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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: no respect for u-locks (was: Re:  Just back from my vacation ...)
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:49:31 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Aug11.191040.14032@novell.com> mvij@novell.com (Manish Vij) writes:

>The local biker gurus have respect for the Cobralinks locks; I got a
>4' model which is .75 inches thick (the cheapest, at $113) and it looks
>nasty.  Plus, living in Berkeley, a 7-lb chain can always come in handy
>when your tae kwon do fails you.

A recent UK bike magazine tested a number of locks to destruction,
using portable tools of the kind which professional thieves might
have, such as powered cutting discs, hydraulic jacks, bolt cutters,
and oxy-acteylene cutting torches. They managed to tear the cobra-link
out of its locking mechanism in a few minutes using a jack. The
toughest lock they found was the Abus Granit with its specially
hardened hexagonal chain.
-- 
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
From: dnd@ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Liberals maligned (was: Goof2 Stolen at Gunpoint)
Date: 20 Aug 92 11:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: dnd@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Organization: Dept Electrical and Electronic Eng, Manchester University, UK


Ed Green, former Ninjaite writes:-
>Folks, liberal is not the only thing to be, if you don't want to be
>conservative.

yes, you could always be dead!
(as in better dead than red!)

the social renegade

PS if my m/c keeps exploding, breaking down etc, nd generally being uncooperative
does that make it an anarchist?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: darell@island.COM (Darell Dickey)
Subject: Re: Speaking of Fiamms...
Organization: Island Graphics Corp.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 21:34:00 GMT

>They ain't that loud.  I tried them on my bike last night, and they were
>disappointing.  Maybe that's because I'd only mounted one so far.  We'll
>see whether the double dose is better.


I didn't want to be the first to mention this, I figured there must be
something wrong with me.  I finally found a great source of Fiamms in
the San Francisco Bay Area (Kragen Auto), but was quite disappointed.
I only have room for one horn (even that was tough to fit) on my DR350S,
so maybe two makes all the difference.  I figured that since I was 
replacing my singe stock (disk) horn that *anything* would be much better.
Not so.  It has more authority (lower and more truck-like), but the
volume is damn near the same (I tested this with a friend walking down
the block while I alternated.)  Since the Fiamm is twice the weight,
twice the size twice the current draw and cost *much* more than the one
that came free :^] with my DR, I'm not as impressed as I thought I'd be 
after all the glowing testimonials.

Just another data point.
-- 
Darell Dickey
(darell@island.com)
	I meant what I said, I probably just didn't say it right.
__________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Popping Them
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:13:52 GMT

Well I wheelie my K100RS brick (flying) often.  Either by trashing the clutch
or by dipping the throttle.  Sometimes it does it without me trying, I have
learnt / am learning about wheelies by practising in deserted car parks etc.
It helps to practice so that if you want to wheelie or do so by accident, you
can react calmly and be in control (semblance, modicum, blind-panic...)

Two up wheelies are much better but do remember to warn the passenger of said
manoeuvre or you will lose them - physically and sociably!


Nick           DoD 1069    MAG 73516

M'Lud.
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:34:59 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
: 
: 	Last night while happily riding down the road, this cager comes up
: 	behind me.  Not just behind me, but practically up my arse.  Me not
: 	liking this, I decide to turn my head and give him an eeeeeevil stare at
: 	the red light.  I said NOTHING, just looked, and then looked at the
: 	10 nanometres spacing between our machines, and looked back at him.
: 	This ASSHOLE gives me the finger, and says fuck off!!!  
: 
: 	What would YOU do ?

   Best course of action: pull over and wave him past.  It is generally
better to have irate assholes in front of you where you can see them than
behind you where they can run over you.  In a confrontation between a bike
and a car the biker loses.
   The same rule applies to drunks, let them pass then keep an eye on them 
from behind, it is safer.
--

*******************************************************************************
* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
*******************************************************************************
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Spagthorpe's on parade
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:36:26 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <5750@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>Hello folks,
>   Is anybody saving all the Spagthorpe posts?  I sure hope so, because
>I see the making of a great coffee-table book here.  I would like to 
>save them all, but the early ones have already expired, so who's got 'em?

I believe that I have all the posts (that made it to my site).  I may
not have saved some that were not on point, with only a side-mention
of Spagthorpe (such as your request above).  I will e-mail what I have
upon request.
--
Carl Paukstis, RRR&RSG           | "Good men must not obey the laws too well"
 ISC-Bunker Ramo / Spokane, WA   |    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 Phone: +1 509 927-5439          |  
 Mail: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com    |  My employer accepts no responsibility...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: DoD #'s
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 05:42:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.213903.305@halfdome.sf.ca.us> laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>In article <1992Aug12.204805.7569@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, rbbims@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>> ok......we don't know what Dod# means......and if we did......
>> you'd have to kill us.....but to do that.....you'd also have
>> to get past my friend S. Ruger (44 mcal.).....now...we
>> don't know what the FAQ is.....will you have to kill us
>> for this also?
>
><yawn>
>
>another nerd with low self esteem and a small dick.  they always
>have these weird "friends."
> 
>-- laurie
>____________________________________________________________________
>"Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
>ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski
>
>laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us                                   DoD #0023

Laurie is just brutal.  I like that.


Jack Waters II
DoD# 1919

I am the Red Fishnet.
From: lmcansi@noah.ericsson.se (Andrew Silver)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Whips, Chains and Sprockets!
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:04:02 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Communications Inc. Montreal, Canada

*********************
* CHAIN & SPROCKETS *
*********************

Now my mechanic says I have to change the sprockets and the chain!  The bike is a Suzuki Katana 600 1990. 

I want to mail order the parts since here, the prices are outrageous!  I'm told the chain is a *530 o-ring*.  Is this right?

Also, what is better, the Tsubaki or RK chains?  And how many links do I need?  100, 110 or 120?

Thanks...

Quicksilver!  (Andrew)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Popping Them
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:11:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059


-> I just wind the turbo up through first and hammer second hard, and it
-> usually has the expected result

 Yeah, that's pretty much what I do on the Yamaha.  It's amazing - ever
look in the rearview mirrors and notice the tailgating wahoo STAND on
his brakes when you leap away?

 For some reason I keep picking up redneck Camaro tailgaters when I'm on
I40.  The fun trick there is to sloooowly lead them up to their maximum
speed (which they'll nearly always try), THEN pop down to the requisite
gear, snap the engine to 11,000, then bang the next gear as soon as
great gobs of booooost have built up.


* Dod #978 * Fuel-injected, chrome wheeled, steppin' out over the night
From: azw@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Michael Woodward)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Cleaning O ring chains
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:04:44 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth

All the info says use parraffin, which gets the crap off and doesnt eat the
O-rings. Paraffin is not easy to get round my way and I'm reluctant to get 
a load in if diesel (which I put in the Landrover anyway) does the job equally
well.

Any of you Really Nice People out there in netland have any views on this.
(See how polite I can be when I want information..information....INFORMATION
Oh Sod it - I must stop watching old videos!)

Thanking you all most profusely and embarrassingly in advance

Andy
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Subject: Re: Low Budget "Supertrapp" & Exhaust Paint Question
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:19:50 GMT

In article <oise7q8@fido.asd.sgi.com>, spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer) writes:
|> dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash) says:
|> > 
|> > Last Thursday the [muffler] blew off on the freeway ....
|> > After two hours of searching on the bike and on foot, I gave up.  
|> > If *you* think that finding a lost object on the freeway and/or shoulder is 
|> > an easy task, then you have probably not had the "pleasure."
|> 
|> In a way, you're lucky you didn't find it.
|> 
|> If anyone has a similar experience, here's a tip: DO NOT PICK UP THE
|> EXHAUST PIPE. It just came off a running motorcycle; it's DAMN HOT,
|> dimwit! If you must pick it up, keep your gloves on, or you'll have
|> blisters for weeks afterwards.

NOW he tells me! well i kept my gloves on and still burned
my hands as he said "it's DAMN HOT, dimwit!". i finally used
some sticks to carry it.

laz
From: nat@rat.sybase.com (Nat Wyatt)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HELP....Hole in my gas tank
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:27:56 GMT
Reply-To: nat@rat.sybase.com (Nat Wyatt)

In article <1992Aug10.185049.23894@cs.yale.edu>, rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
|> 
|> My Nighthawk S just developed a hole in the gas tank.

The low-tech solution:  Sand off the rust and use epoxy.  I did this as a
temporary patch to a Vision several years ago, but it never leaked so I
left it.

nat

-- 

Nat "bike hacker" Wyatt
Sybase, Inc., 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville CA 94608, (510) 596-3500
{decwrl!ucbvax!mtxinu,sun,pyramid}!sybase!nat          nat@sybase.com
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cleaning O ring chains
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:52:35 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Aug18.160444.20183@aber.ac.uk> azw@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Michael Woodward) writes:
>All the info says use parraffin, which gets the crap off and doesnt eat the
>O-rings. Paraffin is not easy to get round my way and I'm reluctant to get 
>a load in if diesel (which I put in the Landrover anyway) does the job equally
>well.
>
>Any of you Really Nice People out there in netland have any views on this.
>(See how polite I can be when I want information..information....INFORMATION
>Oh Sod it - I must stop watching old videos!)
>
>Thanking you all most profusely and embarrassingly in advance
>
>Andy

Usually I just lay on the sofa with a cool wash cloth on my forehead and my
feet up a bit until the urge goes away.  When the urge becomes overwhelming
I use kerosene and a turkey baster.

I have 17,000 + miles on the chain and it still has a few miles left.  The
kerosene can't be hurting it too much.  

Ride Clean,

Bill

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From: ian@lassen.wpd.sgi.com (Ian Clements)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Warning! "Fuck" and "Shit" appear in this article
Keywords: Fuck, shit, obscene, scatalogical, horns
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:53:31 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA


 So, order the FIAMMs or what ever and let us know how the installation
went.

 Aside from from the fact my FIAMMs are under the fairing, they fit 
fine on my Katana 750.  The horn relay didn't give me any trouble either
(if you don't count that the instructions were for some other relay).
--

--
Ian Clements, 			| 
ian@sgi.com, 415/390-3410 	| Towards the beans! Towards the beans!
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning
Date: 19 Aug 1992 08:42:19 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA

In article <JET.92Aug18115324@win30.nas.nasa.gov> jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>"Alan" == Alan Arthur <etlanar@slartibartfast.ericsson.se> writes:
>
>Alan> I'm right handed, so is this some kind of 'built-in' protection
>Alan> mechanism that I need to overcome?, or am I just brain-damaged?
>Alan> or did I leave the side stand down...? 8^)
>
>I have the same problem with left turns, but I'm both-handed (sort
>of).  So I dunno what the correlation is.  I know that I can grind the
>pegs in a right hander, but am deep-down afraid of hardcore left
>turns.

I had been finding myself stuck with basically this problem, and realised
that it was because I wasn't keeping my head up properly.  When you look
ahead into a turn enough, you don't really "see" your lean angle as much,
and make the turns fine.  (Did that make sense to youse guys?)  I was
having problems where I would slow down way too much for turns because I
wasn't trusting my front tire, and I thought back to my MSF class, and
remembered how the instructors were always telling everyone to "keep your
head up."  I forced myself back into the habit, and woila!  My turns in
both directions are fine.

I don't know if this is what's causing everyone else's turning problems,
but it's something to - ahem - look at.

>             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
>            '91 CB750, soon to be joined by a '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
>      "Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads." -- R & G Are Dead

Steve Mansfield	    | The system we've learned says we're equal under law
smm@uunet.uu.neta   | But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
1983 Suzuki GS550E  | Let's tip the power balance and tear down the crown
DoD# 1718	    | Educate the masses, we'll burn the White House down.
Queensryche	    -       Speak the Word.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: Hard-soled shoes/boots
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:51:02 GMT

In article <16gvscINN38b@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
> In article 11606@cbnewsm.cb.att.com, shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
> >So much for over-the-ankle boots staying on when you get tossed... 
> Let me guess:  You know somebody who was in a cage wreck, not wearing a
> seat belt, who would be dead today if he had been wearing it, huh?  So,
> of course, seat belts are deadly.

Huh?
From: gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Info, comments, flames, etc.
Date: 19 Aug 92 22:25:44 GMT
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server

/ hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) / 11:13 am  Aug 17, 1992 /

BTW, the Vulcan 88 can set auto alarms off which is a big plus in my
book especially when you're looking for a little late night excitement
in *very* posh neighborhoods. :-)

Graeme Harrison
DoD#0649
----------
Seems that it wasn't a Vulcan 88, but a Shadow 1100 which set off some
auto alarms...I stand corrected by my source...however, there's no
reason why a Vulcan 88 couldn't do it, either, as it has more *bass*
than the Shadow. A pair of BUB mufflers would be a nice touch.

-=GH=- 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: MC license for scooter in your jurisdiction?
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:23:32 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <1992Aug18.012058.26118@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
>
>	A question for y'all:
>
>	Do *you* need a MC license to ride a scooter in the state/province/	
>	county/etc where you live ?

     Illinois has two MC license classes: one for under 150cc and one for
150cc+.  A MC endorsement is not required for a "motorized pedalcycle" which
meets the following conditions:  engine size <= 50cc, does not require
shifting, motor produces <= 2 brake horsepower, and 'whose speed attainable in
one mile is 30 mph or less.

Chas
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Turning (NOT about Countersteering!)
Date: 18 Aug 1992 17:57:19 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 4765@balrog.ctron.com, tavares@danville (Jack Tavares) writes:
>
>Anyway, I find that I can turn better going right 
>than I can going left! Is this just inexperience?

My MSF instructor said they always have students go clockwise around
the turns first, because most of them were more comfortable making
right hand turns.  Or maybe I've got it backwards and it was the other
way.

Anyway, they said there was a definate difference.  Jerry, is this part
of the instructor's training?

---
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: cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks)
Subject: fj.lec.moto
Keywords: It's a conspiracy, I tell ya :-)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 21:52:13 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Look what I found and what in the hell is it??????


Newsgroups: fj.soc.traffic,fj.rec.motorcycles
From: kobayasi@st00.pu-toyama.ac.jp (Dr. K.G.Kobayashi)
Subject: Re: Trafic rule changed from 8/1
Distribution: fj
Date: 11 Aug 1992 13:26:20 GMT

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From: veikko@vipunen.hut.fi (Vesa J Pyyluoma)
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<1992Aug14.202231.306103@locus.com>
	<1992Aug16.010634.10003@news.columbia.edu>
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:02:50

In article <1992Aug16.010634.10003@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:

 > 	Well, I am not schooled in vague technical terms, but what the hell is
 > 	a "longitudinal" shaft... what other kinds are there? My shaft bike
 > 	steers just fine, and I'm hurt that you didn't notice my first post...


The original post should read "longitudinal *crank*shaft", I guess...

Vesa J Pyyluoma		veikko@vipunen.hut.fi		DoD#0x200
Avionics rules!				 Helsinki Univ. of Tech, Finland

P|rr p|rrrr p||||rrrr ........................................... XV535!
From: marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Turning (NOT about Countersteering!)
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:38:35 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:

>In article 4765@balrog.ctron.com, tavares@danville (Jack Tavares) writes:
>>
>>Anyway, I find that I can turn better going right 
>>than I can going left! Is this just inexperience?

>My MSF instructor said they always have students go clockwise around
>the turns first, because most of them were more comfortable making
>right hand turns.  Or maybe I've got it backwards and it was the other
>way.

You do have it backwards.  The initial exercises riding around the perimeter
of the range are done counter-clockwise, ostensibly because most people find
it easier to turn left than right.  Later exercises are run both clockwise
and counter-clockwise, so that the students don't learn to favor the left
turns.

BTW -- The Washington State motorcycle exam runs the tight-U-turn-in-a-box
exercise in a clockwise direction.
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