HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: Games we play with caged children...
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:21:49 GMT

In article <5199@gdls.UUCP> parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
>Kids in cages get such a thrill out of waving at 'cyclists.
>
>My friend likes to encounter cages with two kids in the back
>seat, one of 'em looking behind and the other one not 
>paying attention to what's going on. The one kid'll wave, he'll
>wave back to the kid, the kid'll poke the sibling-without-a-clue
>and point back to him on the motorcycle. At this point one
>has told the other that yes indeed he was able to get the
>motorcyclist to wave to him. Then the sibling-without-a-clue
>will wave at him and he won't wave back. This always results
>in a scowl from one sibling to the other occasionally 
>accompanied with a punch on the arm or a slap in the face. The
>ensuing fight occasionally results in mom or dad pulling over
>to the side of the road and threatening the pair.
>
>They also like to see variety in hand gestures:
>
>
>     |                     |        \\
>  --- \     \ |||      \ |||         \\\
>  ---  -     \||| --    \||| --    /-\\\\
>  ---        |   |      |   |     |  |  |
>  ---         ---        ---       \-/  |
>            shocka-     I-L-Y       \  /
>thumbs-up    burra                  okay
>
>Shocka-burra is malaysian for everything's cool. It's not spelled right.
>I-L-Y is American Sign Language for I Love (Like) You.
>
I ride by a school bus stop in my neighborhood, on the way to work.
ALL (about 15) kids wave to me, and I usually wave back. This signals
the parents to wave, and it's pretty funny. Kids don't have negative
pre-conceived notions that parents do. They usually think the bike is
"pretty neat", and my helmet makes me look like a "spaceman".

I kind of get a kick out of it. I am the only sport-bike rider in the 
neighborhood. The rest are cruiser or touring bike riders.
-
dan

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From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:19:14 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]]On a local shock radio show here (DC101), a woman just called up and 
]]said she's really pissed because her husband just took the money he
]]was supposed to use for a vasectomy and bought a motorcycle!
]]Now THERE'S a guy who should get an honorary DoD#!
]
]irresponsibility in things that matter is no great attribute, nor does
]it bode well for his attitude about OTHER things that matter, like
]riding well.  quite the contrary.  i am NOT impressed. 

Uptight Bitch (tm)

:)

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@zx11.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: k21701@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Teppo Nieminen)
Subject: Re: carb synchronizer recommendations?
Date: 31 Aug 92 08:51:19 GMT
Organization: Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

I saw an interesting contraption the last time I got my KZ750
serviced. The mechanic had apparently made it himself (BTW, he had a
lot of experience, so it wasn't out of ignorance). He had four glass
tubes and hoses, but instead of mercury, he had ball bearing balls or
similar little metal balls inside each tube. Same reliability as
mercury gauges, but without the toxic substance (you can never be sure
about whether the manometers are in synch themselves).
Another nice piece of equipment is the official BMW carb synchronizer.
LCD display, various diagnostic capabilities, does everything but
turns the screws. I don't dare to think what it costs, though.

			Teppo Nieminen, DoD #2000
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Speaking of triple A....
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:50:18 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <2vlnl7p@lynx.unm.edu>, boardman@cancer.unm.edu (Bob Boardman) writes:
> 	I have had AAA "plus" membership for several years now, mostly for
>   my wife in case I'm out of town when her car decides to die, tire goes flat,
>   etc.  

why didn't you just get a wife who can take care of herself?


-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jerry@MicroUnity.com (Jerry Kreuscher)
Subject: Re: The man without a number
Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc.
Date: 31 Aug 92 11:08:03

In article <1992Aug31.145210.10222@news.nd.edu> Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift) writes:
	[ silly tale of woe deleted]

If having some jackasses give you a number would give your life some
meaning, why don't you join the army?

Jerry
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rtaraz@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz)
Subject: Wheelies
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:48:33 GMT

I just bought a Kawi EX500 (first bike) and was wondering how I can practice
doing wheelis without killing myself or droping the bike?

What the hell is the dod number and what is Richard Swift's problem?
From: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: side farings for VF700F ??
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:11:01 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <BtJo8J.9Js@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, jphillip@sage.cc.purdue.edu
(The Shadow) wrote:
> 
> 
> 	I was wondering if anyone knows whether there is someone somewhere
> who makes custom side farings for the Honda VF700F.  I have seen ads in 
> CycleWorld that make it appear as if there is such a thing.
> 
> 	If so, does anyone have them or has seen a bike with them on?

I don't know whether he bought them as is or customized stock 
fairing panels, but a guy at the local salvage yard has a really nice
VFR with shortened lowers. Lets you see more of the engine and such;
they look really nice.

> 	I image they would make the bike look a VFR with the handlebars
> raised.

I have NO idea what you mean by this. It looks like a VFR that you can see
the engine a little bit more.

========
Godfrey DiGiorgi | ramarren@apple.com | DoD #0493
"Logic may be the beginning of wisdom, but logic never bought
 me a Ducati."
 Rule #1: Never sell a Ducati.
 Rule #2: Always obey Rule #1.
Honda VFR700 Intercepter 1987, "Bright White"
Ducati 750GT             1975, "Thunder"
Ducati 250 Mk III Diana  1966, sleeping beauty
Toyota MR2               1985, "VSSC"
========
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: The story behind the Motorcycle Song
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:48:56 GMT

shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:

> "The Motorcycle Song" by Arlo Guthrie
>from the out-of-print album "Simply Arlo" as played on the radio 
>by Dr. Demento.

Wherein Lissa proves Paul's point that Arlo never does the same song
twice. "The Best of Arlo Guthrie" does contain _a_ long version of the
song, but not _this_ long version.

>[Arlo plays the guitar and sings the "Motorcycle Song". He also plays
>the guitar during the entire following monologue in which he
>explains how he wrote the song.]

Yep, but he sings less of the original, and I think the story behind the
song is much better.

>So try it now, in four part harmony

The whole four-part harmony bit is gone, no loss.

>Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater on the
>box side than on the neck side. Because there's more guitar on the box
>side.

A broken string wrapped around a signpost, fortunatly he held on to the
guitar with one hand and the bike with the other.

>But as you all know, and as fate would have it, I didn't die.
>I landed on the top of a po-lice car.
>And he died.

And _IT_ died.

>I walked over to my friend. He was standing there, eatin' pickles.

This particular pickle was a microphone held by a nosy reporter, and
then a 4' tall cop "who used to be a 6' tall cop before some singing,
writing, weirdo freak landed on him" shows up with a big gun, shoots the
pickle, writes up a 10 foot ticket, stuffs it in the hole in the pickle,
and stuffs the pickle down Arlo's throat.

"That's when I knew, 'I don't wanna pickle...'"
-- 
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: ranck@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Not so Swift.
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:48:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Scott Cooper (scooper@cse.ucsc.edu) wrote:
: 	So I checked what the FAQ had to say, and having read this
: group for a mere couple of months, the clues lead me right to the
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: KoTL.  A pleasant email message later:
: 
  Gee, it took me all of 10 minutes, without the FAQ.
 
: Sheesh.  Some people.

Really!

--

*******************************************************************************
* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Automatics
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:03:40 GMT

In article <759@zx11.UUCP> steve@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>brian@zx11.Cactus.Org (Brian Murfin) writes:
>>
>>I have been talking to several people on the street who claim that it
>>will not harm the bike at all to shift without using the clutch.  Is
>>this true?  They say to quickly roll of the throttle just a hair, poke
>>it up a gear, and roll on.  I believe they call this a "power shift".

No, a power shift is performed by slamming an upshift
without rolling off the throttle.  Maximizes acceleration,
minimizes gearbox life.

>Depends on the bike, and how smooth you are.  I had a 77 RM125
>that I power shifted for 6 years (it still runs I just don't have
>it) and never had any transmission problems.  The key is to do it
>at the correct RPM range.

You should learn how to match RPMs on shifts
whether or not you intend to do clutchless shifts.
Matching speeds will make life easier for the
clutch and the gears, and will give you better
control of the bike: it won't lurch or spin the
rear wheel as much when you shift.

I've known lots of riders who complained that their
bikes had horribly stiff shifting mechanisms.
Some off them eventually figured out that they
hadn't been releasing the pressure on the
gear engaging dogs by matching RPMs, and that
when they did the bikes shifted slick as could be.

>I had
>a 76 celica which decided to blow the clutch slave cylinder
>about 20 miles from home and I just power shifted it
>the whole way (no stop lights in rural NY.).

Traffic lights are an annoyance, but they can be dealt
with.  Just stop the engine, put trans. in first
gear, and turn the key when the light changes.
I drove 500 miles once with no clutch in my car
(broken master cylinder return spring).  The
transmission survived with no discernable damage.

I rode a Ducati home once with a broken clutch
cable, though not as far.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@forel.stanford.edu
From: Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Games we play with caged children...
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:20:58 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Aero. & Mech. Eng.
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6CBC28E8303401C@rswift.aero.nd.edu>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 3 Sep 92 19:24:30 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9

In article <1992Sep3.162309.221@xn.ll.mit.edu> Rob Steele,
rsteele@adam.ll.mit.edu writes:
>In article <5199@gdls.UUCP> parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
>> Kids in cages get such a thrill out of waving at 'cyclists.

I remember giving a "thumbs-up" to a couple of kids who were in the back
seat of a car one day while stopped at a red light. The kids thought it
was great; they turned to their mother in the front seat and proudly
proclaimed something to the effect of "Mommy, that man stuck his finger
up at us!". Mom turned and gave me a scowl. It was obvious to me that she
had misinterpreted the kids, so I had to give her a "thumbs-up" as well
in explanation. She cracked a grin for me....
______________________________________________________
Rich Swift    DoD # 3030   "Provocateur Extraordinaire!" - Datasbuild

                      Hessert Center for Aerospace Research
                              University of Notre Dame

                    Either edify me, or get out of my way............
______________________________________________________
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Flaming made easy
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:17:49 GMT

"Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>STANDARD REC.MOTORCYCLE FLAME REPLY FORM

>Now, if someone would number these, we could respond by number and
>really save bandwidth.]

Naw, it's simpler than that. The only proper response is "All of the
above."
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
From: joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 2 Sep 92 04:29:27 GMT
Reply-To: joe@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

tavares@ctron.com (Jack Tavares) writes:
]Joe Senner (joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com) wrote:
][much drivel deleted]
]HEY HEY HEY it's rec.MOTORCYCLES.
]Enough.

HEY HEY HEY, you're not actually taking any of that seriously are you?
this is r.m for gods sake...

-- 
Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Flaming made easy
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:16:26 GMT
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware

In article <8eazb7i00WBM47X0VO@andrew.cmu.edu> "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Since we claim to "Live to Flame, Flame to Live" (did I get that right? 
>I think it's pretty stupid and never paid much attention) I offer
>herewith a standard form to make flaming more efficient.
>
>
>STANDARD REC.MOTORCYCLE FLAME REPLY FORM (deleted)
>
>
>-peter

Hey you stoopid sheeit,
Your flame reply from hud soo meeny fuckin'
spelling erors I culdn't readit!!!  Also
learn too yoos yor goddanm <retrun> key
since sum uf us only hav 80 collims to wurk with...

Jeez,

wotta stoopid bonehed

Steev






-- 
 Steve Andersen  DoD #0239                               andersen@me.udel.edu
 (302) 324-0888                                     andersen@zr1.ccm.udel.edu
 1992 Ducati 907 I.E.                                      1987 Yamaha SRX250
 "Life is simply a consequence of the complexities of carbon chemistry..."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bob@csbvax.uucp (Bob Palin)
Subject: Re: AMA #'s in .sig files.
Keywords: NOT a good idea.
Organization: Varian Chromatography Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 17:27:51 GMT

Not putting AMA #s in .sigs.  This is something to consider.  We should
check with the AMA for their opinion and find out if they cross check
numbers against addresses as well as names.  What is the percieved
value of putting the AMA number in one's .sig - I just did it because
it seemed to fit with the DoD number.  Excuse me while I edit my .sig...

...  Thankyou

Bob (The numberless biker) (sorry Nick)

Bob Palin, Varian, Walnut Creek, Ca (510)945-2278, AMA, FSSNOC, DoD #257
bob@varian.com     242,201 miles and counting     CBR600, ST1100, KLR650
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The man without a number
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:12:39 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <1992Aug31.145210.10222@news.nd.edu>, Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift) writes:
> Denizen, I must BEHAVE like a Denizen. I instantly recognized what I must
> do....end the meaningless life of Tracy Wiseman (alias

Rick (apparently the p is silent), are you really this fucking dense?

 
-- 
 | Terry Cunningham terry@rsi.prc.com | "Let me take my chances on the wall  |
 | DoD# 541   'Debaucher of Donuts'   |  of death"       Richard Thompson    |
From: antoniou@buitc.bu.edu (George Antoniou)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: CBR600F <-- FOR SALE
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:35:03 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: antoniou@buitc.bu.edu

1987 CBR600F 
	
	-$2000.
	-fast.
	-clean.
	-just retuned.
	-many new parts.
	-must see. a beauty.

	Boston area.  

Please email--> antoniou@buitc.bu.edu
or call     --> 617-353-2780  (work)

[must sell to maintain lifestyle]  [in another words too expensive to keep]

giorgios


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Subject: Re: Motorcycle Battery Chargers
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 18:27:49 GMT
Organization: Connemara - Computing for People
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.0.1 12/13/89)
Status: OR

Just a suggestion for after-market chargers - buy some quick-disconnects
from Radio Shlock or wherever and set up the bike and charger so you can
plug the charger into the bike without raising the seat or fiddling with
big alligator clamps, etc.  Some chargers come with this set-up and
it is a nice convenience.

--
Denis  McKeon                            Good.   Fast.   Cheap.
galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu                       Pick two.
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Flaming made easy
Date: 27 Aug 92 01:52:23 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <8eazb7i00WBM47X0VO@andrew.cmu.edu> ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter A. Simon) writes:
>
>STANDARD REC.MOTORCYCLE FLAME REPLY FORM
>
> TO  :___________________________
> FROM:___________________________
>
>I have read your recent post concerning_________________.  I regret that
>due to severe time constraints I am unable to respond to your posting
>directly.  However, I would like to advise you that I believe that your
>posting:
>
[...]
> __violates commonly-accepted   ____signature size
>   net standards concerning:    ____posting to subjects not of general
>						                              interest
>                                ____editing of quoted material
>                             			____posting of copyrighted material
>						                          ____lack of obscenity

Hey, Peter!  Your slimy little post was formatted with TABS!  Don't you know 
that Usenet News is read on dozens of different TYPES of systems, many
of which don't have a clue about freaking UNIX standard 8-column tabs?
And that tabs tend to get eaten by the many and tortured news exchange
mechanisms?

If you weren't such a flaming computer-ignorant MARKETING GEEK, maybe
you'd be able to format a coherent post!


--
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: clear@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Charlie Lear)
Subject: You wanna repost or what?
Organization: The Cave MegaBBS, Public Access Usenet, Wellington, NZ
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 22:38:14 GMT


OK, I've almost finished Part 3 of the Ironbutt Ride from last year.

Technical hitch - its almost time for this year's Ironbutt, and maybe
folks have forgotten the first two parts.

Should I post all three, or just the third bit?


Oh, by the way:  my Denizen T-shirt was stolen from my clothes line where
it was drying a couple of months ago.  If any Denizens are visiting New
Zealand, let me know because much pain and suffering will befall anyone I
see wandering around here in a DoD shirt without knowing exactly what the
DoD is... 8-(

-- 
Charlie "The Bear" Lear | clear@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz | Kawasaki 750GT DoD#0221
Ph/Fax +64 4 564-5307 |  Vote for CHANGE, vote for MMP on September 19th!
  The Cave MegaBBS +64 4 5642269 V32 | PO Box 2009, Wellington, New Zealand
From: jamesf@public.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: NY Rte 17 sucks
Keywords: Really Rt 20
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:25:50 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

In article <19986@drutx.ATT.COM> klf@druwa.ATT.COM (FranklinKL) writes:
>I can second the poster who recommended Tr 20 through NY.  I grew up in a
>small town in US 20 in Central NY.  It is a really pretty road.  Starts in

When I was going to school in Buffalo, I'd take 20 from about Utica and
drive faster than I dared on the Interstate. Felt like I was on a 
rollercoaster :-). Rt. 8 from Utica to Deposit is (was?) a pretty good road
too, but beware of bovine roadblocks. Never saw one, but it *is* dairy
country.

jim

-- 
*   Jim Franklin * jamesf@btr.com OR {decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!jamesf      *
* Yamama 650 Maxim           | "I'd like a large Ducati, with extra 'g's."  * 
* Triumph 650 (slalom champ) | "Would you like that delivered?"             * 
* DoD #469          KotP(un) | "No, I'll come pick it up."                  * 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: ba.motorcycles, anyone?
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:12:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.183017.346@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us
(Bob Pasker) writes:
>In article <JET.92Aug24113115@win30.nas.nasa.gov>, jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov
(J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>> Having been duly chastised by hesh for misuse of the mailing lists
>> :-), 
>
>yes, but you get used to it after a while.  i suggest responding to him
>with the line, "hesh, how do you walk with that big stick up your ass?"


Of course, Bob just smiles when people walk up the sidewalk
to his house and piss in the mailbox...



--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@forel.stanford.edu
From: v058l789@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Ethan A Bowerman)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: People with 83-85 Nighthawk 650's?
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:23:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <Aug.28.16.30.13.1992.20331@remus.rutgers.edu>, kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes...
>In article <BtpBIA.Ivo@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v058l789@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ethan A Bowerman) writes:
> 
>> >650's extra ponies should make an impression there.
>> 
>> 	Yeah, but that still doesn't answer my question.  Isn't 112 a little
>> low for a top speed on a bike with 73 hp??
>> 	Thanks for the reply though.   I hope I see more.
> 
> 
>       Now, I admittedly have not read the reports on the 650, but I
>think the 73hp figure sounds really high.  My Radian, which was
>described favorably in reviews regarding power, had a very flat torque
>curve and was plenty strong.  Its top speed was 122MPH, I think.  I
>would think that the power of the 650 is close to that of the Radian. 
> 
>       Also, obviously, the top speed is dependent on gearing, and
>maybe a lower top speed was a tradeoff for more oomph at lower speeds.
> 
>my 2 cents.
> 
>                                            Kevin

	Thanks for your $.02, but here is Honda's and Clymer's

	73 bhp @ 9500.

	That's crank horse power, not rear wheel, which could cause
some descrepancies to arise, but assuming a conservative 95% effiecient 
power train, that's still over 65hp at the rear wheel.  

					Ethan
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