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From: f005@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Help please!!!!
Date: 10 Jan 93 01:31:48 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

How can I quite down my 1975 Yamaha DT175.  It has a Bassanti racing muffler
and it is louder than hell.  All my neighbors are complaining.  Thanks in
advance for the tips.
                                            Scott Ohmacht
                                            F005@lehigh.edu
From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:54:47 GMT
Subject: Re: pipe paint recommendations
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt

In rec.motorcycles.dirt, jim@cypress.com (Danny Merchant) writes:

> Does anyone have any pipe paint recommendations?
> (It needs to be heat resistant, prevent rust, and not chip.)
> 
> Is there any special preparation that needs to be made to the pipe
> before painting it?

If you can't get  LubriTech hi-temp paint, I'd suggest your garden variety
barbeque paint.  I used an expansion chamber paint on my headers once and
was very dissapointed. I don't remember the brand.  The expansion chambers
probably run considerably cooler than my XR headers.  That stuff wore off
in a hurry. 

I just finished repainting my Muzzy exhaust and it looks pretty sharp.
Make sure to remove all rust, dirt, and oil before painting.  With hi-temp
paints, it's important to bake the paint before trail riding.  Most
instructions say that you can bake it by running the engine, but this won't
get the rear portions of the exhaust warm enough.  Much to my wife's
relief, my exhaust was about 1" too long to fit in the oven.  We obviously
need a new oven.  What I did instead was to use the Weber Kettle to bake
the sucker.  A little bar-b-que sauce and it was a tasty dish indeed. 

After baking, I gave the paint a firm wipe-down with a soft cloth.  The
flat black paint glossed right up.  Looks pretty sharp.  So far, my only
ride has been in the snow so I don't know how well it's going to hold up.
On my first ride I managed to melt a large gob of nylon snow-pants onto the
header.  Oh well, so much for virgin paint. 

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
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From: mtrhead@selway.umt.edu (Josh Harmon)
Subject: Re: National in San Antonio
Keywords: texas   snowmos   rain sucks
Organization: University of Montana
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:15:43 GMT


> 
> >Good luck with the sleds... maybe I should look into getting one,
> >given the local conditions.
> 
>    For maybe $1500 you could get a decent machine... much safer than
>    dirt biking, less equipment needed, and it's a *real blast*.  Night?
>    How about sitting on a snow-covered hill under the stars sipping a
>    frosty one at 1 AM?
> 
>    Jedman

I think the only two things stopping me from getting a snowmobile are

	1) the realization of maintaining two labor intensive two-
	   strokes (new snowcat out of the question to much $$$.)
	2) my two wheel drive truck.... (the best snow trails around 
	   here require a climb on snowpack that my Chevy hates!)

If I could only find someone selling their 4X4, and last years Exciter!

Classifieds here I come....

-- 
--- Josh Harmon -- 88 CR500R -- 88 GSX600F -- Disciple of DoD: #1137 ------
::: mtrhead@selway.umt.edu   To Bad, San Fran :(, The Cowboys are BACK! :::
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From: couyant@convex.com (George Couyant)
Subject: Just send beer....
Organization: CONVEX Computer Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:23:35 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.


G'day everyone.....I'm back at last. 

Been sick lately with pneumonia (or as my 6 year old daughter told my boss
some weeks ago, "Daddy can't come to the phone right now. He's sick in bed
with harmonia").

Had a heap of email messages from you guys wondering where I was....I'm
touched.....well, I wish some of the nurses I met would touch me....but
that's another story...

The weather has been great for riding and I'm bloody frustated. A garage
full of bikes and I don't have the strength to ride them right now. The
rest of the guys did the 8 day Melbourne-Canberra ride I had planned.
Rotten bastards turned up at my place and "borrowed" my maps and trek notes
from my wife and took off that weekend....I don't hold grudges, but by
golly, I never forget.... At least they had fun...the bastards....

It'll be a while before I ride again though. I lost 20lbs of muscle tone
and it's an effort to drive to work, let alone kick a bike over. Shit of a
way to lose weight let me tell you..

On the brighter side, lots of beer and pizza is helping me get better....
the cheap cigars though are way down the list....

Looking forward to going through some of r.m.d. There's been a heap of
activity.

Cheers all
George C.

PS Oh yea, happy new year!

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From: ciotti@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Robert B. Ciotti)
Subject: Warm Summer Ride
Organization: Tropical Diversions Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 22:49:13 GMT

Hey,
  Any of you suckerbags wanna go freeze your butt off this saturday
at Hollister? Last weekend was premo conditions - except for the occational
ice patch around the blind corners... 

 BB
From: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: KDX200 Porting
Date: 6 Jan 1993 02:25:35 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, eastman@bnr.ca (Gordon Eastman) says:

>I am planning to have my '89 KDX200 cylinder ported this winter. 
>
>Has anyone had experience with porting by George Quay's Pro-Action? I ask
>because they have a Canadian franchise which would save me the hassles of
>sending the cylinder cross-border and are cheap at $125 Cdn.
>

	Yea, he;s a friend of a friend. He's finally off the juice and 
doing good stuff again. I trust my friend that knows him enough that I just
(yesterday Jan 4,'93) sent him my YZ rear shock for rebuild. Don't know
what he know's about KDX's though.

-- 
Go fast. Take chances.

	Mike S.
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From: ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray)
Subject: Re: paint tomorrow?
Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:23:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.025355.25262@spdc.ti.com> baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter) writes:
>I have been waiting, and waiting for a day where the weather will allow me
>to paint my frame.  It has been entirely to damp.  the forcast for tomorrow 
>is sunny, and let's hope so.

Please excuse a dumb question, but what's wrong with painting when
it's damp?  Assuming that there's no water dripping on freshly-painted
surfaces, that is.  I know _that_ will screw up a paint job.  Does
high humidity do something bad all by itself?



--
  Eric Murray                                             ericm@microunity.com
      "Archiving the net is like washing toilet paper!"- Leader Kibo
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: paint tomorrow?
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:53:55 GMT

I have been waiting, and waiting for a day where the weather will allow me
to paint my frame.  It has been entirely to damp.  the forcast for tomorrow 
is sunny, and let's hope so.  Race Tech revalved my shock and I'm ready to start
putting my bike back together.  After all I really need to use my new T-handles
and power rachet.  More than that, I really need to get in some practice.     

_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
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From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Re: pipe paint recommendations
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:41:15 GMT


make a few cracks in the pipe, and let the oozy carbon and burnt gases drain
down it.  It puts a nice, water resistant coating on and ruins a good pair
of riding pants when your already in a bad mood.

always works for me.
-- 
"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
 knows when he's had enough to drink!"
-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: Re: National in San Antonio
Keywords: texas   snowmos   rain sucks
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:09:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.045422.11273@rtsg.mot.com> dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne) writes:
>
>     Wish us luck, and sorry you won't get to race the San Antone
>     race.  Still gonna pit for your buddies?  (I knew that loaner bike
>     was too good to be true  :-)
>

Good luck and thanks for the pity.  I'm not even going to SA.  They already
have plenty of help in the pits.  Plus I think that i would go nuts!!!!!
                                                                        
_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
From: mcclend@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Mike McClendon)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:09:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Quieting down a Honda CR-125? ('86)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt

How quiet is the "Sneaker:"  MUCH quieter than stock, or just a little?  Is it
as quiet as say, a stock XR?  Quieter than the Cobra "Hush Puppy"?  Quieter
than a Super Trapp with minumim discs & resonator?

My wife wants to ride a YZ125, buts says she can't stand the noise!

-- Mike
From: frampton@skitzo.dseg.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: What to wear?
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:53:41 CDT
Organization: Texas Instruments Component Test Facility

In article <1993Jan5.125150.3754@nlm.nih.gov>, masys@nlm.nih.gov (Dr. Daniel R. Masys) writes:
> In article <76107@apple.apple.COM> thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:
> 
>>Every place is full of $189 Kevlar MX pants, but they
>>don't seem to have as much protection as I would have expected - just
>>some thin padding for the hips, and more importantly the knees.  Do I
>>need to get separate knee protection?  In which case do the MX pants
>>only provide abrasion resistance?
> 
> The knee protectors come with and are inserted in the pants; the protectors
> generally appear from behind the sales counter when you buy.  However,
> you can purchase the knee and shin protectors separately, generally for
> about $15, and just wear them under jeans if you are trail riding only

  If you can avoid any high speed chases, wheelies or even small jumps 
  then you may be able to get away with jeans for a little while.  I think
  there may be a written rule somewhere that says, "Sooner of later, you
  are going to have to pay." 

  I and a few others might agree that when we are out fooling around we
  are more prone to getting injured then we would be on the track.  I 
  know it would seem the other way around but it may be because when we
  are out just roosting we may strive to take a few more chances and
  get a little closer to the limit.
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From: hart@cheshire (James A. Hart)
Subject: Re: Alcohol Conversion
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 22:06:01 GMT

sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin) writes:
: 
:      Ok, lets get an interesting topic started here. Enough with the cloths!
: I'm thinking about converting my YZ400 to run on straight alcohol.
: Has anyone done this (not necessarily with a YZ400) ????
: I know what changes need to be made. If there is interest, I will post them.
: But I am concerned about a few things.
: 
: A number of sources say you need to mix a vegetable based oil such as castor
: oil with the alcohol instead of your regular oil because the regular oil
: doesn't mix right with alcohol.
:
This was our experience using a 'snowmobile' engine in a Honda Odessey. We
had good luck sticking with organics.
:
: Also I'm wondering if it is worth it.  More power is what I'm after, lots of
: it.  Is it worth the time? And how much more power can I expect?
:
Hard to give specifics, but due to higher allowable compression ratios the
horsepower is considerable.
:
: Where can I get 200 proof ethanol? Certainly not the drugstore!
:
Can't be done!  Even multiple distillation processes as used in Everclear 
drinking alcohol only yields about 197(?) proof.  Any alcohol when brought
into contact with air starts acting like a sponge.  We got our methanol
thru the local racing fuel distributor, but I don't remember what the
'proof' was.  Not 200!.  Oh yes, BTW, It only became economical in a 50gal
drum.
:
: Lastly, the alcohol is an organic solvent; it can eat away at some of the
: plastic in the fuel system.  I'm wondering if my floats and filter can
: withstand alcohol over a long period of time.
: 
It certainly can be a problem.  'O' rings can be changed to teflon or silicone,
and fuel lines can be silicone, but things like floats just have to be tried
as they are.
Maybe you'll get lucky.
: 
: Input???     Input!!!!!!!!!!!!
:
Certainly more Output!!!!!
Is it worth all the Input$$$$$$???????
Your mileage WILL vary.
:
: steve
: -- 
: "Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
:  knows when he's had enough to drink!"
: -Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

--
Name:        Jim Hart    N6JSS
InterNet:    hart@donald.etdesg.TRW.COM 
'73 Yamaha CT175 : '82 Kawasaki GPZ550 : '85 Honda ATC200X : '86 Yamaha YZ250
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethrowned by '93 ZX-6. Whine
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:01:40 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 20938@osf.org, jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
>
>I don't mind the bloated look, but that stooopud NINJA decal! How can anybody 
>over 25 years of age feel like an adult riding a bike called NINJA?  (Oh I 
>forgot, the target market isn't adults.....)

Yeah, it's sooooo much more mature than a big chrome "Screamin' Eagle."

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: lane splitting/sharing poll
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:30:43 -0500
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

             Lane            Lane            Lane
Where        Splitting       Sharing (2 mc)  Sharing (cage/mc)
           ("whitelineing")
---------------------------------------------------------------
MA           NO              YES             NO
Japan        YES             YES             YES        
UK           YES             YES             YES(?)
VA           NO*             YES             NO


* Not really enforced.  I've watched bike cops do it.

Steve Mansfield	    | The system we've learned says we're equal under law
smm@uunet.uu.net    | But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
1983 Suzuki GS550E  | Let's tip the power balance and tear down the crown
DoD# 1718	    | Educate the masses, we'll burn the White House down.
Queensryche	    -       Speak the Word.
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From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: Application for DoD Membership
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 06:31:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.184206.9486@serval.net.wsu.edu> bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>In article <1777@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>>
>>
>>	AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>(insert image of crazed man with larger calibre machine gun)
>>
>>	Don't send me the FAQ....I got it, I got it!!!!!!  thankyou for
>>	sending it.... All 30 of you....
>>
>>		As to the comment about nothing more than 600cc's  My
>>		Honda is a 700....read it _700_!!!
>>
>>		As to being a Newbie...I have been quietly reading this
>>		news group for six months!!!
>>
>>		Now how do I get...wait, wait, wait!!! no more FAQ's I'll
>>		find the damn KotL and get my number there.....
>>
>
>Gee guys, it seems to be working.  :-)
>
>Ride Free,
>
>Bill


You mean to say, he's only gotten 30 FAQs so far?  His mail must
be getting lost somewhere ...

We'd better try again guys, and see if we can't do better this time!  :-)

Charlie

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From: tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss)
Subject: Buckeye Beemers?
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:26:49 GMT

The newest issue of _American Motorcyclist_ has a picture of some guys
from the Buckeye Beemers MC with someone from the AMA (Jim Rogers?).  One
of the guys in the Buckeye Beemers is named Charlie Smith.  Is this the
same one from rec.motorcyles?

-Tim Seiss
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Dealer won't budge on '91 ST1100
Date: 11 Jan 1993 17:49:45 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 23133@linus.mitre.org, crawford@boole.mitre.org (Randy Crawford) writes:
>
>And when did fashion 
>and exclusivity ever cost less than mere function?

Jet aircraft?

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: More amusing BMW trivia... (christmas continues)
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 9 Jan 93 15:53:14 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
 <Stafford-070193112636@stafford.winona.msus.edu> <1993Jan8.162951.27290@elektro.cmhnet.org>
Distribution: world
Organization: MSUS

In article <1993Jan8.162951.27290@elektro.cmhnet.org>,
charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) wrote:
> 
> In article <Stafford-070193112636@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
> >
> >	I understand someone is actually plotting to give Groucho a BMW
> >	anonymously!  Hey, it could happen.  Something similar happened
> >	to me. (Should I tell them, Jason?)
> 
> Hey Ed -
> 
> Jump right in here, here's your chance <!!>
> 
> GetaBikeEd!

Yea, let's get Ed a bike!  Hummmm.  Regarding the give-away: my
brand-name chauvinistic ravings (Harleys!) were answered this year
by a generous gift from Jason (Crash Navigator to the MNDoD) of his
mighty Honda CB750F.  Thanks, Jason.  I'll never be the same again.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jcn@rice.edu ()
Subject: cager attitudes
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:22:32 GMT

Along the lines of how cagers react to us riders, there was an 
excellent article in the recent American Motorcyclist magazine 
(or it may have been Cycle ;-) about an incident one of the editors 
had.

He witnessed a motorcyclist trying to get onto the highway, and as 
we all know, he was cut off by a cager that didn't see him.  Well, 
the motorcyclist revved his engine, caught up, and proceeded to yell 
and scream at the cager as well as extend his middle finger.   

While I know exactly how he feels, the other drivers around this guy 
all probably hate motorcyclists even more.  So what, some of you say, 
and I partially agree.

The article went on to tell about this guy who let another cager over 
into his lane so the cager could exit.  Well, the author of the article 
saw this cager at a light and the cager thanked him and commented on 
his bike.

The point, then, of the article, was that while stupid and violent 
reactions alienate cagers, courteous actions might draw them to our 
side.

Just reflecting on a pretty good article.


--
*  Jeff Nichols                 |   I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. * 
*  It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milkbone    *
*  underwear--  Norm Peterson					   *
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From: ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: Shiftless shifter
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:31:39 GMT

In article <10980@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>
>Hello folks,
>   For the past couple of weeks I've been having a problem with the shifter 
>on the Virago.  Upshifts are fine.  When I down shift the ratchet mechanism
>or whatever is in there doesn't reset right and I can't continue to downshift
>after the first one.  I step down on the shift lever and it feels like it
>is alread in 1st when I know it is in 4th.  After I tap the shifter down and
>release it quickly a couple times it will work and then I have the same 
>problem for the next gear.  It is not a 100% failure yet, but is pretty 
>annoying.  
>   I expect to dig into this over the weekend if it isn't freezing and
>I can find the time.  Anybody know what the cause might be.  Any suggestions?
>   I changed the oil after I first noticed the problem but that didn't really
>help.  Also it seems slightly worse in colder temps. (<35) if that helps.

      It sounds like a bent shift finger in the ratchet assembly. It could
also be simply accumulated dirt or a dry bushing. The shift ratchet is
almost always outside the transmission case because it is much easier to
seal the shift drum shaft, as it is not subject to near as much side thrust.

Ed Campbell
         Email ed@Tekelec.com (seems to work)


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