HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FZR 600: servo-motor controlled exaust valve??????????
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:04:17 GMT
Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA

In article <Aug.30.04.05.49.1992.28724@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>In article <17pbs4INNa2n@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, sandman@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
>] 
>] A guy I talked to about the FZR 600 said it had a servo controlled
>] exaust valve to give it more midrange power? 

>       Assuming you meant 'exhaust' valve, your friend is a doofus.
>With quite a leap of logic, I infer that your friend refers to the
>'EXUP' which stands for "EXhaust Ultimate Powervalve".  It is a
>butterfly in the exhaust pipe that partially closes during lower RPM's
>to create a little torque-boosting back pressure.

 True, although 'back pressure' is sort of a misnomer.

>      What makes your buddy a doofus is that it is on the FZR400 (in
>Japan, still) and the FZR1000 here.  Not the 600.

  As to being a doofus, the FZR600 does have EXUP here in California and has
had it at least since '91.  

 -Jim


  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
Subject: Re: Riding Two on a CBR600F2
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:08:15 GMT

In article <msbogd-270892145137@enterprise.lerc.nasa.gov>, msbogd@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Michael S. Bogdanski) writes:
|> Recently, I've carried a passenger on my '92 CBR600F2.  It seemed like a
|> great idea until my crotch was smashed up against the gas tank while
|> slowing and my privates were smashed, causing quite a bit of discomfort. 
|> Also, I found that there was a tremendous extra load put on my arms while
|> slowing down due to the increased weight from behind.  I weigh about 175lb
|> and my passenger about 110lb.  Has anyone figured out a method for
|> minimizing/eliminating these uncomfortable and painful encounters while
|> carrying a passenger?

get a female with bigger boobs. or clench your knees to the tank
like your riding a horse (BMW used to put pads at just the right spot
to do this). or don't follow so close. or wear a cup. or wear
bobs underwear.


Laszlo Nemeth
pond_scum_sucker@cs.colorado.edu
"hey - my tool works (yeah, you can quote me on that)." From elef@Sun.COM
"My you have a long dipstick" Jill Lundquist
"Harleys make to much noise. I guess I've just become a BMW snob" Mikii
DoD #0666          UID #1999
From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wheelies
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:56:21 GMT
Reply-To: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

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?

Best idea would be to do the first one off a very big cliff and
save yourself a lot of difficulties down the road.

>What the hell is the dod number and what is Richard Swift's problem?

Can't tell you, and couldn't tell you.



-- 
Ray Shea			"Them New Agers will buy anything if
UniSQL, Inc.			 you tell 'em it's from Bali."
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu		-- Eric the Bondo Fish Man
DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:10:58 GMT
Subject: Re: what kind of oil needed for winter storage??
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

> 
> Excuse me, Ron?  About that Marvel Mystery Oil suggestion you gave me.
> I really can't confirm your claims re: sex life.  Your "Marvel Mystery
> Milkshake" seems to do more for my performance on the toilet than in
> the bed.  I was using a 3/1 ratio of MMO and Lemon Pledge, should I
> try more Lemon Pledge?
> 
> --
> )V(ark)<               markk@tcs.com                   DoD #400
> 1988 FZR400            1985 ZX900 Ninja             1977 RD400D
> "But I feel real clean and lemony inside" - Marvel Mystery Man

That's what you get for experimenting without the instructions. I never
sent you any such milkshake recipe. In fact, that would be stupid. 
MMO isn't rated for non-foaming applications such as mechanical agitation
and mixing with dairy products. And then when you go and add Lemon Pledge,
well, I bear no responsibility for the results. 

My recipe was for cookies. (It's the Wintergreen that makes the diff.)

You should probably file an EIS for your wastewater problems. The EPA
would like to know.

Cheers,
Ron


Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:30363 ne.forsale:3884
From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ne.forsale
Subject: KZ 400 LTD for sale in NH
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:52:33 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles


Great 1st bike.
Great turning ability, decent power, good brakes!
Doesnt look pretty, but you don't want a pretty bike when you
are just starting cause it's going down!

79 KZ LTD 400H
5700 Miles.

First the good news
New chain and sprockets
New Rear brakes
New battery
New Horn
New Regulator
Good tires front and rear
Runs Good.
Have service manual.
Bike handles great, real good first bike.

Now the bad news:
The rubber gaskets between the air filter holder and the carbs are cracked.
They are on order and I will replace them when the come in.
The seat as a tear in it.
It has been dropped (by me and by the previous owner)
Gas Tank is dented.

It has an electrical problem. It used to keep blowing the main fuse.
Then, suddenly it stopped blowing the fuse. It ran great for about
2 weeks and then died. No fuses blown, but it wont start. The starter
switch won't do anything and the kick starter wont start it either.

Could be a minor problem or not. Dont know.


Offered for $250 of BO.

It is in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. I have a truck and will deliver it within 
an hour or so. This means anywhere from concord to portsmouth to Mass Border to 
North Conway etc.

I was riding it every day until the fuse problem.

email to tavares@ctron.com
or call 603-332-9400 x1463 days
	603-569-6335 eves



--
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.
From: ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter A. Simon)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: carrying moolah on long trips
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:15:14 GMT
	<zzdn2gn@lynx.unm.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Denis  McKeon

>All good advice, Bill - but some might recall Amex' anti-biker ad
>campaign a few years ago & their unrepentant attitude at the time.
> 
>Calling a few banks or travel agents will help you find local suppliers of 
>Visa, Barclays, Cooke's or other traveller's checks that are not anti-biker.

But check this out:  I can get AmEx checks FREE through AAA AND charge
them to my AmEX card (no interest).  AmEx does get the float from the
time I pay my AmEx bill and when I cash the checks but not the rest of
the goodies.  Also, Visa may not be anti-biker but they're sure out to
nickle and dime me to death on my Gold Card.  I give them as little
business as possible.

>conversion, you should try to purchase checks in larger denominations,
>and convert to local currency infrequently (and at good rates, of course.)

Other than the pain of signing them all, smaller denominations are
always better.  They're easier to cash and, if rates are changing
rapidly (I was in Mexico once and the peso was sinking at about 2%/day)
you're going to do better.



> 
>Also note that since there are often per-check charges upon issue, and
>both conversion-rate profits AND per-transaction charges upon currency
>conversion, you should try to purchase checks in larger denominations,
>and convert to local currency infrequently (and at good rates, of course.)
> 
>--

-peter

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*                             WATCH BACK!                           *
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* DoD #10o00                 Suzuki LS650H         NAUI INST. #1434 *
*                             (for sale)                            *
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ben@flint (Ben Cox)
Subject: Re: Gas Leak - CB750
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:41:20 GMT

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

>You've got a vacuum operated petcock, it only allows gas to flow when
>the engine is running. If you had a manual petcock, your entire gas tank
>would have drained through the defective carb.

I have a manual petcock, and mine did exactly that.  Luckily I had a
gas can, and I live only 3 buildings away from a gas station...  (And
luckily there was only a tiny bit of gas in there in the first place.)

Last weekend was Motor Vehicle Maintenance Weekend, and it looks like
this weekend will be Return Of The Son Of Motor Vehicle Maintenance
Weekend...

--
Ben Cox
ben@wri.com
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Batteries
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:56:46 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

pms@druhi.ATT.COM (Paul M. Smith) writes:
>I'm going to shop around locally for a replacement battery, but
>just in case...
>
>Has anyone had experience with buying a battery via mailorder?
>Where did you find electrolyte?  Do auto parts stores sell it?
>
>If I understand the Dennis Kirk catalog, the Yuasa GRT comes with
>electrolyte, probably because it's a sealed battery.  Am I correct?
>Are there any drawbacks, other than expense, with maintenance-free
>batteries for bikes?

Don't forget Sears. (There's more for your life at Sears! Ar Ar Ar)

I put a Diehard in my BMW 4 or 5 years ago. I've let it go thoroughly
dead every winter since, and it's holding up just fine.
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: rec.moto.photo additions
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 00:23:01 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

That's all great, but when are we going to get a picture of
Noemi in the archives..??
 
BobR
From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Genital Damage among ZX-ll Owners (Was Re: BMW Service Gouge?)
Date: 23 Aug 92 20:07:49 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

In article <755@zx11.UUCP> joe@zx11.cactus.org writes:
>
>it's true that you'll spend a lot more money up front for a BMW, but BMW
>fully intends for that bike to be running properly after 100,000 miles.
>it will also retain its value better. when steve bade traded in his k75
>for the exact same year & model but with ABS, he basically paid the price
>of the ABS system. his old k75 had over 9,000 miles on it. it's an investment.
>if you wanna do that, then go BMW. if that's not one of your primary concerns
>then don't. if what you really wanted was to twist a grip and have your
>genitals torn off then you should have gotten a ZX-11.
>
>-- 
>Joe Senner                                                 joe@zx11.Cactus.Org
>Austin, TX                                                 92 BMW K100RS16VABS

That's why they call 'em crotch rockets, eh.  


--
Steve Hendricks                        |  DOMAIN:  steveh@thor.ISC-BR.COM   
   ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.  ms LL2-2B    |  UUCP:    ...!uunet!isc-br!thor!steveh
   E. 22425 Appleway                   |  Ma Bell: 509 927-7034
   Spokane, WA  99220-4008             |  FAX: 509 927-2499
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: golden spectro in sheep's clothing?
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:41:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

after responding to the gentleman's question about whether the oil bmw sells
is golden spectro or not (at half the price), i checked the oil data i'd
saved from joe senner's post of days past:

for the 20w50 grade you're using, gs and quaker state deluxe look pretty
good.  i don't know if either contain molybdenum disulfide, though.

btw:  for other grades:  15w50 - mobil1, chevron; 10w30 - gs mg, chevron
supreme, q-state, shell (a variety); 5w30 - castrol gtx, havoline 3, mobil
1, q-state, valvoline turbo.  these selections were made after comparing the
data for visc. index, temp, ash content, etc.  ymmv, flames to /dev/null.

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|            i feel sorry for old people with brittle bones --             |
|                   especially when they get in my way                     |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: beginner's luck
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:06:28 GMT

In article <4eaxnvK00WBKQ4jm5G@andrew.cmu.edu> "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>rpearl@athena.mit.edu (Rachel A Pearl) writes:
[request for info]
>RAP
>
>I'm not your size but here's my take on it:  I am teaching my 31 year
>old girl friend (5'4", 125#) how to ride my "spare" bike which is a
>Honda CM400.  It's what's known in the trade as a "standard" (vs sport,
...
>Second, while I find the bike underpowered, I think the low power to
>weight ratio is good for a beginner.  It won't get away from her and
>she's more likely to stall it than kill herself when she mistakes the
>throttle for the clutch (it's happened to me!).  Also, she's 60# lighter

And you're teaching her how to ride?

>Fourth, I paid $585 for it and she can trash it in the learning process
>for all I care.  The bill for damage so far is around $100 which brings
>us to 

And you're teaching her how to ride.

>Fifth, it *may* be too heavy for her to pick up when she drops it. 
...
>applies to your question in general).  She's dropped it twice but each
>time I, in a manly manner, picked it up for her.  Next time out we're

And you're teaching her how to ride!


It might be easier to teach her not to drop it in the first place.
Or be a pal, and get her into the MSF class...

(Oh, yeah... :')

-- 
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: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: riding clothes choices
Date: 3 Sep 92 19:57:05 GMT
Reply-To: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <1992Sep3.144902.9292@sei.cmu.edu> dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa) writes:
>John Hamilton (john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG) sez:
>> Jorg, I don't mind if you are homosexual, thats your business. 

my, that's big of you, John-boy

>> But kindly stick to your own kind. 
>
>What, you have to be het to ride a motorcycle? Gee, musta missed that column
>on the license application.

Too bad the phobes don't follow their own advice and stick to their
own kind.

-- 
Ray Shea			"Them New Agers will buy anything if
UniSQL, Inc.			 you tell 'em it's from Bali."
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu		-- Eric the Bondo Fish Man
DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650
From: Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Hey Steve, how come you know so much?
Date: 1 Sep 92 00:02:44 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Aero. & Mech. Eng.
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6C81E32E901401C@rswift.aero.nd.edu>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 31 Aug 92 01:06:26 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9

In article <787@zx11.UUCP> Steve Bade, steve@zx11.cactus.org writes:

>]Rich Swift, DOD #...............................
>      ^^^^^  You sure ain't Swift in the spelling department.

Man, of all the thins that PISS ME OFF, people (for the saake of
argumnent youre included) who corect my spellin top the list. Why I outta
rip your fuckin' head    AHHHH!!!   10....9....8....7....  OK, OK .... Im
Ok now.

Big Steve later goes on to write:

>They might but your ass is gonna be so sore, the boys obviously are
>gonna have a fun time in retribution for your in ability to 
>determine who the KotL is. 

Um, Steve, is it just me or does it sound like you are ALL TOO FAMILIAR
to the above scenario...........do you use some kind of special "padded"
seat on that ZX?

See ya on the road big guy.

Rich Swift,  DOD #............................
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Thanks a pant's full, DoD...
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 23:08:05 GMT

In article <oebG2fu00iUzE4NPpy@andrew.cmu.edu> "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
>
>
>>Fuck you Pete.  I averaged over 1000 miles a month *in the winter*
>>while I was in Pittsburgh.  
>
>Oh, banana, you so BAD!!! [background: squeals of ecstacy from banana groupies]

	Oh, Petey, stop squealing in ecstasy!

>>It was not uncommon (in the summer) to take off
>>for a two or three hundred mile ride on a Saturday.  Most of my riding was
>>south and west.  Exceptions:  KaTemas '91 in Cleveland, and a trip to York
>>to see Harleys get built.
>
>All with your eyes closed.

	Nope.  None of it.  It is, however, much more than just taking the
bike out to those CMRC meetings.  Gawd, what a waste of time they became.

>>	Let's talk poser:  your ride is a Suzuki Savage.  *ALL* of it's
>>styling cues were lifted from Harleys.  
>
>Very cleverly done, too.

	Bullshit.  Plagiarism is never clever.

>  Now it's Harley's turn to get its cues from
>the japs.

	Speaking as one scarred over the "jap" flamewars, I like Japanese
motorcycles.  At least the ones with original styling.  Yours ain't one of
those.

>   Read the book, asshole.

	What book, asshole?

>>	Your righteous indignation deserves to be flamed.  Goddamn newbie.
>
>Newbie to what, dickhead?  I've been riding longer than you've been
>alive.

	Doubtful.  On second thought, you *do* look older than dried-up batshit.

  You know, bandangle, we were discussing you at a club meeting a
>month or so back and several people said, "Oh, he was all right, we
>guess, until he got that Harley.  Now he's got some sort of an attitude.
> Well, what we mean is, he's been fucking insufferable since then.

	You mean you actually SHOWED UP for a meeting?  Attitude, shmattitude.
What the hell do you think _you're_ shoveling?

	That club denigrated into a worthless pile of shit in a hurry when
the folks who actually ride instead of talking about riding left.  I really
don't give two shits about your opinions.

>>Oops, forgot the :-).
>>
>> 
>>On second thought, I didn't forget.
>> 
>
>Right, you never knew.

	How amazingly trite and out of place, Petey.  Did it take you all day
to think of it?


-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114   1983 Harley-Davidson FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	   (I need another bike for this space!)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: boardman@cancer.unm.edu (Bob Boardman)
Subject: Re: Keep your visor down!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 19:54:50 GMT
Organization: UNM Cancer Center
Reply-To: boardman@cancer.unm.edu

In article <1992Sep4.170552.6238@javelin.sim.es.com>,
     blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner) writes:
>
>
>> my errand thinking.
>     ^^^^^^
>>'82 KZ550 (Commuter)
>            ^^^^^^^^
>Yeah, yeah, I know spelling flames are in poor taste, but this
>combination was too good to let pass without notice. :-)
>--
	My austrian mother-in-law used to really crack up her husband
  (an english professor) when she would announce that she was leaving to
  "do some errants".

  -Bob


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|      Bob Boardman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico        |
|         internet:boardman@cancer.unm.edu    bitnet:BOARDMAN@UNMB            |
|        DoD# 569    XV750 - "Not The Harley" ( thanks martin ;-} )           |
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From: pfs@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (Paul Schnettler)
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Keywords: oil roads sign
Organization: Physical Sciences Lab, University of Wisconsin
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 19:31:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.182815.2167@colorado.edu> laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth) writes:
>In article <sysop.170@elan.glassboro.edu>, sysop@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton (Supervisor)) writes:
>|> Saw a sign last month that attracted my attention:
>|> 
>|> 	Freshly Oiled Road
>
>my least favorite was put up in my honor:
>
>        Gravel On Road
>
>laz
Just did a short ride during lunch today, sign on the road said
Fresh oil and gravel on road.
What a squirrely ride, semi-pucker factor for about 2 miles.
At least I didn't have to ride on the oil first then the gravel.
Can you imagine the increase in unsprung weight #:')

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jedrysikp@lonex.rl.af.mil (Peter Jedrysik)
Subject: Tires
Organization: RL
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:32:17 GMT

I own a '90 Suzuki Katana with about 7200 miles on it. I just had it inspected
last week, and needed to replace the rear tire for it to pass. It wasn't
until yesterday when I was cleaning the rims that I noticed the tire the
dealer put on was a lower profile. The original tire was a 140/80-V17, the
new one a 140/70-V17. It seems to be handling fine but my concern is the
front tire is still the original 110/80-V17. Can this be a problem having
a 70 profile in back with an 80 in front, if I really push it in a corner?
I didn't appreciate the attitude of the service people from the beginning,
for other reasons, so I'm almost ready to go back and have them change it
anyway; after I spin the rear tire at a few lights, then proceed to lock
it up at the next. My receipt reads 140/80-V17, so thats what I should have
got. If I do have them change it, would there be a price difference in my 
favor? Should I just keep a "better" tire (if thats what it is)? Incidently, 
it's a Dunlop K591 Elite R-compound, and I paid $99 for it. Is that a decent 
price?

Pete