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From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Mid-Atlantic Fall Foliage Run
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:32:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

The philly-cycles mailing list and the Philly DoD Chapter proudly announce:

                        A FALL FOLIAGE RUN

on Saturday, 17 October 1992.  The planned jumping-off point is a
diner at the crossroads of US-322 and PA-501, roughly 10 miles north
of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  In traditional philly-cycles style,
departure time is TBD, but expected to be no earlier than 8:30am,
and no later than 9:00am.  Route maps will be available, and road
captains for the two expected groups: 

	(1) the "blast through the leaves after the little llamas
	    with Fiamm horns" group, and

	(2) the "cruise through the remnants of leaves and llamas,
	    taking in all the scenery" group.

This is anticipated to be an all-day riding affair, with a couple
gas 'n' stretch stops and a lunch stop somewhere along the way.

You NEED NOT be a member of philly-cycles or the DoD to participate
in this ride.  Any and all motorcyclists are welcome to join the fun.

So come out and see the fall colors as they were meant to be seen,
on two wheels.  For further information on the FFR, send email to
<philly-cycles@cs.swarthmore.edu>.  To join the philly-cycles mailing
list, send email to <philly-cycles-request@cs.swarthmore.edu>.

This has been a public service announcement...
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"Due to circumstances beyond your control,
                        you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."
From: czw70@ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why Aerostitch instead of leather?
Date: 6 Oct 92 11:32:07 GMT
Reply-To: czw70@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield)
Organization: Amdahl UK

In article <1992Oct05.194252.21080@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
>In article <abug02QP24xw01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> czw70@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (CA Whitfield) writes:
>>>I recently borrowed a Gortex jacket for a weekend trip. It was as comfortable
>>>as leather, seemed to give as much protection as leather, --stuff deleted--
>>             !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>I take it that this means you crashed.  Sorry to hear it.
>
>No, I didn't crash.  The only protection I experienced was from wind, cold,
>sun, and heat.  I haven't crashed in leather so couldn't make that kind of
>comparison.
>
Er, I was only joking (Oh, ho-bloody-ho, etc).  I was just wondering what
kind of protection you were on about.  Now that I have the answer I am
rather surprised that a GoreTex suit should perform the same as a leather
one, given the range of temperature you exposed it to.  Maybe I should
re-ask your question:  so what's so bloody good about this gear?
CAW
--
  >>>  Charlie Whitfield               czw70@juts.ccc.amdahl.com  <<<
  >>>  Tommies on Tour    -    Sports Touring Without Compromise  <<<
  >>>                                        DoD#0526   ToT#0002  <<<
From: mack23@avalon.eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Walsh)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: counter-steering?
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:24:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.1992Oct15.172449.22833
Organization: My desk in the Tech building

In article <1bk4nrINN46r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:

>Is it just me, or does this behavior strike anybody else as an
>incredibly infantile way to get one's jollies?

Quite credible, unfortunately.  Effective, too.

For what it's worth, Ed, I thought your treatise on the matter was
damn good.  What surprises me about the whole counter-steering thing is
that my *bicycle* riding experience made it all obvious, particularly
since it is discussed in great and excellent detail in John Forrester's
book "Effective Cycling".  Anyone who wants to know about counter-steering
can learn quite a bit from this volume.  In addition, Forrester's words
on rules of the road, responsible biking, etc. are, IMHO, the product of
a superior human being(tm).  I don't think you'd see *this* guy left
of the double yellow, and if you did he'd be doing 60! Another thing -
I believe there's also a discussion of tank-slappers in this tome, but
I guess the term is, on a bicycle, top-tube-slapper.  When shaft-drive
bicycles come about, this may all change :-).


--
Chris Walsh
TechNet Network Administrator 
2145 Sheridan Rd.            
Evanston, IL 60208          
DoD# 0671
From: jimkirk@news.uwyo.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: RFD: rec.crafts.metalworking
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:11:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Oct14.161121.268
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Wyoming - Laramie, WY

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Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-3 14/03/90 VAX/VMS V5.5; site news.uwyo.edu
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 105 MPH (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bic
Date: 14 Oct 92 14:20:44 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 19095@cedco.uucp, rickr@cedco.uucp (Rick Raque) writes:
>mf@dancer.uucp (24227-fusco) writes:
>
>>>"Quayle in '94"		   	 me, so I can share only mine with you"
>>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>	Yea, and maybe we can elect the DoD to congress.....
>
>Hey! why not.... any DoD member couldn't do any worse than the people that
>are there now! : )    

YO, PEOPLE!!!

There ain't no presidential election in '94!!

That up thar is what's called a "joke."  It ain't funny, but that's what it is.

---
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...
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why is my face shield so scratched so
Summary: Bzzzzt!
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:52:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: elektro.1992Oct9.145226.3591
Followup-To: charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org
Organization: Why do you suspect that?

In article <1b1q5hINNrhr@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 153@adobe.com, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>>
>>Are there helmets with face-shields so easily interchangeable that
>

   ***   [   several lines of sage advice deleted    ]   ***

>The universal problem is that a motorcycle helmet face shield is a
>weird shaped thing that doesn't pack efficiently anywhere.  It's
>probably not practical to carry a light and dark around all the time,
>planning to switch them depending on the lighting, at least not unless
>you have big saddlebags.
>

    Ed - before *you* can worry about the size of the saddlebags,
    you have to have a bike!

Ectually, one is supposed to carry the extra faceshields in a bellypack
wrapped around one's middrift.  This provides supplementary protection
in case one encounters airborne Llama droppings.

>---
>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...
>


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, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff
            {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }
From: kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: old Kawasaki ads
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:06:21 GMT
Organization: Array Microsystems, Colorado Springs, CO. USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Randy Davis (randy@ninja.megatek.uucp) wrote:
: In article <BvGGFD.AL7@tridom.com> alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming) writes:
: |Has anyone assembled a list of all the events that were listed in the old
: |"Let the Good Times Role" Kawasaki ads?   I've been digging through all my 
: [...]
: |and thought it would be nice to have a list of places, times and events from
: |these ads.  I remember Steamboat, TWO here in Georgia, Top Dog Cafe, and
: |Alice's Restaurant.  My rusty memory seems to remember the ads running from 
: |'90 till '92.
: 
:   Well, I'll add one to your list, in case no already-compiled list is handy:
: 
: July 14, 1990, Old Spanish Trail Restaurant, Bandera, Texas.
: 

  Date xx, 199x, Guiseppes Depot, Colorado Springs, CO.


Sorry, I don't remember the date, just the resturant.

: Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com


  O                
 <M> MerfMan     aka kenm@array.com
_/ \_
From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Flame Bait (was: Re: Drag racing)
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:47:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: transfer.7126
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
Distribution: usa

In article <1939@shaman.wv.tek.com> harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) writes:
> >>"Victimless crime" is an oxymoron.
> >
> >Not true.  Smoking dope is a victimless crime, many times.
> >-- 
> 
> I wonder if the people who care for crack babies would agree with you.

Whoa, you think "smoking dope" = smoking crack ?

You're either too old to be cool or too young to be hip . . .


Craig
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How far do you commute/Cereal for Breakfast
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:11:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: research.1992Oct8.221133.1461
Distribution: usa
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.

In article <Bvntz8.M36@tridom.com> alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming) writes:
>ObMoto:  What is the net.opinion on mechanical vs. hydraulic clutches?  My new
>(used) bike has a hydraulic and I'm wondering if there are things I need to
>be warned about.  The bike hadn't run in awhile, so it took some playing
>around to keep the clutch from sticking.  (I just rolled the bike backwards
>a bit...)

	My Shadow had a hydraulic clutch.  Damn nice.  List of watchits:

	1) The master cylinder pushrod can wear into the clutch lever, and
	   then the feel is total mush.  If so, a new lever is like $7 or
	   so and makes one hell of a difference.

	2) As with hydraulic brakes, replace the fluid yearly.  Bleeding
	   procedure is exactly like that for brakes.

	Greats:  no cable to break.  Self adjusting.

	Not greats:  more complicated, more expensive to repair if needed.

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

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: kevinh@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (kevinh)
Subject: Re: NTV600 Revealed!!
Originator: kevinh@nath
Reply-To: kevinh@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch
Organization: Ascom Hasler AG
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:49:36 GMT


In article <1992Oct13.221630.76@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson) writes:
|> ->	"Bike-sheds ?" I hear you ask ? Being in the Netherlands, we have 
|> ->a bike-shed beside each car-park (~5), and the last section is
|> reserved
|> ->for motorbikes. Means we get a covered parking area away from the
|> cars.
|> ->Each section is good for 10-15 motorbikes, provided the pushbikes
|> haven't
|> ->gotten there first.                                     ^^^^^^^^^
|> 
|> OK..I'll bite...what is a pushbike...

A bicycle! You know - you push the pedals with your feet :-) :-).

kevinh@hasler.ascom.ch
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Subject: Re: Leaning into it
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:28:59 GMT

In article <1bfcveINNs4c@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 22360@porthos.cc.bellcore.com, fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson) writes:
>>Doesn't everybody learn from a dirt bike first...
>
>No.
>
>---
>Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,

	And now you have no bike... connection here?

	ObMoto: Sunday night, heavy rain, heavy wind, on the George Washington
	Bridge, going five mph under speed limit (sorry, no DoD min. here), no
	other traffic near me,  and some cager insists on being 2 inches behind
	me. Feeling friendly (NOT! but not feeling aggressive on the wet metal
	expansion joints) I put my hand down to wave him off. He cuts next to
	me and starts screaming insults and swerving towards me. 

	Hmmm... time to start carrying a gun or something (everyone else in NYC
	does!)...

-------
"Don't believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."  -  Lou Reed
Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#516 <-- |Stanley, ID.|
'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- Perception Corsica  |    NYC, NY.|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Can't trigger traffic lights
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:21:22 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.213106.29332@wam.umd.edu> delilah@next03pg2.wam.umd.edu 
(Romeo DeVerona) writes:
>
>yep. got off the bike, tried to open gates by hand (couldn't), looked all  
>around for any kind of manual switch (wasn't any), looked for any  
>sidewalk-type openings i could ride out by (weren't any). i was stuck.

You might make an anonymous call to your friendly local fire marshall.  I
think they tend not to like enclosed public places with no exits. 

-- 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jack Hamilton   jfh@netcom.com   P. O. Box 281107   SF, CA   94128-1107
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley attitudes and other bikes
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:29:45 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
 <1992Oct9.142630.8604@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> <1992Oct10.000035.10425@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu>
Distribution: rec
Organization: MSUS

In article <1992Oct10.000035.10425@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu>,
shinh@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Shinjiro Hirose) wrote:
> 
> So after weeks of voting, complain ing, flaming, etc,
> the rec.moto.harley group is founded... And what do we have
> on rec.moto?  Harley riders still trying to defend their
> rides...  Hmmm, traffic on rec.moto.harley not interesting enough fer ya?
> BTW, not all people who ride Japanese bikes like plastic coated rockets.
> Some of us *like* inline fours...
> 
> A B C ya!
> Shin
> 
> ps: "Jap bike"?  Hey, I'm a Jap! and I *do* know karate...8-)
> 

and I'm 'murikan and I know 44 magnum. ;-)
From: car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley Outperforms ZX11, Film at Eleven
Summary: Subgroup??  Subgroup?? We don't need no steenkin' ....
Keywords: flames spooge yes no maybe
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:31:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsj.1992Oct12.213124.301
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Oct12.151327.2997@elektro.cmhnet.org>, root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
> 
> * * *   [  about 130 lines of "yes it does / no it doesn't" deleted  ]   * * *
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I thought rec.moto.harley was invented for this type of verbal spooge ???

No no no, r.m.h was invented so the inhabitants thereof wouldn't have
to tolerate this type of verbal spooge from sportbike riders (like me).  

BTW, this phenomenon is an existence proof that subgroups don't work.  
If I had cross-posted it to r.m.h, then I'd have a closed-form solution 
for the proof as well.  However, I do not believe in the existence of
r.m.h, and cross-posting to non-existent groups is a violation of 
Netiquette.  Being recently reminded of the painful consequences of
impolite actions by that Paradigm of Net Virtue, Todd, I am being
especially careful about my Netiquette, as well as applying the most
fastidious of spelling utilities to my postings (Kawasaki  <- see?).

OBMoto: Don't put raisins inside tubeless motorcycle tires.

:-)
Chuck Rogers
car377@druhi.att.com
From: jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Impact drivers
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:21:34 GMT
Organization: Motorola, Inc. GSS-AMT, Arlington Heights, Il

jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:

>In article <1aq021INNouj@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>Such drastic measures are not necessary.  When I stripped the phillips
>>head on the screws on my brake fluid reservoir, the follow was
>>sufficient:
>...
>>10. go into severe depression.

>Use an impact driver, Ed.

I had (have) a similar dilemma.
Two of the four screws that hold the left rear cover on my CL360 engine
are quite frozen. The phillips heads were already partially stripped
from a previous bozon attempting to use the wrong size driver to remove
them.

I got an impact driver.

All I managed to do was finish stripping the heads out of the screws.
Yes, I used the right size bit.

These appear to be steel screws threaded into an aluminum case.
Any suggestions how I get these puppies out of there?
I'd really like to be able to inspect that drive sprocket.


-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Wygralak  708-632-6908     | Motorola Cellular  Arlington Heights, IL
jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com | Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab
DoD #0651	'74 Honda CL360
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Aerostitch - Do they scratch?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:29:28 GMT

rmorrow@afit.af.mil (Robert K Morrow) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.140320.23471@novell.com> markb@wc.novell.com (Mark S. Burnham) writes:

>>I remember reading about a year ago that someone had problem's with
>>the stitching in their Aerostitch scratching (fairly badly) the paint
>>on the gas tank of their bike.  Since I'm supposed to be receiving my
>>suit this week (yeah!), I'd like to know if I should by a tank bra to 
>>protect the tank.

>I have a black tank and I almost always ride with my Aerostitch on, and
>yes it does rub the tank and turn a small patch on each side "foggy"
>from the wear.  However, this polishes out easily.  I would recommend
>that you cover the tank if you do a lot of riding, since the suit would
>would probably wear through the paint eventually.

I've had no problems with scratching on my FJ. Scuffing the wax is about
the worst "damage" I've seen, and another wash & wax fixes that.

I'm still trying to get a handle on the logic behind bras. You're trying
to keep the bike looking good by making it look ugly? Those full-body
faring bras really give me the giggles. I've had the urge to ask the guy
if he forgot to unwrap it after he got it home from the dealer.
-- 
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
From: jjwong@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Joseph Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Winter Storage
Summary: Help Me - hints on winter storage
Keywords: Help on winter storage
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:27:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Oct8.192753.19099
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

It's getting to be that time of the year for some of us riders to store 
our pride and joy (SOB SOB).  I was wondering if anyone had tips on self
storage.  I have a CBR F2 and have the option of heated self-storage or
having a local dealer store it for me.  The second option is $18/month and
is in some cold and lonely shed, but they say spring prep (what ever that is).
So can someone tell me the pros and cons of either method.  Is it hard to
set yourself up for self-storage ($15/month - heated and secure) or dealer
storage ($18/month - no heat and in a storage shed)?
You can either e-mail me back at 'jjwong@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu' or
just post it back up 4 all to read.

Thanks very much -
-- 
----------------------Alone in the Great Midwest -------------------------

Joseph Wong				"I take the whole universe as my
University of Iowa			house and my own room as my clothing.
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: address for Muzzy?
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:31:46 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

](Don't you think a see-through fairing would be great?!)

I've got a see-through fairing on both my RC-30 and my FZR750 and I
think it's definatly worth it as long as you don't crack it dropping
the bike. that clear stuff gets little crows feet at all the screw
holes too...

-- 
Thanks,
Joe
Tandem Computers
K100RS
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Fogging and how to stop it?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:02:06 GMT

In article <1160@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>
>	How do you keep a visor from fogging up?  Are there any
>	products out there to stop this? 
>
>		Ryan
 
 Its a product found around many homes and is rather cheap.
 
 You find a cat. Grasp cat firmly above the hip area with one hand.
 Now with the other hand grasp cat just below shoulder blades.
 Hold cat over visor and squeeze cat(similar to an accordian).
 Make sure to rotate cat in a circular motion ensuring a nice
 even coating. 
 
 Enjoy your fog free riding.
 When needing sure fire riding tips, always, remember the DoD.

 
================================================================================
 Ipsissimus of the Inner Order of Sesquipedalian Fruitcakes - IIOSF XOX Dawn
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fwd: New BMW 1938 R71 for 7,500.00
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:07:08 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Dale.James@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>
><much interesting history deleted>
>
>>Engine displacement 746 cc
>>Compression 5.7:1
>            ^^^^^
>>Side Valve
>>Power 22 hp @4600 rpm
>>\Max Speed 68 mph solo/53 mph with sidecar
>>Economic speed 40 mph gts 30 mpg
>>Kick starter
>GACK!  5.7:1 compression?!  Is that so that the damn thing can run on cut-rate
>vodka or rice wine or whatever?

Which is about what gasoline looked like in 1938. 

Actually, the info I have says:

Years: 1938-39 Model: R71 Engine: 750cc Side Valve Output: 22HP @ 4,900 rpm
Comp Ratio: 5.4 Front Susp: Telelscopic Rear Susp: Plunger Frame: Delta
Engine #'s: 700 005 - 702 200 

I have a listing of BMW models from 1923-1974, which I can post. It's in
MS Excel for Mac format, or I can put up text. I'll mail it to anyone who
asks, too. Just tell me which format (the Mac file will be BinHexed).
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
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