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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:14:00 GMT
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <RAIBLE.92Jul22131402@wk43.nas.nasa.gov> raible@nas.nasa.gov writes:
>
>In article <1992Jul22.133428.12028@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>
>   Probably learned how to ride by watching TV. The other one I like is
>   dweebs that make turns with their feet down. Hey, this ain't dirt! If
>   that foot touches at 25-30mph, you're going be doing some sudden
>   gymnastics.
>
>That's nonsense.  I occasionally touch my feet down at speed to check
>for gravel on the road, and just to get used to the sensation of my
>boots touching.
>
>Once you realize that a light touch is no big deal, it's a lot less
>scary when you occasionally drag the boot in a turn.
>
>Eric "No nickname yet" Raible


There's a difference between experimenting with something you expect to
experience (personally, I never intend to drag a foot on the ground)
and dragging your feet because you have no self confidence in your ability
to control the machine at low speed.  One of the little skills
that I always "challenge" myself with is immediately placing both feet
on the pegs as soon as I'm in motion, then continuing across the
intersection in a straight line (and the same direction I was pointed
to begin with) with _no_ motion of the steering head.  It's not a
difficult skill to master, and is one more skill to apply to any low
speed situation.  I routinely come to full stops at stop signs, and start
up again, without my feet ever leaving the pegs at all, and with no loss
of directional control.  Folks, it's not hard.  Hell, it's even fun!
If you practice doing everything with smooth, fluid motions at low speed,
you eventually get better at doing the same at higher speeds.
Try getting the feel of a continuous power application from stop to
high gear, instead of short bursts of power accented by gear changes
sometime; it's a pleasant, graceful feeling.
--
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com                                        Naperville, IL
'71 CL450-K4 "Gleep"  -   "Worth Reposession"
DoD #094,  PBF #03  "I'm not mad; just terribly, terribly hurt."  HDM #007
From: ssuhouns@SUMA1.RDG.AC.UK (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wet Tired and Home.
Date: 31 Jul 92 15:10:07 GMT

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wet, Tired and Home!

pooder@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Don Fearn) writes:
 
>In article <1992Jul28.210730.15540@athena.cs.uga.edu>, weaver@castor.cs.uga.edu (Mike Weaver) writes:

>|>
>|> I don't know about the fuel pump. Was that the thing that whined so loud?
>|>

>On a BMW-K the fuel pump does make a funny noise, but not a whine
>not for lond at a time.  The constant whirring sound that would be
>audible over 'Tude's  V-twin's mellifluous rumbling is the cam chain.
>Some Yamahoppers sound the same.

Well, I don't know about yours, but on my K100RT, the noisiest^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
noisist^H^H^H^H^H^H^H  bugger^H^H^H^H^H^H loudest(!!) thing is the fuel pump
;-)
It gets louder the hotter it gets.  Probably somthing to do with evaporation.



Paul

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From: gilbertb@hplsla.hp.com (Gilbert Bailey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Price for Honda GL650 ???
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:41:54 GMT
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA

I have the opportunity to make an offer on a 1983
Honda GL650 Silverwing.  The bike is in good condition
with around 7000mi.  It has a removable passenger seat
with a back rest/rack combination that can be replaced
with a small lidded box (trunk ???).  A Plexifaring (sp?)
is the only added option.  What would be a fair offer
to make?? I know, I know. As cheap as possible.  I just
don't want to take advantage of the old guy who bought
it new.

Gilbert(x'80 Yamaha 850 Special owner, want'n to ride again)Bailey
From: root@ESD.3Com.COM (Andy Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Toyota  was< Please buy my cage, so I can buy a bike!>
Date: 23 Jul 92 22:24:10 GMT
Distribution: usa

aki@nimbus@UUNET.UU.NET writes:

>In article <1992Jul23.145911.9104@socrates.umd.edu> rowell@socrates.umd.edu
>(William Rowell) writes:
>>1991 TOYOTA MR2 Turbo, Aquamarine Pearl. Loaded. $15,500 Or best offer.
>>Features:
>>        5-Speed manual, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Anti-Lock brakes,
>>        Driver's side Airbag, Power locks/windows/antenna/mirrors, Fog Lights,
>>        7-speaker stereo with CD player, T-Tops, 7-way bucket driver's seat w/
>>        Lumbar, Leather wrapped steering wheel, shifter, and hand brake.


>hmm...are you sure it's a cage?  Count the tires..sounds like a Hondabago to
>me! :)

Speaking of which.  How come Toyota doesn't make motorcycles??
I'm sure they can grab a share of the market.

andyc@zen.cso.3com.com
From: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: FZR1000
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:44:20 GMT

Hi,

	I am interested in people's opinions on the Yamaha FZR1000 from
any year.  Please reply to this address.  Thanks !
-- 
Robert H. Yang               | DoD # 0593
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.	     | '92 CBR600F2 "It hisses on snakes."
RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU | AMA # 642916

   "Society cannot change until persons change.  We have hope for the
    future because we have seen persons change." - from "I'm OK, You're OK"
From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Igntion noise on Radio?
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:49:21 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


On the way home from the RCR, my wife bought a little
walkman radio/cassette player to keep her mind
from turning to mush. I
tried it out. We were sitting in the parkling lot
of a gas station while i fitted and adjusted it etc.

When we got on the road, I could hear my engine noise
on the radio. When i revved the engine it got louder,
when i slowed down it got quieter etc.

Anybody have this problem? Anybody got a fix


Jack Tavares     tavares@ctron.com <- use this address
DoD# 0570	BMWMOA# 58278	AMA# 651191	BMWRA#  16087
(stop me before I join again!)
83 R80ST	79 KZ LTD 400H (for sale) 
Disclaimer: Cabletron could care less!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:31:16 GMT


	I have noticed so many riders leaving intersections, parking lots
	etc. with their feet dangling down 1" above the road.  Where
	does one learn this?  Is this stupid and unecessary(sp?), or is
	it just me?  
	
	It reminds me of a kid learning to ride a bicycle, afraid to
	fall and get a boo-boo on the elbow etc.  Now, with all the flaming
	going on here with respect to the HOG/Jap war, I'll say something
	else.  I do find that at least locally (your mileage may vary) that
	most HOG riders are into the 'image thing'.  I do also say that 
	many HOG riders seem to know very well the techniques and skills
	required to manouvre bikes.  But it goes all to hell when I see a HOG
	rider dragging his feet and not signalling or stopping while
	leaving a parking lot onto a busy road.  Of course, I DO see lots
	of Jap squids too.  If I was a HOG rider, I'd be pissed at these
	HOG-squids, much as I am at Jap squids.  (I would be intersted in
	knowing he relative %'s of squidness in the 2 camps. Start voting!). 

	Well, anyhow, people in BOTH groups do it.  If you can't balance the
	machine at slow speed, either learn to do it right, or get the hell
	of of it!  Keep your feet on those pegs!!  (er, except for stopping!)

	
	Have a nice life,
	Craig Hamm
 
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	"What do you mean, 'the thesis was due yesterday' ?"

	'81 Maxim 650
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Anyone got a saucer helmet? (was: Re: More Helmet Stuff)
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:49:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Jul21.144941.25587
Distribution: usa
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Jul20.190116.27574@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
...
>While we're at it let's also outlaw smoking & unsafe sex.  I don't understand
>why I have to pay for people addicted to cigarettes or people willing to
>risk getting AIDS.
>
>Society should no longer pay for AIDS patients unless the patient can
>demonstrate they contracted the disease through involuntary behavior
>(i.e., blood transfusion, dentist, etc)

Give me the legal description of politically correct sex, and I'll
give you a scenario or two where one partner can be unknowingly and
inadvertantly exposed to HIV.

>and we should no longer pay for
>lung cancer or other diseases caused by smoking.

This is true, but the same problem exists here as with trying to
eliminate the "temporary" institution of Social Security.  We,
as an aggregate, have created the monster; the only way to eliminate
the need for a monster-sized pooper scooper is to kill the beast first.

--
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com                                        Naperville, IL
'71 CL450-K4 "Gleep"  -   "Worth Reposession"
DoD #094,  PBF #03  "I'm not mad; just terribly, terribly hurt."  HDM #007
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
Subject: Re: Why have 2 throttle cables?
Organization: Bit Herders International
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:30:28 GMT

In article <l6pe28INNr05@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> dlady@duncan.cs.utk.edu (Don Lady) writes:
+In article <1992Jul16.183336.24367@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
+|> In article <1992Jul16.151715.12876@bnr.ca>, space@bwdlh522.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:
+|> > Any one know why there are 2 cables?
+|> 
+|> US Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations that motorcycles have
+|> a positive throttle return.
+-- 
+Then why doesn't a Yamaha Venture Royale have one?

Shhhhhhh!

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From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: GATO Camera From Hell (tm)
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:05:21 GMT

stets@stets.novalis.public.sub.org (Thomas Stets) writes:
: dug@hpopd.pwd.hp.com writes in article <49140040@hpopd.pwd.hp.com>:
: >
: > > Warning to UK bikers: Where the M4 (Highway to Hell (tm)) joins
: > > London (Hell (tm)), the filth have put one of their f**king
: > > little boxes.  It is on the incoming side, on the left, just
: > > where the limit goes from 70 to 50!
: >
: > It would appear that in Germany, people were stealing these cameras, after all,
: > you get a good quality SLR, with motordrive and bulk film loader, plus a
: > monster flash gun.  When they couldn't keep up with the rate they were being
: > stolen at, they gave up.
: >
: 
: Hm, that's new to me. Here in Stuttgart there are lots of stationary
: radar-cameras. And the police is using the portable version, too.
: It seems, they haven't given up yet. (too bad... :-(  )
: 
: And I've never heared that they've been stolen. Although I've read
: a story in the newspaper about a woman who mistook one of those portable
: "radar-traps" for a grill. She thought somebody had put it out for the
: garbage-truck to pick it up. So she stopped, put it into her car...
: ...and was stopped by the police a few minutes later who wanted
: their property back :-)
: 
: 
: MfG Thomas Stets
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My friend, Graham, would like to know about the location of these cameras.  He
is English and works at SEL.  Tel. 0711 8215775.  Tell him that Nick asked you
to call, he will be very grateful.  He rides an FJ1200 (125BHP).  He is going
to the bike show/fest at the weekend.

Nick             DoD 1069

42 ?

"Just another brick (flying) in the wall"  -Pink Fluoride
From: gxw@crosfield.co.uk (garry wilmot)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: cars-v-bikes
Keywords: brakes,corners
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:51:23 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Food for thought!

the following questions have been causing some debate among my
friends and I.

1)   how does the braking performance of todays supersports 750`s
compare with cars.

2)   will such a supersports motocycle take a corner faster than
a comparable super car.

any comments/figures out there, purely as a matter of interest.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Help with oil leak!
Summary: low compression
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:21:12 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.164723.7258@znext.uucp> erika@znext.uucp
(erik astrup) writes:
>mulman@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Mike Ulman) writes:
>: My Honda twin leaks oil from the cylinder head. I'm losing compression (93
>: left, 100 right rather than the 180-200 psi listed in Clymer) and the bike is
>: very sluggish and won't surpass 55 mph.
>
>	No doubt it runs like crap. By the sound of it (93/100 psi) you
>need new rings. 

Or a head gasket, or valves, and/or a new head.

>: I'd like to replace the head gasket but it seems like a very big job for a
>: novice since everything has to be removed to get to it.

You won't learn how until you try it.  Don't worry about
making mistakes; just commit yourself to following through
until you find the mistakes and correct them.

>	You need to do more than just replace the head gasket. If your
>compression is really that low, your rings are gone.

Bullshit.  Nobody can tell what the problem is based
on the description above.

>: Do you think that I can do the repair
>: myself? How long would it take to do the job (I'm going away for August and
>
>	If your a mechanical novice, your in for a potentially long a
>frustrating battle.

No need to be such a defeatist.  I was able to do it
without too much trouble the first time I tried.  Buy
the right tools as you need them.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@forel.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: HELP: Tuning a Honda CB350/4
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:34:01 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.165813.12828@ttinews.tti.com>,
paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:
|> In article <13802.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
|> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)  writes:
|> 
|> Synthetic rubber comes from the sap of synthetic rubber trees.
|> One of the big environmental problems now-a-days is the
|> disappearance
|> of synthetic rubber tree forests.  After all, when was the last time
|> you saw one???   These forests are the natural habitat of the mock
|> turtle and the nauga which are also disappearing as a consequence. 
                  ^^^^^^
BTW does anyone know the months for the 92 Fall hunting season for
nauga's
in Nevada or Calif, I'm restoring a 69 Waggoneer and want to acquire as
much of the raw materials for it as possible and uncolored or natural
naugahyde is very expensive and difficult to obtain here in PA/NJ. I
also
want to find one big enough  so that I can do the whole headliner in
one
piece. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx.
Rich
I guess I'll have to go over to rec.mil to find an outlet
for baffle cleaner.

|> That is the main reason for the rise in price of mock turtle soup
|> and
|> naugahyde.
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From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Please wear a helmet
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:37:31 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 24JUL199218570977@mpx0.lampf.lanl.gov, wbetts@mpx0.lampf.lanl.gov (Betts, Wayne J.) writes:
>
>Discalimer:  Since I have no idea what's going on around me, and nobody ever
>talks to me, these views and opinions must certainly be mine alone
>(or perhaps they come from the demon that talks to me incessantly, 
>but nobody else seems to hear.)

That's daemon.  His name is Geeky.  He talks to me, too.


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From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
Subject: Re: Women get off easier and more often (Was Re: Cops... )
Reply-To: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com
In-reply-to: sievertl@hpcc01.corp.hp.com's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:02:03 GMT
Organization: You wouldn't ask this if you'd seen my desk.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 18:52:15 GMT

In article <3880091@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>, sievertl@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Lisa Sieverts) writes:

> I'll grant you a _very_ slight possibility that women are less likely to
> actually receive a ticket when driving a cage (it is a sexist world,
> after all), but I'd be very surprised at any such advantage for
> female motorcyclists.  

Why would you expect a difference?  Why wouldn't women get
the same advantage, regardless of vehicle?
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slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com                       Sunnyvale, CA   94088
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From: srs@grant.ncd.com (Steve Stilwill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Old Husky Wanted
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:11:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: lupine.12190
Organization: Network Computing Devices, Mt. View, CA, USA


I'm looking for a OLD (pre'74) Husky 250. Must be in the Bay Area. HELP
From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Braking Secrets of the Pros Revealed
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:03:22 GMT
Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA

Wednesday July 29 1992 00:22, Manish Vij wrote to All:

 MV> MSF teaches that you get maximum braking _without_ locking either wheel,
 MV> because the coefficient of sliding friction (tire against slab) is much
 MV> lower than the coefficient of sliding friction for brake pad against
 MV> rotor.

They also tell you that only years of successful racing teaches someone to
perform full modulation braking. The CHP solution is for normal mortals.

For an average rider, who isn't trained by years of racing, the fastest
stop is most likely a full locked rear tire (held locked until the moto
comes to a complete stop) and as much front brake as can be grabbed.

John

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From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: New Bike Financing Advice Sought.
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:18:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
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rich@gtsi.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:
: In article <76766@ut-emx.uucp> noah@astro.as.utexas.edu (Noah Smith) writes:
: >	1) The dealership financing is 10% down, 15.99% interest.
: 
: This is actually not too bad. Rates of 22% are not uncommon today.
:
   You haven't been keeping up with the financial news lately.  Interest
rates are *down*.  Mortgage rates are at their lowest since 1973 and
consumer loans are following that trend.
 
: >	3) Many banks offer "unsecured personal loans". They may
: >	   have slightly higher interest rates (?) But the loan
: >	   could be for an arbitrary amount.
: 
: Yep. The alternative is the "secured loan" which basically requires that
: you have the money in the first place (never figured that one out). Note
: that the arbitrary amount has a cap equal to your credit rating, of course.

   In the case of a car or motorcycle the title to the vehichle is the
'security'.  If you don't pay, they reposess.  This is one reason banks are
a little leary of making loans on bikes.  They don't want to be stuck
with a bike they can't sell for the value of the remaining loan.
Also, this is why the bank *requires* comprehensive insurance on a car
or bike that they hold the title on.  If the bike gets lost or destroyed
the insurance pays off the loan.

: 
: Stay AWAY from variable rates unless you are a) an economist and b) an
: accountant. As I pointed out, anything below 15% is not astronomical these
:
   I have to agree.  Variable rate loans *suck*.  Avoid them.
 
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