HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Aftermaket Seats (or, not the corbin wars!) (was BMW K100rs)
Date: 26 Sep 92 17:48:25 GMT
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

joe@mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner) writes:
]
]
]
]I just dropped a Corbin Rumble seat on my 92 K100RS and have to say it's
]a darn nice seat. with the backrest down there forms a really nice tall
]pocket to rest against. with it up, your pillion will feel nice and secure 
]in the concave backrest. I tried the standard canyon dual sport on it
]first, but it was really cut for the touring models, LT's, K75's, etc.
]the rumble lacks the tall edges on the sides that cut into your legs
There are no tall edges on the Canyon Dual that I have on my K75,  The canyone
dual is not a Touring seat,  in fact when I spoke with Corbin, the canyon
dual is what the rumble seat is based on,  At the national rally the corbin
truck was doing a booming business and I'd say 70% of the seats had the
edges you were complaining about  including ALL of the Rumbles that were 
there.  I'll personally stick with the canyon dual which came on the K75 since
it is the old style with piping and a longer seat area for the passenger.  

The back rest on the Rumble is a piece of shit in my opinion.  With my 130lbs
of mass, the thing flexed and twisted.  The corners stuck into my sides.
Not what I'd call confidence inspiring.  


The comfiest (if that is a real word) seat arround is the Russel DAYLONG,
looks stupid as hell, but is an innerspring seat.  Everyone gives it rave
reviews.


Steve
steve@zx11.cactus.org

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: DoD weenies
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 07:15:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.015601.17589@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
|First the DoD, to get that out of the way. Since none of the hyenas
|who claim to have a DoD number will tell me what DoD is, I guess I'll
|pass on it for both our sakes. I quit playing the "giggle behind your
|hand at the outsider" game about 25 years or so ago, so I don't think
|I'd fit in too well. Wouldn't be able to keep such a dire earthshaking
|secret, don't you know.

Y'know, sometimes people like you really tick me off.  I am the DoD,
as are most of the people here.  We are under NO obligation to tell you
*anything*, let alone information for which we have made it very clear 
is not to be asked about here. (If you would meet a Denizen, he would 
tell you plainly, most likely).  We even tell you very clearly where that
information can be found (the FAQ list).  Yet, you push your way in 
here and DEMAND that we tell you.  You call us names.  You call us 
childish.

You are way out of line.  Stop whining, and maybe someone will be nice to
you.

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Feeling poorly)           |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Being bored)         |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Yet another chain question
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:35:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.140000.9195@oakhill.sps.mot.com> chrud@oakhill.sps.mot.com (David Chrudimsky (AMCU Circuit Design)) writes:

>.... the posts here are hollow ....

there, the obligatory rec.moto signal/noise complaint.  please follow up with
a beer/helmet law transmogrification.

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|         Some don't have the intelligence (apparently) to dispute         |
|              [Holst's] views, so they hurl insults instead.              |
|                                                                          |
|    -- Jeff Achenbach, chairman, Holst Presidential Election Committee    |
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From: jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Stealing bikes
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:29:35 GMT
Organization: Motorola, Inc. GSS-AMT, Arlington Heights, Il

scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:

>In article <1a7cmpINNhqh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>In article 92Sep27133615@starbird.WPI.EDU, rtaraz@starbird.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes:
>>Everything helps, but it won't stop a slime that wants your bike.

The trick is to drive something that no one would WANT to steal.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Wygralak  708-632-6908     | Motorola Cellular  Arlington Heights, IL
jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com | Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab
DoD #0651	'74 Honda CL360
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet Laws and Other things (a newbie needs help)
From: Jim Foster <MADIF@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:01:47 EDT
Organization: Rohm and Haas Company

In article <fq6n5sm.dmatejka@netcom.com>, dmatejka@netcom.com (Daniel Matejka)
says:
>
>  You'll also probably need a special tool to get the oil filter off.
>No way can you slip a normal wrench over it; the pipes are in the way.
>Get something you can slip over the side, or directly on the front.
>I used a leather belt and a screwdriver.  It works, but I think I'll
>splurge $5 and save myself some pain next time.

I owned a CB700SC from 1984 until this past Spring.  I never used any tool
on the oil filter.  The trick is to only put it on "hand tight".  This makes
it much easier to remove next time.

When draining the frame tubes, it also helps to lift up the front wheel to
help the oil flow to the drain holes.
--
Jim Foster - madif@rohmhaas.com          (215) 592-2446 (voice) 592-3377 (FAX)
If you want to be happy for a day, drink...
If you want to be happy for a year, marry...                           DoD 142
If you want to be happy for a lifetime, ride a BMW!              '91 K100RS16V
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD is a bad influence
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:17:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: elektro.1992Sep30.191757.3587
Organization: Why do you suspect that?

In article <daved.717790570@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
>Well, it happened today. After months of reading about the
>adventures of fellow DoD members and their casual disregard for
>law and order I looked down at my speedometer to discover I had
>achieved the DoD minimum speed without any concious thought of it.
>
   Was that *WARP-2* or *WARP-3* ??  The minimum varies depending on
the state you're in.  [ sane | drugged | psychotic | etc ]

>I have traveled at the DoD min speed many many times, but always after
>making the decision to "go fast now". This time it just happened as part
>of my normal riding pattern. I have got to stop this casual use of 
>fifth gear.
>
   God knows what would happen to you when you get on a six speed ride ...

>You are all a bad influence on me , could you please step up the 
>number of postings on full leather riding apparel to make ammends for the
>corruption of my soul.

   HHUMMMMMMM ............... 1942 pages dumped.   Does not compute.
>


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  }
From: TJM@MATH.AMS.ORG (Tom Maloney)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ridiculous M/C Engine swaps (was Re: Faster 1100)
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:39:23 GMT

From: thorick@sybase.com (Thorick Chow)
In article <Bv5AuE.Lrz@tridom.com> alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming) writes:
}>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" ?

}-t.c.

The company in question had to change it's name to "Boss Hoss"
after H-D threatened to enforce it's copyright on the term "Hog"
WRT motorcycles. It's styling cues are taken (not surprisingly)
from Milwaukee's finest. Torque is equivalent to most tractors,
turning ability is right up there with battleships.

Now if someone would take say, an NSX motor and stick it in a
stretched RC30 frame... :-)

Tom Maloney/tjm@math.ams.org/American Math Society Providence, RI/401.455.4020
           DoD #614 / 1980 Kawasaki KZ440B / KoTDoD (Dumpy old Dual)

     "Brakes just slow you down and increase your lap times dramatically."
                                                      - Stefan Fielding-Isaacs
From: steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Aftermaket Seats (or, not the corbin wars!) (was BMW K100rs)
Date: 29 Sep 92 23:16:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: zx11.876
Reply-To: steve@zx11.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

joe@zx11.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
]
]dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson) writes:
]]In article <867@zx11.UUCP>, steve@zx11.cactus.org (Steve Bade) wrote:
]you have to keep in mind that steve's comments are based on a 15 minute
]ride down one of the roughest roads in the area, not to mention that I would
]guess this is the first corbin seat with a backrest that he's EVER ridden 
]passenger on. I suppose he'd be happy with a seat with a rock solid mount 
BZZT Guess again.  I;ve ridden on 2 other BMW's with corbins and back rests
and prefered the comfort factor of the original design.  The seat does
not flex a lot.  The bumpy roads are where I believe the passenger 
would like the added feeling of security that the back rest provides.

]put more credence on the opinions of the people who 1) actually own the seat,
]or 2) have actually spent some time on it.
]
]it's rather amusing as well to know that this is the exact same seat that steve
]raved about and encouraged me to get. now it sucks. jealousy is an ugly beast.

Actually I raved about the appearance of the seat.  Not the comfort factor
since I had not had the opportunity.  Lets see what lisa thinks about the
comfort on a really long trip.  To each his own.  As for jealousy, hell
anyone can plunk down $400 for the corbin, don't take much to do that.

Seems to me you used to give me crap about the aerostich, now you are
looking to buy one....... Hummm jealousy,  I'd chalk it up to you 
determining that it was a good product.   


Steve
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: Cheers to the new moto TV show!
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:57:25 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1992Oct5.183511.10212@news.eng.convex.com> caban@convex.com (Jane Caban) writes:
>
>Has anyone seen the show "Renegade" about an ex-cop who rides a Harley
>and whose sole purpose in life is to find the guy who shot his girlfriend?
>I was wondering what kind of Harley he rides. The show seems to feature the
>bike as much as anything else. I watch the show because of the motorcycle
>scenes; the story itself is pretty lame. 

I think its a Softail Custom (FXSTC) since it has the wide-glide front end
but I can't remember if it actually had the softail rear end.... Might have
been an FXWG....... maybe I better just shut up!!! Anyway it's got an Evo
motor. 8-/ ???
-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard (neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org)        CompuTrac, Inc. (Richardson,TX)
DoD #686   '91 XLH-1200      '70 Kawasaki G4-100cc    '69 Cougar XR7-GT390
	   Ensoniq VFX-SD    Kramer Pacer guitar      '70 429CJ(needs a home)
"how often you get much more drunk than you ought to on a Friday night...
...about once a week" -  Tom Yates
=============================================================================
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Wind Triangles?  What are they?
Date: 26 Sep 92 12:44:03 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Distribution: na
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH


Never one to deny my fellows beings the opportunity for having fun
at other people's expense, I ask another question that shows
an enviable lack of knowledge (ignorance is bliss, and all
that).

What the heck is a wind triangle?  I think that was the phrase
used (Aerostitch makes one, whatever it is).

-- 
   Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH  03766
                         bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu        
             I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
                              DoD # 0698
From: ahle@anke.abo.fi (Peter Ahlskog DC)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Info wanted -- Honda CM400
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:45:04 GMT
	<AHLE.92Oct5175217@anke.abo.fi>
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland

In article <AHLE.92Oct5175217@anke.abo.fi> ahle@anke.abo.fi (Peter Ahlskog DC) writes:

....and acomplishes to put down alot of spellingerrors. GOSH..should
probably not hit C-c C-c before I've read through what I've written...

	
--
 Peter "Ale" Ahlskog                            e-mail: ahle@anke.abo.fi
 Computing Centre       Abo Akademi University  Phone:  +358-21-65*4472
     "It's green, it's mean, it's mine and it's eating them alive"
                        DoD: #138, ZXR 750 (Jolly)
From: cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Cervi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:56:10 GMT
Organization: NSWC, Carderock Div. Det., Annapolis Facility

(Alan E. Asper) writes:
> (Michael Amato) writes: 
>>In article <1992Sep30.055240.9032@elektro.cmhnet.org
>(Charlie Smith) writes:
>>|>(i t harvey) writes:
>
>(valuable and appreciated advice deleted)
>
>Hey everybody,
>I was responsible for the start of this thread, so now I want to thank 
>everyone and let you get on with your lives. 
> 
>Your fabulousness in this matter is appreciated.
>
>Alan

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.   You think you can stop this!

   Old threads never die, they just get repeated over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
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and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
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over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

(And eventually they get around to beer or helmet laws.)
-- 
	Mark Cervi, CARDEROCKDIV, NSWC Code 2752, Annapolis, MD  21402
	  cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil, (w) 410-267-2261, (h) 410-647-0990
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How far do you commute?
Date: 6 Oct 92 01:16:09 GMT
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

HAHN@UCF1VM.BITNET writes:
>Many execuses for NOT commuting tho:
>...
>8) Have no bike

I don't remember seeing Ed reply to this thread.  Does this mean
somebody else on this group (other than Ed) doesn't have a bike?

Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"Due to circumstances beyond your control,
                        you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Tree climbing w/Trail 90 (not)
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 11:52:28 GMT

Jerry Stubbs (stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu) wrote:
: 
: I bought a Honda Trail 90 to take to Colorado on the back of my Suzuki 400 and
: I'm having some problems with it. After finally getting it to idle reasonable
: some of the time, I proceeded to attempt some tree climbing here in Kansas.
: I didn't want to look stupid the first time I take it to Colorado.
: 
:  First I tried the head-on-wheelie and go manuver. It works for about 10 feet
: until the Chin Sen-Sen's start smoking and smelling like licorice.  I don't 
: really like that taste so I tried the old wrap a cable around the rear axle.
: It works much better and goes almost as high as I can throw the 400, but I
: don't like it as much becasue it almost seems like I'm going up backwards.
: 
: What am I doing wrong?  Should I be using a different type of cable? Maybe
: it is too thick or something. OR should I be using a chain?  I would greatly 
: appreciate some help from somebody that has some experience with this setup.

There are several, well documented, ways of persuading a perfectly normal
motorbike up a tree.  (See British Technical Library Publications: ZZ.BIKETREE.
00.69.UP.56.AND.67.DOWNAGAIN.90 - 99).

The cheapest method is to invest in a set of ice-speedway tyres, the ones with
the humonguous sharp spikes sticking out, and the winch mechanism from the 
front of a Landrover.

For the more adventurous and better financially endowed sorts, there is the 
good old bolt-on Harrier conversion kit...

If you own a Cagiva elefant, merely sit on it beneath the tree and have a 
friend place a mouse by it's front wheel.

If, on the other hand, you own a Suzi Kat, do the same but put the mouse up in
the chosen tree.

A cheaper way is to utilise several Vultures/Buzzards/Holsts(?) but remember to
keep your chin strap tightly fastened.


Nick (the Horizontal (mainly) Biker) MAG 73516   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford

M'Lud.
From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Newbie needs advice
Date: 2 Oct 1992 16:30:33 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Robert D Castro) says:

>
>Hi Folks,
>
>
>I am considering purchasing a used motorcycle and I would like
>comments, positive and negative.  I am thinking about purchasing a
>1983 Kawaski (sp?) LTD 550.  The purchase price is going to be
>$650.00.  The cycle has 4400 miles.  I would like some advice such as
>; Is this cycle a lemon of a bike when it first came out.  Any known
>problems with this model.  Parts still available from dealers? Please
>feel free to comment by sending email to rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu.
>

How about an 1100 Ninja?  I hear that they're pretty nice, albeit a 
bit slow.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------>DarkMan-------->
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a mechanical engineer can get a job?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:01:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.214932.1325@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
}Now, what about the DoD riding suit?  That's easy.  *AEROSTICH*  Well, 
}that's my choice (except when I'm on Harvey).  Any dissenters?

Well, I've yet to see a riding suit that would comfortably go over
jeans, so I guess I disagree. I ride full-face helmet, Corbin boots
(short ones -- the long ones won't fit over my large calves), leather
chaps over jeans, and a heavy leather jacket.

In the summer I wear heavy shorties; for the winter I have gauntlets.
I also bought a dickie for those cold winter morning rides in to work.
-- 
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: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: fuel/engine efficiency (was Re: More gasohol)
Date: 26 Sep 92 14:34:06 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

c'mon, boys & girls, do you really believe that we will develop (and
market) alternative engines/fuels while there is still a drop of oil
to be drained out of the ground? lenin argued that capitalism
initially would promote innovation in the pursuit of efficiency but
that once a technology became entrenched (i.e. part of the means of
production) it would behoove the owners thereof to eliminate buy up
and/or destroy competing technologies.  i suggest, rather, that it is
simply not in the best interests of *anyone* (employer or worker) to
support the supersuccesion of technology or economic/foreign policies
which provides both profits and jobs i.e. the recent flak over the
mexican free-trade agreement which is raw market capitalism, yet 
is opposed by workers who see the loss of jobs to cheaper labor 
markets.

this should promote some interesting discussion (i.e. flame war).

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: What would you buy for $2000?
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 22:45:11 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.135727.15965@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>I don't know if I've ever seen $2000 worth of Harley that was actually
>ridable. What would $2K get you anyways, one jug and one wheel? :-)

        $2k will get you an Iron Sportster that needs some TLC, if you shop
carefully and are willing to go to where the cost of living isn't as high as
SF, LA, NYC, or NJ.  I picked up the Sportster I had for $2450 and rode it
home.  Five months later, the transmission had itself for lunch, but that was
my fault for not keeping an eye on the fluid level.

	$2k should get you a complete semi-basket* big twin.  Some assembly
required.


*semi-basket:  some parts on the frame, some in the basket.

YMMV,
-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF    1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	            1975 CB360T (needs a name)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
From: kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tamiya model review
Summary: Hmm
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:28:41 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In article <1992Oct5.154430.14023@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>, loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson) writes:

] 	Anyway, for those who are interested, the make is Tamiya and they
] have about 50 or 60 bikes from the mid-80's.  They include most makes
] in existence although you won't recognize all the models.  I guess they're
] mostly European.  This means you won't find a Goof2 or an FJ.

     I thought FJ's were popular in Europe.  From Motorrad magazine, I
_know_ they are sold there.  What gives?  Has anyone seen an FJ model?
From what Loki has said, it sounds like fun.



                                                Kevin