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From: keithh@bnr.ca (Keith Hanlan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: BMW K75S engine mods - query
Keywords: BMW
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:03:50 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa

In article <1992Sep24.164924.7499@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> bade@wombat.austin.ibm.com writes:
[...]
>As for the performance, I've heard that you can get the
>K75 up to about 85 horsepower with just a cam change and removal of
>the stock airbox.  Damn waranty rules that out for now.  

Not a problem for me. Who makes the aftermarket cam and airbox?

What other performance modifications have people done to a K75 engine?
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What would you buy for $2000?
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:26:19 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Sep30.075248.10754@elektro.cmhnet.org>, root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
> Who said sportbikes?  You can get a *real* good BMW R60/2 for under $2K,
> or most R75/5 R75/6's are in this range.  

not here in the bay area, though.  a reasonable r75 or r80 will run a 
minimum of $2200-2500.  12 year old r100s are commanding $4k.  all depending
on condition and to a lesser extent milage.

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From: ssuhouns@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet headaces
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:01:06 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

cs20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Catherine Barbara Saum) writes:

>Question:
>Is there any device and/or solution to avoiding the "helmet headache"
>one gets at high speeds when the helmet drives into the forehead and
>chin. 
>I have a Shoe RF200 that fits fine; in fact great, but as soon as I hit
>65mph+...&*#%!@$!
>Thanks in advance.
>-cathy

Get a bike with a fairing? ;-)




Paul

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From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Vultures landing on Ed? (was Re: Crosswinds)
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:33:07 GMT
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Dances With Bikers (blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com) wrote:
: buzzard was eating roadkill, Holst spooked it, and it flew up and
: clobbered him. The cause of the accident was claimed to be Buzzard
: Error. I'm not sure if the buzzard in error was the bird or Holst.

Huh!  I had this happen to me recently.  The bird was a robin and the
speed I was travelling was about 15 or 20 MPH.  I was riding home for
lunch one day (3 miles each way) and was easing my way through campus
when a bird flew up in front of me a self-destructed against the right
side mirror of the Virago.  I thought I had done in the only bird with
that poor a sense of time-speed-distance, looks like Lance found another
one..
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From: bruneau@bnr.ca (Glenn Bruneau)
Subject: Re: How far do you commute?
Reply-To: bruneau@bmerh538.bnr.ca
Organization: BNR Ottawa, DMS Software Design
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:07:46 GMT

|> >>How far does the average Denizen commute?
                     
My minimum commute is 40km (25 miles) each way but is fairly straight road. A
minor detour that I take from time to time almost doubles that and has lots of
twisties (guess which I prefer). I have been known to take detours along the
way which rack up the distance pretty quickly (60,000km in 2 years).

My biggest commute was 1100km (690 miles) - that was from Virginia to Ottawa so
that I could be at work again the next day (of course the trip into work the 
next day was on the bike).

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                                               | '82 Seca Turbo, Amiga 3000,
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Subject: Re: Model list
From: dev2@inform.co.nz (Michael Seales)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:08:01 GMT
Organization: InForm Group Ltd.

On the model list you left out the riders themselves. They are very cheap
and have everything - including clear visors on their full-face helmets
that can move up and down.

There are 3 - racing crouch (straight line), hanging off the side, and
pushing the bike (racing start). They only really fit the GP bikes properly,
but by hacking their body parts and painting their leathers how you want you
can make them suit any bike. If you want to know how, ask me.
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From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Drinking & Helmets
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 16:06:32 GMT

I seem to recall something called "The Engineers Friend"
It consists of a rubber bladder that you bungee to your leg
and connect to the output side of your bladder, it was 
originally designed for railroad engineers that operate
a engine with a "kill" failsafe which means that if operating
a train for long distances they couldnt leave the throttle
without the train coming to a stop and on a long train that
could be a couple of miles, then the engineer could restart
and build back up to speed which could take several more
miles.
Now if you have two of these strapped one to each leg you 
could input with one and output with the other, just don't
input with the salty tasting one.
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 02:14:32 -0400 
From: John Robert Nadzam <jn1h+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: snapped off bolt
	<Stafford-290992140936@stafford.winona.msus.edu>
Distribution: world

> 
> >In the process of removing it, I have snapped off one of the studs
for >>bolting
> >the headers to the engine. What is the standard procedure for
removing such >an
>> animal without major destruction?????????????
>> 
 
>Three approaches: 1) use an 'easyout' of the correct size.  This thing
>looks
>like a reverse-twist drill bit with a large pitch and a square head (for
>grasping with a small wrench or a tap'n die tool.)  You drill into the
>stud (size recommended with easyout), screw the easyout in (counter-
>clockwise) and keep turning until it comes out.  *SNAP* -- oh, that
>didn't work?  2) place a small center punch near the edge of the stud.
>tap it to turn the stud counter-clockwise.  Go gently and just far
>enough to get a vise-grip on the stud to continue the job 3) if all fails,

I work in a machine shop, and I work on my own bikes. The first two
suggestions are the best but be forewarned. They work well, very well
but they do take an amazing amount of patience. If you get pissed off,
leave it alone and come back later. It will help, and keep lots of
penitrating oil on hand (WD40 or PB Blaster if you can find it) I rarely
post and never this seriously so please listen.

NADZ
DoD #528
From: jeg@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John Gelnaw)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Is this bike a figment of my imagination?
Summary: Unheard of bike
Keywords: bike unusual?
Date: 3 Oct 92 05:56:26 GMT
Distribution: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

About a year ago, while searching for a bike, (my first, actually), I ran
across a beastie Suzuki made called a GR-650 Tempter.  Yes, I said G_R_.
Now, the shop here in town that rebuilt my starter has never heard of one. But
I know the guy knows what he's talking about.  In fact, I've run into two
people in North Florida that have heard of one, outside of a Suzuki dealer.

I bought the bike, and have to say, I'm very happy with it... But I can't
help but wonder why noone seems to have heard of one.

The bike is an '83... as best I can figure out, they made them in '82 and 
'83 only, and only offered two models.

So, I'm asking the collective population of rec'd.motors for any info they have
on the bike... realizing, of course, that such an action could cost me life and
limb, not to mention clogging up the net with hundreds of posts about how it's
not a harley, a wind-triangle, ethanol based, or full face.  :-)


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| John Gelnaw     |  jeg@cis.ufl.edu   belgarath@ufcc.circa.ufl.edu   |
+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|        '83 Suuuu-zzuuu-kkiiii GR-650 Tempter (a WHAT??!?)           |
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| UF doesn't even think I have an opinion, much less really care what |
|                         it is.                                      |
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From: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: More gasohol
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:51:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.154017.18220@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>In article <1992Sep30.213157.15284@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
>|In article <marcl.717864030@os-d> marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis) writes:
>|>neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>|>
>|>>>|This looks very promising for both motorcycle and auto manufacturers.
>|>>>|(Harley Davidson, please take note).
>|>>>
>|>>>Harley?  Two strokes?   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
>|>
>|>>Don't forget the Aermacci's (sp?) True, they were Italian-made, but were sold
>|>>as Harleys and H-D owned a major portion of the factory.
>
>Okay, okay, already.  So Harley once had a hand in the manufacture of 
>two-stroke motorcycles.  And it so happens that those very motorcycles 
>are machines that Harley Davidson has tried very hard to disown.  Why?
>Because the don't fit the image, the image that is HD's bread and butter.
>
>Dan's comment was concerning *future* Harleys, not obscure past Harleys.  
>Does anyone really think Harley is likely to forgo the rumble of a 
>fourstroke big twin for the RingDing of a twostroke, in the interest 
>of weight savings and efficiency?
>
>Gee, that's it.  A water cooled v-four fuel injected twostroke HD street
>bike with a plastic body and a lean-over riding position.  Right.

I said it had to be sport-bike?? How 'bout a V-Max eater. Plastic alone
does not make a bike fast... 

It's time for HD to invest in more than just statistical improvement of 
product quality.

-Dan

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From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ne.forsale
Subject: Re: 1986 Kawasaki Concours $2950
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:04:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: tridom.BvCKMt.9H4
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia

You've posted this four times already.  If you really want to sell a bike to 
these posers^H^H^H^H^Hupstanding members of society, you have to at least
mention the color of the bike.

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: braking power lessons (was Re: I won? (NOT!))
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:39:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: zx11.888
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
]hit the front brakes as hard as I dared,

this brings up the point that's been made before and will be made again,
braking skills are probably one of the harder things to obtain yet the
most valuable. in virtually all agressive stops on my ZX-11 I would
consciously hold back on the front brake pressure for fear of locking
the front and going down for sure. when I got the BMW one of the first
things I did was to get familiar with the brakes. with the safety net of
ABS in place I went for broke and clamped down on the brakes for all I
was worth. I was AMAZED at how much stopping power I had BEFORE the ABS
kicked in. practically scared myself I stopped so quick.

I have no idea how you would discover this braking capacity on a non-ABS bike
since achieving that goal can be a bad thing...

btw: this in no way is meant to imply that Sebastian needs work on braking,
     it's just a thought that came to mind...

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: jgraf@cyber.net (John M. Graf)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley Fashionable == Deaths
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:07:06 GMT
Organization: The Cyberspace Station

I dunno - I guess I was a poser 22 years ago when I bought my first bike.
I wanted the image, the fun, and the thrill that came with motorcycling,
but I had no idea what I was doing. 

I got hooked on the ride, and 22 years and about 6 bikes later I still love
it (although I still may not know what I'm doing).  The point is that 
anything that gets people out on bikes is good for the rest of us.  Sure,
some will get tired of it, some will figure out that the image is more
than just the bike and will quit, and a few will even get killed.  But the
rest of them will become real riders and will add to our enjoyment and
our clout.

John Graf
jgraf@cyber.net
 
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From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 23:27:46 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.154122.14129@hemlock.cray.com> gn@cray.com writes:
>Dennis Kirk sells an adjustable mounting unit for radar detectors
>that mounts on the handlebars. Sells for about 20 bucks. 

A note of caution on buying one of these units:

I bought >TWO< - - -

The first time I mistakenly grabbed one off the display, paid for it,
took it home, and tried to mount it on my handlebars.  It wouldn't fit!!
The packaging DID say U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L, _BUT_ that doesn't mean it
fits all bikes!! . . .  what it means is that once you mount the right
one on your bike, you can swivel the mount left<>right, up<>down, or tilt
it as needed to point you fuzzbuster(tm) in the right direction.

When I bought mine, they had TWO  Universal Models.  (the fine print DID
state which size handlebars they fit, but since when duz a Denizen ever

     Read The Friendly Manual?? )
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!)
Keywords: cager,asshole
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:09:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Oct05.160911.17635
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

>In article <1992Oct4.184114.29949@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>>	The bad news is I'm told (please tell me if I'm wrong) that because
>>I hit him from behind it will be called my fault. This sucks as we called the
>>cops and it's going to go to my insurance company who will raise my rates
>>but won't pay for the damage I did to his car. All I did to my bike was

I don't get this part at all.  If your insurance company won't pay for damage
to the car, then what grounds do they have for raising your rates?  Get
a real insurance company!
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jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW K100rs & Boxer sound bite
Date: 27 Sep 1992 21:57:03 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Sep27.223054.4268@osf.org> jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
>BTW: I spoke to Scott Arigot (sp?) from BMW NA today and he said the 
>new boxers will be in the US dealerships in February.

Does this mean that BMW has announced them?  If so, I'd love to hear
some details...

-
-John H. Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu
-DOD#2001  '92 BMW Paris-Dakar
From: txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: ST1100 still reigns supreme
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:59:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: Able.txd.717800344

daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:

>I quote after some mention of acceleration in the 1/4 mile " Top-gear roll
>on performance also betters that of the ST1100, currently the best 
>sports tourer on the market" 

|{P PPPHhHHHhhhhhhhttttttt!

>Now let's not forget that the ST1100 has a true overdrive fifth gear not 

Harumph, *only* five gears. PPPhhhhhhttttt!

>found on the K1100LT accounting for the less then incredible acceleration
>in fifth but also giving a 85MPH cruising RPM of approx 4300 and 
>absolutley no vibration, but more importantly this article in the above
>line re-affirms that the ST110 is still the best Sports tourer in the
>market and by inference is far superior to the new K1100LT!! For 3000
>less dollars.

Again... |{P PPPHHHhhhhhttttt!


>Now if I was only a good enough rider to really take advantage of this
>wonderful motorcycle

Ok, I'll buy that. ;{>


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From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Re: Information on '82 Maxim
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 22:38:48 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.181305.5873@ncsu.edu>, tc@eceris.ece.ncsu.edu (Troy Chase) writes:
|> 
|> I am considering the purchase of my first motorcycle and would like some
|> information.  The bike I am currently looking at is an '82 Yamaha Maxim
|> 650, with 9k miles.  Can anybody give my any information about this bike?  
|> (maintenance schedules, common problems with this model, etc.)
|> Any information about this year/model would be greatly appreciated.
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> Troy    E-mail:  tc@eceris.ece.ncsu.edu

	If it's under $1100 I'd buy it, and it looks like it's been 
	respected.  Trade ya ?  I love my bike, it runs great, no major
	problems.  It has 42,000 km (about 27,000 miles) and it's happy.

-- 
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  Newfoundland,              ______| odds are stacked against you...if you 
  DoD #1500,                / have nowhere left to turn...he's your last
  1981 Maxim 650            | resort. A berserk one-man juggernaut of death
  __________________________| on the trail to hell and back. -The Liquidizer

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From: laszlo@piper.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Subject: Re: ignore  -  test
Reply-To: laszlo@piper.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:01:06 GMT


all bicyclist should stay off the road. its for motorcycles.
since we pay road taxes that they (bicyclist) aren't willing
to. also there should be helemet laws for bicyclists

laz
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning into it and DoD weenies
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Date: 27 Sep 1992 17:30:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
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In article <###prtc.jfh@netcom.com>, jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm a new reader, but I've seen a detailed explanation of it in the last
> two months.  I believe there is a regular posting on it.  I don't remember 
> many details about the explanation, but it was there.  A later posting said 
> something to the effect that limiting membership to people who had actually
> read the group for a while was a desirable thing. 

It's more like:
Everything you need to figure out what's what is in the FAQ (and is
pretty damn obvious at that)  So it's sort of an effort test.  If
you're not willing to put out the effort to read the FAQ and actually
think for 30 or 40 seconds, then we're not willing to give you a number.
Since most people can handle it though, it's usually not a problem. :-)

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| "You can lead the house to order, but you     | '81 CB750C           |
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From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:43:40 GMT
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Dan Sorenson (viking@iastate.edu) wrote:
: 	As much as I hate to agree with Pooder (general principles, ya
: know), he's right.  I've jumped the CB750K4 from cars, riding lawnmowers,
: huge John Deere diesels, Ford trucks, Chevy trucks, cars, and all sorts
: of other equipment.
 
Geez, Dan, maybe you ought to consider a new battery.

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