HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Cheers to the new moto TV show!
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:19:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.053829.7167@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>
>>But it was so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.  Mindless drivel.  Crap.

Oh, you mean it really _was_ based on Zen and the Art...?

>Yea, but it was drivel with motorcycles. That's a big step up from the
>average show.

Generally true.  Anybody see this week's Northern Exposure?  In
one scene, Chris "I'm so full of myself I could burst" was shown welding
on an old Harley frame.  (I think it was a Harley - how many other
hardtail frames would they likely trust to an actor with a torch?
Anyone remember if his Harley is, in fact, a hardtail?)
So count this one as mindful drivel with motorcycle parts....
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson)
Subject: Re: Helmet Buffeting
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:24:01 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.203958.7112@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>3.
>  One of the new Bell helmets (as worn by Mario Andretti) has some
>ridges or strips on its shell to improve stability. Has anyone tried
>this helmet. I'm afraid that this design is suitable for the helmet
>position of an Indy car and would not work for the more inclined
>position of a sport bike. Could this be a case where thousands of
>bikers pay for the development of a helmet geared specifically for the
>needs and conditions of Indy or F-1 racing (to promote the company's
>name) while getting nothing in return.
>
Actually, you are paying for the development of a helmet geared for
Harley Riders!


>                            Jorg
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
      Michael L. Johnson
      mlj8e@virginia.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Originator: btc30679@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
Organization: Ancient Illuminated Sears of Bavaria
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 04:38:28 GMT

stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:

>	OK.  Do _all_ DoDers wear full-face helmets?
>	All the ones I've seen do.

I'm the only one I've seen, and I do.

In fact, my helmet doesn't even have a faceshield.  It's just solid,
all the way around the head.

Keeps me from being distracted.

--
Ben Cox         | '80 KZ550LTD
thoth@uiuc.edu  | DoD#456
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry)
Subject: calling mature riders
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 17:50:39 GMT

hi,

[to those who know me and recognize my name: i'm back!!
system administrators, clear out some disk space in
your filesystem that keeps news on it -- the mad typist
is back :-) ]

as many of you know, i took a trip in europe this summer
after making a mad-dash escape from LA.  yes, this
included a short trip via motorrad, but you'll just have
to wait for the writeup! :-)

this (ok, last) summer, my 55-year old uncle told me he is
considering getting into motorcycling (finally, a family
ally!).  however, he is concerned that he is too old to start.
i said baloney, if anything, you have lost squidly impulses
and are not going to do dumb things just to look cool.  he
said, "hey, i still want to look cool -- i'm not THAT old" :-).
he is also a small-plane pilot and therefore (i believe) has
a of the mental and attitude "skills" that are important in
motorcycling.

can riders who started relatively late in life offer some
words of encouragement to my uncle?

noemi
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
noemi@cs.ucla.edu (for now)     				KotSBL
DoD #443  						'82 KZ 305 CSR
	NM (Next Motorcycle) countdown: $3000 left to go :-(
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Info wanted -- Honda CM400
From: travis@med.wcc.govt.nz (MIKE)
Date: 30 Sep 1992 01:54:03 GMT
Reply-To: travis@med.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: blade.wcc.govt.nz

In article <137377@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, turner@rastaman.llnl.gov (David Turner) writes:
Cm 400 stuff removed 
>Extra Bonus Points:  I've always liked the looks of the CB400/4 (sp?).  A 
>sporty early-mid-70's 400cc 4-cylinder Honda with beautiful headers.  I think 
>they have become somewhat collectable now.  Anyone know the seat height?
>
>Thanks for your help...the check's in the mail...later...DT
>
>------------
>David Turner
>dturner@llnl.gov -OR- turner@rastaman.llnl.gov
>(510) 422-1162   
>'82 VF750S    DoD#0373
>Disclaimer:  All opinions are mine.  None are theirs.

according to the CYCLE test March 1975 the Honda CB400f has a seat height of
30 inches or 76.2cm. Yes they are collectable, no my brothers one is not for
sale sorry.. 
Mike Travis
TRAVIS@med.wcc.govt.nz	
	Team D.S Single Minded Racing.
******************************************************************************
*What I ride Yamaha XV1000 What I race Yamaha TZR500S                        *
*What I dirt donk Yamaha IT465h What I drive Ford Cortina                    * 
******************************************************************************
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How far do you commute?
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:21:43 GMT
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia

15 miles by Interstate.  Happens far to quickly, but no way I'm going to
duke it out with the cages in-town during rush hour, even if I did get a 
longer ride out of it. 

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: fuel/engine efficiency
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:51:17 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

bob pasker (bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us) wrote:
: again, not until they milk every drop of oil out of saudi arabia.  in
: the meantime, they'll buy up the patents of competing technologies
: (as has been pointed out elsewhere). 
:
Only so long as it is economically reasonable.  If someone introduces
new technology and it is cheaper and better the oil companies will 
either adapt or die.  The railroads ignored the truck and airplane
industries because they didn't perceive the threat.  Western Union
could have had the patents on telephones because Bell offered it to
them, but they didn't see it as a viable technology.  If you think
modern companies aren't so foolish then remember that HP could have
had Wozniak's personal computer but they told him it wasn't viable.
   If there were a better alternative to Saudi oil readily available
then the technology would get out.  Look how successful we have been
in preventing other countries in the world from figuring out how
to build nuclear bombs.  That was a *very* closely guarded technology.

: about, we're arguing about why we don't have hydrogen powered 
: motorcycles.  i say its because advances in technology are being held 
: back by the oil and internal combustion machine mfgs.

We don't have hydrogen powered motorcycles because they aren't currently
practical as replacements for gasoline engined equivilents.
--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: More gasohol
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 01:47:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.220010.18979@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>Harley?  Two strokes?   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!

	A subsidiary of Harley-Davidson (Aermacchi) made just such a beast,
and it did have the badge "Harley-Davidson" on it.  It was called the Hummer.
A pumped-up version of it holds the 125cc LSR to this very day (or was that
250cc?  I can't remember).  The Aermacchi subsidiary was bought out by
Cagiva, who still makes replacement parts for the old Aermacchi Harleys.

	No, I'm not making any of this up!

Later,
-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF    1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	            1975 CB360T (needs a name)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dhoffman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Robert D. Hoffman)
Subject: Haryle ralley in Vietnam
Originator: dhoffman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:12:31 GMT

Article: 3359 of bit.listserv.seasia-l
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.seasia-l
Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:41:43 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: French bikers begin Harley rally in VN

09/30

French bikers begin Harley rally in Vietnam

    HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, Sept 30, Reuter - French motorcyclists roared
out of Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday on an unusual journey to Hanoi, driving
Harley Davidson motorcycles that belonged decades ago to South Vietnam's
presidential motorcade.
    Hundreds of Vietnamese cheered and clapped, while others set off
firecrackers, as the 11 motorcycles left the People's Committee, a refurbished
French colonial building, and headed down Nguyen Hue Street.
    Twenty-six French men and women were making the trip, some driving Harleys,
while others followed in cars and vans.
    The bikers, including French singer Florent Pagny and business people, were
scheduled to donate medicine to hospitals on the 2,000-km (1,250-miles) journey
to Hanoi.
    "We're discovering a country. We're taking the time to do it in a way that
is original," Daniel Roussel, a former journalist who organised the rally, told
Reuters.
    He said he had found the Harleys rusting in a garage in Ho Chi Minh City in
1990. They were made in the United States in 1957 and comprised the police
motorcade for former South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu before the
Vietnam War ended in 1975 and Saigon became Ho Chi Minh City.
    Roussel, who now runs a small television production company, arranged to
rent the motorcycles from the Ho Chi Minh City police and have their 900-cc
motors rebuilt for the trip.
    Vietnamese police riding new Japanese motorbikes with screaming sirens
cleared the street on Wednesday for Roussel's group. The bikers included the
two Toure brothers, lead singers in a Paris-based Senegalese group, Toure
Kunda.
    The group planned to drive through Nha Trang, Danang and Hue on a journey
organisers called "the Mandarin route" before reaching Hanoi on October 10.
    Roussel said other foreigners eager to see Vietnam had applied to join the
rally, but he had been unable to import more Harley Davidsons from the United
States because of a trade embargo Washington imposed on Hanoi in 1964.
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 2 Oct 1992 13:22:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep30.164518.790@wixer.cactus.org>, purp@wixer.cactus.org
(Jim Meyer) wrote:
> 
> 
> Hell, I sleep in one.
> 
> It's the showers that get tough.
> 
Don't brush your teeth much, huh? 

Not to mention a number of the more pleasant things one can do
with his or her SO. :-)

> --Jim, headbangin' fool.

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
| "You can lead the house to order, but you     | '81 CB750C           |
| can't make it think"  -William Weld (Gov. Ma.)| '88 Bianchi Limited  |
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD weenies
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:33:11 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <1992Sep27.102636.561@halfdome.sf.ca.us>, bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
> 
> PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE TAKEN BA.MOTORCYCLES OUT OF THE 
> NEWSGROUPS: LINE!!!!
> 

You aint bob,  I recognize his handwriting and that aint it!   What have
you done with the real bob?   What have you done to his shift key?



-- 
 | Terry Cunningham terry@rsi.prc.com | "Thphey,  ithn't that a theerthucker |
 | DoD# 541   'Disciples of Daffy'    |  thuit?"         Daffy Duck          |
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:14:51 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Scott Cooper (scooper@rainier.ucsc.edu) wrote:
: Oops, I mean, hypothetically, if someone had made the silly mistake of using
: a RUNNING car to jumpstart a bike, what fried parts might he look for?
: How about if this mythical '85 GS550 was already in the shop, diagnosed with
: a bad regulator/rectifier?  <gulp>

Probably the bad rect./regulator was the cause of your weak battery and not
a result of jump starting the bike from a running car.  As someone else said
the bike's electrical system can take it for a short time and you are really
just trying to avoid burning the wiring harness in the case of a dead short
somewhere.
   
--

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* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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From: merenda@remus.rutgers.edu (Kill Bon Jovi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF: BRC or ERC?
Summary: poser...
Date: 3 Oct 92 16:13:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: remus.Oct.3.12.13.47.1992.20098
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <Oct.3.04.30.41.1992.15290@remus.rutgers.edu>, kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
> In article <1992Oct2.201146.24291@adobe.com>, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
> 
> > Take the ERC. I've only been riding for six months, and
> > only one month of that on a real bike (i.e., not an auto trans
> > 150cc scooter)
> 
> Then you've been riding one month.


hey Kevin, you know, i've NEVER seen you on YOUR bike at good old
RUTGERS. and i'm in a few of your classes.

     go figure.

-Frank  Merenda-

a.k.a. the long-haired scumbag that actually RIDES his bike....
 
 
 
 
 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: Procedures for raising the dead? 
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:24:33 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.101911.26811@walter.cray.com> kjberte@cray.com writes:
>
>This weekend I bought a fixer-upper bike.  Well, I really didn't pay
>anything for it.  The guy gave me $25 to haul it away.  It is a 1978?
>Yamaha XS650.  It has 15,00 miles on it, and (here comes the biggie)
>has been sitting in a pole shed for 10+ years.  His son had the bike
>for a while and then ran off to join the army and hasn't been heard 
>from since.
>
>What is the best method of reviving this beast?
>
>Should I tear the bike doen completely and re-build it?  Or just
>clean it up and run it?  
>
>The first thin I did was pull the plugs and spray WD-40 in the 
>cylinders to free it up before I try turning the engine over.  
>
>What next?
>

I've done this numerous times. If the engine turns freely, it shouldn't be
too bad. Clean the entire fuel system (tank, carbs, replace lines). Change
the oil. Thoroughly clean all electrical connections. This last one is the 
biggy, IMO. There's probably more bikes left for dead due to corroded
electricals than all other reasons combined. If you just go ahead and do it
all, you're less likely to be disgusted by gremlins later on. Before starting,
pull the plugs and crank the hell out of it (intermittently, so as not to 
fry the starter) to circulate oil to all those places that haven't seen it
in years. Once it's running, do another oil change real soon. Oh yeah, don't
forget to check/clean the air filters while you have the carbs off. 
   Any other bearings (steering, swingarm, wheels) are probably packed with 
real dry grease by now. Clean, lube, and replace. Lube all the controls while
you're at it. 
   I guess you could sum most of this up as doing all possible routine
maintenance and a little bit more.

Jeff Achenbach

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner)
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:59:08 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.210846.17355@wam.umd.edu>, delilah@next18pg2.wam.umd.edu (Romeo DeVerona) writes:
|> In article <Stafford-051092145932@stafford.winona.msus.edu>  writes:
|> > Hold it.  Don't these units emit radiation, albeit very little?  Was it
|> > not this radiation which allegedly caused testicular cancer in a
|> > number of cops who put the radar gun in their lap while waiting to
|> > gun down speeders?  Wouldn't it be a little unwise to put the unit
|> > next to your body?
|> 
|> nope. there is no transmitting element whatsoever in a radar detector; in  
|> fact, since it doesn't (like a radio does) have to reproduce the signal it  
|> receives, it doesn't even need an r.f. oscillator or mixer (heterodyning  
|> stage); all it really needs is a bandpass filter (or three) and a squelch  
|> threshold; if signal strength in the band exceeds squelch, it beeps  
|> (faster with increasing signal strength).
|>  
|> the radar GUNS the revenue collectors use DO emit radiation, however...
|> 
|> -D-

Ah then how do radar detector detectors detect them? Or why do they
advertise heterodyne technology if they don't use it???

--
Stef            aka  spgo@is.morgan.com   DoD#0190 
'82 KZ550 (Commuter) '84 750 Interceptor (Toy) '86 Alfa GTV6 (Money drain)
                Warning: I brake for radar traps. 
        Disclaimer? I don't need no steenkin' disclaimer!
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet law speech (help!)
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:57:27 GMT
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <BvDEy4.2tC@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Hollyman) writes:
>I have a speech to do on the helmet law and I would appreciate any stats that
>you may have on the results.  I have to take the point that helmets don't
>make riding safer.  Anyone have any info to back that up?

If this is your premise, change it.  If this was assigned to you,
complain.  The issue of whether helmets make riding safer is irrelevant
to the argument that helmet laws make (or don't make) riding safer.
For that matter, at least some helmet laws are introduced for
purely economic reasons, in which case the argument has nothing
whatsoever to do with safety.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Carpal Tunnel and Riding
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:07:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: research.1992Oct6.180745.5699
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.

In article <1992Oct2.154058.602@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>
>one item which i have found to reduce vibration in the handlebars is
>called a "Bar Snake." (tm)
>
>its a 3 foot long piece of rubber made very heavy by some metal.
>
>to install, take the grips off both sides, thread the (included) wire 
>through the end of the bar snake, stick the wire through your handlebars,
>spray bar snake with wd-40, and pull.  you've pulled it so part is sticking
>out of each end of the bar, cut them off, and replace your grips.
>
>very easy.  
>
>helps a lot.

	Okay, so has anyone tried the Liquid Bar Snake?  It's $22 more, so
it has to be better, obviously, right?  :-)  I almost bought it, but I
know *nothing* about it.  I expect that it's heavier, or that it's just
something you pour in your handlebars and let it solidify, but I need to
know MORE, MORE!

	Someone, speak up so that I can use my mirrors again.


-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF    1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	            1975 CB360T (needs a name)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!)
Keywords: cager,asshole
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 01:33:50 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.184114.29949@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>
>	Well, it happened...
>
>	Driving on Broadway (here in New York) in left lane of two lanes, on
>the left side of my lane (to avoid buses pulling from the right lane). Coming
>up to a cross street when the car in front of me (also in left lane, but kind
>of on top of the lane markers) decides he wants to turn left.
>
>	So he does. Just turns left and stops when he sees me (i.e. right in
>front of me!). I hit the front brakes as hard as I dared, locked up the back
>brake and watched myself slide right into him.
>
>	The only good thing is that I did *much* more damage to him than he
    [  some damage description deleted  ]
>
>	The bad news is I'm told (please tell me if I'm wrong) that because
>I hit him from behind it will be called my fault. This sucks as we called the
>cops and it's going to go to my insurance company who will raise my rates
>but won't pay for the damage I did to his car. All I did to my bike was
>crunch one crash bar and highway peg.
>
>Not bored, pissed. Word to wise (from the dumb):  CU Econ Dept. *SUCKS SHIT*
>Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#516 <-- |Stanley, ID.|
>'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- Perception Corisca  |    NYC, NY.|

Sounds ot me like a clear case of what we cops here in Ohio call ACDA - which
is "Assured Clear Distance Ahead" (IE: Failure to maintain).

If you were so close to him that you couldn't avoid him when he stopped,
what's the difference from him stopping suddenly because of:
   1.  The proverbial dog running out
   2.  Somebody pulled in front of HIM and he hit the somebody
   3.  The car in front of him stopped or slowed suddenly
   4.  etc

The fact that the Lincoln Lizzard was hugging the right side of the lane, 
or even straddling the lane marker, and that you were over to the left
side of your lane makes no difference.  Even if the cage had been mostly
in the right lane and you were setting up to pull a high speed pass
(on his left) it's STILL your responsibility to make sure you have enough
distance in front of you to stop / avoid as necessary.  

Even though this is the law, it makes EVEN MORE sense when you are riding
a bike to leave yourself escape space!

Whew!  Now that I've got that out of my system, congrats on escaping injury.
Better luck next time.


Charlie Smith   csmith@dsac.dla.mil  charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff
            {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }