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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Another fine product from the DoD
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:56:54 GMT

In article <1e9b78INN7sq@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 11617@i88.isc.com, jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>>
>>	4" round, heavy fibreboard (76 pt, for those who know or care)
>>
>>Projected cost, at this time, is $.50 US per each, plus shipping.
>
>This sounds almost...   disposable!

Nah.  For disposable, I'd go for the flimsy 35 pt version, though the cost
would be the same in small quantities.

>Would you print the image of Mike Hailwood on the bottom of an oil
>pan?  Bill Dorsey on a traffic citation carbon copy?  Jody Levine on a
>bikini-clad pin-up calendar?  Chris BeHanna on an EPA noise
>certification certificate?  John Osborn on a Colorado Travel Bureau
>Brochure?
>
>I think not!

Okay, so I'll include a disclaimer that the beer coasters may not be
used when drinking Budweiser...

>I leave us each to ponder the fate of our beloved Geeky...
...
>PS - Jonathan, if this thing flies, I'll take a couple dozen for the
>next beer bust...

Fine...  after 12 hours, we've got 140 spoken for...



-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: CBX and other 6 cyl's
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 00:48:41 GMT

In article <1452@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>
>	While in a Honda Dealership I came across a CBX 6 cylinder MC.
>What other inline 6's are out there...flying V-6's???
>

Don't forget the new gold things.

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: fucking BDI motorcycle drivers
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:30:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.145950.41@iris-dcp.es> marrevola@iris-dcp.es writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.003307.22269@microunity.com>, ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
>> In article <1e9bk3INN8tn@roche.csl.sri.com> mhunt@csl.sri.com (Mike Hunt) writes:
>>>
>>>I have a method that drives tailgaters nuts, but is not
>
>Who is nuts, you or the tailgater?
>
[etc. deleted]
>
>I felt like to do this things many times, and when I was younger I did it, but
>Don't you think that you are playing with fire? I just ignore tailgaters (it is
>not allways easy).

When worst comes to worst, and nothing reasonable gets the tailgater off your
tail, there's always the option of ignoring your superior horsepower/weight
ratio, and using your superior brainpower/weight ratio instead.  Pull
into a different lane, and slow down enough to force him to pass,
then get behind him.  Yes, this wasn't an option in the original scenario.
So pull onto the shoulder, slow or stop for a few seconds, to get him
ahead of you, and then use your superior accelleration to get you
safely back into the traffic flow.
-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: molenda@i1.msi.umn.edu (Jason Molenda)
Subject: Re: CG (was Re: What would you ride...
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:36:50 GMT

stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:

> markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) said (in part)

>But you may be right. I extend an open invitation to you to ride
>some gravel roads here in Minnesota on a _low_ cg machine.  Pure
>heaven on gravel.  Hell on pavement.

Mark, fair warning here:  When john says ``low cg machine'' he's
talking about a beastly machine which has no turnsignals and a center of
gravity at roughly where your wheel axel is.  Be scared.
-- 
Jason Molenda, University of Minnesota, Supercomputer Inst., Technical Support
SGI Iris Admin        molenda@jason.msi.umn.edu       DoD #1867     '77 CB750F
``If you are what you eat, I'm dead meat.'' -- Timbuk 3
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Bikes Indoors and Riding with Gas
Date: 16 Nov 92 00:09:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov16.000909.5571
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Nov15.234641.18193@tcsi.com> markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) writes
>Clutch Lever.  A friend of mine tipped his Magna over in a parking lot
>and broke the clutch lever off.  We had to run to the Honda dealer to
>get one.  Later I tipped my Ninja over and broke the tip of mine off,
>so when I got a new one I stashed the other (still useable) one under
>the seat.

	After her latest trip report, something tells me that Noemi would
	agree with you on this advice :-).

>)V(ark)<               markk@tcs.com                   DoD #400

Ob(More)Moto: Made another discovery of how drinking can effect motorcycle
riding... this morning I was so hung-over I didn't feel like it would be
safe to ride, as I was not feeling coordinated and didn't have reflexes for
shit. Too bad, a little fresh air might have helped (although getting my helmet
on over my pounding headache would not have been easy!).

-------
"Don't believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."  -  Lou Reed
Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#516 <-- |Stanley, ID.|
'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- Perception Corsica  |  NYC, NY.  |
From: chris@neon.rain.com (Chris Perez)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Isle Of Man on TV
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:39:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: neon.BxxD5I.Htw

rogerc@discovery.uk.sun.com (Roger Collier) writes:

>In article 15585@bnr.uk, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>>Did anybody see the Isle Of Man report on Top gear? (BBC2)
>The racing was from the Duke Marketing video (forgotten its name) of the 1992 TT
>The interviews with spectators were not.

If anyone wishes to purchase Duke Marketing videos here in the states,
there is now an office in Laguna Niguel, CA.  E-mail me for their address
(or I can post it if there's too much mail in my in-box :-).

Videos cost around $30 or $40. 


Christopher Perez - Owner of Groucho's Desmodrome and Whorehouse
chris@neon.rain.com
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:00:58 -0500 
From: Christopher Bradley Devlin <cd1i+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
	<i3423.722074281@newsie>

>Since any form of transport other than Mother Natures original intent is
>bound to be more risky, why not stick with crawling/walking? If we could
>just get *everybody* to do this, then no-one would get hurt in traffic!
>Yeah that's it, lets ban all forms of transportation except our own two
>feet! Think of it: no insurance fees, no helmet laws, no pollution, no
>senseless cagers, no squids, no .......... damn, no *fun*, no convenience,
>no thrills.....on second thought let's just "be careful out there", OK?

"If you take a walk hell tax your feet..."

Chris
(sorry about the last re-send)
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From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Subject: NYTimes Letter To Editor
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 06:35:49 GMT


From letters to editor column, New York Times, November 19th, reprinted without
permission:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

	To the Editors:
	Richard Brookhiser makes a valid point about not judging people by
	their wardrobes in his Oct. 31 Op-Ed article on what happened to him 
	when a fellow Manhattanite slapped a sticker for the Republican ticket 
	on his motorcycle jacket, "Bikers for Bush-Quayle. No Kidding."

	There is a perception that bikers are rowdy, rebellious, irreverant
	and nonvoting. Today's motorcyclists are far beyond that. Nearly 
	100,000 riders completed courses of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation
	last year. Groups all across the country ride on charity runs for such
	causes as mutiple sclerosis, childhood brain tumors, mental retardation
	group homes, Toys for Tots and women's health issues.
	
	The legislative arm o fhte American Motorcyclist Association 
	successfully repealed a ban against motorcyclists using state park 
	roads in Brockton, Mass., and is gaining ground in other suits against
	unlawful discrimination against motorcyclists.

	Association range from the American Woman's Road Rider Association and
	The Christian Motorcycle Assocation to the Blue Knights International
	Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and the Retreads (for riders older than
	40). As for being nonvoteing, well, motorcyclists in California booted
	out Dick Flood, the legislator who used fictitious statistics (which
	he proudly admitted) to gain passage of the California helmet law.
		
	I started riding about two years ago; 23,000 miles later, let me tell
	you about the breadth of motorcyclists I have met from here to 
	Colorado: we are individualists, but also a sociable lot. You can be
	big, small, black, white, gay, straight, Martian, blue-eyed, 
	green-eyed, long-haired, short-haired, abled, disabled, cat loving,
	dog loving or what not. If you're on a motorcycle, you're welcome
	anywhere.
			Barbara Ann Ann Mahoney, Water Mill, L.I., Nov. 1 1992

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Seems pretty positive (except for the Martian comment) for a 
	socialist, safety-nazi dooms-day-proclaiming rag like the New York
	Times.

-------
"Don't believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."  -  Lou Reed
Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#516 <-- |Stanley, ID.|
'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- Perception Corsica  |  NYC, NY.  |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Cycle World: the Pot Calling the Kettl
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:28:44 GMT

Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher (egreen@east.sun.com) wrote:
:
: "I would ride my motorcycle, but my balls are too big and heavy."
: 
: ---
: Ed Green, former Harleyite | 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 him, you'll like him!"
:  (The Grateful Dead) -->   | It seemed like the worst I could do...


Also, how on earth are you going to be able to distort someone else's post
to make your point without a bit of selective censorship?

Nick (the snip snip Biker)   MAG 73516   DoD 1069   Con[snip snip]Ford


M'Snip.
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Volvo madness
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:56:21 GMT

I guess safety and security are dull, boring, and just plain don't sell
cars. Check out the latest Volvo ad in the car magazines, it features a
completely airborne sedan (ok, so it's only a few inches of air under
each wheel, but not bad for a 2-ton cage), and it pitches the Volvo as a
performance car.

Hey Bill, as KotV, I think it's your duty to attempt a recreation of
this feat.
-- 
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
From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DOD launches payload???
Date: 21 Nov 92 22:17:31 GMT
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: jeq@i88.isc.com's message of 20 Nov 92 20:05:12 GMT

>>>>> On 20 Nov 92 20:05:12 GMT, jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) said:
Jon> Mary, any chance of getting a DoD patch glued to a pressure suit.... :')

Probably a lot better than getting one sewn on...
--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>         MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.  "It's my Harley, and I'll ride if I want to..."
From: gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:42:22 GMT
Subject: Re: fizzixflamefest (was Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

A friend of mine rode up to Whitehorse, AK and back from Marysville, CA
which covered 4950 miles in 8 nights! His moto was a used Yamaha XS850
Special...one blown fork seal and broken battery cable connector were
the only problems encountered. He used a pair of washers on battery
cable and wiped the fork leg at gas stops afterwards. The XS850 used
18" rear wheel from standard XS750 rather than the OEM 16" meat. He
also spotted some Wings tipped over on the rougher roads. I'd say that
many of the older UJM with shafts such as the XS750/850 Yamahas, Suzuki
GS850G and others would offer a low initial investment and maximum 
reliability on such an adventure especially since most motos suffer
from such AK trips when on the really rough sections so they'd need
attention afterwards which could be very expensive for newer motos
while an older one could simply head to the local cycle salvage yard
or sold as a parts bike. YMMV. 

Graeme Harrison
DoD#649
'May You And Your Moto Find The Right Exit Before You Pass It.'
 

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From: thaddeus@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com (Thaddeus Konar)
Subject: Funny Newspaper Correction Notice
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:17:56 GMT

The following notice in Corvallis Gazette-Times, Nov.19, 1992 
caught my eye:

          Motorcycle name
          ---------------
            Tom Day, a bouncer at the
          Peacock Tavern, owns a Harley-
          Davidson "Pan Head," a motor-
          cycle the company manufactured
          from 1945 to 1966.
            A Monday story incorrectly re-
          ferred to the motorcycle as a
          "Pie Head."
            The newspaper erred.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jimbes@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (james.bessette)
Subject: Re: GINA'S STORY - 9 YR OLD ON DAD'S MOTO
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:19:45 GMT

In article <3880166@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) writes:
>Gina's Story 
>Forwarded by JD Whitaker DoD #0729, written by Gina Whitaker,
>age 9, on 11/8/92
>
>I like to ride on the back of my Dad's Honda Turbo. I have ridden
>with my Dad since I was seven and a half years old, now I am nine
>years old. I have a CRV snowmobile harness, a Shoei VTJ helmet,
>leather ski gloves and used kids racing leathers (autographed by
>Chris Carr). I think the CRV harness works real good, it keeps me
>from falling off. It even works when my Dad goes real fast or we
>go up steep hills and hit big bumps. I can even fall asleep!
>
>I have gone on many rides , including a 300 mile, three peaks ride.
>On the rides I go on I meet many interesting people, and see many
>interesting sights. I like riding on a motorcycle more than riding in a car
>because my brother can't come. I don't have to look over a door and you can see
>all around you.  I like the fresh air and you can smell things, but sometimes
>the smells are stinky - like buses and skunks.
>
>The first time I got on my Dad's bike I was real scared.  Now the
>only time I get scared is when we go on sharp turns and the road
>gets real close to me.  I don't like getting on the freeway either.  I don't
>worry 'cause my Dad knows how to drive a motorcycle good.
>
>Every place we go people want to talk to me but I'm shy.  Everyone
>wants to know about my CRV belt and where we got it. So here's
>their address and phone number:
>
>CRV Sales and Marketing
>Box 7030
>Edmonton, Alberta T5E 5S9
>(403) 929-6431
>$149.95 Canadian

This is a couple orders of magnitude greater than the feeling of kids waving 
as I go by.

Jim Bessette
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From: smead@hpstc01.rose.hp.com (Steve Smead)
Subject: Re: info on '74 cow for sale
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:24:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.3 PL6]

Chris Pirih (chrispi@microsoft.com) wrote:
: In rec.motorcycles smead@hpstc01.rose.hp.com (Steve Smead) writes:
: ;1974 Kawasaki Mach II 400 triple.
: ; [ glowing description ]
: ;Steve Smead 916/743-0479 evenings/weekend or email smead@hpstc01.rose.hp.com
: 
: I'll give you 38 quatloos, if you throw in free
: delivery to Outer Mongolia.  Oh, never mind --
: OBVIOUSLY the 916/743 prefix is in Santa Bumfuck
: California, and you probably don't even know what
: a quatloo is.  :-P
: 
: ObMoto:  brr.  Sure is cold.
: 
: ---
: chris

Ah yes and I believe our high today in Santa-bumfuck will be a balmy 75 -
I think I'll go out for a t-shirt ride.
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
Date: 17 Nov 92 05:07:08 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
: In article <1434@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
: 
: >	Anybody out there ever know anyone to die in an auto accident?
: 
: A few of my friends have died in car crashes. And I've seen a few
: strangers die in crashes I've stopped to attend, the last two a couple
: of months ago in a high speed head-on crash due to overtaking on a
: blind bend (i.e., not having finished overtaking by the time the bend
: came up, deciding to carry on rather than pull back). Screech wallop
: scrape tinkle bleed moan die. Nasty.
: 
: >Did you ever consider abondoning the automobile as a transportation
: >source?
: 
: I did and I have. I only ride motorcycles and bicycles. Cars are too
: dangerous. They tend to kill other people, whereas motorcycles tend to
: kill only their riders. The morality of motorcycling is impeccable: if
: you make a mistake it is most likely you who will suffer for it. And
: not having the resources to avoid the idiot who suddenly turns into
: your path without warning counts as a possibly fatal mistake.
: 

	Wasn't quite the answer I was going for...(I wasn't going for
	an answer really,....hmmmm???)You have a point...cars are
	immoral, bikes are just dangerous...hell, life is dangerous...
	Just to be sure that people out there don't get the wrong
	idea... It was meant to be retorical...

			Ryan

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jimi@well.sf.ca.us (Jim Isom)
Subject: Re: First BMW ?s
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:33:54 GMT

In <JET.92Nov10105839@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

+"ellert" == Ed Ellert <ellert@ds2.uh.cwru.edu> writes:

+ellert> recommendations, although there's something about those
+ellert> R100's.  Anyway, I have a couple of questions: 1) is this a

+Yeah, they're cheaper, less maintenance, paralever suspension, and a
+*bunch* of third-part stuff fits on 'em.

+ellert> may find myself in another country in a year or two...road
+ellert> conditions unknown...possibly Australia or Indonesia, just

+Get a GS... (says the R owner :-)

Get a GS.  I hate to say it but I think my love for my gxsr is waning in 
view of the R100GS.  Wonderful piece of machinery.  Not at all like my last
R bike, an R60 from 1971.


+--
+             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
+                     '92 R100R, DoD# 0378, BMWOA, AMA, ACLU
+                                "HotHead Rules!"
-- 
Jim Isom            jimi@well.sf.ca.us             |     2b+~2b=1 
'92 R100GS (Unnamed as yet), GSXR-750M (Nefertiti), '86 Radian (Minerva) 

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady)
Subject: Re: Alaska or bust! (What would you ride on a long distance trip?)
Summary: Our hero revises his vision of the One True 'Cycle to tour Up North with
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:15:04 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <By3D5v.Cwv@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>
>destination is Alaska. Why bother making the trip if you can't get off
>the beaten path and do some exploring?
>
My thoughts exactly. Good thing Avis Anchorage never looked too carefully
at the cars I returned to them. :-)

>
> [Stuff about the R100 P-D deleted]
>
I need to understand the more current BMWs better. My last experience with
BMW was with a R69S. The P-D is a beefed up R100GS, yes? And the GS is a
beefed-up ??.

>
>Honda's XR650L would be wonderful in the dirt, and I'm sure Corbin could
>create an appropriate seat, but I wonder how much grunt it would have
>left after mounting some Krauser luggage? Also, that joke of a gas tank
>would have to be swapped with at least a 6 gallon desert tank.
>
Yeah, this is the dilemma. I'd like something that can make the crossing
of Canada and/or the US in relative comfort, but will stand up to the
rigors of roads (or off-roads/pseudo-roads) in Alaska and the Territories, 
and be able to carry enough gas (water and freeze-dried food) so that I don't
have to hoof it through the Great White North (thereby depriving myself of
style points :-). Maybe I'll HAVE to cobble something up from a 
dual-purpose bike -- OHMYGOD A WINTER PROJECT!!! =8^O

>I dunno about Ed Hackett's Camel, where you going to find a MotoMorini
>dealer up there? :-)
Since we're on the subject of obscure dealers, maybe I should look into 
one of those DNEPR motorcycles for the trip, eh? 
With sidehack, of course. :-)

--pete

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pete Brady                              EMAIL: brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Until 8 Jan 93)
Dirtbag Contractor from Hell(tm)        PHONE: 508-436-5226 (Until 8 Jan 93)

"...what do you want more than anything -- do you want money, do you want sex, 
 or do you want all of that success? I've thought about that myself..."
  -- The Men, "Church of Logic, Sin and Love"

DoD #5831 -- '92 CBR600F2
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