HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rich@gtsi.com (Richard Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Photo Radar
Organization: Government Technology Services, Inc.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 03:03:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.040805.28827@riacs.edu> dschlot@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Dave Schlotthauer) writes:
>You know the photo radars, the ones you pass but dont notice until 

[story of it missing him twice deleted]

>speed this time) and Viola! Nothing. Are we immune to this device?

Not immune, but you have a very low profile to a radar beam. You could certainly
be binged from the side (lot of good that would do) and if it's accurate enough
it could get you from the front.

For years, Corvettes had a great secret: they were immune to the older radar
systems used at the time ( well, practically). The fiberglass body was part of
it, but do to a design consideration (har, har) the radiator was tilted back
slightly, sending forward hitting radar beams to Mars.

Alas, Corvette changed the design and modern radar is much more exacting.
>


-- 
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From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Silly Indian Question
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:38:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <16a15sINNneu@cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
>Not that I can afford to buy one, I'm just curious:
>How suitable is an old Indian for daily use these days?
>Are parts readily available?
>
   Almost everything for a Chief can be had by mail order, but it's
harder for a 45" or 30.50" Scout.
 
Their suitability for daily use depends on how tolerant you are.  For
instance, the cold starting drill for a Chief (by the owners manual)
goes like this:
1.  Ignition off, full choke, throttle wide open, kick three times
2.  Ignition off, choke up one position, throttle closed, kick twice
    (I've found that it helps at this point to lean the bike to the
     right to pour a little raw gas farther down into the manifold.)
3.  Ignition on, choke at center position, timing full retard, kick
    until it starts.  If the prime is burned out without starting, it
    will be necessary to repeat steps one and two.
4.  When it starts, immediately click the choke to the fourth position,
    and leave it there for about the first mile of riding, at which
    point you can turn the choke off.

Note that kicking this bike is like kicking two 600cc four-stroke
singles at the same time with no compression release.

You can't get collision insurance for it.

The top end overhaul interval is 5000-15000 miles according to the
service manual.

The oil change interval is 500-1000 miles.  There is no filter.

Wheel bearings should be greased every 1000 miles.

The brakes don't work very well.

The three-speed gearbox is a sliding gear type and has syncros only on
third.  Cluster gears are expensive and get ground down pretty quickly.

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From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: MC trailer to rent/borrow in New England?
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:47:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Ma.


Does anyone in the New England area have a trailer they would be willing
to lend/rent to me for a couple of days this weekend.  I need to get myself
and my bike back out to Cleveland for my last semester of school, and I
haven't figured out a convenient way to bungie cord my computer to
the luggage rack. :-).  If anyone has such a beast, or knows where
I can get my hands on one, I'd be more than happy to buy you a pint at
the next local gathering. 

Thanks,
Dean
-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get   | '81 CB750C            |
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111                | '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Re: Shaft vs. Chain.... NOT!!!
Date: 13 Aug 92 02:02:42 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

> loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson) writes:
> 
> >Numbers, please; even if you have to make them up.

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com wittily responds:
> 42
> .357
> 36-24-36
> $1,000,000

A physics prof I had in college gave us this bit of wisdom.

"No matter what the question is, the answer is always 7.  It's the *units* 
that are a bitch to figure out."

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            Pat Loughery [Patlo@Microsoft.com] Seattle, WA
          '91 Nighthawk CB750 - DoD #393, AMA #639366, VME
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  "Then Bush responded to questions about whether he would drop 
   out of the race by holding up a half-eaten ear of corn to the
   questioners, a gesture he did not explain." - Boston Globe, 8/3
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From: laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: AMA Progressive Insurance Rip-Off
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:01:40 PDT
Organization: DFWM, Inc

In article <13335@pogo.wv.tek.com>, kevinm@pogo.wv.tek.com (Kevin Mills) writes:

> Now my poor roommate is the opposite case.  He really got shafted
> when he bought his GSX600F Katana.  He was originally going to get
> an F2 too, but he was quoted something like $3000/yr.  So he 
> began quoting lesser expensive bikes.  The insurance company quoted
> him $900/yr for the Katana so he bought it.  Three weeks later he
> gets a letter from the insurance agent saying the quote was in
> error and the actual rate was again about $3000.  He cancelled and
> they refunded his money.  he went else where but couldn't get for
> less than $2500 so he's stuck with totally out of control insurance
> rates.  But then he's in that demographic group (20 years old).

the fact that he cannot get cheaper insurance at his age for a sport
bike is not an arbitrary irrationality.  suggest a nice ujm until
he gets a little older.
 
-- laurie
____________________________________________________________________
"Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski

laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us                                   DoD #0023
From: rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (rja@sun.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:34:28 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcomfs

In article <1992Aug14.153146.16745@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
>
>	Last night while happily riding down the road, this cager comes up
>	behind me.  Not just behind me, but practically up my arse.  Me not
>	liking this, I decide to turn my head and give him an eeeeeevil stare at
>	the red light.  I said NOTHING, just looked, and then looked at the
>	10 nanometres spacing between our machines, and looked back at him.
>	This ASSHOLE gives me the finger, and says fuck off!!!  
>	I replied: 'Just keep back!' His girlfriend
>	was beside him, and my theory is that he has a psychological
>	problem with the size of his penis.  He thinks such displays ASSHOLE-
>	NESS will increase the size of said organ, and win him favour with his 
>	girlfriend.  

    My thoughts on cars & bikes runs along this line: if you're on a
    bike, and your soft, squishable body is endangered by some asshole
    in a car, don't aggravate the situation, possibly inducing your
    own death, by giving him shit.  Don't get mad.  Get even.  Carry
    a pouch of caltrops, or some ball bearings, or a spray can of
    paint stripper.  Apply it, then leave quickly.
>
>	I felt like starting to put the sidestand down at the light, and make
>	like I was going to approach the cage.  But, better judgement
>	prevailed (arghh), and when the light went green, I left him 
>	far-away-ville.  I suppose if I was in the states, I could've just
>	shot him?  
>
>	What would YOU do ?

    Hit him with a beer bottle eh?  Or slap him up along side the
    head with a slab of back-bacon.  Then tell the hoser to take off
    eh, or you'll kick the moose-crap out of him.

    Geez, "if I was in the states I could've just shot him."....
--
    Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I said it, not my company.
From: dgs@53iss6.Waterloo.NCR.COM (David G. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Driving not riding
Summary: Organ donor card
Keywords: sign
Date: 18 Aug 92 02:02:23 GMT
Reply-To: dgs@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM (David G. Schwartz)
Organization: Imaging Systems Division, NCR Corp, Waterloo, Ont., CANADA

In article <Aug.11.00.10.33.1992.29514@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>
>
>	Please respond, in e-mail, to me for my brother.  His friend
>has never ridden a streetbike, and he intends to buy the new GSXR750
>(shown in the new Cycle World) as soon as he can.  When confronted
>with his buffoon-like decision, ......
.........
>
>BTW, do not send a letter siding with his decision if the only reason
>is you or someone you know needs a kidney or liver or something.

My first response to your post was that you should just make sure
that he signs his organ donor card first and then I saw that last
paragraph. But I figure, what the hell... I'm a denizen and entitled
to run off at the keyboard. Oh yeah, have him make out a will too -
don't want that penismobile falling into the wrong hands.

Heck, if'n he doesn't get run over by a truck, or go off a cliff
maybe the plastic from one side or the other may still be salvageable.

...............Dave

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Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:28430 rec.motorcycles.dirt:1374
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: HOLY SH*T MY WIFE DIDN'T SAY THAT... DID SHE?
Date: 23 Aug 92 03:03:46 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

keith@ctms.gwinnett.com (Keith Warren) writes:
>It was a typical gloomy rainy summer evening in Northern Georgia, the kind 
>that even the crickets didn't come out to play. I come in late from a long day
>of reading r.m & r.m.d^H^H^H^H work, tired but curious as to why the Wife had
>this big grin on her face. What's the deal I say....Whatever do you mean says
>she (batting those eyelashes.. giving me that oh shit what does she want now
>feeling.. yea you know the one!) 

yea, I know that look. only in my case it usually means a black teddy, some
leather items, a pair of handcuffs or two, a new box of C batteries, and
a cramp that anybody would look forward to... :)

>delivery of a 1993 Kawasaki KLF220-A6 BAYOU ATV. If you have read this far
>***** ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF :::: 1992 Kawasaki KLF220-A6 4 Wheel ATV ******
                                        ^^
I thought it was a 93???

-- 
Joe Senner -- joe@zx11.Cactus.Org                                   Austin, TX
      "Nuclear weapons can wipe out life on earth, if used properly"
                                   -- Talking Heads
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad)
Subject: Re: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 23:36:00 GMT

Perhaps we should be pissed at big intrusive government.  Whether it
be democratic "liberals" (give us all your money) or republican
"conservatives" (give us your rights).
The fact is there is a huge organization that wants to do what's best
for you. Abortion? hey let us make the decision. Helmets? hey let us
make the decision.  Motorcycles?  hey, they are to dangerous and as
soon as we convince enough of you, they will be illegal right after we
get those guns out of your hands which will then allow us to take all
your money and spend it wisely in your best interest.

The worst thing will be not Big Brother, but MOM watching over you.
Get off your conservative/liberal view and get on a small government
is better point of view.

just my opinion no really honest........

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+Dick Winningstad                                                    +
+                    Italian Wines are Fine                          +
+          I'd rather be on a Moto Guzzi in eastern Oregon.          +
+          Fourth gear curves at 7000 RPM are the greatest!          +
+dickwin@sequent.com                                                 +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 05:17:12 GMT

>>
>>The way to find out this guy's address is to 
>>go down to the DMV and ask for it or write them
>>a letter.  I don't think you can just call.  I also
>>don't know if they can ask you why you need it.
>
>They can, and will, and you will need a supervisor's authority and a
>record is made of the fact that you got it, and why, and that
>information is available to the individual requested about, so that
>when...
>
>>Then drive you cage over to his house and burn
>>it down so that you don't make bikers look bad.
>
>He will have legal documentation that you obtained his address
>immediately after an "incident," if you give some bullshit to the DMV
>like "I picked up sunglasses that fell out of his car and want to
>return them," that will further contribute to the circumstantial
>evidence implicating you and exposing you to civil damages.
>
>
Good point.  As my mother never said, "Patience is a virtue."
You wait 2 or 3 months and then go burn his house down. During
the time you are waiting, every time a cager screws with you,
you can look forward to your revenge.  This will do a lot to
make you a happier and more productive member of our society.


Jack Waters II

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Make no Mistake, I am the Red Fishnet.         ~
~                                DoD#1919        ~
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From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW K75s Review
Summary: Luftmeister Turbo for Touring??
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:18:28 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <1992Aug13.134221.19172@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.043418.5423@isc-br.isc-br.com> steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) writes:
>>
>>(I have about 4000 miles on my bike.  The engine does continue to loosen
>>up and feel better and better.  All in all, I love the bike, though it
>>could use a little more oompf for two up touring.  Still, it is so 
>>much smoother than the K100 that I'm willing to put up with the lack
>>of power. - Steve) 
>>
>>
>You could always fit the Luftmeister Turbo on it.  That ought to make up
>the power that you'd like...
>-- 
>| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |

I doubt it.  I think this falls into the category of NSfCI (No Substitute
for Cubic Inches).  My experience with turbos (all automotive) suggests
it would add power in the WFO area, but not do much for the grunt called
for to push my SO and me around while touring.  Anybody with more
experience think otherwise?

--
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Popping Them
From: wallich@NCD.COM (Kenneth Wallich)
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:32:32 GMT

osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:

>[talking about wheelies]

>Any R100GS or PD owners out there ever manage to wheelie?
>(Not that I'd ever try such a thing, but I'm trying to
>find out if my lack of success is due to technique or
>physical impossibility.)

Well, I'm quite certain that it is physically possible ;-).  

My first experience was, shall we say, unique?  I was sitting at a
light during rush hour, after having split lanes to get to the front
of the pack.  So, here I am, brand-spanking new GS, having already
pissed off 50 or so cagers since I just slid inbetween them, and I'm
a-waitin' at the light with a buddy behind me.  Light changes, I punch
it, and the front wheel comes up a good 2+ feet.  I, not prepared for
this, slid back on my seat (good thing it wasn't a P-D seat :-)
wiggled the front wheel back and forth a little (purley to enhance the
difficulty factor, don't 'cha know), but still had the presence of
mind to let off the throttle a bit, got the front wheel back on the
ground (still moving between the first two cars, since I had to let
off the throttle), then I punched it a little less quickly, and
confidently (what, me sweat?) took the lead.

I'm told it looked pretty cool, and all the more "macho" to do this
inbetween *moving cars*, and if I hadn't slid back on my seat, the
stark raving fear wouldn't even have been noticeable.  I guess I
should have been wearing my new Hein Gericke leather'n'lycra
California riding pants.  Would have stuck like glue then.

I've actually *tried* to do it a few times since then, but the
experience just wasn't the same.  I never got the lift I got the first
time, but I'm sure some of that is just me being scared of falling on
my butt (and scratching up my $10,000.00 bike).

If you've got a P-D, I'd recommend not doing it on a full tank.  No
reason to make it harder than it needs to be.

-- 
Ken Wallich
wallich@ncd.com  
ken@wallich.com
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harlye Craze and Women
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:13:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug19.201321.27877
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <YuppieScum-190892085300@stafford.winona.msus.edu> YuppieScum@Dollars.more.more.COM (Yuppie Scum) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.203433.309@halfdome.sf.ca.us>,
>laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) wrote:
>> 
>> In article <1992Aug16.000600.1017@msus1.msus.edu>, stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:
>> > 
>> > Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
>> > 
>> > 	It is well known around the world that the typical
>> > 	American woman is a materialistic slut.  It only
>> > 	follows then that the Yuppie is another invention
>> > 	to please them.  Real Men build their own motorcycles
>> > 	and they don't include a passenger seat.
>> 
>> what you obviously don't know about women and yuppies does not
>> indicate to me that you necessarily know horsespit about anything
>> else important, including building a motorcycle.
>>  
>> -- laurie
>> ____________________________________________________________________
>> "Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
>> ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski
>
>
>Ah!  A double negative, laurie.  Match point!
>
>I have been building motorcycles for over two decades.  A gif
>of my latest (a gravel scratcher) is in the DoD gif archive,
>or should be by now.  And I know something about the 'typical'
>American woman.  Having lived in Europe, I feel I have experience
>enough to make such comparisons. 

Oooh!  He's lived in Europe!

So based on your perception of the American women who frequent the
Cote D'Azur, you figure they're all materialistic sluts.
Yeah, that's a statistically valid cross section.

If you really believe your statement, all I can say is you're lookin'
for love in all the wrong places...

Of course, based on your .edu e-mail address, we could just all infer
that you have insufficient experience to have a valid opinion on
women anyhow.  (Ohoh!  Now I've done it!)

:') for the .edu-insecure
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
	So just where did George Bush get the idea that he gets to
			decide policy for the U.N.?
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:28013 misc.forsale:24070
From: mth@cci632.cci.com (Michael Hickman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,misc.forsale
Subject: GS1150 Gas Tank FOR SALE
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:30:15 GMT
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY

I bought a used gas tank to replace mine, but ended up
fixing my original tank, soo...  I have this tank to
get rid of.  

It's for a mid-80's black and red Suzuki GS1150.  I paid
$150, but I just want to get it out of my house.  It's packed
and ready to ship.  Make me an offer.

Michael Hickman
Northern Telecom
mth@cci.com
716-482-5000 x2913
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: bmw FI systems (was Re: Cheap Gas in BMW K-100 RS?)
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:50:07 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
>     The Motronic system is built in-house by BMW, and it is an open-
>     loop system, 

funny, the BMW tech manuals call it a closed-loop system because of 
the exhaust sensor...

>     metering fuel without knowing what the airflow rate
>     is.  It does not have a airflow rate sensor at all.  It uses

true there's no air flow sensor, but if you know the temp, the
butterfly opening, the volume/size of things, and the RPM, the 
cfm is just a few calculations away.

>     It uses the O2 sensor to minimize exhaust
>     emissions.

actually that's the job of the catalytic converter. the purpose of
the sensor is to maintain the correct mixture of 14.7 units of air
to 1 unit of fuel. the side effect being correct combustion and correct
emissions, reduced overall by the cat.

>     There is no way to determine the octane rating of a fuel without
>     burning it.

which is what happens in an internal combustion engine, right? :-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS