HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: v058l789@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (I AM the Nighthawk)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Re: Women riders - what I think...
Date: 15 Sep 92 01:08:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <3880137@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>, sievertl@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Lisa Sieverts) writes...
>/ hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach) / 12:27 pm  Sep 10, 1992 /
>> 
>> Sorry, but riding a bike is automatic admission to babehood. No offense
>> intended, as to me babe is a complimentary term.Nothing like a scooter between
>> the legs to increase a woman's attractiveness. Decreases the necessity for 
>> long legs and big hooters. :-)
>>                   ^^^^^^^
> 
>I'm confused -- if I'm riding a motorcycle, I don't need loud Fiamms?
>That runs contrary to everything I've read recently on rec.m. 
> 
> 

	No, no, no... you need loud ones not big ones. :-)

	

>*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*
>Lisa Sieverts                                        sievertl@corp.hp.com
>DoD#511
>                          '86 Yamaha Radian 600
> 
>no wonder america is in such bad state, americans can post but not read
>                                                              -Laxlsk$2o
>*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*

				Ethan
DoD #682
	"I can't believe I have to write down my DoD# everytime because I can't
get my sig file to work... "
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ucla.rumor
From: fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer)
Subject: Re: stupid people
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:12:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.104638.13977@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.153110.13968@rtsg.mot.com> declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes:
>Well if you notice, you CAN break all legal speed limits by the time it's 
>time to switch to 3rd . . .

Ok, I don't wanna boost on this subject but with my new toy I would almost
break the US freeway limit of 65 in 1st gear. :-) :-)

-Axel
-- 
fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
GSXR1100 - RD350LCN - XR250R
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
From: lamorte@netcom.com (R. Scott LaMorte)
Subject: Re: Call for votes - rec.motorcycles.nude
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 00:25:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


Hmm, although I've never actually riden a moving bike in the buff
before, I have had the occasion to transport a topless passenger of no
mean proportions. I hesitate to think of the number of near accidents
we caused that sunny day in the Almaden hills in south San Jose...
From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 03:56:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: The man without a number (or a clue)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
>And I suppose that now you'll tell me that Deeney really isn't a large african?

Well, OK, I suppose the ruse is up.  No, I'm not really of African heritage.  
And I'm not even all that large.  If the truth be known, my ancestors 
emmigrated from Ireland and homesteaded in Montana.  It was here that they 
became dental floss tycoons.  And rode pygmy ponies.  With Zirconium
encrusted tweezers...    *

We've recently traced our family tree and made some rather startling
discoveries.  It appears the matriarch of the Deeney clan was none other
than the illegitimate daughter of Baron Mypanzeroff, great-great-great uncle 
to Lord Spagthorpe.  It seems that during a number of late night sessions in
the workshop attempting to develop advanced prostetics for livestock, Baron
Mypanzeroff became quite intimate with his young assistant, the naive, yet
charming, Lady Smegma.  To cover up the scandal, Lady Smegma took an
extended trip to Ireland, where the child was born in a small town in Cle
Kinny county.  

Some rather stupid, yet gentle, sheep herders took in the baby girl and
treated her as their own.  The child, Blanche Deeney, grew into a beautiful
young woman with a successful business of her own.  Records of her business 
are somewhat vague, but it appears to have been some sort of very popular 
hotel in Dublin.  Customers were reputed to have come from miles around 
to spend even a couple of hours there.  

Bill Johns writes: 
>Actually, Jeff is a skinny little dwarf with a really weird sense of
>humor.  

No no Bill.  That's my kids.  I just have the weird sense of humor.  

>So where is Debbie these days??

Good question. I haven't heard a peep since she left Colorado for points
East.  What about it Todd?   For that matter, anyone, have you seen this
face?  If so, please see that she stays away from sharp objects.  
                              /&&&&&&&&\
                             &  ~    ~ &
                             &  @    @ &
                             &    <    &
                               |     | 
                                \ O /

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcla.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
I'm OK, you're inflatable.  

* Obscure reference to Frank Zappa music, for those youngsters out there
From: heff@ki.ch.apollo.hp.com (God of Thunder)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: NY Rte 17 sucks
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:07:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: apollo.Bu9M0w.L0A
Reply-To: heff@ki.ch.apollo.hp.com (God of Thunder)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories



> >I rode Route 17 across NY in July, and it sucked. The road is concrete
> >blocks with major bumps between blocks - my spine was screwed for days.
>
> I agree. The "fast" lane is better than the slow, but only incrementally:-{
>
> >Anybody have a better way to get from Boston to Binghamton in under 7 hours,
> >and on a fun road at the same time?
>
> I assume that you took the MassPike west, NY Thruway south, then NY17
> west?
>
> Since ya wanna make time, I won't suggest looking for backroads. So
> howsabout taking the MassPike to the Thruway _north/west_ and dropping
> south on ?I-81? (I don't have NY map w/ me today) to Binghamton?


Well, I ended up taking superslab most of the way (which means MassPike to
NY Thruway to I-88 to Binghamton.  'Twas much better than the concrete
spine-destroyer of 17 (although a couple miles of 88 was spine-crusher road).

Someone suggested US20, so I hopped onto it just past Springfield, and took it
30 or 40 miles to where it hit the Pike again.  Great road!  Twisty
hills almost
the entire way, with enough passing zones to make sure noone was going to be in
front of me for the next set of twisties.  


Jeff Oesterle

'82 Yamaha Vision 550
================
"No, I don't know that atheists should be consedered as citizens, 
nor should they be considered patriots.  This is one nation under God."
                                         - George Bush
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(Disclaim, disclaim, disclaim.)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers)
Subject: Re: Castrol Syntec (Oh God! Not oil again!)
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
	<1992Sep9.164251.20012@megatek.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:29:40 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.164251.20012@megatek.com> randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis) writes:

>  You are definitely buying the Mobil-1 at the wrong place.  I picked up a
>case (12-quarts) of the stuff for less than $50 at Target.  I think the
>per-quart price was $3.80.

Some discounts during sales at places like Pep Boys will drop the
price to the $3.50 range for Mobil 1...

>  I'm interested in finding out more about the new Castrol Synthetic, also.
>Sounds like a mix of Slick-50 and synthetic oil...

I don't know if I've mentioned this before (it seems like I have said
it, but with the way my memory is going as of late...).  The FAA is
investigating Slick-50 for two engine stoppages in flight (light
aircraft) that are directly attributed _to_ the use of a molecular
bonding polymer.

It seems it builds up a film quite well, but it also tends to break
off and clog straining screens, filters and very small oil passages.
Anyone who uses PTFE in their oil doesn't get my vote.  but if they
use PTFE on their ski bases, I'll buy that...

--
"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
Al Bowers                                 bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov
Iaido   Takamine   Hobie   Rossignol   Alfa Romeo  Ducati (DOD #900)
From: parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Motorcycles prohibited (Was: Least Favorite Road Sign)
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:35:36 GMT
Organization: General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, MI

In article <71.2AB16DA7@kennel.FIDONET.ORG>, john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton) writes:
> 
[NJ Turnpike horror story deleted] :-)
> 
> New Jersey people..... is the Turnpike ok for mc traffic now? I thought they
> changed it not long after I was chased off, but I've never been back to try.
> 

On my way to the Finger Lakes Rally in NY, I tried going through the
international tunnel between Detroit and Windsor. The friendly attendant
greeted me with "We don't allow motorcycles. You're going to have to use
the [Ambassador] bridge."

Why not allow motorcycles? I don't have a clue.

Douglas
--
Reply-To: gdls!parker@ilium.troy.msen.com
DoD #1961    BMWMOA    Renting N56136
--
A dress is nothing but pants with one pantleg.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rblander@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Robyn Landers)
Subject: Re: Interesting Chain note
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:57:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.153738.18035@pica.army.mil> tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>) writes:
>klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>
>>  BMW's have excellent suspension for the first 8,000km , then they load
>>them of the boat.
>
>Wanna try that one again? Like: What do you mean to say?

	He means to say something like "BMWs have good suspension for 
the first 8,000 km.  Then they are unloaded from the boat."
Get it?

...tick...tock...tick...tock...

If not, consider BMW's reputation for suspensions, then consider where 
BMWs are made, how far away that is, and how they get them here.


-----
Robyn                              | "Any profit should go to Arnie's `get the
rblanders@math.uwaterloo.ca        |  daemon carved on Mount Rushmore' fund."
Den0051,  KotV4                    |       - Marty Albini, DOD0550
VF750S Sabre (his) FZX750 Fazer (hers)
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Date: 14 Sep 1992 15:23:18 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

>sai@formula1.Corp.Sun.COM (S.Fielding-Isaacs [WWFO Pubs Project Lead]) writes:
>>In article <pmvntao@fido.asd.sgi.com> cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio) writes:
>
>>>The FAQ mentions cutting chunks out of the foam liner to
>>>allow room for glasses.  Is this really a good idea?
>
>> I think it's a _really_ stupid idea, 

Folks, I don't think wearing *glasses* inside a helmet is such a clever
idea.  If there is *no* movement of your face within the helmet, you're
helmet's too tight.  If there is, you are risking glasses pieces in
your eyeball.

Contacts and tinted faceshield work for me.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  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: RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Robert Chambers)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nasty rumour about Maine interstates
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:09:10 GMT
Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems

No mopeds allowed on the turnpike,  They jam up the works of the snowplows
in winter

Robert
DoD 191
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Books and Info
From: omf@oolong.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
Date: 13 SEP 92 23:48:52    
Reply-To: omf@oolong.hacks.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  

Hi folks,

My roomate owns a Kawasaki 350.  She likes the bike very much, and would
like to learn more about it's workings so that she's better able to take
care of it or fix it.  My question is:  does anyone know of a decent
'Everything you ever wanted to know about motorcycles for the
complete beginner' kind of book??  Any help or suggestions would be
greatly appreciated...

#############################################################################

               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."

Oscar Fowler
omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: scheller@semprini.asdi.saic.com (Mark J. Scheller (+1.619.546.6519))
Subject: Flakey tach - advice needed
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: tach, flake, advice, help, honda, read-on-for-more
Reply-To: scheller@asdi.saic.com
Organization: Science Applications International Corp./San Diego
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:25:34 GMT


Now that I have a real DoD #, and have ridden my bike a bit, something's
gone awry.  BTW, the bike is an '84 Honda Shadow 700.

Here I am, minding my own business riding down I-15, avoiding freeway
shooters (CA joke), when all of the sudden my tach goes from ~3500 RPM to 0!  "Yikes," think I, "my engine has stopped."

But, no, the engine is purring away just fine. . .seconds later the tach
comes back to normal.  Now, a couple of weeks later, the tach has a new trick:
reading about 1/2 of the correct RPM.

The problem seems to be something with the ignitors as fooling with them
makes the tach drop and return.

Is this faulty wiring?  Bad ignitor?  Bad ignitorS (both of 'em)?  Common?

Does this ring a bell for anyone?  Anyone?

T'anx n advance. . .

mS (scheller@asdi.saic.com)

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From: madhatta@plume.mit.edu (Tom Yates)
Subject: Re: >wheelies
Organization: CMPO at MIT
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:56:39 GMT

In article <11SEP199210533274@erich.triumf.ca>, ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
> In article <18q7u1INN58k@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com writes...
> >In article 29044@news2.cis.umn.edu, 
> >	mark@lenti.med.umn.edu (Mark Olson (CDC)) writes:
> >>In article <1992Sep10.165651.19456@varian.com>
> >>	 bob@csbvax.uucp (Bob Palin) writes:
> > 
> >>>There are a few roads in England which are marked 1 in 3 which means they
> >>>go up 1 foot for every 3 feet horizontally, 30 degrees I believe  8-)
> > 
> >>   1 in 1 is a 45 degree angle, so 1 in 3 is 33% of 45 degrees, or 15
> >>degrees.  
> > 
> >Geeze, guys!
> > 
> >tan A = opposite / adjacent
> >arctan (1/3) ~= 18.44 degrees
> > 
> 	Yeah, I already tapped it out on my calculator-window & was gonna hit
> "f" when I thought, "Geeze, no!  Ed Green's probably already given the right
> answer.  I _am_ >150 messages behind."  Sure 'nuff, a few "Z"s later...   :-)
> 
> > 
> Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch

actually, no (i think; flame now while stocks last).  UK gradients are not calculated in up per
across (tangent) because the horizontal distance is hard to measure, but in up per along the
road surface (sine) terms because the distance travelled along the road surface is much easier
to measure.

1-in-1 is vertical, which is why you don't see many of them.  1-in-2 is thus arcsin(1/2) or 30
degrees and 1-in-3 is 19.47 degrees, or so.  the technical term for 1-in-3 is "effing steep".

tom
From the machine of Tom the Mad - madhatta@teaparty.mit.edu - DoD#0135
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: American beer bashing (was Re:  Harley babe bashing...)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 12 Sep 1992 17:32:14 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep10.131432.24782@pica.army.mil>, tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom
Coradeschi <tcora>) wrote:
>
> Wrong. American beer _is_ good! It's just that Budweiser _isn't_ beer!
> (Beer don't got rice in it.) Per the Rheinheitsgebot (spelt rong, Im sher),
> beer contains: barley, malt, hops & water.
> 
:-)
Close.  Beer contains: Malted barley, hops, water.  I believe yeast was
later
recognized as a legitimate ingredient, it's just that in 1541 (or whenever
the hell they wrote the thing) no one knew what yeast did.  But then, I'm
not sure I'm as stuffy about what goes in my beer as the Bavarians were.
1-2% or malted wheat can improve head retention.  Steel cut oats can
contribute to a wonderful stout, and a cup of isinglas at keg(cask)ing
time can do some pretty amaizing things for clarity.  You're right about
that
rice bullshit though.


| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834     | DoD #207  AMA
#573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci. dept.| 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 
|
From: dnd@ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: key fobs
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:35:46 GMT
Reply-To: dnd@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Organization: Dept Electrical and Electronic Eng, Manchester University, UK

In article <sysop.172@elan.glassboro.edu> sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor)) writes:
>>>
>>>this is the *first* dod item that i'm willing to come out in public 
>
>Where do I sign? :-)
>
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>%          Ken Denton                     DOD# 1124           %
>%          sysop@elan.glassboro.edu       82 CB750K           %
>%                                                             %
>%                         "Your Ad Here!"                     %
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


Well, i would have thought that the prime mechandise that DOD'ers required
was an ego massager!

A non-DOD'er
--
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
   Dr. Darryl Davis                	>
   Multi-Media Laboratory		>
   Department of Electrical Engineering >   E-mail    	: dnd@spec0.man.ac.uk
   The University of Manchester     	>             
   Brunswick St                      	>   Phone     	: (+44)-61-275-4561
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From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: Hey Steve, how come you know so much?
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:38:48 GMT

In article <989@pico.OZ> conrad@pico.qpsx.oz.au writes:
>
>Citizens of the United States! Your beloved country cannot afford to pay
>its dues to the UN?  It cannot spend any money on the problems of your
>cities?
>Then how can it spend so many of your tax dollars propping up your
>farmers?
>
Well, we gotta spend them on something!  

And the last time I asked, 
they said no to free beer and singles for the titty bars.

-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone)
Subject: Re: Leather pants
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:47:12 GMT

In article <18qqmvINN64e@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>Chaps don't go on/off the way pants do.  It's more like they fold
>around you, and you hook them up.  Not everybody wears 501's to work,
>and with chaps you don't have to slide your leg into anything, the
>chaps go around your slacks, so there is less hassle and less wrinkle.

"Less wrinkle."  If, and only if you must wear pressed pants, I'll grant
you that one point.  The hassle of donning or removing leather pants is
minimal, as I have stated.

>Chaps obviously don't offer the protection of full leather, the same
>way they offer more protection than denum, and leather offers less
>protection than taking a cage.

Ah, yes.  I see you have opted for maximum protection these days.
[Ok, that was a cheap shot.  I owe you a Sam Adam's.]

>It has been my experience that the
>knees are the primary target of m/c spills.  I've seen a couple of butt
>slides, that could fairly easily be turned to hip slides.

Sheesh.  I guess I should have thought about that in the middle of my
wipeout.  "Hmmm, butt's getting kind of hot, better turn onto my hip
now."  I think you're all wet about the knee vs. butt thing; I won't state
categorically that one zone of impact is more common than the other, but
I sure wouldn't bet my ass on it, so to speak.

>I'd like to see somebody try a genital slide... ain't gonna happen.

Wow, kinky...though I think this could be arranged, if you have the cash.
Again, you may be right about this, but this does not directly lead me
to the conclusion that I want to *remove* protection from my crotch.

>Chaps are a point in the protective gear spectrum that many find offer
>reasonable protection from road rash, wind, dust, and light rain, and
>at the same time offer an order of magnatude more ease and comfort than
>leather pants.

Order of magnitude, my (unscraped) ass!  That was precisely the point
of my original post, in which you made one small dent - about keeping
pressed pants unwrinkled.  It may be *slightly* more convenient to use
chaps, but not enough to make up for the *much* greater exposure of
vulnerable body parts.  If it weren't for the bizarre fashion impact
of chaps, appreciated by a small segment of the riding population,
I think they would have disappeared from general m.c. use long ago.


 Phil Stone         (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov | ...ames!eos!phil)
 '83 R80ST               DoD #95              "Motorcycles OK"
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