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From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: mail order fork tubes, regulator
Summary: Think Used
Date: 22 Jan 93 23:26:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

bcd@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Bryan Dunlap) writes:
>Anybody have recommendations on good places to get the following?
>
>fork tube for 75 Suzuki GT250
>fork tube for 76 Honda CB360
>voltage regulator for CB360

P & F Motorcycle Salvage, Inc.
2245 N Dupont Hwy
Dover DE
1+(302) 674-4990

I've had cycle shops as far away as DC recommend these folks, and have
been there several times.  Very comprehensive used parts shop - "bone
yard" doesn't do this place justice.  Excellent service and attitude.
I bought an oil cooler from them which turned out to have a leak.  I
received no grief about returning it for exchange.  Prices are also
quite reasonable - $20 for a voltage regulator for my CJ360 last summer.
They are more than willing to ship parts to distant customers.

Standard disclaimers apply - I'm just a satisfied customer.

Mr. Bill
-- 
+    Bill Leavitt     +    '82 CBX "White Lightning", '82 GS850G "Suzibago"   +
+ leavitt@cs.umd.edu  +  '76 CJ360 "Little Honda", '68 Lone Star "Sick Leave" +
+ AMA, ICOA, DoD 224  +  '69 Impala convertible "The Incredible Hulk", others +
+ "Hmmm, I thought bore and stroke *was* the technique!" Michael "Poppa" Bain +
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Subject: Re: Topcase (trunk) ad info WANTED
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:18:00 GMT

In article <C16z4x.3yp@panix.com> bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
}I recently (~6 mo.) saw an ad/new product announcement in
}one of the popular Moto rags for a small topcase (trunk)
}that was supposed to have a locking system to attatch it to
}any "standard" luggage rack with tubular bars. Being
}interested in the concept, I promptly forgot to cut out and
}save the ad. Any pointers? Anyone heard of such a thing?

I have an aftermarket generic trunk from Hap Jones on my Maxim
and love it. It doesn't attach to the tubular bars, though, it
simply has four long flat 1"-wide pre-drilled bars -- two go
inside the trunk and the others go under the luggage rack
slats, and you just drill through the bottom of the trunk and
bolt 'er on. Nice rubber washers so there is no leakage, and
nice rubber gasket at the top for the same reason.

The only part of the install that was in any way problematic
was that the bars were longer than the rear of my luggage rack
was wide, but a judicious hacksaw fixed that in about a minute.

This trunk will carry a *LOT* of beer!

One caveat: I stupidly took the trunk out to my bike, set it on
the luggage rack, and said, "Yeah, it'll fit," and bought it.
When I got home I realized that it would indeed fit, but that
to place it far enough forward to carry significant weight *and*
to open the lid completely I would have to remove my aftermarket
backrest. Testing with the wifely unit proved that this was not
as much of a problem as I had feared due to the aftermarket
King&Queen seat on the Maxim, so I stuck with it, but if I had
thought it out better up front I would have gotten the trunk
with the built-in backrest (no extra $$$).

Another advantage of the trunk is that I can Velcro my garage
door opener to it, so when I'm coming up the street I just
reach back and slap it with my clutch hand -- quite handy.
-- 
Curtis Jackson			'91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"
cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	'92 Collie/Golden "George"
DoD #721	KotB		'91 Hawk GT	'81 Maxim 650
"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead." -- J. Buffett
From: Michael.Nelson@f20.n125.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Engine theory 102 section 002
X-Sender: newtout 0.07 Jan  3 1993
Date: 21 Jan 93  01:24:30

Wednesday January 20 1993 14:11, Joel A. Frahm wrote to All:

JF-> What is the difference
JF-> between a pipe that requires a rejet, and one that doesn't?

    The one that requires a rejet may increase performance after the rejetting
is done.  The one that doesn't will just make more noise.


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 |                          |                                   |
 | Michael Nelson           | "A billion here, a billion there, |
 | DoD #735                 |  sooner or later it adds up to    |
 | 1993 Honda CBR900RR      |  some real money!"                |
 |                          |                                   |
 | nelson@seahunt.imat.com  |           EVERETT DIRKSEN         |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: npet@bnr.ca (Neil Harrington)
Subject: Re: single vs. dual disk
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:36:42 GMT

Noemi Berry (noemi@synoptics.com) wrote:
: what are the advantages/disadvantages of single vs. dual front disk brakes?
: in terms of: stopping power, braking smoothness, weight?  does the asymmetry
: of a single disk have any effect in the feel of the front end?  are dual
: disks noticeably heavier?

: dual front disks have more maintenance: twice as many disk pads, two brake
: fluid lines to flush and more rotors to warp and expensively replace, etc.
: and they don't stop twice as well as a single front disk.  so why duals at
: all?

: what tradeoffs make motorcycle engineers decide to go with one or the other?

: noemi
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: noemi@synoptics.com 						KotSBL
: '83 BMW R65LS (NM)	"have bike, will stumble"		DoD #443
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

One of the main deciding factors of installing a single disk is the side of the
road that you travel on.  If you ride on the left of the road, having a single
disk brake fitted to one of the fork legs will cause the bike to veer a little
bit to the left and away from oncoming dangers.  Vice versa for riding on the
other, wrong side of the road.  When you import bikes from strange countries,
a habit I personally frown upon, you have to swap the brake over and this can 
cost you quite a pretty penny, I can tell you.  The main dealers are able to
get conversion kits which can save you a bit.

With single brakes, there is no need to keep repainting them in the required
international direction colours.  This you might think is a small consideration
but the paint tends to wear and needs to be attended to at least once a year.

One of the minus points of twin disks is the increased braking force and hence
greater twisting force applied to the spokes of your bike.  I have had to 
replace several wheels on my bikes because of bent spokes due to the superior
braking from twin disk setups.  I never had any problems like this on my
old RD350B!

If you need to know any more, just Email me......


Nick (the Braker Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   Bent Spokes-man

M'Lud.
From: lewis@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za (Greg Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: WANTED: Rally Schedules
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:42:17 GMT
Organization: Univeristy of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, RSA
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc022.cc.unp.ac.za

In article <93026.130322CJOHNSON@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> CJOHNSON@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
>From: CJOHNSON@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
>Subject: WANTED: Rally Schedules
>Date: 26 Jan 93 18:03:22 GMT
>It would be great if folks posted RALLY EVENTS (Dates,Time,Place)
I agree whole heartedly...

Lets have them please will get for RSA as well and will post them.
Greg
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bleve@hoggle2.uucp (Bennett Lee Leve)
Subject: Re: Various questions
Organization: Starved Photo-Linux Hackers Association
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 17:06:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan16.164149.18736@nevada.edu> nhodge@nevada.edu (NEIL HODGE) writes:

 >>   Lastly, my bike came with a D&D pipe.  It sounds cool and all, but my bike
 >>   runs rough.  I know a fair amount about internal combustion engines, but I am
 >>   not familiar with what follows.  The individual I bought the bike from said
 >>   that the dealer told him that for proper performance, the  carb. jets needed 
 >>   to be changed along with the pipe.  He also told me they said that the pipe
 >>   needed it's own little break in period, and told him (the previous owner)
 >>   to bring the bike back 200 miles after the pipe had been installed (it is
 >>   about at that point now).  I have done much work on car engines (I realize 
 >>   thay are not the same as bike engines), and I have never heard of this pipe-
 >>   jet interconnection.  Does anyone out there know the truth?

I am not sure about the part of breaking in the pipe.  I have
installed many pipes on many different bikes, (mostly racing
applications), when I lived Palm Beach Florida near Moroso
Speed Way.  Yes it is true that you may have to jet the bike
to compensate for a larger volume of air.  Jetting can be a pain
in the ass, but when done correctly can give you a pretty good
edge over other bikes in your class.  You would notice the
difference mostly in the mid-range of your power ban.  If you
are not ready for several hours of pulling the carbs on and
off, you may want to take it to a shop and have it done.  Also,
you may want to look into individual filters for each carb.
Using individual filters does make it a little harder to
jet, but makes it a lot easier to take the carbs on and off.

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:53:24 EST
From: <TLT101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Norton Commander

Got a question as to value, My friend told me a guy has a 1970 model,
think its a 750. he might be interested in selling it, Supposedly in
good shape.  What is a good price for one and how are they for riding??
-----------------------------------
Tim Thompson  TLT101@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
           DoD#0768
'83 Yamaha Maxim 400
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: tgrupe@watserv.ucr.edu (Todd E. Grupe)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Alt.shenanigans gets a clue!
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:49:35 GMT



Reprinted from alt.shenanigans:

In article <C184I2.Ksv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> cstringe@indiana.edu  
writes:
>
>If you want to annoy a group, post to rec.motorcycles and ask what
>'DoD' stands for. It's a secret group they have and they hate
>references to it on the net.
>----
>Chuck Stringer
>E-mail cstringe@ucs.indiana.edu

* * *

	We'd be happy to tell you.  It's just that we'll have to do so in  
person, because soon afterward we'll have to kill you.


TG   DoD#4043   Lost in Southern California Hell

tgrupe@watserv.ucr.edu

generic .sig
generic .sig
generic .sig

What are you reading this for?


* * *


Questions posted by the naive concerning the DoD are what lots of
rec.motorcycles readers LIVE for.

Ask away.

-- 
Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering
chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506
DoD #0574 -- presently bikeless :-(
just LOVED my '78 GS550; just sorta liked my '81 CB900C, but hey, it was a  
ride


* * *

Watch it, Chuck. You wouldn't want everyone killed on a.s just because  
they 
were told, now, would you?

B->

Dave Garrett
'81 Honda CB750/836F
no DoD#, 'cause I'm not really a member, 
I just act like one occasionally


* * *

TG
--
tgrupe@watserv.ucr.edu

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What are you reading this for?

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: That T2 motorcycle jump... Not real, just magic
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 08:15:04 GMT

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:

>Another trick: in the scenes where John Conner was being chased, he was
>not riding the XR-80. There was a fancy motion rig (perhaps the "cage"
>that the article Alex quoted was thinking of) fastened to the bike, and
>the kid just sat there while a crew moved the bike from side to side
>while the whole rig drove down the LA River. If they'd shown the XR's
>lower half, you'd have seen the support mechanism.

	I didn't need to know this -- I figured it was fake when I had
to take off my shoes to count the number of times he upshifted.  Total
number of downshifts?  Zero.  The two-stroke soundtrack was confirmation.

>PS, Arnie really did shoot all those cops in the leg, I heard it on the
>net.

	You heard that too?

< Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
<  ISU only censors what I read, not what I say.  Don't blame them.  >
<     USENET: Post to exotic, distant machines.  Meet exciting,      >
<                 unusual people.  And flame them.                   >

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no (Epsonasjen)
Subject: Re: V-TWINS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Organization: SINTEF
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:45:18 GMT

In article <C19ow4.12z@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
	'57 Speed Twin
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  We will be buying a new house this spring and as my storage space
>increases I feel the need to fill it up.
>  
>  I have a line on a 57 Thunderbird that apparently only needs
>pistons/rings, valves/guides. 
>
>  I'm quite comfortable with the unit motors but have no experience with
>the older stuff. Can I get parts? The rods are supposedly different but I don't
>understand how. What's the chance of finding a Nacelle for it? How bad
>are the monoblocks?
>

Mechanical engine parts are generally no problem.  Electric parts are 
more difficult.  The '57-'59 models have alternator and distributor unlike 
the older and newer models which had magneto ignition.  I had some 
difficulties finding a new distributor cap in Norway, but buying from GB 
worked fine.  A bit expencive though :-/  Monoblocks: Not bad at all...
Nacelle ? What Nacelle.....     (you don't need it)   :-)

These models are almost totally chromed, and I love the lustre!
Can't wait until spring!




************************************************************************
Espen Olsen				*       The future's so bright
Norwegian Inst. of Technology		*       I gotta wear shades
N-7034 Trondheim                        *       '74 VOLVO !!!
E-mail: espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no	*	'57 Speed Twin
LA6MGA/LA1K,	DoD#7962		*	'58 Land Rover

YASS	(Yet another stupid .sig ............)						
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Subject: Re:      AAA and motorcycles...NOT!!!
Keywords: MTS
Organization: Washington State University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 02:47:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.173715.13397@fuug.fi> an4929@anon.penet.fi (gonzo) writes:

>I paid for, for towing, when the place I called was AAA affiliated.
>Is there any sort of AAA for motorcycles (you know, cheap or free
>towing, help on the road, gas if you run out, etc, etc, etc)?

Yeah.  Called MTS.  Customer service: 800-999-7064.  They have a good
reputation for helping bikers.  Run by bikers.  Only deal with bikers.
Will get you on a flatbed, and to a dealer or repair place even if it
takes 2 days.  Will loan money and have a route finding service.

$49 a year.  I have all sorts of theoretical help from BMW and Yamaha as
a part of their extended warranty programs but I signed up for this.
Most places tell you to find help and then send in the bill.  MTS gets
a truck to you.  Call then, give them a sample town where you might break
down in the middle of nowhere and have them check on the closest help.

No relation other than as a customer.

Ride Free, and get road insurance for $49/year,

Bill
___________________________________________________________________             
johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu  prez=BIMC  KotV KotRR                                
DoD #00314  AMA #580924   Squid Index 3.0    WMTC #0002  KotD #0001             
Yamabeemer fjgs1200pdr100 and a Volvo.  What more could anyone ask?             
             
It's ok to be happy.  :-)
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Re; Nat'l Health Plan (Was: Re: Lance Hols
Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:40:03 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 442211383@kennel.fidonet.org, John.Hamilton@kennel.fidonet.org () writes:
>Thursday January 21 1993 16:38, Ron Mayer wrote to All:
>
> RM> IMHO the solution is that the insurance shouldn't pay for whatever one
> RM> doctor/patient combination they choose.  Instead, they should consider
> RM> the patient's condition, and if they don't like the doctor's
> RM> "estimate", they'd send out some their own insurance-adjustor doctor
> RM> to make his own estimate.  

There was an article in this Sunday's local paper on just this problem
(NOT solution!).   One surgeon had to hire a full time office manager
just to deal with insurance adjustors, who called daily wanting to know
how much urine a patient had passed, what his temperature was every
hour, etc., etc.

Micromanagement doesn't work for Congress, and it won't work for the
insurance industry.

>I have a Kaiser card. Despite the bad press accorded Kaiser from time to time,
>I've received good care from them, and always see the same doctor when I need
>one. I believe THIS is the form of a real health care solution. 

Kaiser gets bad press for a good reason.  HMOs are an interesting idea,
but in practice, they fall FAR short of their lofty goals of excellent
care and low cost.  My experience with HMOs has been that it is
possible to get good care, if you tell the doctor what you want and
insist on it.

>I believe this is the form, or very close to it, of the future of medicine
>(from a financial and organizational view) in the US. Its fair, it spreads
>the burden of cost mostly onto the wealthy (big business), 

Business is wealthy, middle class, or poor.  Business is business.
Forcing businesses to pay for everything under the sun merely passes
the cost on to the consumer.

>I hope not to need medical assistance because of motorcycling in the future.
>But if I do, and I end up in some emergency room far from home, the Kaiser
>card in my wallet will eliminate any delay in receiving treatment. 

Perhaps.  If you think it will eliminate delay in payment for that
treatment, you have not received care outside of your assigned Kaiser
clinic.  HMOs have a bureaucracy to rival any insurance company's.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: gmcquary@Ingres.COM (George F. McQuary)
Subject: How cute
Reply-To: gmcquary@Ingres.COM (George F. McQuary)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Distribution: usa
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:24:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.130138.21505@newshost.lanl.gov> bobwhite@beta.lanl.gov (James R. White) writes:
>
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>
> James R. (Bob) White            ||  bobwhite@beta.lanl.gov
> Los Alamos National Laboratory  ||  Phone (505)-667-3853 (Work)
> N-6 / MS K559                   ||  Phone (505)-662-7554 (Home)
> Los Alamos, NM  87545  USA      ||  FTS 843-3853
> 1987 1100cc Yamaha Virago pilot ||  DoD #290 - VOC #3739 - NfH #0000000001
>

Make that "Los Alamos National Laboratory and School of Finger Painting".

Notice someone is taking shots at our intrepid biker --they need to improve
their aim. Perhaps it's to releave this bare breasted biker (from Dykes on
Bikes?) from the snail quitely eating her head.


--
George F. McQuary 
"He is mad, bad and dangerous to know." -Lady Caroline Lamb
From: stiv@stat.rice.edu (david n stivers)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Riding suits for less $$ than Aero$tich??
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:13:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dept. of Statistics, Rice University

Are there any decent lower cost riding suits available?  The espoused
one, Melinda, is seriously considering getting a bike as daily
transport, and would like protection against road rash.  Ideally, it
would be light weight/well vented (this is Texas), and easy to put on
and take off.  She'd be riding mostly around town (Austin) so
competition weight leathers are (at present) not really required.

I guess some people will recommend jeans, but she doesn't own any, and
it would be nice to be able to wear shorts to walk around in.

Helmet recommendations would also be appreciated.

ObWhy It's _her_ idea. (Twist my arm. Ouch! Not that hard!)

Ob1stBike Saw a nice Kawasaki Z1 for not too much. Whatcha think? ;-)


Thanks,

David
-- 
david n stivers stiv@rice.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bigdog!jon (Jon Wright)
Subject: Re: Skids Poppe (was: Know of any motorcycles movies?)
Organization: Pages Software Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 04:23:00 GMT

Ed Campbell writes
> ggrevera@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (George Grevera) writes:
> >
> >I'd like to compile a list of motorcycle movies or movies with good or
> >significant motorcycle action in them.
> >
> 
>     I almost forgot Chrome Soldiers. And what was the name of that one where
> a club was ordered by a judge not to leave town for some long time or they
> do their suspended sentence of some huge number of years. Then, during the
> "got off without doing time" party, one of the members wastes himself on the
> dragster he was building. So of course, they all leave town to take the  
remains
> to his home, hijack a beer truck, etc.

Now is as good a time as any to introduce Skids Poppe from LA Bike, a free rag  
available to most Southern Californians anywhere and quite a good rag, I might  
add.  One of Mr. Poppe's functions is to write a column specifically on Moto  
movies called "Video Spokes."  He finds ALL the trashy stuff and the reviews  
are hilarious.  I'm looking at the review of the aforementioned Chrome Soldiers  
now.  By the way, there's some girly biker movie he'd reviewed before but  
eludes me at the moment, that included Marina Sirtis of Star Trek: The Next  
Generation fame.

Anybody looking to compile a list should definitely get back issues of this  
publication.  You can contact the mag at P.O. Box 341220, Los Angeles, CA   
90034.  Phone/Fax is 310.559.9422.

BTW, the skeleton biker character Napoleon Bones would make an ideal DoD  
mascot.  He rides Harleys and Nortons and Ducatis and Kwackers and everythin'  
-- a politically-correct rider if I ever seen one!
From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: BeerSizeWars
Date: 28 Jan 1993 06:26:46 GMT
Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, U.C. Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: cogsci.berkeley.edu

In article <ben.728170560@soliton> thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
>I've never had a brew produced west of Ireland that was even in the
>same _league_ as Guinness, McEwan's or MacAndrew's.

Well, if by "league", you mean, "does it taste like someone used it 
to clean a fireplace?" this is definitely the case.

Personally, I'll stick with the stuff they brew at the pub down the 
street.

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