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From: eparker@advansoft.com (Eric Parker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley women (tm)
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:51:02 GMT
Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA
Originator: eparker@arc


You guys can call my bike fat, ugly and slow. But, don't say the same about
the Harley ladies. They aren't the uptight little liberoids that most other
women seem to be these days. If you want a lady that doesn't mind sleeping
in a field next to a country road, doesn't mind when you come home drunk
with most of your riding buddies at 4 in the morning (usually cause she's
still with you). One that understands when its your anniversary but you have
got to get that HOG running for the big run tomorrow. One that can snatch
the whole weenie and get you the trophy. One that truly understands your
needs as a real biker ( like waxing your HOG for you while you kick back
and party ).

I guess you get the idea. I can't say enough. Unless you have experienced
a real Harley lady you don't know what happiness is. 

WARNING: There are a lot of yuppoid liberoid imitation Harley ladies out
and about. You can usually spot them by the $500 Harley designer jacket. Or
their yuppie scum's almost new bike equipped with only Asian made official
Harley accessories.

a real biker
eric
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From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: Leaning
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:44:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.093141.7417@ericsson.se>, etlanar@slartibartfast.ericsson.se (Alan Arthur) writes...
> 
>Ive not been riding for very long now, but I went out on my longest trip so far
>last weekend thanks to a bit of decent weather.
> 
>While I was flying along a nice quiet country road, I noticed a strange 
>phenomena (sp?)... Although I could quite happily lean as far as I wanted to
	One phenomenon, two phenomena. :-) (It's a very common error).
>the left, there seemed to be some mental block which limited how far I could
>make myself lean to the right. After zooming round some left handers at ever-
>increasing speed, I came upon a right hander and very nearly killed myself,
>because although I had plenty space to lean into, I just couldn't make myself go far enough, and I had to brake _hard_.
> 
>I'm right handed, so is this some kind of 'built-in' protection mechanism that I
>need to overcome?, or am I just brain-damaged? or did I leave the side stand 
>down...? 8^)
> 
	I have a similar reluctance with right-handers.  It has something to
do with reluctance to take my foot far away from the brake pedal, I think.
(e.g. when hanging off, or when there's the possibility of needing to put the
inside foot down.)  Maybe I should try an old Triumph and see what happens
then... :-)
> 
> 
>--
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>Alan Arthur                                                        DoD #1314
>EMail : etlanar@deep-thought.ericsson.se                  MEMO : ETL.ETLANAR
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GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: FIAMM Installation clues
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:59:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.143638.19898@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:

>2. Use a 15 Amp (or smaller) fuse in the wire connected between the
>   battery and pin 30/51.  Fiamm specifies 16 Amps, but 15 is
>   easier to find and should work OK unless you like the sound of the
>   horns so much that you just lean on them continuously.

mine came spec'ed for 10amp fuses.  and i *do* love the sound of them.
used them again today to alert an inobservant cager of the impending doom
to my moto if a rapid course ajdustment was not effected on their part.

>3. The original literature has some cautions about how the horns are
>   mounted:
>   Adhere to the suggested mounting positions. (The mounting bolts
>   on the horns should either point towards each other or up.  The
>   horns should not be mounted such that the bolts point away from 
>   each other or down.)

i'm sure you realized that it doesn't matter which way the bolts point;
the gist of the drawings was to make sure any water finding its way into
the horn would run *out*, not into the diaphragm.  same goes for those
bullhorn-like cage alarm sirens.

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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cager penile size (was Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters)
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:58:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug20.165811.24544
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug19.231007.17843@walter.bellcore.com> jyri@faline.UUCP (Jyri Virkki) writes:
>>Why is it that people get so pissed off when you pass them. I was going to 
...
>Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the group with the highest
>rate of trying to do this kind of thing are the minivan drivers? I mean,
>what is it with these people? They drive what is probably the most 

Speaking as a motorcyclist and minivan driver, no I haven't noticed that.

>pathetic excuse for a motor vehicle, and 11 out of 13 of them will do

Well, my pathetic excuse for a motor vehicle is comfortable, has good
visibility, gets reasonable gas mileage, and can haul a couple of bikes,
or full sheets of drywall.  I no longer had a reasonable excuse to
buy a truck instead of a multi-purpose vehicle.
-- 
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.
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Do factory tinted shields have UV protection?
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:14:53 GMT

In article <klp.714255103@kmpec> klp@doe.carleton.ca (Ka Lun Pang) writes:

>A few months ago I got my new Shoei X8 which comes with the tinted shield.
>All of a sudden I started to wonder what kind of damage can that do to my
>eyes if the shield is not uv proof. All my sunglasses failed to stick inside
>the helmet without giving me a headache.
>Anyone knows if the shields are uv proof in the first place? 

i just got a new pair of glasses.  so what?
the optometrist told me the uv-blocking coating was a waste of my money;
he pulled out a chart showing the percentages of uv-a and uv-b blocked by
various types of plastics, including polycarbonate and lexan.  except for
plain ol' glass, all the materials used cut at least 90% of the ambient uv.
which means your helmeted head is less flooded than your sunglassed face
sans lid.  ymmv.

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From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Leaning
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 16:39:57 GMT

...about favouring left turns over right turns

In article <Bt8tIB.5yn@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> marcouil@ireq.hydro.qc.ca writes:

>spin and try to turn it (pushing with one hand), you should experience an 
>upward or downward force at the same time (the same physics are involved in the
>countersteering manoeuvre which is not affected by the presence of a driveshaft
>BTW !!!).  All this adds up to making an mc easier to lean on the left than on 

Crap. If you spin a bicycle wheel "forward" and try to rotate it (top view) 
left then it will want to lean to the right. If you try to rotate it right, it
will want to lean left. Both sides react with the same amount of force, in the
same way, only opposite. This is one of the countersteering theories (see
it's-not-easy-being-Green-Ed's FAQ on the topic), and one of the reasons the 
Radian (16 in. wheels) feels less stable at low speed than the RZ 350 (18 in. 
wheels, more gyroscopic effect). Rotational dynamics always works about the 
centre of mass or moment of inertia or whatever, and does not favour one side 
over the other. 

I've ridden all kinds of bikes, shafties and not, big engines, small engines,
etc, and have only noticed a leaning tendency on one bike which had a damaged
frame. I used to favour one side (can't remember which) because of FEAR. I was
either afraid of running off left handers into the bush or off right handers
into the oncoming traffic, can't remember which as I say. I'm much better now
(we all say that) and the cure was experience, relaxing my death grip on
the handlebars and keeping my head up. It's psycological, that's all.

>the right.  You may have noticed also that it is easier to have a good look at 
>the front wheel (while riding) from the left than from the right.

That's because you're riding sidesaddle. Bet your back brake doesn't wear out
either :-).
>
>Share and Enjoy!

Great! Do you guys at IREQ have a resonant test set I can borrow for some 
transmission class XLPE cable PD tests? No corona, if you please!

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Bay Area Moto Insurance -- The Best I've Found
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:55:15 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

>Well, I think I've found a really good rate:

>25 years, male, single
>2 years riding
>'92 R100R
>Coverage:
>Full, $50 deduct comp.; $250 deduct coll; others are covered
>$846/yr

I've never been able to figure out how they determine insurance
rates - I think it's at the whim of the agent.  I've got the same
company, same coverage, although a $100 deductable on comp, and
I pay $235/year for a '91 CBR600F2.  (being over 30 helps, but I've
never heard of anyone else having this good of a rate.)  Then I've
also got a '88 XT350, and I pay MORE for it!  Go figure.
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
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From: kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki)
Subject: Re: Liberals,Conservatives (was Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint)
Organization: Systems Development Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:09:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.232032.19143@isc-br.isc-br.com> carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
>And after you vomit, clean up and call 1-800-637-1776 and find out
>about the Libertarian Party.

Great.  In addition to vomit, you now have diarrhea to clean up too.  Some
solution.

Cheers,
    -Ken K
-- 
Ken Konecki
e-mail:kenk@sdc.com    -or-    ...!uunet!tellab5!sdc!kenk
"I just found out that the brain is like a computer.  If that's true,
then there really aren't any stupid people.  Just people running DOS."
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From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Keywords: goddamned noofies
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:24:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.022847.7073@microsoft.com>, chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih) writes:
|> In rec.motorcycles hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
|> ;In article <1992Aug17.205621.297@halfdome.sf.ca.us>, laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
|> ;>    [ Laurie's entire article, including signature ]
|> ;
|> ;    [ blah blah blah ]
|> ;	Craig
|> ;    [ TWENTY-THREE LINE SIGNATURE THAT I'VE SEEN ONE TIME TOO MANY ] 
|> 
|> Craig, honey, how about you take a few remedial
|> netnews courses before posting again, hmm? Thanks
|> a bunch.
|> 
|> ---
|> chris


	What?  Huh?  Who the . . . ?  Geesh.


-- 
  
    Craig Hamm, 		From 'Viz': Victor Pratt, the stupid twat
    Memorial University		Biker: "My bike's got a flat, Vic"
    DoD #1500,           	Vic:   "Really? Whereabouts is it living?"
    '81 Maxim 650 		
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From: cadet@spade.rutgers.edu (Uniquely TiJean)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: AGV helmets
Keywords: helmets
Date: 21 Aug 92 18:05:36 GMT
Distribution: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Does anyone know about these AGV helmets?
I like to hear from all.
Does anyone have a Tech-7? How about the Thema or Sukhoi?
I appreciate
JC
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From: mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson)
Subject: Re: WIFE VS. BIKE
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:05:12 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.145413.28348@spdc.ti.com> achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach) writes:
>In article <oj0fseg@fido.asd.sgi.com> spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer) writes:
>>hamid@rs.com says:
>>> A (married) neighbor of a friend of mine brought home a beautiful CBR1000 one evening.
>>> He came over to my friend's house and said his wife wasn't too happy about the bike
>>> (which we knew already due to the shouting and screaming we had heard). He stood there
>>> like a man and said very firmly: "if it's between the bike and her, she's gotta go!"
>>> The next day the bike was gone.
>>
>>Yeah, but was he on the bike when it left??
>>
>
>If I may brag a bit: The most negative response I've heard from my old lady
>when bringing another bike home was " are you going to fix it or use it for
>parts?" Typically comments are more like "Oh that's nice, honey." I think I'll
>keep her.
>

A month ago I brought home a 1992 Harley Low-Rider and my wife has 
has not commented on it yet.



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      Michael L. Johnson
      mlj8e@virginia.edu
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From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
	<1992Aug14.190907.17823@menudo.uh.edu>
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 17 Aug 92 10:34:31

"Lorra" == Lorra L. Moore <moore@uhibpd.phys.uh.edu> writes:

Lorra> wasn't it Eric's grandpa that would pretend he had just broken
Lorra> down and get out of his truck and go around front and start
Lorra> messing with the hood and take his sweet time... and wave when
Lorra> the guy finally pulled around him....

It was my great uncle Lamar, actually, who recently passed away...
I'll miss his antics. :-)
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             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
            '91 CB750, soon to be joined by a '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
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From: ksmith@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Kevin Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:12:14 GMT
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
X-Post-Machine: kalambo.scl.cwru.edu

In article <25601@dog.ee.lbl.gov> jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes:
>
>	That's why you have turnouts, so since people can't pass they wait for the
>slower driver in front of them to pull over. Sometimes, the guy doesn't even
>know he's being followed and keeps going (on the nerves of the people behind
>him). I agree tailgating is a bad idea, but sometimes if you don't do it the
>guy in front of you will never react and you will be blocked for hours.
>
I think this is also a bad idea. I think I have a better one. Try flashing your
high beams a few times. 
>	JNM

k.
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Motorcycle Communicators/Intercoms
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:58:48 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Re: Nady

Ken pretty much covered all the points I would have made about my experience
with the Nady PMC-2.

On the positive side, the integral mic/speaker arrangement makes a good
starting point for building a 2-way radio setup. (I now have a
functional 2 meter ham radio setup. Improvements will have to be
in the PTT ergonomics....) 

I think that the best solution for intercoms would be to have a pair of
helicopter crew helmets with the built-in "Mickey Mouse ears" to dampen
unwanted external sound, genuine noise-cancelling microphones and
maybe THEN the Nady box would be enough. Not DOT approved though..........


Ron
From: alexb@sybase.com (Alex Burmester)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: I don't wanna lean!!     (was  RE: Leaning)
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:41:02 GMT
Organization: Sybase, Inc.


I had this problem also and it was just as pronounced on a small bike(the
little pieces of shit you ride in the safety class)
as on a much heavier 82vision.  Because of this I don't attribute all
of it to physics.  After some thought (fancy that) I realized that I just 
felt uncomfortable being close to the ground on the right side.  For me at
least, I know that some of this fear came from driving a cage for years 
before I was set straight.  In a cage you get used to having other cars and
things close on your left but you feel slightly cushioned on the right
because of about 6 feet of car between you and say a telephone pole.  I'm 
pretty sure this is the reason why I don't feel comfortable seeing the ground
one foot away on my right.  Of course it's similar to standing on a tall ladder,
just don't look down.  This is why looking far ahead through the turn helps
alot. (what they teach in the safety classes.) 
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From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Corbin Rumble Seat
Summary: Wondering about the new Corbin Rumble Seat
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:58:31 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

Corbin has a modified dual canyon seat with a crank up backrest that, 
when folded down creates a solo seat.  I'm planning to replace my current
seat with one if and when it arives.  Wondering if anyone has any
experience with this model, especially on a K75s.

Steve
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From: mick@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Honda Helix or Elite
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:46:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Somewhere, Sometime, Thus Spake rkou@corvus.ucs (Roger H. Kou):
:- 
:- (you see I am just a typically American with bad geographically sense)
:- [...]
:- (audience, please say that last sentence with a thick Indian accent)
:- 

	considering that you admit bad geographical sense (and seem to
	prefer the west to the east, inherited no doubt from the same poor
	geographical sense exhibited by the man columbus), *which* indian
	accent are we talking about here?



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From: novak3@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;QF11)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF ERC I liked it
Keywords: ERC
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:20:20 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu

About the ERC, wasn't there some group of bay area DoD'rs organizing
some group time to take this?  I thought I heard about it, but
can't recall when/where/how much etc., but I now qualify for the ERC
(3500 mi, 10 mo's riding) and I'm getting more and more interested
in it.  Yeah, I could call 1800ccrider, but I thought it might be
more interstesting to do it with geeks^H^H^H^H^Hdenizens :-)

-Mikey
Mike Perrott, DoD 0706, novak3@violet.berkeley.edu        DSSS11LL
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From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters 
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 16:57:12 GMT


In a previous article, hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) says:

>
>	Last night while happily riding down the road, this cager comes up
>	behind me.  Not just behind me, but practically up my arse.  Me not
>	liking this, I decide to turn my head and give him an eeeeeevil stare at
>	the red light.  I said NOTHING, just looked, and then looked at the
>	10 nanometres spacing between our machines, and looked back at him.
>	This ASSHOLE gives me the finger, and says fuck off!!!  
>	I replied: 'Just keep back!' His girlfriend
>	was beside him, and my theory is that he has a psychological
>	problem with the size of his penis.  He thinks such displays ASSHOLE-
>	NESS will increase the size of said organ, and win him favour with his 
>	girlfriend.  
>
>	I felt like starting to put the sidestand down at the light, and make
>	like I was going to approach the cage.  But, better judgement
>	prevailed (arghh), and when the light went green, I left him 
>	far-away-ville.  I suppose if I was in the states, I could've just
>	shot him?  
>
>	What would YOU do ?
Shoot him.  And his girlfriend.  He's an idiot, and if she's with him, it
follows that she must also be an idiot.  Just helping along natural selection.
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------>DarkMan-------->
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a mechanical engineer can get a job?