HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: Katana oil filter -- how special is the tool?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: oil filter, katana, special tool
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:09:00 GMT

In article <76607@ut-emx.uucp>, captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin) writes...
>In article <21JUL199223343335@erich.triumf.ca> ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
>>
>>	I picked up an oil filter for the 600 yesterday, with an eye to trying
>>out some Mobil 1 if I can find it.  However, the filter is a spin-on type and
>>needs a special tool to screw it on.  It seems the tool is a 14-sided socket,
>>about 65 mm across flats.  Is this an auto-standard that I might pick up in a
>>hot-rod shop, or is it a Suzuki orphan so I have to go cap-in-hand to my
>>dealer and beg to buy one?
>>
> 
>Eeeek!  Oil filters should only be put on hand tight.  You don't need ANY
>tools to *install* one, but you might need an oil filter wrench to *remove* 
>one if you aren't real strong.  Check your manual for proper torque on the oil
>filter.  It's probably only a couple of Newton-meters, if that.  Don't 
>strip your threads!  :)
> 
	(Should I say this?  Oh, well, just once...)
BBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTT!!! Wrong answer!
(Hot damn!  I'm starting to sound like a Yank.  Maybe that guy in alt.fan.goons
was right.)

	Official installation procedure for the filter is to turn it until the
o-ring just contacts the mating surface, and then to turn it _TWO FULL TURNS_
beyond that point (Ref: German owner's handbook, Aussie owner's handbook,
Aussie service manual, instructions in three languages on filter itself :-).
And since the filter nestles way back behind exhaust pipes 2 & 3, I'd rather
be doing it with the right tool and a long extension -- I usually change my
oil hot.

	However, the question is moot -- I can't find any Mobil 1 anywhere
(out here in the sticks, anyways).  Maybe they don't sell it here.  I just
checked out the electronic phone book, and there is a Mobil Oils Switzerland,
so perhaps I should drop them a note.

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: HELP: Tuning a Honda CB350/4
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:03:41 GMT

paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:

>Synthetic rubber comes from the sap of synthetic rubber trees.
>One of the big environmental problems now-a-days is the disappearance
>of synthetic rubber tree forests.  After all, when was the last time
>you saw one???   These forests are the natural habitat of the mock
>turtle and the nauga which are also disappearing as a consequence. 
>That is the main reason for the rise in price of mock turtle soup and
>naugahyde.

Aren't mock turtles the ones that are being flattened by dirt bikers?
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Info on Honda Hawks
Summary: thinking of buying one, and I want opinions.
Date: 22 Jul 92 02:17:14 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

I have found two Honda Hawk GT 650 bikes, and I'm curious if any of y'all
have had experience with them.  I like the looks, and the feel of them
standing still.  I have yet to actually ride one.  How do they handle?
Acceleration, braking, city, highway, mpg, etc.?  Any helpful info you
can send my way will be greatly appreciated.  One is $2100 (includes two
helmets & winter suit).  The other is $1900 (bike only).  Are these good
prices if they are in good shape?


-- 
The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings. 
I am Brian                                        
I ain't lyin'                                     -   O
La la la la la .....                                | 
DoD# 0690                                        \_^___/ 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:18:51 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.013116.29265@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
>
>	I have noticed so many riders leaving intersections, parking lots
>	etc. with their feet dangling down 1" above the road.  Where
>	does one learn this?  Is this stupid and unecessary(sp?), or is
>	it just me?  

I seem to recall one of the points they hammered in during the MSF ERC
was NOT to ride like this.  In fact they recommend putting only the LEFT
foot down and only when completely stopped (and with the bike in gear).

Anyone on this newsgroup know the story about the guy who had steel parts
on the bottom of his boots that he used to drag along the street for effect?
I've forgotten some of the details.

>	  If you can't balance the
>	machine at slow speed, either learn to do it right, or get the hell
>	of of it!

Late in 1988 I had just ridden home in a snowstorm and turned into my
driveway.  That driveway had quite a steep upward slope near the road.
About halfway up the steep part I realized I wasn't going forward any
more.  At this point I put both feet down and slid slowly BACKWARD
down the driveway.  Hey, give me a break, we never practiced backward
driving in the ERC.  Next time I will try to do it right and keep my
feet on the pegs.  :-)

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
-- '80 BMW R65   BMWMOA #36829   DoD #0969   NRA #CDF6091M



Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:10:47 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: How to reduce the vibration ?y
	<1992Jul16.230028.7599@vax.oxford.ac.uk>

operator@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:

>In article <1992Jul14.201817.1238@bnrmtl.bnr.ca>,
sproulx@bmtlh182.BNR.CA (Step
>hane Proulx) writes:
>> 
>> I already wear gloves. Is there anything I can
>> do to reduce the vibrations or their effect?
>> 
>> Stephane Proulx
>> (Beside, this bike is great!)
> 
> 
> Thats strange.... my Savage had five gears, you lost one
>  along the way ?

my 1987 savage (ls650h) only has four gears, too!  did we get ripped
off?  WHO HAS MY MISSING GEAR!  (what year is your bike, mark?)


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: Venison for Ride and Feed
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:58:09 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.155247.21936@linus.mitre.org> cgates@mitre.org (Curt Gates) writes:
>
>Second voice: How do you know the chicken is fresh in the supermarket? 
>  Gonna take somebodys word for it?  Youre right. Eating roadkill is 
>  like riding a bike. You take full responsibility for your safety.
>  Now take those DOD riders heading to North Carolina... I heard 
>  Ed Green......
>Warden: Shut up about Ed and Dean. Now eat! You signed the paper, remember?
>
Uh oh Ed, I think we got us a security leak...

Dean
-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "Nothing is as over rated as a bad fuck or as       | '81 CB750C            |
| under rated as a good shit" -Laszlo Nemeth, DoD #666| '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley)
Subject: Personal to Datasbuild
Organization: Microbial Pathogenesis and Motorcycle Maintenance
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:21:03 GMT

Send me an EMAIL address where I can reach you. I've got some comments that 
aren't "appropriate" for the net.
__________________________________________________________________________
Steve L. Moseley                                  moseley@u.washington.edu
Microbiology SC-42                                Phone: (206) 543-2820
University of Washington                          FAX:   (206) 543-8297
Seattle, WA 98195
From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Vespa info wanted
Date: 25 Jul 1992 02:17:02 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <10374@wrgate.wr.tek.com> davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
>   Try these guys:
>   Vespa Club of America
>   R. Garner
>   P.O. Box 670864
>   Dallas, TX 75367

Item One:

When I was in highschool, the local used car lot had a maroon Vespa
scooter with matching sidecar.  It was utterly cool, but I couldn't
afford it.


Item Two:

I was in Tower Records some months ago when I discovered an English
magazine devoted exclusively to scooters, particularly wildly
customized ones.  It was seriously weird.  No wonder you guys
lost your empire.  :)

(Ever hear "Rock & Roll Doctor" on the Dr. Demento show?

 "Hello, this is rock & roll doctor, you're on the air."

 "Ever hear of the mods, man?  They're these English hippies
  but they ride around on mopeds."

 "Uh, no.  What's your point?"

 "Well, dude, they take these pills called 'blues.'  You know
  what blues are, man?"

 "Nope.  Next caller?"
)

-
-John H. Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu
-DOD# 2001  '92 BMW Paris-Dakar


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From: mulman@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Mike Ulman)
Subject: Re: Children suck
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Distribution: usa
Date: 23 Jul 92 10:14:39 PDT

In article <UePDld200WB7AltA0V@andrew.cmu.edu>, Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Howdy,
>
> (article beating up on children)
>
> Mark "Have you ever touched an exhaust pipe little boy?" Andy
> 
> | Mark J. Andy			WERA NV #813		AMA #700560	|
> | ma1w+@cmu.edu			KotR			DoD #813	|
> | Co-founder/Rider, Team RISC and Two Geeks Racing			|
> | '82 Seca 650 (street), '85 RZ350 (track), '87 KDX200 (the humbler)	|
> | I want RZ350 parts like steering damper, fork brace, SS lines, etc... |

Mark,

Why suck animosity towards children? Childhood is something we all gotta go
through. We were those annoying little brats ourselves. Just think of it as
those kids having revenge on us for all those adults that we annoyed in our
childhoods!

Mike

*******************************************************************************
*  Mike Ulman                                   714-621-8555-2052             *
*  Harvey Mudd College                                                        *
*  Department of Chemistry                 mulman@hmcvax.claremont.edu        *
*  Claremont, CA 91711                                                        *
*                                                    DoD#0634                 *
*  "Its gotta be loud, I want it to roar                                      *
*   I want it to blow everyone in the show right off o'the floor..."          *
*                                                       - Alice Cooper        *
*  '80 Honda CM400T today, Softail Custom someday!                            *
*******************************************************************************
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Deer Claims Another; Thoughts
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:19:09 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson) writes:
: In article <JEP.92Jul21141223@thneed.cs.duke.edu> jep@cs.duke.edu (Jonathan E.  
: 
: Maybe you confused this group with alt.flame ?
:
Well, that would be an understandable mistake.


Bill Ranck
(I gotta move that sig file over here) 
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From: malodah@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl)
Subject: Re: rec.moto.harley
Reply-To: malodah@PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:13:16 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.041423.4731@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>
>Brucer, you need to buy another cranky, unreliable bike so we can get
>some more prose out of you. I'll even volunteer to come over and drop
>screws in your crankcase. :-)

Isn't Tom Barbour still around?  Since he didn't do it last time, 
maybe he'll volunteer not to do it again ...

	- Martin

-- 
= Martin A. Lodahl    [DoD, AHA, NRA]  Systems Analyst, Pacific*Bell =
= malodah@PacBell.COM		Sacramento, CA, USA     916.972.4821 =
= If it's good for ancient Druids, runnin' nekkid through the wuids, =
= Drinkin' strange fermented fluids, it's good enough for me!!  8-)} =
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: clayb@county.lmt.mn.org (Clay Babcock)
Subject: Questions for K100RS owners
Summary: Looking for input regarding ownership of K100RSs
Keywords: BMW K100 RS K100RS
Organization: LaserMaster R&D, Minneapolis, MN  USA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:02:29 GMT

Greetings:

I am thinking of selling my beloved Seca Turbo and buying a K100RS.
It will have to be a used bike because my wife (the Minister of Finance)
will not approve of a loan of a mere?!?!? motorcycle.  Two years appeal 
to me more than others.

1985, and the 1988(9) Special mit ABS.

Would owners of these bikes (or any other year K100RS) post or mail me
their like/gripes/flames regarding their bikes?

Thanks in advance,

Clay Babcock
clayb@county.lmt.mn.org
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady)
Subject: Questions about ZX-6
Summary: Info on the ZX-6, please
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:12:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

Hi,

After a 5 year pause, I've decided to get another motorcycle. I'm looking for a
sport bike in the 600-750cc range.

Checking out a dealer the other day, I saw the Honda 600F2, the Kawasaki ZX-6
and the Suzuki GSXR-600W. The Honda is sold :-(, and the Suzuki's riding
position would have been great for me 10 years ago :-)

I liked the feel of the ZX-6 and the price (~$5200). Anyone out there have a
ZX-6 and want to comment on the bike? Is this a fair price? What else should
I be looking at?

Reply to me at the address below. I can summarize to the net if there's enough
interest.

--pete

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J. Peter Brady                              EMAIL: brady_p@apollo.hp.com
Multimedia Market Segment Manager           PHONE: 508-436-5226
WSBU Market Development
Hewlett-Packard
300 Apollo Drive, M/S CHR01DE
Chelmsford, MA 01824
From: tcm@moscom.UUCP (Tom Maszerowski)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Good dealers list progress
Keywords: Dealers list
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:56:56 GMT
Reply-To: tcm@moscom.com ()
Followup-To: tcm@moscom.com
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford, NY


  The good dealers list compilation is moving along slowly, so far.
Between direct replies and gleanigs from the euro-moto list and
this newsgroup I have 7 entries. Please, if you know of a good
motorcycle dealership send me some email and tell me about it!

  And thank you for your support.

Tom




-- 
Tom Maszerowski    tcm@moscom.com   
                   {rit,tropix,ur-valhalla}!moscom!tcm
                   DoD#1957 (1987 BMW K75s)
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tshirt.gif
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:52:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Jul21.145231.25665
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Jul20.202301.11351@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> ksmith@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Kevin Smith) writes:
>In article 207@halfdome.sf.ca.us, laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul10.111216.11374@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>>
>>> BTW, Yamaha have been making computers for years, some of them have been 
>>
>>GGOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGG!!!  yamahas make pianos, and damn fine ones
>>at that.  but thank you for playing manufacturing trivia!
> 
>Yamaha makes not only pianos but mediocre musical instruments of all shapes
>and sizes. Guitars, brass, woodwinds............

Them's fightin' words, mistuh!

Maybe we should create rec.motorcycles.king or rec.motorcycles.selmer
for those who don't like Japanese band instruments.
--
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com                                        Naperville, IL
'71 CL450-K4 "Gleep"  -   "Worth Reposession"
DoD #094,  PBF #03  "I'm not mad; just terribly, terribly hurt."  HDM #007
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne)
Subject: Re: Good Deed for the Day
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:33:14 GMT

In article <13803.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)  writes:
> Back in the late '70s I worked at a place what made steel doors and
>stuff.  Every now and then I'd get a quote for rail.  It usually ran
>twice or more what trucking did, PLUS having to truck the stuff from
>the plant to the station, then the other end to the customer, PLUS
>"storage charges" starting from the time the boxcar rolled into the
>yard, plus THEIR union goons to unload the boxcar so the trucker's union
>goons could load them back into a truck.

    Back in college "Transprotation Geography" class, I learned that
    railroads operate on laws/customs from the 1800s.  ForEx, if you
    travel something like 100 miles in a day, your work is done.  You
    can go home.

    But aren't you now 100 miles from home???

    And have they eliminated cabooses in your area?  They have killed
    most of them here in Chicago.  Guess all those storage charges
    mentioned above can't buy a little creature comfort for the
    employees.

    ObMoto: Ever see a train car filled with shiny new bikes, like the
    car carriers?  I haven't.  They probably ship 'em all by truck,
    or stick the crates in a boxcar...


     jed --  YZ490 / XL125 / WaveRunner 500 / more in the works / AMA
--
           Jim Dunne 	dunne@rtsg.mot.com    ...uunet!motcid!dunne
 All statements are merely opinions, yet are corroborated by a .357 magnum.
From: srs@grant.ncd.com (Steve Stilwill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Looking for Honda & Triumph
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:12:14 GMT
Organization: Network Computing Devices, Mt. View, CA, USA


I'm looking for a OLD (pre'74) Husky 250. Must be in the Bay Area. HELP
I forgot to say that I'm also looking for a Honda 50 trail bike, an OLD Triumph and a Hodaka Super Rat. HELP!
From: twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Tony Wang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: DoD POlo Shirt : Update
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:13:04 GMT
Organization: Columbia University

Thanks to a few e-mail reminders, this is an update to all those
that've ordered the DoD Polo shirts. I'd sent the order in at the end
of June. The last phone call I'd received from the dealer was that
they're a little back-logged this summer, but will try to get our
shirts out by the middle of August (the original latter shipping
date).  When they come in, I'll ship them out the next day, and will
post a note saying so. Sorry, no more orders at this time.

Thanks for the patience.

Tony Wang

DoD#0122					This sig under construction
AMA#450147				
					
twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
From: earprl@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu (Ron Earp)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: I need repair advice please!
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:01:00 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.40




   I am rather new at this whole motorcycle scene and need some help diagnosing
an engine problem. I have a 1973 Honda 750 K3 that is in excellent cosmetic
shape and pretty good mechcanical condition. I have one problem, which is that 
cylinders 1 and 2 don't fire at all. I checked the plugs for spark by removing
them from their cylinders and both of them are sparking. The exhaust pipes 
don't get warm at all, indicating no combustion is taking place. I would 
greatly appreciate any advice or help as I am still a neophyte motorcycle
mechanic. Thanksa lot!

-Ron


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: what happened to indian
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:53:45 GMT

paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:

>Associates in the Indian restoration business tell me that the guy
>who now has the rights to the name is a rip off artist.  He is claiming
>to be building bikes but won't let anyone see his "factory".

Yea, the guy sounds pretty squirrley to me too. But hey, he is selling
some t-shirts and jackets, that makes him as real as Sturgis Harley-
Davidson. :-)
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
From: TLT101@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: How much is a Yamaha Maxim worth
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:41:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92206.114153TLT101
Organization: Penn State University

I'm thinking of selling my '83 Yamaha Maxim 400, (yeah I know its kindda
soon to be wanting to move up). Just wondering how much one is worth.
It's a real cream puff, has less than 2000 miles on it. I just started
riding this summer and it was just what was around when I was looking
for a bike. I really wanna move more to a touring bike like maybe a
Yamaha 650 Special.

Just looking for advice.  Thanks in Advance.


Tim Thompson
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dmb@IEDV4.acd.com ( Dave Barker )
Subject: Re: 85 Nighthawk 650S Recomendation sought
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:37:49 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.041410.9507@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>dmb@IEDV4.acd.com ( Dave Barker ) writes:
>
>>	The 700 was the "Nighthawk S" model, which was/is a shaft drive, 
>>	6 speed. The "Nighthawk S" was styled quite different from the 650
>>	also, with a "bikini" fairing and lots of blackout detailing. 
>>	Included as part of the fairing package was a fuel gauge and LCD 
>>	gear indicator.
>
>Nice looking bike, takes violent exception to being deprived of oil.
>This is known as "Ilana Syndrome". (Just to see if she's reading. :-)
>-- 
>Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
>blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
>Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200

	The dealer I bought the bike from also cautioned me about running
	the engine low on oil, especially the 84 models (which mine is.)
	Looking in the shop manual I noticed the later models have a larger
	oil capacity... 
	Anyway, on a recent trip to New Orleans I made a gas stop and decided
	to check the oil. It had been a few stops since I checked it last. 
	Upon removing the dipstick, I found that there was NO oil showing
	on the little marks! I then thought that maybe the bike 
	just needed to sit a while longer to let the oil drain back down 
	from the cam train or whatever. After 15 minutes of sitting, there
	was still no oil showing on the dipstick, so I went ahead and put
	a quart in (this in an engine that takes only 3 quarts to begin
	with.) 
	After we got back on the highway, I was pretty paranoid about 
	revving the engine to the 6000 rpm that I had been running at.
	After a few minutes, though, there were no apparent problems so
	I relaxed a bit. No further problems the rest of the trip, except
	I continued having to add oil about every 800 miles or so (maybe
	a pint or so.)
	I never really noticed the engine burning much oil before. Do you
	think it was mostly do to the sustained high revs for long
	periods of time? This is the first long trip I have taken the
	bike on.

	Dave Barker
	Applied Computing Devices, Inc.
	Terre Haute, IN
	INTERNET Address dmb@acd4


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