HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland)
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:37:32 GMT

In article <dbc-140992210501@b62003.student.cwru.edu>, dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep14.203956.15560@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>,
|> yduj@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Judy Anderson) wrote:
|> > 
|> > No, because a woman who looks like she has a clue is a threat to many
|> > male egos.  You have to make sure that no woman ever looks *more*
|> > competent than a man, or you alienate a large percentage of the
|> > potential male marketplace.
|> 
|> On the whole, true.  There are however a significant number of us who find
|> the idea of women who are more competent than us attractrive.  But then
|> I'm reasonably secure with my penis^H^H^H^H^H^Hengine displacement. :-)

Ditto.

---
Curt Howland        DoD#0663      '82 V45 Sabre
            howland@nsipo.nasa.gov 
  Don't bother arguing with drunks or zelots,
they aren't listening to anyone but themselves.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jimb@access.digex.com (Jim Brooking)
Subject: Re: AFTERMARKET PIPES & JETS, ARE THEY WORTH IT?
Organization: National Commitee to Keep Slower Traffic Right
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:43:23 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.183821.19956@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>In <1992Sep1.144303.799@rs.com> hamid@west.rs.com (Hamid R. Moazed) writes:
>
>>There must be a million of you out there, who have installed
>>aftermarket pipes and bigger carb jets in your bikes....
>>-Hamid
>
>  Enjoy your bike as is or get a bigger one. The factory has the exhaust
>figured out pretty good. When mine rotts off I will go to great lengths
>to find a stocker replacement, even if its a used one from the wreckers.
>
>                        JorgS

Agreed...  Take it from someone who HAD aftermarket pipes (Yosh Zyclone)
and jet kits...  After about a month, I decided the noise just ain't
worth the puny add to performance.


-- 
jimb@access.digex.com  | (Cage) 1991 323se     ZCP-710   |     Comus Road
Merry Land (MD) U.S.A. | (Bike) 1986 GSXR750    (sold)   |     ClarksBURG
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From: chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih)
Subject: Re: MY Winner for DoD Ballard (wuz Winner of the Official...)
Date: 13 Sep 92 03:39:57 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In rec.motorcycles jsm@n4vu.n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (John Miller - SysAdmin) writes:
;ObMoto: Who can tell me if there are any bikes other than BMW with fuel 
;injection?  (If I can't afford a big twin, maybe I can select second 
;choice from something that don't have no steenkin' carburetors.)  

Bimota.  Ducati.  Not cheaper than big twin, though.

---
chris
From: ronih@zxninja.Eng.Sun.COM (Ron Ih - Analog Engineering)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Motos in the News
Date: 15 Sep 1992 15:34:48 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: ronih@zxninja.Eng.Sun.COM (Ron Ih - Analog Engineering)
NNTP-Posting-Host: zxninja


Did anyone else in the Bay Area watch channel 5 news last night? One of the
station staff rode a bike and they decided to attach a camera to his helmet
and give a biker's view of driving in the Bay area. It was your basic "look
out for Motorcycles" message with some actual footage of clueless cagers
pulling out in front of the biker and crossing solid lines and such. He
also basically said that like it or not (addressing the cager majority)
lane splitting is legal (in CA) so watch out for it.

It was a bit short, but it was nice to see a bikers point of view for a
change. His name is Steve (can't remember his last name) and they left
his office and FAX number if you had comments:

	Office: (415) 765-8601
	FAX :   (415) 765-8916

Maybe we can get some net.bikers on the tube???


Ron Ih
1990 Kawasaki ZX-6
ronih@zxninja.Eng.Sun.COM

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From: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: stupid people
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:31:10 GMT

In article <BuAFtu.JM6@wpi.WPI.EDU> rtaraz@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes:
>
>As I was cruising downtown last friday night, I came accros a couple of
>stupid people who pissed me off.
>
>I was just riding when this Mustang 5.0 came behind me and started 
>reving his engine, so I took it he wanted to race me, so I smoked him!
>I have a Ex500 and I know it is not a big/very fast bike, but come on.  I
>can beat a car anytime.

I have the same bike, and I get these yo-yo's all the time.
I like to let 'em have a "jump" at the light. I then crack the throttle,
get up into that 7000 rpm power range, and WHOOSH! they're more than 
5 car lengths behind. The real interesting part, is the fact I don't really
have to break the speed limit to do so (grin!).

>
>Then this stupid/fat/ugly/bitch in a Transam pulled up at a light and said:
>why dont you get a real bike!!. I just laughed at the bitch.  Anyway, as soon
>as the light turned green, the guy driving floored.  Like I was gonna waste
>my gas to beat his shity car.

Hmmmm... you see more EX500's at the racetrack than ZX-11's. She is pointless,
clueless and ignorant. 

>
>anyway, my point is that it seems like all these people with sports cars feel
>like they have to beat a motorcyle (which they cant) to make their day.
>I guess they are jealous that my 1800$ bike can beat their 15000$ car.
>
When I bought my 5.0 'stang, I used to get lots of old guys in
bonneville SSEi's trying to drag me at a light. It goes for anything high performance
that you drive..

-Dan


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:22:00 -0400 
From: Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
	<prtl68o@fido.asd.sgi.com>

Howdy,

Jody Levine writes about feeling excluding from motorcycling
    by advertising that treats her like an object:
|The problem I have with the "babes 'n bikes" photos is that
|they give me the impression of excluding me from motorcycling.
|Sometimes these photos include guys in riding gear (probably
|ugly guys as they often have to hide behind dark-visored
|helmets), but I've seen women actually riding only in BMW ads.
|The aesthetic appeal of the usual ad is meant for men only. The
|woman on a bike in a bikini and high heels tells me that I'm a
|stupid shit who doesn't know squat about riding and that my
|association with motorcycles can go no further than sweating on
|the seat.

Just outta curiosity, how do you feel about adds like those from AGV
(and others) that show women with full leathers?  Granted, the
leathers aren't usually zipped up and they're usually wearing some
neon lime green bikini underneath...

I find such ads to be way more appealing than the simple ones with
some chick on a bike in a bikini that obviously has no clue what the
controls are for.  There's just something about a really attractive
woman who can ride well (where well == fast and safe)...

I'll be the first to admit that my attention definately gets caught by
"T&A" ads.  But my general response to the ones that have some chick
kneeling on the seat with some stupid expression is that they are
dumb.  I can find ads like the AGV one plausible, as *I've* certainly
walked around in leathers when not on the bike.  

And I don't really follow the whole "cheesecake must equal beefcake"
argument.  Why the hell does everything have to be equal?  (Just
recently had an interview at a company where one of the main hiring
criteria was "minority worker" (woman, black, etc).  I found out after
the interview was set up and couldn't help wonder about who was being
discriminated against).  It stands to reason that if the majority of
motorcyclists are male, then ads with sexual overtones will probably
pander toward the male sex.  What else should the advertisers do?
Granted, they could try and develop a new market (female riders), but
it would seem to me that the best way to do that would be by devoting
sections of magazines toward women riders and building bikes that were
better suited to shorter riders.  I don't think that an add with some
guy posing on a bike in a G-string is gonna get more women out riding.
Once the women ARE riding, then such an ad would make sense, but for
now getting women riding should be the concern to manufacturers.

Ok, now tell me why I'm a sexist idiot :-)

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... |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih)
Subject: Re: Riding Two on a CBR600F2
Date: 07 Sep 92 05:58:33 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

;msbogd@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Michael S. Bogdanski) writes:
;>Recently, I've carried a passenger on my '92 CBR600F2.  It seemed like a
;>great idea until my crotch was smashed up against the gas tank while
;>slowing and my privates were smashed, causing quite a bit of discomfort. 
;>Also, I found that there was a tremendous extra load put on my arms while
;>slowing down due to the increased weight from behind.  I weigh about 175lb
;>and my passenger about 110lb.  Has anyone figured out a method for
;>minimizing/eliminating these uncomfortable and painful encounters while
;>carrying a passenger?

The passenger should have hir arms around the driver and
hands resting on the fuel tank.   I learned this the first 
time I carried a passenger much heaver than me (like 200#)
on my FZR -- every time we came to a stop, he'd push on my
back with his hands, nicely squashing me into the tank...

This probably only works with real sportbikes, but I'd
guess it works with a GooF2 too (har har).

---
chris
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Friday, 4 Sep 1992 17:58:47 CET
From: Roy Jaques <RJAQUES@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: X-reg in the UK?
 <1992Sep3.163828.16726@spdc.ti.com> <1992Sep3.172407.16295@microunity.com>

X-reg refers to the year in which a vehicle was first registered. All british
vehicles retain this number until they are scrapped. The letter appears at the
start or end of the registration number and an X reg would be around Aug 81 to
jul 82 ( if my memory is OK).

It started in the 1960's with the letter as a suffix e.g. ABC123A and when
they got to Y (some letters were not used a Z looks like a 2) the whole process
 was reversed and A123ABC was used. Vehicles registered at the moment are hence
 known as K-reg. The people who purchase personalised numbers and think theyar
e so smart dont get the prefix just the benefit of letting everyone else know
they spend hundreds of pounds on pieces of yellow and white plastic.

So my R80RT was registered as G631GNH in May 90 until i came to Holland & it wa
s registered by the Dutch as MN-77-BL which has no signifigance at all.

Next time you see a British TV programme or film you can figure out how old it
is.

Regards
Roy Jaques
(rjaques@estcs1.dnet.estec.esa.nl)
From: kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: vanity plates
Date: 14 Sep 92 20:21:54 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <14SEP199213013247@zeus.tamu.edu>, efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes:
] At the BMWOA rally in New Mexico last weekend, I saw
] some great personalized license plates:
]     XPRESO    (on a Ducati 907)
] I spent a lot of time on the drive home thinking
] about what I could put on the tags for my bike...
] Anybody out there have personalized plates?
] 
] evelyn

I was going to get 

CRSRSLO

but I thought it would be instigatory.

                                                              Kevin
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: A Sad Tale
Date: 10 Sep 92 14:46:05 GMT
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing

In article <1992Sep9.234149.1180@msus1.msus.edu>, pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
> I never did learn his name, but I noticed the truck carried Ohio plates, 
> and the initials "A.S." were on the gentleman's shirt pocket.

I saw this same guy selling stuff out of the saddlebags of his beat up
FLSTC.  He kept babbling about how he was just 100 buckles away from
affording a spanking new FLHS.

- Roid
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Warm hands (Was: Leather pants)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 13 Sep 1992 22:46:19 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep13.205015.2418@javelin.sim.es.com>,
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) wrote:
> 
> Hey, you ever gonna fix this ugly mess you call a .sig?  :-)
> 
I fixed it once, it's not my fault that my fucking news reader is possesed.

> Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never | '81 CB750C           |
| get nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111      | '88 Bianchi Limited  |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: How long for Dod number?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:23:20 GMT

bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:

>THIS IS NOT A FLAME!!!!!

>How long does it take to get a DoD number once you've sent your
>request off to the KotL?

THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION!

Why you asking us instead of him?

For what it's worth, it took me several weeks to get my number. But that
was because I had a weenie mailer that kept eating his replies.
-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers)
Subject: Re: Chainlube for my BM?
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
	<1992Sep3.225415.1@acfcluster.nyu.edu> <Bu1wA0.ALx@newcastle.ac.uk>
	<1992Sep4.193957.1126@msus1.msus.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:03:57 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.193957.1126@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:

>A *shaft* driven camshaft?  Are you sure??  Nah . . . I don't buy it.
>Maybe on a Spagthorpe, but BMs have always had chain drive to the cam
>shfts.

Hmmm, a bit of irony here.  Ducati designed a bike with a shaft driven
cam and a chain driven wheel.  BMW builds a bike with a chain driven
cam and a shaft driven wheel.

You gotta love it...

Al Bowers                                     bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov
--
"But the fact that a 1938 touring bodied Alfa Romeo I once had is
worth $1 million sometimes bothers the hell out of me.  It's a
personal problem."                                     -Phil Hill
Iaido   Takamine   Hobie   Rossignol   Alfa Romeo  Ducati (DOD #900)
From: txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: key fobs
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:56:34 GMT

Go for it! I'll take two, Beth'll probably want one or two also...

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'86 Concours.....Sophisticated Lady            Tom Dietrich             
'72 1000cc Sportster.....'Ol Sport               DoD # 055
^^^^^^^^^^^It *LIVES*!^^^^^^^^^^^^              AMA #524245
                                    Cool as a rule, but sometimes....
Two Jousts and a Gather, *BIG fun!*            (H. Lewis)
e-mail txd@Able.MKT.3Com.COM                   Ma Bell (408) 738-8301
Disclaimer: 3Com takes no responsibility for opinions preceding this.

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From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Subject: Re: Saddlebag Scuff Blues
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:21:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.123812.21530@lonex.rl.af.mil> jedrysikp@lonex.rl.af.mil (Peter Jedrysik) writes:
>I just returned from a 600 mile ride this past Labor Day weekend; through
>the Adirondacks up route 28/30 to Lake Placid; what a blast!!!!; minus the
>weekend cagers. Anyway, my saddlebags had a fair amount of red paint on them,
>come the end of the trip, and the side panels below the passenger seat are
>really starting to show some wear on my otherwise flawless Katana. Is there
>anything I can do to repair the scuffs? What can I do to prevent it in the
>future, that won't look dorky, like putting a towel under the bags?

Try putting some clear tape or contact paper on the bodywork before
mounting the saddlebags.  This suggestion was taken from
motorcyclist magazine....

Steve



-- 
 Steve Andersen  DoD #0239                               andersen@me.udel.edu
 (302) 324-0888                                     andersen@zr1.ccm.udel.edu
 1992 Ducati 907 I.E.                                      1987 Yamaha SRX250
 "Life is simply a consequence of the complexities of carbon chemistry..."
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fatal motorcycle accident in Untersiggenthal
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:11:32 GMT
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <1992Sep14.204648.22071@osf.org> jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
>
>On the trip to Germany when I picked up my less-than-legal System III
>helmet (which I love btw) I picked up a promotional flyer for the plastics
>industry. Turns out that the plastic used to make the Shubarth System III
>for BMW is supplied by Bayer in Pennsylvania. Jeesh! American no-how!
>
  Bayer is a very large German chemical and pharmacutical manufacturer.
They have a plastics manufacturing plant in Penn. but their engineers
live in Deutschland.  So much for American "no-how".

   They also make quite a bit of aspirin.

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| 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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From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I have my DOD number!!!
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:55:06 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <1992Sep4.171521.23572@news.nd.edu> Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift) writes:
>In article <root.715560929@zen> Andy Chan, root@ESD.3Com.COM writes:
>>egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>>
>>>In article 444@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil,
>dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil 
>>(Jim Small) writes:
>>>>>>I love the ZX-10
>>>>>>The ZX-10 is my friend
>>>>>
>>>>>I love cardboard-under-my-Harley
>>>>>cardboard-under-my-Harley is my friend
>>>>>-
>>>>What is this, is EVERYONE stealing my sig now?
>>>>-- 
>>>>I love the 3b2
>>>>The 3b2 is my friend.
>>
>>>I love the KotL
>>>The KotL is my friend.
>>
>>I love Richard Swift
>>Richard Swift is my friend.
>>
>>Cascade away..
>
>Hmmm.., it's got a nice ring to it. I truly am someone deserving of love.

how about

repeat 100 mail Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu </vmunix

-- 
I hate the 3B2
The 3B2 can bite me.
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD - How about a DoD Key Fob made by Zippo?????
Date: 8 Sep 92 07:30:12 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <CMM.0.90.2.715957144.arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Arnie Skurow <arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
> I've had a suggestion from a fellow DoDer for a keyfob.  Zippo makes
> excellent key keepers and they already have our logo.

good idea!  can we get those numbers printed on them so that if they
get lost, they will be snail mailed back to the owner?

> Any interest?  I think they'd be in the $8 to $10 range.

uh, that's a little steep, considering i'll need about 8 of them....
and i don't think i'm in the minority.

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: NYC metro area TEST RIDES sought
Date: 15 Sep 92 05:42:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

Anyone know of dealers in the extended NYC metro area
(100mi. range from Manhattan) that offer test rides for a
person seriously planning on a purchase? I'm particularly
interested in trying a FJ.

If you've bought a bike recently, how can you make a multi-K
dollar commitment without a test-ride? I disagree with most
of the magazines, except for Lance, of course :), so why
should I trust them?

----
Mark Bergman		'77 KZ1000
Brooklyn, NY
718-855-9148

bergman@panix.com
{cmcl2,psi,uunet,apple}!panix!bergman
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From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: Fabulous Harley Babe Bashing etc.
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:09:26 GMT

jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>Then again, maybe the common thread is that we're all people willing
>to think for ourselves, instead of letting Madison Avenue think for us.

Aren't we also the same bunch of fools that drool over things named
FireBlade, ZZR-*-RRR, xR4Ti, DOHC, 24 Valve (without knowing cylinders
or displacement), Ninja, Interceptor, etc.?

Madison Ave has us all on a tight leash...

- ROiD
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: vanity plates
Date: 16 Sep 92 02:20:06 GMT
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

I wanted to get DOD224 for the 'Bago, but was told that was too much like
a car tag (3 letters, 3 numbers, even tho' MD doesn't use the letter O).
Too expensive, anyway.  They used to be $40, but tag rates just went up,
and registrations have changed to 2 years at a pop.  I'd wager I'd have
to drop ~$120 for the tag, and even for 2 years that's just too much.

Some of the more memorable ones I've seen:

	WAWAZAT		on an FJ1200, the first year of production
	BYEBYE		I don't have a clue.  Other than the tag,
			all I saw was the blower(!) on it's way past.
	16PSI		on a CX650 turbo
	6CYL		on a CBX
	AUWING		some chemist on a Goldwing
	SAMURI		on a Katana, the wild-looking first year model
	TIGGER		on a Triumph Tiger 750

and my all-time favorite:

	INDEBT		on a Buell, the only one I've ever seen on the street

Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"Due to circumstances beyond your control,
                        you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."
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