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From: boardman@cancer.unm.edu (Bob Boardman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Help me find an 883 - Please...
Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:35:55 GMT
Organization: UNM Cancer Center
Reply-To: boardman@cancer.unm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: cancer.unm.edu

In article <mtrost.728072658@convex.convex.com>,
   mtrost@convex.com (Matthew Trost) writes:
>In <1993Jan25.190224.63184@cc.usu.edu> sljt6@cc.usu.edu writes:
>
>>I am hoping someone out there can help me...
>
>>I finally got enough money together to buy
>>my dream bike (at least for now).  I have been wanting
>>an 883 for at least 5 years.  Now I finally have the money,
>>I can't find the bike.  I am looking for a new 883
>>base model in black.  I guess I would take another color if it
>>was all I could find, though.  I would be willing to go to 
>>Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,
>>or anyplace similarly close to Utah to pick it up.
>>I prefer not to have a CA model.  I know some dealers out
>>there _must_ have ordered extra ones to put on the showroom.
>
>>I would really appreciate any help you can give.
>
>>Dave
>
>>sljt6@cc.usu.edu
>>davester@cc.usu.edu
>
>Check with Chick, at Chick's Harley Davidson in Albuqueque. Sorry I don't
>have the number handy.
>
>Chick's is the best dealership I have ever delt with. And Chick is a very
>honest, and good guy. I'd give him a try first. (tell him Matthew from
>Dallas sent ya')
>
>Good luck.
>
>Matthew
>
	(505) 266-6777 - I just called, but Chick was out - the person
  who answered didn't think they had any available right now, but suggested
  calling back and checking with Chick personally, since he might have
  one that somebody else couldn't complete the deal on.  Good luck.

	I wasn't going to respond, since Dave mentioned Arizona, Colorado,
  and Texas, but left New Mexico out - but Matthew's plug motivated me...
  I haven't dealt with Chick personally, (someday soon, when I have the $)
  but he has a VERY good rep.

  -Bob
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: test
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:25:26 GMT

In article <david.5@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU> david@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU (David Watkin) writes:
>fhfghfgyhtrhbngh
>+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>David Watkin  79 XLCH (Iron Head)

We got your test here in Ohio Dave.


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: Triumph over Mediocrity
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:50:39 GMT

In article <C1Dn4n.LA7@well.sf.ca.us> wfrank@well.sf.ca.us (Wade Franklin) writes:
>In article <MRMIKE.93Jan22134534@michelotti.ae.ge.com> Mike Passaretti <passaretti@crd.ge.com> writes:
>>
to do whatsoever with the old ones. They
>are water-cooled 3 and 4-cylinder inlines. They look like great bikes,
>if that's what you want, but if you want an air-cooled twin, you gotta
>get one of the old ones. DON'T buy a Truimph twin made after 1970 -
>the 'oil frames' were crap.
>-- 

No accounting for taste I guess. Although I do prefer the looks of the 
earlier Triumphs, I've sold several and kept the '74 Bonnie. The frame is
much more rigid than the earlier models, the forks are noticeably better,
the disc brake is slightly better than even the later tls drums, and the
5 speed gearbox is a bit quicker than the four. I have, however, restyled
it in an effort to antiquate it's appearance.

Jeff Achenbach
'74 Bonnie '73 Commando '74 Moto Morini '76 R90S '80SR500
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com
Subject: Re: poop test
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:00:55 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.212303.11479@gecko.uucp>, ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell) writes:

>     "My dog poops bigger than your dog!"


Maybe, maybe not.  But I have two American Staffordshires and a Rottweiler. 
When they get pissed off (like when I'm out riding too long), they poop under
the middle of my 7' grand piano!

What a mess!


Michael Menard
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: venerable porcine shift mechanisms
Date: 26 Jan 93 07:40:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: stafford.Stafford-260193133227
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.harley
Distribution: world
Organization: MSUS

In article <C1FyxJ.Lop@world.std.com>, rwl@world.std.com (Robert W Lantz)
wrote:
> I have a '67 dresser with mousetrap clutch linkage.  I suppose
> the bellcrank is a holdover from the foot clutch.  At any
> rate, I can't see that it serves any useful purpose, and it
> makes the clutch righteous hard to adjust.  
> 
> Can this frumious arrangement be ameliorated?

Absolutely.  I shitcanned my mousetrap right away. (They are
collectible so don't throw it away.)

What you want is the mousetrap eliminator, a very simple
kit of 1) bracket which bolts to the front oil tank mount.
This is a crescent-like mount. Always chrome. 2) a new
clutch lever at the tranny 3) a new clutch cable (nice heavy job)
and 4) new hand lever. Drag Specialties as well as others have this kit.

The trick?  Well, some catalogs show the bracket UPSIDEDOWN
in their pictures.  Simply, it bolts to the front mounts of 
the oil tank with the cable-hole down.   The clamp
runs around the _front_ of the tank.  No under it as some
clowns have tried.

best of luck and just do it!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: malodah@srv.PacBell.COM (Martin Lodahl)
Subject: I ... Can't ... Help Myself ...
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:11:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.130140.7689@elektro.cmhnet.org> charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
>>	      doh #0000001200
>Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
>  DoD #0709   doh #0000000004  &  AMA, MOA, RA, Buckey Beemers, BK Ohio V
>                BMW K1100-LT, R80-GS/PD, R27, Triumph TR6

(By the way, is there any truth to the rumor that the "LT" part of the
K1100 designation stands for "Light Truck"?)

>ObMoto:   doh now has 21 claimed members, not counting Carl's multiple
>          claiming.  Worldwide!

All right, I've sat it out as long as I can.  Sign me up as doh #0000000065.
My DoD number is 0065, and that's about my usual riding/driving speed.

Gosh, it's tough being a citizen of Cyberspace ...



-- 
= Martin Lodahl		Systems Analyst, Capacity Planning, Pacific*Bell =
= malodah@pbbcdm.pacbell.com	  Sacramento, CA USA        916.972.4821 =
=    If it's good for ancient Druids runnin' nekkid through the wuids,   =
=  Drinkin' strange fermented fluids, it's good enough for me!  (Unk.)   =
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: tomw@megatek.com (Tom Wright)
Subject: Re: venerable porcine shift mechanisms
Reply-To: tomw@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:14:41 GMT

In article <Stafford-260193133227@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
>In article <C1FyxJ.Lop@world.std.com>, rwl@world.std.com (Robert W Lantz)
>wrote:
>> I have a '67 dresser with mousetrap clutch linkage.  I suppose
>> the bellcrank is a holdover from the foot clutch.  At any
>> rate, I can't see that it serves any useful purpose, and it
>> makes the clutch righteous hard to adjust.  
>> 
>> Can this frumious arrangement be ameliorated?
>
>Absolutely.  I shitcanned my mousetrap right away. (They are
>collectible so don't throw it away.)
>
>What you want is the mousetrap eliminator, a very simple
>kit of 1) bracket which bolts to the front oil tank mount.
>This is a crescent-like mount. Always chrome. 2) a new
>clutch lever at the tranny 3) a new clutch cable (nice heavy job)
>and 4) new hand lever. Drag Specialties as well as others have this kit.

Robert adds a point I had forgotten about in my earlier post: the clutch
rod needs to be shorter. We used to do this by shorteng the rod, but since
we all agree it's now appropriate to preserve the parts, it's better to
get a kit.

>best of luck and just do it!

Right. It's easy.

Tom Wright
'89 Heritage Special Classic

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Subject: Re: reliability
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:33:56 GMT

In article <viking.727600290@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>, viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
|> In <1993Jan20.230029.11630@twg.com> rwalls@twg.com (Roger Walls) writes:
|> 
|> >Why on this short of a ride (>5 miles) did they have a van/truck to sweep
|> >the course for broken vehicles? Is the reliability of the Harleys bad enough
|> >to warrent a pick-up vehicle?

with a large amount of bikes SOMETHING has to happen. like for the 
ride'n'feed my bike wasn't even cold and people where parting it out.

|> 	Speaking of which, I met a guy in a Hardees parking lot last August.
|> Poor guy had ridden from Florida to make Sturgis, and was on his way back.
|> He broke the clutch cable while pulling in for food in Denison, Iowa.  Not
|> a Harley dealer for 100 miles, and only a Honda shop that wouldn't open for
|> two days.  I gave him a pair of vice grips, we cut the cable housing, ran the
|> cable through the hole in the lever, and used the vice grip to keep it from
|> pulling back through.  Five days later I got my vice grips in the mail,
|> with a note of thanks.  He had ridden on to Des Moines, got a new cable,
|> and mailed mine back to me when he got home.  Would you say his Sportster
|> was unreliable because it broke a clutch cable?

am i wierd or just stupid? when i brake a clutch cable i just sync
shift till i get to a shop that is on my way to where i'm going
(ie its no biggy deal). if i where doing a highway trip i wouldn't
think twice about going to the next "big" town.........of course
throttle cables & gears are a whole nother story (and they are the
one thing on a bmw that i freely admit bmw FUCKED up).

laz
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Subject: Re: Triumph over Mediocrity
Originator: markk@sparcplug
Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Organization: Teknekron Communications Inc.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:19:29 GMT

In article <C1BKoG.AMF@javelin.sim.es.com>, blgardne@javelin (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
>
>>The new Triumphs are as completely unlike anything Triumph has ever
>>done before.  People seem compelled to call them 'japanese like'
>>but that resemblance is inspired by the new Trumpet's super tech
>>design, not because of any copying.
>
>A persistant rumor has it that the new Triumph licensed the engine
>design from Kawasaki (or substitute your favorite brand here). I rather
>doubt it myself, because it doesn't look all that much like the Ninja
>engine.

As I heard it, they didn't license it they just used it as a starting
point for their design.  The outward appearance of the motor is not of
concequence as long as the general layout is the same.  It's the
design details that matter.  The early Kaw engine has the cam drive on
the left end and each pair of valves actuated through a single cam and
forked rockers.  The primary drive gear is part of the crank forging
located between the #1 and #2 crankpins.  Other desing details like
valve included angle and combustion chamber and port shape would
certainly be easier to copy than to develop from scratch on a limited
budget.  If the Triumph design is similar then it might be true that
they based their design on Kawasakis.

If I were trying to develop an engine design from scratch I would
certainly find out how my competetors were doing it.  Kawasaki did
the same thing to the Brits in the 60's.

--
- )V(ark)<  FZR400 Pilot / ZX900 Payload / RD400 Mechanic  DoD #400
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: heyuk! be 'murkin to!
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:48:21 GMT

In article <2139@admin.mport.COM> max@admin.mport.COM (Max) writes:

>-max
>"dont really like the forward controls much tho"

    You get used to that very quickly, trust me. After a few hundred miles,
anything else seems cramped. After a long (week or so) ride on my Sporty,
even the semi-forward footboards on the Pan seem misplaced.


Ed Campbell
        Email ed@Tekelec.com (seems to work)
doh 0000005774 

'57 FL '76 XLCH  My other car is a '54 Harley Servicar.


*************************************************************
   " You can count on 2 hours of hangover for every 20
     minutes yoy stay after the barmaid starts looking
     good."
			Jake Vest 1989
=============================================================
From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: reliability
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:22:30 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Distribution: usa
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <1993Jan20.230029.11630@twg.com>, rwalls@twg.com (Roger Walls) writes:

| Why on this short of a ride (>5 miles) did they have a van/truck to sweep
| the course for broken vehicles? Is the reliability of the Harleys bad enough
| to warrent a pick-up vehicle?

  Think about the statistics! You didn't say how many bikes you had, but
if it was, perhaps, 100, then you are talking about 100 bikes times 5
miles, or 500 bike-miles. Since the typical toy run is done at fairly
low speed, often with two riders, it's more like 500 city miles than
country miles, even if you're on open road. There's typically bunching
up, use of brakes and shifting, etc.

  I think the chances of any make of bike having a failure in 500 miles
of that kind of driving is appreciable, and when you consider that many
bikes may have been ridden a good deal getting to the run, I don't think
it's anything wrong with HD, I think it's everything RIGHT with the run
organizers.

-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
    Keyboard controller has been disabled, press F1 to continue.
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From: igregory@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (ivan.w.gregory)
Subject: Re: I am convinced " I am not worthy" Sorry Harley Guys!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:16:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.184701.9231@colorado.edu> laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) writes:
>In article <LOTTO.93Jan21131517@laura.harvard.edu>, lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>|> >>>>> (David F. Wright) writes:
>|> 
>|> David> My GSXR 1100 will (beat your Harley in a race)
>|> 
>|> David,
>|> 
>|> 	You're on.  Boston to LA and back.  Pick a start time.
>
>make sure you guys come through colorado and say hi
>
>laz

If you go through Colorado, you gotta come through Kansas City.  Stop by for
a Bud (or other 'murkin beer of your choice).

Ivan ...doh #0000000666
     ...'91 FXR Super Glide
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: steve@net.bio.net (Steve Barnhouse)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Harley Oil?
Date: 28 Jan 93 18:16:50 GMT
Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology

In article <C1J79M.2Bq@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.083245.1@skcla.monsanto.com> mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com writes:
>>On the subject of oil, H-D claims that their oil is superior to other oils for
[...]
> The HD oil really does give better performance
>and last a little longer before turning to spooge so their claims aren't just
>marketing hype, it really is a good oil for hot running air cooled motorcycle
>engines that don't lube the wet clutch with the same oil that's in the engine.
>I still think they're kinda price gouging though at nearly $4 per quart.(the
>cheapest I've ever found it was $3.25/qt). 

Try and find out who makes HD oil and buy it from them before HD puts
its label on.  BMW oil is made by Spectro (non-synthetic).  At the BMW
shop with the BMW label it costs a bit more than at a generic
motorcycle parts store with the Spectro label.  It's very good oil, by
the way, and since the BMW (twins) have similar engines to the Harleys
(and a dry clutch) it probably would work well in your hawg.  The
stuff called Golden Spectro is synthetic; the regular Spectro is not.

--steve                                          steve@presto.ig.com
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: test
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:24:47 GMT

laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) writes:
>In article <david.5@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>, david@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU (David Watkin) writes:

>|> fhfghfgyhtrhbngh
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>if this is the new name for the new harley sport bike they are going 
>to sell alot of them......it sure beats any japanese name, all that
>it needs is a couple more 'r's and random #'s........

I think you're close Laz, but there aren't any 'x's in there, so maybe
it's part of a disinformation campaign like BMW ran prior to the release
of their new twin?
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
From: dfw@po.CWRU.Edu (David F. Wright)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: I am convinced " I am not worthy" Sorry Harley Guys!
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:12:04 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dfw@po.CWRU.Edu (David F. Wright)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, igregory@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (ivan.w.gregory) says:

>In article <1993Jan21.184701.9231@colorado.edu> laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) writes:
>>In article <LOTTO.93Jan21131517@laura.harvard.edu>, lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>>|> >>>>> (David F. Wright) writes:
>>|> 
>>|> David> My GSXR 1100 will (beat your Harley in a race)
>>|> 
>>|> David,
>>|> 
>>|> 	You're on.  Boston to LA and back.  Pick a start time.
>>
>>make sure you guys come through colorado and say hi
>>
>>laz
>
>If you go through Colorado, you gotta come through Kansas City.  Stop by for
>a Bud (or other 'murkin beer of your choice).
>
>Ivan ...doh #0000000666
>     ...'91 FXR Super Glide
> Thanks Ivan- I sure will.

-- 

                            WHY ASK WHY???????
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: RE: THE doh LIST
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 04:40:10 GMT


Bulletin:
---------
Here's the newer than new revised version of the doh list.

We can notice that several people have settled in on a 10 digit number,
even including Ed Campbell ... it was starting to make my head hurt to
have to analyze his script to figure out his number every time I read
one of his postings!


Administrivia:
--------------
My news feed has been dead for about the last 5 days.  If anyone has
claimed a number recently, I probably didn't get it here, so email me!


Future Plans Task Force:
------------------------
Hey, Ken - 

When are you going to charter someone to design a doh patch?
Put me on the list for one when you do!



Charlie Smith   
        charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
  DoD #0709   doh #0000000004  &  AMA, MOA, RA, Buckey Beemers, BK Ohio V
                BMW K1100-LT, R80-GS/PD, R27, Triumph TR6
                          Columbus, Ohio USA


............................................................

                       THE doh LIST
                  Last updated 01-21-93

      This resides in /pub/doh/doh.list on 131.78.6.88

0000000001      Ken Dykes       thinkage!kgdykes
0000000002      Paul Blumstein  paulb@harley.tti.com
0000000003      Michael Menard  mpmena@monsanto.com
0000000004      Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org
0000000005      james.j.dutton  jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
0000000013      Eddie Kieger    efk00@cd.amdahl.com
        13      John Makel      jm4b+@andrew.cmu.edu
000000014*      Lars Nyman      larsn@autodesk.com
0000000022      Zander Collier  zcollier@sdcc13.ucsd.edu
      0069      James K. Rye    rye@mahogany209.cray.com
0000000666      ivan.w.gregory  igregory@cbnewsb.cb.att.com
0000000750      Pat Loughery    patlo@microsoft.com
0000001066      Dan Sorenson    viking@iastate.edu
0000001200      Neal Howard     neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org
0000001338      Carl Paukstis   carlp@mail.isc-br.com 
0000001340      Carl Paukstis   carlp@mail.isc-br.com 
0000001340      Chuck Rogers    car377#druhi.att.com
0000001956      John Stafford   Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU
0000005774      Ed Campbell     ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp
9999999999      Craig DeForest  zowie@daedalus.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: mtrost@convex.com (Matthew Trost)
Subject: Re: Question on seating rings...
Keywords: Break-in period
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:55:36 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <C1HDx9.An3@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:

>In article <C1GwLt.8En@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mwbg9715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Wayne Blunier) writes:

>I tried Valvoline synthetic oil in my Sportster last summer (15W50) and found
>out that once the engine reaches normal operating temperature that this oil
>thins out *excessively* (about as thin as wd-40 penetrating oil). Castrol
>Syntec is even thinner than the Valvoline synthetic when it's at room
>temperature so I can only imagine that it's even thinner at high temps too.
>I also can't help but think that having the oil watery thin is bad for a
>Harley engine so you might really want to consider sticking with the thicker  
>petroleum based oils. I have heard that the Mobil-1 synthetics made for air
>cooled aircraft piston engines do work well in Harley engines and can be
>bought in 20w50 and straight 50w at most general aviation airports' service
>centers but that it costs about $8 per quart (or at least that was the price
>I was quoted by a place at Addison airport here in north Dallas). I recommend
>staying with the petro-based Valvoline racing oil or Harley Davidson oil, the
>latter giving be the best overall performance in my Evo Sportster but still
>costing as much as a synthetic ($3-$4 per quart).
>my $0.02


I've been using Mobil-1 in my Ironhead Sporty for well over a year now. I
haven't noticed any apparent problems so far.
I don't like straight weights because they can be too thick when it's
cold. I scored my lifters because of it one time. That's when I switched
to a multi weight.

The Sporty has about 18k miles on it. How can you tell if the synthetic
 is causing your bearing to "skate", without tearing your bottom end
 apart?

 Matthew

>-- 
>=============================================================================
>Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
>	      doh #0000001200
>         "Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps
>          we shall learn the truth." -- August Kekule' (1890)
>=============================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: 52kaiser@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Matthew Kaiser)
Subject: Request: for new and used price list
Summary: Request: for new and used price list
Keywords: price list
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:46:03 GMT

hiya..

lookin around for a price list on harley bikes
if you know of any 

please send me a copy

tanks

matthew
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