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From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: 26 Aug 1992 21:17:55 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <24151@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Cervi) writes:
|> 
|> You might have a clogged fuel filter, or a clogged air vent into the tank.
|> I had a vent problem with my R80/7 when the tank was full, during fast
|> riding. (OK, so it didn't go very fast.) Try opening the fuel filler
|> cap and let some air into the tank. If it cures it, then you know.

Yep, I've had several suggestions about the filler cap . . and I'm gonna
go rip the filler cap off if I have to so I can find that fricken hole!!
(No comments!!)

As for the fuel filter . . .nada . . no fuel filter . . just some mesh
around the petcock . .and it was clean a couple weeks ago when I had
the tank off . . 

Thanks!

Mark
From: mojo@Caere.COM (Morris Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 28 Aug 92 04:45:26 GMT
Organization: Caere Corp.

I found it!:

Heh heh.  This is great fun.  :)

Al Bowers writes:
>Say _WHAT_?!?  There is no such thing as a _centrifugal_ force.  It
>simply does not exist (look it up in any college physics text that you
>wish).  So now how does this imaginary force create rigidity when you
>turn?

I _know_ that.  Centrifugal force is only the counter effect to a
centripetal acceleration.  But that doesn't make it useless.  It works
just as well to describe the effect causing the motorcycle to lean as a
centrifugal effect as a centripetal one.

Who cares if it's imaginary or not?  :)  Actually it's not imaginary,
just a case of describing centripetal acceleration from a different
frame of reference.

"Say Joe, here on this space ship, I notice that we seem to be able to
walk around.  What force is holding us to the floor?"

"Well Fred, there really isn't one.  The floor is pushing up against
our feet and ..."

oh never mind.  :)

You ever seen a Feynman diagram where a particle decays into two
particles, but instead of describing it as a decay, they show an
antiparticle travelling with a reverse time vector that collides?  That
doesn't exist either, but it's a useful way to describe the event.

(At least the physicists I know hope it doesn't exist.  They tend to
cling to causality.)

Using artificial forces is a useful tool when it makes something easier
to visualize.  We do it all the time.  Be more willing to adjust your
frame of reference.  :)

I did my two years of physics at Caltech by the way ... in the days
when Feynman was still giving lectures to the freshmen.

Mojo  :)
(DoD ERC, Sept. 26 or 27)
-- 
Morris Jones
Caere Corp.
mojo@caere.com
From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hey Steve, how come you know so much?
Date: 2 Sep 1992 16:45:40 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Sep1.000244.23513@news.nd.edu> Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift) writes:
>In article <787@zx11.UUCP> Steve Bade, steve@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>
>>]Rich Swift, DOD #...............................
>>      ^^^^^  You sure ain't Swift in the spelling department.
>
>Man, of all the thins that PISS ME OFF, people (for the saake of
>argumnent youre included) who corect my spellin top the list. Why I outta
>rip your fuckin' head    AHHHH!!!   10....9....8....7....  OK, OK .... Im
>Ok now.
>
>>They might but your ass is gonna be so sore, the boys obviously are
>>gonna have a fun time in retribution for your in ability to 
>>determine who the KotL is. 
>
>Um, Steve, is it just me or does it sound like you are ALL TOO FAMILIAR
>to the above scenario...........do you use some kind of special "padded"
>seat on that ZX?
>
>See ya on the road big guy.
>
>Rich Swift,  DOD #............................


Richard, you are participating in a forum in which intelligence is 
highly valued.  If you are unable to spell, use a spell checker, open 
a dictionary, or figure out the true identity of the KotL on your own
you are going to hear about it.  

Whining about "thins that PISS ME OFF," only reinforces the notion that 
you are typing without thinking.  What did you think Steve's intentions 
were?  To make you HAPPY???

You conclude your post by displaying your inability to even read a DoD's 
sig by asking about Steve's "ZX"!   If you can't figure out what he rides
don't pretend to know.  When you do that you have "assumed", but I won't
get into that now.  I have a friend who would be happy to instruct you in 
remedial English reading & writing for a modest fee.  Oh, but you're 
posting from a .edu site.  Let us know when you graduate...Kindergarten?
was it?
 

-- 
|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings|
|A little sixty-nine would be just fine,                             -   O    |
|So let's cut all this talk, just climb on my Hawk!                    |      |
|captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu  (Brian Murfin)  DoD# 0690  nt650gt     \_^___/   |
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: test post
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:27:27 PDT
Summary: he thought he'd get away with changing the newsgroup: line!
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: usa
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Sep2.213925.1120@ctr.columbia.edu>, barry@fsp2.gtri.gatech.edu (Barry B Burnette) writes:
> distribution test only
> thank you

q: what is the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
a: one is a scum-sucking bottom dweller and the other one is a fish:-)

what brings this to mind, of course, is the guy who wants to sue
the guy who sold him a bike.  where is ed.green decrying the 
litigonous nature of the world and telling him that he should 
take some RESPONSIBILITY for what he did, rather than getting
the scumsuckers to fight his battle.

of course, my favorite question to ask libertarians is, "so, you wouldn't
mind if i moved in next door and built a thermonuclear [hi boys from NSA!]
device in the backyard?"

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 11:45:10 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Thanks a pant's full, DoD...
	<1992Aug27.230805.9053@research.nj.nec.com>

The banana writes:

>>  Now it's Harley's turn to get its cues from
>>the japs.
> 
>	Speaking as one scarred over the "jap" flamewars, I like Japanese
>motorcycles.  At least the ones with original styling.  Yours ain't one of
>those.
> 
>>   Read the book, asshole.
> 
>	What book, asshole?
> 
>>>	Your righteous indignation deserves to be flamed.  Goddamn newbie.
>>
>>Newbie to what, dickhead?  I've been riding longer than you've been
>>alive.
> 
>	Doubtful.  

Doubtful?  I bought and sold my first three motorcycles before you were
born.  A single-cylinder, 250 cc Ducati, a BMW R57, and a Matchless CS
650 (brand new).

>On second thought, you *do* look older than dried-up batshit.

Would someone please help the newbie poser out?  These older than
dried-up batshit brains of mine don't retain useless information anymore
(like the titles of books I'm not going to read a second time).  To wit:
 Some dude wrote a book about Harley's revival.  The author had access
to Harley's top executives and was very sympathetic to the company.  It
presented Harley as a shining example of turning a company around by
dropping what is bad in America's mfg. attitude and technology and
adopting whatever is useful from the Japanese.

It's an interesting book.  It's a pity that the IQs of some Harley
riders, like our yellow fruit friend here, isn't sufficient to enjoy
written material.

>>You know, bandangle, we were discussing you at a club meeting a
>>month or so back and several people said, "Oh, he was all right, we
>>guess, until he got that Harley.  Now he's got some sort of an attitude.
>> Well, what we mean is, he's been fucking insufferable since then."
> 
>	You mean you actually SHOWED UP for a meeting?  Attitude, shmattitude.
>What the hell do you think _you're_ shoveling?
> 
>	That club denigrated into a worthless pile of shit in a hurry when
>the folks who actually ride instead of talking about riding left.  I really
>don't give two shits about your opinions.

Thanks for making my point for me.



-peter

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From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Thoughts on VMAX
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:20:30 GMT
Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA

Wednesday August 26 1992 01:30, Rudolf Usselmann wrote to All:

 RU> However, I'm missing one little thing here about the VMAX:
 RU> One of my reasons getting a VMAX instead of a say Z-11 was
 RU> that I thought I could take my SO withme for a ride (in a more
 RU> or less comfertable matter [maybe I get a backrest]).

I think you would find the ZX-11 a better two-up ride, because of its
superior suspension and geometry (it will handle better with two aboard
than the VMAX). I ride with a friend who also has a ZX-11, and almost
never see him without his SO aboard. Last year, I talked him into a Corbin
Dual Canyon seat, and they have gone on very long trips since then in
complete comfort (given, nothing near as comfortable as on a touring
bike). The interesting part is that when we get into the twisties, he
doesn't fall behind unless we wick up quite a bit. Otherwise, you'd never
know there were two people on his ZX-11 from the way it handles.

Of course, if you are only going to ride down to the ice cream store, the
VMAX has certain appeal in the way it looks and sounds. :-)

John

--- GoldED 2.40.P0720+
--  
John Hamilton                  uucp: uts.amdahl.com!kennel!john
DoD #0327   ToT #11            internet: john@f8.n143.z1.fidonet.org
ZX-11 From Hell.               arpa: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG
She said, "Its either me or that ZX-11!" Too bad, I'll miss her.
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From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The GPNDG attendance list and awards.
Date: 27 Aug 92 22:41:22 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Aug26.052646.5399@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>
>Well, even with the bags in place I wasn't _too_ far behind Mike Bain.
>(Not that I'd have been able to stick any closer if I'd taken them off,
>but it does make for a nice excuse. :-) But the Technicolor luggage does
>have some functional value, Bruce Quaitance (?) found a gang of us on
>the road only because he spotted the bags. Just call me the Official DoD
>Signal Flare.

Sounds like a blatant attempt to grab the KotSF title to me.  :-)

Ride Free and be visible,

Bill
________________________________________________________________
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An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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From: Alan.Nunn@f526.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Alan Nunn)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: lucas...
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 02:24:00 +1000

G'day, and sorry about the aborted message, re Lucas.
  To start again. When a mate and I ventured into the realm of biking.We each
 had a Matchless 500cc. And we learned to appreciate the saying...

     Lucas the prince of darkness or Lucas the inventor of darkness.

                                                       BFN> alan

...  Old hondas never die..they end up as spare parts in my garage.
 * Origin: God is REAL unless declared as an INTEGER (3:635/526.0)
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From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: riding clothes choices
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:25:38 GMT

In <1992Sep2.185221.10526@leland.Stanford.EDU> 928s4@leland.Stanford.EDU (Benjamin Sloss) writes:

>klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>>john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton) writes:
>>
>>>In the neighborhood I live in, there are about half a dozen such creatures.
>>>They ride FZRs and GSXRs, wearing tie-dyed baggy cotton pants, sneakers
>>>without socks, and baggy sleeveless mesh t-shirts. Oh, and helmets. Everytime
>>>I see them, the scar on my leg aches, and I wonder how many milliseconds the
>>>cotton will hold before it shreds. Before mandatory helmets, they sported
>>>rainbow-hued Scott sunglasses which matched their outfits. I miss that touch.
>>>;-)
>>
>>>Of course, we hardly ever see such a creature up at Alice's, nor have I ever
>>>been passed by one in a canyon, though I've been passed by just about every-
>>>thing else. Which leaves me to assume these are grocery store vehicles.
>>
>>>John
>>
>>  Suck me off Cock Breath.
>>     Keep your assumptions to yourself.
>>              XXXOOO
>>                    Jorg

>  Heavens, that was unjustified.  John's point was obviously not that
>*all* FZRs or *all* GSXRs were grocery-store vehicles.  It's simply that
>the people who dress in neon cotton outfits typically aren't found
>riding the twisties around here; thus the assumption that their vehicles,
>however capable, are being used for mundane purposes like shopping
>and posing.

>  Seems like John touched a raw nerve.  Are you a neon-clad poser, too?
>-- 
  Yeah, he hit a raw nerve. I guess cause sport bikes are the best
handling, quickest (not necessarily fastest) bikes around its reasonable
to assume that only amatures ride them. Sounds like too many of you have
been blown off by neon kids and carry a grudge against the bikes.
                                    
                                          Jorg
From: cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thoughts on VMAX
Date: 24 Aug 92 21:13:16 GMT
    <1992Aug21.190742.5529@megatek.uucp> <1992Aug22.080812.26459@nntp.hut.fi> 
    <1992Aug24.183541.16740@megatek.uucp>
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis) writes:

...........  I've ridden a few miles on one, and it simply doesn't have the
>raw power or the smooth power delivery of the ZX-11, and it still handles
>like a custom/cruiser.

Funny, I've ridden:
1. '79 KZ1300
2. '85 V-Max
3. '90 GSXR 1100
4. '91 1100 Katana
(none of these my own :-(  )

Most raw power clearly went to the V-Max.  It was basically "Let out the 
clutch, twist the throttle, and hang on for dear life when you hit 7000rpm."
Is the '85 model that much different?

Smooth power delivery went to the Katana, as expected.

The "gixer" was the best performing but to out accelerate the V-Max 
a lot of practice would be needed.  Are ZX's that much different?

I included the KZ1300 simply because it's 6cyl sound is incredible.
It was the one I had the most fun on.  Then again, I like UJM's.

Except for the KZ1300, this is an unbiased opinion (I think).
-- 
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 722 POT U o'Ky    .__,-'    *    \   of the blue           cbrooks@ukma.bitnet
 Lex. KY 40506   _/              ,/    grass and   {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!cbrooks
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From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Keep your visor down!
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:24:21 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

][story of cager really messing up Rich's kid]

my sympathies go out to all those whose lives were messed up by the
incident. luck be with you all.

]I now ride with my shield down all the time. Get the right sheild colour
]for the type of riding you're doing and use it. A good shield can make
]riding more comfortable on your eyes (light wise and dirt wise) as well
]as protect you in all kinds of ways.

I have to wonder just how much protection the shield offers in the
case where some sort of edge strikes it. no doubt it would slow your
head down as it crumbled away, but how much? to the shields splinter
when they break or do they crumble like safety glass? I'd hate to have
a relativly minor impact turn my shield into several knives thrust into
my eyes. I ride with my shield open to the first notch at most, having
never really considered the consequences of leaving it open.

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@zx11.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
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From: sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor))
Subject: Least Favorite Road Sign
Keywords: oil roads sign
Organization: Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:47:25 GMT

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.

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From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:46:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.093643.28796@news.arc.nasa.gov> howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland) writes:

|My girlfriend has started riding... Yesterday, some %$#@! 
|started tailing her at about 5 feet. She couldn't leave him 
|in the dust, due to traffic, so she changed lanes to get out
|of the way. 
|
|This, ahh..., gentleman follows her into the other lane,
|TWICE, staying within feet of her tail-light. 

That's the best excuse for illegal lane splitting that I
could possibly think of.

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Mmmmmmmmmmmm)             |  this weird shit
No ratbike at the moment.  Suggestions?     |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
From: zebee@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: What do you ride every day?
Date: 30 Aug 92 03:32:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: sirius.8368
Organization: Information Technology Division, The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

>"osborn" == John Howard Osborn <osborn@cs.utexas.edu> writes:
>osborn> I'm curious about what people ride when riding is the only
>osborn> choice.  So, if you don't own a car, tell us what you ride.

I ride the infamous MZ.  250cc of stone age 2 stroke, the world's
only successful Communist plot.

Enclosed chain, bog simple motor, left foot kickstart, weird handling,
couldn't kill it if you shot it with a Bofors gun.

2 years or so ago, I seized it, doing 110kmh with a pillion up.  No
two-stroke oil (can you say stupid git?  Thought you could.)  So
I waited for it to cool down, rode it inthe direction of the nearest
garage, seized again, waited, finally made it to the garage.

Bit of oil down the plug'ole, bit in the tank for luck, fill the autolube
tank, and away we went.  Had to wait about 3 weeks for a new piston, so 
kept riding it.  Couldn't get an oversize piston, so I put a standard
one back in, and it's been running on that ever since - 2 years and 30,000 km.

I've got an oversize piston now, and I suppose I'll get round to rebuilding
it one day, but as it is still happily chugging along, why bother?
  
Servicing consists of looking at the chain every six months or so, 
giving it a new sparkplug for Christmas, and thinking about doing the
points one day.

Which is good.  Means I can spend all my time money and effort
on keeping those bloody Italian things going...

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Zebee Johnstone  DoD #605   | You don't own an Italian motorcycle 
     Adelaide City Council       |  - you merely have the privilege 
    zebee@itd.adelaide.edu.au    |    of paying its bills....
From: marcl@hela.isc-br.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Octane question
Keywords: octane
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:28:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

The gas stations I patronize have stickers showing octane ratings which
look something like:

     Minimum Octane Rating
        ( R + M ) / 2
             91

One of my bikes requires 89 "Research" octane gasoline, and another one
requires 91 Research octane.  My questions are three:

 1)  Is there an easy formula to obtain a "Research" octane number from the
     above (even if only approximate)?

 2)  What does the 'M' stand for in the formula (I read that the 'R' is for
     "Research")?

 5)  What is the air speed velocity of a Sparrow?
--
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E. 22425 Appleway             |  or:  ...!uunet!isc-br!eagle!marcl
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From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:00:34 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <BD.92Sep4101148@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
>cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>>In article <2356@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com raves:
>>Having trouble with women, Joe? Have you tried the alternatives? You
>>certainly won't get this kind of crap from a llama!
>Llama?  You're kidding, right?  Llamas spit all over the place, including

You mean, just like Harley Women?
-- 
I love the 3b2
The 3b2 is my friend.
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From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: carb synchronizer recommendations?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:02:31 GMT

In <1992Aug26.204442.4987@objy.com> bruce@objy6.objy.com (Bruce Reed) writes:

>Anyone have any recommendations/opinions on carb synchronizers?

	J.C. Whitney, of all places, sells a pretty good set.  Purchased
at the same time as the $65 leather jacket was their standard round-face
four-gauge set.  As I remember, it was about $22 on sale, up to $35 when
they don't want to sell them or something.  Anyway, there are four
gauges mounted in an aluminum plate that has been bent over at the top.
It also uncludes hoses, dampening valves, and the screw-in adaptors for
Kehin carbs (well, they fit mine).  Place a piece of string between your
handlebars, hang the gauges on that, and balance away.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"There'll be angels on Ariels in leather>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | and chrome, Ridin' down from heaven    >
<viking@iastate.edu      | just to carry me home." -- R. Thompson >
< ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee. >
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