HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson)
Subject: Cylinder head temp gauge
Organization: Centre for the Physics of Materials
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 17:32:59 GMT

	I can't remember if I ever summarized what I found out about
T gauges (for my FJ).  Anyway, here's what I found....

	This is a bit of a non-review.  I didn't actually buy a gauge,
mostly due to the restrictive delivery and duty charges to get it
shipped to Canada.  However, I *would* have otherwise (anyone want to
order one too and send me mine?)...

	I located a CHT (cylinder head temperature) gauge sold by Wag
Aero, a Wisconsin  aircraft parts dealer.  They have a basic 2-1/4" gauge
with sensor which goes under the spark plug for $56.50us.  The sensor
lead comes in 14mm and 18mm sizes.  There is also a more expensive
version which is lit.

	Wag Aero will send you their catalog on request.

		Wag Aero
		P.O. Box 181
		1216 North Road,
		Lyons, WI 53148
		1-800-766-1216
		FAX: (414) 763-7595

The part number is(was) A-092-0xx where xx is 14 or 18 depending on the
lead size you want.  An extra thermocouple (always handy) is A-092-1xx.
The TSO'd version is A-115-0xx.  I can FAX anyone the catalog page if
they want to look at it.

	On the other hand, I found a VDO CHT gauge at out local rip-off
shop for $120cdn.  After paying duty, GST, exchange, delivery and brokerage,
it would be about the same price for the Wag gauge :o/

	A small point to be made about CHT gauges as opposed to proper
oil temperature gauges:  Certainly, it's advantageous to just put the
sensor under a spark plug instead of drilling out the oil pan and risking
damage, metal shavings, leakage, etc.  However, the cylinder head is 
not always in equilibrium with the rest of the block.  On my FJ for example,
there are ducts which direct air down on the block.  The gauge will tend to
indicate temperatures lower than found in the oil pan.  However, when
idling downtown, it should give a reasonable impression of the engine's
state.  Just a caution.

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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Speaking of Fiamms...
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:46:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.185303.11260@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>
>Well, a couple months ago I saw a pair of Fiamms in the clearance aisle
>at the Aurora Venture store, for $7.50/pair.  I didn't have cash with
>me at the time, and they were gone the following week.  If they haven't
>all cleared out the old stuff by now, a couple Ventures or K-Marts might
>be worth a look.
>-- 
>Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation

Well the putz at Kmart who speaks broken english went to check and
says "nope no carry". So I call back and ask about stebel. He has to
check. "nope no carry". At this point I say what kind of car/motorcycle
horns do you carry? He says "we no carry". I hang up. Get email from
Dean saying he just ordered from Competition. I order stebel from
Competition. w/i ten working days, supposed to have all the hardware. $33.
BMW wanted $120 for 2 damn horns. Venture $7.50
At this point I say fuck fiamms. Hope those stebels will stand up to fiamms.
Ball bearings would have been simpler. :-)
 
================================================================================
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From: jearls@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Jeffrey David Earls)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW Service Gouge?
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:50:01 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <1992Aug17.181639.1@acfcluster.nyu.edu> mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu writes:
>
>  [... expressions of dismay deleted ...]
>Maybe I'm pissed cause it's rained the last two weekends.
>
>I mean, damn, I just spent $9,000 for the bike (or more accurately my
>credit union spent $9,000 for the bike (I am now enslaved to them)), I
>ride it for one rainy weekend and I'm stuck with a $260.00 bill!
>
>What does everyone else pay for their "authorized serive"?  What 
>should I expect to pay for Service I and Service II?
>


Err, ah.  I paid $16 for my 600 mile service.  The dealer thanked me 
for buying my FJ through him and only asked that I pay for the new
oil and filter.


YMMV.

--Jeff


--
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|Jeff Earls  jearls@tekig6.pen.tek.com |     DoD #0530  KotTG  WMTC #0002     |
|'89 FJ1200 - Millennium Falcon        |   Squid Factor: 3.67 and climbing... | 
|'86 VF500F - Igor!  It's _ALIVE_!!!!  | "Hit the button Chewie!"... Han Solo |
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: No, *Bikers* lose (was: Cager loses to biker story:)
Date: 15 Aug 92 01:00:17 GMT
            <1992Aug14.135543.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
> 	alternate the yield.  Anyway, it was his turn, she challenged
> 	it and practically ran him off the road.  This guy is big/strong
> 	and wears nice protective (read indestructable) boots.  He catches
> 	up to her, and kicks the living shit out of her tail light!!!  
> 	Needless to say, she will always 'Watchout for motorcycles, they're
> 	everywhere' from here on in.  

feinstei@vax.sonoma.edu (Josh Feinstein) replies:
>This kind of shit is truly stupid. What do you think the other cars 
>on the road thought while they were watching a motorcyclist kick 
>someone's taillight out in the middle of traffic? How do you think it 
>affected their attitudes toward motorcyclists? Riding is dangerous [...]
>(no flame intended toward the poster...just the protagonist of your story)

I sez:
I agree with Josh on this point.  My solution, suggested right here on
rec.moto, is to carry some of those yellow "Look for Motorcyclists"
bumper stickers in my fairing.  You catch up with the offending cager
at the next light, quickly apply it to their vehicle, then gas it.
You don't have to be especially particular about where you stick it,
either 8^).  It's a more politically correct response, gets the point
across better and is just as satisfying (well, almost ;^).  Also makes
it less likely that some bystander will turn your tag in to the cager.
After getting chopped once and performing this routine, I noticed
the cager behind me, who witnessed the entire affair, laughing
hysterically.  Maybe he was another motorcyclist, who knows...

Mr. Bill
-- 
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"feeling paskeresque, which is always better than feeling pasker." Cliff Weston
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: cars-v-bikes
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:41:52 GMT

steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier) writes:
>Oh yeah?!!!  Well *my* bike does quarters in negative time!  And it stops
>before it starts, too!!!  So there! :-P

Did Yamaha use Lucas electrics back then?
-- 
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: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Huh? Wierd electrical problem
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:38:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug19.203808.28811
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug19.161321.20807@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
>
>>Fuses don't blow just because they're stupid.
>
>Generally I agree with you. But Yamaha must have got a batch of fuses
>that, if not actually stupid, did have lower than normal IQ's. At a couple

I didn't even know Lucas was for sale.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
George Bush claims to have neglected domestic issues in favor of foreign policy.
    Looking at Iraqi civilians, I'm glad we didn't have his full attention.
From: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:12:16 GMT

In article <daved.713803311@convex.convex.com>, daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
> I was proudley riding my new ST1100 down fashionable yuppie Newbury 
> street in Boston and as I turned the corner I slowed down to let a 
> fashionable yuppish mother walk across the street in fron of me.
> 
> She looked at the bike and said " If it was a harley I would ask
> you for a ride" I was shocked and insulted, ( nothing against harleys
> but I was pretty proud of my new bike), I felt like saying " well. If you
> were better looking I might give you a ride" but, held my tongue.

	Hey, Mr. Plastic Bike toy-rider gets turned down by the Lady!
Why, surprise, surprise!  I have no idea why...

> So I ask , what good is the harley REBEL image when it has been so
> co-opted by the fashionable yuppie society, that young mothers would 
> ask a harley owner for a ride. It appears that Harley 
> owners of recent vintage are just buying a fashionable status accesory.

	You're just jealous of us that ride 'Merican Ir'n, boy.  Get a
REAL motorcycle instead of that Jap rice-burning, plastic-covered,
whining, dork-mobile.

	Serves you right for cruising for chicks in East Yuppieville
Village.  Look who's buying an image now.
-- 
Robert H. Yang               | DoD # 0593
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.	     | '92 CBR600F2 "It hisses on snakes."
RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU | AMA # 642916

   "Society cannot change until persons change.  We have hope for the
    future because we have seen persons change." - from "I'm OK, You're OK"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Deflating tires
From: Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 18 Aug 1992 12:11:40 EDT
Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems


If you suspect the valve is leaking the simplest way to check is to put
a little soap/water solution on the top of the valve stem (with the cap
removed)  If you are not within arms reach of this solution a suitable
substitute is spit, but no lungers since they tend to be a bit more
adhesive.

Just pass your finger over the top if a sheet of bubble stays flat, the
valve is ok, if it inflates up and pops.. the valve is either loose or
leaking.  Replacing a valve is a trivial task.

Robert
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Re: FIAMM buying and Installing ( was Fiamms,Re: cage kill,was: Re: Deer) Kill)))
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:47:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpfcso.9900963
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

> From: jlevine@ohrd.FC.HP.COM
> 
> 
> If your bike has two wires leading to the horn, you can get away without the
> relay.
> 

Be vewy, vewy, careful. It's not the number of wires that will damage your
wiring harness or horn switch, it's the current flow. 

If the stock horns draw the same power as the Fiamms, then your wiring is
probably fine. But what are the chances that a meeper draws the same 
current as the more scroteful Fiamms??? (zip......)

Use a relay unless you are certain that your bike's setup already has one.
And use a fuse too. An electrical fire isn't funny. On the other hand, 
a welded-closed horn button *would* be funny if it happened to someone 
else!


Ron
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint
Date: 17 Aug 1992 18:20:27 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 10043@isc-br.isc-br.com, steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) writes:
>
>I realize this has NOTHING to do with motorcycles, 

so?  

>The
>widespread notion of great injustice visited upon unsuspecting citizens 
>by evil criminals who twist the judicial system to their own ends is
>bullshit. 

I agree it is overblown in popular culture, but it is far from
bullshit, and it does happen.  It's not so much the criminals twisting
the judicial system as it is the ambulance chasers sueing everyone in
sight.

>Perhaps, however, a case does exist where a thief SUCCESSFULLY sued 
>the owner of a vehicle when the thief was injured.  Can anyone 
>provide documentation of such a case?  

Not specifically, however, a recent case in this general category is
the cabbie in San Francisco who cornered a mugger with his cab.  He
stopped short of harming him, gave him warning that he would hit him,
and proceeded to do so when the guy tried to run away.  A liberal jury
(as if San Francisco could field any other kind) convicted him and
awarded the mugger some $20K.

I agree that the likelyhood of a thief succussfully sueing the owner of
a vehicle is farily low, unless the vehicle has been modified in any
way.  Nevertheless, rigging your bike to self-destruct or fail in some
critical way DOES open you up to severe liability.

It probably also depends heavily on where you live.  CO authorities
would probably award medals to vigilanties that MA authorities would
send to jail.

---
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  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: rogerc@discovery.uk.sun.com (Joe Cool)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning
Date: 18 Aug 1992 10:20:18 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: rogerc@discovery.uk.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: discovery.uk.sun.com

In article 7417@ericsson.se, etlanar@slartibartfast.ericsson.se (Alan Arthur) writes:
>
>While I was flying along a nice quiet country road, I noticed a strange 
>phenomenon... Although I could quite happily lean as far as I wanted to
>the left, there seemed to be some mental block which limited how far I could
>make myself lean to the right.

Try dressing on the other side!

Roger.Collier@Uk.Sun.COM		Sun Microsystems
					Warwick University Science Park
(44) 203 692255				Coventry CV47HS
					England

The penis mightier than the sword.

DoD#226		GSXR1100L
From: eparker@advansoft.com (Eric Parker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Help needed with Honda clutch sensor switch.
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:47:27 GMT
Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA
Originator: eparker@arc

There are two switches on a 1985 Honda Shadow 500 that lock out the
starter circuit. One is the neutral sensor switch, the other is
activated by pulling in the clutch lever. Well, sometimes the clutch
disengage sensor sticks preventing the bike from starting in gear
with the clutch pulled. I only have the Haynes manual for this thing.
It mentions that it is there, but gives no clues as to where it is
located.

Can anyone help me with this problem.

Thanks,
eric
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From: robd@shotgun.wv.tek.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD Security Breach ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:55:48 GMT
Reply-To: robd@orca.wv.tek.com
Organization: Network Displays Reliability Engineering

In article <1992Aug12.231307.23157@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>,
hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
> From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
> Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
> Subject: Re: DoD Security Breach ?
> Date: 12 Aug 92 23:13:07 GMT
> Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
> 
> In article <3513@tegra.COM>, hull@tegra.COM (Andy Hull) writes:
> |> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) Tries to flame....
> |> >	Oh yeah Mr. Brucer, suck this spooge worm arsehole (sound effect
> |> >	like 'gooooooooooosh', followed by exploding cigar).  You and your
> |> >	fucking shithead DoDers just take up bandwidth, and I'm fucking sick
> |> >	of it you miserable little insignifigant piece of doggy-do.  You 
> |> >	secretly drive a car on Sundays, and wish your SO didn't have a
> |> >	motorcycle, then you wouldn't have to ride one yourself.  Fuck you
> |> >	piss me off.  
> |> >	(Was that good enough to get me inducted?  I'm interested 8*}  )
> |> 
> |>   I've heard better flames from small girls chasing tennis balls.  
> |> 


Hell, I've had popcorn farts produce beter flames than that....

          +====================================================+
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          |         email - robd@shotgun.WV.TEK.COM            |
	  |              DoD #0176  AMA #640308                |
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Drunk Cagers (Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters)
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:16:38 GMT

In article <25578@dog.ee.lbl.gov> jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes:
>In article <16rhcvINNdn@rodan.UU.NET> smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield)
>writes:
>>Just as a bit of amuzement, at the Burger King I used to work at in high
>>school, we used to call the police whenever people who were drinking
>>would go through the drive through.  We'd intentionally take our time
>>with their order to get a good description of their vehicle.
>>
>>Conveniently, there was a speed trap less than a block away from the
>>place that we'd get to sit and watch the cop pull out of as soon as the
>>report went through, and catch the people...

Personally, I love it.

>	As much as I hate to see drunk drivers on the road (and I have been involved
...
>	As much as I despise the person, well I despise even more people that have an
>attitude like the one described above. I personally find denounciation like
>this degrading.

Degrading?  As degrading the experience of your bike getting trashed by
a drunk?  As degrading as seeing an innocent victim die?

>	What about trying to talk to the guy for example ? With a few well chosen
>words you can make him feel very miserable. There are other ways than pure

I don't know who things are where you live; around here I can't imagine
a drunk driver getting anything meaningful from a high school kid telling
him he's drunk.  Making a drunk behind the wheel of a running car
"very miserable" is more likely to cause an accident than reporting
your suspicions to the police.  And quite frankly, if the person does
have a problem, getting the police involved is more likely to get him
help than is tossing a few insults.

>repretion like this, and especially vicious denounciation like what you've
>described.

Vicious?  How so?  If you were in a bar, and someone came in waving
a gun and acting generally dangerous, would you address the situation
by approching the gunman and shouting insults at him?




Lest I be flamed, my choice of examples has nothing to do with my
attitudes towards gun ownership.  It was just a convenient, clear
example.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
	So just where did George Bush get the idea that he gets to
			decide policy for the U.N.?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: Another DoD first (was: Re: jeff Achenbach)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:32:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.231229.7821@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.150630.23735@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes:
>
>>So Cliff, are you trying to say that the holes were of smaller that usuall
>>size??
>
>are you referring to the doughnuts, the girl, the llama, or me?
>
The donuts, Cliff, the donuts.

The girl I don't even know, though she was kinda cute.

The llama, well... I don't want to get into that, though it was kinda of cute.
And so soft, and cuddly and <SMACK!>   ah, errr.. where was .. Oh yeah!

And you, well we already know about you.  After all that pucker of yours
sucked up about half that seat during your slide...
-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get   | '81 CB750C            |
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111                | '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:16:54 GMT


Ed Green (egreen@East.Sun.COM) sez:
|> So what if yuppies are buying Harleys?  Good for them, it's more sales
|> for HD.

Best of all, it means that there'll be a huge number of lightly used Harleys
on the market in a few years.

Dan
From: cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Watch out for the spiders
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:23:51 GMT
Organization: Sequoia Computer Systems

In article <+72m4xc.shoun@netcom.com>, shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:
> Tarantulas are very mildly poisonous. Like being stung by a wasp.

I've always read that Tarantulas are not poisonous at all. They bite, and
the bite might be painful because of their size, but they don't have any
venom from what I've read. Since we (thankfully) don't have them around
here (Boston) I don't plan on testing this first hand...

					Paul
-- 
cantrell@sequoia.com
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: RE Mr. Small
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Distribution: rec
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:10:37 GMT

In article <RKOU.92Aug16123100@corvus.ucs> rkou@corvus.ucs (Roger H. Kou) writes:
>
>I think I shall do something about this. Mr. Small please stay put.
>My lawyer will speak to you.

whattsa matter.  Did the big, bad bike dude call you names??  Did he hurt 
your wittle feelwings.  Awwww.

>BTW: anyone like to share some $$$ out of this court settlement, which 
>I hope it's coming soon. if so, write.
>
>-RK
>
>I love Mr. Small
>He is my friend, eh, in court.
>
>PS:I am a student, I got all the time in the world to make somebody's life
>miserable. heck, in LA, that's my given right.

You know, you might want to think about heading down to Kmart and
seeing if you can pick up a discount life...


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| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get   | '81 CB750C            |
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