HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Winner of the Official(tm) (bs) DoD Battle Hymn Contest Announced
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:59:59 GMT
		<sheppamj.714766309@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

keith@ctms.gwinnett.com (Keith Warren) writes:
>* The Motorcycle/    Arlo Guthrie              Ed Green        *
>* Pickle Song                                                  *

sheppamj@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Matthew Sheppard) replies:
>I cannot find the lyrics posted anywhere though.  Don't got a copy of it
>handy neither.  Shaz-bott.

What!?  You mean you don't know the lyrics to this fine song by heart?
Now that its the DoD BH, you'd better learn!

I'll handle the original version, and leave it to Ed to transcribe the
live version, which delves into "The Significance of The Pickle."

"The Motorcycle Song" by Arlo Guthrie, the Official DoD Battle Hymn:

	[CHORUS]
	I don't want a pickle,
		I just want to ride on my motor-sickle.
	And I don't want a tickle,
		'Cause I'd rather ride on my motor-sickle.
	And I don't want to die,
		I just want to ride on my motorcy-cull.

	It was late last night, the other day,
		I thought I'd go up and see Ray.
	So I went up and I saw Ray.
		There was only one thing Ray could say,

	Was:
		[CHORUS]

	Late last week, I was on my bike.
		I run into a friend named Mike.
	I run into a friend named Mike.
		Mike no longer has a bike.

	He cries:
		[CHORUS]


Ever at the dilligent service of rec.motorcycles,
Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #0224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"feeling paskeresque, which is always better than feeling pasker." Cliff Weston
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: Loud pipes (Was riding clothes choices )
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:17:44 GMT

In article <Bu158r.1F2@cmptrc.lonestar.org>, neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>  I *ULTRA-CRINGE* whenever I ride near a police car since these pipes are
>  blatently illegal as hell,

I would baby the throttle or pull in the clutch and coast past cops until I
learned that most of them aren't interested in loud motorcycles.  The
only cop that ever asked me about my straight pipes was interested in
what I did to prevent them from turning blue (yep, he also rode).

Maybe it was boredom, too much money or just plain lack of sense, but I
ordered a set of BUB Enterprises muffler pipes my for bike last week.  I'm
sure I'll be unhappy with the lack of sound...

- Roid
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: AMA #'s in .sig files.
Keywords: NOT a good idea.
Date: 2 Sep 92 11:52:44 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <19912@drutx.ATT.COM> klf@druwa.ATT.COM (FranklinKL) writes:

>made me think back to a series of articles in the American Motorcyclist
>about the Britisher who has a bug up his butt about leg protectors on
>motorcycles.  He is trying to force their installation by lobbying
>lawyers in the United States to encourage lawsuits based on injuries
>received as a result of a "lack of leg protectors".

Can any reader of this magazine post the name of this Britisher? British
motorcyclists are having a difficult time stopping mandatory leg
protection being foisted on us via our own government, or the EC. If
this person should turn out to be one of the scientists or politicians
who are backing compulsory leg protectors, this would be very useful to
know.
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers)
Subject: Re: lane splitting
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
	<1992Aug26.154159.371@halfdome.sf.ca.us>
	<1992Aug28.003646.1088@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:07:45 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.003646.1088@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:

>While we are cursed with winter here, there are a lot fewer people than
>in fornicalia, so we can spend our time riding twisties instead of lane
    ^^^^^^^^^^

Is it legal to say that in Utah?  I know it isn't in Georgia and some
southern states.

>splitting. :-) And we've got dirt riding areas you can only dream about.

Here in Californication, it is required.  Just like paying 9.3 %
personal income tax (that on top of your federal income tax of 28% and
our 8.25 % sales tax and our new gas tax and...)...

Hey Blaine, anymore room in Utah?

--
"Time is simply the illusion of the passing of history, and history is
simply the illusion of the passing of time..."
                                -The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Iaido   Takamine   Hobie   Rossignol   Alfa GTV6  Ducati MHR(DOD #900)
From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: beginner's luck
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com
Distribution: usa

David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Aug25.154852.7008@athena.mit.edu> rpearl@athena.mit.edu (Rachel A Pearl) writes:
: >What would be a good bike for an average sized 34 year old woman to start out
: >on?
: 
: I started on a Honda CL350.  I knew someone who toured the country on a
: Suzuki GS450, and I believe he was still a newbie when he set out.
: I'm average male height, so maybe you would find my bikes too tall, but
: something in moderate small displacement (350-550) sounds good to me
: for starters.  Ride it for a year and then get a bike you'll really like.
: The small bike will be fine for around Cambridge and Boston and even out
: into the country, though you may not want to take it on I-93 or even on
: Storrow Drive (an ugly road in traffic) if you can avoid it.
: 
: -- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
: -- '80 BMW R65   BMWMOA #36829   DoD #0969   NRA #CDF6091M

My wife rides a Suzuki Savage LS650H it is a very low, very light
single cylinder 650 bike. It is a cruiser style, hers has the straight
handles bars. They also come with the pull back bars. Very fun bike.
She loves it. I have ridden it myself, and it is a lot of fun.
Nice torque, nice exhaust note. You should be able to pick one up for
under 2 grand used. They only made them for about 3 or 4 years. My wife's
model is an 87 or 86, i forget at the moment. 

The 650 has enough power for the city streets as well as highway.
My wife has taken 2 long trips on hers: 1. From NH to NC (1050 miles 1 way)
2. From NH to PEI Canada (600 miles 1 way) with no problems, except when
she ran over a nail, but that's another story. 

Good Luck.

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

    BEER.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne)
Subject: Re: slappers
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:06:21 GMT

     In college, the chief engineer for the Wisconsin branch of Harley
  Davidson came to our school to talk to the few engineer-wannabes
  (maybe 5 of us in a physics class; hey, small liberal arts school).
  He mentioned that he had a problem with Schneider Transport trucks.
  You know those huge orange semis, now called Schneider National?
  They're all over Wisco.  He had worked himself somehow behind two of
  them abreast, and got into an oscillation.  His preferred remedy was
  to bend forward, let go of the bars and hug the tank; trying to get
  your weight low I presume.  Guess it worked...  

     To me, a slapper seems so bizarre... what's the front tire doing?
  Acting like you had a tennis ball at the end of your forks?  How can
  the bike stay upright at full lock, even for a fraction of a second?

     Picking up my new DR350S tomorrow!  Anyone wanna buy a beastly YZ490
  motocrosser?  Didn't think so... oh well, I'll just make it into the
  Ice Bike from Hell.

     jed --  YZ490 / XL125 / WaveRunner 500 / more in the works / AMA
--
           Jim Dunne 	dunne@rtsg.mot.com    ...uunet!motcid!dunne
 All statements are merely opinions, yet are corroborated by a .357 magnum.
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HOV lanes
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:12:47 PDT
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1992Sep01.172006.20804@rchland.ibm.com>, essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) writes:
> 
> what are HOV lanes?  what does HOV stand for?

good question! 

i've always wondered what "STOP" stood for.  can anyone tell me?

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Tuesday, 1 Sep 1992 13:47:09 EDT
From: <REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I want a Hawk GT
Distribution: usa

   Couldn't reach you via mail, so here's a post,...

   A friend of mine got a Honda Hawk (maybe not GT? it was a 650)
for $2300 this spring.  He likes it, but not to the exclusion of his
BMW (or the Triumph he's re-rebuilding).

   I opted for price on my first... sold my van, took the corse,
got a permit and bought a 1976 KZ900...  Thank god only two cylinders
were firing the first week (the screws for the pionts were stripped and
one or the other set of points wouldn't open)...   500 lbs and
around 90 ponies was plenty of thrill for this novice...
   Despite a rainy summer, it's now 2000+ miles later...
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: beginners luck
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:34:05 GMT

In article <carlp.715121926@frigg> carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
|
|My sister Karen, 
|bought a
|1992 600 Shadow week before last.
|
|And now:
|Her biggest problem in MSF:RSS and since was 
|clutch control.  She stalls a lot taking off from a stop.  I tried to
|teach her to drive a car with a clutch in 1975, and she's never been
|the same (and never tried again).

I have taught, or at least helped a bit, several people to ride, usually
on an older bike of mine.  Once, one person had a real problem with
clutch control.  It turned out to be a combination of two things: the
clutch on my old bike was nearly gone, and it was grabby.  I didn't
notice this only because it got that way gradually, and I am smooth
enough on a clutch that I can gloss over a little grab.  But when a
beginner got on it, it would grab very easily, and stall the engine.

The other problem this person had, which appeared after I replaced the
bad clutch, which I believe grew out of a "gun shyness" of the clutch 
due to the stickiness, was a reliance on the tachometer.  Most of us
use our ears to guage rpm while we are clutching, but a beginner is
tempted to look down at the tach to try to find the perfect revs,
except that the tach lags the throttle enough that it just doesn't
work that way.  I solved that problem by tying a cloth over the
tach when he rode.

|Badly sprained ankle, 6 stitches in her shin, sore shoulder.

I hope she is okay, both physically, and in her dedication to learning
to ride.

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Feeling poorly)           |  this weird shit
84 RZ 350 (Ring Ding) (Being bored)         |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
From: R.Collins@newcastle.ac.uk (R. Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Question from a "Newbie"
Keywords: Hypocritic Oaf
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:31:33 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: rec
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.


In article <ceay9cy00WBKA4jr5K@andrew.cmu.edu>, ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter A. Simon) writes:
>Dave Gavin@tiger1.prime writes:
>

[Guff deleted]

>
>>> ---
>>> 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...
>> 
>
>Notice the "former" in his sig.  He had his bike expropriated when it
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Can't understand this bit,...so deleted too]

>-peter
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>*                             WATCH BACK!                           *
>*                                                                   *
>* DoD #10o00                 Suzuki LS650H         NAUI INST. #1434 *
>*                             (for sale)                            *
>*                             Honda CM400                           *
>*                           (for sale, too)                         *
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Notice the "soon to be former" in his sig :-)))

__
Raybo		DoD#1058		XBR500

Apologies for possible double post,...made a mistake in distribution.
From: laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Warning on new BMW luggage...
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:53:59 PDT
Organization: DFWM, Inc

In article <1992Sep2.182440.23823@eos.arc.nasa.gov>, phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:

> It's embarrassing to admit this, but I never leave the bags . . .

or as we usually refer to them, "the rear engine guards." 

> off anymore,
> not since I saw how much energy the left one absorbed in my crash on
> the way back from the first Joust - energy that otherwise would have
> been transferred into my meaty/boney bits...

-- laurie
____________________________________________________________________
"Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski

laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us                                   DoD #0023
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: European bike ride
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:35:43 GMT

In article <26AUG199207174058@erich.triumf.ca> ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) writes:
>In article <1992Aug25.133534.12065@bnr.uk>,
>	 datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes...
>>I saw on telly recently that 9 out of 10 Americans didn't know where the UK was
>                                                                          ^^
>>on a globe so I shouldn't be too hard on you after all.  Must be inbreeding or
>>something.....    :)
>	Terribly sorry to correct you on this, old chap, but I saw that CNN
>report too, the other day.  It was the *US* that Americans can't locate! :-(
>Tho' I guess that would also make them less likely to be able to find the UK...

No, they could locate the UK, they just kept mis-identifying it as Rhode Island.


(Pardon me, it's time to go; I hear the whine of a high-flying Vulcan
 overhead...  :')


>Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
>GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
>"pooter, n. an entomological collecting bottle into which small
>arthropods are introduced by suction." -- Chambers English Dictionary

Is that "pooter", or "pooder"?
-- 
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: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:51:32 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Apple Computer

I say again, 

This hyar's the durn most reediculus thing I ever done see'd.
Cain't you guys detect a hook and line when you'all sees one?

========
Godfrey DiGiorgi | ramarren@apple.com | DoD #0493
"Logic may be the beginning of wisdom, but logic never bought
 me a Ducati."
 Rule #1: Never sell a Ducati.
 Rule #2: Always obey Rule #1.
Honda VFR700 Intercepter 1987, "Bright White"
Ducati 750GT             1975, "Thunder"
Ducati 250 Mk III Diana  1966, sleeping beauty
Toyota MR2               1985, "VSSC"
========
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: >= 600 Sport bikes
Date: 31 Aug 1992 13:16:24 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 28299@tamsun.tamu.edu, peram@cs.tamu.edu (Suresh B Peram) writes:
>hi,
>
>   I would like to have a comparison, however brief
>   it might be of sport bikes with capacity >= 600 CC.

They're great.


---
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: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thanks a pant's full, DoD...
Date: 27 Aug 92 04:05:00 GMT
Reply-To: ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.

In article <oeay1fC00WBK44jq0Y@andrew.cmu.edu> "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>
>[bunch of really inane, non-helpful stuff deleted]
>
>And where the hell have *you* been, banana?  I know you're from around
				     ^^^^^^

	Ooooh, so original.

>here, so instead of giving me a bunch of shit, why don't you try to be
>helpful, huh?  Done all your riding in PA with your eyes closed?  Or
>maybe you *haven't* done any riding and only took your bike out to bring
>it to the CMRC meetings.  Typical biker poser.  All show, bluster and
>guff--no jam, no go, no substance.

	Fuck you Pete.  I averaged over 1000 miles a month *in the winter*
while I was in Pittsburgh.  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.  I never rode to your intended destination.

	Let's talk poser:  your ride is a Suzuki Savage.  *ALL* of it's
styling cues were lifted from Harleys.  You ride in a half-shell, t-shirt,
jeans, and soft shoes while smoking a cigarette.  Talk about a wannabe.

	Your righteous indignation deserves to be flamed.  Goddamn newbie.

Oops, forgot the :-).


On second thought, I didn't forget.

Chris

-- 
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?
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Games we play with caged children...
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 4 Sep 1992 17:28:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1884ooINN58@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green
- Pixel Cruncher) wrote:
> 
> In article 5202@gdls.UUCP, parker@gdls.UUCP (The Dougster) writes:
> >>Of course
> >> I toasted them when the light changed,
> >
> >Uh,...how do you toast them?
> 
> 600 cc's, 600 lbs.
> 
Gee Ed, you didn't look that big at the RCR, and I would have sworn your
pickup had more than 600cc's. :-)

> ---
> Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,

| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834      | DoD #207  AMA
#573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci. dept. | KotNML  /  KotB     
|
| "If I was worried about who saw me, I'd never get  | '81 CB750C          
|
| nekkid at all." -Ed Green, DoD #0111               | '88 Bianchi Limited 
|
From: brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Fall Foliage Ride in New England?
Summary: I've read enough bull here lately, lets ride!
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:37:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: apollo.Bu0E2C.69v
Followup-To: brady_p@apollo.hp.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Me?

Since Fall is one of my favorite seasons to ride in, especially during foliage
season in New England, I would like to see if there are any other like-minded
DoD'ers that would like to do a 1 day or weekend trip in the beginning of
October? We should be able to figure out a few routes in VT and NH that have lots 
of colorful foliage, excelleny scenery, interesting eateries that don't mind having
motorcycles in the parking lot, and twisty roads with no wet leaves! (8^o)

I'm sure that we can find accomodations for anyone coming from outside the NE area.

If you're interested, let me know. The best thing is to send me email and I'll
create a mailing list, since I blast through the volume of mail in r.m, and might
miss your post.

--pete

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pete Brady                              EMAIL: brady_p@apollo.hp.com
                                        PHONE: 508-436-5226

'92 CBR600 -- any XLCR or FLHS looking for a good home will be gratefully accepted... :-)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Subject: Re: carb synchronizer recommendations?
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 04:56:11 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.204442.4987@objy.com> bruce@objy6.objy.com (Bruce Reed) writes:
>Anyone have any recommendations/opinions on carb synchronizers? I
>decided I'm tired of paying cycle shops easy money for a job
>that would seem to be pretty simple. I'm looking for a unit that
>will work on twins as well as four cylinder engines. And while
>you're at it, throw in any tips or gotchas I should look out for
>while balancing a) BMW boxers [with Bing vaccuum]  and b) Honda 
>fours [hell, I guess their mikuni's].
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Bruce

DO get the mercury manometer-type.  Four glass tubes with little columns 
of mercury bouncing up and down.  I got mine from Bing for about $30.  
They are commonly available for under $40.

DO NOT get the kind with mechanically actuated vacuum gauges.

Bing's are fairly easy to deal with.  DO make sure you balance with the 
idle speed screw on top, not the richness mixture screw on the bottom.
DO make sure that you check balance at both idle and 3000 rpm for
smoothest running.  Rebalance every time you adjust valves.

I haven't messed with the FJ's carbs yet.

Ride Free,

Bill
________________________________________________________________
bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu if you feel compelled to send email
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