HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wearing a helmet
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:56:49 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Aug11.183644.9850@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.165950.1992@mtxinu.COM> choke@mtxinu.COM (Sean Gallaty) writes:

>>I just had to buy a new helmet after taking a headfirst dive onto pavement 
>>	on a 5 mhp spill.  I bumped into the back of a car that I improperly
>>	took my attention off of in heavy traffic, landed on the handlebars
>>	and when the bike fell, I landed right on the top of my head.  Without
>>	the helmet, I probably would have seen the car stopping ...

>Wait, say that again.  You weren't paying attention to the car in
>front of you in heavy traffic, and hit it, but you would have seen it
>if you weren't wearing a helmet?

I think I see what the problem is here. He was wearing the helmet back
to front, an easy mistake for a novice, especially with the
fashionable dark visors. You're supposed to put the helmet on with
the window opening at the front. That way you can see the traffic in
front of you. Simple really. I wonder how much of the anti-helmet
stuff is due to simple basic misapprehensions like this?
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Loose Helmet Visor 
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 17:57:29 GMT

I have a Shoei TF280 (I picked it up while I was still a student) which
is developing a rather annoying problem. Now, on about half of my
shoulder checks at high speed, my shield flips up and I get a rather
surprising blast of air and crud kicked up by trucks in my face. The Harley
crowd may think that this is fun but dentists are expensive, my glasses
are reasonably new and I usually have a good breakfast before I leave for
work.

I tried adjusting the angle and placement of the shield but that did not
help much. The shield is the same as that on the RF series helmets 
but the mechanics are *not* interchangeable (the two screws on each side
of the helmet don't have the same spacing as on the RF). Too bad, because 
we have an old RF helmet that had only a much milder (and easily 
tolerable) version of shield-flip-up-itis.

Are the TF280s particularly bad for this? Is there a fix?  

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From: kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Summary: Duuuuuh.
Date: 16 Aug 92 20:47:37 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <1992Aug14.201502.306011@locus.com>, dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:

> >>Who else has discovered that countersteering does not appear to work
> >>correctly on shaft-drive motorcycles?

        [ sensible reply removed to save space ]

> Here we go again, with physics and all that. Everytime someone utters
> "countersteering" it isn't maybe 20 minutes later that someone goes
> and drags physics into it! I can barely believe it! On top of that,
> none of my bikes ever studied physics!
> 
>   Now, do you think it is shaft-effect which cancels out the counter-
> steering input?
> 
>   Is this more pronounced on bikes with longer rake and trail ?
 
	Bikes with more rake and trail will steer more slowly.  You
appear to know this, yet your bike has (I presume) still not studied
any physics.  Countersteering is not affected by a final shaft drive.
As someone recently noted, if it were the shaft drive cancelling the
steering effect of countersteering, it would work for one steering
direction and not the other.  

	More importantly, if countersteering does not work on your
bike, you cannot steer.  Whether you directly countersteer or
indirectly, all steering is ultimately done by countersteering.  I
quote from Code's 'A Twist of the Wrist':

	Countersteering is the only way you can direct a motorcycle to
steer accurately.  This is, in fact, how you've been steering your
motorcycle all the time, whether you knew it or not.  You cannot steer
a motorcycle simply by leaning it.  You can get it to veer off in
either direction by leaning your weight off to one side at low speeds,
but that isn't steering.

	 So, this is all in your head.  Maybe your bike steers more
slowly than another bike you've ridden, but it has little or nothing
to do with the shaft drive.  

						Kevin
From: daved@convex.com (David Dorfman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:25:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: convex.daved.713816707
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <24879@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:

>In article <daved.713803311@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:

>There isn't anything wrong with the Harley rebel image. You just made
>the mistake of supposing this young lady was talking about a ride on
>your motorcycle. In fact she was telling you that that she only wanted
>to be ridden by a Harley owner. It's well known that Harley owners have
>much bigger dicks than Honda owners.
>-- 
>Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
>Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
	      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

From the quality of your post I see the artificial Intelligence Dept has 
a long way to go, next time use your own brain.


>5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Braking Distances (was Re: Scooters and a non-flame for RKOU)
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:41:12 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Distribution: usa
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH

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

>as i recall from shopping for a bike and the old cage'n'dribblers i used to
>read ('til i got better :-), the bikes were going 60-0 in about 115-125 feet,
>while the cage tests were 70-0.  the best recorded at the time was a corvette
>at 142 (abs-equipped); normal cages took 170-200 feet.  unfortunately, the
>rags don't use the same speed, so direct comparison is out.  but i'm sure the
>physics wizards here can convert this data for us .... :-)

okay, we're starting to get some comparisons here.  I watch Motorweek
on PBS pretty often, and it seems like the cars they test brake from
60-0 in between 110-130 feet.  When they get one that stops at around
115 they usually comment somehting like "stops quickly at 115 feet" and when
they stop in the 130 range they call it "long".

So it looks like they stop in about the same distance, on average, with 
enough variation to make it almost meaningless.  What it comes down to,
IMHO, is keep a good distance from the car in front of you, and watch your ass.

But then, we already knew that!
-- 
   Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH  03766
                         bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu        
             I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If it says RoadKill RoadKill RoadKill on the Label Label Label
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:10:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug17.191014.13397
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug14.174746.21283@informix.com> dboyd@informix.com writes:
>In article <16b44fINNn8@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green -  
>Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>> 
>> The only road kill at the RCR came in little cans for $1 each.  So,
>> Diana, how was it?
>> 
>
>
>Road Kill in a Can, who would ever have thought? Straight from Daytona, by way  
>of the RCR, to me on the west coast.
>
>I haven't touched it yet, I thought I'd save it for some special event. I could  
>raffle it off at the next joust after we're way into the 2nd keg.
>
>Then again, it would make a great come-on. "Hey, want to come over and share a  
>can of Road Kill and a can of Bud?"
>
>---------------------
>
>THE ORIGINAL ROAD KILL (7 stixs)
>
>"The Choice of Discriminating Bikers"

naw.... not sticks.

A friend of a friend (if anyone _really_ cares, I can get more info)
marketed "Road Kill Jerky" a few years ago.  It was basic mass produced
beef jerky, with the exception of the shape - it was carefully formed
into the shape of flattened 4-legged critters, complete with a tire
tread embossed into the surface.

Of course, I nominate it as the official snack food of the DoD.
(Aw, what the hell.  I nominate myself as the Keeper of the Edible Varmints.)

If there is enough interest, I could try and obtain a batch, though I
don't know if it's still in production or not.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
	So just where did George Bush get the idea that he gets to
			decide policy for the U.N.?
From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harleys are OUT, Porches are IN!
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:40:24 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <1992Aug19.190451.17134@lclark.edu> garyb@lclark.edu (Gary Bliefernich) writes:
>
>>From: YuppieScum@Dollars.more.more.COM (Yuppie Scum)
>>Subject: Harleys are OUT, Porches are IN!
>
>>I cannot understand why any man with balls would ride a Harley
>>Davidson motorcycle or any other motorcycle when the PORCHE
>>is clearly the thing to have.  Dump those silly toys, little
>>boys and get into the real thing.  PORCHES!!!!  Harleys,
>>motorcycles, hah!  Whatdayagonna put your golf clubs in?
>>End of article 32957 (of 33110)--what next? [npq]
>

I have two PORCHES attached to my house. What's that got to do with bikes? I
guess I could park on the porch, but I have a large driveway and a two car
garage. 

Jeff Achenbach
achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RE Mr. Small
Date: 17 Aug 1992 18:51:30 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 20202@usenet.ins.cwru.edu, jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>
>An organization that would rather kill 7 people than
>take the bad PR that comes with halting a shuttle launch when it was
>know before hand that the O-rings were bad.

Yeah, right.  I happen to know Mary Shafer is in charge of every
program at NASA, and she is personally responsible for every decision.

Get a fuckin life, pal.

>An idiotic reply to an idiotic comment.

No, just an idiot.

---
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...
From: scooper@cse.ucsc.edu (Scott Cooper)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Gonna take the plunge
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:20:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
NNTP-Posting-Host: wiyot.ucsc.edu


	Okay, I'm finally going to bite the bullet and buy a bike, and I'm
going to make it a good one.  I got alot of helpful response to a previous
post, mostly to the effect that the Honda Hawk is a cool bike, but 
since then I have fallen for the Kawi EX500.

	So, I am looking at the Kawi, the Honda Hawk, and the Yamaha
Seca II.  I was looking at the Suzuki Bandit as well, but most of the
response I got concerning it was negative (any happy owners to refute 
this?).  I don't want to start a war but I'd love to have some 
honest discussion about the merits of these bikes for a first-timer.

	Any of them should be better than my Yamaha Riva scooter!
	(50ccs of pure zzzzzzzzzip!)

Scott Cooper
scooper@arapaho.ucsc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: Terry.Baldridge@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Terry Baldridge)
Subject: Re: VF700F parts fo' sale....
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: na,rec
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:17:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug6.085333.14261@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> rkb@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug05.150217.15189@i88.isc.com>,
>jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes: 
>> I though Peavey made the Eliminator, and Fender made the Stratocaster?
>> -- 
>> Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
>
>It's the kit form, Jonathan, made by a third party with no interest but
>exploiting the fine name of mediocre guitars.
>
>Cris Bare    '83 ES175D (Gibson)

Mediocre guitars???  Oh, I can put up with people saying rice rockets
are better than HDs, or even FJ1200s are better than R100GSs (since 
I have a K-bike).  I can even put up with people saying Fords are better
than Chevys (since I have an old wore out Dodge pickup).  But the
thought of someone implying that Fenders are second class guitars
sends my blood to boiling (like a solid week of temps, humidity, and
chances of rain all in the 90's hasn't done it).  As a current '92
Fender Strat SRV signature edition owner (well it really is my wife's,
but when she is at work, gone to store, or asleep I can play it if I
put it back in the case so that she can't tell that I had it out) I
can tell you they are one of the finest axes available.  Just ask
my neighbors, they can tell you how it sounds.  And as a FORMER Gibson
20th aniversity edition Les Paul owner, I have something to compare
it too.

I'll be glad when it gets winter so I can ride again.

terry
--
terry.baldridge@bbs.oit.unc.edu   -----   xp2729@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu
              BMW: The Ultimate RIDING Machine

--
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From: steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Apostrophes and air horns
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:42:15 GMT
Reply-To: steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier)
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Carolina State University

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier) writes:
>>In article <WARKENTI.92Aug7105650@syscad8.CAE.Mitel.Com>
>>>While I'm sure that you and perhaps others find this a fascinating
>>>topic, worthy of detailed analysis and much thought, I fail to see its
>>>relevance in any way, shape, or form to motorcycles... 
>>Obviously, you've never gotten a flat after riding over an apostrophe.
>>Lemme tell ya', the business end o' dem things is *real* pointy!
>But if the pointy end is up, can it still be called an apostrophe?

Actually, the apostrophe starts out in the usual manner with its point
oriented downward.  The front tire rides over the top of the apostrophe,
and then either the tackiness of the rubber or the grip of the tread
excites and momentarily flips the quantum state of the apostrophe, setting
it up for easy penetration of the rear.

After penetration of the rear has been consummated, the rotating tire
still allows the apostrophe to periodically obtain its correct orientation;
correct orientation being defined by the user/abuser.  Empirical evidence
shows that the apostrophe really doesn't care.

Go ahead.  Keep your mind out of the gutter!
;-)
Steve Garnier - DoD #00000005 - '79 XS1100SF w/ 157K+ miles and *climbing*
KotF (Flame),  KotAM (Anecdotal Motorcycle),  The Daemon's Byte
steve@bucolix.ece.ncsu.edu       "Ineluctably Prolix" - John Norman Sims, Jr.
Come an' get it!  Served up nice an' *hot*!!  Get yer FREEEEE *logorhea*!!!
From: weigl@sibelius.inria.fr (Konrad Weigl)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 16 Aug 92 13:38:28 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)

In article <daved.713803311@convex.convex.com>, daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:

|> So I ask , what good is the harley REBEL image when it has been so
|> co-opted by the fashionable yuppie society, that young mothers would 
|> ask a harley owner for a ride. It appears that Harley 
|> owners of recent vintage are just buying a fashionable status accesory.

True, down here on the french riviera, too, unfortunately...

My advice, convert vehicle to rat bike, no danger of being taken for 
yuppie...

...plus _lots_ of attention... 
(...So you drove one of these in WWII?...Hm, sorry sir, _this_ bike is
only seven years old (!!!!!!)...)

Konrad Weigl               Tel. +33 93 65 78 63
Projet Pastis              Fax  +33 93 65 76 43
INRIA                      email weigl@sophia.inria.fr
B.P. 93
06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex 
France
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Bob Pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 21 Aug 92 09:24:57 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <BD.92Aug21081406@fluent.UUCP>, bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:
> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Bob Pasker) writes:
>>i prefer the mafia's line: "revenge is a dish best serve cold."
> This ain't no mafia line - anyone got a Bartlett's handy?  It was either
> some old Greek, or a much more recent Brit.

and others have suggested ricardo montelban.

now, if you folks don't learn to agree, i'm going to have to have some
of my friends come around and BREAK YOUR KNEECAPS.  we wouldn't want
that to happen, would we?

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Brad LaBroad)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Can't find Meguirs.  Toothpaste?
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:05:17 GMT
Reply-To: bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pokey Folk on Parade

In article <Stafford-210892161029@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.234041.15158@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>,
>hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 	I've called every bike shop in the area.  Nobody has even EVER
>> 	heard of Meguirs(sp?) plastic polish/cleaner for plastic.
>
>Sorry to hear that.
>I'll send you a brand new bottle.  On me.
>
>It's really that good.  I want you to try it.


I've called every bike shop in the area. Nobody has even EVER
heard of Ducati 907 IE. 



--
Bradlee T. LaBroad                             read & write & ride & juggle
 bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com                        It's a tough job but 
   GB_500 DoD#389                                somebody gets to do it.
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Going into the closet
Date: 13 Aug 1992 18:23:10 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 2393@ncsu.edu, jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:

>so I wrote the KotL and told
>him of my urges and expected him to say something like
>
>And well, I got no response and well, I tried again and 
>got no response and so 

Sheeze!  A guy goes out of town for a week, spends another week
answering *important* mail, and then gets 18 notes saying, "hey, didn't
you get my mail or what?" as if, if he didn't, he would get this one
anyway.

You young wipper-snappers have grown up in the world of microwaves and
electronic motorcycle ignitions.  Too much instant gratification.
Nobody wants to work at anything.  Next thing you know you'll all have
an orgasmatron in your den.

Patience is a virtue.  Now shut the hell up and wait your turn.

---
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...
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: lawyers... (or how to loose your lunch)
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:18:08 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

the local lawfirm of kraven, morris, & schulock (screw the spelling)
does what they call public service ads every now and then. I'm sure
your town has it's share of them. the latest one really tops all the
ones I've seen. "Lefty" Morris (yea, there's an honest sounding name),

  "if you're in an accident and the other driver is at fault, the 
   law allows you exemplary damages so you can _punish_ the driver
   and _set an example_ for others..."

the chunk of dill pickle that I had just swallowed almost hit the
tube when it came back up with the rest of my lunch.

<diety-of-choice> help us...

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@zx11.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why is a Harley so easy to push?
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:38:39 GMT
Expires: 31 Aug 92 05:00:00 GMT
Followup-To: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
Organization: Computervision Corp., Bedford, Ma.

|In article <Stafford-130892105241@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
|>In article <1992Aug13.043619.21154@wixer.cactus.org>,
|>lestat@wixer.cactus.org (Lyle J. Mackey) wrote:
|>> 
|>> In article <Stafford-120892160753@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
|>> >
|>> >Q: Why is a Harley so easy to push?
|>> 
|>> A: Because they have to be.
|>> 
|>> If they were as hard to push as a LeadWing, you couldn't get 'em to the garage
|>> when they broke.


Yah, garages, roadsides and the backs of pick'em up trucks 8-)...


Rich Bemben - DoD #0044                     rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
[  This Space For Rent       ]              (617) 275-1800 x 4173
The street giveth and the street taketh away - Catmother
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Re: Another miracle - insurance rebate?
Date: 18 Aug 92 00:27:48 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <71212@apple.Apple.COM> ramarren@Apple.COM wrote:
> With auspices like this, it *must* be getting close to Ducati time.

Webster's:

aus-pice n. [L auspicium, fr. auspic-, auspex diviner by birds, fr. avis 
bird+specere to look, look at ...] 1. observation by an augur esp. of the 
flight and feeding of birds to discover omens.

Isn't there something kinda twisted about a Ducatisto in training reading
the future by killing ducks?

Oh, and the answer to the time issue would be "Yeah, I sure hope so."

> =====
> Godfrey DiGiorgi | ramarren@apple.com | DoD #0493
> "Ducatisto In Residence"
> Ducati 750GT, Honda VFR700FII Interceptor, Ducati 250 Mk 3
> =====

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