HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: Sticker Update
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 21:58:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.162519@cs.wpi.edu> ravi@cs.wpi.edu writes:

   [ *** ]   lots of words about ravi's illustrious stickers deleted!

>
>    peace to all but charlie smith ;-),
>
>    - ravi

Somehow, I think I ought to take exception to this <!>    Let me tell you,
the .org-er's bra bid collection is going to far outstrip the effort
being put together by the .edu breath contingent!  After all, if Jody's
bra ended up in the clutches of an .edu breath type, the net would hear 
about nothing but hooter holders for months on end.

Besides, I got *my* order in for the first Spagthorpe Chihuahua!

So there!


Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
               BMW K1100-LT, R80-GS/PD, R27, Triumph TR6
                           Columbus, Ohio

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: Dealing with the Insurance Scum
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 16:10:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.083149.2735@news.columbia.edu> twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Tony Wang) writes:
>
>	Makes for a difference. Some major things to remember. If you
>can establish that the accident was a result of their driver's
>neligence, you can walk away with much more than the bill to tow and
>fix the bike. You can also sue them for pain and suffering. Among them
>the lost of riding time. 

>My first case netted me $8K after covering all bills and a monthly
>"allowance" of $150 for 14 monthes. My second case is still in
>process, going on 31 monthes now, but the lowest payoff goal my lawyer
>has set for the case is $125K of which I can easily net $25K+ after he
>gets his share and for all my bills. If you can repair it yourself, do
>it and sue for everything you can. 

>I now this is why the insurance company
>is charging so much, but you're entitled if you can establish fault. I
>say milk it for all you can, and get a new bike later.

Well, I assume you also sued, er, that is, milked, the helmet manufacturer
and motorcycle manufacturer?

You are part of the problem.  Not only that, but you seem to *know* that
you are part of the problem.  That is unconscionable.

Dave Svoboda (svoboda@void.rtsg.mot.com)    | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Mmmmmmmmmm!)              |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Woops!)              |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905  DoD #0330  COG 939  (Chicago)   |   -- Evo Woman
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From: nrmendel@unix.amherst.edu (Nathaniel Mendell)
Subject: Re: Bike Week
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:38:10 GMT

W. Keith McManus (wkmpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
: Documentary videomaker looking for bikers going to Daytona for this year's
: Bike Week
: 
Keith -- 

I'll be down there with my dad, and I hope to set up a meeting of DoDers for
one of the nights. I've only gotten one reply so far, but I figure we'll know
more as it gets closer to March.

Nathaniel
ZX-10

nrmendell@amherst.unix
From: howland@noc.arc.nasa.gov (DoD#663)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Engine Theory 101
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:31:54 GMT

Organization: WWWA Technical Labs.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 14:55:53 GMT

In article <C0HyD2.JBH@world.std.com>, 
CGKarras@world.std.com (Christopher G Karras) writes:

|> OK, I'll bite.  Do you REALLY shift from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 etc. WITHOUT
|> using the clutch?  Is this thought to be good for the transmission and
|> good driving practice?

I found zero-clutch shifting by watching my every
move while riding, and I noticed that in fast shifts,
I couldn't possibly be pulling in the clutch enough 
to dis-engage it. Sure enough, I tried the same shift
point without touching the lever, and it worked. Some
careful experimentation led to the conclusion that
the motorcycle transmission has enough play that the 
engine can adjust its RPM to the new ratio before all
the slack is taken up, since the angular momentum is
so low (being a physically small motor).

...or It could just be.... Naaa. Never mind.

ObGetABikeEd: To operate the clutch is to DIS-engage,
really. 

---
Curt Howland "Ace"       DoD#0663       EFF#569
howland@nsipo.nasa.gov            '82 V45 Sabre
      I have given up my search for truth 
     and am now looking for a good fantasy.
From: ravi@cs.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: More Clues for Newbies (was Re: test)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 06:55:28 GMT
Organization: Woopie Tech
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: ravi@cs.wpi.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: ivy.wpi.edu

ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell) writes:
=
=Ed Campbell
=^^   Email ed@Tekelec.com (maybe) 

    hey DoD number hunters... here's another one...

=   Ravi getashiftkey
=   As applies:
=	Getalife

    i dont want a life... i just want to ride my motorsickle ;-)

=	Getajob

    i DO need a job!!

=	Etc.

    and i could always use some etc's... like a 900rr maybe...

    peace,

    - ravi
From: joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: leads on rear wheel for late model K bike
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:54:16 GMT
Reply-To: joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Organization: NOT

I just got my new battleax's mounted on my k100rs, they are sticky, and
they really make the bike dive into turns. apparently BMW just got through
testing the BT50's and approved them for use on the bikes (like I was gonna
ask permission anyway), and one of the items of interest in the service
notice was an expected service limit of 2300 miles for the rear and 3400
miles for the front (under 'aggressive' conditions). this means a new set
about once a month for me.

I'd like to get a spare set of wheels and put some touring tires on them
for my daily commuting but at $714 a pop the stock BMW one's are a little
on the steep side. If you know of a place that would have a wheel or wheels
(preferrably the rear to start with) for a 90 or later paralever K bike
that has been wrecked or something, please let me know. there's nothing
available in my immediate area.

-- 
Joe Senner -- joe@Rider.Cactus.Org                                 Austin, TX
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From: carter@ecf.toronto.edu (CARTER EDWARD A)
Subject: Winter Storage again...
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:35:52 GMT

I've nearly completed storing my bike away for the winter, or what's left of
it.  I drained the carb's floats, removed the battery, WD40'd the polish, and
have the tank filled to the brim.

Question: Won't the carb's floats be exposed being empty and all?
Question: I've got some fuel stabilizer, but I bought it at the local
          hardware store, can I use it with my bike?  ... and how much do
          I empty into the tank?
Question: How do you take the fuel tank off an FZR600?

After I took the top cowl off my tank, I noticed a small scratch on the
Yahama Black paint -- real bummer -- any tips on how to clean that up?
First scratch on a spotless, mint FZR! :(

BTW: the bike is an '89 FZR600 if you haven't realized. :)

Regards, Ted.

---
University of Toronto Computer Engineering
PowerUsersGroupChairman

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From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: Whoever dies with the most toys, still dies
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:37:08 GMT

In article <1993Jan3.063743.17915@grebyn.com> rich@grebyn.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:
>In article <1993Jan2.211407.29873@samba.oit.unc.edu> ses@sunSITE.unc.edu (Simon Spero) writes:
>>
>>plus I'm sleeping with Cindy Crawford,
>>Richard Gere, and the hamster.
>
>So YOU'RE the guy she started shacking up with after I dumped her.
>
How could you dump a poor defenseless hamster?  
For Shame, For Shame, For Shame

-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.harley
From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: Chicago Show/Gathering
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 19:14:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <1993Jan5.171949.11846@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>Hi folks,
>
>This unfortunately is going to have to go all over the US, as I
>want to cover a goodly bit of the midwest.  If you are not within
>a weekend drive of Chicago, push N now.
>
Some riders who follow another BB are planning to meet at the rear concession
stand (there are two) about 1 p.m. Saturday.


-- 
Chas                         DoD #7769

"Oh, how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?"
                                               - Firesign Theatre
From: wellison@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: A tantalizing calender....
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:20:01 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

My ol'lady just brought me a new 1993 calender. Each month has a nice looking
Harley featured with absolutly gorgous scantly clad ladies stitting astride 
them. And as I gaze at the soft flowing lines and tantalizing nooks and 
crannys and wonderful frames (oh yea, the bike's don't look bad either ;-),
I can't help but wonder if a Goldwing calender exist. But, with my luck it
would have a nice Aspencade with a 80 year old grandma in leathers sitting
astride it instead of January's Harley with a blonde on it that tends to make
your mouth flood with saliva and your groin moan. But I must admit that looking
at a picture of a '51 Panhead mounted by a lady the average guy would kill for
isn't so bad either. Oh well, I guess the old saying that hooters and Harleys
is the same word has some merit to it....(ol'ladies and Aspencades...this is
what I have been reduced to ? Sigh ! :-(

-=-= Wes =-=-
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Application for DoD Membership
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:56:49 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang) writes:
: In article <1788@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>, labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
: > 	Attention... Cease fire...flames off...please.....
: > 
: > 				Ok, Now that I have your attention...
: > 							I have a Number 
: > 								#0780
: 
: 	You're going to get yourself a real bike now, right ?  Not just
: the moped that you crashed ?
: 
: 	:-)
: 
: Rob
: --
:    Rob Yang (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A) RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
:                           Systems Engineer
:                  AMA 642916   DoD 0593   FSSNOC 1721
: '92 CBR600F2 (Hon)   '79 XT500 (The Bitch)   '87 KDX200 (Moose)


	^^^^^^^^^^^   perhaps its just me but I must say that my bike
	has lot just as mush going for it as your bike does...perhaps
	the guys I rode with (one of which has an F2) were always
	behind me in the mountains because they have been riding longer
	than I have.....I was taking the curves on my Standard just as
	well as a 500 interceptor with a small guy on it( and I was
	hanging off his ass in the curves and the straights....also a
	more experienced rider...) One day we will have to get
	together and see which is better you on your F2 or me on my
	CB700 NH.....(probably you, but my bike can hold its own in
	most situations....unless you start getting really fancy...)
	Mine's a ton better than your dinky xt500....


				Indignantly 
					Ryan
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From: BFRIBERG@FINABO.ABO.FI (Nalle, RRMCC)
Subject: Re: Know of any motorcycles movies?
Organization: Hack'n Slash
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:46:20 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1993Jan12.200002.7178@spdc.ti.com> achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com writes:

> In article <104506@netnews.upenn.edu> ggrevera@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (George Grevera) writes:
> >I'd like to compile a list of motorcycle movies or movies with good or
> >significant motorcycle action in them.  Then I'd like to add the list
> >to the FAQ if possible.
> >
> >So far I can think of
> >
> >	Easy Rider
> >	On Any Sunday
> >	Roadside Prophet	(or is it "Prophets"?)
> >	Terminator II
> >	The Wild One
> >
> >I also remember one with a lot of motorcross in it but I can't remember
> >the name of it.  I'd appreciate any suggestions.  Thanks.
> >
> >George
> 
> Hell's Angels on Wheels
> Hell's Angel's '69
> Hell's Angels Forever
> CC and Company
> Pink Angels

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man
The Messengers (basically religious propaganda)
Is it really you?    (or something like that... about a guy who
has no lady, no hair, no life, and then changes his appearence
with the help of his sister's romantic books. Rides a Harley, and
wears boots that I could (and would) kill for.)




#######################################################################
#Bjorn "Nalle" Friberg  DoD#468              #"Like a bat out of Hell #
#Bike: Honda CB750four -72                   # I'll be gone when the  #
#Organisation: Road Runners MCC of Jakobstad # morning comes..."      #
#Email: bfriberg@finabo.abo.fi  (Finland)    #       Meatloaf         #
#######################################################################
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sdun@isma.demon.co.uk (Stephen Dunne)
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper! 
Distribution: world
Organization: International Securities Market Association
Reply-To: sdun@isma.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:49:01 +0000

In article <1is27eINNe4i@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu writes:

>
>My guess is that they're just plain clueless.  I'm not yet 25 and I still
>don't want some stupid Neon "Ninja" sticker plastered on the side of my
>MC.  A simple and small "DUCATI" will do.
>
>-- 
>-------------------->DarkMan<--------------DoD #650-----------------------
>BSME no longer seeking employment: Found it.  Who would have ever though that
>I could get paid to live a childhood dream?
>

Italian bike Snobs... Who needs 'em.. Must be fun to push when it rains! :-)

Give me a rice grinder any day..

Stephen

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From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethrowned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
Keywords: tank, bloated
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:17:42 GMT

In <1993Jan11.155637.13534@triage.UUCP> chris@triage.UUCP (Groucho) writes:

>In article <C0Kqtu.C8H@ns1.nodak.edu> fleckens@plains.NoDak.edu (Clint Fleckenstein) writes:

>Speaking of which, why is it that the new GSXR1100 weighs 100#'s more
>than the '86 version?  What's happened to all this wonderous technology
>Japan so easily sells us on?

  The designers of hard core sport bikes are much more interested in how
their bikes will perform on the track than on the street. The extra
weight of the newer geezers went into stiffer frames, forks, etc, bigger
rubber, more fade resistant brakes and so on. These are all
modifications to make it perform better on the track but have little
benefit on the street where most sane riders never flexed the frame or
faded the brakes to begin with. The same goes for the new liquid cooled
motor. The new motor makes no more power but weighs more. The new motor
can be built hotter than the old one but this is certainly not a concern
for most street riders. 

  The track giveth and it taketh away.

  Anyway, its easy to find a first generation 1100.

__
   Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who
   Arch. & Eng. Services   |          **           | I think I am. 
   UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer" - IT175 |           - anonymous








 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curt Howland)
Subject: Re: Dealer won't budge on '91 ST1100
Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:48:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.142646.23775@linus.mitre.org>, crawford@boole.mitre.org (Randy Crawford) writes:

|> I have no complaints with the Pacific Coast or the ST1100 as bikes in their
|> own right, they simply lack personality.  You clearly disagree with me on
|> this, and with virtually every moto-journalist who ever commented on the bikes.
|> They too felt these were highly competent machines but lacked in any sort of
|> emotional `zing'.  They lacked character/style/brio/personality.

Funny, the lack of emotional 'zing', if that's what you call 
neon tiger-stripes and blazing corporate logo's, is exactly
what attracted me to the ST1100. The pacific coast came and
went while I wasn't looking, so I can't comment. If Yamaha
had put the RADD front end into a solid working style, rather
than on something I have to lie on my face to reach the 
handlebars, I'd like it.

the Sabre is faster than I'll survive, can take a corner harder 
than my nerve will allow, and I can sit comfortably without 
having the overhead (under-butt?) of something like a GoldWing.
Honda came close to this style-following-function with the
latest 750 nighthawk, though I find the lack of a center stand
(the marketing gnome should be shot) to be a good indication 
that they have no usefull mid-range plan. 

I'm under thirty and male, but why should they think I only 
want a dirt-bike or a road racer...... Gee.

---
Curt Howland "Ace"       DoD#0663       EFF#569
howland@nsipo.nasa.gov            '82 V45 Sabre
      I have given up my search for truth 
     and am now looking for a good fantasy.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: Hi-Def shields
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:39:47

"jimi" == Jim Mack <jimi@b23a.b23a.ingr.com> writes:

jimi> Finally, there's the fact that these things don't fog....EVER!

Not true.  I have a hi-def for my RF200, and it will fog.  There is
the special double-plastic lens for the RF helmets, available in both
clear and hi-def.  It's intended for very cold climates and costs
twice what the regular face-shield costs.   The regular hi-def,
however, is a single piece of plastic.

--
J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311 (DoD# 0378)
"It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
of content.  It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard
From: wohler@hw1175.sap-ag.de (Bill Wohler)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Gang FAQ'd by the DoD!
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:57:54 GMT
Reply-To: Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de>
Organization: SAP AG  Walldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 6227-341658  Home: +49 6221-163255
             <C0FuxG.5pq@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
X-Mailer: MH [Version 6.7.2]


  just goes to show that helmets destroy lives.

						--bw
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: *BAD* Bike Purchase Attempt Experience in California!
Summary: Load of dogs bollocks...
Keywords: Black, stuttering, Hottentot, Rabelaisean styles.
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
Distribution: aw shit, everywhere!
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:27:46 GMT

What on earth have stuttering black south African females got to do with 
Seca motorbikes, unless it is some vague DoD-like reference to their state of
tune?

BTW,          HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!             to all my readers.


Nick (the sciatica'd Biker)  DoD 1069

M'Lud.

Sidecar>  Rear tyre punctured whilst doing 120MPH down the M4 motorway over
          Christmas.  It was a Metzeler ME55A.  All that happened was that I 
          felt the handling go a bit soggy and the bike started to weave a 
          little bit.  I slowed down and then stopped when I realised it 
          wasn't me or the road but Kay (my K100RS).  I looked for the 
          puncture but couldn't find it.  I could have attempted a repair as
          Kay has the BMW repair kit.  The tyre was worn down to about 1mm 
          anyway so a replacement was in order.  I Waited two hours for the
          RAC to "rescue" me...  I had to take the extension screen off of Kay
          to get her in the poxy van they had sent.  I have a bad back and 
          they gave me this Maestro car with a torturously bad seat which I 
          gave back the next day before I died in agony.  

          The only tyre I could get on such short notice with most of the 
          businesses closed down was a Dunlop Arrowmax.  It seems to be about 
          75% of the ME55A so when I get paid again, I might ditch it and get
          another ME55A as I find them WONDERFUL!  L86 is a bit expensive for
          a tyre though so I might try and get a few miles out of the Dunlop..
 
          Lying on my back beside my bike (on the centrestand with the hazards
          flashing) to ease my poor back, I was confronted by a couple who
          thought I had died.  I felt guilty about that.

          Sorry to ramble on and I hope you all had a marvellous time over
          Christmas and New Year.  I went to eat my lunch in Trafalgar Square
          yesterday.  There's a marvellous free (of course) bike park right
          next to it.  Great ride, lousy for my back, but the sun was shining,
          it was 1 degree above zero and I had an itchy wrist and bum....

          Nick.

          

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From: knightf@infonode.ingr.com (Frank Knight)
Subject: Re: AL weather
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:18:42 GMT

In article <C0F3yy.72t@panix.com> bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
>In article <1993Jan5.153433.25798@b30.ingr.com> mueller@b30news.b30.ingr.com ( Phil Mueller ) writes:
>>
>>To all you Yankee and European DoDers:
>	    ^^^^^^
>>
>>I rode to work today!!
>>ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
>
>BFD. So did I. It was 64 degrees in NYC. Lovely. Of course,
>I ride every day, barring ice and snow. So I gather from the
>fact that you make such a _point_ of your manly
>accomplishment that you generally don't ride to work. Crash
>much?  Afraid of 4WD pickup trucks with oversized tires
>filled with gun-toting rednecks drinking Billy Beer and
>whistling the theme from "Deliverance"? Or do you just get
>lost?
>
Ya Know, every time Alabama wins a national title in football,
it seems them yanks get extra routy.  It looks like were in for
it for at least most of the decade. :-)
 
>
>Maybe.
>>
>>-- 
>>Phil Mueller                  Telephone:  (205) 730-3231
>>Intergraph Corporation        FAX number: (205) 730-3453
>>Mailstop: GD3000              Internet: mueller@b30news.b30.ingr.com
>>Huntsville, AL 35894-0001     UUCP address: bogus.dont.use
>
>
>----
>Mark Bergman		'77 KZ1000  (Biker, Stagehand, (former) Unix user support grunt)
>Brooklyn, NY
>718-855-9148
>
>bergman@panix.com
>{cmcl2,uunet}!panix!bergman

Frank  (a gun toten redneck with two 4wd pickups, a couple of bikes
        but ran out of Billy Beer in '79)
DoD #407

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