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From: jearls@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Jeffrey David Earls)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Service manuals
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:54:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.


In article <1992Jul30.154537.5812@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>In article <1992Jul29.223008.7382@worldbank.org> aki@nimbus@UUNET.UU.NET writes:
>>>|'86 VF500F - Igor!  It's _ALIVE_!!!!  | "Hit the button Chewie!"... Han Solo
>
>I wonder if Lucas stole that from "Hit the button, Max!" from
>Jack Lemmon's character in "The Great Race"?
>
>>whew! seems you had three major problems:
>>
>>1. Clymer manual (accept _only_ the original!) ;)
>
>Hmmm... aside from paying tribute money to the local dealer, do the
>manufacturers sell manuals mail order?  I've used both Clymer (good
>schematics) and Chilton (at the library) on my bike, and both have
>had some very weak points.  The place that sold me the Clymer book
>is a Honda parts dealer...
>
  
    Powell's books here in Portland has a good supply of (mostly used)
    manufacturer service manuals.  Most of them are in binders and 
    look like they've come from an old shop.

    Maybe you've got a similar type of book store in your area.  Powell's
    is a _HUGE_ new/used book store.


--
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|Jeff Earls  jearls@tekig6.pen.tek.com |     DoD #0530  KotTG  WMTC #0002     |
|'89 FJ1200 - Millennium Falcon        |   Squid Factor: 3.67 and climbing... | 
|'86 VF500F - Igor!  It's _ALIVE_!!!!  | "Hit the button Chewie!"... Han Solo |
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Children suck (was Re: Cages suck (women cagers))
Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:19:39 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 4236@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU, cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>
[boy likes bike until it burns him]
>
>kids love motos, adults hate them.  what causes this transition?

Duh.  Hot exhaust pipes.

---
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
From: wsh8z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (William Scott Heyman)
Subject: Delicatessen bike.
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:40:57 GMT

Along the lines of the "cool world bike" thread:

An older motorcycle appears in "Delicatessen" (in my opinion a much
better movie than Cool World, sort of a canabalistic "Brazil.") Has
anyone seen the movie and know what kind of bike it is?

Will Heyman		Applied Math 		UVA
wsh8z@virginia.edu	CB450T Hawk '82		$5 Ultimate
 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: Jeff Benedict <raoul@halcyon.com>
Subject: Re: Triumph Value
Originator: bbs@halcyon.com
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:53:56 GMT

> stares, and you won't lose it at most rallies. They can be made to go fast
> enough to scare the shit out of anyone with the sense to be scared. In fact
> Big D cycle set a land speed record in their class last year. Twin Trident
> engines, partially faired with turbos went 241mph on five cylinders. Next 
> month we'll see what they can do with all six.
Oh, boy. Trumpeting the glories of a bike that can only manage to run on 
five of six cylinders.... 
I like Triumphs, but would rather have one of the truly new Triumphs- the 
900 or 1200 touring models.  The British mag "Bike" has a test of the 
Trophy 1220 sport touring bike as compared with Beemers and the new Honda 
v-four touring bike and it comes out quite well.

I say spend the green on a "good" bike- and it looks like Triumph is now 
making a good bike...

Jeff
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Deer Claims Another; Thoughts
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 04:08:44 GMT

tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (The Jumpin Dude) writes:
>>In article 18546@drutx.ATT.COM, brucer@drutx.ATT.COM (RobinsonB) writes:

>>>	Have you ever noticed that posters whose paths contain ".edu" often say
>>>	such *stupid* things???

>you must be the wanker that posts this question every year 
>to every group i read.

Don't you just love it when the newbies take on one of the eldest of the
elders? Kinda reminds you of the good old days, doesn't it? Anyone wanna
throw a Pasternak or a Barber on the grill for old times sake? :-)
-- 
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: tale@ten.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Minimalist biking
Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:42:58 GMT

In <5211@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:

> What a bunch a pansies!  Neutral indicator, phah!  On my '73 Norton 
> Commando there is only a high-beam indicator, tach, and speedometer.

Why do you need the high beam indicator?  Try to put the switch to
where you want it; if it's already there, big deal.
From: leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey Oster)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet laws, abortions and why national health care is a Bad Idea.
Date: 29 Jul 92 20:10:41 GMT
Organization: Sybase, Inc.

In article <1992Jul27.123929.3041@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>Give us a break Miss, look around at other examples before you mouth off your
>paranoic right-wing trash and give the rest of you Americans a bad name.  It
>is nice to have a little socialism in your country, it shows you care for each
>other instead of this self, self, self stuff which makes Western-Civilisation
>such a bad place to bring ones children up in.  If you think your government 
>would abuse such a system, trash it and try voting in a government which is 
>more caring and not only interested in trashing their opponents.

<tchtk...  tssss.....  FFFFFWOOOOOOMPH!!!>

Right, mister, and just what did you say your last tax rate was, pray
tell?  The only reason our gov't can get away with ranting about costing
the taxpayers is that at least *nominally* they care about keeping taxes
down.  I notice your lot just go ahead and charge you -- through the
nose, I might add.

Trash the gov't and vote in a better one?  Only in my dreams.  I've
developed a (perhaps unhealthy) skepticism toward *any* government.
"There's no government like no government."  Just because I'm paranoid
doesn't mean They're not out to get us.  Right-wing?  Not likely.
Neither right, left nor center.  The left wants social freedom; so do I.
The right wants economic freedom; so do I.  Democracy is a joke,
Socialism is a failure, and Fascism is Right Out.  It's time for Anarchy
-- or at least Suarchy.  Enough of this letting other people take
responsibility for us -- or worse yet, MAKING other people take
responsibility.  We're not children any more, needing a government in
loco parentis to keep us out of trouble -- the only way a kid learns to
stay out of trouble is by getting into it in the first place and having
to deal with the consequences; we've been kept far too long from our
consequences.

Take your damnable jingoism and just try to buy something with it at a
reasonable price, without VAT.

[flame off]

- Leigh Ann
--
Leigh Ann Hussey Oster
leighann@sybase.com			DoD#5913	AMA#624549
Siobhan ni hEodhusa
"They're mine!  All mine!  And what's mine is mine!" - Daffy Duck
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:00:41 -0400 
From: Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Children suck (was Re: Cages suck (women cagers))
	<1992Jul22.171921.4236@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Distribution: usa

Howdy,

cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
> i warn him not to touch the bike,
> even when i'm not around, since parts could be really hot and hurt him.
> he nods, looks at the bike, puts his hand on the exhaust, screams.  mommy
> runs over and screams at me for hurting him, even though she *heard* me tell
> him not to touch *anything*.  her voice wouldn't go down, she wouldn't
> listen to me, i yelled an apology and rode away.

Now *I* would have yelled at the mother for letting her damn nosey,
loud, obnoxious, inconsiderate, and totally irritating kid get burned
skin fried onto my pipe.  Dang kids.  It's one thing when they're in a
car or something while you go past them (you can't hear them then, and
you aren't exposed to them for very long), but it's something else
when you've got some numb little puke watching you work on a *(&#(&!!!
tire that won't come off, telling some incomprehensible story, when
you REALLY want to swear when you slip and mash your hand into the
wheel.  Not that this happened to me just last night or anything.

I think maybe I should just go live out in the boonies somewhere.

Mark

| Mark J. Andy			WERA NV #813		AMA #700560	|
| ma1w+@cmu.edu			KotR			DoD #813	|
| Co-founder/Rider, Team RISC and Two Geeks Racing			|
| '82 Seca 650 (street), '85 RZ350 (track), '87 KDX200 (the humbler)	|
| I want RZ350 parts like steering damper, fork brace, SS lines, etc... |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Sticker campaign
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:21:31 GMT

In article <5072@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>pooder@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Don Fearn) writes:
>: someone does stuff like that their car starts carrying that message.  Don't
>: confront the person; just follow the car and when no one else is watching,
>: slap on the sticker.  
>Anybody slaps *any* kind of sticker on my car that and I would be *very*
>pissed off.  Is that really what you want, a bunch of ignorant and pissed
>off cagers?  Think about it.

since the cager never saw the biker, they'd have no clue what brought on
the sticker's placement.  perhaps the sticker should merely read "i'm an
asshole/clueless driver" (gender-encompassing).  maybe in reverse text like
the "ambulance" stickers ...

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|       Don't look to me for proof that women get off easier than men.     |
|                               -- Evelyn                                  |
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Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Monday, 27 Jul 1992 14:06:41 CET
From: <SULDAL@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: winter bike storage tips

Well, here is what I do and why:

Fill up tank completely - so it doesn't rust inside.
Change the oil and filter - Old oil contains cumbustion impurities
which can cause rust on the engine internals. For the same reason
dont start the bike until you want to start riding again.
Remove spark plugs and pour about a spoonful of oil into each
cylinder, crank the engine with the starter to distribute the oil.
Park it with both wheels off the ground - to avoid flattening the

tires.
Remove the battery - keep it inside where its warm - connect it to
a trickle charger or charge it once a month or so.
Cover the bike with a breathable cover (assuming its standing in a
garage or under a roof) - to avoid condensation to build up under-
neath the cover. A cotton sheet works fine for me.
Oh I almost forgot, before storage, wash, clean and wax the bike,
and cover exposed metal parts, crome etc. with a light coat of oil,
ie. WD40 or similar - this is also to avoid rust.
Make sure the chain is well lubed.

Also, its a good idea to get repairs or maintenance work done
before winter storage, so that when that nice first day of spring
riding is there - its just a matter of cleaning the oil off the
bike, installing the battery, fire it up and go :-)

hope this helps,
Steen
From: gt1430a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeff J McCoskey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nicest Interstate
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:56:57 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


	Another great stretch of asphalt is the Pennsylvania turnpike
between Harrisburgh and Pittsburgh.  While PENNDOT is notorious for letting
roads degrade to an egg-carton-like state, the scenery (Allegheny Mts) is
superb.  And if memory serves, this portion was not as bad as the rest of 
PA's roads.

	I suppose Blue Ridge Parkway has already been mentioned 
as well.  (Same Mountains, different state.)  My run there featured
the highest concentration of our two-wheeled brethren I've ever had
the pleasure to encounter.  An altogether outstanding run (if you don't
mind stretches of road where the Speed Limit drops to 35.  Those signs
are more of a guideline than a rule anyway, right?)
-- 
Jeff J McCoskey        "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book."
  DoD# 750A2			-The Armor God

Internet: gt1430a@prism.gatech.edu
Date: Thursday, 30 Jul 1992 19:31:29 EDT
From: <U2EF5@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Bike/riding/transporting hints?

  A more scenic route, and one which avoids the traffic around the cities,
is to take either 79 South through WV and pick up 64 into Virinia Beach
from there.  My wife and I came back to Washington, PA from Williamsburgh
that way.  It would have been great if it were a bit warmer over Memorial
Day.  An alternative is to scoot down 81 and pick up a secondary road to
95.  Good luck and have fun!
************************************************************
Gary J. Edwards            |  '82 V45 Sabre
West Virginia University   |
Morgantown, WV             |
U2EF5@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU      |   (304)293-3422 ext. 401
DoD#0615                   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.dirt,rec.motorcycles.racing,ont.forsale
From: cs903023@ariel.yorku.ca (PAUL M CAMPANOTTI)
Subject: Motorbike forsale
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:57:14 GMT



		82 CR80R Boyseen Reeds

		new rings 
		lady driven
		real fast


		$ 600



I am posting this for a friend so please call

   Andy @ (416)791-5576 and leave a message

   or contact me by e-mail.


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jackr@thorodin.dazixco.ingr.com (Jack Reed)
Subject: Re: !!! SUMMER RIDING SUIT RAFFLE !!!
Keywords: tell me it ain't so!
Reply-To: jackr@thorodin.dazixco.ingr.com
Organization: Dazix
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:19:31 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.180654.15024@javelin.sim.es.com>, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
> bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
> >In article <1992Jul28.231639.27861@infonode.ingr.com> jackr@thorodin.dazixco.ingr.com writes:
> >>Announcing the...
> >>
> >>           !!! SUMMER RIDING SUIT YOU LOVE TO HATE RAFFLE !!!
> 
> >Blaine, are you _really_ responsible for this?  I gotta know.
> 
> Well, I did propose the raffle idea. But that was only after the door
> prize idea was rejected (that one is still my personal favorite). But
> holding me responsible for the application of the idea makes no more
> sense than holding motorcycle manufacturers responsible for dead squids
> or congress for the national debt. (Uh, nevermind that last one. :-)

Sorry, Blaine, the damage is already done.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: How's the winter in North Carolina ?
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 14:44:22 GMT

When I used to service the South I remember flying into
Birmingham Alabama, picking up the rental car and heading
downtown. It was freezing rain and I decided to sit it out
at a waffle hut and watch those crazy fools commute to work
everyway but straight [Body shop Bumper Crop Day].
Later I was headed down to Montgomery Alabama to Gunther
AFS and saw my first ALABAMA SANDER...Ever seen an ALABAMA
SANDER before...no ?
It's a Mack dump truck with 3 [minorities] tied in the back
shoveling like hell while the truck does 5 mph down the highway.
I've always wondered what an ALABAMA SWEEPER looks like...
Course I remember Cherry Point MCAS being closed for 2 days
when they got 3 inches of snow in 84 or 85...thats not even
enough to roll a good snowman..course it was fun watching the
locals try to drive in it, I'm glad they put waffle huts in
places with good views of intersections and those big windows.

-- 
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                 and TARGETS !!!
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: DoD stuff reqd.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:58:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.155756.25332@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes...
>I am going to the Magna Carta MAG rally in Essex, England, next weekend.  I 
>was wondering if someone could fax me a DoD badge or something for me to use 
>as a flag or to use as a design for a flag.
>Nick             DoD 1069
	Nick;  mail doesn't get through to you:
Unique match not found for some or all NT/BNR COCOS recipient(s):
  datasbld@bnr.ca (0 matches)

        Can you handle a PostScript file -- better yet, a colour PS file?  I
did up two versions of the DoD Daemon in PS.  Bruce Tanner put them up on his
ftp server at cerritos.edu.  If you want the files but can't ftp, drop me a
note to ivan@cvax.psi.ch and I'll mail them to you.

>PS nobody answered my request for info about synthetic oil for my K100RS (sob)!
	See above, perhaps?

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lawrence H. Smith,E20 Clark,56064,2726746)
Subject: Re: 82 Yam 650 Maxim Problem
Originator: lawrence@msc2.msc.cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:58:51 GMT

From article <1992Jul28.144111.2926@webo.dg.com>, by x1sdup@emav118.rtp.dg.com (Stephen Dupre):
> 
> I have an 82 Yamaha Maxim 650.  The carbs have been cleaned several
Hey! So do I.

> times.  The bike starts right up but needs to stay on choke for
> quite a long time 
Not really. read on.

> (it has a flat spot if you try to drive off in
> 2 minutes or so with the choke off).  Is this cold blooded 
> tendancy normal for this bike and other Yamahas?  

Utterly normal, but you are approaching it wrong, IMHO. In 12K miles
of 82 '650 Maxim riding, I have reached the following compromise with
the choke. Start, cut back so running about 2KRPMs on partial choke,
ride off when ready, shut off choke (enricher, really) after .7 mile
(~1.1Km). 

Trying to warm up entirely before riding off seems to be very prone to
fouling the plugs. The above method works reliably, though the distance
may need to be increased in very cold weather. (sometimes perhaps 1.5 Mi)
Also, this is more reliable on the leg of the daily trip where the .7 mile
is accomplished at 55mph (90kph) than on the 30mph (50 kph) with stops
end of the trip.

-Lawrence Smith, MSC Computing Staff - E-20 Clark Hall(next to the donut room)
 lawrence@msc.cornell.edu lawrence@crnlmsc2.bitnet 5-6064 [(607)255-6064]
-Cats, Coffee, Chocolate... Vices to live by.  DoD# i
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: robert@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Robert Kennedy)
Subject: Environmental Impact of Motorcycles
Originator: robert@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:33:02 GMT

I've heard it said that a motorcycle pollutes the air about as much as
a car does, but that's a pretty vague rule of thumb. Does anyone have
data or any sort of genuine information on how much a motorcycle
pollutes? How does it vary with the fuel efficiency of the motorcycle?
Number of cylinders? Displacement? Year of manufacture? Manufacturer?
Model?

In particular, how does the environmental damage from riding my 1979
Honda CM400T compare with the environmental damage from driving my
1987 Honda Accord LX (no CA emissions option) the same distance under
the same conditions? Both are running fine.

Vague replies such as, "Well, the two are about comparable" to
/dev/null, please.

Thanks.

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)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ksmith@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Kevin Smith)
Subject: Re: Cages suck (women cagers)
X-Post-Machine: shasta.scl.cwru.edu
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 18:09:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.152826.26097@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>In article <63913@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastmm@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Marler) writes:
>>In <1992Jul17.210456.7440@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>>>In article <63657@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastmm@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Marler) writes:
>>:>>Proof: +90% of cops = extreme a**holes.
>>
>>:>How is it proof?  My friend ran into Barney Fife in a small rural
>>:>midwestern town.  The guy had an attitude.  One of the details I omitted
>>:>was the other officer on duty trying to talk him out of the arrest.
>>:>How can you draw conclusions from an anectdotal sample of 1?
>>
>>Unfornately I have led you think that.  I draw from the "many" dealings
>>that I and other friends have had with the fine law enforcement that
>>protect us in this wonderful country.
>
>Well, _all_ of my contact with police officers has led me to draw the
>opposite conclusion.  In fact, with the exception of the above story,
>the only friends I've got who've ever had problems with asshole cops are
>the ones who coincidentally have a preconceived notion that cops
>are assholes.  Funny how that works.  Well, my court date is Thursday.

You've never been to Cleveland Heights (right Dean). Out of all the cruisers
that are operated by this particular municipality about 20% read "police" on
the car the other 80% say........

........can you guess?...........


Traffic Safety Bureau

They are Nazis and they write a _lot_ of tickets.

k.