HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: R100GS final drive trouble
Date: 10 Nov 92 03:29:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: research.1992Nov10.032913.15496
Reply-To: behanna@syl.nj.nec.com
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.

In article <1992Nov9.193715.24394@eos.arc.nasa.gov> phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:
>In article <9901068@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
>(Re: water in BMW final drive units)
>>I must be more suspicious than average but I doubt that this is 
>>just "normal water accumulation"
>
>It happened to me, too, last winter.  For the two months that I was
>homeless (got burned out of my old apartment), and more importantly,
>garageless, it poured mercilessly on me and my unprotected R80ST.
>
>I remember many days of riding down the freeway through a few inches
>of water, or at least enough to make a respectable bow wave.  Everything
>got wet (except for me, I have a good rainsuit), including the toolkit
>under the seat.
>
>When I next changed the tranny oil, it was the color of cafe-au-lait.
>Shaft and final drive oil were water contaminated as well.  My mechanic
>said it was to be expected, considering the conditions I was riding in.
>
>Riding in very wet weather calls for much stricter maintenance.  Watch
>this particular area on BMW's.
>
>ObPre-emptive:
>
>Anyone that wishes to take a cheap shot at BMW's at this point must meet
>the following qualification:  you must have actually ridden in the rain
>(*real* rain, not some wimpy drizzle with spaces between the drops) for
>an extended time.  Otherwise, you are a chickenshit brand-basher, and may
>safely assume my unending scorn for your worthless, posing existence.

	Here goes:  BMW's suck llama spit.

ObPre-emptive:

I'm just being ornery.  I rode a Honda Shadow 700 for sixteen months in
Pittsburgh.  I had no car, and I rode in _all_ kinds of weather.  Pittsburgh
gets as much rain as the Pacific Northwest (just check climate records),
and I rode in some truly horrifying downpours (yes, I've seen a bow wave
when riding).  The Shadow was a shaftie and I changed the final drive
oil twice during my ownership.  Looked fine both times (I put 16K on the
clock during that time).

ObInconsistent:

I don't think I'd mind owning a K-bike, as long as it wasn't orange and
yellow.

ObFortheHumorImpaired:

:-)

ObFortheTrulyUninspired:

FOAD

ObForEd:

Aw, you know it already.  Good luck to you.

Later,
-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF  1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	          1975 CB360T - Baby Bike

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: advice on gear
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 5 Nov 92 10:20:19

"hur" == Matt Hur <hur@oclc.org> writes:

hur> If you ever look at another tank bag, check out the Motoport
hur> magnetic bag.  It is just like a BMW bag; however, instead of
hur> having the harness permanently attached to the tank, it is
hur> magnetic.  It does not have a rain cover :-( , but I'm thinking
hur> of getting an eclipse cover if it will fit.

Motoport sold me a rain cover for $12 or so, so they must have some
lying around somewhere...

--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
                     '92 R100R, DoD# 0378, BMWOA, AMA, ACLU
                                "HotHead Rules!"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Subject: Re: 2-strokes (was:Re: REQUEST: short fella has a question or two...
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Organization: AT&T Tridom, Engineering
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:41:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.222934.2542@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov12.215739.10125@rd.hydro.on.ca>, jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
|> > In article <1992Nov11.172357.2534@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>>>
>>>	Have you ever considered a GSXR-50 ?  (imagine a fully-faired
>>>sportbike, lean, mean GSXR - about the size of a tricycle with a 50cc
>>>2-stroke motor).
>> 
>> Is this a put-on? I've seen the YSR 50 & 80, and heard of the NSR, but I 
>> didn't know that Suzuki had one.
> 
> 	Funniest thing I ever saw !  It was in the paddock at Mid-Ohio.

If that is the same one I saw at Road Atlanta for the WERA finals, it is
really just a YSR-50 with a paint job.  There were also:  Team Marlboro Yamaha
paint job, Team Vance & Hines Yamaha paint job, Commonwealth Honda paint job.

Watching the pit bikes are as much fun as some of the race bikes.

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
KotBBBB (1988 GSXR1100J)  AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
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From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Subject: Re: Bikes Indoors (Was Re: SOMEONE TRIED T
Originator: markk@sparcplug
Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Organization: Teknekron Communications Inc.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 03:16:43 GMT

In article <1du32dINNfh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>In article 1536@microsoft.com, timke@microsoft.com (Tim Keane) writes:
>My attached garage (no firewall) contains, among other things:
>
>Regular gasolene
>2-stroke gasolene
>Assorted paints & solvents
>Kerosene
>Charcoal Lighter Fluid
>Gun powder
>Primer caps
>Two vehicles with gas tanks 
>Assorted power tools with attached gas tanks
>A smoke detector
>A fire extinguisher

My kitchen cabinets contain among other things:

Assorted paints & solvents
Kerosene
Motor Oil
Olive Oil
Grease
Chain Lube
Knives, forks, and pipe wrenches
Various other lubricants
Pots and pans
Most of an RD400 motor (dissasembled)
1 (one) RD400 fork leg
Food

I also have an RD400 gas tank, oil tank, and fenders in my bedroom
closet and a pair of Dunlop K591s behind the microwave stand.

At one time I had an entire RD400 dissasembled and sitting around in
my kitchen lying loose or in grocery bags and boxes.  The bare frame
was sitting out on my porch.  No, I didn't get it all put together
again.  I sold it like that.

>It's all in sensable containers and stored safely.  While I do tend to
>lose a lot of sleep these days, it is definately not over a fire hazard
>in my garage.

All flammable substances are stored in proper containers.  

Except the Olive Oil.

--
)V(ark)<               markk@tcs.com                   DoD #400
1988 FZR400            1985 ZX900 Ninja             1977 RD400D
                 RD400 - one'l get you twenty
From: tanner@cerritos.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Spanning The Globe
Date: 12 Nov 92 05:41:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: cerritos.1992Nov11.214121.7565
 <1992Nov11.010802.7563@cerritos.edu> <1992Nov11.190613.11320@i88.isc.com>
Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA

In article <1992Nov11.190613.11320@i88.isc.com>, jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:

>>"The Walrus and the Carpenter" from _Through the Looking-Glass_ by the
>>Rev. C. L. DoDgson
> 
> Oops.  Just because he was Alice's father doesn't mean he wrote
> the darn thing...

Go to your dictionary, look in the Biographical Names section under
Carroll, Lewis.  Learn something new.

-Bruce
-- 
Bruce Tanner        (310) 860-2451 x 596    Tanner@Cerritos.EDU
Cerritos College    Norwalk, CA             DoD #0161  NOMAD #007
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:34:44 GMT

jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:

>Why the f*** can't they put hard luggage brackets on a $16k bike?

With that bulbous rear bodywork, it does look like it would be hard to
mount hard bags on the GTS. Well, that gives me an excuse not to buy it.

>You can't put hard bags on an FJ, a TDM or a ZX-11, or on a GTS!

You can't? Damn! Now you tell me. You mean I've been taking this
"Fisher-Price" luggage abuse for two years, and they aren't even mounted
on my bike? I wonder who it is that everyone has really been insulting
all this time? Must be some BMW owner. 

Well, if hard bags can't be mounted on an FJ, I guess that means I've
got a set of Krauser luggage for sale. And I'd imagine that Chuck, Ed,
Buck, Jerry, and a number of other folks, will have to sell their hard
bags too, once you break the news to them.

>My next laurel goes to Suzuki, which can supply proper 
>bags for the big and medium Katanas.

Oh, you mean the Krauser hard luggage that Suzuki resells with their
name on it? I don't know about Canada, but in the USA, Suzuki will not
sell the Krauser top case, only the saddlebags. -1 for Suzuki.


All kidding aside, I do agree with you Jody, detachable hard luggage is
a _very_ nice thing to have on a street bike.
-- 
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
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:38694 ba.motorcycles:776
From: coburnn@spot.Colorado.EDU (COBURN  NICHOLAS SCO)
Subject: Motoport kevlar suits?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:44:48 GMT


Anyone have any experience with the all kevlar suits made by (or
at least sold by) Motoport?  I was considering an Aerostitch, but
after looking at the new Motoport catalog, I am undecided.  
Besides the fact that they are very expensive, I would like 
any other info.


Thanks,

Nick                   DoD#6425               89CBR600/88CBR1000
From: sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Spanning The Globe
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:34:39 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Nov10.153709.4849@spdc.ti.com> crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder) writes:
>>	I used to know the whole poem.  Anyone know what title I can
>>look for to refresh my memory?
>
>It is in one of Lewis Carol's works ... "Through the Looking Glass", 
>I believe.  Hmmm, or mabe it was "Alice in Wonderland".  Jeez, I don't
>remember either ...

Tsk! tsk!! "Carroll," please!

Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass" (Ch. 4, I think):

"The time has come," the walrus said:
"To talk of many things:
 Of shoes---and ships---and sealing wax---
 Of cabbages---and kings---
 And why the sea is boiling hot---
 And whether pigs have wings."

-s
--
  Shamim Mohamed / {uunet,noao,cmcl2..}!arizona!shamim / shamim@cs.arizona.edu
  "Take this cross and garlic; here's a Mezuzah if he's Jewish; a page of the
    Koran if he's a Muslim; and if he's a Zen Buddhist, you're on your own."
   Member of the League for Programming Freedom - write to lpf@uunet.uu.net
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From: jh@dg.UUCP (Jeff Hemstreet)
Subject: Re: I'm BAAAAAaaaack!  (More bike problems...)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 16:21:52 GMT
Reply-To: jh@dg.UUCP (Jeff Hemstreet)
Organization: Data General

Your best bet is to go out and buy a trickle charger.  You'll probably need
it sometime or other anyways.  Then charge the battery overnight.  Put it in 
and then start the bike.  Get a multi-meter and check the battery.  When
unconnected it should read ~12.5V.  After you start the bike, rev the engine
to about 5k rpm's and check the battery again with the multi-meter.  If you're
getting less than 13V you're in trouble.  Then check the stator and the
rectifier.
It could be either one.  The early 80's Suzuki's are known for having
electrical
problems.  I bought mine this summer, and it had a dead stator.  They seem to
go the most.  It was going to cost about $130 to replace, but thankfully it
was under warranty. 8-)
Good Luck.

====================================================================
Jeff Hemstreet    aka Mutt  |  DataGeneral     jh@etgn04.webo.dg.com
           AUDi 4000S     '80 GS550LT        DoD#755
"Yielding permision for mount and umount to the entire user community
would allow malicious (or not so malicious) users to wreak havoc on
the file system.  Superusers should wreak havoc only by accident."
                The Design of the UNIX Operating System, M.J. Bach

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From: prahren@pb2esac.uucp (Peter Ahrens)
Subject: Re: Long winter's CBX 
Summary: centerstand forever
Keywords: CBX
Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, Oakland, CA.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:26:27 GMT

In article <61977@mimsy.umd.edu> leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill) writes:
>...that moisture can build up in the crankcase.  This presumably happens all
>the time, but in amounts which are easily expelled through the breather...

>...I plan on putting the CBX up shortly.  

I advise always, where humanly possible, to place your X on its centerstand,
fuel petcock off (even though stock '80-'82 models have a vacuum valve in the 
carb line).

Pronounced amounts of water collect, or at least a serious zone of moisture
forms, inside the area where the header pipe meets the canister on the left
side of the CBX: this point invariably rusts out first.  The main theory is 
that this formation occurs since so many owners often use the sidestand
instead of the centerstand (perhaps more frequently than owners of smaller
machines).  The H20 buildup must happen quickly since used left side exhausts
for the CBX are far rarer than right side exhausts.

-Pete Ahrens
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor))
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
Organization: Rowan College of New Jersey
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:45:56 GMT

In article <2850@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner) writes:
>From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
>Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
>Date: 11 Nov 92 15:00:19 GMT
>]|My hat goes off to BMW, who builds the option of lockable storage into 
>]|everything they make.
>]  Keep your hat on...  I've got lockable storage on my bike.  (As long as
>]you can compress whatever it is enough to fit under the seat :-).
>
>just right for your drivers license and insurance card :-)
>
>]They also make luggage for the ZX, as I recall (not that I'm interested,
>mind
>]you).
>
>not that you'd ....
>
>aw, never mind...
>
>-- 
>Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
>Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com

	This month's SuperBike (British Mag) has a nice picture of the 
GTS1000 with hard luggage attached.  They also mentioned that Yamaha will be 
offering two *different* kinds of hard luggage.  Must be some way to get 
that over here....
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%          Ken Denton                     DOD# 1124           %
%          sysop@elan.glassboro.edu       91 ZR750            %
%                                                             %
%                         "Your Ad Here!"                     %
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From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Cops Suck!  Cops Suck!
Date: 11 Nov 1992 14:40:41 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu



That's basically it.  Cops Suck!

Goodfornothing muthereffing sonofawhores!

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------>DarkMan-------->
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a BSME can get a job?  Available 1/93.  This is for real!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:24:23 GMT

Jody Levine (jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov6.185927.3763@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
: >
: >Well, as long as we're talking about non-rational, emotional responses;
: 
: I think it's really neat. I'd love to try it. I wonder if it's fun.
: 
: Talking about rational, practical responses,
: 
: I am not picking nits, this is a real peeve of mine.
: 
: Why the f*** can't they put hard luggage brackets on a $16k bike? You buy
: a huge, expensive machine and you can't ride it three blocks without a 
: tankbag because there's no place to store some bungee cords and a pair of
: sunglasses! Or a rainsuit for those of us who don't live in the Southern 
: U.S.! When it's cold I have to carry my rainsuit, electric vest, extra sweater, 
: and bulky gloves around, not to mention my usual boots & leathers, wherever 
: I'm going because the only thing I can lock to my bike is a helmet! I don't 
: want a Gold Wing. Or a Pacific Coast. Or even an ST1100.
:
: My hat goes off to BMW, who builds the option of lockable storage into 
: everything they make. My next laurel goes to Suzuki, which can supply proper 
: bags for the big and medium Katanas. The beemers and the kats would both
: fit my riding bill, but what about everyone else? You can't put hard bags
: on an FJ, a TDM or a ZX-11, or on a GTS!
: 
: Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV


Over here, (Blighty), Yamaha sell matching hard luggage for FJs, along with
different size screens.

BMW do not sell luggage for the K1.

The GTS1000 does have a Yamaha hard-luggage option.


Nick (The Hard Biker with a Cold)   MAG 73516   DoD 1069   Box of Boots Tissues


M'Lud.
From: bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Silver lining if Clinton gets elected
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:15:23 GMT
Organization: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, UK

In the referenced article, harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) writes:
>Sender: 
>Reply-To: harmons@mithril.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer)
>Followup-To: 
>Distribution: 
>Organization: /usr/ens/etc/organization
>Keywords: 
>
>>taxes.  It's time for a change alright, and the change is to dump Bush and
>>that idiot draft-dodger 3-year-old boy he's got for VP before they start
>
>Having a draft dodger in #1 position is not any more encouraging.

better than a fascist psychopath
-- 
# Tim Stickland,   School of Biology,  #  A politician uses science like a    #
# Univ. of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY,  U.K.  #  drunk uses a lamp post -            #
# EMAIL:        bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk  #  more for support than illumination. #
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From: jn1h+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Robert Nadzam)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD
Date: 8 Nov 92 02:36:59 GMT
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>Can anybody tell a newcomer WTH Do means?

No as a matter of fact we can't.

NADZ
DoD #528
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: amir@ms.uky.edu (Amir Sadr)
Subject: Re: DoD
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 04:28:47 GMT
Organization: U of Kentucky, Computer & Mathematical Sciences Division

In article <721185461snx@swamp.demon.co.uk> Neil@swamp.demon.co.uk (njb) writes:
>Can anybody tell a newcomer WTH Do means?

1. do \(')du:, d*(-w)\ \(')did, d*d\ \'d*n\ \'du:-in\ \(')d*z\ vb or did;  
   or done or do.ing or does [ME don, fr. OE do-n; akin to OHG tuon to do, L 
   -dereX to put, facere to make, do, Gk tithenai to place, set 1: to bring to 
   pass : carry out 2: PUT - used chiefly in do to death 3a: PERFORM, EXECUTE 
   {~ some work} 3b: COMMIT {crimes done deliberately} 4a: to bring about : 
   EFFECT {sleep will ~ you good} 4b: RENDER, PAY {~ honor to his memory} 5: 
   to bring to an end : FINISH - used in the past participle 6: to put forth : 
   EXERT {did his best to win the race} 7: to bring into existence : PRODUCE 
   {~ a biography on the general} 8: to play the part of 9: to treat unfairly; 
   esp : CHEAT {did him out of his inheritance} 
2. do \'du:\ \'du:z\ n or dos or do's pl  chiefly dial  1: FUSS, ADO 
   archaic  2: DEED, DUTY chiefly Brit  3a: a festive get-together 3b: BATTLE 
   4: a command or entreaty to do something Brit  5: CHEAT, SWINDLE
3. do \'do-\ n [It] : the first tone of the diatonic scale in solmization

-- 
- Amir Sadr,  Dept. of Computer Science   AMA  ACM    amir@ms.uky.edu  
- University of Kentucky                  DoD  IEEE   amir@UKMA.BITNET
- Lexington,  KY 40506-0027                           [rutgers,uunet]!ukma!amir
--
From: RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Robert Chambers)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Solution to toll booth troubles
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:12:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: CUNYVM.92315.151222RMCCU
 <daved.721342825@convex.convex.com><1992Nov10.033931.15724@research.nj.nec.com><1992Nov10.135615.9208@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems

In article <1992Nov10.135615.9208@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>,
fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson) says:
>
>what the Turnpike pays. Connecticut removed all its toll
>booths from 95 a few years ago, something about not being
>legal to toll road a road built with federal funds or
>something

That and the fact that a whole family was wiped out at a toll booth
by some over tired (read: asleep) trucker plowing into them and wedging
the car in somehow such that the occupants couldn't get out and were
burned to death.  (least thats what I heard on the tv the other week).

CT has a much better road than I-95 if you want somewhere fun to ride
(or drive) - the Merritt/Wylbur Cross parkway.  No commercial traffic
many turns, no toll nazi's, no ticket nazi's (well very few)..
Average speed in fast lane 75-80 Mph.

>Richard Pierson E06584 vnet: [908] 699-6063

Robert
DoD191
From: tomes@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tracks
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:43:24 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <1353@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:

>	Find a Farmer with alot of land and nothing to plant...with the
>	recession on and the Gov't paying farmers not to plant grain or
>	rice or whatever...maybe if the bikers of the area could
>	pursuade him, he might pave it over as a medium sized
>	track...would be a little expensive to pave that much land
>	but...well a ring around his property would be great...wheat in
>	the infield and bales of hay on the outside of the track...set
>	up some stands and he could charge admission...and in the off
>	season, farm the infield....
>

Sounds suspiciously like the dude who kept the "Field of Dreams" and now is
reportedly making more money charging admission to celebrity games than he is
farming the rest of his land....

Just curious: how far does the average weekend racer have to drive to get to 
a track in other parts of the country?

CP Tomes

"I live for this..."  Unknown Cat 3 racer, picking gravel out of his arm after
                              a Class A-1 bonehead took out half the pack.
From: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: High speed in USA?
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:43:00 -0500
Reply-To: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Organization:  

In article <1992Nov12.231716.27@iris-dcp.es>, marrevola@iris-dcp.es writes:
> Do bike-riders go fast in US? How many of you have been arrested?

	Yes, some of us do go fast.  I personally have never had the courage
to go over 140 mph.  I should take a racing school first, I think, and
save the high speeds for the track.  Just my personal choice.

	In the US, a few states will give you a criminal record for speeding
over 100 mph, which may make life more difficult.

	As for how many have been arrested, the national speed limit is
65 mph.  My CBR tells me to go faster than that, usually, as I'm sure yours
does, too.  I try not to listen these days.  You figure it out.

Rob
--
Rob Yang (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A) RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
'92 CBR600F2 (Hon) "It hisses on snakes."   AMA 642916   DoD 0593
'79 XT500 (The Bitch)        '90 Plymouth Laser RS (Sweetie)

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