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From: shinh@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Shinjiro Hirose)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: stupid cagers in specific areas
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:09:44 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Mass General Hospital NMR Imaging Center

Has anyone noticed that certain sections of their city are
worse than others for stupid cagers?  It seems to me that
Somerville, MA has way more than its share of crappy 
drivers who don't look before changing lanes/coming out of parking
spots/etc...  Is it just me?
-Shin
  

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Shin Hirose
shinh@nmr-r.mgh.harvard.edu
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Aerostich pulls grip covers
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 12 Oct 1992 20:58:26 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

I just called Aerostich to order a pair of their 'ZipGrip' grip
covers, and was informed that they have pulled them out of the
current product lineup.  Apparantly, the owner used a pair while
touring this summer, and didn't like the way they performed, he's
pulling them out of the line up and redesigning them.

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
| "You can lead the house to order, but you     | '81 CB750C           |
| can't make it think"  -William Weld (Gov. Ma.)| '88 Bianchi Limited  |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: the r.m meta flame topic
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:52:46 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.084230.679@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us
(bob pasker) writes:
>(1) what is countersteering?
>(2) bmws never die
>(3) fj's v. bmw
>(4) shaft or chain?
>(5) two stroke or four stroke?
>(6) harleys/japcrap suck
>(7) is "jap" an insult?
>(8) valve springs are for losers
>(9) how to put your bike on the centerstand
>(10) are helmet laws good?
>(11) using the back brake
>(12) the s/n ratio is too high and the dod is responsible for it
>(13) are .dirt,.harley,.racing groups good?  .tech? .dod?

(14) Will Bob Pasker ever figure out how infantile his
     flames are?
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
From: jwills@ISI.EDU (Jerry Wills)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Jerry's bike has an earned name, insead of (For Jerry),and I live to tell
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:01:33 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI


	This will be short, as kbds are for 10 fingers and only 7 of mine are
useful for typing.

	2.5 wks ago I clipped a deer, maybe a left hook is a better image.
happened on hwy 25 at dusk at 80ish, it happened very fast. I didn't crash, 
but saved a tank slapper in the dirt, until I was on the road again, then 
slowed down to check the damage. slightly bent clutch lever and the clutch
master cyc rotated down about 40 degrees. Ibroke my little finger, very near
the knuckle joint. and now for the excitment, Iwas 30 miles for the nearest
hospital, and the bike was fine, so I rode it into Hollister. 1 handed on
all that adrenalin, and natural pain killers, more like flying, and 60
seemed real slow :^), until I would look at my left hand.

	More to tell, but the upshot is I'm 2.5 wks into my ~7 wk in some sort
of cast, and then I start to rehab.

	Even the slightest meeting with Bambi, can make you dream of riding for
a while.

	New plate for the bike  DERSLYR or DERSLR

			Jerry Wills 
I'll have enough POWER when I can spin the tires at the end of the straight!
89 FJ DERSLYR, 83 Le Mans III Kit DoD#500 KotF(Flag) Mark Donahue, about 917's
USC/Information Sciences Institute  (USC/ISI)  SoCal (310) 822-1511 x 236

You done violated Physics, BOY!    Assume the position..... (Rider 5/92)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: Beginner: I Want To Buy A Bike
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:03:44 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.125118.14544@ms.uky.edu> johnr@mik.uky.edu (John S. Roberts, Jr.) writes:

	[An innocent question, otherwise known as flaim bate]

|In article <1992Oct6.203236.631@halfdome.sf.ca.us> bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob  
|pasker) writes:

	[An appropriate, low SNR flame.]

	So...

|=>In article <1992Oct6.161813.22202@ms.uky.edu>, johnr@mik.uky.edu (John S.  
|Roberts, Jr.) writes his sniveling little response:
|
|say what?
|I wasn't trying to say that I deserved anything, just that I would appreciate  
|some help.  sorry if that came off wrong.

Okay, first off, John, if that's really your name, you clearly invited these
flames with your innocent act; that question about a bike for $800.  Anybody
here knows perfectly well that you can get neither an FJ1200 nor an R100GS
in any sort of shape for $800.  So you obviously were simply baiting us.

Second, you NEVER, EVER apologize.  NEVER.

Third, you should know about a little group we have here, and the motto...

Now, wait a sec...

|--==+  DoD: 727     +==--

Oh, geez, I fell for it.  I'm so embarrassed...

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Looking up!)              |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Woops!)              |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
From: ensalada@cats.ucsc.edu (Kevin Charles Rubio)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Parking law
Date: 7 Oct 1992 18:48:50 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: keeper@deeptht.armory.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu



 
>I recall looking for an apartment in a large complex in Albany, New
>York and being told that they do not allow residents to have
>motorcyles.  No good reason -- just no motorcycles.  It wasn't worth
>arguing about so I just left.
 
The managers here now are preparing to issue a three-day notice to have
the motor scooter removed, otherwise they will terminate my tenancy.  However,
the California Mobile Home code says that termination of tenancy can be done
for a continual breaking of a "reasonable rule" of the park.
 
The managers initially gave no reason.  "It's just the rule," they said.
Now they've had a day to think about it, and have come up with the feeble,
"It's more dangerous than a car. It could catch fire. You might hit someone
with it. It can cause houses to vibrate."  (A dinky, well-muffled 50cc
scooter, vibrating houses? What about the RV next door or the obnoxious-but-
mostly-noxious Pinto across the driveway?)  All those rules can be canceled
out by my offer to walk the scooter off the grounds before starting it (which
I think actually is more dangerous than riding it out), but they still
maintain when I say that that the scooter is not allowed on the park.  So,
again, no reason.  How can a rule with no reason be a "reasonable rule"?
 
The city attorney says I should not back down.  I don't intend to.
 
The managers also said that "all mobile home parks" have a no-motorcycles
rule.  This is not true -- there's at least one in this county I know of
which does allow them.
 
--
Email replies must be sent to keeper@deeptht.armory.com

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: greg@acme.claremont.edu (Tigger)
Subject: Re: Harley Fashionable == Deaths
Organization: Pomona College
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:24:21 PDT

In article <1992Oct6.214113.9507@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
> 
> So, please share the name of your local paper...

Cycle Trader.

I'm told that there is a glut of used Harleys here in California from
guys that would rather drive a cage than ride with a helmet.

Greg
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: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 08:30:17 GMT


In article <1992Oct14.151628.6660@gdr.bath.ac.uk>, bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland) writes:
|> In the referenced article, loki@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson) writes:
|> >
|> >	You may have been wondering lately how the Honda NTV-600 Revere
|> >is related to the North American model lines.  Maybe not.  But I'm going
|> >to tell you anyway.
|> >
|> [etc]
|> >
|> >	I have the specs on the Revere for anyone who really wants them.
|> >The fax'd images are pretty bad so don't bother asking.  Just take my
|> >word for it.
|> 
|> The Revere is withdrawn as of next (model) year.  We now have the NTV650.
|> How similar this to the NTV600 (Revere) or the US model 'Hawk' I don't
|> know.

We have that here already in Switzerland, seems to me to be a Revere with a teeny
weeny bit bigger engine, and a new colour scheme of course :-).

kevinh@hasler.ascom.ch
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner)
Subject: Re: Flame Bait (was: Re: Drag racing)
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:40:12 GMT

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.

I must be getting old. To me, smoking dope is smoking marijuana. Hardly a
cause of crack babies. Ok for victimell crime: how about growing dope? Even
if no one uses it it's still a crime. So much for making pointless points.
This is getting silly, where's my bike...

ObMoto:
I've always thought it would be fun to go riding while stoned. Alas sanity
prevails, but it's an amusing thought anyway. Now if they had that Honda
simulator here...

--
Stef            aka  spgo@is.morgan.com   DoD#0190 
'82 KZ550 (Commuter) '84 750 Interceptor (Toy) '86 Alfa GTV6 (Money drain)
                Warning: I brake for radar traps. 
        Disclaimer? I don't need no steenkin' disclaimer!
From: marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Which side do you mount up from?
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:40:15 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

Trials bikes often have their kickstands on the right side, rather than the
left as is more usual with street bikes.  I've noticed that most trials
riders, however, still mount their bikes from the left side -- not always,
but often.  For me, it doesn't seem to matter.  I just get on from whichever
side I approach the bike...
--
H. Marc Lewis                 |  Phone: (509) 927-5480
ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.         |  e-mail: marcl@hela.ISC-BR.COM
22425 E. Appleway Ave.        |  or:  ...!uunet!isc-br!hela!marcl
Liberty Lake, WA 99019-9534   |  "Nature bats last..."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: From which side do you mount?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:51:08 GMT

	That's kind of a personal question, isn't it?  I usually like
to mount from one side and get on tip, but being on the bottom or even
stay on the side can be an entertaining change of pace...  Now then, once
I'm in the saddle, I start by....

	Oh!  You meant *motorcycles!*  Ahem...  I mount from the left
side as often as possible.  This is due to two things:

	1) the bike leans to the left on the sidestand, and

	2) my right leg is the easiest to swing over the seat.

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"I see angels on Ariels in leather and>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | chrome, Swooping down from heaven to >
<viking@iastate.edu      | carry me home."   ---    R. Thompson >
<ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee.>
From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 105 MPH (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
Date: 11 Oct 92 18:08:13 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View

In article <BvvMxn.vF@news.dtc.hp.com> jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer) writes:
}  In all my years of going up to Alices, I have never heard anyone prove 
}the existence of the century club.  No one was ever up there with
}communication equipment and timing devices to verify the average speed of
}100 mph to the best of my knowledge. 

Uh, oh. One of them HP hardware junkies. How's about if somebody called
the payphone at Alice's and said, "He's leavin' now." and the person at
the other end said, "OK, I looked at my watch." and waited for him to 
show up. I know this is infinitely cruder than encoded digital satellite
communications and cesium timers, but it just *might* work.
-- 
Curtis Jackson	'91 Black Lab "Studley Doright"   '92 Collie/Shepherd "George"
cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	USPA #A-10080 (lapsed)	DoD #721 '81 Maxim 650
  "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
   safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: CB700 NH Starter problems
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:25:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: emoryu1.1111
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


	My NightHawk seems to have some strange problems with the
	starter. On cold starts it cranks right up without a hitch, but
	if I ride for about 15-20 minutes then if I need to start the
	engine again, the solenoid seems to drag and it is very hard to
	start. The solenoid seems to be really hot ( hotter than the
	engine block ).  Are these things really hard to fix or
	replace?  Would going to a bike graveyard and pulling off an
	old one be good, or should I get a new or rebuilt one?  My bike
	is the '85 model Nightwhawk SC

						Ryan M. Gill
						labrg@slab.cc.emory.edu
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning into it
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:42:46 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:
: In article <1992Oct6.165107.3888@znext.cts.com> erika@znext.cts.com (erik astrup) writes:
: >labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
: >: 
: >: Sure you can lean a bike then go into the curve but if you find that you 
: >  don't have enough lean angle for the turn
: >: then you might just high side before you could get the weight shift
: >: to work for you.
: >: 
: >
: >	Huh? How in the world are you going to HIGHSIDE going into a
: >corner and suddenly realizing that you are not leaned over enough? Last
: >time I saw a high side (the guy in front of me at the race track, great
: >view) the bikes rear slid out completly and then grabbed again. Slinging
: >it's ex-pilot into the sky. High siding on the street is not a common
: >accident, unless you think you're Joe racer and routinely slide the rear
: >on the boulevard. 

	Perhaps I am not using the right terminology... What happens
	when you are in a turn and you find you bank angle is
	insufficient, but you have not the weight to get the bike into
	a tighter bank...You go over the top right?  Countersteering
	prevents this by allowing you to change the angle of the bike
	regardless of your weight. ie guiding the bike with finesse as
	opposed to brute force.

		Ryan
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I won? (NOT!) (really DoD pets)
Keywords: cager,asshole
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:33:31 GMT
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)

I like cats too, theyre great fun especially if you take the time
to put up velcro on the walls and ceilings, theyre even great in
the winter for getting your car unstuck from snow..You carry cat
litter in your car and when you get stuck you dump some around
the stuck wheels, then when the cats come up to use it you use
THEM for traction..I like cats, sometime I LOVE cats.. If I'm out
walking at night I like to take one with me, that way if any
dogs chase me I can throw the cat at em..theyre good for cleaning
the shower too in my fiberglass 3/4, I take em and tie four of those
scrubbing pads to his feet after spraying the fiberglass with
scrubbing bubbles then turn on the water and throw him in and close
the door, takes him about 4 minutes to get it clean...cats are
really useful..I had a problem with mice making nests on my
nice warm engine of my truck, they were using my hood liner
for material, so I took my cat and wrapped him up in a towel
and sat in the truck with the door open (he hates trucks and
cars) and started the engine, then while the teeth and claws
were trying to get me he saw the mice and I let em go, he got
one. Every day after that hed sit about 10 feet in front and
watch. Couple of places I've been cats are a delicacy much
better than dog depending on preperation, little on the lean
side though. He is also good for excersizing my dog, just wait
till the dogs asleep and the cats relaxed in your arms then
throw the cat on top of the dog, down side is that the result
rearranges the throw rugs and some furniture and the occasional
picture. I got all kinds of uses for cats, theyre GREAT.

Oh Yea, for the humor impared :-)
-- 
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#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I by my jeans, jackets and ammo
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From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: DoD music . . . can
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:48:14 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.212935.1365@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
>
>And speaking of motorcycles,-) I was noticing the otherday that my lawnmower
>engine (Briggs & Stratton) is made in Milwaukee.  I wonder how far that 
>factory is from where Harley Davidsons are made.
>
Geez, its been a really long time to remember, but lets see.

Harley is on about 120th & Capitol.  Briggs is on about 120th & Burleigh.
Burleigh to Capitol is about 1.5 -> 2 miles.


-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Impact drivers
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:02:43 GMT
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia

In article <1060@cybaswan.UUCP>, eeharvey@cybaswan.UUCP (i t harvey) writes:
> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes: 
>
> [...chisel method deleted....] I'm gradually replacing
> or the cheese-head crap with SS Allen bolts, I've had enough of simple
> maintenance tasks taking all bloody day because of a single shitty
> nut/screw/bolt.
>
I'd like to do this for my bike, but I've been unable to find any place
accept the dealer for purchsing SS Allen bolts.  Anyone know of a secret
distributor?

ObMoto:  My bike has a boxed aluminum frame with inserts for the screws.
I've had a problem with these breaking loose and turning when tightening
and/or loosening the screws.  I've had success with lifting the insert with
a hammer and standard screwdriver, then putting lock tight under the flange of
the insert.  Anyone found a better method?

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
KotBBBB (1988 GSXR1100J)  AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: counter-steering?
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 15 Oct 92 10:03:58 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: world
Organization: MSUS

In article <1992Oct14.142723.9587@oclc.org>, hur@oclc.org (Matt Hur) wrote:
> 
> I overheard some bikers at a local shop talking about "counter-steering".
> Can someone tell me what that is?  I just steer my bike by turning
> the bars.
>  ^^^^^^^
> thanks in advance,

Yea, I steer the same way.  I discovered it after about the tenth
bar last Saturday night when I fell off the left side of the bike
and it went right.  Never happens on the BMW, though.

You're welcome in arrears.
From: brianm@sco.com (Brian Moffet)
Subject: Re: Cage VS Ducati ---> DUCATI WINS
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:25:52 GMT

sheppamj@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Matthew Sheppard) writes:
>Witnessed an accident few days ago:
>All I actually saw was the aftermath which was a toyota celica (old)
>with the front fender all smashed in which COULD NOT drive away from the
>scene and a Ducati which had it's faring smashed but DID ride away!

Probably knew Karate...

brian moffet
--
"Face it, Chuck.  Taken as an aggregate, the human race is a stupid, sorry lot."
                           -- Jonathan Quist

brianm@sco.com  or uunet!sco!brianm                    Speaking for Myself
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:27:16 GMT
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>gee, this is the fifth GS i've seen in the "wanted" list; i've yet to
>see an FJ.

Probably because:

	(1) everybody on this group has heard all the praise for the GS.

	(2) everybody is waiting to experience the FJR/QZ1500E+3 that
	    will be available somewhere in the near future.  Why get
	    1982 tech when you can get 1993+ tech in a little while.

Depending on what the FJ replacement is like, it might well bump the
GS off my list.

After GS's, the next nod seems to go to H-D Springers, Tesis and an
assortment of arrest-me-red Ducatis, from what I've seen.

Mr. Bill
-- 
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."
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From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CB radios
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:23:27 GMT
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Oct8.173306.16278@novell.com> rmaratas@novell.com (Robert Maratas) writes:
>My understanding is that Channel 9 (cb) is monitored.  I am a member of
>the REACT team and our team monitors that channel 24hrs. a day.
>
>Bob

	I've heard this is true, but in two summers going round trip cross
country with my CB I've never been able to raise anyone for emergency
assistance (for other people, ya know). I know that there are still REACT
teams around that try their best, but all those signs claiming that cops
monitor Channel 9 seem to be b.s. I've called on cahnnel 9 within sight of
pig-mobiles and gotten no response.

YMMV...

-------
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