HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Date: 13 Sep 92 14:44:24 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University


>  I have a couple of Photography books, and In the sections entitled
>"Photographing Women", they often suggest that a model wear heels when
>posing in a standing position.  They say that it causes certain muscles
>in the legs to tighten up, thus having the effect of making the model's
>legs appear more shapely....

They all say this, and when you ask "which muscles where" they get
confused.

High heels on women have the effects of:

	making her teeter slightly, emphasizing that dressed like this
	she is essentially impractical and for decorative purposes only;

	making it hard for her to run away;

	making it easier to push her over;

	making her rear view look more like the rear view of a horse,
	thus appealing to sods and rednecks.

I am indebted to Germaine Greer for this analysis of high heels.

Ob Moto Content: Harley Choppers, being very large sexy motorcycles which
are completely impractical, are the male equivalent of high heels :-)
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Wheel sizes
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:05:17


[Repost of an edited version.]

Ok, time for me to learn something about how motorcycles *really*
work.

I was digging through my BMW sales literature with thoughts of
spending *far* too much money customizing my R100R.  I thought
"Geeze, it'd be neato to have a set of the K1 three-spokes with
Comp K's just for those Sunday rides in the mountains."  The
first difference in the tires is width -- I understand, however,
why wider is usually better.

What I don't understand is why such different *diameters*.  It makes
sense (to me) to have big front wheels on off-road bikes and such, but
what makes the K1/K100RS so much different from the K75 series?

Here's some numbers from BMW sales litterchure:
(all models 1992)

 	K1	R100R	R100GSPD
Front:	17	18	21
Rear:	18	17	17
	(also:
	K100RS	R100RT	R100GS
		K75S
		K75
		K75RT
--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
      "Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads." -- R & G Are Dead
From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The story behind the Motorcycle Song
Date: 5 Sep 92 04:30:34 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


Woody (not Woodie) Guthrie (1912-1967) was the father of Arlo.

I had a GREAT adventure today.  If you are ever in the Austin area try this:
got on 2222 North, and rode it to the end, turned left, and rode Volente to
the lake, went back 1 block, and turned left, rode Lime Creek to the quarry,
where I tested my "dirt bike"  ;-).   Continued on to 1431 & turned right,
then rode it to the end, turned right, rode it to an intersection, where
I looked around at all the rolling green hills, and knew I was in heaven,
so I flipped a coin & went thataway.  Saw lots of trees & grass & hills &
fields & cows & NO CARS (even though it was rush hour!)  Found a town called
Hudda?  Maybe that's where all the HUD homes came from.  Finally found I35
around 5, but couldn't bear to get on it, so I just kept going down winding
roads til they'd T off into other winding roads.  I finally found Mopac,
and it was getting dark with no Sun & a tinted screen, so I came home.  If
Jesus were alive today, he'd be riding a motorcycle where I went today.


-- 
|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings|
|A little sixty-nine would be just fine,                             -   O    |
|So let's cut all this talk, just climb on my Hawk!                    |      |
|captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu  (Brian Murfin)  DoD# 0690  nt650gt     \_^___/   |

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rtaraz@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz)
Subject: stupid people
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:51:30 GMT


As I was cruising downtown last friday night, I came accros a couple of
stupid people who pissed me off.

I was just riding when this Mustang 5.0 came behind me and started 
reving his engine, so I took it he wanted to race me, so I smoked him!
I have a Ex500 and I know it is not a big/very fast bike, but come on.  I
can beat a car anytime.

Then this stupid/fat/ugly/bitch in a Transam pulled up at a light and said:
why dont you get a real bike!!. I just laughed at the bitch.  Anyway, as soon
as the light turned green, the guy driving floored.  Like I was gonna waste
my gas to beat his shity car.

anyway, my point is that it seems like all these people with sports cars feel
like they have to beat a motorcyle (which they cant) to make their day.
I guess they are jealous that my 1800$ bike can beat their 15000$ car.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: American beer bashing (was Re:  Harley babe bashing...)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:50:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.181404.13297@eos.arc.nasa.gov>,
	 phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes...
>Personally, I think once beer has been run through a Clydesdale,
>it really shouldn't be called "beer" anymore.

	Yeah, there's a much-photocopied cartoon on one of the notice-boards
here showing a draught-horse stallion drinking from a bucket with the Feld-
schloesschen trade-mark and simultaneously pissing into another with the
Cardinal insignia on it.  Tres amusant, though personally I can't stand Feld-
schloesschen.  Can't really fault the opinion on Cardinal tho'.

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
"noematical -- a. Obs. rare;  Originating, or existing, in thought, or in the
 mind alone."	-- Compact Oxford Dictionary
From: dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I didn't do it.
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:38:05 GMT
Reply-To: dboyd@informix.com
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <Bu885J.J0C@cup.hp.com> hesh@cup.hp.com (Chris Steinbroner) writes:
> J. Eric Townsend (jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov) wrote:
> : 
> : I deny any involvement in nude motorcycling.
> 
> he's lying.
> 
> film at 11.
> 
> -- hesh



I wasn't there, I don't know anything about this.

Besides, we're never doing it again.

Diana

DIANA BOYD	"Walking with the spirit, talking with the spine
EVO Woman	 Mama sing, open up yourself when worlds align."
KLR Woman                                            -C. Whitley
From: weiss@ra.nrl.navy.mil
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Books and Info
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:28:17 GMT
Reply-To: weiss
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory-on-the-Potomac, Washington, DC, US of A
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

In article <13SEP92234852@oolong.hacks.arizona.edu>, omf@oolong.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler) writes...
>Hi folks,
> 
>My roomate owns a Kawasaki 350.

A 350?  What model?  Are you sure it isn't the KZ/GPz305?

>She likes the bike very much, and would
>like to learn more about it's workings so that she's better able to take
>care of it or fix it.  My question is:  does anyone know of a decent
>'Everything you ever wanted to know about motorcycles for the
>complete beginner' kind of book??  Any help or suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated...

Tell her to get either the shop manual from the dealer, the everything-is-
in-here Chilton's manual, or the Chilton's manual for that particular model
.

Personally, I think the best way to learn mechanics is trial & error and a 
few years of learning.  Of course you need someone to teach you a few 
things, but eventually you pick up a lot.

> 
>#############################################################################
> 
>               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."
> 
>Oscar Fowler
>omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu

_____________________________________________________________________________
Warren W. Weiss      VMI '87
AMA# 409056
				"Think for yourself and question authority"
Ride: '85 Suzuki GS700+
							Unknown
"Deus Ex Machina"
_____________________________________________________________________________
From: pooder@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Car driver with a Clue!
Date: 7 Sep 92 00:53:12 GMT
Organization: Minnesota State University System



I had a good incident with a car driver the other day, and it is so rare
I just have to pass it on.

I was passing a woman in a Ford Lately and as I moved into her blind spot
I saw her left turn signal come on.  As I decided whether to speed up 
or slow down, she looked in the outside mirror. Before I had a chance to
accelerate around her, she turnher head and looked at me.  She waved.
She saw me and waved!  Someone with an attitude like that deserved all the
politeness I could muster, so I nodded, waved, and slowed so she could
take the lane in front of me.  

I grinned all the way home and it didn't occur to me until later that I 
could have followed her and thanked her for her good driving (and maybe
asked her for a date :-?)  I'll bet if I would have I would have found
that her other vehicle has two wheels.


Pooder - DoD #591
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: >wheelies
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:58:57 GMT

In article <11SEP199210533274@erich.triumf.ca> ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
>In article <18q7u1INN58k@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com writes...
>>In article 29044@news2.cis.umn.edu, 
>>	mark@lenti.med.umn.edu (Mark Olson (CDC)) writes:
>>>In article <1992Sep10.165651.19456@varian.com>
>>>	 bob@csbvax.uucp (Bob Palin) writes:
>> 
>>>>There are a few roads in England which are marked 1 in 3 which means they
>>>>go up 1 foot for every 3 feet horizontally, 30 degrees I believe  8-)
>> 
>>>   1 in 1 is a 45 degree angle, so 1 in 3 is 33% of 45 degrees, or 15
>>>degrees.  
>> 
>>Geeze, guys!
>> 
>>tan A = opposite / adjacent
>>arctan (1/3) ~= 18.44 degrees
>> 
>	Yeah, I already tapped it out on my calculator-window & was gonna hit
>"f" when I thought, "Geeze, no!  Ed Green's probably already given the right
>answer.  I _am_ >150 messages behind."  Sure 'nuff, a few "Z"s later...   :-)

Now the real question is, do they define a 1 in 3 grade as 1 foot vertical
for 3 feet horizontal, or 1 foot vertical for 3 feet along the road
surface?  (In which case, we'd be looking for arcsin(1/3), which calctool
says is 19.47 degrees.  Same difference.)


-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
        There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
       Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
From: jedrysikp@lonex.rl.af.mil (Peter Jedrysik)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Saddlebag Scuff Blues
Date: 10 Sep 92 12:38:12 GMT
Organization: RL

I just returned from a 600 mile ride this past Labor Day weekend; through
the Adirondacks up route 28/30 to Lake Placid; what a blast!!!!; minus the
weekend cagers. Anyway, my saddlebags had a fair amount of red paint on them,
come the end of the trip, and the side panels below the passenger seat are
really starting to show some wear on my otherwise flawless Katana. Is there
anything I can do to repair the scuffs? What can I do to prevent it in the
future, that won't look dorky, like putting a towel under the bags?

Pete
*1990 Katana 600*
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: counter steering
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:56:12 GMT
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Columbia University

In article <Bu9M2I.L1M@apollo.hp.com> brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady) writes:
>In article <1992Sep04.160833.17701@gecko.uucp> ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell) writes:
>>COUNTER STEERING RESEARCH:
>>
>>'91 Jeep Wrangler                       NO
>
>You didn't try hard enough!
>I used to countersteer my old Toyota 4-Runner through
			   ^^^

	Anyone else wondering why he doesn't have this anymore?

>off-ramps when I wanted to lose some neon/racer-wannabe in his Camaro whose
>been driving a millimeter behind me:

=Stanley, Idaho===============Sea-Bass Sears====================New York City=
   o  1979 Yamaha XS750|Perception      )    Corsica|     |       1985  Toyota
 _/\_>       Just ride!|             o /            ||~~~~~~\___       4Runner
O,> /O   e-mail: scs8@ |  ~^~^ <====<\/====> ^~^    ||_--____--_)   Just about
cunixb.cc.columbia.edu |Just  ~^~^~^ / ^~^~^  kayak!|  ()    () anything else!
"Look at Ned, he turned into a danged midget."  "Ned's weird"  - William Nealy
==============================-->DoD #0516<--=================================
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cel@nsscmail.att.com (clayton EDward LEIHY iii)
Subject: Fairing (was: Re: Accident Report!!!)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:00:26 GMT

In article <18lk5gINNp3@agate.berkeley.edu> zyang@danskin.berkeley.edu (ZIJIANG YANG) writes:

>why don't you tell me where to get a cheap fairing for my EX500?

Well, sir, when my SO got her 700 Shadow, she wanted something to keep
the wind out of her face; we spent a lot of time in bike and accessory
shops, and in the J.C. Whitney catalog -- couldn't find a decent
fair-priced fairing.  She finally settled on a good universal-type
windshield that extended down quite a ways below the handlebars (as
well as above them, of course).  She's been quite satisfied with that.

Maybe you should look into something similar, given the prices that
the very few fairing manufacturers are charging.

Good luck, hope you find someting to your liking.

Ed
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: new bike .vs. vasectomy
Date: 5 Sep 92 14:34:10 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH


In article <1992Sep4.180034.22938@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small) writes:

>In article <BD.92Sep4101148@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
>>cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>>>In article <2356@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com raves:
>>>Having trouble with women, Joe? Have you tried the alternatives? You
>>>certainly won't get this kind of crap from a llama!
>>Llama?  You're kidding, right?  Llamas spit all over the place, including
>
>You mean, just like Harley Women?

Nah, Harley Women (tm) spit next to their men, llamas spit _on_ their men.
-- 
   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
From: mvij@ocf.berkeley.edu (Pendragon)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wheelies
Date: 7 Sep 1992 06:22:23 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: earthquake.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Sep3.224057.5101@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small) writes:
>In article <3513@ra.nrl.navy.mil> weiss writes:
>>In article <Bu0EKx.IJ4@wpi.WPI.EDU>, rtaraz@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes...
>>>I just bought a Kawi EX500 (first bike) and was wondering how I can practice
>>>doing wheelis without killing myself or droping the bike?
>>
>>Holding in the clutch lever, rev the engine to about 10,000 rpm and then 
>>suddenly release the clutch.  Wear leathers to avoid injury.
>
>You only need to rev to 7,000 rpm to achieve  ZERO NORMAL FORCE (tm)

People, people, people.  7K is overkill.  That's why I tried it.  The fuel
tank ends up in your face, your denim (oops -- leathers, of course) on the
tar, and your sidestand all over the road.

My next wheelie (when I'm rich, own cheap Whitney pants and have catastrophic
medical insurance) will be a roll-on wheelie while in motion.

Check out the .sig and you'll see what I mean.

>-- 
>I love the 3b2
>The 3b2 is my friend.

I love JB Weld.
JB Weld fixes annoyances like gaping holes in vital alternator parts.
-- 
                                          /-\o /-()  -- -  --   -
   Manish Vij    ::    '89 EX500          \_/ \\/ )  -- -    --
   mvij@ocf.berkeley.edu                       |/_\  -- -  --   - 
                                                \_/.  .  . . ........
From: ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Car driver with a Clue!
Date: 7 Sep 92 08:44:25 GMT
Organization: Data and Business Comms, BT Labs, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK.

From article <1992Sep6.185313.1149@msus1.msus.edu>, by pooder@msus1.msus.edu:
> 
> I grinned all the way home and it didn't occur to me until later that I 
> could have followed her and thanked her for her good driving (and maybe
> asked her for a date :-?)  I'll bet if I would have I would have found
> that her other vehicle has two wheels.
> 
 She probably thought that you were her husband or something !!

 Antony
 (NO, I STIL HAVEN'T GOT A DoD NUMBER)
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HERE I AM! LOOK AT ME! I'M MAKING A BIG NOISE! I'M SPECIAL!
Keywords: flamebait flamebait flamebait
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:12:07 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <jlp.715967460@wink> jlp@blink.att.com (Jon Peticolas(x7058)) writes:
>cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:

>>Open pipes, or the noisier kind of sport "silencers", produce enough
>>noise to completely destroy the hearing of their owners in less than
>>ten years of riding. Hearing damage can be measured after one hour's
>>ride. 

>Care to let us in on where you got these numbers? Is that ten years
>of riding with your ear pressed up to the pipe or what? 

A rough extrapolation from what I know of hearing loss in general, and
the measured noise levels of loud pipes at urban speeds.

>the funny thing is that when you're on the bike the pipes don't seem very
>loud at all (at least while you're moving). The wind noise (I wear a CHP
>style helmet) is much louder.

Depending on the pipes, this will be true for an open face helmet at
speeds in excess of between 30mph and 50mph. You're quite right that
at high speeds wind noise is more damaging than exhaust noise.

Some London motorcycle police are currently suing their employer for
the hearing loss they have suffered from wind noise. UK motorcycle
police all wear full-face helmets, often BMW System IIs.

>If you're concerned about hearing loss,
>use ear plugs. I won't ride the bike a mile without mine.

Right. I've discovered that the combination of BMW System II helmet
and a neck sock produces a _very_ quiet ride at urban speeds. That
combination is quieter at 60mph than my old open-face helmet at 30mph.
I always wear plugs as well when venturing out of town. I suffer from
mild hearing damage caused by wind noise, and I'm determined that it
won't get worse. My wife suffers worse hearing loss than me, in her
case caused by frequent attendance at discos and rock concerts.

Most people don't notice hearing loss until it's quite bad, since,
unlike sight, you don't need good hearing to function adequately. A
simple check is to compare the distance at which you stop hearing a
ticking watch compared to a young kid.
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Road tip #2 (Toolkit flashlight)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 9 Sep 1992 05:51:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep4.190208.13974@nsscmail.att.com>, cel@nsscmail.att.com
(clayton EDward LEIHY iii) wrote:
> Dean (all seriousness aside):
> 
> Perhaps you are referring to the Accu-Jac(TM) 12V accessory originally
> designed for use in a cage??  I inherited mine from an uncle, and after
> ordering a new [larger 8-) ] Organ Unit, am now trying to mount it on
> my Lead Wing for those times when my SO can't/won't ride with me or
> doesn't wish to Give Me A Hand.
> 
Wasn't it the Spagethorpe Lone Dog that had the built in Auto-Howl
brand Jack-o-Matic?

> Eduardo (I don't believe this has been covered in the FAQ) Leihy

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834     | DoD #207  AMA
#573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci. dept.| KotNML  /  KotB     
|
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get | '81 CB750C          
|
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111              | '88 Bianchi Limited 
|
From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Sharks and riding apparel
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:06:53 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com

R. Craig Dodson (cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com) wrote:
: No this isn't about riding your bike underwater wearing chain mail . . .
: 
: I saw an interesting bit on the tube the other night about sharks and
: their hides. It seems sharkskin is about 5 times tougher than cowhide of
: the same thickness, and naturally waterproof. I also noticed that Lockhart
: is selling riding gloves made of sharkskin. Seems like these would make
: really nice tough, dry gloves.
: 
: Anyone have a set they'd like to comment on ?
: 
: 
: Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
: 1992 FJ1200A

I saw a set on this chick on the back of a Sportster the other
day that made my eyes water!!

Oh, oh, you meant the gloves!

Sorry, no comment.

--
Jack Tavares    KotHO DoD# 0570 BMWMOA# 58278 AMA# 651191 BMWRA# 16087
83 R80ST	79 KZ LTD 400H (for sale) 
Sorry, but at DoD minimum speed it is impossible to speak. There is just 
too much wind noise.  At that speed I am spending all my concentration 
allowance on riding, and cannot afford anymore thought for words.
However, when I finish a ride and the bike is in the garage cooling down, 
the single word that comes to mind is:

    BEER.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Women riders - what I think...
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:12:24 GMT

SHARONH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (SHARON HUGHES-RUBINO) writes:

>say whattttttttttt???

Ok, I'll give it a shot.

wwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttt????????

How'd I do?
-- 
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
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:46:47 EDT
From: <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: WARNING : Honda CB750F Rusted Tank

Hi,
I have a HONDA CB750F (1980) and I am in the process of getting a new tank
for $300 because the original tank is badly rusted (I did not know that
when I bought the bike). There is also another CB750F forsale here in
State College. I checked it out, and sure enough the tank was also rusted.
The local HONDA dealer recommends some coating stuff, that I tried and
seemed to work only for a while.
Bottom line, if you are in the market for a used bike, check out the inside
of the fuel tank for any noticeable rust. Also, cost of replacement part
should also be a factor.
Mounir Blibeche/Penn State University