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From: mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Hollyman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: CB750 Gasket(?) question
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:58:12 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I have a 1982 CB750 Custom.  It leaks oil around the cooling fins near the 
1st cylinder, at the head gasket (1/3 way down).  Now, the problem I have been
having is the first cylinder does not fire until the bike is run for quite
some time (20-30 minutes).  I am assuming this allows the engine to heat up 
sufficiently that the oil is "burned off".  I have the engine out and am
disassembling it but for lack of a drill I cannot get the timing case screws offso I am waiting to get those drilled out.  Could this be a ring problem (16,000) miles on the engine, a gasket problem, or both?  Will I be able to tell by examining the gasket visually?  
The other problem I have is at full throttle, it cuts out at high rpm's, however if I let up slightly it will then continue to climb rpm's.  Is this a valve 
spring problem that would be corrected by new springs or a carb problem?
I cleaned the carbs out last year and this problem was before and after the
cleaning.  Would an after market jet kit help? I have MAC 4-2 exhaust on it.

Please help!  My Clymer book is good but lacks some trouble-shooting and the 
local service shops just want me to bring it in so they can get all my money!!!

Mike Hollyman
mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

Thanks!!!
 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com
Subject: 2-Cylinder Honda 500?
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:21:13 GMT


Quick Question.

In 1978 or so, was there a 2-cylinder Honda 500 or 550 (or something close?)

If so, what was it, and were they anything interesting?

Thanks!


Michael Menard
DoD 0786


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From: prange@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Henry Prange)
Subject: "High output" voltage regulator
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:20:30 GMT

The explanation of what "high output" meant in regard to voltage regulators
is comforting. That is what they called it at the dealer. As I mentioned
in my original post on the subject, it seemed to me a higher output should
come from a different alternator, not the voltage regulator.

But, if they were stock from '91 on, why was one put in my '92 GS? Could it
be they were just funnin' me?

Ride grinnin'

Henry
From: smithsh@sumax.seattleu.edu (Scott H. Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re:      AAA and motorcycles...NOT!!!
Date: 28 Jan 1993 09:43:44 -0800
Organization: Seattle University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu


Well, I just got off the phone with AAA of Washington. In this state, and
throughout the US according to the operator, you need AAA Plus RV
coverage to cover motorcycles. Yes, you guessed it, another charge
on top of the already high AAA Plus membership fees. (Another 20 bucks
that is.) Happy, Happy, Happy....


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From: cls@chas.cadence.com (Charlie Seddon)
Subject: Re: BMW K75 Questions
Originator: cls@chas
Organization: Cadence Design Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:33:21 GMT


iIn article <1993Jan13.163656.9672@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss) writes:
|> I cancelled my order for the '93 XLH1200 Sportster for a couple reasons:

I have had a K75 for three years.  With the exception of the disposable 
speedometer, which reads any damn speed it wants, and has been replaced twice,
it has been stupendous.  I've put 17K paltry miles on it in that time, including
a couple of twelve hour days.

I have the low-seat (29 inch) version, which, if nothing else, is more
attractive (IMHO) than the standard seat.

Maintenance through the dealer is somewhat expensive, but winterization of a
fuel-injected ride is tres simple.  Fill up the tank, lube up chrome, squirt
some oil in the pistons, plug in the battery charger occasionally and you're 
golden (I love thos accessory sockets).

Motorcyclist is soliciting rider input this month, so watch for the results of
this survey in the (near?) future.

The S is a beatiful bike, if you like cafe-style. I prefer the standard seating
position.  It also looks like the price you mentioned for the S includes ABS.
It's available without it for about 1.5K less.

Hope this helps.

-charlie


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From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re: Backed into
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:22:59 GMT

In article <4603@cvbnetPrime.COM> tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
>	Now to the issue at hand. You've damaged a fine motorcycle. A 
>GXS850 or something. These are outstanding machines for sure. My ex-fiance;
>who met a tragic death when she repeatedly fell on an ice pick (god rest
>her soul); had the same problem with her handle bars. Myself and a group 
>of my lawyers got together and came up with a solution. We considered the
>fine workmanship the Japanese put into these machines, along with the
>top quality materials and engineering involved with the steering mechanism.
>We carefully considered the value of the bike, and of course the safety
>factor involved (as it was in fact my fiances (RIP) bike). Taking all this
>into consideration, we pounded the shit out of handle bars with a large
>hammer until they were as close to straight as we could get them. 
>

That's what I like about you Tod, how delicate and fragile you are.  May
I say that your solution to the problem at hand was sweet and nurturing,
and that your ice pick story was pretty yet tragic, like the little flower
that loses its petals in a storm.

-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get   | '81 CB750C            |
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111                | '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bleve@hoggle2.uucp (Bennett Lee Leve)
Subject: Re: Help With V65 Sabre
Organization: Starved Photo-Linux Hackers Association
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:34:12 GMT

That is a hard one.  Did you check the fluid level in the clutch
master cylinder?  I do not think it is your problem, but out of
2 Sabres, I always had a problem with brake fluid disapearing out
of the clutch master cylinder.  I do not think that you will be able
to figure out what the problem is until you start tearing it down.
Of course the clutch is the easiest to get to, but it sounds like
a transmission problem to me. 

What happens if you rev the bike up in first gear to about 6,000
and let the clutch out fast, and I do not mean pop it out.  It could
be the slave cylinder as well, but that would not limit the problem
to just one gear.  The fact that it goes into gear makes me think that
the forks are probably ok.  Maybe you should drop the oil pan and see
if there is any metal in it.  

Like you, my only form of transportation is an 84 V65 Sabre.  Luckily,
the problems I have had are minor and easily solved.  

--





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|Bennett Leve    84 V-65 Sabre            |   mov        ah, 04Ch     |
|Orlando, FL                              |   mov        al, 0        |
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From: bleve@hoggle2.uucp (Bennett Lee Leve)
Subject: Re: wanted:rd 250 info
Organization: Starved Photo-Linux Hackers Association
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:35:45 GMT

I had a friend that owned one in Tallahassee Florida.  Very quick
little bike.  I rebuilt the engine for him, and it took only 1 day.
Well, actually 2 days because the head sat in a shop for 1 day to
get honed.  The only thing I can remember being a problem was that
the footpegs are one piece of metal, (like a long bar), mounted
under the engine.  They kept vibrating loose, and I ended up using
Locktite on it.  That seemed to work well.  

Good luck, the bike is a lot of fun and easy to work on.


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Newsgroups: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.virginia.edu,rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: A More Strident DoD Watch Call for Orders IV
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:07:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.120742.697@totaltec.com> jack@totaltec.com writes:
>> order you the Watch on faith.  I'm a nice guy, really -- ask my Mom.

> Hey Cliff -
>	I just checked with your mom - she's says she's never
>	even heard of you!!!

Well, she meets so many men ...


Personal to an articulate Watch customer:

     - Leigh Ann, I got your check and my email message to you :-).
     
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From: srgpjrm@grace.cri.nz
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Kiwi Cruising
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 05:51:21 GMT
Organization: Industrial Research Ltd., New Zealand.
NNTP-Posting-Host: grv.grace.cri.nz

>A colleague of mine has been so inspired by the Two Wheels story on biking hols
>in NZ that he is thinking about giving it a try.

Where/when did that story appear?

>Has anybody got any hints and tips, prices, contacts etc.  What time of year is
>best for riding in NZ?  Should he take his own bike (ZZR-600) or hire one?  For
>bike hire, what options are available (a lot seem to offer BMW - he would like
>something a little sportier).

I got here (Wellington, NZ) three weeks ago for four months worth of work with
the idea of renting a bike for a week or two to tour around. After seeing the
roads and experiencing the weather for a week, I decided that I just HAD to
have a bike for all four months.

I started checking the papers and found that there were a lot of small bikes
(250's: you've got to drive one for a year or so before moving on up, if you're
learning) and a fair number of big, expensive and old (Nortons and Triumphs)
ones, but not much in between. I then looked in a few dealerships and found
that they could give me a reliable bike with a warranty (important when you're
only here for a short while), and would promise (in writing, even!) to take it
back and sell it for me when it comes time to leave: I've got some friends
here who have agreed to look after my interests if it doesn't sell before I
leave.

What did I get? A beautiful 1986 Honda VF 500 F with 37000 km on it, new tires,
new brake pads, thorough tune-up, from Honda City in Lower Hutt for NZ$38000!
(The NZ dollar is worth about 0.55 of the US dollar, at the moment) It's
perfect... the best bike I've ever owned, but then, I'm nowhere near being a
rec.motorcycle.god. The store had a lot of other used bikes, a lot of them were
in even better condition than mine, looked 'way sporty and cost
NZ$4000-NZ$6000... I wasn't paying a lot of attention to model names: they're
pretty different here. I'm certain that mine is essentially an Interceptor, but
maybe with a slightly bigger frame (I'm 6').

The season here seems to extend from December to March, but it never really
gets below freezing, except at higher altitudes and at night, so the season may
really be a lot longer than that.

So, I'm doing a lot of sport-touring... biking on the left side is no big deal
and, gosh, the roads are twisty here!

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: david@marie.stat.uga.edu (David Gundlach)
Subject: Re: really, really waterproof gloves?
Summary: neoprene
Organization: UGA Statistics Department
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:58:42 GMT

And then in <1993Jan20.053612.2703@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>, salex@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Scott Alexander) said...
% This weekend while doing an MLK three day weekend ride to Vegas and
% Death Valley, I discovered that the set of gloves that I have with the
% nice pullout waterproofing covers are not very waterproof when
Heh.  Right.  *Sure* they are...

% subjected to two hours worth of heavy rain at freeway speeds.  Instead
% they turn into cold, sodden masses which take several days to dry.  As
% such, I'm looking for a way to keep my hands warm and dry on those
% rides where it's determined to rain.  (To preclude the flamers,
I've heard of great luck with neoprene diver's gloves.  Neoprene *is*
waterproof (water enters a wetsuit at the seams and edges, not thru
the neoprene) and it's also warm.  The only disadvantage might be in
its stiffness; I tried this idea once with a cheap pair of hunting
gloves and my fingers just weren't bent the right way.  Eventually, my
muscles got tired of fighting the neoprene and my hands started to
hurt.  As mentioned, tho, I *have* heard great things; a buddy is a
diver and has a *good* pair of gloves by which he swears up and down.

The other reason I see for disliking these is that they won't provide
a whole lot of protection if you meet Mr. Road.  Dish gloves over
leather gloves are indeed better in that respect, but it seems as
though they would be more inconvenient...  Although I can see that
wearing dish gloves over either heavy winter gloves or light summer
gloves would do the same thing, cost less, and give you the right
temperature protection...  Hmmm; maybe I'll just go and investigate
dish gloves while you're investigating neoprene :-)

% staying home or buying a Volvo or whatever isn't the correct answer.)
Good for you!  I have to keep telling my friends that...

% 
% Thanks,
% Scott Alexander
% salex@devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
% -- 
% --
% Scott Alexander
% salex@devvax.jpl.nasa.gov



:-D
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UGA Statistics				david@castor.cs.uga.edu
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706/542-3289 or 706/542-5232		BITNET: statuga@uga

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Looking for 87-90 Yamaha FJ1200; I have cash.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: hamiltoj@CS.ColoState.EDU (j hamilton)
Subject: Re: Tank Bag Monopole Magnets
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:35:07 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department
Keywords: travel versions

>	There is No Such Thing as a Magnetic Monopole.
>
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sure there is!!!  Its the travel version.  Its got a magnetic car, a
magnetic boot, a magnetic thimble etc...  but I don't think it has
magnetic feet to mount it to the gas tank, so maybe that's what
your thinking of!!!  8^)

Jay--
From: sturges@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Richard Sturges)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: single vs. dual disk
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:35:23 GMT
Reply-To: sturges@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Richard Sturges)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD


You guys have been hinting around at lots of discussion of dual vs single
disks, but you must look a little deeper to find and answer.  The question
is not 'which are better'  but instead.. 'how to best stop my bike??'

A brake system is dependent on a number of things, and the one-time
stopping ability will be affected by...

number of disks
diameter of disk(s)
size of pads squeezing disk(s)
pressure of pads, which is lever effort x mechanical advantage of system
and size of wheel.  (lets assume equal tire type/traction)
    (mechanical advantage of the system is the combination of the lever
	  advantage and the ratio of the master cylinder/ slave cylinder)

Now, there is the matter of the weight of the system, which is mostly
unsprung, or else bigger brakes would be great.  To reduce the weight,
therefore, you might reduce the # of disks to 1 and recover the loss
in braking ablility by increasing pad size and disk diameter.

It is difficult to mess around too much with pad pressure as this is
directly proportial to lever effort and lever travel.  These two factors
must fall with a very small range, (so that the lever is comfortable)

The third and final consideration is to now expand the design to include
multiple or long duration braking.... which means you must shed lots
of heat.  Two disks may be necessary for this, if the bike gets much
over 350 lbs (and racetrack type braking, ie, lots of it, often)

Note that many 250cc racers (bikes are 230 lbs, 160+ mph) use only one
disk.  All 500cc speed demons use two.


>If you can lock the tire on the street you don't need any more brakes.
    I will agree with this if you add the phrase "predictably and
    repetatively"

	<================================================> 
       /        Rich Sturges           (h) 703-536-4443   \
      /    NSWC - Carderock Division   (w) 301-227-1670    \
     /  "I speak for no one else, and listen to the same."  \
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: trsajo@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Johansson)
Subject: Re: CBR900RR
Reply-To: trsajo@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:00:14 GMT

In article uupcb@compdyn.questor.org, ryan.cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau)  writes:
> 
> MI>RC-> Tacking on ABS isn't my idea of a hot new design, like
> MI>RC-> the RC30 or even the CBR900, much less the GTS1000.
> 
> MI>    I wouldn't call the CBR900RR a new design.  It's merely a refinement of
> MI>existing designs.  I can't think of a single item of new technology in the
> MI>entire bike.  It's quite conventional, really... just LIGHT, with an extreme
> MI>emphasis on "mass centralization".
> 
> Okay, now it's time for my exposition on the subject of what
> constitutes a cool motorcycle. At the local motorcycle show, I had an
> opportunity to talk with a representative of a product design firm (New
> image? next image? ??) who have been working with KTM of late. I
> commented to him that I thought that the most technically impressive
> bike at the show was not the GTS, but rather the CBR900RR. I really mean
> it. The GTS was neat for including virtually every current cool
> motorcycle technology in one publicly available bike, but no so neat for
> its dry weight of 533lbs. That's pathetic, even for a sport tourer, when
> it has the lineage that this one does. The CBR is easily the motorcycle
> that shows the most painstaking attention to design details of any bike
> on the market today.
	
	Think again!
	New technology (GTS) is NEW, old technology (CBR) is, however refined. OLD.
	Then, of course, if you want performance right now, you are free to choose
	any bike you like, new or old!

	The GTS and the CBR are of two different generations, the GTS is one of
	of the first of its generation, and the CBR one of the last(?) of its
	generation. That's it, a change of technology (GTS front suspension), that
	undoubtedly will need some time to reach the same level of refinement 
	as the conventional front suspension. Therefore it is understandable that
	Yamaha chose to make the GTS the way it is.

	In the not so far future though, I expect this new front suspension
	will take biking to new heights of excitement, and I am also expecting 
	the now not so far away two wheel drive (almost impossible with conventional
	forks) to work wonders for my off-road riding!

	

	Anders Johansson



Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: MSF Computer Challenge
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:30:46 GMT

In article <Jan25.192940.53558@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> hamiltoj@CS.ColoState.EDU (j hamilton) writes:
>In article <C1F05B.DzI@world.std.com> artc@world.std.com (Art Campbell) writes:
>>bcd@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Bryan Dunlap) writes:
>>
>>>In article <1993Jan22.213409.19258@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>>
>>>>The official release (1.00) of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation
>>>>Computer Challenge is complete.  This "trivial pursuit" style game is
>>>>available from the MSF or by anonymous FTP from cerritos.edu.  The
>>>>program and all associated files are in the .ZIP archive, SKILL.ZIP.
>>
>>>I had no luck ftp'ing it to a unix box - something broke the format of
>>>the zip file between vms & unix.  So I ftp'd it to vms and then
>>>kermited it onto my pc at home. 
>>
>>I did the same thing and ended up with a corrupted .ZIP file that the
>>zipfix utility couldn't cope with. So, to add to the previous question:
>>A) is the Source .ZIP file corrupted? Can someone who can compare the
>>	file to a known-good one check?
>
>No, it is not corrupted, the one I have unzipped fine.
>
>
>>B) Other than ftping in binary mode, are there any VAX-ftp tricks one
>>	has to know about t get the file home intact?
>
>Can't tell you about other tricks, but I can say that typing BIN at 
>the FTP> prompt was exactly what I needed to do to go from Cerritos
>to my unix box, and then x-modem home to my pc.  
>
>Before I did that, I got all the same errors of corrupted zip file etc.
>
>>C) I've heard that files zipped with the latest and greatest version
>>	of PKZIP use a different compression algorythm than earlier
>>	versions (L&G is 2.0, I think -- most people use 1.10). Which
>>	means that a 2.0 compressed file can't be opened with a 1.10 
>>	utility. What version was the original SKILLS.ZIP zipped with?
>>	Could this be the problem?
>
>No, because a) the newest is compatible with 1.10 or
>	    b) it was zipped with 1.10.  
>Don't know which, but I unzipped it with 1.02, and it is fine...
>
>Jay Hamilton                       XV1000 with more chrome than a HARLEY
>hamiltoj@handel.cs.colostate.edu    Time to change the oil AGAIN?!?!?!?
>
>>
>
>

I think I can help here.  It looks like you ftp'ed the file correctly.
When you kermit the file to your pc, you have to make sure of two
things:  1) The file is being sent in binary and 2) the file is
being received in binary.

To do 1), you have to set the file type to binary within your host
kermit.  There should be some command like "set file mode binary."

To do 2), you have to set up your File Defauls on your PC Kermit 
program to binary.

Hope this helps.


Jack Waters II

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