HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ttmech@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Paul Mech)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Pulled Over / Sunday Ride
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:45:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1992Apr8.154542.6984
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center

In article <1992Apr8.045304.19288@src.honeywell.com> mikep@cfsmo.honeywell.com writes:
>In article 7996@watserv1.waterloo.edu, ed@grackle.UWaterloo.ca (Ed Walker) writes:
>>A down shift and a throttle pull and I went from 70 to about  
>>120 in (what seemed like) a nanosecond (I luv my RZ)
>
>Those canadian RZ's must be nice.  I have an American RZ350 - Catalytic converter,
>steel frame, etc...  I've only hit 120 once by waiting a *long* time.

Perhaps we to acquire a common system of measurement?


-- 

Paul J. Mech					ttmech@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mfisch@pdx064.intel.com (Matthew Fisch)
Subject: Re: Racing Gas
Reply-To: mfisch@ichips.intel.com
Organization: Workgroup Computing Division, PDX, Intel
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 20:32:34 GMT

In article <shv7hINN44g@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, dcarter@supra.East.Sun.COM (Dave Carter-Sun-Atlanta GA-Atlanta District MCC) writes:
|> I own a 82 Honda CB750 Custom, the store up the road sells racing gas, 100 Octane,
|> at $2+ a gallon. Would it be benificial to use this gas or should I go ahead and
|> use unleaded regular?
|> 
|> What are the benifits/disadvantages
|> 
|> Thanks
|> DAvid

  Benefits
  --------

  1. Sounds cool to say you run race gas in your bike.

  2. Smells Good when it burns

  3. Keeps the local gas station in business thus boosting
     the economy.

  4. Might make your sparkplugs last a month longer (unleaded)

  5. Gives 0.1 % horsepower boost.
 

  Disadvantages
  _____________

  1. Burns a hole in your pocket.

  2. Basically a waste of money unless you are running high
     compression, aftermarket pistons.


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|				SUZ GSXR-1186				     |
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|  "Just a little too much right hand and the Australian Grand Prix is over  |
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From: steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Subject: Re: Laser "radar"
Reply-To: steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 19:38:04 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.134345.27149@news.iastate.edu> 
twln5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>Read a recent article in one of the car mags about "laser" speed guns.
>Supposedly they tested a top of the line model, $4500! Yow.
>Anyway, it ranges with an infrared beam, not a laser (at least this one).

There are such things as infrared lasers.

Steve Garnier - 1979 Yamaha XS1100SF Special with 156,000 miles and *climbing*
DoD #00000005 - KotF (The Daemon's Byte and Keeper of the Flame), NC Chapter
Internet:steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu  UUCP:{?,gatech,uunet}!mcnc!bucolix!steve
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: andersen@che.udel.edu (From the jumbled mind of Steve Andersen)
Subject: Re: DoD marital aid announcement
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Delaware/Department of Chemical Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:12:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.142326.26990@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, shz@garage.att.com (Seth Zirin) writes...
>In article <1992Apr6.211630.26856@colorado.edu>, garnett@news.Colorado.EDU (Santiago de la Paz) writes:
>>                        THE DoD PRODUCT LIST (planned)
>>     - DoD hemorrhoid cures
>Could this item be moved up for earlier availability?
>My sphincterologist told me no scooter for 4 days until his latest
>hand-work heals...
> 
>Mr Tender Tush (aka Meth Swervin)

Hey Seth, that's what you get for riding that
throbbing, vibrating hunk or "real 'murrican
iron".

Bethca wouldn't have such problems with a rice 
burner (no comments on Pasta... :-)

;-)

______________________________________________________________________________
 Steve Andersen                                   andersen@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
 (302) 324-0888                                     andersen@zr1.ccm.udel.edu
 "I own two bikes, brand unimportant"  -- Jeff Kaskey 
 DoD #0239
From: bjt20@ccc.amdahl.com (Bob J Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR Stats: Top Speed in Motorcyclist Mag
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:51:22 GMT
Reply-To: bjt20@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Bob J Taylor)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Apr8.193419.10460@linus.mitre.org> lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis) writes:
>In article <3APR199215593737@che.udel.edu>, andersen@che.udel.edu (From the jumbled mind of Steve Andersen) writes:
>>In article <92094.113242PAH112@psuvm.psu.edu>, <PAH112@psuvm.psu.edu> writes...
>>>Hello,
>>> 
>>>Did anyone notice in the gearing section of the CBR900RR stats that redline in
>>>6th gear = 166 mph yet they quoted that top speed was 163 @ 11,400 RPM's?
>>>Maybe Mr. "Don't swim in them there" Watters could enlighten us all.  Since we
>>>all know that he is a mathematical genius (FZR vs CBR).
>>
>>I'm not Mr Watters, but I'll reply...
>
>Me neither.  But I *am* a mathematical genius.  It says so on my business
>card. :^)
>
>Keith Lewis             klewis@mitre.org          "Mr. Cheap"
>The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

But what Steve neglected to say (Hey! Negligence.  I'll sue.) was that the
CBR's redline is 11K.  They were over revving the bike at top speed.
Don't worry Mr. Math Genius, I was confused what all the hoopla was about
also. :-)



BJET
bjet@ccc.amdahl.com

I quit!  Well, technically I quit the end of April.
From: BFRIBERG@finabo.abo.fi (Welcome to the Pleasuredome!!)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CX500..what the hell
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:31:50 GMT
Organization: Axelbandet unlimited
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20

In <kdrwv3i00iUxA4YnYq@andrew.cmu.edu> jn1h+@andrew.cmu.edu writes:

> As I was pulling mme big CB750 upinto the bike area at CMU I saw a Honda
> CX500, I have never seen one of these before, it looked to be around mid
> 80's and to have an airplane engine in it. What type of powerbox is in
> those bikes, they look cool and squidy.
> 
> NADZ
> DoD #528
It's a water cooled v-twin of about 50hp. The bike itself has been sold as 
CX500 and CX500C (custom, that is. Bloody beautiful model) and as far as I
know, there was even a turbo model. Also, the same power plant was used
in Honda's Silver Wing, which is a different chapter. I have never owned
a CX but I tried one once, and I did like the feel of the engine. It's
a typical cruising engine with lots of bottom end grunt, although not very
peeky. Good touring machine.

PS I found a way to go riding last night. I stuffed myself with pizza at about
11 PM and then went to sleep. I dreamt of touring all night :^)
It's still snowing outside; I wonder if I have offended someone or another...
                          0:^( ?    >:^( ?
BTW I thought I'd laugh myself to death about the llama-crash story! Thanks
to all the little people that participated in making that one up!

#######################################################################
#Bjorn "Nalle" Friberg  DoD#468              #"Like a bat out of Hell #
#Bike: Honda CB750four -72                   # I'll be gone when the  #
#Organisation: Road Runners MCC of Jakobstad # morning comes..."      #
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From: kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes)
Subject: Re: periodic return visit -- nothing ever changes i see
Organization: Thinkage Ltd.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 11:14:00 GMT

In article <scg92INNgh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 3253@thinkage.on.ca, kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes) writes:
>>jest & good humour can get quite tiring to put up with.
>almost as tiring as pedantic sermons.
>>YOU may know the weight of your words, your INTENDED audience may
>>know the weight of your words, but do not underestimate the skewing power
>>of those same words to the silent majority who do not have sufficient
>>information about the author or the topic in question to place the
>>proper weighting.
>
>So, in other words, never say anything. 
>Right.

i am especially glad that you of all people agree.

-- 
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Electronic countermeasures
Keywords: help
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:57:27 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.161202.5075@serval.net.wsu.edu> bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns) writes:
>I like my Solo radar detector, I really do.  My Solo, which I have named
>_The Ear of God_, has given me good service and has picked up signals
>around corners and curves and over hills and such--I am delighted.
>I just really dislike the ear-plug to use it.  I like riding bikes
>because I can't use a safety belt--the freedom is important.  I feel
>like I am tied to the bike with the ear-plug.  Also, it restricts my
>head-motion when I am looking for patrolling aircraft. There has gotta
>be a better way.
>
>I am electronic illiterate.  I cannot hook up a vcr-tv system to make it
>work, and have barely figured out a stereo/tape deck/cd player.  With
>this an an intro, I need help with a project to make life with a bike
>mounted radar detector more livable.

Get a high intensity strobe from an airport facilities supplier, and
set it up on your handlebars, facing you.  When the radar detector goes
off, so does the strobe.  You'll see it even if you're tracking
approaching enemy aircraft.  Of course, you'll also experience 10 or 20
seconds of blindness, but what's that compared to the ultimate freedom
of riding without earphone wires, seatbelts, or shoes.


Better still, why not ride with the ultimate freedom - give up these
paranoid tendencies that have you convinced that the SWATcopter is always
over your shoulder.  When the beeper goes off, and you hit the brakes,
the air surveilance is nothing compared to the Volvo wagon that's about
to eat you for breakfast.  If you can't manage to learn the road, and
therefore _know_ where the police are likely to be, then the radar detector
is just an albatross around your neck, and you will _never_ truly ride free.


Funny, in six years of 80 mile/day commuting, averaging 70mph, I never
got a ticket, using only my eyes and experience.  My friends who drive by
radar detector _all_ had between 2 and 8 tickets during the same period.
Besides, when you can see the detectors in every other car, and see
a dozen brake lights flash in unison for no apparent reason, why bother
spending money on one of your own?
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com                                        Naperville, IL
'71 CL450-K4 "Gleep"  - "Worth the Obsession"
DoD #094        "I'm not mad; just terribly, terribly hurt."  HDM #007
From: jamesf@public.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: risks of motorcycling vs experience (or, learning to crash)
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:10:29 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

In article <s1ha7INNoa2@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 22738@cs.ucla.edu, coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman) writes:
>>trouble, and that most riders don't get much practice in crashing which might
>>help them to do it more safely.
>
>Let's keep it that way!  (BTW - neither do cagers)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Ahem! *Some* of us have practiced long and hard at crashing our cages, and
now know how to do it while causing a minimum amount of injury/damage but
maintaining a high "oh wow!" factor. Eg.: While towing (with a tow bar) a '74
Monte Carlo with a '75 Catalina on the highway @~55mph, one bolt in the tow
bar broke, causing the monte to veer left, which in turn caused the catalina
to be pushed right, which whipped the monte around and sent both cars slamming
and sliding along the concrete barrier on the right shoulder. No one was hurt,
no one else was involved (I even got a "How the hell did you manage not to
take out anyone else?" from the cop) and all were treated to a spectacular 
wipe out. No tickets, insurance never found out. Hell, I didn't even have
to pay for the cone I evaporated!

Of course, had anyone been hurt or even remotely involved, I would have felt
terrible for a long time.

Obmoto: Is there any way tu get my turn signals to come on faster? THere is
almost a full second delay between turning them on until I get light. Since
I consider signaling a vital part of road communictaion, this is very 
annoying...

tanx,
Jim

-- 
*   Jim Franklin * jamesf@btr.com OR {decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!jamesf      *
* Yamama 650 Maxim           | "It's not how fast you go on the fast parts, *  
* Triumph 650 (slalom champ) |  it's how fast you go on the slow parts."    * 
* DoD #469          KotP(un) |                           - Dilip Ballamore  *
From: space@bwdlh522.bnr.ca (Scott Pace)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: What do we call Harleys?
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:46:03 GMT
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Originator: space@bwdlh522


Japanese bikes are called "rice burners", Italian bikes are called "pasta
burners", so what do we call American bikes (Harleys)?

Some possibilities:

  - oil burners
  - burger burners
  - money burners
  - wallet burners

Any one else have any suggestions?


Oh yeah, :) for Mr. Attitude (you know who you are, Seth).
-- 
Scott Pace, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada, (613) 765-2631
space@bnr.ca - the final frontier                         DoD# 650
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From: shz@garage.att.com (Seth Zirin)
Subject: Re: DoD number
Organization: DoD Treasurer
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:57:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.200306.16519@ncsu.edu>, steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier) writes:
> ...dues?...what dues did *I* pay?...I never paid any dues to the DoD...
> ...claims that he put forth humor, and then can't see the humor in my post...

All DoD annual dues should be sent to:

Seth Zirin
AT&T Bell Laboratories
184 Liberty Corner Road, 3N-R07
Warren, NJ 07059

The current dues requirement is 1% of your 1991 AGI.

Seth Zirin
Official DoD Treasurer
From: martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Comfortable Commuter?
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:10:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: adpplz.1276
Organization: ADP Dealer Services R&D, Portland, OR

: In article <1992Apr7.180943.2459@HQ.Ileaf.COM> grw@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Gary Wasserman) writes:

: >The Harley might be OK but you'd be in the shop pretty often so you
: >have to decide if you like hanging around with the Harley crowd while
: >you are waiting to get your bike back.

carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis,LL2-2B,5439,) writes:
: Gary, you disappoint me.  Oil changes every 2500, minor adjustments
: every 5000, tune-ups every 10000 - like pretty much any bike.  Except
: the valves don't need any adjusting at all.  Today's Harleys don't 
: break, don't leak, and hold value better than BMWs.

Follows just one sad short story on the long unpleasant path into
Euro-bike-ness for this poor traveler: 

There was a time I was going to get a Harley, I really was, and then my
wife said "I've always wanted a BMW" and one day we looked at some, just
to try them on for size, and on the way home I made her stop at the Harley
shop to Strengthen my Resolve. Parked in the parking lot, like it was
WAITING to get me, was a BMW R65. From Michigan.

We walk in. I ask somebody "Hey, who's the guy with the BMW?" and he says
"SHE's the guy with the BMW", indicating a short lady in black leathers with
a generally seedy appearance. Turns out she and her husband (marginal,
one percenter types. Probably lawyers, both of them) have ridden all the
way out to the coast for a vacation. Turns out that he got her a Fat Bob
for Christmas, but "I wasn't going to ride a _Harley_ on a trip like _this_."

Turns out she was waiting for her husband to get through in the shop-
the BMW had 65,000 miles on it, but his brand new Harley was broke.

Obviously, having my wife observe this interchange (and spend the next
five minutes chatting animatedly about the comfort and dependability of
BMW's with this kind lady who'd put 65,000 miles on one) didn't help
my chances of getting a Harley one damned bit.

Obviously:

          Martin Golding           |        BMW R100/7  "Britt"
DoD #236 BMWMOA #55952 WMTC #0002  |  BMW 750/6/2+Ural  "Treaty of Leningrad"
             and KotP              |     Ducati 860 GT  "the White Lady"
                                   |         Yamaha R5  "Dead Ringer"
[motcsd!]mcspdx!adpgate!martin     |     Yamaha XV750J  "Julia Tiberius"
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From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: DENT PULLER
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 17:59:05 GMT

Try a large innertube and inflate it in the tank. I would do
this slowly. Dont know if it will work.

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From: 2frjcocoon@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RE:motorcycle from "Black Rain"
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:34:46 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Apr15.024015.19626@ichips.intel.com>, mfisch@pdx064.intel.com (Matthew Fisch) writes:
> In article <1992Apr14.235856.12912@wpi.WPI.EDU>, mick@maxine.wpi.edu (The Missing Link) writes:
> |> In a rare fit of vernacular exposition eugene@uts.EDU.AU (R Rosen) held forth:
> |> :- 
> |> :- What bike does Michael Douglas ride in "Black Rain" ?
> |> 
> |> 	wasnt it a harley sporster types ? (i am not sure, but go ahead
> |> 	and flame me)... if i remember right he races a japanese sport
> |> 	bike (against i dont remember the make) ... well u get the
> |> 	general idea 9since he wins too ;) ...
> |> 
> 
>   I believe that the bike he races is a disguised (paint job) Katana 1100.

after watching the movie repeatedly (I actually liked it) I finally got
a good glimpse of both bikes in question. Douglas' is the Harley Cafe Racer
from previous discussions. The other is a GSX-R though I can't tell whether
it's the 750 or 1100. The paint is standard Red, White, and Black from the
'86 - '88 (?) years. I believe it is a 750, though the rider handle's it
like an 1100. In the environment that they raced, one could see why Douglas
won.
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From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Re: Aged Ambrosia Rev.2
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:21:58 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA


I didn't think that I was one for archiving, but I happened to find this
"kick in the butt" from brucer floating around. 

-Jeff-

--------------------------slash here------------------------------------

From brucer@druhi.ATT.COM Wed Mar 27 20:47:01 1991
Relay-Version: version Notes 2.8.4  1990/05/09; site hpfcso.FC.HP.COM
From: brucer@druhi.ATT.COM (RobinsonB)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 03:47:01 GMT
Date-Received: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 08:52:42 GMT
Subject: Passions
Message-ID: <7980@drutx.ATT.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: "Shaft Effect?"
From: htweedie@madhat.actrix.gen.nz (Hamish Tweedie)
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:05:24 PST
Distribution: world
Organization: The mad HATter's madhouse
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

In article <kujspnINNh0j@news.bbn.com> mtiberio@bbn.com (Mike Tiberio) writes:

>> Short shafts are batter than long shafts, and BMW has a suspension on some
>> models (K1 and R100GS ? maybe) that eliminates shaft effect.
>>  - Steve
>> moseley@u.washington.edu
>> DoD # 1951, COG, HOG, AMA
>Sorry, but long shafts are better and short are worse as far as shaft
>effect goes. for my racing guzzi, i have a long and short swing arm.
>i use the short whenever i can because it reduces the wheelbase, however
>on bumpy tracks, where the extension of the rear end under power make
>it impossible to hold the throttle wide open, i have to use the long swing
>arm to minimize the effect. trust me as far as shaft effect goes, LONG is
>GOOD, SHORT is BAD.

	This is demonstrated by BMW's Paralever. By using a parralelogram
type concept for the shaft, they have effectively lengthened the shaft
length minimising any shaft effect, while holding onto the short wheelbase!

>mtiberio@bbn.com

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From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: LICENSES
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:34:51 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <1992Apr16.095931.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cnap01@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>
>What is the best (easiest, cheapest) state to get a motorbike licence in?
>
>Ive got a UK licence, and will be in the US for 4 months in the summers. Ill be
>driving about everywhere, so can probably do it wherever its easiest...
>
If you are only visiting wouldn't an international license suffice?
I'm not certain but would think that the easiest state to get a mc license
would be Pennsylvania. All you would have to do is pass MSF's Motorcycle
RiderCourse. Upon completion of the course the instructor endorses the license.
Chas

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