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From: csc@pilot.njin.net (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cost of Bike Helmets
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:38:05 GMT
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY

cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:

|?VELCRO? !!!

|Skydivers are urged to wear high-top shoes with velcro closures
|because they will get ankle support but THE VELCRO WILL RIP OPEN
|UNDER EXTREME STRESS, thus possibly saving a boot-top ankle fracture.

|I swear by Velcro for a lot of things, but I sure as hell don't want
|it holding my helmet on my head when I face-plant.

That's silly. Velcro shoelaces aren't designed to withstand extreme
stresses. But many velcro fasteners are. Case in point: What connects
high performance parachute risers to the harness? Velcro! And it does
NOT come loose by accident (if it did, who would use it?). It's used
because a velcro quick release is more reliable than many mechanical
ones.

I'd wear a helmet that had a velcro faster if it was easier to use
than a D-ring. I'd expect it to be able to withstand similar stresses.
But that's not impossible., as a lot of velcro applications are used
in high-stress critical applications where a quick release is
desirable.

Sean
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Deafness...WOT?
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 15:46:45 GMT

In article <1992Oct09.113119.16896@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>Did any of you BBC watchers see the page: Motorcycling Causes Deafness on 
>CEEFAX today?  They, the Medical Society,  had checked a hundred anarchical 
>hippy nazis -oops, sorry, I mean bikers, and found that more than half had 
>damaged hearing.  They recommended ear plugs and better soundproofing in 
>helmets.

Just curious..... Did they check against other factors, like listening
to loud music?  What percentage of the population at large goes to
rock concerts without hearing protection?


M'Lud.

I SAID: "M'LUD", M'LUD.

Cor blimey.
-- 
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: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Quality metric fasteners
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 15:12:03 GMT

There is a store in Dover New Jersey on RT 46 across
from Steve's Speed shop. It is called "Nuts & Bolts",
If a fastner is made they have it in stock and I mean
anyting (and I've come in with some off the wall stuff
that I had never seen before and sure enough they haveit)
I am in the process of restoring a 69 waggoneer and am
replacing all the nuts and bolts with stainless.
I also remember someone from the Boston area posting a
while back for a company that manufactures stuff like
that, he gave a phone number and address but I wasn't
interested at the time (and have my own sources).

-- 
##########################################################
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                 and TARGETS !!!
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#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I by my jeans, jackets and ammo
in the same store.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: Harley Outperforms ZX11, Film at Eleven
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 05:38:11 GMT

declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes:

>BTW: the 1969-1978 Honda CB750 produces more horsepower than any 
>bone stock Harley of the same period,

	Harley-Davidson XR750 produced about 80HP; the CB750 was
doing good to surpass 70.  Mine's at 115, and about as reliable
as something made by Lucas "Prince of Darkness."

> and they don't leak oil
>on their tires while racing!

	Unless your CB750, like mine, decides to blow the oil filter
off the front of the motor.  Four quarts of Castrol 20W-50 on the
rear wheel in about two seconds.  What a rush!

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"I see angels on Ariels in leather and>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | chrome, Swooping down from heaven to >
<viking@iastate.edu      | carry me home."   ---    R. Thompson >
<ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee.>
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Faulty chain adjustment
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:17:35 GMT
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <1992Oct05.131249.2410@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>
>Hey, come on!  I thought all you Americans rode Hardly Davidsons (Charleys ?).
>
>What's with all this European behaviour with the polluting two-stroke slick
>trick machines?  Bunch of Barry Sheenes are you?
>
  Wrong continent, Nick (the Confused Biker).
                  Bunch of Kenny Roberts are us.
                  Bunch of Eddie Lawsons are us.
                  Bunch of Freddie Spencers are us.
                  Bunch of John Kosinskis are us.
                  Bunch of Wayne Raineys are us.
                  Bunch of Kevin Schwantz's are us.
                  Bunch of Randy Mamolas are us.
                  Bunch of Doug Chandlers are us.

                  Need I go on?

  Yes, there are some Americans that ride 2-strokes.

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| Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       |
| davet@loowit.WR.TEK.COM         | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
| '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
| '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
| '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     |
|       1938 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     |
| My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: k21701@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Teppo Nieminen)
Subject: Re: HELMETS:Arai only
Date:  9 Oct 92 11:58:05 GMT
Organization: Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

I thought that all riding safety equipment (including leathers) were
safe for one crash only. I mean, the idea is that
the suit/helmet/gloves/boots is consumed to save the wearers own
skin...
					Teppo Nieminen
					DoD #2000
From: vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Impact drivers
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:43:52 GMT
Organization: Dances with Hawks

In rec.motorcycles, jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak) writes:

> I had (have) a similar dilemma.
> Two of the four screws that hold the left rear cover on my CL360 engine
> are quite frozen. The phillips heads were already partially stripped
> from a previous bozon attempting to use the wrong size driver to remove
> them.
> 
> I got an impact driver.
> 
> All I managed to do was finish stripping the heads out of the screws.
> Yes, I used the right size bit.
> 
> These appear to be steel screws threaded into an aluminum case.
> Any suggestions how I get these puppies out of there?
> I'd really like to be able to inspect that drive sprocket.

  You need to cut a "slot" in the head for the other impact driver bits
  (not the phillips variety) to fit into.  I have found the a Dremmel(tm)
  hand tool with the miniature saw works marvelously for this very purpose
  (and has a 1001 other uses too).

  Cheers,
  Victor "Dances with Hawks" Johnson
  ----------------------------------
From: tjohnson@atcc5.prime.com (Tod J Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: HEY PEOPLE! was(Harley riders are JAGOFFS!!)
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:18:13 GMT
Reply-To: tjohnson@atc1.UUCP (Tod J Johnson)
Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA

HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY PEOPLE!!

This is out of control!! "Harley Riders are Yuppie scum!!" "Rice Rocket
riders are pansy fags" etc. etc.

I hate to inform you but people are just people, riders are just riders. 

I happen to ride a Harley Davidson Heritage Softail. Here are the reasons
I bought, and ride it......

1) I love to ride. <<---- #1 Reason Folks!!!
2) I love the weight and size of this particular model.
3) I consider it an investment of sorts. It's worth well over $10k and
   I only owe abut $5k on it. It retains a lot of its value.
4) I love the sound of it. Not that it is just loud and obnoxious, cause
   it isn't. It just makes enough noise to please my ears and help me be
   noticed in traffic.
5) It's a "rough yet comfortable" ride. Cop seat on a rough bike makes for
   an enjoyable combo.
6) I love the seat height along with the leg position. I'm tall and slender
   and prefer my arms and legs to be as straight as possible, along with
   a low center of gravity.
7) The new generation of Harley tends to be quite reliable.

There; is that reason enough? Is that OK? Am I a "Harlee Jagoff" for having
chosen a bike for these reasons? Am I a Yuppie scum???

You people are way out of line for the most part. I'm proud to say that I
bought a Harley primarily for the above reasons, and only secondary because
I wouldn't be caught dead on one of those JAP pieces of shit that sound
like a Chiwawa with a broomstick up its ass.

Sincerely;

Tod J. Johnson
DoD #883
"Go Slow, Take Geritol"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Deafness...WOT?
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 11:31:19 GMT

Did any of you BBC watchers see the page: Motorcycling Causes Deafness on 
CEEFAX today?  They, the Medical Society,  had checked a hundred anarchical 
hippy nazis -oops, sorry, I mean bikers, and found that more than half had 
damaged hearing.  They recommended ear plugs and better soundproofing in 
helmets.

They must have had a real dearth of news items to warrant a motorcycle item!
I wondered why my Walkman was using batteries more frequently, I must be 
turning the volume up to compensate for my damaged hearing after 26 years of
riding.

They also stated that it was because of the low frequency wind noise, and not
the noise from the bike that caused this ph-ear-nomenon.

This is the kind of information that should be printed on beer mat bottoms.

Nick (WOT?)  MAG 73516  DoD 1069   Ear trumpet

M'Lud.
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Wed,  7 Oct 1992 22:44:00 -0400 
From: Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Bzzzzt! Was: How to break-in new rings?
	<1992Oct7.205336.3919@morrow.stanford.edu>

Howdy,

karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish) writes:
[on Bon Ami tile cleaner]
> It's made from mostly-decomposed feldspar, a mineral that's
> slightly softer than ceramic tile but harder than most
> things that stain the tile.  The feldspar fractures into
...


Jezus Chuck.  Go on Jepardy or something and put that limitless
knowledge to use!

God damn discourse on TILE CLEANSER! :-)

Mark

| 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... |
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why is my face shield so scratched so
Date: 8 Oct 1992 17:12:17 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 153@adobe.com, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>
>Are there helmets with face-shields so easily interchangeable that
>one could put on the tinted shield for day and the clear shield
>for night? Any recommendations?

They almost all have interchangable shields, it's just a matter of how
much hassle it is to do.  On the Bell Aero-Star, you have to take out
two screws and fiddle with the ratchet thingie.  Some of the more
expensive helmets have "quick detach" shields.

The universal problem is that a motorcycle helmet face shield is a
weird shaped thing that doesn't pack efficiently anywhere.  It's
probably not practical to carry a light and dark around all the time,
planning to switch them depending on the lighting, at least not unless
you have big saddlebags.

---
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: weiss@bdcv8 (DEV - Warren Weiss)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Irked over rusty pipes (was: Blue over blue pipes)
Summary: Blue-Away
Date: 9 Oct 92 00:42:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: ra.3932
Reply-To: weiss@bdcv8
Distribution: world
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory-on-the-Potomac, Washington, DC, US of A
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4


In article <60989@mimsy.umd.edu> leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill) writes:

>>While "Blue Away" will remove the blueing from the pipes, it will
>>also remove the chrome, or at least the chrome luster.

IMHO, the greatest drawback of stock exhaust systems is not the weight or 
the power-robbing, but the lack of durability.  Most manufacturers coat the 
pipes with the least amount of chrome that they can get away with and the 
result is surface rust poking through, particularly at the welds and points 
where oil spilled from the ingeniously-placed oil filter covers.

I spent two weekends this past Spring removing the pipes, using naval jelly 
to dissolve the rust, and painting with a high-temp paint.  I managed to 
shear-off a retaining bolt, destroy the remains of that bolt with an 
extractor, and had to re-drill to fit a larger bolt.  The kicker was that 
after the paint cured for about 24 hours, I started it up and went for a 
scoot.  The paint bubbled-up in about 5 minutes and the rust came through 
again in two days.  I just can't win...

Anyway...

Some months ago, someone posted info about a company called "Jet Hot" that 
will ceramic-coat just about anything.  They charge $100.00 to treat a 4-
into-1 header and an additional $100.00 to remove the chrome if the pipe is 
chrome-plated.  Does anyone know what is involved in removing the chrome 
from the stock pipes?  Once you add up the cost of the plating, removing 
the chrome, and shipping, the process becomes less competitive with 
purchasing an aftermarket exhaust.

_____________________________________________________________________________
Warren W. Weiss      VMI '87                 email:  weiss@bdcv8.nrl.navy.mil
AMA# 409056
				"Think for yourself and question authority"
Ride: '85 Suzuki GS700+
							Unknown
"Deus Ex Machina"
_____________________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Bike Service in London 
Summary: You can do it if you like
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 15:57:55 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.130926.668@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.161212.5749@alex.com>, lisa@alex.com (Lisa Rowlands) writes:
>> Hello
>> 
>> I am new to the Internet, and I was wondering if anyone can recommend
>> a garage in the West London area that will service my bike without
>> ripping me off.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> Lisa Rowlands
>> lisa@alex.com
>
>lisa, never have your bike serviced in a garage, since most of the
>people who work there know nothing about how to park cars, let alone
>how to fix bikes.  better take it to a bike shop.
>
>-- 
>-- bob pasker
>-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
>--

I visited a bike shop in London last winter, and was really interested in
exploring bikes for hire.  Besides bikes for hire, I seem to recall that 
they had a lot of customer bikes around the service area.  A number of 
customer bikes probably means people like them ...

Now, the good question: what was their name and where are they?  I don't
have the info right in front of me, but I think they are just at the
South side of Albert Enbankment.  Does that make sense?  If not, email
me and I'll look it up and send you the info.

I found them in the local London Yellow Pages phone book, under bike hire.

The address will be in the next DoD yellow_pages posting too.


Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  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 hire bikes  }

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Mechanic type question
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:47:00 GMT

In article <Oct.15.10.19.54.1992.14295@pilot.njin.net> csc@pilot.njin.net
(Sean Casey) writes:
>If a bike isn't developing power, and one spark plug (of two) is
>fouling with carbon deposits, what would you suspect? It's a '79 KZ750
>twin.

- Something in the ignition system died.  Check with a timing
  light.

- A jet came loose in the carburetor on that side.

- The carburetor float on that side developed a leak and sank.

- A bit of dirt got into an air passage on that side.

- There's an oil rag inside the air filter, and it just got
  sucked into one carb mouth.

- A vent line somewhere is pinched.


I'd suggest checking out your bike.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
From: kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:36:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <BD.92Oct7122848@fluent.UUCP>, bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:
] 
] kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
] 
] >And, if the gun radiation _was_ significant, then the detector
] >radiation would be insignificant
] 
] How do you figure?

It was kind of a joke - if the radar gun emitted dangerous radio
waves, then your detector could help you avoid them.  

It's my fault - you had to read the rest of the sentence, and I
shouldn't have assumed that you would.

                                            Kevin
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: grw@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Gary Wasserman)
Subject: Aerostitch Suit SOLD
Reply-To: grw@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Gary Wasserman)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 15:24:02 GMT



Thanks for all the interest.  The suit is sold.

-Gary

-- 
Gary Wasserman      "A completely irrational attraction to BMW bikes"
Interleaf, Inc.      Prospect Place, 9 Hillside Ave, Waltham, MA 02154
grw@ileaf.com        617-290-4990x3423 FAX 617-290-4970       DoD#0216
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Flame Bait
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:12:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX

In article <1939@shaman.wv.tek.com> harmons@mithril.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) writes:
>>>"Victimless crime" is an oxymoron.
>>
>>Not true.  Smoking dope is a victimless crime, many times.
>>-- 
>
>I wonder if the people who care for crack babies would agree with you.

When did dope & crack become synomynous?

Time for a little counter-culture education:

Dope:	mary jane, weed, marijuana, grass

Drug of choice for many.

If you can't smoke dope, riding in the mountains is the next best thing ;-)

-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: apology (was: Re: counter-steering?
Summary: Listen up, it don't happen often!
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:06:25 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 13398@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu, dgibb@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Don Gibb) writes:
>In article <1bk4nrINN46r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>
>>Yeah, Don, I'm snookered. 
>>
>>Fuck you.
>
>But, your anger and public display of your knowledge of
>profanity is misdirected.  

I apologize to Don.  I noticed the disparate address, but many people
post from various accounts, and I went by the signature, incorrectly
assuming nobody would be so spineless as to post flame bait by
forgery.  Further, Don's reply was worded in such a way that he seemed
to admit (and revel in) culpability.

Yo, Matt Hur, Fuck you *and* the horse you rode in on.

The only thing more immature than your countersteering post was that
you lacked the balls to put your own name on it.

---
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...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Subject: Idiot bicycle races on non-closed courses (was Re: ignore  -  test)
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:05:05 GMT

In article <clayb.19.718508733@county.lmt.mn.org> clayb@county.lmt.mn.org (Clay Babcock) writes:
[Bicycles]
|Don't pay taxes?  Wake up! Even if I didn't ride a MotorCycle,
|I pay over $20,000 a year in state and fed taxes. A LOT of that
|is going to roads and highways, so I'll ride my bicycle ANYWHERE
|I WHAT.  You and your college student taxes (plus bike tabs) couldn't
|pave 5 feet of highway.  Why don't YOU stay off the road.

  Clay is right - but he is responding to flame bait - (HINT: Clay, Laszlo
isn't a student, and rides a bicycle probably more than you).

  However, I just about got pissed off enough to kick some bicyclists over
the weekend.  Here we are, riding very curvy mountain roads, and we come
around a blind corner at a safe (probably legal) speed, and there are a
number of bicycles ALL over the road - boths side of the double yellow
(i.e., on the wrong side of the road).  About 300 bicycles in the course
of the next few miles, some of which DESERVED to get hit by a car (evolution
in action).

  Just *whose* idea is it to hold bicycle races on public roads, especially
considering how dangerous it is for the bicyclists on the roads they were
on (north San Diego County roads, in this instance).  No markers, etc...

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dmatejka@netcom.com (Daniel Matejka)
Subject: Re: Honda CB 750 '92 vs Honda Nighthawk 700 S '85
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:33:36 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.163508.28293@tamsun.tamu.edu> peram@cs.tamu.edu (Suresh B Peram) writes:
>
>The 700 S seems to have more features on the control
>panel and also looks more sporty.  Is the 700 S 
>sportier than the new '92 Nighthawk ?  Does it have
>more power ?
>
>Suresh

  Always happy to half-answer a pseudotechnical question to the
best of my abilities, here on rec.moto.

  According to some Cycle Worlds I stumbled across once, the
'92 Nighthawk 750 is kind of slow for a 750: 0-60 in 3.8,
0-100 in 10-something.
  The '84 700S is glacial off the line, but takes off after that.
0-60 is 4.5, 0-100 is 9.6.  Honda rates the 700S at 80hp.
  Fill in the blanks, and you've got a real answer!