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From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Subject: Re: Dealing with the Insurance Scum
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:55:30 GMT

In article <C0Js6z.ItB@panix.com> bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
}So, I've "screwed the general public" by being compensated for close to
}7 years of daily pain, sometimes quite severe, as a result of being
}rear-ended on a single-lane, 1-way street? Maybe some of this "extra"
}compensation will pay for, say, a taxi to work while I'm in a cast and
}can't ride?  Or pay for orthopedic devices for a lifetime that no
}medical insurance covers? Sure, settlement numbers look huge. But a
}....
}
}I'm not in favor of nusiance suits, and it has taken a lot to convince
}me that I "deserve" this settlement. Think about the whole issue some
}more before you speak. Think about the people involved, not just the
}numbers. Think about living for 50 or 60 years, constantly affected by
}a single moment of another person's stupidity at the wheel of a motor
}vehicle.  Maybe you'll sound more like a human being and less like Dan
}Qualye moaning about how lawyers are destroying American productivity.

Thank you for finally providing *facts*. Your first posting could be
accurately condensed down to the following:

"If someone hits you, sue them. I did it twice, and look at all the
 money I made. You can make a lot of money this way, too!"

There was no mention of your having suffered any injuries. Given your
inept first posting, what the @&#$#$% kind of reaction did you expect?
Add to your crimes the fact that you then sat on your butt for a few
days while the flames rose ever higher. Despite how it may sound, I'm
glad you're an injured moron rather than an ambulance-chasing asshole.

Deliberate flame-bait is a rec.moto tradition. Unfortunately, so are
misleading postings made out of stupidity instead through worthy
guile, subterfuge, and entrapment.

So let's forget this bozo and have more of the latter! I haven't seen
mention of Slick-50 or deer whistles in ages!

ObStereotyping: Given Mark's misleading original post, maybe we should
lump public access Unix users in with .edu breaths.
-- 
Curtis Jackson			'91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"
cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	'92 Collie/Golden "George"
DoD #721			'91 Hawk GT	'81 Maxim 650
"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead." -- J. Buffett
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: I hate snow.
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 18:04:45 GMT

>essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) writes:
>: In article <1992Dec29.145321.1427@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>, bclarke@galaxy.gov.bc.ca writes:
>: |> I hate snow. It's been 5 whole days since I've been able to ride.
...
>: 5 days?!?  sheesh.  it took me 15 minutes to chisel through the ice cube
>: that was my car after work yesterday.  if i'm lucky, i'll get to ride in
>: march sometime.
>: 
...
Ryan "Page Offsets-R-Us" Gill writes:

>				Sorry...just had to say that...We southerners
>				always get grief for being southern well here's one
>				advantage....     High 60's in december....Life is
>				great..!!!!

High 60's?

Where's the challenge in that?

Membership application denied.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              Lachman Technology, Incorporated
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
 __       There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
 \/                   followed by the words "Daddy!  Yay!"
From: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Engine Theory 101
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:51:00 GMT
Reply-To: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Organization: Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada

In article <1993Jan8.021245.2814@cs.cornell.edu> karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <1ii1s0INNnav@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>In article 15939@cs.cornell.edu, karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>>>My father's comment on "zero-clutch" shifting was that it was a
>>>favorite technique of Army truck drivers because they didn't give a
>>>damn about the equipment.

>>Last time I checked, ALL truck drivers shifted clutchless.

[Discussion of syncromesh deleted]

>From what I recall of my father's comments, the old Army trucks didn't
>have anything like this--the drivers just jammed the shifter where
>they wanted with a great gnashing of metal parts until they finally
>got the engine to the correct speed.  It was someone else's job to fix
>the transmission.

>I take it this is not what happens on a modern semi?  (I wouldn't
>know--the biggest truck I ever rode in had an Allison diesel with an
>automatic transmission.)

Yes, most, if not all modern semis are designed to be shifted
clutchless, or semi clutchless. (no pun intended)  I got a chance to
drive a top of the line Peterbuilt last Easter.  Kip said that the
transmission was a full syncro model.  His technique was to push in
the clutch, move the shifer to neutral, let out the clutch, move
the shifter toward the next gear and match the speed of the tranny
and engine.  When the speeds matched the next gear would engage.
There was a slight grinding as the speeds would match, but Kip said
it was just the gears "touching" and was part of the design and
would cause no problems, unlike the grinding of gears in a car or
bike.  I figured I would not be so macho and would use the clutch,
seeing as how I had never driven a semi before.  Surprise! It
wouldn't shift at all in what would be considered a normal way.
The clutch had to be out before it would match speeds.  The only
reason to use the clutch at all was to get started and to take the
strain off the gears when disengaging a gear.  You could just ease
off the pedal to let off the stain, but using the cluch was best
for the truck.

Now, don't ask me how I know this, but a 425 hp Cat engine coupled
to the highest final drive ratio availiable will pull a 32,000 pound
Peterbuilt hauling 35,000 pounds of road grader to 92 mph. All of
that and only turning 2200 rpm.  I do pity the poor guy in the
Subaru we passed.  I don't think he got blown completely of the
road.  Ah, speed, it must be in a motorcyclist's blood.

OB moto:  I want a bike with one of those Cat engines in it.
Harleys have torque?  Not even in their wildest dreams. :-)

 Ed Hackett   edh@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu     The Desert Research Institute 
 DoD #0200  WMTC  BMWRA  DIOC             Reno, Nevada   (702) 673-7380   
 KotLS  KotLE  DotD #0003      Motorcycling is not a life and death matter.
 900SS  K100RS  501 CAMEL      It's more important than that.    __=o&o>__
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What a bunch of whiners.  I went for a great ride over the holidays.  
The snow started falling as soon as we entered the canyon.  The roads were
solid ice.  It was in the 20's and snowed all day long.  We rode for 5
hours.  

The biggest problem was getting stuck in the occasional snow drift and
trying to avoid the deep ruts that some 4x4 made in the trail.  We'd do OK
until we broke thru the icy drifts that were more than 2 feet deep.  Then
we'd do lot's of tugging and swearing to get the bikes loose.  No problem
staying warm.  

I'll need to replace half of the ice screws in my rear tire.  Lot's of
shredding down to the rocks and logs was pretty hard on them.  I can't wait
to get out again.  

First thing though, I'll have to resolve some legal problems.  Got a court
date for the 11th. :-(

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
We don't stop riding because we get cold, we get cold because we stop riding.
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From: tony@morgan.demon.co.uk (Tony Kidson)
Subject: Re: using winter gloves for skiing 
Distribution: world
Organization: Not much.
Reply-To: tony@morgan.demon.co.uk
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:30:45 +0000


In article <726084039snx@swamp.demon.co.uk> Neil@swamp.demon.co.uk writes:

>But not from DIS :)  Hi tny, hows the ST ?
>
>   Neil

Back on the road :-)))))

Tony


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From: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: Build Your Own !
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:20:59 GMT

In article <63299@mimsy.umd.edu> leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill) writes:
>ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>>	"If you could build your own motorcycle, what would it be ?"
>>
>>No limits on materials, manufacturers, etc. but please endeavor to make it
>>interesting.  If you just say, "all-new and handbuilt" certainly I for
>>one will be disappointed.

[ description of using GL1500 as basis for FB-1500 MkI (Fighter BIke) deleted ]

>While it surely wouldn't be the best cafe racer for carving on the
>backroads, it'd be the talk of the town at break stops.  Great bike
>for posing.  With salvage on the Wing costing just under $2000 and
>being perfectly mechanically sound (save forks and bars), I'm real
>tempted to give it a go, but my toy budget is real tight right now.
>
>Okay, so I'm a sicko.  I also like CBXs, CX turbos, RE5s, Supersonic
>Blue Smokers and Water Buffalos, all right.  So sue me.  At least I've
>got my own style (editorials referencing my style to /dev/null  8^).
>
>Mr. Bill

I love it.  That's a great way to start ... now if you just figure out how
to get 40% more horsepower out of the GL-1500 engine you'll be on the way!

Of course, my outlook has been called into question before!  I've been know 
to create similar 4 wheeled sow's ears out of silk purses, at least if you 
listen to my detractors!  For example, I still think 200 hp worth of Porsche
6 cylinder engine in the back of a Volkswagen microbus made a marvelous tow 
vehicle.  :-)  


Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
               BMW K1100-LT, R80-GS/PD, R27, Triumph TR6
                           Columbus, Ohio

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From: ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: Kikustaatu-Do: The Way of Kickstart
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:27:05 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.123345.2838@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>
>	Now try it on a big-bore bike with a compression release, little girl.
>
>	Do it wrong and you get your leg broken or launched over the bars !
>
>	I too have felt the pain of a megathumper's wrath !
>
>	O ye of olden Harley days, enlighten us who ride little Jap scoots...
>
OK, here we go. Starting the '54 Velocette 500 single. (Long stroke 10.75:1
compression, Amel carb, etc.)
  1. turn on the gas.
  2. push down on the "tickler" stud on the carb. and count 4. This holds the
     float down and floods the carburator. If you are a fraction of a second
too fast on your count, the engine will never start. If too slow, it will take
an additional 15 kicks per millisecond that the carb was over primed.
  3. retard the timer, turn on the switch and call on your favorite diety.
  4. pull the compression release (the smaller lever beneath the clutch) and
     try to find the top of the compression stroke.
  5. KICK as hard as you can and pray that enough energy in imparted to the
     flywheels to help carry through the next compression stroke. (if you are
     off more than a few degrees in step 4, the kicker will bottom out too soon
     or the flywheels won't be turning fast enough)
  6. Did you forget to retard the timer? crawl out of the bushes and try again.

	This is why I was able to buy one 3 months old with <90 miles on it
 for half price. The original owner was only able to start it twice.

Ed Campbell
     Email ed@Tekelec.com (maybe) 
doh # 000069.000 
      000074  (Panhead displacement)
      3 15/32 (Panhead bore)
'57 FL  (Ol' Beasty)
'76 XLCH (Hoss)
My other car is a '54 Harley Servicar. (Leapin' Lena)

 
#insert std.getas 
    ed geta bike
    ravi geta shift key
    (as required) 
           geta life 
           Getajob
        Etc.
 

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    engine, there aint a Harley, Indian, or Exelcior that can
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From: mxcrew@mx2306.gud.siemens.co.at (The MX-Crew)
Subject: Re: Yamaha TDM 850, comments wanted.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:17:48 GMT
Organization: SIEMENS Austria Corp., A-1100 Wien, Gudrunstr. 11
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Anders Johansson (trsajo@eua.ericsson.se) wrote:
: 
: I am thinking of trading in the old R100RS for something new, and since
: I prefer shorter (20 - 200 miles) trips on twisty and sometimes bumpy
: roads some kind of off-roadish bike interests me. And YES, I love unpaved
: roads, with lots of gravel!
: 
: What I really need is a bike that is perfect for shorter trips, sometimes two up,
: on twisty, bumpy, sometimes unpaved roads. It should also be possible to put some
: luggage on it and make a longer trip 1-2 weeks a year.
: 

Think about a HONDA NX650 Dominator:
   - enough power (do you really need >70hp for unpaved roads?)
   - smooth enginerun in spite of only one stroke
   - sturdy technique because of only one stroke
   - less gasconsumption for long distance rides
   - great handling

all in all: a bike with a very good price/performance-proportion.

 +--------------------------------------------+  /-\o /-()  -- -  --   -
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 | E-MAIL: mxcrew at mx2306.gud.siemens.co.at |       |/_\  -- -  --   -
 +--------------------------------------------+        \_/.  .  . . ........
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Kikustaatu-Do: The Way of Kickstart
Organization: Lachman Technology, Incorporated, Naperville, IL
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:45:06 GMT

In article <ll3qq6INNu8@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Graham) writes:
>chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih) writes:
>|> Aah, kick starts are for pansies.  They just add weight
>|> and catch your pant legs at inopportune moments.  Real
>|> girlie-men push the bike down a hill and pop the clutch
>|> to start.  Manly men push the bike uphill.  
>
>Girly men use the bike's momentum to bump-start the bike.  Manly
>men pick the bike up with one hand and use the other to spin the
>rear tire with the bike already in gear.
>
>				...jim


Bah!  Girly men hand start by spinning the rear wheel.  Manly men
start the bike by picking it up with one hand and yanking the
drive chain with the other.  (Shafties:  Pick up the rear wheel with
one hand, and rotate the bike around it with the other.)

You girly man, you.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              Lachman Technology, Incorporated
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
 __       There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
 \/                   followed by the words "Daddy!  Yay!"
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Application for DoD Membership
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:28:35 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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	Attention... Cease fire...flames off...please.....






		














				Ok, Now that I have your attention...
							I have a Number 
								#0780





								thanks for your attention...
From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Real life facts about insurance companies
Date: 11 Jan 1993 20:37:05 GMT
Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, U.C. Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: cogsci.berkeley.edu

In article <1993Jan11.090246.8690@omrongw.wg.omron.co.jp> jfriedl@omron.co.jp writes:
>An insurance commissioner, or anything else getting in the way of a free
>market will tend to screw things up.  Look at California's messed up
>insurance situation where government stepped in and diddled a (reletavly)
>free market.

What happened in California was that insurance companies (like S&L's and nearly
everyone else with money) made a lot of ill-advised investements during the
80's boom.  Unlike the S&L's, however, they didn't have the Fed's to bail them
out, and were in the process of recovering their losses from a captive market
(auto insurance being legally mandated by the State).

Rates were increasing way out of proportion with inflation for people with
*good* driving records (the insurance co's tried to lay this at the door of
civil claims lawyers), and people with poor records were often unable to
obtain coverage at any price.  Everyone was outraged at the situation, and
the citizenry revolted.

I haven't heard any complaints about the new system.

(Oh, and the new insurance czar has been quite helpful in getting the 
 insurance co's to fulfill their contractual obligations to the victims of
 the Oakland firestorm.  I hate to think what would have happened without
 someone having that authority.)

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From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: Shiftless shifter
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:14:44 GMT

In article <10980@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>
>Hello folks,
>   For the past couple of weeks I've been having a problem with the shifter 
>on the Virago.  Upshifts are fine.  When I down shift the ratchet mechanism
>or whatever is in there doesn't reset right and I can't continue to downshift
>after the first one.  I step down on the shift lever and it feels like it
>is alread in 1st when I know it is in 4th.  After I tap the shifter down and
>release it quickly a couple times it will work and then I have the same 
>problem for the next gear.  It is not a 100% failure yet, but is pretty 
>annoying.  
>   I expect to dig into this over the weekend if it isn't freezing and
>I can find the time.  Anybody know what the cause might be.  Any suggestions?
>   I changed the oil after I first noticed the problem but that didn't really
>help.  Also it seems slightly worse in colder temps. (<35) if that helps.
>--
>

I've had a similar problem a few times. Could be a worn out return
spring or accumulated grunge on the mechanism.

Jeff Achenbach
From: ellert@v32.uh.cwru.edu ()
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Dealing with the Insurance Scum
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:14:11 GMT
Organization: Image Analysis Center, Univ. Hospitals of Cleveland
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In article <1993Jan8.083149.2735@news.columbia.edu>, twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Tony Wang) writes:

>>"allowance" of $150 for 14 monthes. My second case is still in
>process, going on 31 monthes now, but the lowest payoff goal my lawyer
>has set for the case is $125K of which I can easily net $25K+ after he
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There is something very wrong here.  You pay around $100K for a return
of $25K.  Let's see, if you had to pay that out of your pocket would you
do it?  Would you put your house, car, bike(s), etc. up as collateral for
a loan to fund this?  Are you getting ripped off by your lawyer?

>Uncle Sam can't touch a cent. I now this is why the insurance company
>is charging so much, but you're entitled if you can establish fault. I
>say milk it for all you can, and get a new bike later.

The milk of human kindness -- thank you for giving the insurance companies
a valid reason to raise everyone's rates.  Unfortunately, your tone implies
that you've blown your pain and suffering out of proportion; one last question,
were you even injured?

Ed
DoD #1110
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re:      J.C. Whitney vs. dealer
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:31:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan9.173154.4974
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1993Jan9.123342.12197@fuug.fi> an4929@anon.penet.fi (gonzo) writes:
>I was wondering how you all feel about the above question.  A friend
>of mine at a motorcycle shop told me that ordering batteries from
>J.C. Whitney wasn't a good idea because they were pretty cheap
>batteries which would vibrate themselves into not working due to your
>motorcycles vibration.  And, in looking at their add, I find it kind
>of odd that they weill only guarantee a 12 month battery for three
>months, a 24 month battery for six months, and a 36 month battery for
>nine months.  But then again, this motorcycle shop sells a battery
>for $45 that J.C. Whitney seels for $22.

I look at JCW with a careful eye.  I suspect there are some good buys, but....
Like batteries.  I believe that there are only 2 or 3 actual manufactures
of batteries.  I suspect that JCW gets old shelf stock or cosmetically
damaged stock.  You might get a good one, you might get stung.  On metal
or electronic parts which might have any number of sources, I suspect
_extreme_ care is in order.

At the same time there are alternatives to your local dealer.  Mail order
discount houses.  I try to go to my dealer whenerver I can.  They are good
to me and it's in my best interest to keep them in business.  At the
same time, I've had my dealer tell me to go to a mail order discount house
simply because they could not give me a good deal (in this case on a chain
for my FJ).  I have dealt lots with the likes of Comp. Acces. and Moto.
Acces. Warehouse and have had minimal problems.

Ride Free,

Bill
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