HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Looking for comments on the late [FAQ - What is the DoD?]
Keywords: It's a joke, son.  A Joke.
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:13:16 GMT

alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming) writes:
>In article <BxBnwL.D6D@javelin.sim.es.com>, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
 
>> 1a) Crossposting. To news.answers, since it is the official
>> repository of FAQ-type postings, and at least some sites provide a
>> longer expire time for that newsgroup, so it might eliminate a few
>> "What's a DoD?" postings.

>I think that making it more available is a nice idea, especially on sites
>with short expires, but I don't think most of the "What's a DoD?"er's actually
>look for the answer that hard anyway.
 
I think you may be right, it seems like most of the "What's a DoD?"
posts show up the week following the FAQ posting!

>> 1b) And to r.m.dirt, r.m.racing, and r.m.harley since The Question has
>> popped up there on occasion.

>Unless there is a consensus (like that is likely on the net...ha!) against
>it, I'd think it is a good idea.  One posting a month might save a few 
>"go look in rec.motorcycles" postings.
 
Consensus? Ha! I'd settle for a _response_! Your posting just doubled
the number of people that had any comment to make. So far it looks like
the DoD is merely an auxillary of the Apathy Club.

>> 2) More frequent posting of a _very_ brief answer (a couple of lines,
>> one screenful, tops).
>>
>You mean you can't just do a "man" on it?

>tridom> man dod

>DOD(8C)              MAINTENANCE COMMANDS                     DOD(8C)


Bravo! Bravo! Take a bow sir! This one is a keeper! Perhaps even FAQ
material, if you've no objection.

You know, if "What's a DoD?" questions are going to provoke the
occasional response like this, or the "Do" definition, maybe attempting
to prevent them is a bad idea.
-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: HOW ABOUT DoD Bandanas?
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:47:16 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

Yes, I have no bandanas...        
I need DoD bandanas today....


I like bandanas.....
because bandanas have no bones.....


One bandana, two bandana, three bandana BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wanna go ride.
-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jpalacio@dcc.uchile.cl (Jose Fuentealba Palacios)
Subject: comprar una moto
Originator: jpalacio@dcc.uchile.cl
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:39:21 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion



	Me gustaria saber en que devo fijarme a comprar
una honda xr o xl (enduro , cross) que esta usada y es del
ano 1985 aproximadamente..


		Si soy yo en espanol denuevo...

			RichiE.
					gracias
Xref: sparky rec.motorcycles:38791 ba.motorcycles:785
From: danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Subject: Re: IS IT POSSIBLE??
Summary: Nothing is too stupid for a cager to do
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:20:12 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: morc.asd.sgi.com

In article <1992Nov10.093944.1350@news.arc.nasa.gov> howland@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland) writes:

 . . .

>I agree, though. People feel protected inside steel, so
>they turn their brains off. I had a little lady do to me
>the same thing the mezzo-yuppy did to you, save I didn't
>get hurt at all, and I was going 40, and it was a sunny
>day and there was no one else on the road, and she couldn't
>even drive afterwards for how bad she was shaking. Again,
>"I didn't see you..." Sure, like my back tire took your
>license plate right off your bumper...in the MIDDLE of
>your FRONT bumper.....
>
>How come stupidity doesn't HURT?
>
>Bring back evolution! make everybody ride bikes!
>
>I won't bother telling you about the van that backed over
>me at a stop light.....

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average driver.  I once had a
woman run into the back of my VAN.  I had been sitting at a red light,
fourth or fifth in a line of cars, for about 15 seconds when she ran
into me.  Fortunately, she was only going about 5 miles an hour, since
she was trying to move right a lane and traffic was slow.  You guessed
it, though - she didn't see me.  Broad daylight, too.  If she had even
*suggested* that it wasn't her fault, I would have considered homicide.

I always tell this story to people who wonder why, on my bike, I always
have an escape path clear at stop lights.
-- 
-----------------------+------------------------+------------------------------
Dana Crom    DoD #0679 | Silicon Graphics, Inc. |  Smile - let them *WONDER* 
danac@morc.asd.sgi.com | (415) 390-1449         |  what you've been up to . . .
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: REQUEST: short fella has a question or two
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:26:09 GMT
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <28169.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)  writes:
> What kills me is watching some show on the toob where super-biker-dood
>or bike cop takes off dragging one or both feet, or dragging a foot
>during turns.  They think they're at Ascot or something?  They think it
>looks cool?  More likely they're just goobs.


	No shit! In the October '92 Cycle World (pg. 25) they have a picture
	of someone test riding the French Barigo. If you look at it closely you
	can see that this guy is reaching his leg out towards the inside of the
	turn. YIKES! I wouldn't want my leg down at anything over about two
	miles an hour, thank you...

-------
"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.  |
From: bloom@inland.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: R100GS final drive trouble
Date: 10 Nov 92 08:19:28 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

In article <1dbj4rINNonu@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>, osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
> So, I was walking up to my bike, which was parked on campus, when
> I saw that the rear tire looked awfully shiny...
> 
> It turned out that oil had leaked out of the final drive case and
> had coated the wheel and part of the tire.  After considerable
> thought and inspection, I decided it was OK to ride a mile or
> so the BMW shop.
> 
> Once there, the determination was made that the oil in the final
> drive had absorbed so much water that it had overflowed through
> the breather.  (Oops!)  The fact that I have to ride in the rain
> quite a bit doesn't help the situation.  Also, my trips tend
> to be fairly short (10-15 miles) so, I'm told, the water doesn't
> get a chance to heat up boil out of the oil in the drive.
> 
> They told me:
>  - Go for a long (50mi+) ride every once in a while
>  - Think about changing the drive fluid more often than the
>    manual suggests
> 
> Comments?


Yeah, you should have bought a Yamaha.  The final drive is never 
going to get hot enough to boil the water off.  Go for a long drive 
and put your hand on the drive case.  Sounds like you've got water 
leaking in from someplace where it shouldn't.  Or it could have 
nothing to do with water at all.  Could be the case seal is leaking 
oil.
.............Dr. Doom 
> 
> -- 
> -
> -John H. Osborn                     - Boycott Colorado
> -osborn@cs.utexas.edu               - Enforced discrimination MUST NOT STAND
> -DOD# 2001  '92 BMW Paris-Dakar     - Queer, Proud, and Angry
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline
Date: 7 Nov 1992 21:05:18 GMT
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pangea.stanford.edu

In article <1d8on8INNjh1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>I disagree with your statement that a motorcyclist is required to
>entrust his safety to the operators of other vehicles.

To quote you, Ed, >BullFuckingShit.  Tell me what you could
do to avoid someone who deliberately drove across the center
line trying to get you, timing the move to minimize your
chance to react.  This may be an extreme example, but
equally difficult situations arise from stupidity rather
than from malice.

Nobody is completely in control of his or her fate on the
highway.  You aren't required to abdicate all responsibility
for your own safety, but nobody else in this thread has
suggested that.  There are situations in which SIPDE isn't
enough to keep you safe.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF=Infallible (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:22:53 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: MSUS

In article <9901072@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
wrote:
> 
> Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
> helmetless riders have resulted in death?  I rest my case. 

Do you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
helmetless AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS have resulted in death?  I say if
we have to wear helmets based upon your 'reason' then everyone 
has to wear helmets.  Oh, let's not forget all the money we spend
on health care for people who slip in the bathtub, too.

sensitized -- a girl friend of mine has been in a coma for five
days, now due to a head injury incurred in an auto accident.  A helmet
probably would have saved her.  You want to base a law on such
incidences?
From: shinh@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Shinjiro Hirose)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: painting bikes
Date: 6 Nov 92 19:44:05 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Mass General Hospital NMR Imaging Center


Hi all,
I was thinking of having my bike painted because
the previous owner hacked the paint.  It's actually
pretty badly damaged and scratched.  At least there
are no dents...
Anyhow, I got an estimate of 160bucks.  Does sound 
reasonable?  Does anyone know someone reputable to 
go see for another opinion?  The $160 includes
removal of all rust, paint, and clear coat.

Thanks,
-Shin


-- 

Shin Hirose						1980 CB750-F
shinh@nmr-r.mgh.harvard.edu                         	1970 Porsche 914
DoD # 0670
From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 1991 Texas Motorcycle Facts
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:46:07 GMT
Expires: 25 Nov 92 05:00:00 GMT
Organization: Computervision Corp., Bedford, Ma.

In article <1992Nov5.045219.23820@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:                                                
>Hypothesis (and probably what the author was thinking): a thief who intends
>to ride away on your bike must either carry a motorcycle helmet with him, or
>risk being pulled over two blocks away.  It is conspicuous for a person to
>walk down the sidewalk with a motorcycle helmet, so fewer theives pick
>motorcycles to steal.
>
>Not to say that's the truth, only an hypothesis.
 
I'll only buy the hypothesis part - Unless there's a law that sez you can't
carry a 'cycle helmet in public then in reality it would seem quite normal
for someone with a helmet to walk up to a bike with intent to steal and 
do so.  Okay, so he has to jimmy the ignition - who sez that the bike isn't
yours/his or otherwise.  If I saw someone walk up to a bike with a helmet
I'd naturally assume the bike belonged to the guy and if he had to hot wire 
the ignition and I asked him about it what's to say that he would say that
he lost the key?
Granted, now I would have an identification of the person. But are YOU going
to stand around and wait to see if someone that could potentially be the 
REAL owner shows up? 
 
 
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"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: andersen@me.udel.edu (Stephen Andersen)
Subject: Re: Turning on bumpy roads
Organization: Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:43:04 GMT

In article <1dbqsfINNkho@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us, dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)  writes:
>>
>> "It'll go fast enough to kill ya, boy, an' you cain't go no faster'n
>>that!
>
>That's dumb.
>
>40 mph is plenty fast enough to kill ya, boy, an' I go faster'n that
>every day.
>
>---
>Ed Green, former Ninjaite 

Yeah, but you don't do it on a bike!!!!!   :-)



Getagoddamnedbikeedanddontgivemeanyexcusesyouneedtogetyourprioritiesstraight...


Steve
--
 Steve Andersen  DoD #0239                               andersen@me.udel.edu
 (302) 832-0136                                     andersen@zr1.ccm.udel.edu
 1992 Ducati 907 I.E.                                      1987 Yamaha SRX250
 "Life is simply a consequence of the complexities of carbon chemistry..."


-- 
 Steve Andersen  DoD #0239                               andersen@me.udel.edu
 (302) 324-0888                                     andersen@zr1.ccm.udel.edu
 1992 Ducati 907 I.E.                                      1987 Yamaha SRX250
 "Life is simply a consequence of the complexities of carbon chemistry..."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: scw54193@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nsane )
Subject: Re: speedometer gear box questions
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:33:42 GMT

ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:



>A few weeks ago I was cruising around 90 mph on my `88 Hawk
>and noticed two things:

>   1) a LOUD high-pitched whine coming from down around the front wheel,

>   2) my speedometer needle was completely freaked out, bouncing around
>      anywhere between 40 and 120.


My Kawi did this for a while.  The problem was...
the front axle was not centered between the forks.  I had a shop put a 
new front tire on and they didn't get the wheel centered between the forks.
I just loosened the bolts an the axle and slid it over a little.


_______________________________________________________________________________
| Shawn Williams   Nsane@uiuc.edu     Illinois Valley Parachute Club          |
| University of Illinois              Kawasaki KZ650SR    DoD #0739           |
| Urbana-Champaign                    National Hotrod Racing Assocation       |
|                                                                             |
|  All opinions expressed are my own. If you don't like them there is no one  |
|                          to blame but yourself.                             |
|                     Man can survive on speed alone.                         |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Christmas and DoD #
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 22:16:42 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.034115.26892@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>	ObMoto: Any hints on making my kick-starting life easier? Bike only
>	starts now after about five minutes of kicking (then still won't
>	idle or have blinkers horn etc. work if under 3,000 RPM). I know I
>	need to do tune up etc., but until then (i.e. $$$ for timing light
>	and torque wrench) should I try priming with throttle twists first,
>	or something else? I don't want to flood, but there's got to be
>	an easier way.

	Try putting your battery on a trickle charger overnight.  Before
my (ahem) forced charging system upgrade in North Carolina, I had to
recharge my battery every so often, else I had to spend up to twenty
minutes kicking before the beast would start.  On a Big Twin H-D, that's
powerful incentive to remember to keep the battery properly charged.
Other hint is to wire a switch into your headlight so you can shut the
damn thing off while you're starting the bike.  Believe, me, the bike
will start much more easily without that 5 amp current drain from the
headlight.

"I still don't have a starter motor,"
-- 
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?
From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: 2-strokes (was:Re: REQUEST: short fella has a question or two...
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:57:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: rd.1992Nov12.215739.10125
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division

In article <1992Nov11.172357.2534@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>
>	Have you ever considered a GSXR-50 ?  (imagine a fully-faired
>sportbike, lean, mean GSXR - about the size of a tricycle with a 50cc
>2-stroke motor).

Is this a put-on? I've seen the YSR 50 & 80, and heard of the NSR, but I 
didn't know that Suzuki had one.

>	As an aside, 2-stroke bikes generate much more horsepower per cc.
>However, they can be somewhat more difficult for a beginner to deal with in
>terms of maintenance.  

Yup, it's real hard to get used to the lack of oil changes and valve
adjustments. :-) 8-) :-) (no powervalve flames, please)
 
>Also, they smoke a lot more, since they burn oil
>premixed with gas,

oil injectors are wonderful things, if you can get them

>and so they have been banned from US highways for
>environmental reasons.  You can only ride a 2-stroke on the street if it's
>an old one, I forget what the cutoff date was.  You may see Yamaha RZ's,
>Kawasaki H2's, Suzuki RG's, and others on the street as examples of sporty
>2-strokes.

Flame me if I'm wrong (or even if I'm right, if that turns you on) but I
believe that 2-strokes pollute because of the unburned mixture that winds
up in the exhaust at low rpm, and that the oil has little to do with it.
In fact, catalytic converters easily take care of these large-particle
emmissions, and 2-strokes produce less noxious gas, which is harder to get
rid of. The environment is one reason why the car makers are putting 
research efforts into 2-stroke technology these days.

My, and I believe all other Canadian RZs do not have catalytic converters,
but I hear that all the US ones did. I think that they were banned from
the US import list because of noise, not pollution.

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ringadididi....RINgadididi...gadidigagadididididiGAGAGAdididi....
From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RF200's wired for sound --- how did you do it?
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:19:16 GMT
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: SPARK's R US
NNTP-Posting-Host: oobleck
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

cass8806@elan.glassboro.edu (KYLE CASSIDY) writes:
: In article <lfmg0nINN5sc@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury) writes:
: >: Wait a moment! Aren't you dead?
: >
: >The Kennedy family tree is thus:
: >
: >	John Kennedy = screws women
: >	William Kennedy = rapes women
: >	Ted Kennedy = kills women
: >
: i hardly think that if ted had died in that car that people would be 
: accusing mary jo kopechni of killing a senator.

Well, so what's your point?  The Kennedys are well known for using the
P-word to get their way.

mike

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Pronunciation (was: If you could pick
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 11 Nov 92 10:41:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet


-> JAP is J.A. Prestwick.  His engines were used in lots of different
-> things, from Speedway bikes to Morgan 3-wheelers.  It is possible he
-> made a whole speedway bike, but I wouldn't swear to it.

 I keep hearing stories that J.A.P. engines or major pieces thereof are
still available, but nobody has come up with an address.

 The overall layout looks-a verra nahss, and I'd love to slide one into
a spare Harley chassis just to see the look on people's faces.

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can you help me...help me get out of this place?...slow sedation...
ain't my style, ain't my pace...giving me a number...NINE, SEVEN, EIGHT
(Nazareth)               XJ900 TURBO at 15psi          DoD# 978  KotFAQ
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing
Date: 13 Nov 92 02:01:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Nov12.145443.28915@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>In article <1992Nov12.085944.28530@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov7.071302.13943@panix.com>,
>>bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) ponders:

>>>How do you deal with your passenger's clothing choices?

>>Stressing the importance of retaining the
>>use of the hands, I insist on gloves.  In the event of asphalt surfing, she'd
>>naturally put them out to meet the pavement, anyway.

>	This is a good point (the gloves thing), but does anyone know whether
>	good gloves really provide good skid protection? I have a pair of 
>	Tour Rider fingerless gloves that I assume will give me a *little*
>	but of protection, but I can't recall having seen casual (i.e. non-
>	racing) gloves that I thought would really protect me.

I believe Jonathan Polito put his hand out to meet the ground rushing up at
him in beautiful Boone NC.  Half of the leather swatch holding the rivets let
go, but his hands emerged unscathed.  I can't see how anyone's fingertips
*wouldn't* hit the ground if the rest of the hand did (heck, jeff earl's
knuckles allegedly scrape even when standing erect (so i hear)), so it's full-
fingered gloves year-round.

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|      3 oz leather      86'  0"    Kevlar               22'  1"           |
|      Cordura Nylon     18'  3"    Denim, 2 year old     4' 0.5"          |
|      1.75 oz leather    4'  4"    2.25 oz suede         4'  3"           |
|      Denim, new         3' 10"    Ballistic Nylon       3' 10"           |
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