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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: this year's debauchers of debbie events.
Date: 22 Aug 92 17:22:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Aug21.103201.325@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Bob Pasker) writes:

>the '93 joust will be better than ever, with live music, a ferris wheel,
>closed-course racing, lotteries, vendors, rides on the fastest ride, news &
>mail terminals, surfing, burnout contests, weenie roasts (of weston & ravi),
>and a "pin the tail on stephan fielding-issacs" booth!

lest we forget:  the '93 rcr promises not only a beachside location (start
working on those t-shirt tans now, geeks) but also cardboard cutouts of
several ducatis, fjs, and gs's (maintaining our image d'poseur), and a terminal
for reading and posting to r.m.  a unique feature will be a 'shift' key
which can be selectively disabled, for when one "feels a little pasker".  only
a dollar a (key)stroke.

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|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
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|            "I love your post."               -- Lissa Shoun              |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Huh? Wierd electrical problem
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:13:21 GMT

ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
>In article <h913196@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle) writes:

>>.. I'd just as soon know what to look
>>for and be aware of so I don't have to wind up dumping over $300 into half a
>>new electrical system just because of some stupid fuse..............

>Fuses don't blow just because they're stupid.

Generally I agree with you. But Yamaha must have got a batch of fuses
that, if not actually stupid, did have lower than normal IQ's. At a couple
of hundred miles one of the fuses on my brand new FJ1200 blew, knocking
out the ignition. I just replaced it, and have gone 19,000 miles with no 
more problems.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
From: weigl@sibelius.inria.fr (Konrad Weigl)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD Security Breach ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 12:19:33 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)

In article <1992Aug12.023846.11199@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>, hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
|>
|> 
|> 	Oh yeah Mr. Brucer, suck this spooge worm arsehole (sound effect
|> 	like 'gooooooooooosh', followed by exploding cigar).  You and your
|> 	fucking shithead DoDers just take up bandwidth, and I'm fucking sick
|> 	of it you miserable little insignifigant piece of doggy-do.  You 
|> 	secretly drive a car on Sundays, and wish your SO didn't have a
|> 	motorcycle, then you wouldn't have to ride one yourself.  Fuck you
|> 	piss me off.  
|> 
|> 	(Was that good enough to get me inducted?  I'm interested 8*}  )

Hey, you guys, come on over!!!

A newcomer!!

(...Sounds of feet trippling closer, intermingled with a few authority-wielded
Harley-boots ( 8-) ), coming closer...
Sounds of voices drawing nearer, bending over crib:

-Oh, how _nice_!!!
-And those little pinkie feets!!!
-Mommie, can I touch his -
-LET GO OF THAT --, YOU --!
-Oh Mom, I didn't want to hurt it!!
-Look what you've done!! Now it's crying!!!
-Come on, little dearie, he didn't mean it (...Sound of crib being gently balanced,
lullaby in the background, while a small pink body makes a frantic and
desperate attempt at voluntary sensory deprivation, after his first
interaction with the wild world out there...The world of the _DoD_...)
...)



_NOBODY has the right to protect me from the consequences of my own
imbecility_

Konrad Weigl, 11.11.91
DL4UP, HD, DoD#297, (Federation of European Motorcyclists) FEM#AA-0334
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Bob Pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RE Mr. Small
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:12:34 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Aug17.150418.20202@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
> In a previous article, shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) says:
>>No wonder so many people want to limit access at educational
>>institutions.  Does anyone else think that school seems to start
>>earlier every year?
> Oh, I'm soooooooo sorry Mary Shafer.  I guess I haven't had a chance to 
> get a nice job at NASA.  I must not be worthy of such an esteemed
> organization.  An organization that would rather kill 7 people than
> take the bad PR that comes with halting a shuttle launch when it was
> know before hand that the O-rings were bad.
> :-)

the smiley is bullshit.  

> Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
> Anyone know where a mechanical engineer can get a job?

well, looks like you fucked up your chance of getting a job at nasa, 
dickhead.

:-)

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: azw@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Michael Woodward)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Ersatz (this is German) Protective Gear
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:01:31 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth


In my never ending quest for cheaper, better alternatives to the poser 
discowear sold to bikers, it occurred to me - has anyone ever road 
tested forestry workers chainsaw gear? This stuff is seriously 
impressive on paper!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: robert@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Robert Kennedy)
Subject: Gearing change on Honda CM400T?
Summary: New rear wheel sprocket --- should I use the same size?
Originator: robert@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:56:50 GMT


It looks like I may be needing a new sprocket on the back of my 1979
CMM400T soon, and I've been wondering for a while now about the idea
of putting a smaller one on the wheel. The effects I would hope for
are improved gas mileage on the freeway and perhaps higher top speed.
What other effects might there be? Should I do it? I guess I might
expect increased clutch wear due to the longer-gear starts in first,
but what else?

Particulars on the bike: The powerband (such as it is) kicks in around
6,500 RPM, and top (fifth) gear is about 1MPH/100RPM (in other words,
the bike's going 65 at 6,500 RPM in fifth). The engine starts really
sucking the gasoline up around 7,250 RPM, and I would be hoping for
the new gearing to put the bike up around 80 MPH by that point.

Comments? Please e-mail and I'll summarize if there's sufficient
interest. I just got back from the GPNDG, and won't have a chance to
clear my rec.moto backlog for some days now. Thanks much!

	-- Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy					(415) 723-4532 (office)
robert@cs.stanford.edu				(415) 322-7367 (home voice)
Computer Science Dept., Stanford University	(415) 322-7329 (home tty)
From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: front wheel lockup @ 75mph
Date: 14 Aug 92 01:11:36 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

rod@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (alan da wicked) writes:

>I increased the pressure, but before I knew what was 
>happening, my front wheel locked up, and started shaking violently from
>side to side! 
>What did I do wrong?  (besides experimenting alone, without leathers,
>on a country road. ;)  Why did my wheel: a) lock up,  b) shake around
>& scare me?

Your wheel locked up because you exceeded the traction available to your
front tire.  Your bike shook around because motorcycles are extremely 
unstable when the front wheel is locked up.  What you need to learn to
do is brake as hard as possible without locking up your wheels.  Or buy
a bike with ABS.
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: what kind of oil needed for winter storage??
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 01:52:37 GMT

Siddharth.Soni@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Siddharth Soni) writes:

>Since you should change the oil
>before and after storage, 
>can you use a regular motor oil instead of a more
>expensive motorcycle oil or mobil-1??

	You can, but why would you want to?  Once the riding season is
over, I park the bike, drain the fuel, remove the battery, and there she
sits for four months.  Why change the oil?  I can see it if you have
water in it or something, but I don't.  I just leave it, though I
have been known to fire it up once a month or so to get oil circulating
through the block.

	The next spring, I fire it up and ride it for an hour or so.  I
then drain the oil, add new oil and replace the filter.  End of job.

	If you're of the type who wants to fire it up every now and
again, go with a 5W-40 cheap oil -- it will save you money so you can
get the good stuff when you're riding, and the low viscosity will
prevent some of the startup wear from starting a cold motor in cold
weather.  This might be the best bet anyway.

	Really, if all you're after is keeping condensation and
moisture from harming the internals, any oil will do it, and it is
best done by starting it once a month or so.  Old or new oil won't
perform very differently, and I'd rather you spent the money on
things that are incredibly important like chain lube, chains,
tires, leathers, and the like.  If you have so much money that
this makes no difference, please buy me an 883 Harley and I'll
show you exactly how one should maintain it.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"There'll be angels on Ariels in leather>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | and chrome, Ridin' down from heaven    >
<viking@iastate.edu      | just to carry me home." -- R. Thompson >
< ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee. >
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Triumph Value
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:29:34 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <1992Aug5.082055.2208@inland.com>, bloom@inland.com writes:
> Every model  year they made a good bike and had it shipped to Cycle World 
> for testing.  Then they would start production of the "bad" bikes and 
> ship them worldwide for distribution to the masses.  Your fondness for 
> things of long ago make Triumphs a lot more desirable than they have 
> any good reason to be.
> .........................Dr. Doom


It kind of gets to the heart of what bikes mean to each of us as
individuals, doesn't it?   I can't objectively compare a Triumph
to a modern bike of similar displacement,  but for my needs, when
I was riding one, the Triumph Tiger Cub was a damn fine bike.  My
friends' dad use to ride his to and from work every day for years.
It was a reliable and dependable bike for its' era.

As for current desirability, when we all look at a bike we see more 
than the mere sum total of the parts (although those of a more mechanical
bent sometimes lose sight of the soul of the machine), we see a vision,
an image of ourselves and the machine as one.  This image is based on
our own personal makeup, our wants and desires, our egos,  the style of
bike we have chosen,  and even by our memories (perhaps nostalgia).  To
me, a good (desirable) bike is one that allows me to satisfy that part
of me that wishes to express itself as a motorcyclist in the style that
suits me the best.   Old britsh bikes do that for me, regardless of their
mechanical sophistication or even reliability.

If you were talking from a purely mechanical perspective, then disregard
the above, they are pieces of shit!

Terry

-- 
 | Terry Cunningham terry@rsi.prc.com | "Let me take my chances on the wall  |
 | DoD# 541                           |  of death"       Richard Thompson    |
From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wearing a helmet
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:20:57 GMT
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware

In article <1992Aug12.155646.23329@ttinews.tti.com> paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:
>In article <1992Aug9.051928.17671@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>+
>+Suppose someone said:
>+
>+"Here is a safety device. For every 10,000 accidents last year, the
>+following happened:
>+
>+       In 5000 accidents, the device was not a factor.
>+       In 4000 accidents, the device mitigated a non-lethal injury.
>+       In  998 accidents, the device saved the wearers life.
>+       In    2 accidents, the device caused a death."
>+
>+Would you (a) recommend the device, (b) do nothing, or (c) recommend
>+against the device, because it is potentially deadly?
>+
>Let us extend your example a little.  Suppose this safety device consisted
>of an extra 2 wheels plus metal paneling on all six sides of you.
>In other words, the safety device for a mc converts it into a car.
>Would you still go for option (a) ??????


Yes, I would still RECOMMEND the device as being a "less risky"
approach than a device without the two extra wheels and 
metal paneling.  However I would not LEGISLATE the 
device as the only option.  It should be up to the 
individual to make a decision based on the recommendation
and the supporting data!!!


:-) :-)

sounds like...

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..."
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:27325 misc.forsale:23646
From: batman@batcave.EBay.Sun.COM (Karl Elvis MacRae - Ministry of Silly Walks)
Newsgroups: sun.forsale,sun.bikers,rec.motorcycles,misc.forsale
Subject: 1975 BMW R90S for sale
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:10:07 GMT
Reply-To: batman@batcave.EBay.Sun.COM (Karl Elvis MacRae - Ministry of Silly Walks)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Tattooed Love Boys
NNTP-Posting-Host: batcave.ebay.sun.com



	Another 'Posting for a friend' (Why are all my friends selling
	motorcycles? I dunno....)



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FOR SALE

1975 BMW R90S
41,000 original miles
Very clean bike

Over $2,200 in recent receipts
Koni shocks
2 windscreens included
New hard luggage
Metzler Lazer tires

Excellent overall condition

$2,900 o.b.o.

Please contact Greg at 408. 732.3109

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	-Karl
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: Cleaning O ring chains
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:10:12 GMT

In article <Bt7IrD.y8@mail.boi.hp.com> edw@boi.hp.com (Edward Walsh) writes:
>
>Umnm, uh Bill, Paraffin is British language usage for Kerosene. He can't
>find any.
>------------------------------Edward Walsh----Hewlett-Packard Company-------

Well shit!  What do they call the stuff we call paraffin then?

Damn English types, always stirring up trouble.  Just because they make
good beer, they think they can run around call shit weird names.
Hell, it's not like they invented the language!

Dean

ps. If anyone really needs to see a :-) after this, then he or she should seek
professional help at a clinic for the humor impaired.

-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | 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   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Photo Radar
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 20:08:20 GMT

RFowler@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert A. Fowler) writes:

>photo radar is only used in Pasadena, CA and in one other city in the USA.  

Don't bet large quantities of money, or your drivers license on this.
Photo radar (PhotoCop by brand name) is in use by the West Valley City
police here in Salt Lake, and is under consideration/evaulation by a
number of other cities in the state. Currently there is an attempt (law?
I can't remember if the Legislooters overrode the Guv's veto or not) to
restrict use of photo radar to school zones.

The PhotoCop is leased from an outfit in Florida who gets $20 of every
ticket written. If they're making a living at it, they must have more
than two cities under contract.

The "for proft" angle has caused a lot of heat for the powers what is,
and they are taking some damage control steps such as the school zone
restriction, and renegotiating the contract so that the city profits
less from each ticket. They've also changed the rules regarding issuance
of PhotoCop tickets. In the first few months of operation they cited
everything that tripped the machine, only to have a huge number of cases
tossed out for lack of evidence. Now they only send the ticket if they
have a pretty picture.

Wear Groucho glasses if you're going to speed in Salt Lake.  :-)

>It is inside of a station wagon (the ones in Pasadena), and there is an 
>officer in the car (to prevent vandalism).

They use a micro-Blazer here.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Arnie Skurow)
Subject: Re: BMW Service Gouge?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:12:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.181639.1@acfcluster.nyu.edu> mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu
writes:
>Maybe I'm feeling a little cheap.
>
>Maybe I'm pissed cause it's rained the last two weekends.
>
>At any rate I feel gouged and I was wondering if I am justified in
>feeling so.
>
>As most of you know I just bought a new K75S last weekend and while
>I like the bike very much I was a bit taken back when the bill for
>my 600 checkup was $260.00.
>
>I mean, damn, I just spent $9,000 for the bike (or more accurately my
>credit union spent $9,000 for the bike (I am now enslaved to them)), I
>ride it for one rainy weekend and I'm stuck with a $260.00 bill!
>
>What does everyone else pay for their "authorized serive"?

I just rode up to Mansfield, Ohio, with my riding buddy so he could
get the 600 mile service on his new Harley Dyna-Glide and his bill
came to $96.  This included all new fluids, a complete checkover of
the machine, some adjustments and a road test by the mechanic.
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: My views of the RCR
Date: 18 Aug 92 23:17:23 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <4767@balrog.ctron.com> tavares@ctron.com writes:
>egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>: 
>: For those that didn't try it, the sauce is hotter than Hell and anybody
>: that doesn't think so has quite simply fried their tastebuds off.  The
>: remainder is still in my pantry, and the only thing I can even *think*
>: about using it on is my Cajun Blackened Catfish, which I can't even
>: make until I get my outdoor grill set up.
>: 
>As for your alledged Cajun Blackened Catfish, it would probably
>be good as baby food, but hardly hot enough (if you think that
>sauce was hot) to classify as Cajun.

Having spent ten years in Louisiana (sounds a lot like a sentence,
which it should), I can assure you that neither of you know shit about
Cajun food.  Rhonda, my first wife, Louisiana born and raised, will
tell you that only about 1/3 of what constitutes REAL Cajun food is
HOT-spicy, or even hot-spicy.

"Blackeded redfish" is the invention of ONE contemporary Cajun chef, Paul 
Prudhomme, and is NOT an authentic Cajun dish.  Spend some time south
of the Mason-LeBlanc line which crosses the state near Alexandria.
Find out what they eat in Plaquamines Parish.  Most of it is indeed
heavily spiced (for preservative value; kills the little bugs which
thrive in damp places and Bayou water), but not with pepper.  Although
seafood is heavily featured, some if it is quite delicately flavored.

Not to defend Louisiana, of course, but the notion that you can dump
some red pepper on stuff and burn it and call it Cajun food is an
insult to a fine old tradition and a fascinating people.

Yours for a more culinarily-aware rec.moto,
--
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: dud@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (William F. Dudley Jr.)
Subject: Re: Dents in Tanks
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:12:11 GMT

From article <BstxJy.CBq@apollo.hp.com>, by heff@ki.ch.apollo.hp.com (God of Thunder):
> 
> I've got a small dent in the side of my gas tank that I'd like gone,
> but a replacement tank new is $400, and a replacement tank (used) doesn't
> seem to exist that's in decent condition.
> 
> I've heard that normal auto body shops have vacuum tools that
> can pop out small dents, but other people have given me advice
> saying that it's not worth it, because of rupture/leak risk.
> 
A buddy (whom I respect) told me that you can remove dents in gas tanks
BY FILLING THE TANK WITH WATER AND FREEZING IT !

Anybody want to try this and let me know what happens?  I've been
too chicken.

Bill Dudley - Norton Commando, CB400F, CB550F, BSA Thunderbolt - AMA 194723
Moto Guzzi, Benelli, too.                         For Sale: 1650cc VW Trike
DoD #0376 - mail to: dud@homxb.att.com -or- 71631.737@compuserve.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Subject: painter@enoki.zso.dec.com has a weenie host
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:33:20 GMT

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please fix this. its annoying

laz
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles