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From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: thoughts on GS oil
Date: 6 Sep 92 10:08:14 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


Ok, so everyone hates Woods Fun Center.  Where should I take my Hawk
to be worked on?  I'm long overdue for a 16k mile service (carb sync,
valve adjust are the main things I think).  I like S. Austin Sport
Cycles, but Bill & James are booked for weeks!  I've heard bad things
about the place just up the road from Woods too.  So WHERE???


-- 
|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: efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: finally, a Real Ride....
Keywords: twisties,mountains,ecstasy
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:03:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Well, I just have to share this with y'all.  I finally got
a taste of what Real Riding is all about.  My SO and I 
went to the BMWOA rally in New Mexico this past weekend,
and we had a blast.  Perfect weather, beautiful curvey 
roads, lots and lots of bikes and bikers.  We even won 
chrome polish and deer warning whistles for door prizes!  
Oh, aren't you jealous??!!

We trailered (is that a word?) both bikes (his K75 and my Rebel) 
out there, and rode them all over while we were there.  Okay, 
well, I admit that I rode pillion on the K-bike most of 
the time, but I did take my rebel out for my longest and 
curviest ride yet.  What a rush!  The only bad part was that
I got a bee down my collar at some point, and when we stopped
for a break, it stung me - OUCH!  Oh, if only my windshield had
come in on time....  

Oh, the other bad thing, now I want a bigger bike, my Rebel
was dwarfed by all those beemers, and I sure had a hard time 
keeping up with the K-bike on those hills.  Keeping my eyes
open....

evelyn
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: the one common aspect (Re: thoughts on GS oil)
Date: 6 Sep 92 23:09:35 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

gad@pencom.com (George Durden) writes:
]I change the oil
]every 3000 street miles or every other race weekend.

live by this creedo and you'll do fine by any name brand oil be it synthetic
or regular.

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Splatterfest Advice
Date: 15 Sep 92 02:35:41 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center


     Nah, keep the loud pipes on, it'll make my Ninja sound quieter and I won't
be the brunt of all the loud pipe jokes this time :-) 

     On another note- I'd like to try and organize a group ride down if
anyones' interested ?? It looks like several people from this end of Texas 
will be going ? 


     "86 Ninja 600R"                               K.O.
  "DOD #306 AMA #615088"                       T.I. Dallas Tx.
    "Eclipse GS Turbo"                      Orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Texas Gatherings     was Hills, schmills . .. .
Date: 12 Sep 92 02:39:15 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
]allowable time off from both work & the family has been chewed for the year.

you won't need time off from work the way it's being planned, and just
bring the family :-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: jrowland@cs.utexas.edu (John Richards Rowland)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: thoughts on GS oil
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:37:55 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: needmore.cs.utexas.edu

I tried the Valvoline synthetic oil, and found that it caused
one of my plugs to oil-foul.  I guess those older bikes, like
my Goldwing '76, need an oil that will burn away, instead of
hanging around on the spark plug like the synthetic stuff does.
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From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Hills, schmills . .. .
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:07:11 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 <BuBKDs.LnB@cmptrc.lonestar.org>, neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
|> 
|> There are plenty of hills, trees, and winding roads around Austin. Go west from Austin to Enchanted Rock (North of Fredricksburg), take the farm roads, not
|> highway 290, and you'll be surprised.

I've ridden around up in that area some . . and it doesn't come
close to the Appalachians . . the Smokey Mountains . . the Blueridge
Parkway . . . riding up I-79 in the fall and looking out for 20 miles
in all directions and seeing nothing but hill after rolling hill
covered in trees . . . reds, oranges, yellows, browns, and greens
. . . what a view!!

And you don't need to ride to just one part of the state to find
winding roads . . . . hell, in W. Virginia you can ride 5 minutes 
in any direction from a major city(major for W. Virginia!! ;-)
and be in hair pin curves, hollers!! and forests!!

Yeah, yeah, I know, if I miss it so much why don't I just leave . . 
. . well, some day I plan on it . . but for now the career calls!
Them thar hills and roads aren't going nowhere anytime soon!! ;-)

Mark

p.s. -- besides . . . I don't recall finding good BBQ in the
	appalachians!! hehe

p.p.s. -- And yes, Jeff, the pickin's weren't as good at the 
	  Stuckey's as they are here at the Denny's!!!! ;-)
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: finally, a Real Ride....
Keywords: twisties,mountains,ecstasy
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:51:09 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX

In article <14SEP199212035483@zeus.tamu.edu> efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes:
>Well, I just have to share this with y'all.  I finally got
>a taste of what Real Riding is all about.  My SO and I 
>went to the BMWOA rally in New Mexico this past weekend,

                            what part?

>and we had a blast.  Perfect weather, beautiful curvey 
>roads, lots and lots of bikes and bikers.  We even won 
>chrome polish and deer warning whistles for door prizes!  
>Oh, aren't you jealous??!!
>
>We trailered (is that a word?) both bikes (his K75 and my Rebel) 
    ^^^^^^^^^
    CHEATER !

>out there, and rode them all over while we were there.  Okay, 
>well, I admit that I rode pillion on the K-bike most of 
>the time, but I did take my rebel out for my longest and 
>curviest ride yet.  What a rush!  The only bad part was that
>I got a bee down my collar at some point, and when we stopped
>for a break, it stung me - OUCH!  Oh, if only my windshield had
>come in on time....  
>
>Oh, the other bad thing, now I want a bigger bike, my Rebel

thats not a bad thing at all!

>was dwarfed by all those beemers, and I sure had a hard time 
>keeping up with the K-bike on those hills.  Keeping my eyes
>open....
>
>evelyn 
>


-- 
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: orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Woods, What's up with that ? (was Re: thoughts on GS oil)
Date: 10 Sep 92 03:41:50 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <816@zx11.UUCP> steve@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr) writes:

>Now thats a stretch of the truth :-).   Count the days till Splatterfest,
>tentativly scheduled for Oct 17, with a few twists to keep it
>interesting.

>] If my next bike is a Kawasaki I 
>] know exactly where I'll be buying it from.. 
>]
>That would not happen to be the dealer who is gonna give you a really
>deep discount on the bike.  Hope your rear wheel is back together
>for the fest,

    Shhhhh, don't tell anyone I'll be getting a ZX-6 at wholesale. If the 
wrong people find out I'm blabing this it may screw the whole thing up ?
Oct 17 huh ? I should have it done by then :-) I can't take the wheel in to
have the bearings done until I get my damn cage out of the shop :-(  Walking 
sure does suck. Actually I'll try and make the fest. The bike shouldn't be
a problem. Cash flow may limit my ability to travel though :-(  Hell cashflow
is the reason behind the puke orange Ninja.


     "86 Ninja 600R"                               K.O.
  "DOD #306 AMA #615088"                       T.I. Dallas Tx.
    "Eclipse GS Turbo"                      Orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Woods, What's up with that ? (was thoughts on GS oil)
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:48:55 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: austin
Organization: NOT

]
]Ok, so we know not to use Woods, and we have a recommendation of TJ's.
Actually 2, Joe recomended them also.

]
]Why are people so down on woods ? What have they done to deserve your bad
]rap ?
Basically they are over priced, will sell you the sleaves off of their
vest and swear the delivered them yesterday.  Know absolutly nothing
but the party line (AKA-- brian and the "motorcycles need specially 
formulated oils").  You spend an hour waiting arround for someone to
ask if you need help (unless you happen to be looking at a wing
in which case the jump all over you about how great a bike it is).

]
]Joe, where did lisa take her 600f2 to keep it under warranty ?
]
]
One does not need to have the bike maintained by a dealer to 
keep it under waranty.  You should keep reciepts for the oil
filter's etc that you buy, and keep your own service records
of what you did when.  There is not a single vehicle waranty 
that stipulates dealer maintenance as being mandatory.  That
was tried and challenged in court many many years ago and
it can't be done.  Besides, most waranty work on a Goof2 probably
wouldn't qualify since all the dealer has to do is say it was
abused and they are off the hook.  Since the tendency is for
squids (not that you are one Brad) to trash sport bikes  they
have it pretty easy.

]thanks,
Your welcome.

]
Steve
steve@zx11.cactus.org
From: f_cnnghamjk@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What to do in Dallas?
Date: 7 Sep 92 06:53:12 GMT
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University


Texas should expunge Dallas; it doesn't belong here anymore...


Randomly, Kelly Cunningham
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"The optimist proclaims that we live the best of all possible worlds; and the
pessimist fears this is true." -- James Cabell


In article <jcn.715558177@keckiris>, jcn@rice.edu (Jeff C. Nichols) writes:
> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
> 
> 
>>Leave what?  Dallas? Houston? or Texas??? ;-)
> 
>>Mark "I want to move back east!!!" Parsons
> 
> Leave Dallas.  As most Texans realize, the true Mason-Dixon line starts 
> around the southern edge of Dallas ;-)  And those from Houston hate 'em 
> even more ;-)
> 
> No, I didn't mean leave Texas.  Who else will I be able to watch in 
> fascination as they pick up non-English speaking women in various 
> roadside eateries? ;-)
> 
> 
> --
> *  Jeff Nichols                 |   I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. * 
> *  DoD#0402         AMA#?!@#*%  |   Ride:  GS500E    		   *
> *  It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milkbone    *
> *  underwear--  Norm Peterson					   *
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: sidehack wanted
Date: 12 Sep 92 15:32:06 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach) writes:
]
]
]   Due to my employer having rules against bringing weapons into work, I find
]I constantly have to chose between riding and archery practice (the range is
]right next door). A sidecar would solve the problem nicely. Besides, they're 
]fun to drive. Anybody know of a reasonably priced (<$700) sidehack?
]
Even the used junk that I have seen is going for more than than.  One
of the BMW Club members has one and he got a good deal at $1500 for
a Velorex.  The other thing about a hack is it's a BITCH to get 
aligned right.  This guy thought he had it right, his wife rode it
all the way to the BMW national and when they got there a guy who
sets them up took it out and thought it sucked.  He and his partner
took it out on the road and set it up, one guy adjusting it from
the car the other driving and telling what was wrong.  Now the 
thing is dialed right in and the owner can even tell the difference.

I did hear that the BMW dealer in Ft Worth (Perry something) knows
a lot about hacks so you might look him up.  Just remember that 
if you put a hack on you should leave it on and not take it on and 
off.  You might be better off  getting one of those little
trailers.  You could easily get away for less than 700 on
that and then you would be able to haul extra crap on trips.

Steve
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CVF: moderating steve's posts (was finally, a Real Ride....)
Date: 16 Sep 92 03:08:14 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade) writes:
]]all those in favor of moderating steve's posts until he figures out where
]]the ? and , keys are and when to hit them, say _I_.
]My angle terchy aint taught me nuttin yet (said in best possible
]North Carolinian (sic) redneck accent).  Joe, I can spell,
]I sure can't punctuate.

since I mentioned nothing about spelling, I guess I should add comprehension
to the list of moderating tasks :)

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Kent's new club?
Date: 15 Sep 92 01:19:58 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: na
Organization: NOT

kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
]>OK, I'll ask . . what does the DoF stand for??
]What'cha think Jerry, should we let them in on it?
]Kent (DoF #)

Durned Old Fart ?

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HERE IT IS: Texas SplatterFest V1, #4
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:16:12 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

In article <826@zx11.UUCP> joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
>
>                           Texas SplatterFest
>                           Volume 1, Issue #4

Yeaaa!

>   The suggested lunch stop will be in Bandera at 1:30. A good spot for meeting
>is the lot of the closed business on the souteast corner of 173 and 16. It's 

You mean the northeast corner which is a parking lot with the BBQ cart
towards the east end under the trees? The SE corner was a gas station or
something like that.

>few blocks up 16. There's also several smaller greasy spoon places along the 

Ahhh! Calling the OST (Old Spanish Trail) a greasy spoon? Man that's the MOST
famous Motorcycle watering hole in all of Texas! The OST has been trail's end
for the SA to Bandera motorcycle run (almost every Sat morning) for something
over 40 years (even though they screwed up the highway when they widened it a
number of years back). What, didn't you read my OST T-shirt I wore on the
last Splatterfest? Us old motorcyclists have tried and tried to bring you
young little ***** up right. Where did we go wrong? I'll try again. Pleasee
remember to wear your OST t-shirts, ok?

Kent (DoF #)
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: thoughts on GS oil
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:58:21 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Organization: NOT

]
]But, Joe, Mobil 1 oil is fine in your beemer, but in the ZX-11, and 
]all these other bikes which share the same engine/clutch/transmission
]oil, won't it break down & screw things up after a while?  I've been
]told by several people that motorcycles need specially formulated oil
]to withstand the shearing forces & clutch pad particles, etc. that 
]aren't present in beemers & cages.  What's the scoop?
]
]
]-- 
]|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings|
Must be those random synaptic firings again Brian.  I seem to remember a
certain young man who will remain unidentified asking certain Denizens
and such (Joe, Ken Orr {speaking of which did you drop off the planet
Ken}, and my self) prior to the 3rd edition of Splatterfest, "Whats
normal maintenance on a bike".   No flames intended Brian, but
me thinks that you assume that everyone you talk with who rides a
bike knows what the fuck they are talking about.  Most are just bench
racers at heart.   Why in the world would you think that the bungholes
at Woods would know anything.  Joe has many thousands of miles of
experience with Mobile 1 in the ZX-11,  I've spoken with several of
the Texaco research scientists whom formulate motoroils on the subject
of Synthetic vs non-synthetic.  There really aint much of a difference
between synthetic and dinosaur based oils except the synthetics tend to
have stronger polymer bonds (meaning that they stay slippery longer
thereby haveing a longer lifespan of doing good in the bike).  There is just
as much crap getting  put into the regular oils.  As for shearing forces 
these same scientists indicated that the synthetics withstand those
forces much better since they stay bonded together.

Now, I ain't no chemist (thank god), but the guys who formulate the oils
sure know a hell of alot more than the guys at Woods honda.  Basically
if you really want to learn about bikes and motors, get a junker strip
it down and rebuild it.  You will learn a lot more about the workings
of an Internal Combustion engine than asking random questions on the
net.   And for gods sake don't listen to the guys at woods, aren't these
the same fellows who seem to always have someone go down on the weekly
rides,  kind of says something about their knowledge of riding in a
group and considering the skill levels of the riders when the 
pace is set.   Kind of like you going out with Kent Polk and trying
to keep up with his PC800,  good way to get yourself hurt, although
I dare say that Kent would tone down his pace to accomodate the 
inexperienced rider.

Enough of the soap box.


Steve
From: karp@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Matthew Karpinski)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Synthetic Oils
Date: 6 Sep 92 03:51:45 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


	From what I understood, the big problem that most bikes have with 
synth oil is if the bike has a wet clutch, because the synth oil is *too*
slippery and the clutch won't grab.  Of course I could just be out in the 
ozone again.

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"Keep the round black things on the flat black thing." - Larry Colen
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Woods, What's up with that ? (was Re: thoughts on GS oil)
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:10:44 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: austin
Organization: NOT

orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr) writes:
]a problem. Cash flow may limit my ability to travel though :-(  Hell cashflow
]is the reason behind the puke orange Ninja.
The hell with cash, use every motorcyclists favorite phrase.
CHARGE IT......
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Splatterfest Advice
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:13:27 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

In article <2435@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
>
>you'll have to pass some '62 fairlane doing 23mph with 4 bails of hay cramed
>in the back seat.
                                                          ^^^^^
You mean it's gonna rain during Splatterfest or is this some newfangled
activity you city folk do with hay? Thought you could only bail water. :^)

Kent (DoF #)
From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Houston HOV Lanes are open to motorcycles (well, maybe)!!!!!
Date: 10 Sep 92 12:38:11 GMT
Reply-To: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <817@zx11.UUCP> joe@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
>]Uhhhh, what's a Lancer?  Does it have anything to do with Lance Holst?
>
>it's a group of women that gang together and corner unsuspecting men and
>rip down their trousers looking for boils.


I can see I'm gonna get about as far as I did asking about the PC800.

Lorra, you seem to be the only sensible person around here, you wanna
fill me in?  Sorry, no boils on my butt.



-- 
Ray Shea			"Them New Agers will buy anything if
UniSQL, Inc.			 you tell 'em it's from Bali."
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu		-- Eric the Bondo Fish Man
DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: thoughts on GS oil
Date: 5 Sep 92 14:49:13 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

In article <806@zx11.UUCP> joe@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>]I tried Mobil 1 in my VF770S several years back. The transmission/clutch most
>]certainly did not like it and I ended up putting it in my wife's car.
>
>transmission? you mean like the metal started to dissolve in the synthetic oil
>or something?

Again, I can't really remember much more than that the tranny started making
a lot of noise and behaving very strangely. I did pull off the highway and
putted home as lower speeds lowered the noise level. I didn't see anything in
the Mobil1 I drained out. In fact, it looked just like when I put it in, so I
moved the Mobil1 to my wife's car.

>]tranny would continue to function long enough to make it home. Went back to
>]my old expensive BelRay which did great by me 
>
>so the real question is, did the problem go away when you switched back?

Immediately.

Kent