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From: randy@ninja.megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: Helmet law speech (help!)
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:14:03 GMT

In article <djm.717878662@morpheus> djm@morpheus.wustl.edu (David Maconochie) writes:
|mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Hollyman) writes:
|
|>I have to take the point that helmets don't
|>make riding safer.
|
|But they make it much less likely that in the event of an accident, you do
|not become a brain damaged vegetable, sponging off your insurance company if
|you have insurance, your family if you don't, and society anyway.

  BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT.  Wrong, please try again.

  Actually, no they don't.  In the incidence of an accident, a helmetless
rider is more likely to die *if* he sustains a sufficient impact to the head
to cause injury, resulting in very LITTLE cost to society.  The helmet is more
likely to leave him a sponge off his insurance in this case.

  Helmets *do* reduce the incidence of head injury, but do not help any in
relation to neck and back injuries, which are the primary causes of quadra-
and paraplegics (outside of birth-defects).  I.e., the helmet is NOT an end-all
solution for the "cost to society" arguement, which is bogus anyway when
compared to higher cost to society (by a magnitude) of smoking and other
activities.

|Of course it may be that the proportion of riders who are killed outright
|rather than turned into paraplegics through not wearing a lid is an
|economically significant factor, in which case I would asdvocate banning
|helmets! (smiley face).

  This phrase said in jest is closer to the truth.

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How to break-in new rings?
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:35:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsm.1992Oct6.173535.1866
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing

In article <BvoFBK.Lv2@news.dtc.hp.com>, jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer) writes:
> Scott said:
> > One method I've heard of is to drive at around 3-4000rpm in top
> >gear, and then apply maximum throttle.  Do this a few times to properly
> >load the rings, and get a good seal.
> 
>   This is almost universally considered the correct way to break 'em in.

Perhaps for rice.  3000-4000 rpm means 70-93 mph on my bike.  My mechanic 
suggested keeping the rpm below 2500-3000 for the first 300-500 miles after 
a ring change.

- Roid
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Info wanted -- Honda CM400
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 09:46:36 GMT

Craig Hamm (hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca) wrote:
: 	I owned a CM400T in British Columbia, Canada, for a whole summer of
: 	mountain riding and enough highway and city to be a fair judge
: 	of the this bike.  I loved it!  It DID pull nicely in certain
: 	bands, and ran at 9000 RPM for hours on end with only gas stops in
: 	between runs.  It really 'sang' when it got warm.  I dunno, I
: 	really liked it, and it needed a tune-up too.
: 
: 
: -- 
:   Craig Hamm, Memorial University, | He's big, he's bad, and he's mad. If the
:   Newfoundland,              ______| odds are stacked against you...if you 
:   DoD #1500,                / have nowhere left to turn...he's your last
:   1981 Maxim 650            | resort. A berserk one-man juggernaut of death
:   __________________________| on the trail to hell and back. -The Liquidizer
: 

Hey, I was just on my High-Horse you know!

Akshurly, I owned a Benley (bendy) cd200 when I was a stude and used it quite 
a lot.  Me and the wify used to chug up and down the Fosse Way to visit the 
rels in Swindon when we lived in Leicester (because I was at the Poly').  It
was very economical, very comfortable and never needed fiddling with.  It had
the best seat I have ever (I was going to say "come across" but this is rec.
moto and not alt.sex!) sat on.  Fully enclosed chains are _ace_.  I dimly 
recall it had a leccy boot, too.  Bit of a change from my XS11 though!!!!!


Nick (the Condescending Biker)   MAG 73516   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford


M'Lud
From: pooder@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:12:53 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <1992Sep27.220135.1301@msus1.msus.edu>, stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:
> 
> 	OK.  Do _all_ DoDers wear full-face helmets?
> 	All the ones I've seen do.
> 

On Gretchen, yes.  On Harvey, no.

I have a Shoei RF200 in Gretchen's beautiful deep shade of blue and we look
mahvelous together.  Harvey's the color of an old pumpkin and I've got an
old Sometingorother brand black open-face helmet I wear when I ride him.
It'd look silly wearing anything else on such a nerdy looking motorcycle.

Besides, I almost never go over 40 on Harvey (commuting and grocery runs,
mostly) and Gretchen is for serious long distance faster riding when a full-
face helmet is more called for.

Pooder - Rochester, MN - DoD #591 - LotN

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: ST1100 still reigns supreme
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:08:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.161607.28276@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes:
>BTW, RR, unlike the other rags, doesn't accept any advertising, even 
>from the bike makers.  They don't *have* to push any particular model
>to stay in business.  'Course, for me, the definition of "sport-touring" 
>*requires* warp-drive capability, like the FJ, ZX11, Katana 1100,
>CBR1000, and FZR1000 (Hi Quasimodo!).  Unfortunately, the ST1100 doesn't 
>do warp.  It's OK otherwise, even if it is burdened with the extra
>weight of water-cooling hardware, you can't see the engine, it's too
>heavy, its plastic parts cost too much to replace when it falls
>over and their necessary removal complicates routine maintenance, the 
>OEM seat isn't as comfortable as a Corbin, it sounds like a sewing 
>machine, it's cursed with shaft effect, the windshield doesn't work 
>right, and if it breaks catastrophically the day after you buy it,
>American Honda will arrange to have it fixed at *their* convenience, 
>not yours, assuming they agree to fix it *at all*. (lessee, did I 
>leave anything out? :-))
>
>Chuck Rogers

 Yea the ZX-10 which is faster then 5 of the above mentioned bikes.
 But that's Ok we're used to taking it quietly. We're Ninjas.
 
================================================================================
 Ipisissimus of the Inner Order of Sesquipedalian Fruitcakes - IIOSF XOX Dawn
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
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From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Whereis DoD FAQ?
Followup-To: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 17:08:47 GMT

Has there been an October posting of the DoD FAQ?  I haven't seen one
for Sept 92 or Oct 92.  Maybehaps my cnews setup is dropping it into
the FAQ-bucket, but I don't think so.

Blaine said something just the other day about posting right at the 
first of the month ...  what gives?

Attached are the Headers of the last FAQ I've seen.

  Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Path: javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne
  From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
  Subject: FAQ - What is the DoD?
  Message-ID: <1992Jul1.145339.25280@javelin.sim.es.com>
  Summary: Everything you always wanted to know about DoD, but were afraid ...
  Keywords: DoD FAQ
  Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
  Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
  Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1992 14:53:39 GMT
  Expires: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:00:00 GMT

    This is a periodic posting intended to answer the Frequently Asked
    Question: What is the DoD? It will be posted the first of each month,


Charlie Smith    csmith@dsac.dla.mil  charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers# 411, BK Ohio V 
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff. 
             {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }
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From: essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum)
Subject: engine rebuild
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:29:52 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

yesterday i took the oil pan off the FZR and found pretty gold flakes/shavings
in the bottom.  it seems i have a spun/toasted bearing.  the conditions
leading up to this were: race at brainerd for ~1 hour, bike loses power and
overheats, bike overheats big time and overflows lots of coolant, bike engine
starts to go *clunk* *clunk* *clunk* inside.

my guess is the oil (yamalube 20w40 - yes, i know this is shit.  i was going
to switch to mobil 1 or motul but didn't decide until a week before the race
and didn't want to "test" my decision during an endurance race.  guess i made
the wrong choice maybe) failed/broke down.  the oil smells kinda burned.  it
looks ok (black, just like fresh yamalube) but definitely smells different.
can i have the oil checked by a lab (i seem to recall hearing about this...)?

given a bearing is damaged, what should i do?  if the oil failed, then i assume
the one bearing is not all that's damaged.  it was just the first thing to
go, right?  so maybe all the bearing/sliding surfaces are damaged.  considering
i've never had an engine apart and i'd like to race this bike next season, can
i rebuild it myself with nothing more than the service manual and hope to have
an engine that will handle a season of racing?  i was thinking maybe i should
just spend the money and try to have someone with more of a clue rebuild it.
like maybe vance & hines :).

basically, i don't trust myself to look at the inside of the engine and
decide what to replace and what is still ok.  i don't really trust myself
to assemble an engine with all new parts and have it run through a race
season.  i would really like to learn how, but i'm not sure a 750FZR with
(supposedly) lots of non-stock internals (cams, pistons, porting, ignition,
carbs, ...) is a good test case.

ANY input is welcome.

email to ae0s@andrew.cmu.edu, though.

thanx!

axel
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: calling mature riders
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 17:10:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1ahn6aINNgi1@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> mel@derringer.EBay.Sun.COM writes:

A bunch of stuff, but I'm taking issue with the subject line in
the header.

Christ selling an outboard motor, man, ar eyou ever in the wrong
newsgroup!

Charles
DoD 0.001
-- 
Within the span of the last few weeks I have heard elements of
separate threads which, in that they have been conjoined in time,
struck together to form a new chord within my hollow and echoing
gourd. --Unknown net.person
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: How far do you commute?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:22:50 GMT

HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET writes:

>I have just moved.....and my commute has gone from a 15 minute
>7 mile trip to >45min god-knows-how-far trip.

17 miles, 25-30 minutes if I go the short way. 60-80 miles and a couple
of hours if I take the long way home. I don't take the long way nearly
often enough.

>How far does the average Denizen commute?

No such thing, we're _all_ above average.
-- 
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
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From: hogan@flamingo.cis.ohio-state.edu (christopher hogan)
Subject: Re: Ridiculous M/C Engine swaps (was Re: Faster 1100)
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:04:21 GMT

>>Motorcyclist has done a few write-ups (and one test ride) on a company called
>>Boss Hog that makes small block Chevy 350 powered Harleys.  It uses a tranny
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>slower minds wants to know...   How can a Chevy powered bike be considered
>to be called a "Harley" ?
>
Actually, the BIKE was called "Boss Hog" originally, but had to be changed
to "Boss Hoss" when it was discovered that Harley Davidson has the word
From: farid@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Hany Farid)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: LOST THE KEY
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:24:59 GMT
Organization: /home/farid/.organization
In-reply-to: sheppamj@sun.soe.clarkson.edu's message of 30 Sep 92 19:21:25 GMT


>   Well, I fixed my yamaha finaially but I cannot find the ignition key.
>
>   What's the *BEST* thing to do in this situation?


This happened to me recently and I took the helmet lock off and
brought it to a locksmith - he was able to make a key from that.  The
cost was only $4.

hope this helps,
Hany Farid
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning into it
Date: 4 Oct 92 13:05:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: elektro.1992Oct4.130533.1324
Organization: Why do you suspect that?

In article <klp.718138265@sybok> klp@doe.carleton.ca (Ka Lun Pang) writes:
>In <1069@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>
>>....
>>The proper manner in which to get you bike to go around a curve is
>>to look into the curve, press on the inside part of your hand on
>>the side you wish to go in and then you lean. This is called
>>countersteering. ....
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Gee, really?  :-)
>

I think somebody better had better do a paper on this technique as practiced
by DoD riders.  What I'm hoping it explains is how to use hip motion to
swerve to avoid those pop tarts laying all over the apex of that last blind
curve back there ...

>>			Ryan M. Gill
>
>      Ka Lun  Pang (a.k.a. Andy) - Lost between frequency and time


Charlie Smith    csmith@dsac.dla.mil  charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers# 411, BK Ohio V
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff.
             {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Crosswinds
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:39:10 GMT

In article <4015@cvbnetPrime.COM> rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.195355.6817@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>In article <4857@prcrs.prc.com> terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:
>>>In article <1992Sep28.171413.4342@island.COM>, fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>>> 
>>>> In short, before you flame someone, I suggest you take an introductory Ornitho-
>>>> logical Biophysics course. 

>>>Ok, how does a buzzard countersteer?

>>They don't; they get their pet denizen to do that for them.

>Perhaps you might want to think about this for a second - consider that when
>a bird drops one wing it tends to bank in that direction (the same goes for
>and aircraft altho' its much easier to use the rudder).  Basically what they
>are doing is the aironautical version of countersteering 8-).

??? How is this countersteering? It's turn left, go left.

Mike
-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do.
From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How far do you commute?
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:25:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: adobe.1992Oct2.192508.23299
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View

In article <92275.100137HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET> <HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:
}1) It's Raining

What's "Rain"?

}2) Roads are icy

What's "icy"?

}3) Too cold

What's "cold"?

}4) Below 30 degrees (F)

Oh. Usually our coldest night in San Jose is around 25-26F, and only
for a couple of nights. Days, of course, are never so cold.

}5) Its snowing

What's "snow"? Oh, that stuff they have three hours away in Tahoe.

}10) Ran over little girl chasing a tennis ball....wrecked bike.

I keep tryin' but I always fixate on the ball and run over it
instead....

}Figured it out...for a good day (T/TH), average 30.8 MPH  (45 speedlimit ave)
}Bad day (MWF) average slips to 19.6 MPH  (Same roads)  :-/

Well, my very first morning commuting in the HOV lanes I was doing
nearly 85 MPH and the BMW (cage) ahead of me was still pulling away.

I love California.
-- 
Curtis Jackson		cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	(415) 962 4905
USPA #A-10080 (lapsed)				DoD #721  '81 Maxim 650
  "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
   safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)
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From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Subject: Re: Need Advice:  First Bike
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:24:26 GMT

In article <BvDD6q.5q2@world.std.com> CGKarras@world.std.com (Christopher G Karras) writes:
}	Buy new?  I have followed the threads on getting a used bike for
}the first bike here, but I fear that I will not be able to evaluate
}effectively a used bike on my own.  As all the dealers seem to be about an

I was lucky enough to buy a used bike from an old buddy. I bought
it for $850, and immediately put about $500 into Charlie's pocket
at Yamaha Country for a bunch of stuff to make it really purr,
and another $250 for a shield and a trunk.

(Of course, last I heard yesterday he couldn't get it to run right
after cleaning the carbs and was taking it *back* apart...)

All in all I think I will have just as good a bike for $1600 as
I could have gotten new for no less than $3000, probably a lot
more. Bikes depreciate tremendously in their first year or two.

Take a prospective bike to a good mechanic and pay him to look
it over. You may have to pay two or three times before you find
one you like, but it'll still save you a *lot* of money.
-- 
Curtis Jackson		cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	(415) 962 4905
USPA #A-10080 (lapsed)				DoD #721  '81 Maxim 650
  "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
   safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)
From: davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Side-car rigs?
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:46:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: wrgate.10700
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO

In article <1992Sep29.005938.21691@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>
>I have an '81 Maxim 650. Is this big enough to take a sidecar rig?
>
 Yes, a small, light one.  My '65 BMW 500 drags one fairly well.

>Are there aftermarket/custom sidecar rigs for a bike like mine?
>
 Yes, a Velorex 562, with universal mounting kit, for example.

>Are they easily detachable (no, not at high speeds, damnit)? I don't
>want to drag the thing around unless somebody's in it.
>
  No, not too easily.  It requires jacks and blocks, fairly large
wrenches, and cotter pins.  Not something you would like to do every
weekend.

>Any idea how much something like that would cost?
>
  $1500 - $3000 new.

>Any other mods that the bike needs to handle the extra stresses?
>
  A steering damper is necessary.  Stiffer fork springs probably.
Stiffer shocks maybe.  Block-tread tires greatly improve the handling.
A bigger rear sproket wouldn't hurt, either. 

>Just how difficult is it to do little things like steer and brake?
>
  Not difficult, but completely different than any other vehicle.

>Where can I go for more info so I can quit botherin' you guys?
>-- 
  Two publications:

  "Riding With a Sidecar" -- $6.50
  "Sidecar Catalog"       -- $6.50
                            +$3.00 shipping
   both from:
   United Side Car Association
   Dept. BW,
   130 S. Michigan Ave.
   Villa Park, IL 60181

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| Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       |
| davet@loowit.WR.TEK.COM         | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
| '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
| '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
| '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     |
|       1938 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     |
| My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
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From: randy@ninja.megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California

In article <1992Sep29.141351.12956@eye.com> jesse@eye.com (Jesse Lackey) writes:
|So I know some of you out there must have detectors on your bikes.  And I'd
|sure like to hear how you did it....

  I velcro my Passport to the top of my tankbag.  Works perfectly.  When
leaving the bike in an area you feel OK about leaving the tank bag on, you
just pull the detector off and use the visor mount clip as a belt-clip (I've
had people ask me about my oversized pager).

  The only drawback is that it sometimes falls off in wrecks.  Of course,
that is usually down on the list of things you are worried about when a wreck
occurs.

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: No spark on XL600
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 02:29:04 GMT

This one has been driving us nuts (yeah, yeah, I know, that's a short
putt, not a drive), my brother Val's '86 XL600R has little or no spark. 

It died on him suddenly while he was riding up on the mountain, and he
had to push it home. I don't know if it's related, but he said he heard
a loud pop at the same time that it died.

I've been working from the Clymer manual, which it a lot less than
helpful, but Val has ordered the Honda manual so maybe it will shed more
light. The battery is new & charged, the coil and CDI box have both been
verified as good by testing with a meter and swapping with known good
parts. The pulse generator tests good with a resistance check, and it
gives a nice pulse on the oscilloscope. The kill switch & ignition
switch are ok. The lights and charging windings of the alternator
measure a couple of ohms, and the ignition winding measures about 200
ohms. The scope shows about 30 volts peak-peak output on all three
windings, with the ignition winding turning to half-wave rectified when
it's connected to the CDI box. The same half-wave signal shows at the
coil output terminals of the CDI when the coil is disconnected. When the
coil is connected, the half-wave signal vanishes, and a faint 25-30 volt
spike is visible. All the wiring between the ignition components checks
out. Oh, and several plugs have been tried, including a brand new one.

As near as I can tell, every component is working working perfectly, but
there is still no spark, or at best, a very faint spark. Any idea what
I've missed?
-- 
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
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