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From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Corbin Rumble Seat II
Summary: It's hard...I hurt
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:39:45 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

OK.  So nobody responded to my inquiry about the Corbin Rumble Seat.
Now I have a new problem.  Lest you forget, this is a Corbin with a 
crankup passenger backrest.  My SO liked the backrest, so I bought the 
seat to replace the stock dual canyon Corbin that came on the bike.  
I loved the original seat, but I love my wife more. So...

Now I have a new seat and it is HARD, HARD, HARD.  Has somewhat less
padding in the rider area than the original seat and what is there 
is HARD.  I mean HARD.

So the question is, will this thing soften up as it's broken in?  I
didn't notice a lot of change in the 3000 miles I put on the first
seat, so I'm suspicious.  On the other hand, other posters have noted
substantial change in their Corbin seats as they are broken in.

In view of the fact that everyone probably doesn't want to read 
post after post detailing individual experiences with Corbin seats,
let me suggest e-mail.

Steve
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Subject: Re: Kevin
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware
Distribution: rec
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:03:17 GMT

In article <RKOU.92Aug16172205@skat.ucs> rkou@skat.ucs (Roger H. Kou) writes:
>
>I don't think I have done anything that are either stupid or uncalled for.
>If you recall, all I did was posting a question regarding Honda Helix/Elite.
>What Mr. Small did, IMHO, was overboard. But of course, _adults_ somehow
>have a different view of things. :-) I hope I will never be like you or
>Mary.
>
>-RK


I think this idiot is a prime opportunity for the DoD collective
to once again exercise the power DoD Long Distance Mind Meld (tm)...

Anyone from the East Coast or midwest up for a ride to 
the West Coast to finish off the summer with a bit of 
fun and excitement?!?!?!?!?!?


Steve






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 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..."
From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Automatics
Date: 22 Aug 92 01:47:42 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <21AUG199217524779@zeus.tamu.edu> efw5565@zeus.tamu.edu (Evelyn - gorgeous red-headed biker babe...) writes:
>50cc Yamaha sport-bike-miniature-toys.  
>       "this right here is whatcha need, little lady,
>       you're not planning to drive it far, are ya?"
>ARG!!!
>When will motorcycle dealers stop assuming women are less 
>capable of riding a *real* motorcycle???  And any other
>women out there notice how if you walk into a shop with
>a guy, you become invisible?  Amazing.

It will happen after the dealer sales-drown gives you the "this right here
is whacha need, little lady" and you reply "LISTEN FUCKBREATH, I CAME HERE
TO BUY A MOTORCYCLE.  NOT THIS SHIT YOU'RE TRYING TO PAWN OFF ON ME"

Until you're willing to kick some ass, you're (singular, I don't speak
of groups) going to be walked on.


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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Motorcyclists get a break.
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:47:16 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Aug17.035035.19608@ncsu.edu> jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:

>I went to get a campus parking sticker
>for my wife's car and my motorcycle.  The car sticker was $168
>and the motorcycle sticker was $38 BUT because I had bought
>the car sticker for $168, my MC was considered secondary transportation
>and I got the MC sticker for only $5.

Discrimination against bikes as primary transport again! Sickening!

In Edinburgh (Scotland) bikes get free residents parking permits,
where cars pay (I think) 50 to 100 pounds per annum depending on
location. Wherever in the city there are metered parking bays for cars
(pay and park) there are also free motorcycle bays.  And in the UK
many toll bridges are free to motorcycles.
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: Speaking of Fiamms...
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:13:54 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.040027.1919@colorado.edu> matthews@ajsh.colorado.edu (Alex Matthews) writes:
>Believe what Blaine says.  He is, after all, the resident expert on
>heterodyned frequencies.  If you've ever seen him dart across the road 
>when a deer whistle passes by, you know what I'm talking about.
>
Ahhh, but what does the smell of lemon pledge do to him??

-- 
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From: dcampbel@timshel.austin.ibm.com (David L. Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 17 Aug 92 16:25:09 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin, TX


In article <daved.713803311@convex.convex.com>, daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
> I was proudley riding my new ST1100 down fashionable yuppie Newbury 
> street in Boston and as I turned the corner I slowed down to let a 
> fashionable yuppish mother walk across the street in fron of me.
> 
> She looked at the bike and said " If it was a harley I would ask
> you for a ride" I was shocked and insulted, ( nothing against harleys
> but I was pretty proud of my new bike), I felt like saying " well. If you
> were better looking I might give you a ride" but, held my tongue.


I had a similar thing happend to me.  I was stuck behind a cage that
had just stalled in the turning lane.  There was this homeless fellow
in the median holding his "I will work for food" sign (a very common
sight in Austin).  As I was waiting for the lane to my right to clear up so
that I could get around the stuck car, I looked over at the homeless
man who had started walking towards me.  Having been in situations
before where I needed some assistance and not getting it, I'll
usually give these guys some change if I have it (some idiot will
probably flame me for that -- fuck 'em.)  This time, however, I
didn't have any change so I looked up at him and kind of shrugged.

Well, it turns out that he wasn't going to ask for some dough, he'd
come up to tell me what he thought of Japanese bikes.  He started
ranting and raving, "You need to get yourself a real bike!  You need
to get a Harley Davidson!  Not this Japanese shit!"  And on and on.
Not unlike alot of folks in this newsgroup, really.  Maybe he became
homeless after he'd been layed off at Harley Davidson, I don't know.
Anyway, at the time, I was too concerned about the opening in traffic
coming up that would allow me to get around the stuck car, so I
didn't respond to him.  I had a good laugh about it later when the
irony of the situation occurred to me.  I must be a pretty sad case
if I'm getting lectured by the homeless on how to spend my money!
;-)

David.   DoD #1916
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Renting motorcycle in UK
Date: 15 Aug 92 03:06:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Aug15.012820.10311@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
mjl8s@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Mark Joseph Lesko) writes:
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
someone from virginia.edu posts and calls no one an uptight bitch??!!



obmoto/fiamm: i *finally* got to use the new fiamms on a zombie^H^H^H^Hcager
today.  drifted into my lane as (she) caught up to slower traffic, no look,
no signal.  bblllaaasssstttt of the horns, back (she) goes faster than i
thought a blazer could move.

i had to ride in her blind spot to do it, too  :-)


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: Gonna take the plunge
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:11:44 GMT

In article <16p1lgINNnio@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> scooper@cse.ucsc.edu (Scott Cooper) writes:
>
>	Okay, I'm finally going to bite the bullet and buy a bike, and I'm
>going to make it a good one.  I got alot of helpful response to a previous
>post, mostly to the effect that the Honda Hawk is a cool bike, but 
>since then I have fallen for the Kawi EX500.
>
>	So, I am looking at the Kawi, the Honda Hawk, and the Yamaha
>Seca II.  I was looking at the Suzuki Bandit as well, but most of the
>response I got concerning it was negative (any happy owners to refute 
>this?).  I don't want to start a war but I'd love to have some 
>honest discussion about the merits of these bikes for a first-timer.
>

I really like my EX500, but there are some things I wished were different.

It "thocks" between 1st and second.
It has no power below 4000 RPM, and "thuds" below 3000.
Replacement Tires will be metzelers, as the stock ones kinda suck.
I wish it were faster, now that all my friends have liter superbikes.

Things that I really like:
It takes less than 10 minutes to change the oil.
I can straddle the whole bike (both feet on the ground), which is nice
in traffic when the weather gets hot.
It's water-cooled, meaning more consistent operating temperature, more consistent
engine horsepower.
It's quieter than a Harley (not saying much)
It has a 200+ mile range on one tank of gas

I know it isn't a quarter-mile king, but it is pretty good for the money.

BTW: mine's a '90 with charcoal grey under black with a red pinstripe and red
 wheels.
>
>Scott Cooper
>scooper@arapaho.ucsc.edu


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From: dcampbel@timshel.austin.ibm.com (David L. Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint
Date: 13 Aug 92 23:15:41 GMT
	<1992Aug13.002516.6805@balrog.dseg.ti.com>
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

In article <1992Aug13.002516.6805@balrog.dseg.ti.com> keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:

>In article <1992Aug11.224954.4673@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>>gwu@tcsi.tcs.com (George Wu) writes:
>>>Some guy's waiting for him
>>>with a gun.  He orders him off the bike and rides away.
>>
>>Anyone remember how much that alarm system with the remote ignition
>>disable costs? I'd almost be willing to sacrifice the bike if I could
>>kill it in front of a fast moving semi.
>
>Not to worry.  It was trashed while stolen.  If the guy lives, sue him for your
>deductable!

Actually, he'll sue you for personal injury and unfortunately he'll stand
a much better chance of winning.  You gotta hope he bites the big one.  Of
course, then his surviving relatives may sue you, or maybe the state will
put you up on manslaughter charges.  Ahh, the American judicial system at
work...

David.
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: niall@c3.PLA.CA.US (Neal Bedard)
Subject: Re: Harleys are OUT, Porches are IN!
Organization: Cathode Ray Mission, San Jose
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:07:29 GMT

In article <YuppieScum-180892174350@YuppieScum.dollars.dollars.COM> YuppieScum@Dollars.more.more.COM (Yuppie Scum) writes:
>I cannot understand why any man with balls would ride a Harley Davidson
>motorcycle or any other motorcycle when the PORCHE is clearly the thing to 
>have.  Dump those silly toys, little boys and get into the real thing.

'Real', as in 'real estate'? Where else are you going to find a "PORCHE" (note
Dan Quayle spelling - does he read USENET by any chance?) Fantasize about
making a killing on the junk bond market eh, monkey-boy? How gauche.

Oh, you must mean "Porsche". Whatta dweeb - won't use a real name, can't even
spell "Porsche" right. Major lame, pal. Go back to whipping the rat in private:
it's something you might have an outside chance of not screwing up, and if you
do (ala Vaughn Bode, say), you won't bother us.



-Neal
[niall@c3.com]
DoD #0x451
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: kolbjc@infonode.ingr.com (Chris Kolb)
Subject: ATTENTION V45 OWNERS!!!
Keywords: something worth posting(hint,hint)
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:50:56 GMT


I have a tid bit of info that you V45 owners may find interesting 
if you are interested in about 20 extra miles per tank. This pro-
cess has been proven on 3 different 83' 750's, I don't know if it
will work on the 700's or not. If you try it on your 700 please
let me know the results.

If you are sitting on your bike and reach down to the neck of the 
bike there are two plastic covers slightly in front/under the tank
and behind the neck. There is one on each side, I guess about 3"x5",
one has one screw holding it on the other has two. These little black
covers serve as shields to the airbox intake port and I guess to    
look good. Well take these suckers off and drill 2 holes in each one,
about the size of your pinky. If you don't have a bit that big just 
double the holes, should yield the same result. You may choose to 
experiment, starting with one hole each and working up while monitor-
ing the results. 

We have noticed no heat increase due to running leaner or any flat 
spots. Of the three bikes, 2 noticed an increase in throttle response,
the other notes no real change(newbie).               

This info came from a Honda mechanic who admitted that Honda screwed
up and the bike needed more air. The only draw back I can think of is
that if you ride in an excess of rain you may find that you need to 
pull the plug from the tube hanging under the bike more often to drain
out any water caught in the air box. Watch it, that stuff looks alot
like cat puke to me when in comes out!!

Any questions or comments just holler.           

KOLB  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray)
Subject: Re: Automatics
Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:49:28 GMT

In article <16ngiiINNiob@agate.berkeley.edu> kelton@ocf.berkeley.edu (Allen Kelton) writes:
>	While discussing a 1-legged  rider I had seen, a friend of mine
>mentioned automatic transmissions on motorcycles.  I know all scooters are
>automatics

Nope, the larger Vespas and Lambrettas are all manual- three (or four)
speeds, selected via left twist-grip.  Yup, the same one as the clutch
lever is on.  It's only the girly-man Japanese scooters that
are autos, and I suspect that some of the larger ones 
have manual transmissions too...  but I haven't wanted to get close
enough to one to actually find out.

>and I've seen ads for used Honda 400 Automatics, which I assume
>are REAL motorcycles (if an automatic motorcycle can be considered a real
>motorcycle).

Also, there was a 750 Honda automatic which used the then-current
Civic 2-speed auto transmission.  Also the Moto Guzzi 'Convert'.
The 750 Honda was made in the late seventies, as was the Guzzi.
The Honda looks very similar to the manual tranny versions
of the same era.  They went so far in making it look like a 'real'
bike that they made the clutch lever into a parking brake!
(What happens when a rider who's used to manual tranny bikes
hops on, suffers brain-fade while at speed, and tries to clutch
the 5th-4th down-shift is left up to the imagination).

>  He said that just about any motorcycle from the dealer can have
>the option for an automatic transmission for around $1000.  I've never heard
>or seen this before, or even mentioned in a magazine.  Was my friend just
>blowing smoke?

He's probably blowing smoke.  Sorry.


--
Eric Murray   ericm@microunity.com   Ride fast, die young, wear black leather.
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: bike review archives, wasn't someone keeping them?
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:21:16 GMT

I'd thought I saw someone keeping reviews that people had written up
on different bikes, would that person email me? I can add some info
on a 90 ZX-11, 92 CBR600F2, 93 K1100LT (don't own this one, only test
drove it), 92 K100RS, and 74 CB350F if there is a need for them...

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Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject:  Sigfile flames =: o
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:14:23 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.022847.7073@microsoft.com>, chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris
Pirih) writes:
|> In rec.motorcycles hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
|>|> ;
|> ;    [ blah blah blah ]
|> ;	Craig
|> ;    [ TWENTY-THREE LINE SIGNATURE THAT I'VE SEEN ONE TIME TOO MANY ] 
|> 
	
|>|> chris:  	Keywords: goddamned noofies


	No dear, it's spelled 'NEWFIES'.  And, I'm not a Newfie sweetheart,
	I'm the president of Microsoft, you're fired.

	Thing is, love, that NOBODY (except 3-4 netters), seem to know where
	the frig this place is.  The advert campaign has been finished now.
	So glad you spotted it!   I feel that I have educated the entire
	universe now as to the whereabouts of this remote locale.	

	Peace baby,
	
    Craig Hamm,         	From 'Viz': Victor Pratt, the stupid twat
    Memorial University	        Biker: "My bike's got a flat, Vic"
    DoD #1500,        		Vic:   "Really? Whereabouts is it living?"	       
    '81 Maxim 650 
    ----
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ceramic Vavle shims
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:56:32 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

In article <MeWIFkG00iUxQ315Ru@andrew.cmu.edu> "Carl D. Lovejoy" <cl3d+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>    The other day a had a strange whim.  The research that I am working
>on involves stabilized and partialy stabilized Zirconia; also known as
>Y-TZP, Mg-TZP or Ce-TZP for transforming Yitria, Magnesia or Ceria
>tetragonal to monoclinic Zirconia.  We do a lot of fracture tests on
>little (1in dia.) ceramic discs.  We also make smaller discs (~.25 in
>dia.) micrographs and SEM viewing.   I realized that these are about the
>same size as valve shims.  And I can make them to varying thicknesses. 
>Being that I have never had a motorcylce that has used shim under bucket
>valve adjustment I do not know too much about them.  
>    My question is does anyone who has such a valve train think these
>ceramic shims would give any advantage, and would they be willing to try
>some.  They are certainly lighter; by about 60%, and just as strong if
>not stronger: ~700-1000 MPa.  And because they can transformation
>toughen they are pretty tough when compared to a steel shim.  I don't
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have a _real_ hard time believing this (no pun intended).  Toughness is
the area under the stress-strain curve and steel is pretty good
in that respect.  The potential for catastrophic damage when a ceramic
shim shatters is something I don't want to even dream about.

Try it in your bike, bounce off the rev-limiter a few times and let me know
how they work.  Good luck.

Ride in one piece,

Bill
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RE Mr. Small
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:47:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug19.144715.18421
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

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
[inflammatory spooge deleted]
...

>An idiotic reply to an idiotic comment.

Well, you got the first one right.

What've you got up your butt that hurts so much?

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

Well, I was going to suggest NASA, but I think you've saved yourself
the trouble of applying.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
	So just where did George Bush get the idea that he gets to
			decide policy for the U.N.?
From: gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:12:20 GMT
Subject: Re: Why is a Harley so easy to push?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

/ hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) /  3:12 am  Aug 12, 1992 /

Q: Why is a Harley so easy to push?
A: ?
----------
Hey John!

Look at it this way, the harder it is to push, the less likely it is
to need pushing!

The easier it is to push, the more likely it is to need pushing!

Now for my question::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Q: What's the longest distance anyone has pushed a Lead Wing?
A:

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Graeme Harrison
DoD#0649