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From: txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: What's a "stroker"
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:52:53 GMT

dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:


>OK, no funny business here, I really want to know. I have this t-shirt on today  
>that says "Have you hugged your stroker today?" (from S&S cycles) and people  
>are asking me what a stroker is and I'm not quite sure.

>Any bike with performance parts?
>A harley that's been bored out?

>I've heard the expression stroked-out, but it doesn't help me understand.

It refers to making the stroke longer. Different rods (shorter)
different (for Harley) wheels, with the point that the rod set
connects farther from the center.


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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: motos on TV
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:55:40 GMT
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug28.003809.1164@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>eeharvey@cybaswan.UUCP (i t harvey) writes:
>
>>It may push up the image of bikes but aren't all the 'Knights' breaking
>>the law by wearing dark tinted visors? The local bike shop won`t sell
>>you one unless you can produce a race license.
>
>Tinted visors are illegal in the UK?  No wonder we colonials rebelled!

Most U.S. states have laws restricting dark tinting on autos because too
many police were (allegedly) walking unsuspectingly into the barrels of
large handguns that they'd otherwise be able to see.  Perhaps in the UK
they just logically extended this to all vehicles.  (Anyone know if it's
possible to hide a Walther PPK inside your helmet, while riding?  :')
(Then again, maybe they've had some incidents with (yes, you _know_ what's
coming) illegal use of the Spagthorpe nostril-mounted grenade launcher.)
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:13:55 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Motorcycle Battery Chargers
	<1992Aug26.180809.1908@worldbank.org>

I've always used one of the little chargers sold by sears and auto
supply houses for $18 to $26.  They put out 1 to 2 amps, I think. 
Here's the deal with batteries:  Their enemy is HEAT.  The reason that
you are told not to put a m'cycle battery on a car charger is because
the charging rate causes heat build-up to the point where the battery
plates will buckle.  If you were able to cool the battery sufficiently,
you COULD charge it at 12 amps.

The reason you want to cut off the charge when its full is because what
heat there is, as well as the dissaociation of hydrogen and oxygen from
the charging process, causes the water to boil off, ultimately leaving
you with a dry, possibly trashed battery.

What I do is put my cheap, little charger (Mark Cervi's resistor in
series car charger will work as well) on a cheap timer.  If the battery
is rated at 10 amp hours and it is fully discharged I need 10 hours at 1
amp to fully charge it; it I have 1/2 amp available, it'll take 20
hours; 2 amps, 5 hours, and so on.  When I'm charging a new battery, or
using a new charger (I lose 'em when I move and I move a lot) or it's
summer I watch the battery for an hour to make sure it's not bubbling. 
Constant bubbling is a sure indication that the charging rate is too
great (generating too much heat).

So, no big mystery.  No need for expensive chargers.  HEAT and 
electrolyte are the keys.  Don't boil the fluid, make sure there IS
fluid.  Charge away.
   
-peter

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From: brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 93 Goof2
Keywords: goof2 cbr
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:22:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: apollo.Bu0DCp.5tw
Followup-To: brady_p@apollo.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <183tq6INNkq1@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
>
>I have looked very closely at the new 93 and talked at lenght 
>with the sales rep at All American Honda and Suzuki. When I
>told him about the rumor of the 93 suspension, he told me that was
>incorrect and that the ONLY differences were graphics and tires.
>
I just bought a 92 CBR, and I got the same info from 3 dealers in the
MA/NH area when I asked if the 93's were significantly different.

--pete
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From: essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum)
Subject: warped disk
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 13:44:32 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

i think i may have a slightly warped right front disk on my fzr (vibration
under braking at high speed - disappears under 100mph).  anyone know
if i can have it ground/turned/lathed flat again (disk is drilled)?
should i just buy a new disk?

axel
mail to ae0s@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Gas Leak - CB750
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:42:13 GMT

twalker@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Timothy M Walker) writes:

>My '81 CB750C is *pouring* gas out one of the rubber tubes.  I checked the 
>carb drain screws, and that's not the problem.  The gas is coming out as a 
>constant stream, it looks like from only one tube, but I can't tell where 
>the tube runs. 

You've got a stuck and/or worn needle valve. Since your bike is 11 years
old, you're probably due for replacing the needle valves. The tube that
the gas is coming out of is the overflow drain for the carb with the
bad needle valve. You'll have to pull the float bowl and float assembly
to get to the valve. It's a bit of a pain, but not terribly difficult if
you know which end of a screwdriver to use as a hammer. :-)

> It only occurs when the engine is running; when I kill 
>the engine the flow immediately trickles out and dies.

You've got a vacuum operated petcock, it only allows gas to flow when
the engine is running. If you had a manual petcock, your entire gas tank
would have drained through the defective carb.
-- 
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
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Road tip #3 (Spare key)
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 02:51:41 GMT

meb4593@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Michael Bain) writes:
>blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>-marct@vax2.concordia.ca (MARC A. TISSEUR) writes:

>- >     Consider taping a spare ignition key on a hidden part of your
>- >frame or inside your fairing in case you lose your main key.

>Or somebody throws it in the bushes 'cause he wasn't thrilled that you
>exceeded the speed limit by a factor of 2 ...

Sounds like in interesting tale in there somewhere. This person
wouldn't happen to come equipped with radar, a badge & an attitude
would he? That's the only way I can figure he was able to get close
enough to reach the key. :-)

>-          Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>Wasn't that great!!!  I actually didn't notice it until this trip,
>because I've always considered double yellows as optional.  It was
>nice that there was one less thing to get busted for ...

YES!  It was worth riding three states just to ride that road!
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Tue,  1 Sep 1992 10:08:49 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Road trip next summer....
	<1992Aug31.200120.9729@nsscmail.att.com>

cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii) writes:


>I-80 to Reno several years ago, and if you find yourself in the vicinity
>of a town called Antarctica (or was it South Pole?)

One of those, and it's in Utah.  I hitchhiked through there one winter. 
VERY fitting name.

-peter

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From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Help with Chain
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 02:56:39 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.002834.18993@ncsu.edu> jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:
>
>Recently I noticed that my chain was loose, very loose.  I
>managed to tighten it up but it is still making a lot of
>noise like when you put an old bike chain onto a new sprocket.
>Could this be because I let the chain get too loose and the 
>chain wore improperly?  Could it be the rear sprocket? 

I had a chain that got really loose once.  I managed to tighten it by
moving the rear axle back as far as it would go.  The chain still made
a lot of noise.  Then it fell off one day as I was trying to make a
left turn from a stop sign.  Therefore I do not recommend this
"repair" as a long-term solution.

> Is it
>a great big deal if the chain or sprocket has worn or will
>a  little bit of use make the two wear together again?

If your chain is badly stretched (yes, I KNOW it doesn't LITERALLY
"stretch," it just wears in a certain fashion, so please no more
flames from the technical police), then the spacing between the
rollers of the links increases.  No matter how worn your sprocket
gets, the spacing between teeth will never increase (though I
suppose if it wears down far enough, so that the diameter of the
gear shrinks, the spacing could DECREASE :-).

This is why just tightening the chain is not a permanent solution.
Net.wisdom seems to be that you should replace the chain and both
sprockets, at least if you intend to ride the bike much more.

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
-- '80 BMW R65   BMWMOA #36829   DoD #0969   NRA #CDF6091M
    ^^^^^^^^^^
    No more chains for me!  :-)
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BMW R100RS - Raise handlebar one inch
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:39:32 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Sep01.140721.12931@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
> Jeff Achenbach (achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com) wrote:
> : In article <1992Aug31.193349.21762@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
> : >In article <1992Aug31.015943.25770@wam.umd.edu> kkw@wam.umd.edu (Katarina Wong O'Gara) writes:
> : >>In article <1992Aug30.192940.1077@msus1.msus.edu> stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:
> : >>>	I need to raise the handelbar on a R100RS ('81) by
>                            ~~~~~~~~~~
> I tried Handelbars, they served good German lager but played loud classical 
> music all the time.

but handel spent most of his composing years in england... go figure!

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Question from a "Newbie"
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:42:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.185206.24782@isc-br.isc-br.com> carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
>In article <17dbj1INN5r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>In article 92Aug24124310@dante.nmsu.edu, kemery@nmsu.edu (Kendal Emery) writes:
>>>
>>>Can someone explain to me the reserve tank theory,  How gas gets
>>>into reserve tank..  ie. do I just fill up my tank and presto...
>>>gas is in reserve tank?  
>>
>>Yep.  There are two tubes in the bottom of the tank that carry the gas
>>out of the tank into the engine.  One is taller than the other, this is
>[remainder of actual explanation deleted]

>inhabitant of the net buys a bike, discovers he dosen't understand
>something, and says to himself "I'll just ask rec.motorcycles!  The
>Net is such a GREAT resource - people know everything!"  And true to
>form, he gets dozens of answers.  99.46% of them are worded quite
>seriously as if they were fact, but are actually inane confusing
>bullshit.  I'm disgusted with the whole group.  Is there NOTHING which
>isn't fair game for petty meanness and juvenile pranks?
>
>Note who gave the DECENT answer - a fellow who's been roundly flamed
>for his mean-spirited attitude and general irascible nature.  Will I
>_ever_ understand human behavior?

No.  I e-mailed the correct answer to Kendal the day his post appeared;
he's been sitting back laughing at the lot of us in the mean time.

So there.  Nyeah.

(I didn't tell him what DoD stands for, however.  I just wasn't in a
killing mood that day.)
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
From: raible@nas.nasa.gov (Eric Raible)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Meguirs doesn't work
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:13:53 GMT
	<1992Aug25.191752.21986@javelin.sim.es.com>
Reply-To: raible@nas.nasa.gov
Organization: Applied Research Office, NASA Ames Research Center


In article <1992Aug25.191752.21986@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:

   raible@nas.nasa.gov (Eric Raible) writes:

   >Perhaps the shoei shield is tougher than normal?  Either that or the
   >rest of you have a *lot* more patience than I.

   Exactly. That is, assuming your shield is similar to the stuff the Shoei
   X-8 and Arai Signet shields are made from. The stuff is a lot harder to
   scratch, so it's a lot more work to polish out the scratches. Oh, and
   you were using the "Cleaner", and not the "Polish", right? Start with
   the Cleaner, and follow up with the Polish, if necessary.

Yeah, I started (and ended) with the Cleaner.  Since it didn't do
anything, I didn't bother with the polish.  A "lot more work" in this
case would probably be a full hour of rubbing.  Doesn't sound like
that hard, but *you* try it.

The one thing that I did notice is that I seemed to be rubbing of some
sort of coating in the on test area where I concentrated my efforts.
Getting it *all* off would have been a MAJOR chore, and not getting it
*all* off would have made the shield unusable.  So I just punted.
When the shield gets bad enough, I'll just buy a new one....

   >Eric "I want instant results" Raible

   So howcome you're riding a little old 650 Hawk? :-)

[said threateningly] Oh yeah?  Oh YEAH?  Well, I'll show you... you...
		     you big bully you.

Eric "My Bike Handles Better Than Blaine's" Raible
From: miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: People with 83-85 Nighthawk 650's?
Date: 28 Aug 92 01:34:00 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Honda rated the 83 650 Nighthawk @ 72 hp at the crankshaft.
I have a friend who has over 55,000 miles on his and has THRASHED it from
Day-1 *after* break-in. It is just now showing signs of some wear in the
transmission (remarkable it hasn't exploded considering the abuse applied).
A decent running 650 Nighthawk should eat-chew-and-spit-out a GS500e, period.
From: rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 3 Sep 92 11:31:04 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <1992Sep2.072938.414@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>
>obmoto: i would imagine that this hurts more than bashing your balls on the
>tank.  do dirt bike riders wear cups? [women: a cup is a very hard plastic
>codpiece.  it protects said vital organs during such manly games as football, 
>where 22 big dudes take turns with 2s other big dudes bashing each other.]
>

FYI:
Cups are known as boxes in the UK. Interesting reversal of sexual organs, wot?


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From: tiok_kl@tac.fi (Kari Leminen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RGV Troubles
Date: 4 Sep 92 09:47:43 +0300
Organization: City of Tampere

In article <65085@cup.portal.com>, APLer@cup.portal.com (Roland Walter Besserer) writes:
> 
> I got a little tuning problem with my RGV250 and was wondering if
> anyone had something to offer. Here it goes.
> 
> The stock RGV250 (1991) runs great - as expected. I've had no
> carburation or any other problems riding it in California, mostly in
> the Bay Area and previously in LA (don't comment on that).
> 
> A while back I took the RGV to Willow Springs Raceway in the 
> southern California high desert - I guess elevation is about
> 3000 feet or so. I've raced a CBR600 and and RG500 at Willow 
> before.
> 
> Because of the desert heat (typically 90-120 degress F) and the
> elevation, one would conclude that the bike may run rich. So I
> took along a few smaller main jets just in case.
> 
> Once I got the bike started in wnet out on the track (very nice
> 2.5 mile track with a 100mph average speed by the way) I found that
> after only a couple of laps of trying to get up to speed, the bike
> would essentially shut down at about 9000 rpm. It really felt as
> if it was running out of fuel (fuel line and filter ok). I would
> come out of a turn and crack open the throttle at 9000rpm and get
> no response - it wouldn't rev at all. Closing the throttle 
> and coasting for a few seconds would sometimes solve it, but sometimes
> even that had no effect and I would coast almost to a stop until 
> suddenly all the power come back on.
> 
> I changed the plugs and did a plug-chop and looking at the plugs 
> showed that the bike was running too lean. I raised the needle
> but things stayed pretty much the same.
> 
> Any ideas what to try next time?
> 

-- 
   	Previous RG250 models have electrical valve in the carburettor
	that opens at about 5000rpm . 
	This manouver cleans up the cylinder cap and plugs before
	the real power band. If I remember correct ,this valve should 
	close when rpm is about 7500. If your RGV is equipped with this
	valve ,check that it works properly.   

> Thanx
> 
> roland   
 
        You're welcome
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From: johnny@ennex3.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: carrying moolah on long trips
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:14:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ of Texas at San Antonio

In article <5093@gdls.UUCP> parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
> A friend was talking to me about his european adventures--spending
> weeks on the autobahn, beer, sightseeing, new bike deliveries and etc...
> 
> It started me wondering, though, what are safe ways of carrying
> large amounts of money (or just guaranteeing access to a large supply
> of funds) over long periods of time while on a bike, away from home,
> and maybe out of the country?
> 
> I'd thought about putting two thousand dollars credit on my plastic and
> then using that, but there's got to be other ways...

	Try traveler's checks. I used American Express trav. chks. in  
Mexico recently and had no trouble with them. As you cannot use them  
everywhere ( just like a credit card), it is best to keep two days cash on  
hand just in case you cannot find a bank. If you cash it in at a bank,  
they will probably be able to work out the exchange rate with no  
diffuculty.
From: Ray_L_Curry@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Electronic Counter Measures
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 92 22:54:09 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>: On another (releated) note.  I had some guy (a customer) at a local
>: motorcycle shop  tell me that he just paid $1,200 for a detector system
>: that would tell wether there was an officer nearby (a few blocks away)
>: by detecting their radio.  I suspect he was either feeding me a line or
>: had been fed a line himself.  Has anyone else heard of such a system?
>:
>As the police car radio is likely to have a local osc. it is detectable.
>And it is possible to tell what band is being used.  As anyone who uses
>a scanner in Perth can tell you.  Or anyone without a UK TV licence.

The systems that I have seen detect the frequency of the little hand held
police radios that act as a link to the car.  These have their own band and
it's narrow and detectable.  The cars radio acts as a repeater to the normal
police band when the officer is out of the car.  Since they don't want to 
have to remember to turn on the unit before leaving the car, the usual practice
is to turn the link on and leave it.  Any radio transmission to the car is
therefore sent on the special band and is detected.  The detectors work pretty
well but of course if there isn't any radio traffic or if the officer doesn't
have it on or doesn't have a belt radio, etc. etc.  I don't know that the 
range is good enough if your offense is noticeable from a distance.
   I have always wanted to get up to Advanced License as a ham and experiment 
with on board radar... To be able to spot traffic or trouble, just over the 
horizon.  A Ham radio operator can transmit 2000 watts rms; a good radar would
have a 10% or less duty cycle, say 20,000 watts or even 40,000 watts peak,
wonder what that would do to a hand held radar unit's front end.  Sorry officer
,that's a licensed and legal radio transmitter that just caused your radar to 
melt. 8)
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