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From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: beginner's luck
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:38:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.222119.362@halfdome.sf.ca.us> laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>rachel, go and sit on several bikes this weekend-- make the tour of
>your local yamaha-suzuki-honda-kawasaki dealers.

Good idea, but also look at EVERY bike you see on the street.
You may see some that are not in the bike shops.  I basically
decided on my present ride--BMW boxer with Windjammer fairing--
based on a couple similar bikes that I'd seen parked.

>don't expect
>to keep your first bike forever, and don't think you won't drop it a
>few times.  

Excellent advice.

>after you drop the $$ on the bike, go out and drop $$ on
>good clothes--get good boots that cover your ankles, and regular
>motorcycle gloves and a jacket, as well as your helmet. 

Yes, do this even if it means you spend more on the clothing than you
did on the bike--which is possible if you start off with a cheap
enough bike.  You can skimp on certain features of the bike, like
power, looks, etc., but don't skimp on the safety equipment.

Another recommendation I like to make that isn't so obvious: If it
EVER rains where you are, get a rainsuit (even if just some cheap
two-piece vinyl thing from a camping store) and carry it with you
always.  That way you won't get caught in a sudden rainstorm miles
from home and end up dumping your bike just because you were too wet
and miserable to see straight.  If you're going to wear the rainsuit
a lot, however, it should also be durable.

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
-- '80 BMW R65   BMWMOA #36829   DoD #0969   NRA #CDF6091M


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: Thirsty carbs at 80+mph???
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:36:35 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <14314@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>I've got a problem that's been getting progressively worse.
>
>Running the bike at 80+ mph for an extended period of time
>(5+ mins) causes the carbs to start sputtering . . . lack
>of gas.  To alleviate this problem I have to:
>
Had a similar problem with my GL1100.  The cause was a dirty fuel filter.

Chas

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: My bike got vandalized last night
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:26:17 GMT

In article <Aug.25.12.47.55.1992.166@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>In article <6015@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>> : 
>> : leaving.  He gets into it with someone else outside, and as an
>> : expression of rage, pushes my motorcycle over.  He did not know it was
>> : 
>> : 	Anyone know the legal liability of the bar?  How do I pursue
>> : reimbursement if the bar is liable?  It's New Jersey.
>> :  
>>    This is the kind of logic that really bugs me.  Why the *hell* should
>> the bar be liable?
>
>Because they let the guy get drunk, they let him go outside when he
>was obviously agitated, with other agitated people, and because any
>place of business is responsible for security in their parking area.

Hey, you intervened.  If you'd let the guys fight it out in the first place,
maybe you'd have just had a crazed gunman/hostage situation, or the
inconvenience of having to appear at a murder hearing, instead of a
damaged motorcycle.

But if you were out there, and saw the guy push it over, why didn't _you_
stop it?  Hey, the bar ought to sue _you_, for allowing the guy to
commit an action that will damage the bar's reputation.

Now what I don't understand is, _inside_ the bar, you feel it was appropriate
for you to take responsibility on yourself for dealing with an ugly
situation, instead of letting the paid bouncers do it, yet _outside_ the
bar, you insist that it's the bar's responsibility to prevent anything
from happening to your property.  Sounds like you are attempting to
justify a double standard in order to pay for the damage to your bike.

Mind you, I empathize with the problem, and might even do the same if
I were in your situation.  Time to take a few deep breaths, step back,
and examine things again.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: aki <aki@atlas.worldbank.org>
Subject: Re: Counter shafting a steer
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6CBDB4281022631@akidamme-233324.worldbank.org>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 3 Sep 92 20:09:54 GMT
Organization: World Bank
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d8
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:16:06 GMT

In article <1710@shaman.wv.tek.com> , robd@shotgun.wv.tek.com writes:
>ObMC?: Ever heard of a temperature sensitive battery? Starting a couple
months
>ago, when cold starting my R65, the battery "acts" dead. Barely engages
>starter. But wait till everything is up to mid-day temp, and she cranks
like
>a son-of-a-gun. This caused a bit of public humiliation at the GPNDG
when I
>was forced to bum a hunk of zip cord off of Jon M and borrow a mess of 
>electrons from Bill Johns PD...most un-Denizen like behavior. So...I
hate to
>replace a batt that seems ok after noon, but bunko at 7:30am, the
appointed
>time to depart for that earthly veil of tears called a job. Ideas?
>Opinion?(ohmygawd..I can't believe I said that...)


hmmm sounds like (IMHO) your battery may have either a weak charge or
is on it's last legs.  I know in a cage, if it can't crank in the morning
and won't crank until the outside temperature is warm (the oil in the
crankcase warms up), it means the battery is going bad.  Possibly an
ailing cell which eventually will die altogether.

*******************************************
-Aki                *
DoD #0628        * A tank of gas, a pair of
                               * gloves, a helmet on my
                                         * head and a motor between
----------------------- * my legs..folks, it don't git
Disclaimer:  Comments * no bettern' this...
my own, my employer        *
doesn't understand them... *
********************************************
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: couyant@convex.com (George Couyant)
Subject: Re: HOLY SH*T MY WIFE DIDN'T SAY THAT... DID SHE?
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 00:03:14 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

> From: keith@ctms.gwinnett.com (Keith Warren)
> Subject: HOLY SH*T MY WIFE DIDN'T SAY THAT... DID SHE?
> 
	Ummmm, do you rent her out?  I'd pay reasonable rates.

	George C.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 17:11:29 GMT

In article <793@zx11.UUCP> joe@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>noone wondered why she didn't get her tubes shut down if she was so intent
>on sterilizing someone? while admitting ignorance in abundance, isn't it a
>simple matter to do a non-permanent "clamp" of the female's tubes? I don't
>think the same is true for males, but I certainly can't say I've been checking
>into it.

Tubal ligation is not a 100% certain method of birth control, and isn't
always reversable.  Having seen my wife's hospital roommate go through it,
it also appears to be quite painful.  She had just delivered a fairly
large baby, and appeared to have suffered relatively little in the process.
The following day she had the tubes done, and she moaned for days.

Any man who has seen his wife experience labor and childbirth and is still
unwilling to share a fraction of the pain and discomfort by going in
for his own clip and snip is, IMHO, a couple notches down the evolutionary
ladder.

ObMoto:  Having a vasectomy is not entirely dissimilar to clogging your
float valves.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: L629159@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: carrying moolah on long trips
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:21:08 GMT
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.

With regard to the question of how to carry your money abroad,
I offer the following:
    Many large banks with world-wide operations have offices in
the US.  You can deposit your money here and withdraw it there.
The bank is responsible for storing and transporting your funds,
until you choose to withdraw them. Of course, FDIC does not
insureyour deposits in foreign banks, so if the bank fails,
you lose.
    Credit card exchange rates are pretty good for consumer
quantities of money. I had trouble with Citibank, however, a few
years ago, and I no longer deal with them.
    Travelers checks can be safe, but you may have to pay a
commission to cash or exchange them. I don't usually use them
if I can avoid it, except for an emergency reserve fund.
    I hope this helps.

                        A. Moore
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Question from a "Newbie"
Summary: a kinder, gentler rec.moto
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:52:06 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <17dbj1INN5r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 92Aug24124310@dante.nmsu.edu, kemery@nmsu.edu (Kendal Emery) writes:
>>
>>Can someone explain to me the reserve tank theory,  How gas gets
>>into reserve tank..  ie. do I just fill up my tank and presto...
>>gas is in reserve tank?  
>
>Yep.  There are two tubes in the bottom of the tank that carry the gas
>out of the tank into the engine.  One is taller than the other, this is

[remainder of actual explanation deleted]

What a kind, considerate bunch of motorcyclists we are.  Some random
inhabitant of the net buys a bike, discovers he dosen't understand
something, and says to himself "I'll just ask rec.motorcycles!  The
Net is such a GREAT resource - people know everything!"  And true to
form, he gets dozens of answers.  99.46% of them are worded quite
seriously as if they were fact, but are actually inane confusing
bullshit.  I'm disgusted with the whole group.  Is there NOTHING which
isn't fair game for petty meanness and juvenile pranks?

Note who gave the DECENT answer - a fellow who's been roundly flamed
for his mean-spirited attitude and general irascible nature.  Will I
_ever_ understand human behavior?
--
Carl Paukstis, RRR&RSG           | "Good men must not obey the laws too well"
 ISC-Bunker Ramo / Spokane, WA   |    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 Phone: +1 509 927-5439          |  
 Mail: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com    |  My employer accepts no responsibility...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: New commer's question ......
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: ca
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:34:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.235123.2392@balrog.dseg.ti.com> keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:

|hell, spend the money on a personal trainer, get a pec implant, reseed your
|receeding hairline, buy the thigh-ther-sizer, get some bryll-cream, try
|brushing your teeth once in a while, take a bath, comb your hair, shave your
|pits.  hell, try clean underwear.

Or instead, he could just buy a Harley...

:-)

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Mmmmmmmmmmmm)             |  this weird shit
No ratbike at the moment.  Suggestions?     |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner)
Subject: Re: Purple and then red mohawks. Vondelburg park.
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:40:39 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.200917.4123@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
|> In article <17j0tvINN5r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
|> >In article 92Aug27103854@thneed.cs.duke.edu, jep@cs.duke.edu (Jonathan E. Polito) writes:
|> >
|> >>a big help when you are lost in Amsterdam when you are feeling
|> >>*really* good 
|> >
|> >Don't by *anything* off the streets in Amsterdam.
|> >
|> >And check out the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Bar, it's on the upper
|> >it is within walking distance of Dam's Square.  Interesting menu...
|> >---
|> >Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
|> 
|> I love Amsterdam.
|> Amsterdam is my friend.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You cretin! We know what you've been up to! Me, I only go to coffee shops to
drink coffee. Yeah that's it - that's the ticket!!! 

I think it's almost time to do that tour of Europe (or at least downtown
Amsterdam) on moto!

|>  
|> ================================================================================
|>  Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
|> ================================================================================

Stef
	     DoD#0190		              spgo@is.morgan.com
	'82 KZ550 (Commuter)		'84 750 Interceptor (Canyon Carver)
From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thoughts on VMAX
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:44:40 GMT
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com

In article <c_bngnk.rudi@netcom.com> rudi@netcom.com (Rudolf Usselmann) writes:
> Hmmm, very interesting all the different views ! Thanks to
> everybody for responding.
> However, I'm missing one little thing here about the VMAX:
> One of my reasons getting a VMAX instead of a say Z-11 was
> that I thought I could take my SO withme for a ride (in a more
> or less comfertable matter [maybe I get a backrest]).
> 
> Any comments on that ? Suggestions ?
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> rudi

Oh, so you want power, and passenger carrying comfort ?

Skip the ZX unless your SO has REALLY short legs. There's just no legroom on
the passenger pegs. 

What you really want to look at is the FJ. It works for me . . .(and my SO)

Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
1992 FJ1200A
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: New commer's question ......
Date: 23 Aug 92 19:12:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <2A96AB59.28972@ics.uci.edu> chuen@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Christopher Huen) writes:

>Since I don't know too much about motorcycles....

      [stuff deleted until priorities list as...]

>	1. Looking Good

*this* is what motorcycling is all about

>	2. Reputation
>	3. Resale Value
>	4. Power and Handling

nobody really cares about *this* criterion anyway

(flamethrower on)
listen, "new commer", the katana's probably way (sputter, sputter,
flame out) --

oh, hell, i'm too tired.  somebody else do it.

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|             i feel sorry for old people with brittle bones --            |
|                  especially when they get in my way                      |
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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Purple and then red mohawks. Vondelburg park.
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:09:17 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <17j0tvINN5r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 92Aug27103854@thneed.cs.duke.edu, jep@cs.duke.edu (Jonathan E. Polito) writes:
>
>>a big help when you are lost in Amsterdam when you are feeling
>>*really* good 
>
>Don't by *anything* off the streets in Amsterdam.
>
>And check out the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Bar, it's on the upper
>it is within walking distance of Dam's Square.  Interesting menu...
>---
>Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,

I love Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is my friend.
 
================================================================================
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: randy's deification!?
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:30:06 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <791@zx11.UUCP>, steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade) writes:
> ask Randy Davis (one of the "DoD Gods") what I ride, and why the machine

when did randy get deified?  did i miss the apotheosis party?

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Subject: Re: dunlop 591 vs. metzler 99a perfect ???
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:07:27 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <92244.002520U10119@uicvm.uic.edu> Ed Dowtort <U10119@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>since i arrived back from the GPNWDG with a nice smooth (bold) rear
>tire, i'm shopping around for a new one....
>
>what i had on the back is the 99a perfect from metzler.  it was already
>on the bike when i bought it (used).  it lasted me for ~7000 miles before
>it went bold'ish...  (since i was still in montana when i noticed that is
>was kind of bold in the center, and local shops did not have a tire for
>me, i put another 1000 miles on it on my way back to chicago.)  i
>don't know how many miles the tire had when i bought the bike.
>
>i would get another 99a, if it wasn't for the fact that i've just put on
>a new dunlop 591 on the front and therefore am considering a match on the
>rear...
>
>how do the two compare?  what i'm looking for is mainly long life, wet
>traction, and basically traction.   here in chicago i ride the bike in
>the city and occasionally do 100+ mile weekends... not too many twisty
>roads around here.  but i would probably like to do another long distance
>trip next summer (maybe gpnwdg again?  which is 5000 for me), and would
>like the tire to last me for the year of city, weekends, and the trip.
>that's 8000-10000 miles worth...  i'm pretty sure the 99A would make it,
>but what about the 591??
>
>the bike is an '82 seca 400.  does anyone familiar with the bike (or family
>of bikes?  the maxim was a sister bike) know if putting a 110/90-18 can
>cause a problem?  stock is 100/90-18.  we're talking the rear wheel here.
>the front i've already upped from 90/90 18 to 100/90 18 with no problem.
>(well, except for this "hazardous condition" stamp on the bill from the
>shop that put the tire on, reffering to the size difference. ;)
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>ed.
>
>-----------------------
>Edward Dowtort                                           '82 xs400rj (seca twin
>u10119@uicvm.uic.edu                                                  DoD #1690
>                         university of illinois at chicago

I just went from K591's (both ends) to Metzlers (Laser
front, 55A rear) on my '77KZ1000. I ride mainly to commute
in NYC :(, with 200+mi weekends about once a month.
Impressions:
	The Metzlers are much quicker tires, they make the
	bike feel ~40lbs lighter, and turn much more easily.
	The downside to this is slightly decreased stability
	at highway speeds (80+). I have to keep a slightly
	firmer hand on the bars while on the highway.

	The wet weather traction is similiar, though the
	rear does feel less "greasy" with the Metzlers.

	The next time I change tires I'll probably try a
	Lasser front and Dunlop 591 rear. I've heard this is
	a good combination, and I'd like to feel how it is,
	particularily on the highway.

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

bergman@panix.com
{cmcl2,psi,uunet,apple}!panix!bergman
From: spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 1 Sep 92 21:07:00 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA

aki <aki@atlas.worldbank.org> says:
> 
> On a local shock radio show here (DC101), a woman just called up and 
> said she's really pissed because her husband just took the money he
> was supposed to use for a vasectomy and bought a motorcycle!

Why does this remind me of the old Triumphs that had the chrome luggage
rack on the top of the gas tank???

....paul

-- 
Paul Spencer                 Silicon Graphics Advanced Graphics Division
spencer@sgi.com                                Mountain View, California
From: rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: (Was) riding clothes choices (Summary wanted)
Date: 4 Sep 92 12:16:38 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <1992Sep2.192634.16075@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
>
>So are loud pipes.
> 

Make Jota pipes mandatory on all bikes.


============================================================================
Richard Taylor                 DoD #981               (rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk)
"Gentlemen, starta your engines... 2 minutes, to the hills." Massimo Laverda
============================================================================
Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Chainlube for my BM?
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:32:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Sep04.143217.11498
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Sep3.225415.1@acfcluster.nyu.edu> mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu writes:
>BMW has NEVER made a chain driven motorcycle.
>
>Even the old, old, OLD Beemers you find in Europe (the ones with only
>ONE cylinder) are shaft-driven.

Did the cylinder stick out the right side, or the left?
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
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.