HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: American beer bashing (was Re:  Harley babe bashing...)
Date: 10 Sep 92 13:14:32 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:
>In article <18l6b8INN49i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>In article 9SEP199208144826@erich.triumf.ca, ivan@erich.triumf.ca
>(Ivan D. Reid) writes:
>>>In article <18l09uINN49i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com writes...
>>>>In article 23163@sybase.sybase.com, leighann@sybase.com 
>>>>	(Leigh Ann Hussey) writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd rather have Nothing than a Bud any day of the week...

99 44/100 % of the time, I'd agree. There are those rare occasions where
a Bud _is_ better than nothing. Like I said: rare. I've actually been in
situations where I've enjoyed Schaefer. Rolling Rock too. Ya just gotta be
hot and thirsty enough.

>>>>You're weird.
>>>> 
>>>	I wouldn't say so. 

Nor would I.

>>I would.  American beer is nothing to get excited over, but it is
>>better beer than no beer.  Anybody that drinks beer, that would rather
>>not drink beer than drink Budwieser, is weird.

Wrong. American beer _is_ good! It's just that Budweiser _isn't_ beer!
(Beer don't got rice in it.) Per the Rheinheitsgebot (spelt rong, Im sher),
beer contains: barley, malt, hops & water.

>Wrong, fermented rice breath!
>
>You have driven your pickup truck of logic off a blind curve.
>Many that like *real* beer think that Budweiser and its kind have
>misappropriated the very name "beer," and would rather write-in
>Lance Holst for president than pour that swill down their throats.

Actually, there is a REAL beer called Budweiser. But. It isn't brewed by
Anheiser-Busch. It's called Budweiser Budwar (sp?), and is (hopefully,
still) brewed in the northwestern corner of what used to be Yugoslavia. In
the town of Budweis, I think (It was featured on The Beer Hunter).

>Personally, I think once beer has been run through a Clydesdale,
>it really shouldn't be called "beer" anymore.

Don't insult the poor horsies that way.

>"Crisp, clean Budweiser:  all the buzz of regular beer, without
>that annoying beer taste."

Yeh.

>Oh, I almost forgot:  EdGetaGoddamnBike.

REALLY. How much can onna them ninja thingies possibly cost? It ain't like
you're looking for a real bike, like a BMW or sumthin'. Or are you?
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
From: jamesf@public.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: stupid people
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:54:50 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

In article <1992Sep9.095529.2010@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>"B. Pasker: I've always wondered what 'STOP' stood for. Could anyone tell me ?
> C. Paull : Spin Tires On Pavement."

Slightly Tap On Pedal

-- 
*   Jim Franklin * jamesf@btr.com OR {decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!jamesf      *
*   (insert new bike here)   | Nothing hurts like the loss one feels when   *
* Triumph 650 (slalom champ) | they lose their first love, get fired from   * 
* DoD #469          KotP(un) | their first job, or sell their first bike.   *
From: czw70@ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: key fobs
Date: 7 Sep 92 09:10:49 GMT
Reply-To: czw70@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl UK


Me too please.
CAW
--
  >>>  Charlie Whitfield               czw70@juts.ccc.amdahl.com  <<<
  >>>  Tommies on Tour    -    Sports Touring Without Compromise  <<<
  >>>                                        DoD#0526   ToT#0002  <<<
From: starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: CBR center stand: doesn't fit CA model. Dealer didn't tell me this.
Date: 5 Sep 1992 03:59:25 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu


I don't get this. I just bought the Hondaline center stand made
for the Goof2. I went into the local dealership here and asked if
they made a center stand for my Goof. They said yes. I ordered it.

You would think they would know it can't be mounted on a CA model
bike because the emissions canister fits in place of where the center
stand bracket is supposed to be. So the center stand bracket is not
on the CA model. Then I looked at the instruction sheet that came
in the box and it said "49 state model only".


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From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: Where, oh where...
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 02:17:17 GMT

In article <2AAF58FF.74D2@tct.com> jeff@tct.com (Jeff Witzer) writes:
>I have a quest.
 >
>If any of you have any leads on NEW 1990 (or 1991 if they made them) R, W, & B
>CBR1000Fs (or have any suggestions on other bikes like it) please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>
>jeff

I posted about this a few days ago and got only 1 response (Thanks
a pants full Do^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H 

Anyway, the local Honda shop has 3 1991 CB1000's.  They are asking
6400 which is about 1900 too much, I think.  Anyway, summer is
gradually coming to a close and these bozos^H^H^H^H^H nice dealers
may be willing to bargain soon. 

If anyone is interested, I can give you a phone number, etc.

Also, does anyone have any comments about this bike or about what
it would be worth.  If I made an offer on it, I thought about 
offering $5000 OUT THE DOOR. TAX, TAGS, and everything included.
Will he laugh?  Will it be a joyful laugh or a hysterical "sure
and I'll throw in a 1993 CBR900" at no extra charge kind of
laugh.


Fishnet

1919
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: I didn't do it.
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:29:39 GMT

elef@smarmy.Corp.Sun.COM (elaine 'BEANO' leffler) writes:
>In article 13182@informix.com, dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:
>>In article <Bu885J.J0C@cup.hp.com> hesh@cup.hp.com (Chris Steinbroner) writes:
>>> J. Eric Townsend (jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov) wrote:

>>> : I deny any involvement in nude motorcycling.

>>> he's lying.
>>> film at 11.

>>I wasn't there, I don't know anything about this.
>>Besides, we're never doing it again.

>well as an Innocent Bystander (tm), i'd like to note that certain individuals,
>who may or may not have been involved in riding nude, seemed proud enough
>of themselves to warrant a future strip n ride.  i hear this stuff is addictive.

Ok, enough of this (strip) tease, let's have the whole sordid tale. If
names must be withheld due to modesty, feel free to substitute DoD
numbers and/or make & model of their (ahem) mount.

>squidliest maneuver:  nude wheelies

Ok, where's that film Hesh mentioned? I've got a scanner that's dying
to see this one!

Oh, and one question. You _were_ wearing your helmets, weren't you?
After all, that _is_ illegal in backwards states like California.
-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: X-reg in the UK?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:10:58 GMT

eeharvey@cybaswan.UUCP (i t harvey) writes:
>> The real interesting combinations are banned. Like  A55HOL etc...

>666 numbers are also unavailable now because bods tried blaming the DVLC,
>who issue registration numbers, for any mishap that befell their posessed
>vehicle. Is it the same elsewhere?

Not in Utah. Even though a lot of 'interesting' plates aren't allowed,
the 'number of the beast' is. While I was in the DMV picking up my
matched set of personalized plates (DENIZEN for the truck and DOOM for
the FJ1200 :-) there was a lady in line behind me that was returning a
set of plates that had "666 XYZ" on them. She said it didn't bother her
much, but her husband went non-linear when he saw them, and made her get
them replaced.

Since car plates here have three letters, a demented friend of mine
likes to see how many assembly language opcodes he can spot: BNE, RTS,
etc. :-)

Helpful tip for lawbreakers: most government cars in Utah have plates
with an EX prefix. This includes (but isn't limited to) cops, so it pays
to give a second glance to an EX plate before you blow past. The UHP
plates have the trooper's badge number on the plate, and the plate
background is either a beehive or a modified version of the Delicate
Arch (Moab area) Centennial plate.
-- 
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
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From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: stupid people
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:59:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.153110.13968@rtsg.mot.com> declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes:
|Hmmmm... you see more EX500's at the racetrack than ZX-11's. She is pointless,
|clueless and ignorant. 

  I don't think this has anything to do with an EX500's drag racing ability,
since that *was* what the subject concerned (an EX500 stoplight racing a T/A).
Pointing out the relative presence of the two at a racetrack has nothing to
do with the drag racing ability of *either*.  Who's clueless?

Randy Davis                             UUCP: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy

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From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland)
Subject: Synthetic Oil
Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:30:34 GMT


Hi y'all, (politeness from a DoD? Naaaa.)

   The discussion of brand aside, I have yet to 
read anything negative about synthetic oil used
in motorcycles. I've never used it, and have been
informed many times not to use additives as they
can cause a wet clutch to slip. 

   Oils like Castrol SynthTec (or whatever) sound
like they might be too good for a wet clutch.

   Please let those of us who can't afford to run
the tests our selves know if you have any bad
experiences..... unless there really are no bad
experiences, in which case the old Sabre gets a
drink of synth asap!

---
Curt Howland        DoD#0663      '82 V45 Sabre
            howland@nsipo.nasa.gov 
  Don't bother arguing with drunks or zelots,
they aren't listening to anyone but themselves.
From: APLer@cup.portal.com (Roland Walter Besserer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: slappers
Date: Sun,  6 Sep 92 23:16:41 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)


Tank slappers are an almost regular experience on an RGV250.

I've had some pretty wild ones on HWY 9 and finally installed a damper
which I keep on its highest setting. That helps.

roland
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Where, oh where...
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:48:20 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]I thought about the Kawasaki ZX-10 or ZX-11, but the fit and
]finish were no match for Honda's construction techniques.

obviously personal preference here, but my wife owned a 92 600f2 and I
owned a 90 ZX-11. the ZX-11 had much better construction (transmission
aside :). everything was more solid in look and feel. while riding the 
CBR I had the impression that I was on something that had been quickly 
stamped from a big hunk of plastic/metal like a kids toy rather than 
something that had been assembled from quality parts like the ZX-11.

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@zx11.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
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From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: What's a "stroker"
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:42:39 GMT

In article <188bieINN58@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 25826@informix.com, dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:
>>
>> "Have you hugged your stroker today?" 
>

Well, I e-mailed a reply to the sender, but apparently there're others who 
don't know either, so:

    "Stroker" is a bike whose stroke has been increased (upping displacement)
by rebuilding the crank to have a longer throw. Commonly used when building
high performance Harleys.

Jeff Achenbach
achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Re: Most Favorite Road Sign
Originator: dab@space3
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:25:58 GMT

 
   Favorite sign: In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
	(However, I suggest you stay away from GSMNP due 
	 to the excessive presence of Rutabega Wagons.)
 
		             /\
		            /  \
		           /    \
		          / /\   \
		         /  / __  \
		        /   \/  \  \
		       /    /\   \  \
		      /    /  \  /   \
		      \    \   --    /
		       \    \       /
		        \    \     /
		         \        /
		          \      /
		           \    /
		            \  /
		             \/

:-( If I had a scanner worth a damn, I'd send a GIF to cerritos.edu.) 
============================================================================
 "No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412
From: warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com (BJ Warkentin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:08:52 GMT
Organization: MITEL, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
In-reply-to: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu's message of 11 Sep 92 22:10:53 GMT

Jody Levine writes:
   In article <pmvntao@fido.asd.sgi.com> cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio) writes:
   >...  I can't 
   >fit the helmet on over the glasses...

   [stuff deleted]
   He finally went to his optometrist to get rigid 
   lobes for his glasses, and now he changes his lobes twice a year. I would
   investigate this before stripping the comfortable, noise-deadening
   foam out of a brand new helmet.

   The other solution would be a BMW type helmet with the flip up chin bar, 
   if you can find one.

Hummmmm... either you got a werid head/helmet configuration or I have
been real lucky, as I wear glasses and have had no problem with any of
my helmets and the various frames I have had. The only ones that I
have to fight with (of much so that I don't wear them expect when I
lost my other glasses) are a pair of Sunglasses with cable temples (ie
curl around the ear). Wear a pair of prescription Vuarnets during the
day and light wire frames at night. The Carbonflex plastic frames also
work well if the fit is really tight since the temples are willing to
bend/flex a fair bit. And yes, the helmets fit properly, ie tightly
with minimal movement possible once buckled up.

Helmet experience includes Bell, Shoei, HJC (Shoei clone), and a
couple of ???? full face snowmobile helmets. The only thing that I
have noticed is that certain styles sit too high and rub against the
headliner. Flat toped styles (like the Blues brothers wore) seem to
work the best. Another note is that solid nose pieces seal your eyes
off from wind blast and nasty shit when you ride around with the visor
up. [gotta do this at least once a year to remind myself what the
visor is for]

BJ...warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com    |   XJ650K and DoD#0255
Kanata, Ontario, Canada        |   I want a new toy...
I really didn't mean it quite that way, or did I :->
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fatal motorcycle accident in Untersiggenthal
Date: 14 Sep 92 20:19:16 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Sep14.204648.22071@osf.org>, jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
> On the trip to Germany when I picked up my less-than-legal System III
> helmet (which I love btw) I picked up a promotional flyer for the plastics
> industry. Turns out that the plastic used to make the Shubarth System III
> for BMW is supplied by Bayer in Pennsylvania. Jeesh! American no-how!
                                                                ^^

you said it!

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Waving with meaning..?
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:01:10 GMT
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: kens@hplsla.hp.com's message of 8 Sep 92 19:33:14 GMT

>>>>> On 8 Sep 92 19:33:14 GMT, kens@hplsla.hp.com (Ken Snyder) said:
Ken> loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson) writes:

Loki> Following the cager tradition, I always do a little headlamp modulation
Loki> by hand (high-low-high-low-high-low) at oncoming 'cyclists to warn of law
Loki> enforcement (or bad conditions).  At night, this is best on split
Loki> lane highways where a highbeam won't cause people to jump into the
Loki> ditch when it flashes in their face; on the street or a two-way highway,
Loki> a highbeam can be a bit much.

High-low flashing means different things in different places.  I have
seen it used as a warning, as a request for right-of-way, and as a
yield indication.  Left-turning, oncoming cages are the most common
multi-vehicle m/c accident configuration.  If you choose to use this
signal, please combine it with gestures or speed/position changes to
make your intent unambiguous.

Ken>    I've used both hand signals and high/lo flashing to warn oncoming
Ken> traffic, and not just bikers.  I started signaling everyone several

Patting the top of the helmet is the most universal signal I have seen
for warning of "danger" ahead.  The AMA has a sheet of hand signals
which are recommended for touring and group riding.  There is also a
book on "motorcycle sign language".  I can dig up the reference if
anyone needs it.
--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>      "Have you hugged the curves today?"
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.              MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
From: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: La Honda --> Alice's Run
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:10:43 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: ba
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <Bu8u44.Fqo@well.sf.ca.us>, rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Robert M. Wert
jr. (Bob Wert)) wrote:
> 
> Has *anyone* ever made the run from La Honda up to Alice's on Hwy 84
> without having to slow down for a cager?  I had a couple days off a week
> ago, and thought I'd make the run on a weekday when my chances would 
> be better, but over 2 days and 4 runs, I never did it.  I thought I had
> it made once, but just as I came into those last few beautiful turns 
> before Alice's, it was on the brakes, then putt-putt along...   :-(
> What's the secret?

Um, consider them as part of the road course and go around them?

========
Godfrey DiGiorgi | ramarren@apple.com | DoD #0493
"Logic may be the beginning of wisdom, but logic never bought
 me a Ducati."
 Rule #1: Never sell a Ducati.
 Rule #2: Always obey Rule #1.
Honda VFR700 Intercepter 1987, "Bright White"
Ducati 750GT             1975, "Thunder"
Ducati 250 Mk III Diana  1966, sleeping beauty
Toyota MR2               1985, "VSSC"
========
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: East Coast DOD Spring Fling
Date: 12 Sep 92 01:40:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

tavares@ctron.com writes:
+But that is not what this post is about. This post is about a New England/
+Eastern Province Spring Bash!
+
+I figured, with the trouble we had organizing the RCR, I should start now!
+Pending Board approval, and agreement with the attendees, let us
+say the Weekend of June 18-20 1993

I'll be there, pending my work schedule.  My crystal ball only reaches out
to late January at the moment.

Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"Due to circumstances beyond your control,
                        you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."
From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: California Riding Test
Date: 6 Sep 92 12:12:51 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <72062@apple.Apple.COM> thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:
>dsm40@mcode.amdahl.com (Diana St.Martin) writes:
>
>>Could someone please tell me what one has to do during the Ca Riding Test?  I
>>am getting ready to take mine and the information would be very useful.
>
>Strangely enough, the test varies, apparently at the whim of your examiner.
>In general, it involves zig-zagging thru some pylons and going around a circle
>while staying within marked boundaries.  I strongly suggest that you go to the

When they say staying within the marked boundaries, they aren't kidding.   They
mean both tires.  I had some problems with this when I took the test, oh about
5-6-7 hell I can't remember, years ago.  Even a Honda Rebel 250 liked to drag
the rear tire inside the circle
-- 
I hate the 3B2
The 3B2 can bite me.
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From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
Subject: Re: Competition Accessories - another tale
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:40:05 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.150923.1428@dale.ksc.nasa.gov> tgent@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Tom Gent) writes:
>Well, it seems that some previous posts (names long lost now) were right.
>When you order, BE SURE to ask if it is in stock if you care when it will
>be shipped.  Apparently they tell you 7-10 days regardless, and two weeks
>later when you inquire what happened, you find that the item is backordered.
>This on an item which is actually in the magazine ad (tie-downs) and can 
>reasonably be expected to be in stock.
>
After more than 20 orders with C.A. I've got enuff of a statistical
sample to assert that if you ask if it's in stock - most of the time
they'll say yes even if it's not. I talked to the "manager" once when I
was particularly miffed - and they told me - "those people have been fired
who were lying"! Ya, right.

So the word to the wise is only order from them if you don't care when you
get the goods.

-John
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