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From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Keywords: oil roads sign
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:34:21 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor)) writes:
>Saw a sign last month that attracted my attention:
>
>	Freshly Oiled Road
>
>This is in southern New Jersey farm area, and I have no idea what the 
>purpose of oiling a road is.  I did get to practice a quick U-turn, though.

Ahh, Yes. The joys of "road repair" New Joisey style. See, first you
dump a buncha slippery oily tar kinda stuff on the road. Then you dump
a buncha gravel on top of that. Eventually, the cars pack the gravel
down into the tar, making a "new" road surface. Needless to say, you
don't ride your bike on these roads unless you have to:-{
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: spindler@emr1.emr.ca (Chris Spindler)
Subject: Zephyr "Service Advisory"
Summary: Watch the rocker valve cover gasket
Keywords: Kawasaki, Zephyr, gasket
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:43:17 GMT

Two days into a 5000km trip, I discovered that my bike had blown
a rocker valve cover gasket.  It was replaced with little difficulty.

Upon returning home I learned that Kawasaki had issued a
"service advisory" <whatever that is> for U.S. spec models, concerning 
that same gasket.

Just something to keep an eye on if you're a Zephyr (or ZR :-)) owner.

Although, on the brighter side <sort of>, I think that spending
spending 45 minutes in creep and stop traffic on a very hot day
probably contributed to the gasket's failure.

YMMV

-- 
                Chris Spindler - Seismologist @ Large       
   '91 550 Zephyr    - - - - - - - -  o    Never ascribe to malice       
   '91 K75RT       - - - - - - - -  _/\_>    what is easily explained    
    DoD #6371    - - - - - - - -   O,> / O     by stupidity.             
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: I got a new bike, finally :-)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:05:28 GMT

In <RPV61GC@netmbx.netmbx.de> fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer) writes:

>Hello,

>I'm proud to announce that I finally decided and got myself an new bike.

>A '91 GSXR1100 black/blue/silver (limited edition) with only 2000 miles 
>on it. Looks like brand new out of the showroom. 
>I got a superprice, because it was an older man who said this is nothing
>for him. He got himself a Harley now.

>Ok,ok, don't flame me now, because I got a Suzuki. But their is now bike
>what is like the Suzuki. Agressive looking, lots of power, not that much
>weight. I love it :-)

>I drive down to Denmark this upcoming weekend. I want to know, what the
>bike runs topspeed.

>-Axel
>-- 
>fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
>GSXR1100 - RD350LCN - XR250R

  Good choice!
        Enjoy.
               Jorg
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: DoD - How about a DoD Key Fob made by Zippo?????
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 18:31:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep09.141822.6309@ctms.gwinnett.com> keith@ctms.gwinnett.com (Keith Warren) writes:
>In article <14598@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>>I've currently got a soft, flexible motorcycle as my key fob . . 
>
>.... errr who makes this soft flexible motorcycle?.. does it weigh as much as
>a non-flexible moto?

Sounds like another Spagthorpe.  Perhaps the Dachsund?  (Gesundheit!)
-- 
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: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Warm hands (Was: Leather pants)
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:30:13 GMT

thatchh@hplsla.hp.com (Thatch Harvey) writes:
>Matt Stoller

>>p.s.  My hands are always the coldest part of my body on any winter rides, 
>>so I was thinking of putting some of those handguards from dirt bikes onto 
>>my handlebars.  Has anyone else tried this??

>            I bought a set of Handlepaws many years ago.
> They virtually eliminated cold hand problems!

I cheat. :-)  Widder electric gloves are the only way to go. Have you
ever had your fingers get too hot on a cold day? It's a _wonderful_
feeling!  Get the electric vest too, your body will love you.
-- 
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: klp@doe.carleton.ca (Ka Lun Pang)
Subject: Offical DoD fact sheet
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:04:16 GMT

Hi folks,

Are we all fed up with those stupid caged people thinking that they can beat
out bike? I suggest that we should have a DoD fact sheet with contents such as
follows:


Dear cager,

THIS IS AN OFFICAL DoD DOUCEMENT.

From the unnecessary revving of your engine in neutral, I can't help to think
that you are trying to invite me to a drag race. However, I have beaten 
too many cages in my XX years of riding experience (including your kind of
cage, of course) and I just don't feel like wasting any gas to prove it again.

You can go to the next 7-11 and grab a motorcycle rag. Read it. That should
give you a fairly good idea of how much faster bikes are than cages. 

I have the deepest sympathy for you if the above material hurt you feeling.

Fuck you and have a nice day.



DoD# 0687

P.S.: Try again with some other bike, they might give a shit to smoke you away.
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR center stand: doesn't fit CA model. Dealer didn't tell me this.
Date: 6 Sep 92 00:33:04 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:

>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".

Bummer.  Of course if you would have read my message to you a month or
so ago a bit more carefully rather than being so quick to flame, you
might have noticed that I told you the same thing...
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:30580 rec.motorcycles.racing:1027
From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: Bike Racing on TV (Prime Network) Schedule WANTED
Date: 5 Sep 92 16:31:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

I found out that my TV at work (yes, you read that
correctly, at work--one of the few joys of working at a TV
station) gets the Prime network, and last night I thoroughly
enjoyed watching the Superbike races at Road America. 

I know that the schedule was posted earlier, but of course I
didn't save it, why should I, since I don't have cable at
home :) I'd appreciate a repost of the Prime Network
motorcyle racing broadcast schedule.


----
Mark Bergman		'77 KZ1000
Brooklyn, NY
718-855-9148

bergman@panix.com
{cmcl2,psi,uunet,apple}!panix!bergman
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: moped vs moto
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 21:06:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.200812.28588@socrates.umd.edu> rowell@socrates.umd.edu (William Rowell) writes:
>
>...
>
>>Unless she is buying it for him, no debate is necessary.
>
>To clarify, yes, she would be buying it, or at least financing it in part
>because he has a very large car payment which prevents him from buying
>a bike outright. This guy is a student and not financially well-endowed.

If he's a student _and_ has a very large car payment, then, well, he made
his bed, time to lie in it.  If he has a car, then why the need for
a bike for commuting?  Better yet, why not sell the car, and get
something that doesn't have a very large payment?  It's not totally
unheard of for students to scrimp a bit so they can get through school
and not be deluged with student loans when they get out.  It honestly
sounds like, if he has to borrow money from his girlfriend, he _really_
can't afford another vehicle.  Possibly not even the one he's already got.
And unless there's a real strong comittment between the two, borrowing
money from his girlfriend is probably asking for problems later on...

Regardless of all that, the moped will be less safe than the motorcycle
for long distance commuting; either will be less safe than the car until
he gets his butt into a safety class.  A motorcycle may be more expensive
to insure, depending on what he gets.  As a single male student, he's
already on the insurance companies' shit list.
-- 
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: brad@minnie.tcs.com (Brad Whitaker)
Subject: Re: DoD Merchandise
Organization: Teknekron Communications Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:28:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.225559.17461@balrog.dseg.ti.com>, keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
> In article <1992Sep09.110250.16002@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
> >
> >Laura faxed me a picture of Arnie which the shop used directly for the logo.  I
> >still have the picture if you need it.  I also have a postscript file if you
> >can use that.
> >
> Hey wait a minute, you mean that the Fobs are going to have Arnie's picture
> on them?  Or is that just a European thing?
> 

What's the big surprise?  Who _did_ you think posed for the portrait of the 
Daemon? :)
From: dgibb@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Don Gibb)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: '85 Suzuki GS700E
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:11:41 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

In article <1992Sep14.155305.1969@ohrd.uucp> ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:

>Do you want to sell it to someone who really wants to buy *it* or do you
>just want to sell it? I've bought more than a few used vehicles and I never
>follow up on ads with no price. If they don't want to tell me how much they 
>want then they probably want more than it's worth. Unless I really want the
>particular unit, it's not worth the bother. So what's the first question
>in any replies that you *do* get?

I'm not SUPPOSED to get replies.  If you had READ and COMPREHENDED my posting,
I put a phone number and MY FRIENDS name, PAUL, ( NOT Don ) for you to contact.
Anyone with a third grade reading level would have understood that from my 
post.  Do you also call the local papers and bitch about the ad's that they
print?
 
At the time I posted the note about the GS700E, I gave all the info. that I
was given.  Had I had the asking price, I WOULD HAVE POSTED IT!  Although,
you were too busy trying to put meaning into your pathetic life to consider 
that.
 
And if you take offense to this,    GOOD!  



For any serious inquiries, the price for the GS700E is $2100 obo. 


 
-- 
  
Don Gibb - DoD #0088
'83 Suzuki GS1100GL
'87 Honda Magna - for sale
From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: A question.
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:11:21 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada


  I went for a ride in the twisties with a couple of friends on Sunday.
One of them hasn't riden much in the last three years because of a
couple of new kids and, I beleive, because he has a bike he is no longer
interested in. Anyway, he borrows my other friends spare bike, an RZ350,
and off we go.  Once in the twisties we pin it and I notice him falling
back, but I'm excited and my other friend and I keep charging the
corners while he keeps falling back. To be honest I didn't spend a lot
of time thinking, I was just enjoying myself. Finally we hit an area
with a few cabins and a posted speed limit of 50 km/h and we slow down
to 70 km/h. As often happens, the corners in the posted area are very
tight and we crest a hill in one corner where the road immediately
switches back the other way on the down hill. Wow!, I say to myself and
reduce my speed way down in preparation for a hairpin turn. Just before
I enter the turn I look back in my mirrors and see a bike and rider
sliding across the road. He was OK, being fully clad in leather and
helmet (he shure was pumped on adrenaline), but the bike was totalled.
 
  He said he was riding at his own pace and not trying to keep up, but
after thinking about it I'm not so shure. I suspect he was trying to
make up time in the posted zone in order to catch up with us. He's not a
bad rider, he just hasn't ridden much in the last while, he was on a
strange bike, and I think he was trying to make up time.

  Was I at fault? 

  Should we have slowed when we saw him fall back?

  I guess it only makes sense that he would push harder to keep up to us,
but on the other hand we had just ridden 2 hr. across bare-ass
cross-wind prairie to get to enjoy these twisties and we didn't want to
waste them.

  I know if I was being left behind I would start to push it in order to
keep up, and if someone told me to take it easy when they loose me I
would feel insulted and even more adamant to keep up. I know I'm not my 
brothers keeper but I feel this kind of situation   
occurs quite often and can have tragic results.
   
  What's the right thing to have done?

                                Jorg
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: >wheelies
Date: 11 Sep 1992 13:45:37 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 29044@news2.cis.umn.edu, mark@lenti.med.umn.edu (Mark Olson (CDC)) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.165651.19456@varian.com> bob@csbvax.uucp (Bob Palin) writes:

>>There are a few roads in England which are marked 1 in 3 which means they
>>go up 1 foot for every 3 feet horizontally, 30 degrees I believe  8-)

>   1 in 1 is a 45 degree angle, so 1 in 3 is 33% of 45 degrees, or 15
>degrees.  

Geeze, guys!

tan A = opposite / adjacent
arctan (1/3) ~= 18.44 degrees

---
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...
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: BAD JOKES
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:09:34 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <BD.92Sep10100955@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:

>cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:

>>In article <18j2r0INN3fi@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:

>>>Hey, what's with all these WOMEN out there on motorcycles?  Like,
>>>shouldn't they be home raising babies or something?

>>Nah, probably they can't be fucked :-)

>Seems like some folks think adding a smiley makes something funny.
>It doesn't.

What a strange idea! Who are these people? Personally I add smileys as
a courtesy to things I think are funny which are likely to be read by
Americans, since many Americans on the net object to the cognitive
load of trying to work out whether a posting was meant literally. We
Brits are such pompous language-humour snobs that smileys are rarely
used in British groups.  In the case above the joke is a triple pun on
"f***".  Punning is the most primitive and childish form of joke,
normally eschewed by grown-ups, but this is rec.motorcycles, and I
have a very childish sense of humour.

WARNING, ANTI-AMERICAN JOKE

	Q: Why do Americans sometimes laugh three times at jokes?

	A: They laugh the first time when you tell them it is a joke.

	They laugh the second time when you explain the joke.

	They laugh the third time when and if they get it.


:-) .... no, the ":-)" isn't meant to turn that into a funny joke :-)
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HERE I AM! LOOK AT ME! I'M MAKING A BIG NOISE! I'M SPECIAL!
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 9 Sep 1992 05:55:12 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <jlp.715967460@wink>, jlp@blink.att.com (Jon Peticolas(x7058))
wrote:
> 
> Just one data point. The guy next door to me has a Harley with straight
> pipes. It's loud. Lucky for me, my kids aren't scared of loud bikes and
> can sleep right through this guy pulling up at 12PM. 

Well, what the hell are your kids doing in bed at noon anyway?  Don't they
have truant officers where you live?  Of course, you could be a family of
vampires, but then you'd have to be riding the Spagethorpe Lycanthrope.

>   (__ __)___   __  _
>  _  ( ) /   \ (  \( )
> ( )_( )(  O  )( \ \ )
>  \___/  \___/ (_)\__)

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834     | DoD #207  AMA
#573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci. dept.| 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: orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr)
Subject: Re: Leather pants
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:44:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.192425.1@acfcluster.nyu.edu> mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu writes:
>
>In all my years of riding I've never worn leather pants.  Just the
>thought of wearing them made me sweat.   But now with yet another
>fall approaching I'm beginning to wonder...would leather pants allow
>me to ride later into the cold season?  Are they much warmer than
>jeans?
>
    ^^^^^ Yes ! 

     "86 Ninja 600R"                               K.O.
  "DOD #306 AMA #615088"                       T.I. Dallas Tx.
    "Eclipse GS Turbo"                      Orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Subject: Re: vanity plates
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:18:51 GMT

In article <6852@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes
>: efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes:
>: >Anybody out there have personalized plates?
>
>   I posted a while back about transferring the vanity plate designation from
>a van to a motorcycle.  My Virago has RANCK on the plate.  I like to go for
>the obvious.

	These are the ones that leave everyone else with a headache.

	If (when... :-)) I passed you, I'd spend the next hour trying to figure
	out something legible: ahhh, RAN C.K., no.., R ANd CK, no..., R A aNd
	C K, no..., ahhh... ransack... yeah, that must be it... what the hell,
	can't you spell a simple word like ransack?... ( Oh yeah, :-) )

-------
Bored of my old .sig and lacking enough bikes to make an impressive list...
Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#0516      |Stanley, ID.|
'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- '92 Perception Corisca|    NYC, NY.|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 16:07:35 GMT

In article <995@cybaswan.UUCP> eeharvey@cybaswan.UUCP (i t harvey) writes:
>
>Also on handling, has any one else noticed that if you push one
>end of the handle bar, contrary to expectation, the bike goes in that
>direction? Anyone know what this phenomenom is called?

Oh no, I can't believe he posted that. Either this is a real bad joke
or he does not have access to subject lines.

>My last twopence...

An I'll just say that countersteering works without wheels too, as outlined
in a magazine review of a waterski bike (Wetbike?) with water skis instead of
wheels. The reviewer loved it, because it rode like a motorcycle but
didn't crash like one!

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From: jwills@ISI.EDU (Jerry Wills)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Date: 11 Sep 92 22:02:42 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: osborn@cs.utexas.edu's message of 10 Sep 92 02:54:29 GMT

In article <18mdcjINN2ma@cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
   As I rant on, just what IS the deal with bikini-clad women in high heels?
   They seem to infest motorcycle posters, motorcycle magazines, car
   magazines, and calendars featuring airplanes to drilling equipment.
   Do hets *really* find the heels-bikini combo sexy?  Even when holding
   a pipe wrench?
   -John H. Osborn


		A simple observation would be that the heels-bikini combo,
displays as much legal skin as possible, while the posture in heels is 
more interesting. Then again do you want your partner on their toes or not??

			Jerry Wills 
I'll have enough POWER when I can spin the tires at the end of the straight!
89 FJ, 83 Le Mans III Kit   DoD#500  KotF (Flag)   Mark Donahue, about 917's
USC/Information Sciences Institute  (USC/ISI)  SoCal (310) 822-1511 x 236

You done violated Physics, BOY!    Assume the position..... (Rider 5/92)
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