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From: x1sdup@esparc19.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Stephen Dupre)
Subject: Bar Snake
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 13:59:28 GMT
Organization: Data General Corp.

I know many of you have bikes with in-line fours.  Some are
buzzier than others.  Have any of you had an experience with
the product "bar snake".  It's basically a rubber rod inserted
into the bars to lessen vibration.  I already have foam grips
on the bike (a CONCOURS) and the buzz is not too bad but I'd
like to reduce it more since I take a lot of long trips.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.  You can email me
if you want vs posting to the net.

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Re: Thanks a pant's full, DoD...
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:56:28 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <0eaH9_a00iUz43urVW@andrew.cmu.edu> "Peter wrote:
> ...and fuck the lot of you.  I want to express my heartfelt disgust at
> the totally underwhelming response I received from my request for route
> information from Pittsburgh, PA to White River Jct., VT.
>
> I don't know much but what I do know I try to share.  That's obviously
> not the ethic of this net.  You all are happy ripping off your employers
> squandering bandwidth on company time by discussing who's old lady is an

Yo, Pete!  Take a break, man!

I'm the guy who recently (two, maybe three days ago) posted about my upcoming
trip from Seattle -> San Fran -> Boise -> Seattle.  To date, I've received
33 mail messages, running the gamut of "Call when you're in town, we'll do 
Skyline" to numerous offers of floorspace, a few offers of beer and BBQ, 
probably 15 differing opinions on getting from San Fran to Boise, and plenty
more for the other legs of the trip, tavern recommendations, no flames about
my ride, and even an offer to borrow my fiancee for a day (watch it, Bill :-) ).

I'm afraid I didn't see your original post, probably because I live in 
the northwest and don't know your area, or because I heavily filter out 
incoming messages with uninteresting titles.  I can't guess why nobody 
responded to you, but the attitude in the above post might be a clue.  
It's also possible that nobody has an interesting tale about the area, 
having only done freeway bashing, or none have travelled there at all.

Before I sign off, I need to squander a few more minutes of my employer's 
time.  Thanks to all who sent me mail.  I appreciate every msg. I've got 
enough suggestions that I suppose it's about time to print them all out 
and sit down with a map in the next couple days; no sense in planning 
anything.

I'll see the Bay Area folks on Tuesday night on the standard run, I'll 
see some of you earlier or later in the trip.  

Peter, I probably won't see you, since nobody gave you directions out 
here.

Ob:-)

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      Pat Loughery [Patlo@Microsoft.com] Seattle, WA
     '91 Nighthawk CB750 - DoD #393, AMA #639366, VME
        Proud Winner, 1992 GPNDG "Two Way-Up award"
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sproulx@bmtlh181.BNR.CA (Stephane Proulx)
Subject: Re: Concours mirror problem?
Reply-To: sproulx@bmtlh181.BNR.CA (Stephane Proulx)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 18:21:54 GMT

In article <BtM9sI.M6F@Caere.COM>, mojo@Caere.COM (Morris Jones) writes:
|>My 1987 Concours has a chronic problem with the mirrors blowing back
|>and becoming useless.  In the past, I've managed to disassemble the
|>mirrors and tighten the lock nuts, but I don't want to again.
|>
|>Another Concours owner told a rumor of Kawasaki recalling the mirrors
|>from early Concourses.  My local shop couldn't find anything documented
|>in their tech bulletins.
|>
|>Does anyone else have some information about this?
|>
|>Mojo
|>-- 
|>Morris Jones
|>Caere Corp.
|>mojo@caere.com
               
You can use a stuff called LockTite. It's a spray that you 
use on your mirror shaft before screwing it. It will lock
your mirror in place. Naturally, it will still be possible to
unlock it later with a key.

Stephane
From: johnny@ennex3.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Starter for '82 Vision... I have done it
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:10:57 GMT
Organization: Univ of Texas at San Antonio


In article <1992Aug25.192327.14211@athena.cs.uga.edu>  
weaver@castor.cs.uga.edu (Mike Weaver) writes:
> I need one. Mine burned up. While I am shopping for a place to rebuild 
> 
> Does anyone know how to rebuild a starter? If so, would you tell me how?
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 

	Well, I have an '82 Vision as well, and it just so happens that I  
went into the starter this summer when it failed. The only problem was  
that the brushes were severely worn out and were no longer contacting the  
rotor assembly. All that was needed was a new set of brushes (got them at  
a Yamaha dealer, too damned expensive as usual, $40 ), a clean up of the  
contact surface on the rotor ( used very, very light grit sandpaper ), and  
a regrease of all of the moving parts inside. The starter is a very simple  
unit inside, and if you are comfortable with turning wrenches you should  
be able to tear it apart and diagnose the problem. 

	When you say that it burned up, I am inferring that you think you  
fried the rotor windings. However, if it just does not work anymore (mine  
sounded very sick btw when it went, turned out to be minor), tear it apart  
and try to fix it. You will save a tremendous amount over buying a new or  
rebuilt unit. Though $40 was a lot of money for me, it was a lot cheaper  
than the $275 the dealer wanted for a new unit. 

	If you are not in a hurry, you should also try mail order for the  
needed parts, as it is less than half of my dealer's prices.

	Good luck dudeman at any rate! =8-)
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|  The new engine is assembled this weekend,  |   John Roberts         |
|  and the break-in tag-team is ready.......  |   U.T.S.A. Engineering |
|  whhhheeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!              |                        |   
|	johnny@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu            |                        |
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From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Back on two wheels!
Date: 4 Sep 92 02:07:13 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom) writes:
>New question: a few weeks ago, I remember a mini-review of the (cheap)
>leathers available through J.C. Whitney.  I also seem to remember that some
>of the other folks here planned to order some based on the review.  Have
>any of you got them yet?  Thoughts?  Should I consider getting them or
>should I gulp and shell out a lot more at Road Rider or to Aerostich?

I ordered a pair of the leathers a few days ago.  $94.  I'll post my comments
when they get here.  I still think I'd like an aero suit  (and too many more
hours of overtime and night sleeping under my desk and I'll get it).

-- 
The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn              | banshee@cats.UCSC.EDU       |
Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head?    |                             |
DoD#0667  "Just a friend of the beast."      | banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU      |
2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....| banshee@ucscb.BITNET        |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: hip@a.cs.okstate.edu (HUFFMAN BRADLEY SP)
Subject: Re: Carburetor rebuild kits
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:47:50 GMT

From article <135072@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, by turner@rastaman.llnl.gov (David Turner):
> On a related note, I also intended to replace the rubber "intake manifolds"
> connecting the carbs to the cylinder heads.  They are just short pieces of
> sturdy rubber hose.  They cost more than they should.  Doesn't everything?
> Some people say I probably won't need to do this, but I think after 10 years,
> it's probably a good idea to replace 'em.  Comments?
>
First put the carbs back on, start the engine, and spray the intake manifolds
with B-12 or someother carb cleaner.  If the engine doesn't rev up, save your
money for something else.
From: meb4593@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Michael Bain)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FZR 600 does wheelie - How to extend time?
Date: 31 Aug 92 02:38:34 GMT
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle

kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>
>I have a FJ1200 that won't wheelie.  I haven't really beat the shit

Huh?  A friend of mine can do *massive* wheelies on his FJ!  He's also
an excellent Dirter, so he knows how to balance on one wheel.  And
that's the trick.  The weight and wheelbase make it more difficult but
a skilled rider can keep it up in the air, once its there.


-- 
Michael "Chuck" Bain                       meb4593@icdfs.ca.boeing.com  
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From: batman@batcave.EBay.Sun.COM (Karl Elvis MacRae - Ministry of Silly Walks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: What the HELL was that Noise? =B^)
Date: 1 Sep 1992 17:10:34 GMT
Organization: Tattooed Love Boys
Distribution: world
Reply-To: batman@batcave.EBay.Sun.COM (Karl Elvis MacRae - Ministry of Silly Walks)
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcave.ebay.sun.com


	Ok, so this is the most confusing thing yet to happen to
	me on a bike.

	I bought this '90 FJ1200 about 2 months ago. I've been riding
	almost every day since. Fine, no problems.

	So today, just like EVERY day, I get on, back 'er out of the
	garage, and start 'er up.

	...And the FJ started to *beep*. 

	...I mean, like, **Deedle-Deedle-Deep**,**Deedle-Deedle-Deep**,
	**Deedle-Deedle-Deep**, Etc... 

	So there I am, sitting there staring down at my bike, thinking
	"What the Fuck?"... And it finally occurs to me that the
	previous owner must have installed an alarm and not bothered to tell
	me about it; an alarm that, for some unknown reason, has only
	just decided to go off. Huh?

	So there I am, crawling over my bike, trying to figure out
	WHERE this thing is, what it looks like, and how to make it
	stop. Meanwhile, it's emmiting this earsplitting squeek from
	a source I can't find.

	I still havn't figure out where the damned thing is, how to
	stop it, or what made it suddenly start to go off... 

		Yay. Just what I needed today. A bike that's doing
	an imitation of a howler monkey.


		-Karl

	
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From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: test post
Date: 4 Sep 92 08:09:32 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Sep2.152727.419@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>
>of course, my favorite question to ask libertarians is, "so, you wouldn't
>mind if i moved in next door and built a thermonuclear [hi boys from NSA!]
>device in the backyard?"


Ah, yes!  NNS!  Our motto: "We know, people are just no damn good!"

Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority

Not an import, not an over the counter toy, or an ureliable terrorist
immitation.  The NNS system is made here in America, by Americans for
Americans. 

ObMoto: Sounds like some particularly snooty brand of biker: Made in USA.


-- 
|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings|
|A little sixty-nine would be just fine,                             -   O    |
|So let's cut all this talk, just climb on my Hawk!                    |      |
|captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu  (Brian Murfin)  DoD# 0690  nt650gt     \_^___/   |
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: counter steering
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:31:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <Bu2Fst.Fr2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash) writes:
>In article <1992Sep04.160833.17701@gecko.uucp> ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell) writes:
>>========================================================
> [excellent list of tests deleted]	YES
>>'90 Peterbuilt  (18 wheeler)            NO
>>'92 Marmon      (18 wheeler)            NO
>>--------------------------------------------------------
>>    Preliminary data indicates that the number of road
>>wheels may have some effect on countersteering but, weight
>>could be the controlling factor. This cannot be determined
>>untill we find some 80,000 pound motorcycles to compare to
>>the trucks.
>
>That will be the 1994 Honda LeadWing(tm).

  Or perhaps the 1995 Honda DepletedUraniumWing(tm).

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From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:11:03 GMT
	<1992Aug31.164412.24579@i88.isc.com>
	<1992Aug31.193402.7230@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: mf@dancer.uucp's message of 31 Aug 92 19:34:02 GMT

>>>>> On 31 Aug 92 19:34:02 GMT, mf@dancer.uucp (24241-fusco) said:
24241-fusco> 	I thought the trouble with turning right (vs. left)
24241-fusco> had to do with the side of the road we drive on

Most of my observations of people having more trouble turning right
are on ranges where there is no "side".  Throttle control is the
primary culprit - due to the difference in your wrist position in a
left vs. a right lean.  The tendency to put extra weight on the inside
footpeg might also be intimidating to riders if the rear brake pedal
is too high.

--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>      "Have you hugged the curves today?"
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.              MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
From: mjk@icf.hrb.com (Michael J. Kelley)
Date: 29 Aug 92 06:00:51 EST
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Aug28.121402.23114@worldbank.org>, aki <aki@atlas.worldbank.org> writes:
> 
> 
> On a local shock radio show here (DC101), a woman just called up and 
> said she's really pissed because her husband just took the money he
> was supposed to use for a vasectomy and bought a motorcycle!
> Now THERE'S a guy who should get an honorary DoD#!
> Maybe the bike is a better ride than his SO!!!!!!!
> 
> 
-- 
Let's hope now he doesn't lay the bike down. Laying a bike tends to leave
bigger brush burns than laying your spouse. Ride her long and hard!!!!


                                                              Mike Kelley
                                                              HRB Systems
                                                              St. College, Pa.

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ed@grackle.UWaterloo.ca (Ed Walker)
Subject: Re: Riding Two on a CBR600F2
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:22:43 GMT

In article <msbogd-270892145137@enterprise.lerc.nasa.gov>  
msbogd@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Michael S. Bogdanski) writes:
> Recently, I've carried a passenger on my '92 CBR600F2.  It seemed like a
> great idea until my crotch was smashed up against the gas tank while
> slowing and my privates were smashed, causing quite a bit of discomfort. 
> Also, I found that there was a tremendous extra load put on my arms while
> slowing down due to the increased weight from behind.  I weigh about 175lb
> and my passenger about 110lb.  Has anyone figured out a method for
> minimizing/eliminating these uncomfortable and painful encounters while
> carrying a passenger?
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I do one of two things:
If it my girlfriend (who likes to wrap her arms around me and hold tight), she 
reaches forward and pushes on the gas tank when we are slowing so that she 
dosen't push excessivly on me.  I mentioned it only once to her and she has
done it ever since (much to my :)'ness).
Other people who ride with me usually hold onto me with one hand (or both) and  
then when slowing down they reach back (with ONE hand) and grab the 'sissy'  
bar.  This helps them from going forward. (Although I often have the rear
bar retracted in which case they have to use above method).

Ed
DoD#1234567890 KotDIGITS
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: best thread of the year nomination
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:00:24 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis) writes:

>However (and PLEASE let me nit-pick :-), "irregardless" *is* a word,
>my dictionary says so (since you got me riled up enough to actually look it
>up :-), so THERE!!!

Of course the definition is "a substandard or humorous redundancy for 
REGARDLESS".  Yeah, that's the ticket, I was just being humorously
redundant - what, you got no sence of humor?
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
From: jamesf@public.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: New commer's question ......
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:34:35 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

In article <2A96AB59.28972@ics.uci.edu> chuen@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Christopher Huen) writes:
>
>Just out of curiosity, if a Susuki GSXR 1100 is a Prosche 911 turbo, what is
>a Katana 750 ? Is it a Porsche 911 Carerra 2, or a 300 ZX, 240 SX, CRX ? What
>is it ? And how about a Katana 600 ?

Hahaha, I can spot flame/ridicule bait a mile away. I'm not even going
to bother.

>If I have about $4,000 to spent, what sport bike would you choose if the
>followings are being concerned (1=highest priority......)
>	1. Looking Good (I don't like the paint on older Katana)
>	2. Reputation
>	3. Resale Value
>	4. Power and Handling

JUst in case you're serious, if power and handling are so far down on 
your list, why not buy a picture?

jim

-- 
*   Jim Franklin * jamesf@btr.com OR {decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!jamesf      *
* Yamama 650 Maxim           | "I'd like a large Ducati, with extra 'g's."  * 
* Triumph 650 (slalom champ) | "Would you like that delivered?"             * 
* DoD #469          KotP(un) | "No, I'll come pick it up."                  * 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Subject: Re: carrying moolah on long trips
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 19:12:59 GMT
Organization: Connemara - Computing for People
Distribution: usa
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.0.1 12/13/89)
Status: OR

In article <6025@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>   As our friend Carl Mauldin would say, "American Express travelers checks,
>don't leave home without them . . ."  Although, I have found that a supply
>of regular old US dollars is handy sometimes.  Get a money belt and carry
>some emergency money there.  Put the traveler's checks in your wallet and
>keep a record of the numbers in you luggage.

All good advice, Bill - but some might recall Amex' anti-biker ad
campaign a few years ago & their unrepentant attitude at the time.

Calling a few banks or travel agents will help you find local suppliers of 
Visa, Barclays, Cooke's or other traveller's checks that are not anti-biker.

Also note that since there are often per-check charges upon issue, and
both conversion-rate profits AND per-transaction charges upon currency
conversion, you should try to purchase checks in larger denominations,
and convert to local currency infrequently (and at good rates, of course.)

--
Denis  McKeon                            Good.   Fast.   Cheap.
galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu                       Pick two.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mdc2@pyuxe.uucp (25493-corrado)
Subject: Re: New Toy!!!
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 14:42:32 GMT

In article <LOTTO.92Sep1073544@laura.harvard.edu>, lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
> >>>>> On 31 Aug 92 13:47:20 GMT, mdc2@pyuxe.uucp (25493-corrado) said:
> Mitch> I shoulda' stayed with my '81 GpZ550.  My 500 likes to move out, but is
> Mitch> not to keen on stopping; I do wish it had a stronger rear-brake.
> 
> At the risk of rekindling some (thankfully) cold ashes...
> 
> Why?

First off, I love the EX500.  But the GpZ holds a special place in my heart;
the machine is an absolute joy to ride.  Although the '81 GpZ is not the most
impressive looking bike (sort of a standard hoping to imitate a sport bike by
the addition of a tiny, near useless fairing and windscreen), the GpZ makes
you forget the image part of riding and just take pleasure in the ride.  It
is so smooth, the bike seems to flow around the road.  Smooth is definitely
the operative word; in acceleration, shifting, and braking.  The riding 
position is comfortable, and the weight (470+ I think) makes it stable both
at highway and slow (~5 mph) speeds.  I'm gonna' hate selling it this month.

               '\                          Mitch Corrado
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From: dsm40@mcode.amdahl.com (Diana St.Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: California Riding Test
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:14:07 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation - Macrocode Development


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.

Thanks.

Diana