HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Build Your Own !
Followup-To: misc.test
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:17:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.185158.3682@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
>In article <1993Jan12.145236.24367@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>
>> That sounds almost as good as my version. I'd get a vespa and put smaller
>>wheels on it. That way if I hit a pothole it wouldn't make it bigger. I'd
>>also try to reduce the hp by maybe removing a plug because as we all
>>know it would be better for the environment. Then I'd repaint it with some
>>real good paint. Kmart has a sale on patio furniture paint. I'd make it
>>an irregular square pattern. Different colors. Maybe put "Partridge
>>Family rules" all over it. Chick magnet or what. Then I'd get a license plate
>>frame that had a picture of Barry Manilow waving so if somebody cut me off
>>I'd then cut them off and when they saw Barry the'd know not to fuck with
>>me. Then I'd order a riding outfit from Elvis Accessories, something from
>>his bloated like a pig tour. White with a big scarf and lots of glittery
>>stuff.
>
>Vespas are too fast, you might hurt yourself or something.  Try a CT70
>or maybe one of those "no-ped" 50cc thingies that all the japanese
>manufacturers used to make.  Hang a bunch of chrome Goldwing accessories
>on it.   Don't forget the racoon tail on the rear fender, and the tassels
>on the handgrips.
>
>>I don't know maybe I'm just dreaming.
>
>No, it sounds like a bike to fit your personality.   Go for it!

Eric if a Vespa was good enough for the Flying Nun it's good enough
for you or me.
Sensing your hostility here's an olive branch:
 
          "I'm sorry I talked bad about Barry Manilow."
 
Feel better?
 
================================================================================
 Steatopygias's 'R' Us.          doh#0000000005 That ain't no Hottentot.
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. AMA#669373 DoD#564. There ain't no more.
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From: clayb@county.lmt.mn.org (Clay Babcock)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Diversion tyre problems.
Date: 2 Jan 93 19:19:03 GMT
Organization: LaserMaster R&D, Minneapolis, MN  USA

In article <1hs022INNf02@iraul1.ira.uka.de> gernot@i12s1.ira.uka.de (Gernot Stenz) writes:
>From: gernot@i12s1.ira.uka.de (Gernot Stenz)
>Subject: Diversion tyre problems.
>Date: 30 Dec 92 11:09:54 GMT

>Hello out there!

>Maybe somebody can help me with my problem:
>I own a '92 Yamaha Diversion, which is a fine bike, but
>it was designed with rather strange tyre sizes, i.e. it
>needs a 130/70 H 18 on the rear wheel. The bike was
>factory equipped with Dunlop K 275's ( Yokohamas as an
>alternative!), and these tyres are a complete failure,
>especially in the wet. Now I am in need of a replacement,
>but the size mentioned above means there is only a 
>limited choice. Has anyone found tyres for this bike
>that work (wet grip is the crucial point)? I would
>be thankful for any useful advice.

>Gernot.


U.S.A riders please note the 'Diversion' is the ROW (Rest Of World)
name for our Seca II.

Clay Babcock
-----------------------------------
clayb@county.lmt.mn.org
89 K100RS
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
Subject: Re: Real life facts about insurance companies
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:18:50 GMT

Metropolitan Insurance ALERT!

I received an updated bill for my mc policy on Saturday and guess what?
It went up a thousand dollars! 

After a hurried call to the home office customer service the truth is
revealed. A computer check (!?) on my policy found that they have always 
been valued at $1. Resulting in a policy of $673 for both my Beemers.
When they were adjusted to the proper value - voila! $1693. Ack!!

Well, I guess the consolation is I got several years of "insurance error
in your favor". They said that if there had been a claim, they would have
had to pay since this wasn't visible to the customer.

The funniest part of this new bill is that my MSF training discount of 10%
only applies to one bike. They said that bike #1 was my "primary" bike
and that was the one to get the discount. I asked how they knew my riding
habits and they volunteered to let me pick my primary bike - of course
I chose the more expensive bike as the primary - happens it is right now.
Geesh! Insurance companies, ya gotta love 'em!

============================================================================
           Jono    DoD: 316    Beemers: '85 K100RS '92 R100GS 
    Voice: +1 (617) 621-8739 Fax: +1 (617) 621-0584 Email: jsm@osf.org
           "Too much of a good thing is never enough." -Luba
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: First Bike Opinions
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:33:47 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
 <1iuao9$5vb@agate.berkeley.edu> <ramarren-120193092238@kops.apple.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: MSUS

In article <ramarren-120193092238@kops.apple.com>, ramarren@apple.com
(Godfrey DiGiorgi) wrote:
> 
> [...] 
> Picking up any 500+ lb. object without careful planning can be 
> quite damaging to your health. GoldWing riders: carry a winch.

Hell, real GoldWing riders call AAA.
From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 15:10:54 PST
Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA

Saturday January 09 1993 14:08, Michael Robinson wrote to All:

 MR> Funny, I was in the grocery store just last night and noticed a review
 MR> of the new ZX11-D.  I swear the first thought through my mind was, "nice
 MR> looking bike...I wonder how hard it is to get that juvenile Ninja decal
 MR> off."

A hair dryer and a little rubber cement thinner does just fine.

 MR> From an engineering, ergonomics standpoint, you would think the ZX11 is
 MR> supposed to fit in the "sport-touring" niche.  Is it really the case
 MR> that they are consciously marketing the ZX11 as some sort of adolescent
 MR> penis-extender?  Or are they really that clueless about the tastes of
 MR> the "not ready for Goldwings" crowd?

Most of the people I've met (and myself) who own ZX11s are over 30 and at least
biologically not adolescents. I plead guilty to refusing to grow up, however.
As for a penis-extender, if it gets caught between the tank and the seat, you
can count on it extending several inches in a nanosecond. Actually, the way
I ride, I find my gonads withdrawing into my body in a "fight or flight"
response. I still manage to scare myself after all these years. :-)

John

--  
John Hamilton                  uucp: amdahl.com!kennel!john
DoD #0327   ToT #11            internet: john@f8.n143.z1.fidonet.org
ZX-11 From Hell.               arpa: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG
She said, "Its either me or that ZX-11!" Too bad, I'll miss her.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mack23@avalon.eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Walsh)
Subject: Re: Lance Holst is a Jerk
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:58:56 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.213655.12479@progress.com> matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper) writes:
>cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>
>>If you loaned your bike to a guy who you knew, in advance, was going to flog
>>it harder than you ever had and not pay a dime should he dump it, and you
>>further knew his name to be Lance Holst, at who would the assembled Denizenry
>>point and call "JERK"?
>
>
>  Lance, actually.  They'd be calling the owner of the bike a schmuck.

Hmm.  Maybe it's me, but I'd say Lance'd be both a schmuck and a jerk.  The
bike owner, OTOH, would be a putz.

--
Chris Walsh                 "DoD stands for "People Who Can't Spell (or Count)"
Technet Network Administrator                           --Peter D. Smith
Northwestern Univ.
2145 Sheridan Rd.            
Evanston, IL 60208          "Satan oscillate metallic sonatas" 
DoD# 0671						--suomynona
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dman@netcom.com (Dallman Ross)
Subject: Re: Honda CX500 Turbo
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:49:57 GMT

Peter Brady (brady_p@apollo.hp.com) wrote:
>  I miss the one I had, and was sorry I had to sell it (in order to make the
>  downpayment for our house). If I found another one in good condition I'd 
>  consider it. . . .

There may be a nice one for sale on the West Coast.  Email
hauoli@well.sf.ca.us.  He just took of for the mideast for a year, but
his girlfriend will eventually answer email.  I know he's interested
in selling.

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From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Anti Biker Crap From Boss...
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:18:33 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


	Well, I got a nice conversation with the business manager here
	at work....Well he's not my boss but the head of the department
	in charge of business affairs, I'm in a different
	department.... So any how there is this small space out in fron
	of our building that the driveway goes by...under this wall
	there is a little triangle of ground that is just perfect for
	parking a bike. a car is too big to fit there but idiots have
	done it in the past...so there is a no parking sign there for
	all the happy cagers. I have been parking there for the past
	three months or so...but today I happen to be there when Mr.
	anal retentive comes by and asks if its my bike. I say yes it
	is. He asks me not to park it there any more because there is a
	no parking sign there....He adds that noone has complained but
	I should not park there because someone might try to put there
	car there later...I ask where should I put it??? In Motorcycle
	authorised parking he says.....never mind the nearest bike
	parking space is practically in the middle of campus...Our
	building is stragtegically placed on the fringes of the
	campus...    AHHHHHHRRRGGGGGGGG.....but no one has complained
	at all....he just doesn't want me there.......


					God I hate Jerks......!!!!!!!!


							Ryan
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
Subject: Re: Real life facts about insurance companies
Organization: Black Belt Motorcyclists Association
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:53:40 GMT

In article <1iqnjlINNlrt@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com> mrk@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com (Michael R. Kesti) writes:
+In article <C0J0A1.L9B@news.iastate.edu> tomes@iastate.edu writes:
+
+>News flash: Insurance companies exist to take your money.
+
+>              They will screw you over: that is their sole purpose in life.
+
+Statements such as these, and threads whose subject lines include phrases
+such as "insurance scum", annoy me.  I think its time for all of us to
+realize that, like every other business in a capitalistic society, the
+mission of the insurance company is to maiximize its profit while providing
+goods or services to its customers.
+
<stuff deleted>
+
+They are not out to hurt you, cheat you, nor rip you off.  They are carefully
+doing business in a way that protects their own interest and to satisfy their
+investors.  If you were one of those investors, you would want it no other
+way.  As one of their customers, is it so difficult to understand?

That is nice ideology, but far from reality.  There are a whole bunch
of laws that were put into effect to protect the consumer.  Things such
as anti-trust laws et al.  The insurance industry is exempt from most
of these laws.  Why?  Because they are a high $ industry that has the
most and best lobbiest and contribute the most to campaign coffers.
They even own their own "independent" lab (IHI) that makes up their own
statistics to prove what they need to maximize their profits.

Our government evens looks the other way as insurance companies stop
paying claims as they go down the tubes.  Just like the S&L crisis.

As bad as our government is, at least they prevent manufacturing
companies from having a Bhopal in the US.  They seem to treat the
insurance industry differently, though.
____________________________________________________________________________
			Bye, George.  By George!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paul Blumstein, paulb@harley.tti.com, DoD #36, ABATE, AMA, HOG, KD6LAA
            Transaction Technology, Inc., Santa Monica, CA

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mueller@b30news.b30.ingr.com ( Phil Mueller )
Subject: heh heh heh
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:42:34 GMT

Got my DoD number ( 132569 ).
Now if only the Aerostich would arrive...

-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: chris@triage.UUCP (Groucho)
Subject: Re: More amusing BMW trivia... (christmas continues)
Organization: Triage Corp
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:53:30 GMT

In article <C0G392.7n8@cup.hp.com> Chris Steinbroner <hesh@cup.hp.com> writes:
>Wheres my 650TT2 Ducati (chris@triage.UUCP) wrote:
>["pasta bike owners don't need no stinkin' anonymous book"]
>
>so, Chris, when are you going to come visit us in the sunny bay
>area, eh?  or is your spaghetti leash not long enough?

Even as I understand the trap you're attempting to set for me, I'll
respond:

	I'll be down for the AMA Classic bike races at Laguna Seca
	in mid-April.  Dude. 

And as for that spaghetti leash, just don't cut the pasta into pieces. 
It's more than long enought.

>and it's not sporting to cart it in a cage (a la harley)
>in case you wanted to try.

NEVER!  I'll be on either the Yellow Running Dog or Sophia.  So there!

>p.s. when's the next jiggles?  see you THERE.

March 19th.  If the damned ice thaws, I'll be there too.  It's 4 below
with wind chill right at the moment.

>p.p.s.  you're asking for membership into BMW RA too, you know...
>        but you might actually like the OTL magazine, so forget it.

Someone has already signed me up.  More BMW scum attempting to spread
The Word...


chris@triage.rain.com
>Master Perez, you are without doubt the man most driven by fickle passion
>of my recent acquaintance ... :) - The Guru upon hearing my lastest scheme

From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:28:43 GMT
Subject: Re: I'm gonna git me that bra!
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

I am sorely disappointed.  To think of the financial opportunities that
have escaped me.  If a mere bra can create such a bidding frenzy, just 
think what I could have fetched for Debbie.  Why, I'd probably have
generated enough revenue to build an extra wing onto the AMA museum.  

If only she hadn't been so cruelly snatched from my loving home...

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
I'm OK, you're inflatable.
From: bandy@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (Mack Daddy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hurray!
Date: 5 Jan 93 01:58:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The People's Number Four Cat Farm, Berkeley CA, USA

cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:

>In article <1993Jan4.182335.15385@noao.edu> morin@noao.edu (Meg Morin) writes:

>>Just wanted to proclaim my membership to the DoD! Yeah!
>>My number: 0788
>>Thanks, Ed!

>Ryan, are you listening?  Could this be Ed, as in Ed Hackett, perhaps?

He's already been clued in.  Don't worry.

-- 
real address: bandy@catnip.berkeley.ca.us
last choice:  lll-winken!catnip.berkeley.ca.us!bandy

"Free at last!  Free at last!  Thank God Almighty I'm free at last!"
 -- M. L. King
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no (Epsonasjen)
Subject: Clutchless shifting [was] Engine theory 101
Organization: SINTEF
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 15:20:21 GMT


>
>And yes, I REALLY shift up and down WITHOUT using the clutch (mostly
>up, but that's just me).  It's all in the throttle.  Weight the shift
>lever slightly, and blip the throttle (down for up-shifting, up for
>down-shifting) to match engine speed, and she'll snick right into gear,
>slick as snail snot on teflon.  Done properly, it is harmless to the
>transmission.  "Good driving practice" is rather vague (particularly on
>a motorcycle!).  I don't think it has any safety implications...
>

Me too! It really is just a matter of matching engine and drive axle speed. 
I don't know how harmful it might be though.. I had an old '64 *VOLVO* 
once ;-) and soon after I started shifting clutchless, the synchromesh on 3'
rd went out of business.  My "new" '74 *VOLVO* (.sic!.) have never shown any 
sign of this.. The old unfaithful moto is perfectly happy with cluchless 
shifting upwards, but a bit more reluctant downwards. No sign of wear on 
synchro yet.


       I have a VOLVO, you can flame me if you like! =:-P


???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? =8-0

Espen Olsen				*       The future's so bright
Norwegian Inst. of Technology		*       I gotta wear shades
N-7034 Trondheim                        *       (Timbuk3)
E-mail: espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no	*	'57 Speed Twin
packet: LA6MGA@LA1K			*	DoD#7962
From: jearls@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Jeffrey David Earls)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Spagthorpe Chihuahua?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:31:14 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <C0Cs16.Bon@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Flash) writes:
>Is it TRUE?!  I heard thru the barleyvine that J. Spagthorpe is coming out 
>with some sort of pocket-rocket ala YSR50 or GSXR80 or CBRR90RRR.  Has anyone 
>SEEN one at any of the bike shows?  Specs!  Whaddare the specs?

  Ahh!  The Spagthorpe Chihuahua!  One of those fine specimens appeared at
the Great Pacific Northwest Dryside Gather last August.  It must have been
a pre-production version.   Neat looking little critter.

  I had a friend take plenty of pictures.  Unfortunately, after developing 
the film, I discovered that in each case a Toyota truck had been parked 
directly in front of the Spagthorpe.  Such is life.

===============================================================================
|Jeff Earls  jearls@tekig6.pen.tek.com | DoD #0530    KotTG      WMTC    AMA  |
|'89 FJ1200 - Millennium Falcon        |   Squid Factor: 3.67 and climbing... | 
|'86 VF500F - Kit bike                 | "Hit the button Chewie!"... Han Solo |

                If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:05:46 GMT

In article <1is27eINNe4i@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
|My guess is that they're just plain clueless.  I'm not yet 25

  Yeah, we could tell...

| and I still
|don't want some stupid Neon "Ninja" sticker plastered on the side of my
|MC.

  Funny, how a small thing like a sticker keeps you from wanting a superior
motorcycle.

|  A simple and small "DUCATI" will do.

  Well, I suppose you could stick one of those on any bike, and you would
then be happy?  Guess you got to buy a bike, first, though.  I know someone
that is selling a moped, and I bet I could paint "Ducati" on it for you...

  Brand wannabe's everywhere...  Some of us don't care what label is on the
bike, but what the bike will *do*.

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss)
Subject: Re: Engine Theory 101
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:03:55 GMT

In Message-ID: <C0HyD2.JBH@world.std.com> CGKarras@world.std.com 
(Christopher G Karras) asks in response to Ed Green' comments
|egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
|>  Once the engine is
|>driving the wheel (clutch fully disengaged), the clutch is not
|>necessary for shifting gears, and you only need it again if you want to
|>stop the wheel and not the engine.
|
|
|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?

In the dirt bike world, I rarely use the clutch for routine shifting.

If you think about it, the movement of the shifting forks inside the
transmission is the same whether or not the clutch lever pulled in.
There is more of a load on the transmission when shifting without the
clutch, but the design of the transmission shifting mechanisms probably
determines if it's good or bad for the transmission.  Shifting without
the clutch may be hard on the crankshaft, since your engine may go from
5000 RPM to 2500 RPM rather abruptly.

I raced a '76 Penton for 2 years without using the clutch much.  Never
seemed to bother it.

-Tim Seiss
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 Tyre Wear
Date: 5 Jan 1993 03:42 PST
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: erich.triumf.ca
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1ib7n6INN9e7@ephor.tusc.oz.au>,
	 jon@ephor.tusc.oz.au (Jon Eaves) writes...
]  After a quick spin down to the Great Ocean Road (Victoria, Australia)
]  with a pillon I noticed unusual pattern of wear on the rear tyre.

]  Not having a huge experience with a) sports bikes with power,
]  and b) softish tyres, I ask the question,  Is this normal ?

]  The temperature was hot 32'C, the tyres were inflated to the recommended
]  level (owners manual and "real" tyre gauge)  The tyres have done about 
]  10,000 km of fairly easy use and there is still heaps of tread left.

	Hie thee hence to the next motorcycle meeting at Calder or Phillip Is.
Buy a pit pass.  Inspect the tyres of the leading Lightweight Superstreet
(or whatever) riders after they've done a race.  Look similar?  Good!  Now
take it a bit easier on the street & watch out for Victoria's finest.  And
consider doing some of your quick riding on the track in future -- it's fun!
(Oh, and don't forget most manufacturers recommend higher pressures when you
are pillioning).

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: mack23@avalon.eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Walsh)
Subject: Re: Need Honda GB500 Info
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:42:49 GMT

In article <13411@bnr-rsc.UUCP> msteele@bnr.ca writes:
>Just so happens that I have a picture/ ad
>for that motorcycle on my wall right here.
>I think that it's a gorgeous bike but doubted
>it's power for my size (6'4" over 200 lb.s).
>
>Here's the details from the back (as quoted
>by Honda, no actual experiences).
>Note this is for 1990- I think only year
>that the bike was made (??).

It was made in 1989, or so sayeth the fossilized literature at the local
dealership.

>Engine: 498cc air-cooled, single cylinder, four stroke
>Transmission: 5-speed
>Seat Height: 31.1 in
>Fuel: 4.4 gallons, including 0.8 gal reserve
>Suspension: front: 35mm telescopic fork w/ dual Syntallic bushings
>   rear: VHD shocks w/ 5 position spring preload
>Dry weight: 359.4 pounds
>Color: Black green
>Electric and kick starting
>Clubman style bars, solo seat
>spoke wheels, pin-striping
>
>Good luck