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From: steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Subject: Re: Help me with my seat, please!
Reply-To: steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:35:32 GMT

In article <Jul.20.12.26.56.1992.21741@remus.rutgers.edu> 
kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>	My FJ1200 was parked behind my girlfreind's condo Saturday
>night.  That morning, there was an ugly slash from the front left side
>of the seat to the back.  (My girlfriend is lucky enough to live near
>a really skeezy section on New Brunswick with drunks aplenty walking
>around with sharp things).  How much can I expect to pay to put a new
>cover on the seat?   Can I do it myself?  How?  Help!

Yamaha charges approximately $20.00 for a new seatcover for my '79 XS1100SF.
You can install a new cover fairly easily, if you study how it's been
fastened to the seat.  If it's "bolted" to the pan, be careful to use
a "creep-in" lubricant before trying to unfasten rusty bolts, or they might
snap.  Also check the condition of the foam and be sure that any laceration
of the foam is clean...that is, unless you like a seat with a divot/dimple.

Steve Garnier - DoD #00000005 - '79 XS1100SF w/ 157K+ miles and *climbing*
KotF (Flame),  KotAM (Anecdotal Motorcycle),  The Daemon's Byte
steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu       "Ineluctably Prolix" - John Norman Sims, Jr.
Come an' get it!  Served up nice an' *hot*!!  Get yer FREEEEE *logorhea*!!!
From: ltp@uswest.com (Halfman-Halfmachine)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:26:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U S WEST Advanced Technologies

In article <1992Jul22.211400.28153@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>
>I routinely come to full stops at stop signs, and start
>up again, without my feet ever leaving the pegs at all, and with no loss
>of directional control.  Folks, it's not hard.  Hell, it's even fun!

Well, call me lazy because I never verified this for fact, but a friend
and I were out cruising our new (at the time) XT's and he got pulled over
for failing to stop at a stop sign. We were doing the same thing, but the
occifer said we were required to put a foot on the pavement. I've been
making that token effort most of the time ever since. However, it is fun
and it improves your balance. And there's always redlights once you master
stop signs.

-- 
Larry T. Paine	ltp@advtech.uswest.com	 U S WEST Advanced Technologies
   DoD#789   	   AppleLink: AM053	    4001 Discovery Dr.  #180
		   Voice: 303-541-6148	    Boulder, CO. 80303		
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Re: Rider Groups in Northeastern NJ, Eastern PA, USA
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:25:38 GMT

>In article <vqkmp_=.edg@netcom.com>, edg@netcom.com (Ed Greenberg) writes:
>|> This winter, my sister Sarah moved to western (rural) New Jersey.
>|> Sarah has not found much in the way of motorcycle groups, clubs or 
>|> even shops.  Finding someone to work on "Becky" was not easy.  If 
>|> there's a network out there, she hasn't found it. 

FHI (for her information), the Annual Blue Star 100-miler Run takes
place Sunday, August 9.  It starts at the YamaHondaEtc. dealer on the
main drag in Bound Brook, ending up (so I hear) somewhere in Warren
Twp.

We (me/SO) haven't ridden this one since the year Malcolm & Liz came
along and he brought his HD-Balloon down to Jane's (is that place still
in business??).

This would be a good place to meet Many Bikers from Many Different
Clubs; there will also be flyers for other upcoming events here.

Another idea:  Many dealers distributce the AMA ride schedules free.
This is a SMALL booklet which shows an AMA-sanctioned event for almost
every weekend.  IF she could find both District VI and XI, she'd have
her pick of NJ or PA.

Eduardo (DoD#0521)
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:29:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: How to reduce the vibration ?y
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

> > 
> >  Someone manufactures a "bar snake" which emulates
> >  the same thing without the molten state being
> >  required.  See the back pages of <your choice>
> >  motorcycle mag.
> >  Cheers,
> >  Victor "Aerostich side up, Metzler side down" Johnson
> 
> 
> are you serious, victor?
> 
> 
> -peter
> 

Sure. It isn't much lead though. It's a tubular, solid piece of rubber.

I put one in my BMW. Helped a little. (I think)

Ron
Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:24:22 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sticker campaign
	<1992Jul23.155342.5757@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Distribution: usa

I vote yes for the sticker campaign and the *official* DoD placement in
the center of the drivers windshield.

-peter

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Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Tuesday, 28 Jul 1992 16:08:12 CET
From: <ATONI@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject:    -- TEST --

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From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cops show- Motorcycle wreck
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:03:41 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

: 
: +>Never trust a cage, never trust a stopsign, never trust a stoplight.
                                      ^^^^^^^^                ^^^^^^^^^
I don't know, the stopsigns and stoplights I've seen are usually 
pretty trustworthy.  They just sort of sit there and don't move.
Although, stoplights will *change* on you at the most inconvenient
times.
  
Bill Ranck
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Subject: Re: Minimalist biking (was: Re: Dead Sidestand switch
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 11:08:23 GMT
Organization: Connemara - Computing for People
Summary: oil pressure.
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.0.1 12/13/89)
Status: OR

There's a book called "Biplane" that describes a trip from NC to LA in a
1924 or so biplane (a Douglas-Parks, or Parker-something).  The pilot
has attitude and engine controls, and exactly one gauge: oil pressure.

My bike has charge, neutral, speedo, & odo.  It would be nice to have
an oil pressure & an ammeter. (biplane had a magneto, no lights or battery).

The pilot/author (Richard Bach, but don't let that stop ya') describes
interpreting the changes in oil pressure in light of engine settings and
aircraft attitude to estimate engine state.  

It may sound like zen, or perhaps more like those tourist trap "weather
chains", ("chain is gone" => "tornado") but think about the relationships 
between variables (in a slowly changing system) and oil pressure (OP):

    pressure        condition

    zero            upon starting

    builds slowly   oil warming

    steadies        engine warm & under steady load.
		    note that level as reference.

    varys slightly  while climbing/descending

    drops slowly    revs or torque too high means overheating,
		    so decrease power or angle of attack

    doesn't recover cause was not heat, but low oil.
		    stop engine and land (in either order), add oil.

    drops to zero   stop engine immediately, look for place to land.  
		    After reaching ground, if you can walk & plane can fly, 
		    drain oil, check engine *carefully*, add fresh oil.
		    See if engine will start.  Repair as needed to run.

Disclaimers & such:

    Airplanes don't have gears, stop-lights, to pass cages, etc.
    The "single-gauge" approach may work fine in a slowly changing
    operating environment, and I feel it makes a nice example or
    thinking-experiment, but I'm not advocating it for modern motorcycles.

    Details: I last read "Biplane" in 1976, and my brain cells have varied.
    Dammed if I recall the "which did what and to whom" of the flight controls.
    Not very relevant to motorcycling anyway.  But that single gauge grabbed me.

    Flying discussions should change follow-up to rec.aviation.
    (No Mode C, no ELT, landing clearance with green light gun - neat trip.)
--
Denis  McKeon                            Good.   Fast.   Cheap.
galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu                       Pick two.
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From: jeff@MicroUnity.com (Jeff 'Giga-hurts' Kaskey)
Subject: Re: shriveled peter
Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:32:13 GMT

In article <4eP8UQC00WBO03yt09@andrew.cmu.edu>, peter whines:
|> [...In response to my flame:]
[...I'll edit the cycle-related stuff for brevity...]

|> >Grab the reigns, peter. If your namesake feels a bit shriveled on that
|> >Suzuki LSwhatever, don't blame it on the bike, examine the rider.  If
|> >the low price of an 883 means that there is one less obstacle to your
|> >ownership of a Harley, go ahead, follow your heart.  Even that squirming
|> >ego hiding behind an 8-line .sig may find that it belongs to a person
|> >capable of appreciating a machine for what it is and can do, instead
|> >of what you think it says about you.  Sigh.  Maybe not.
|> > 
|> >I suggest you crawl home and ask your mommy to sew up that big hole
|> >in your clue bag, then try this whole concept again.
|>  
|> >-tfk
|> 
|> touchy, touchy!!! in my experience, people who overreact like you do
|> [...yadda yadda...]

Gosh, nobody else thought I overreacted, quite the contrary :-)

|> [...]you're simply not my type, jeff.  

Imagine my relief.

|> [Y]ou're sex life would
|> improve immeasurably, i bet, if you taught your SO to enrage you on
|> occasion).

As usual, you'd bet wrong.

|> -peter

Hello? Is there some kind DoD soul out there who could rent half the 
intelligence that Grid gave a head of lettuce to this effete
panty-waist? (And I mean that in the nicest way).  As at least a 
self-proclaimed DoDer committed to "Flame to Live, Live to Flame,"
he is destined to an impotent, insignificant life if this is the best 
flame response he can muster.  At least don't tell his mother - her 
life in that cell is hard enough without knowing that what was once
a misguided squirt in the dark is now just a misguided squirt in
the dark.

tfk    

gee, the day started out pretty normal...  :-)
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From: wsh8z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (William Scott Heyman)
Subject: Re: My views of the RCR
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 15:55:25 GMT

andersen@me.udel.edu  writes:
> I also got stung by a bee on Sunday up at the waterfall
> after everyone left...  :-(
> 
> Steve

Has anyone ever been stung by a bee or other stinging bug while riding?
I've been stung twice while riding and bot at >55mph. I didn't think
bees were smart enough to aim at an object going that fast.

Will Heyman		UVA Applied Math	wsh8z@virginia.edu
DoD# 638		CB450T Hawk '82		$5 Ultimate
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From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
Subject: Re: Braking Secrets of the Pros Revealed
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 00:24:02 GMT
Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA

In article <1992Jul30.211102.8601@morrow.stanford.edu> acuff@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Richard Acuff) writes:
>In article <1992Jul30.150756.2074@javelin.sim.es.com>, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>> Of course
>> the only difference between a newbie and a seasoned pro is practice, and
>> that doesn't cost a dime.
>
>I don't think this is necessarily true.  I think my braking performance
>improved greatly after my MSF ERC, and even more after California Superbike
>School. 

  I agree that practice makes for better braking performance, but 
only when the practice occurs at the edge of adhesion and in the presence
of distracting factors.  It would be ideal to be able to brake at
the limit of the bike's ability without needing the slightest bit of
attention to do it.
From: TJM@MATH.AMS.COM (TJ Maloney)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tshirt.gif
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:48:29 GMT

>>Yamaha makes not only pianos but mediocre musical instruments of all shapes
>>and sizes. Guitars, brass, woodwinds............

I now play a Yamaha BB300 electric bass. I used to play a Fender
Precision before foolishly selling it many years ago. Compared to
the Fender, the Yamaha is cheaper, lighter, flashier (red
metallic finish!), and has a treblier tone (for a bass). Maybe I
should get llama-gut strings for it.

The Fender had better bottom plus a certain something that makes me want
my old one back. Plus, the Hell's Angels at the bar I play at just
might go after the Yamaha the next time they shoot up a Japanese bike
:-}

I guess one of each would be best. Once again, life imitates motorcycles.

Tom Maloney/tjm@math.ams.com/American Math Society Providence, RI/401.455.4020
From: wellison@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: New TV show with motorcycles
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:12:27 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>It looks like we might be getting some good press this fall, ABC has a
>new show called "Crossroads" scheduled. It stars Robert Urich (Spenser,
>Vega$, etc.) and Dalton James (never heard of him) as "estranged father
>& son who head across the country on motorcycles to renew their
>relationship, encountering various people and adventures along the way."

It's gotta be better than CHiPS. After watching Eric Estrada riding around, it
sort made me want to hang up my gloves and go straight cage ! (Ugh, what poor
dialog 'Hark, I think I see a motorist in trouble....I will save thee' Think
I'm gonna barf ! ;-)

-=-=- Wes =-=-=
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Please wear a helmet
Date: 27 Jul 1992 15:56:47 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 25JUL199218190306@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov, wbetts@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov (Betts, Wayne J.) writes:
>
>BTW, I hope you are right about the unassailable logic part.
>I am just surprised/disappointed at how rarely this seems to  
>be a factor in people's decisions.
>That last sentence also has two meanings.
>1.  Gee, people assail unassailable logic quite frequently.

There is no such thing an unassailable statement in rec.motorcycles.

There is no such thing as unassailable logic anywhere else.  If the
logic is sound, it will withstand assailment.  If not, it won't.
Unchallangeable logic is an oxymoron, a statement cannot be logically
defended unless it is called upon to be defended (it's not logic until
it's challanged).

>2.  Or, back to the original topic, many people fail to consider others
>    when making decisions.

I agree with your original position.  I don't think it is grounds for
*legislating* mandatory helmet use, but I'm audacious, and coffee keeps
dribbling out this hole in my lip...

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: x1sdup@emav118.rtp.dg.com (Stephen Dupre)
Subject: 82 Yam 650 Maxim Problem
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 14:41:11 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC


I have an 82 Yamaha Maxim 650.  The carbs have been cleaned several
times.  The bike starts right up but needs to stay on choke for
quite a long time (it has a flat spot if you try to drive off in
2 minutes or so with the choke off).  Is this cold blooded 
tendancy normal for this bike and other Yamahas?
From: erika@znext.uucp (erik astrup)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FJ1200; did they make filter changes difficult ON PURPOSE?
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:36:54 GMT
Organization: pnet
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

: 	I started working last night on this, thinking I had plenty of
: 	time to do my oil change and then cook dinner in time to catch
: 	Beverly Hills 90120. But no.

		90210? You're kidding right??

: 	but NO...), I managed to spill oil ALL over the place when I
: 	took the thing-that-hold-the-oil-filter off. It was almost
      		 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
		This is apparently some technical term I am not familiar
        with. Sorry...can't help you there. 

: 	SO this morning, I rolled the bike out, started it it up, and
: 	OIL SQUIRTED ALL OVER THE PLACE from the oil-filter-thingy, at
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	You did say, "oil-filter-thingy" didn't you? Oookay. 	

: 	to halt the flow of oil, I stopped the engine and got down and
: 	started looking for loose connections.

      	You may want to check for a short between the seat and the
        handlebars. It could also be attributed to operator headspace. 

: 	Everything *looked* fine, and the bolts were plenty tight. 

	Use at LEAST 200 foot pounds of torque on ALL bolts. Can't have
	them to tight.....


: 		Thanks-
		^^^^^^ No problem....

	Might I suggest reading the owners manual???
                    
            |---------------------------------------------------|
            |                Erik Astrup  AFM #422              |
	    |							|
	    |        "This one goes to eleven." Nigel Tufnel    |
	    |							|
            |  1993 CBR 900RR			  1990 CBR 600  |
	    |  1988  NX 650 			  1980 GL 1100  |
	    |---------------------------------------------------|
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Your Favorite Gear
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:10:02 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Fifth, without a shadow of a doubt!  I keep my K in fifth almost all of the 
time, it's GRRRrreeeaaaat!  10mph to 145mph, I can almost pull away init, and 
it stops you scuffing your shoes on the gear pedal and wearing out your clutch
cable.  All in all, a good all-rounder is fifth, it certainly gets my vote.  If
God appeared before me tomorrow (or sometime later on tonight, preferably after
I've had my tea, and demanded the relinquishment of four out of five gears, I'd
be happy just to keep number five, the Big-One.  I remember one day, I drove 
from Oxford to Swindon on my XS11 and I stayed in fifth ALL the WAY!  Traffic 
lights were a tad tricky but, by George, I beat them all! Number Five Is Alive!


Just my tuppence worth.

Nick            DoD 1069                  (Where's my .sig, tin!!!!)

42 ?

"Just...
From: mage@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (Jack Guntly)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: San Diego Denizen Departing for Ride & Feed.
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:55:50 GMT


Huh?  What do you mean that was a month ago?  Damn work and procrastination.

Anyway, I finally got a few days off and decided I'm going to take the bike
up to Colorado.  I haven't heard back from my friend who lives in Littleton
so I have to assume he's not there at this time.  As a result, I could use
information on cheap places to stay.

My plan, at this point, (I never was one for planning things) is to leave
San Diego early Thursday (6 August) morning and arrive in Colorado sometime
on Friday.  The one definite thing I want to do in Colorado is make the
legendary assault on Pike's Peak.  I will then be leaving Colorado Sunday
afternoon or Monday morning.

I'd like to meet as many of you as I can while I'm there and would appreciate
any advice/recommendations y'all could provide.  Our newsfeed has been down
for a few days so I would probably find EMail responses a lot faster.

As you can tell from my schedule(?) I'll be free for favorite rides, beer
drinking and just about anything else (Hey, I just decided to do this a few
days ago.  That's the best I could do on short notice. :^)  Any backyards
where I could spread a sleeping bag would also be appreciated.

Ride on whims,

Jack

|Jack Guntly           | "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully|
|mage@teetot.acusd.edu |  exercised over a member of a civilized society,   |
|DoD#0361  AMA#648758  |  against his will, is to prevent harm to others"   |
|NRA#CFS6386R          |          - J. S. Mill, 'On Liberty'                |
From: kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: "Common" Yamaha Oil Leak
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:56:40 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.



	I had no idea that lots of Yamahas had this leak.  I guess I
should have figured it out - both my radians plus my FJ1200 had them.
I totaled one Radian before fixing it.  I put another valve cover
gasket in the other and it leaked pretty soon after.
	On the FJ I cleaned the old gasket and put it on with the
Yamabond gunk they sell at dealers.  No problems (yet?).

Kevin
DoD#3278
From: mmadrid@us.oracle.com ("MMadrid.US")
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Kushitani still in biz?
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:18:44 GMT


I tried to call Kushitani USA in Redondo Beach, CA last week and found both
their voice and fax lines to be disconnected with no forwarding numbers.

I checked with directory assistance and they still have the listing online.

Has anyone out there heard anything?

Thanks in advance, etc.

Mark



                          
> > 			_(@)_			Mark Madrid
> > 		       / %__ \			Oracle Corporation
> > 		      // /  \\\			400 Oracle Parkway 4th Fl.
> > 		      \=(_OO_)=>		Redwood Shores, CA 94065
> >  AMA #649451        \|##|/'			
> >  DoD #619  		<|##|         > >	voice= (415) 506-3948
__________________________##_________ > > 	email= MMadrid@Oracle.COM
1986 Suzuki GSXR 750 
                      "Nothing exceeds like excess"
   

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From: artc@bacchus.epps.kodak.com (Art Campbell)
Subject: Re: Shoei Safety Helmet Corp.
Reply-To: artc@bacchus.atex.kodak.com
Organization: Atex Publishing Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:01:06 GMT

In article <4910@gdls.UUCP>, parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul9.235203.17263@serval.net.wsu.edu>, bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns) writes:
|> >                                                                              
|> > I called Shoei [ (213) 477-6051] and asked how much it would cost to          
|> > check over my helmet.  They said "No Charge, just send it in."   Ok, I          
|> I thought Shoei went bankrupt!
|> 
|> 
Shoei in Japan file for protection from creditors, a "mild" form of bankruptcy.

Shoei in the U.S. is a separate coporation. What's happening in Japan doesn't
have any impact here unless Shoei in Japan acctually stops production or something
similar.

- - 
Art Campbell          artc@atex.kodak.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                      All the usual disclaimers apply.
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