Subject: Slurping Carbs at 80+mph!! ;-)
Date: 31 Aug 1992 14:12:30 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Followup-To: tx.motorcycles
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu



Well, I went out Saturday and played with the bike to see if
I could solve this starvin' carb problem . . .. . .

I took the vaccuum valve apart . . seems the diaphragm(sp?)
was in a 'little' crooked . . and crimped.  I also took the
filler cap off and took it apart(there's no separate breather
hose) and fiddled with it.  There's a hole right up through
the middle of the cap with a little 'reservoir' part way up
which holds a little, clear plastic disc.  This disc will float
upwards and block the hole when gas splashes up into the reservoir.
Problem is, when you get a good vaccuum built up the disc gets
sucked down against the lower hole of its reservoir . . at least
that's what I figured . . . so I took the plastic disc out . . 
. . .bad move . . . first fill up, and first stop I had fuel all 
over the place . . .but I was able to run at 90+^H^H^H 55mph 
without any starvin' carb problems . . . 

OK, so back to the house . . we dig the little plastic disc out
of the trash can, bend/warp/twist it up a little and put it
back in . . . go fill up again . . and wa-laa, no leaks.  By
mutilating the disc I was able to allow it to stop the upward
flow/splash of fuel, but not create a complete seal upon 
the introduction of a vaccuum in the tank.  There's a lot of 
room in the filler cap . . so I'm toying with some other ideas
which will allow air in, but keep gas out . . .. this plastic
disc thing still makes me a little hesitant . . . . 

I went out to test the bike again and it started to die before I
got a block down the street . . Ohhhhhh, forgot to turn the 
petcock back on!?!?!?! *blush* Anyway, the bike will run at
DoD authorized/mandated/recommended/suggested/nominal/minimal
speeds now without getting a parched throat!!

Thanks to the oodles . . and I mean OODLES of folks who sent
me recommendations . . . many, many thanks . . . I will be
indebted to y'all for eternity . . . (I shouldn't have said
that, huh?!?!??! ;-)

Just one more question . . .. when I run my bike at excessive
speeds . . . welllllll . . . my gas mileage goes down?  Can
someone help me!?!?!?! ;-)

Mark
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: looking for trouble
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:03:37 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

In article <1992Aug25.172032.4720@spdc.ti.com> achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach) writes:
>>
>>There are a few exceptions, but few, far in between, and mostly very
>>high-speed to get a little excitement out of them. There used to be a gaggle
>>of Guzzi's who would make the Austin-Big Bend run at very high speeds, but I
>>haven't heard anything about them in years. Anyone know if they still meet?
>>My brother used to make the Austin-Corpus run on his Triumph at ~120-130 mph
>>back in the late sixties.
>>
>
>What!??! A Triumph doing Austin to Corpus at 120-130 mph? Give me a break!

I'll give you a break, but it won't help much as this is correct.

>Even the triples were hard pressed to attain those speeds, and they sure 
>couldn't sustain them. The twins (which I've ridden for a long time, and still
>do) are doing well to sustain 90-100 for that distance.

It was a race bike, wasn't stock. Just had to make sure it kept plenty of oil
in it. :^) I expect that the speedo was off a bit at those speeds, but
probably not much more than 6 or 7 mph.

I think it's a bit funny that people nowadays think we didn't used to go fast
on motorcycles back when. We went just as fast (or faster). Just didn't have
near as much control or near as good tires (and broke down more often) and
were probably pretty stupid for doing it. Heck I rebuilt a old '69 or so
Bridgestone 350 2-stroke (6-speed) for my dad (car dealer) once. I had no
trouble getting it up to 140 mph other than the fact that it became basically
unstable at 135 mph.  Considering that it was a 2-stroke, it ran reasonable
well at 120 mph for extended times. It had about a 6" longer wheelbase than
my Honda 350 at the time, so it handled markedly better at speed than did the
Honda.

Some thing applies to the muscle cars of the '60's. That same (very crazy)
brother of mine used to drive his '69 SuperBee from Austin to Okla. City in
under 3.5 hours. That's 400 miles guys. work it out. I rode with him once
when he did it. Hit 155 mph fairly often. Top speed was about 165. Scared
the **** out of me. I never did it again.

Whose bikes were you riding?

Kent Polk
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Labor day ride update
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:48:46 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <jcn.715012405@helix>, jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols) writes:
|> I'll just ride up and down Westheimer endlessly like the other 
|> bikers here in Houston--oh boy, what fun.

Hey! I'll race you around the loop . . . 610 that is . . 8 doesn't
go all the way around . . and I have this problem with hitting the
little bucket(or the hand of the lady) with my quarter when I go
through the toll booths at 95 . . I mean 55 . . . mph!!

So Jeff, wanna race . . . the last time I did 610 it took 31 minutes,
which included sitting on a Houston cop's bumper for 10 minutes going
*only* 70 mph!!  

We could see who has the best times!!  Heck, I'll even allow
lane splitting and shoulder riding . . . to get around the rubber
necking cagers and all this @#$*U@#)$*&@$#   construction!! ;-)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...)
Subject: Re: looking to buy a Honda Magna
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:39:00 GMT

In article <14312@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes...
> 
>Well, guys and gals . . . . my Magna is an 87, and *only*
>700cc . . . seems this gal needs an 88, with 750cc.  Guess
>I'm outta luck??
> 
>But just in case, ma'am . . . how much is your friend willing
>to part with if he does. . . um . . break it?? ;-)
>(Hmmmmm, how much is the new K100RS?  Sorry Joe, I mean
>a new K100RS16VABSWSBARPJ?? ;-)
>
>Mark "Can a K100RSetc climb hills, too!?!?!?!" Parsons

Actually, an 87 700cc is *exactly* what he needs.  I just
didn't have the specifics when I posted, so I went by my
(not-so-reliable) memory.   Though he said an 88 would
probably work as well.   Don't know about the $$, that 
would be something for him to decide.  Probably not 
enough for a new K bike.  :-)

And what is with this "gal" and "ma'am" shit?  You 
know my name.  I know you know it.  And you know I
know that you know it.  So use it.  :-) 

But really, please call James if you are interested
(409) 693-1651.  Heck, you may even want to be the 
test rider or something.   Could be fun.  The cases
themselves are kinda interesting.

evelyn
From: jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Stay away from Competition Accessories Warehouse!!!
Date: 3 Sep 1992 18:11:10 GMT
Organization: Rice University

johnny@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts) writes:

>(long story about ordering and waiting for parts)

I know how you feel Mr. Roberts.  Although I haven't had any problems 
with Comp.Access. I have played the waiting game.  Why is it that to 
order a part, the place you call has to order it themselves from 
a Suzuki distributor, who then in turn has to cross-order it from 
his mother, etc etc etc etc.  What is it with ordering stuff?  I waited 
almost 2 weeks (not including the weekends) to get new fork seals--
and this was from a Suzuki Warehouse mail order company!  Some 
warehouse...NOT!.  As you may also have seen, when I took my forks in 
to get repaired, the shop had to order a new inner tube.  This part 
had to be cross-checked, cross-referenced, cross-hashed, cross-eyed 
and didn't actually ship until 14 working days after the order was 
placed.  Of course, then UPS went off and lost the damn package for 
another 3 days.  Just my luck.  But in contrast to Mr. Robert's 
hatred for Comp.Access. I must say I was very happy with the 
treatment and work that I received from Love Cycles in Houston.  

Throughout this entire ordeal, I was kept abreast of what was going on, 
from the delay in shipping to the trace on the UPS package.  They 
even told me about other delays they have dealt with, surprisingly, 
most from Suzuki!  Anyway, once the part came in around 1:00 PM last 
Monday, they rebuilt the forks, including putting in some Progressive 
Springs, and I picked them up that same day around 5:30 PM.  Not a 
bad turn around.  They were also very apologetic, even though they 
had nothing to do with the delay.  I felt like they were trying their 
best to resolve the situation and were very curtious and friendly 
throught the whole thing.  I won't hesitate to use them again.


--
*  Jeff Nichols                 |   I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. * 
*  DoD#0402         AMA#?!@#*%  |   Ride:  GS500E    		   *
*  It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milkbone    *
*  underwear--  Norm Peterson					   *
From: jbm@hal.com (Brad Might)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: BEWARE: bike thieves in Austin
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:26:27
Organization: HaL Computer Systems
NNTP-Posting-Host: infinity.hal.com



I received an email this morning from a friend at my apartment complex (up
183 and mcneil rd). 

It seems that when he came out to his car this morning, a guy from the
building across the driveway was standing in an empty parking spot looking
like the world had ended. He said his bike was stolen last night.

(A purple (home job) with blue tank 600 katana with a fairly loud pipe,
keep your eyes open - it looks well used).

He kept it in the driveway, and either had a kryptonite lock on the front
wheel, or no lock at all.

Needless to say, I've been out looking at alarms the past few hours.

I haven't heard anything else since this morning, who knows what really
happended, but I'm worried.


brad

--
- standard disclaimers apply -
jbm@hal.com (Brad Might)                                
HAL Computer Systems - (512)794-2855                    
8920 Business Park Drive Suite 300 Austin, Tx 78759
From: jim@kf5iw.lonestar.org (Jim Blocker)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 27 Aug 92 02:14:17 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Honda Sport Touring Association

In article <14314@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>
>I've got a problem that's been getting progressively worse.

[Fuel starvation symptoms deleted]

>Any suggestions?  I'd like some suggestions/ideas before I
>go to the hassle of taking the carbs apart.

Have you checked your fuel filter?  I've seen problems like this caused
by a clogged filter.

Some VF1000's had a heat-induced vapor lock problem, but I don't think that
VF700's suffer from this.


>I've had this problem for a couple months now . . but at the 
>beginning I could run for, maybe 30 minutes before the sputtering
>would kick in . . .now it does it within 5 minutes.

Maybe this is from more gunk collecting in your filter?

>Thanks in advance,
>
>Mark

You're welcome and good luck.

-- 
Jim Blocker  KF5IW      |  '93 CBR900RR
jim@kf5iw.lonestar.org  |  '90 CBR1000
Xref: sparky tx.motorcycles:636 rec.motorcycles:29071
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles
Subject: observed sig in rec.humor.d
Date: 27 Aug 1992 14:14:30 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Followup-To: tx.motorcycles
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu



+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
|  This isn't hell, but I can see it from here.          | "Cover Me; I'm     |
+  knodel@cis.ohio-state.edu (.and.all.that.b.s)         | Changing Lanes!"   +
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think that just about says it all in Houston freeway traffic!! ;-)

Mark
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: two wheels good
Date: 1 Sep 92 22:18:52 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

lisa@zx11.cactus.org (Lisa Christman Senner) writes:
]
]steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade) writes:
]]We'll its hard, but worth it.  You should have bought Lisa Senner's 92 GOOF
]]when it was available.  A lot cheaper than new and it was broken in by
]]someone who never took it over 5K.  Joe on the other hand rode it pretty
]]hard after the breakin.  
]
]eh hem...  excuse me Steve, but so did Lisa...
I was talking about the bike, not Joe..... :-)..


Steve
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 1 Sep 92 02:21:34 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas

In article <3557@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
>What's a PC 800?

It's a Goldwing suffering from dwarfism ...
-- 
John F. Haugh II                   | "The US Government has the Midas Muffler
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151            |  touch: everything they touch turns to
UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh |  shit."
Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org      |                  -- Jay Maynard
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: splatteree appointment
Date: 27 Aug 92 22:08:39 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
>
>Splatteree(tm) is now an honor bestowed only by the Splatterfest(tm)
>organizers. the splatterees of fests past will live in infamy because
>we're gonna redefine what they are. we're not havin' any more actual
>splats. instead of discovering who the splatteree is when they splat,
>they'll be picked up front and receive a "special" prize at all future
>Splatterfests. that should keep everyone shiny side up.
>
>the organizers can be influenced via email if you have any good ideas...
>oohhh! Keeper of the SplatterFest!
Maybe you can be influenced via email, it's gonna take a hell of
alot more than that to influence me.  Cash is the prefered form,
however silly signatures have been known to get me to consider you.
We have 3 candidates now, and Joe and I are looking for nominations
for additional ones, we will determine an appropriate prize, (hmmn...
a drain oil bath comes to mind...  ya'll start saving that old oil)
and hand it out.  Stayed tuned, we are checking out some routes and
camping places this Sunday so next week things should be hopping
at Splatterfest Central.  This is more fun than a political campaign. 

>
>-- 
>Joe Senner  KotSF                                          joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Who designated you Keeper of the SplatterFest ????

>Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
Get that sig fixed again will ya.


---
Steve Bade KotSFP
From: orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What to do in Dallas?
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:19:25 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <jcn.715544511@keckiris> jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols) writes:
>mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>>Sooooooo, any suggestions on where to go, what to do?  I
>>know about the 6-flags park . . .but are there any other
>>things y'all would do if going to Dallas for the first
>>time?
>
>Leave.
>    ^^^^^^ Hey, Hey watch where you're poking at.... (oh yah for those that
            need it) :-) 


     "86 Ninja 600R"                               K.O.
  "DOD #306 AMA #615088"                       T.I. Dallas Tx.
    "Eclipse GS Turbo"                      Orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: st1lz@rosie.uh.edu (Duck aka D. Harper)
Subject: Re: looking to buy a Honda Magna and Re: I'm horny!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: tx
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 09:02:00 GMT

Hey, Mark!  Here is a way to pay for your new horniness. :-)

In article <25AUG199218400942@zeus.tamu.edu>, efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes...
?Hi y'all,
? 
?A friend of mine in the accident reconstruction business
?is looking to buy a ~1988 Honda Magna (750cc ?) to run 
?some tests on.  If you, or anyone you know, has one such
?bike, please give them my e-mail address, or my friend's
?work phone (409) 693-1651, his name is James Lock.  We
?are located in College Station, but don't mind travelling
?to Houston, Austin, Dallas, etc.  
? 
?The possibility for renting out the bike exists, but there
?is a chance the bike could get hurt.  Perhaps something 
?could be arranged like (if wrecked, pay X$) (else rent for Y$),
?who knows.  The testing will be done in Houston, I believe.
? 
?Evelyn
? 

--
"Rabbit's clever"said Poo thoughtfully. "Yes,"said Piglet,"Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain." "Yes,"said Piglet,"Rabbit has Brain." "I suppose,"said Pooh,
"that that's why he never understands anything."-_The_Tao_of_Pooh_
Don Harper, DoD#0520, '82 GS550LZ, '87 CRX Si, Email: st1lz@jetson.uh.edu