HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Definitive HD TV/Vid Authorized Collectible
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:51:27 GMT
Expires: 15 Feb 93 05:00:00 GMT
Organization: Computervision Corp., Bedford, Ma.

|In article <4612@cvbnetPrime.COM> tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
|>Mr. Howell;
|>
|>	It may be a result of my own cynicism; but I felt a rather
|>negative tone to your comments regarding the Harley Davidson Motor
|>Company. Let me clear a few things up for you just in case.
|>
|> BLAH BLAH BLAH and other yuppie, extreme right positions and propagandae
|> deleted...
|>
|>	In closing, let me end with some finishing comments. Yes a tariff
|>was imposed. Yes it was justified. And Yes, HD is back on top and is nothing
|>short of an example of Americans hard at work, and what needs to be done to
|>turn this whole country around to face forward. The are a shining example
|>of how to do business right, and how hard work can pay off.

So, Tod, are you saying that if you killed you SO's dog and parakeet then it
would be the noble thing to do, to run your $13,000 Hardley Toiletson off a 
high cliff out of shear love for woman and Hardley's so that you can get
more and also buy another Hardley in order to maintain the American way
of life and riding?

BTW ... they reran that episode of Northern Exposure last night where Chris
drove his H/D dresser off the cliff - I'd never seen that one before so now
I know what all the fuss was about.

Truely noble, incredibly moronic, and what a waste of vintage American Iron.
But then, anybody that would launch their best friend's body into the middle
of a lake probably wasn't getting much anyway except maybe from young moose 
and bears...


Rich Bemben - DoD #0044                     rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
1977 750 Triumph Bonneville                 (617) 275-1800 x 4173
"Fear not the evil men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect
 us from the evil men do in the name of good"
From: dlady@galoob.cs.utk.edu (Don Lady)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: really, really waterproof gloves?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 01:09:52 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dlady@galoob.cs.utk.edu (Don Lady)
NNTP-Posting-Host: galoob.cs.utk.edu

In article <1993Jan20.053612.2703@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>, salex@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Scott Alexander) writes:
|> This weekend while doing an MLK three day weekend ride to Vegas and
|> Death Valley, I discovered that the set of gloves that I have with the
|> nice pullout waterproofing covers are not very waterproof when
|> subjected to two hours worth of heavy rain at freeway speeds.  Instead
|> they turn into cold, sodden masses which take several days to dry.  As
|> such, I'm looking for a way to keep my hands warm and dry on those
|> rides where it's determined to rain.  (To preclude the flamers,
|> staying home or buying a Volvo or whatever isn't the correct answer.)
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> Scott Alexander
|> salex@devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
|> -- 
|> --
|> Scott Alexander
|> salex@devvax.jpl.nasa.gov

Try getting an extra, extra large pair of rubber gloves from the
grocery store. They're inexpensive, and they are water proof, til
they tear. Get a pair that will fit OVER your gloves.
I have 2 XXXL pairs from "Giant Food".

-- 
Don (dlady@cs.utk.edu) Lady
AMA #162364    DoD #803
Suzuki GS850GX, GS750EN  Yamaha DT175E for the cowtrails!
Honda TR200 (used to be the ex's)
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: That T2 motorcycle jump... Not real, just magic
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:36:58 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Distribution: usa
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH

viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:

>blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>
>>PS, Arnie really did shoot all those cops in the leg, I heard it on the
>>net.
>
>	You heard that too?

Can't the net get anything right?

Arnie did *not* shoot those cops in the leg.  Arnie
was firing blanks while a stage hand bashed the cops in the 
leg with a crow-bar.  The stage hand and the crow-bar
were edited out.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Re:      AAA and motorcycles...NOT!!!
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Ma.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:38:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.132100.26539@osf.org> jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
>Cross Country Motor Club (800-225-1575) handles *all* vehicles you own,
>cars, RV's, mc's, etc. They also offer all the usual AAA stuff like

Yeah, CCMC provides the Honda Rider's Club service.



-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get   | '92 VFR750F           |
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111                | '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: 92 VFR750's
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:42:33 GMT

Well, I just made my first new bike purchase, and find myself wondering
if anyone knows anything about things that wear quickly, or things that
the factory just didn't do right on this bike.  I'd be most greatful
for any pointers to info that people have.

Thanks,
Dean
-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | 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   |
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:45121 talk.bizarre:46364
From: dsc3jfs@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Jim Small)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,talk.bizarre,ucla.rumor
Subject: Re: What's a good startin
Date: 25 Jan 93 15:25:26 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles,talk.bizarre,ucla.rumor
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <1993Jan23.221022.6666@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>|        Cliff Weston           DoD# 0598          '92 Seca II (Tem)       |
>|                                                                          |
>|   "the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body       |
>|    is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day."       |
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Because, someone had to crosspost it
-- 
I hate the 3B2
The 3B2 can bite me.
From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: That T2 motorcycle jump... Not real, just magic
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:19:07 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: beast.cac.stratus.com

> 
> "Wire removal has figured in numerous big-budget films.  The zero-gravity
> assasination sequence in Star Trek VI used wire removal as well as
> computer graphics to create the floating blobs of "blood" that spilled
> from the floating Klingon victims.  The slow-motion sequence in Terminator
> 2 in which Arnold Schwarzenegger jumps a motorcycle off a bridge and
> into the dry bed of the Los Angeles River was not slow motion at all;
> the bike was held in a bulky steel cage, suspended from thick cables,
> and lowered on a crane at about the speed you see on the screen.  Then
> all the support hardware was removed (by computer)."  SI Winter 1993
> 
> 
If that's the case then how come you can *clearly* see wires attached to
Arnie after his "tanker surfing" scene ? You know, the part where he's riding  
on the cab of the tanker as it's sliding on its side approaching the steel
mill ? As the tanker hits the door and comes to a halt, you can easily
make out the wires attached to him as he "flies" to the ground. 

Sloppy editing ? Ran out of money doing the moto scene ?

Enquiring minds want to know . . .

Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: CB750 Gasket(?) question
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:28:51 GMT

In <C1FBDF.AnJ@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Hollyman) writes:

>I have a 1982 CB750 Custom.  It leaks oil around the cooling fins near the 
>1st cylinder, at the head gasket (1/3 way down).  Now, the problem I have been
>having is the first cylinder does not fire until the bike is run for quite
>some time (20-30 minutes).  I am assuming this allows the engine to heat up 
>sufficiently that the oil is "burned off".

	That's possible.  Did you check the spark plug during this time?  If
it's oily, your gasket is shot.  If gas-covered or completely dry, a carb woe.
If none of the above, you have a strange bike.

>  I have the engine out and am disassembling it

	This is the easy part.  Getting it back into the frame is a bitch.

	Anyway, it's not likely it's rings.  A leak-down test, both wet and
dry, will give more insight.  I'd bet you've toasted a valve.  At least,
that's what I did.  It shows similar symptoms to what you've described.

>The other problem I have is at full throttle, it cuts out at high rpm's

	Carb problem.  Clean 'em, paying close attention to the main jets.

>I cleaned the carbs out last year and this problem was before and after the
>cleaning.  Would an after market jet kit help? I have MAC 4-2 exhaust on it.

	Jetting needs to be changed anyway.  Grab a DynoJet kit -- it's
about the same price new jets will be anyway.

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

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sdun@isma.demon.co.uk (Stephen Dunne)
Subject: Re: Fascist EC is at it again (EC bans tuning) 
Distribution: world
Organization: International Securities Market Association
Reply-To: sdun@isma.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:03:12 +0000

In article <1993Jan20.134927.7098@exu.ericsson.se> lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se writes:
>
>from this months Performance Bikes, which is a 'must get'
>if only to read their reply to 'Cycle World' :-)
>(I would post it but it might offend some Americans)
>

Don't worry about posting it, the yanks can handle it.! :-)

Stephen
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From: Michael.Nelson@f20.n125.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 92 VFR750's
X-Sender: newtout 0.07 Jan 18 1993
Date: 25 Jan 93  20:28:38

Monday January 25 1993 08:42, Cookson wrote to All:

C-> Well, I just made my first new bike purchase, and find myself
C-> wondering if anyone knows anything about things that wear quickly, or
C-> things that the factory just didn't do right on this bike.  I'd be
C-> most greatful for any pointers to info that people have.

    The fuel in the tank seems to wear out quickly.  Be sure and replace it
often.  Same for the air in the airbox.  Other than that, Honda did everything 
right on the VFR750.

 *--------------------------------------------------------------*
 |                          |                                   |
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 | DoD #735                 |  sooner or later it adds up to    |
 | 1993 Honda CBR900RR      |  some real money!"                |
 |                          |                                   |
 | nelson@seahunt.imat.com  |           EVERETT DIRKSEN         |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: DoD BANDANAS --- at long last..... (sorry).....
Organization: Lachman Technology, Incorporated, Naperville, IL
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:56:42 GMT

In article <C1Gtxz.7vo@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>
>>	how about a variety of Moto in each corner...A Duc or other
>>	Sportbike in one, a BMW touring bike, a Goldwing and a Harley
>>	or Indian Chief in the last???
>
>How to you propose to get this gang to agree on WHICH motorcycles?
>I'm sure that Jonathan & Dave are highly offended that you didn't
>mention the CB/CL450, for example.

I decided to set aside my personal preferences for the good of the masses.

This time.

I just can't understand how Ryan figured an Indian Chief would be in
the last corner.  Why not the first?  (At least he got the BMW right -
they're always second.)
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              Lachman Technology, Incorporated
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
 __       There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
 \/                   followed by the words "Daddy!  Yay!"
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nationalized Lawyers  was Re: pitch for nat'l health, was: etc
Date: 26 Jan 93 14:36:59 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Ma.

In article <1993Jan25.135630.4790@bnr.uk> npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar) writes:
>
>Our postal service is the envy of most countries.  91% (?) of first class
>letters are delivered by the following day, even from Cornwall to the 
>Highlands of Scotland.  Posting abroad is a joke because other countries postal
>services are so bad...

Gee Nick, no offense but, Cornwall to the Highlands isn't all that far.
It's hard to get lost on an island you know.

-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | 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   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
Subject: Re:      AAA and motorcycles...NOT!!!
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:21:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.173715.13397@fuug.fi> an4929@anon.penet.fi (gonzo) writes:
>Is there any sort of AAA for motorcycles (you know, cheap or free
>towing, help on the road, gas if you run out, etc, etc, etc)?
>
>
Cross Country Motor Club (800-225-1575) handles *all* vehicles you own,
cars, RV's, mc's, etc. They also offer all the usual AAA stuff like
map service and trip routing, etc. In fact their maps are much higher
quality than AAA's. They have a different arrangement with towing services -
they contract with many more service stations and don't deal with the 
"certification" stuff that AAA does, so you will likely get a truck much 
faster than with AAA. I don't remember AAA's policy, but CC covers the 
first $50 of a tow when you want it towed somewhere other than the service 
station. (Towed the wife's ride from the person she bought it from to my
house - no extra charge.) Also, unlike AAA, your spouse gets the same 
coverage for no extra charge.

If you buy a new BMW, you get three years membership for free. Now is
that functionality or character.......8-)

============================================================================
           Jono    DoD: 316    Beemers: '85 K100RS '92 R100GS 
    Voice: +1 (617) 621-8739 Fax: +1 (617) 621-0584 Email: jsm@osf.org
           "Too much of a good thing is never enough." -Luba
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Lane Splitting: a new twist
Date: 27 Jan 1993 21:49:11 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 6732@netcom.com, dmatejka@netcom.com (Daniel Matejka) writes:

>If you're threading cages and one of them decides to hit you, it's
>your fault.
> 
>  The cops had to think about it for nearly a month, but they've decided
>it was my fault.  They didn't hand me a ticket, but it's me who pays
>for Mr. Excitable's right door.

Regardless of what the cops do or do not say, on a ticket or in an
accident report, fault is determined in a court of law.

Get the accident report, get a copy of the CA VC, and evaluate the
situation carefully (particularly the PHYSICAL evidence (damage to the
cage)).  If you weren't specifically violating a section of the code
(or even if you were, but you weren't charged for it and it it does not
so state in the report), and if you hit Mr. Excitable's cage on the
side and not the rear or rear corner panel, see an attorney.  At
*least* see one for the "free half hour consultation" and evaluate the
case.

It will help your case if you drop the term, "whitelining."

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

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no (Epsonasjen)
Subject: Re: V-TWINS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Organization: SINTEF
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:41:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.213819.17191@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
>Subject: Re: V-TWINS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:38:19 GMT
>In article <348.97.uupcb@compdyn.questor.org> ryan.cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau)  writes:
>}This means that the bike is instantly
>}registerable as a classic motorcycle (in BC, this means the
>}premium would go from about $800 to about $150). 
>
>"premium" for registration or are we talking insurance premiums?
>
>Insurance premiums on classic <insert-favorite-type-of-vehicle-here>
>should be astronomical due to high cost to repair back to near original
>condition. If you are talking about the price of registration, why
>should a classic moto be less expensive to register?
>-- 


In Norway we have *astronomical* registration fees/vehicle taxes (200%)/
insurance premiums especially on motos.  There is ONE exception though..   
Vehicles older than 30 yrs are excempt from ALL (I mean it!) taxes.  Even 
the insurance is cheap.  I pay 300 NOK (about $50) to have my Triumph 
insured a full year, no mileage limitations..  This does not cover expences 
to have it repaired in case of a crash, but does include theft/invalidity/
fire


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

YASS	(Yet another stupid .sig ............)						
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curt Howland)
Subject: Re: Nationalized Lawyers  was Re: pitch for nat'l health, was: etc
Organization: Money laundering scheme for other peoples protection
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:02:18 GMT


In article <9901127@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, 
vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson) writes:

|>   If you want the Feds to get the f*ck out of your life, stay away from
|>   "their" money (looted from you in the name of taxes) or they'll have
|>   you by the short hairs.

They already do. If I don't pay them to protect me from
the people they keep telling me want to try and take my 
livelyhood from me, some of their goons come by with guns
and put me away, thus removing my livelyhood. Can't win.

I've never liked paying "protection".

---
Curt Howland "Ace"       DoD#0663       EFF#569
howland@nsipo.nasa.gov            '82 V45 Sabre
      I have given up my search for truth 
     and am now looking for a good fantasy.
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Blue Ridge Parkway
Date: 22 Jan 1993 19:42:00 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: ott
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu

In article <1jni4kINNiad@CS.UTK.EDU> dlady@galoob.cs.utk.edu (Don Lady) writes:
>In article <C166tv.DLB@well.sf.ca.us>, wfrank@well.sf.ca.us (Wade Franklin) writes:
>|> 
>|> The Blue Ridge Parkway begins near Cherokee, North Carolina (at the eastern
>|> entrance to the Great Smoky Mts. National Park) and runs along the
>
>It also has a speed limit of 35 MPH most of the way. But, sometimes
>you can even get up faster. But then you miss all the scenery. :(

I lived 20 miles away from the Blue Ridge for 5 years.  I never saw any
scenery! :^) However, the drop from the Parkway down into Buena Vista was
very nice.

I don't know if they still hold it, but the local AMA chapter used to hold a
meet at Buena Vista every summer. It was always Great! The whole town of
Buena Vista opened up for us and the cops left us alone (incredible!). So its
was pretty easy to travel from Roanoke up to... (forgot - Nothern Va.) at a
minimum of 70-75.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : DoF Motto: Just Say "I Forgot".
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bigdog!jon (Jon Wright)
Subject: Re: this morning...
Organization: Pages Software Inc.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:15:16 GMT

Masayuki Karahashi writes
> 
 << drivel deleted>>

Have you dropped it recently?  I discovered that the damn thumbswitch made  
contact intermittently some time after a drop, but because I thought it was  
some wiring damage, couldn't track it down.  My mechanic noticed it only after  
a few hours having me trying to duplicate the problem.  He finally noticed that  
as I was wiggling some wires deep in the crevices of the cowling, I was  
touching the thumb starter with my elbow just gently enough to separate the  
contacts inside the switchgear.  Honda VF and VFR owners may know what I'm  
talking about, the switchgear is exactly the same, only the paint is changed.

Looking through used parts places, I must've took apart six or seven of them  
with the slightly-broken thumb piece just like mine until I found one I could  
at least epoxy together.  This must be a common problem.  Major frustration.
From: CJOHNSON@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: WANTED: Moto Guzzi Seat
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:25:27 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

I am looking for a 1972 thru 1982 guzzi seat can be for the T,T-3,G5,or SP
condition does not matter, so let me know what you have and the price, I
am going to use it on my 76' 850 T-3FB.   Thanks