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From: shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Date: 8 Oct 1992 20:43:13 -0500
Organization: ProLine [pro-haven] - Pariahs' Haven BBS, 409/693-8262, 9600-300
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In <1b1hioINN5q5@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
% I'm planning on leaving that Friday, probably mid-afternoon,
% but this will depend on the work schedule around here . . .
% I'd like to get to Austin before nightfall . . you know. . .
% too many bugs get on my helmet visor!!!! ;-) (shut up Lorra!!! ;-)

[what, you don't like looking through slime? ;)]

Might there be a way or place I/we could meet the Houston contingent when you
folx ride up?  I hate making long trips alone, and the to-austin ride is
gonna be a boring one unless I can find someone to ride with, especially if I
have to leave before my roommate.

-blaine

-blaine   a.k.a. The Midnight Shadow    |  1979 Chevy Urban Assault Vehicle
Texas Aggie Bus Driver and proud of it! |  1982 Thomas Transit Liner bus
Another Bodybuilder from HELL!!         |  1982 Yamaha Vision   DoD #7192
        "Mine is not to wonder why, Mine is but to look and cry....."
From: shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Fest Lodging
Date: 11 Oct 1992 16:41:17 -0500
Organization: ProLine [pro-haven] - Pariahs' Haven BBS, 409/693-8262, 9600-300
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Hey Ray! :)

Say, I was wondering two things.  1) are you going on the fest?  2) if so,
would you mind a boarder on friday night?  :-)

I was adding your info to the list last night and I saw that you had two
cats. "not allergic to cats and advance warning" or something like that.  The
other alternative I've been offered is to room with a dog, and to be honest,
I'd rather wind up with a cat on my face in the morning than a dog. :-)

-blaine

-blaine   a.k.a. The Midnight Shadow    |  1979 Chevy Urban Assault Vehicle
Texas Aggie Bus Driver and proud of it! |  1982 Thomas Transit Liner bus
Another Bodybuilder from HELL!!         |  1982 Yamaha Vision   DoD #7192
        "Mine is not to wonder why, Mine is but to look and cry....."
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:23:04 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]been riding for 16 years, which didn't make one single bit of difference to
]them.

oh yea, :-) I had 17 years of riding experience to get me a little off the 
ZX-11 policy with Dairyland. my impression is that once you're over a few
years they really don't care. I guess those first few formative years are
important crash wise. makes sense...

-- 
F. Joe Senner                     [  MJBHG  ]  !'s: ...!rider.cactus.org!joe
Ma Bell: (512) 250-9716           [ DoF #XX ]      @'s: joe@rider.cactus.org
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:14:17 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <j969617@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle) writes:
>No, my definition of long simply differs from yours.  Especially if there's
>no music.  If there's no music, ten miles can be damn long. :)
>
>Since 80% or more of my riding is commuting, a trip to Austin is long.
>
>
>Besides... what does it matter to you?  :-)   You only have to ride a couple
>of miles to start this fest.  I have to ride two hours. :-)
>
>-blaine

Two hours, TWO HOURS... Aarrgghh!! ... and lack of music ?
What are you, a DJ or a Denizen? Are you sure *want* to stay with me & my
friends in Austin on Fried-Day night after that post????? We're not
going to let you live this one down. There are only two songs a Denizen
needs to hear while riding. One is that which is sung by the engine and the
other is sung to the tune of Monty Python's "I'm a lumberjack", which 
everyone of us has permanently burned into our memories by now.

=============================================================================
Neal Howard (neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org)        CompuTrac, Inc. (Richardson,TX)
DoD #686   '91 XLH-1200      '70 Kawasaki G4-100cc    '69 Cougar XR7-GT390
	   Ensoniq VFX-SD    Kramer Pacer guitar      '70 429CJ(needs a home)
Disclaimer: The only above mentioned toys I play with on the below mentioned
	    Friday nights are the musical ones 8*}
"how often you get much more drunk than you ought to on a Friday night...
...about once a week" -  Tom Yates
=============================================================================
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: johnny@ennex5.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts)
Subject: Re: Reliable Garages?
Organization: Univ of Texas at San Antonio
Distribution: tx
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:15:03 GMT

In article <1baqrsINN4lt@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu  
(Kent D. Polk) writes:
> In article <1992Oct11.232507.3249@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  
tortlieb@lonestar.utsa.edu (Travis J. Ortlieb) writes:
> >Also, I need a left front turn signal...What's a good place for parts?
> 
> One of the motorcycle junkyards would probably do here.
> 

	Only go to A.B.E. cycles as a last resort, they will poke you at  
every opprotunity. 

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|*    John Roberts                     *| complete                  |
|*    johnny@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu       *| for me to study, to play, |
|*    U.T.S.A. Mechanical Engineering  *| to sleep.....             |
|*                                     *| I am seeing now that one  |
|*    1982 Yamaha Vision               *| must go,                  |
|*    Zorlac, Peralta, Gullwings       *| which one will            |
|*    Alvarez, Washburn, etc... 8-)    *| I do not know........     |
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From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Dangerous road hazard?
Date: 15 Oct 1992 14:07:05 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: world
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
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Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


|> 
|>           ||                 Cypress Creek
|>       ................      ................      ................
|>       ................      ................      ................
|>           ||                                                  |
|>           ||                North                             |
|>           ||                                                  |
|>           ||                  /|                              |
|>           ||                   |                              |
|>      12   ||                   |                              |
|>       |   ||                   |                              |
|>       |   ||                   |                              |
|>       v   ||                                                  |    Here We Are!
|>           ||                                                  |
|>           ||                                                  |*** <--- 
|>           ||                                                  |***
|>           ||             .----------------*-------------------+---------------
|>           ||            /                 ^
|>            \\          / * Texaco        tree in the road
|>             \=========+==================================================
|>                     12 -->
                       ^^^^^^                ^
		       12 what?              better practice your countersteering
					     if you and this tree don't want to
					     be the splatteree!!!

Mark "Mark 'I put stuff in the middle' Parsons" Parsons

Shoot!  Where's my .sig!?!?!?!?! :-(
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed.
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:38:01 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Distribution: houston
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas

In article <1992Oct7.191303.3317@shell.shell.com> cjs@redwood.shell.com (Chris J. Schwartz) writes:
>Help, I need some help with insurance information for the Houstom
>area.  I am currently looking for motorcycle insurance for a
>1985 Honda V65 Magna.  So far I have checked with Dairyland and
>State Farm insurance.  Both of these companies wanted more than I
>considered reasonable, $1400 and $800 respectively.  Keep in mind 
>that was for full coverage, 20/40/15.

I hate to ask this question, but how awful is your driving record?
My PC 800 is ~$200 per year from Dairyland, and that's full coverage
with 100/300/50 liability.  What did you do?  Run down an entire
school bus full of pregnant women and spotted cave newts?
-- 
John F. Haugh II                  [  TSAKC  ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151           [ DoF #17 ]        @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
From: kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed.
Date: 13 Oct 1992 14:15:46 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: houston
NNTP-Posting-Host: stanley.nde.swri.edu

In article <894@rider.UUCP> joe@rider.cactus.org writes:
>kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>]
>]You sure you got things correct with Dairyland? You sure that isn't
>]$140/year? I'm paying ~$185/year full coverage for my PC800 with Dairyland
>]and my '84 VF700S was cheaper than that.
>
>that's because the insurance companies can't imagine that someone that old
>would actually get on one of those motorcycle things ;-)

Hey! I'm only 38. Just because a motorcycle has been my Prime Mover (ha) for
2/3's of my life doesn't mean I'm that old, does it?

Besides, wouldn't my rates start increasing?
Maybe they don't know that I'm a DoF, right???

>if he's under 25 and single I'll believe 1400.

Then things have certainly changed, haven't they?

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : Plato Musta been a Motorcyclist!
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: 6o25@sdf.lonestar.org (Stephen M. Jones)
Subject: 1980 Yamaha Xs650g Special II
Organization: Super Dimension Fortress - Public Acess Unix - Dallas, Tx.. 
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:59:10 GMT


I have a 1980 yamaha special ii I'd like to sell... its black, chrome
and gold... its in good shape 9600miles... I would like $800... email
me if your interested and I will tell you more.
-- 
Stephen M. Jones (214)436-4622 
SysAdmin <-> Super Dimension Fortress PAU 
6o25@sdf.lonestar.org
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed.
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Distribution: tx
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:09:21 GMT

In article <Bw71L8.BD4@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>In article <1992Oct15.133447.14545@spdc.ti.com> serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
>>In article <Bw4M5q.IEq@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>>>Full coverage on my Sportster is ~$800.00 / year and that's the lowest I could
>>>find in Dallas (State Farm). After all the b.s I had to go thru just to get
>>>quotes, I feel damn lucky to have gotten the thing insured at all. I'm well
>>>over 25 and have a spotless drivers license record.
>>
>>$800 a year? From State Farm?  Hell, they wanted $300/yr for liability only on
>>the CM250 I bought so my wife could learn to ride.  Dairyland gave me a rate of
>>$60/yr.  Dairyland also quoted $650/yr for full coverage on the '93 FLHS that
>>I'll be getting next month.  I didn't even waste my time with SF, although SF
>>does carry my Auto and Homeowner policies.  
>
>Dairyland told me they would not even insure me until I had at at least 1 year
>riding experience (i.e. 1 year after getting the class M endorsement on my
>drivers license) and even then full coverage would be ~$1200.00 per year.
>Harleys. Republic quoted ~$750.00 but I know nothing about their reputation
>and since I have my cage insured with State Farm, I just stayed with them.
>Now that I have over 1 year riding experience and 13000+ miles under my belt,
>maybe it's time to call Dairyland again.

I guess we really ought to be comparing apples and apples here.  I have had my
class M endorsement for 17 years, that might explain the rate differences.  But
I would try Dairyland again, they might be able to give you a better deal.
Rates will probably keep going down as you become more experienced until you
reach a certain predetermined level that the insurance companies think you have
learned everything you will learn.  Probably with 3-5years exp.  Check them
every year, there will be a point that they will beat State Farm.   This isn't
saying anything against State Farm, I've been very happy with the service I've
gotten on my Home/Auto policies, they just don't seem to care too much about 
writing motorcycle policies.

******************************************************************************
Mike Serafin             serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com       Texas Instruments
                                                         Dallas, Texas
1967 Firebird 326              1982 Honda CM250C
1969 Barracuda Formula 340S    1993 H-D FLHS (coming in Nov)
1988 Ford F250 4x4             1964 Cessna 310I
1991 Ford Escort GT
******************************************************************************

Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Distribution: tx
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:21:41 GMT

In article <Bw2Hxs.HnB@rice.edu> garrett@math.rice.edu (David Garrett) writes:
>
>
>I'm 28, single, and I haven't had a moving violation in over 4 years, and I 
>pay Dairyland $670/year for full coverage on my '81 CB750F. It's insured at a 
>$2500 replacement value, even though there's no way I could replace it for 
>that. 
>
I'm 33, married, no tickets/accidents am paying GEICO ~ $180 year for full
coverage + accessories on a 80 CB900C.  I only paid $950 for it.  With fairing,
backrest, luggage rack, bags, & case guards.

What have you done to your 750 that makes it so expensive?  Why do you think
it can't be replaced for $2500.  You should be able to buy a couple of them
at that price.

-- 
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: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: stolen tag
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:45:13 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1bhqboINNnp9@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>In article <1992Oct14.151702.647@balrog.dseg.ti.com>, keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
>|> In article <1bfa9vINN4i0@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>|> >
>|> >
>|> >Well, someone took off with the license plate and inspection sticker
>|> >to the Magna . . . . 
>|> >
>|> Geez, I HATE it when that happens.
>|> 
>|> Actually, when they took mine, they took my tail light too!
>
>Both the license plate and inspection sticker-plate were held
>on with the same pair of red-reflector-wing-nuts that you find 
>at the bike shops . . . the next set of fasteners will be a
>pair of bolts with double nuts and locking washers on the back
>side . . . they'll need some tools to get them off . . . they 

I had my license plate and inpection sticker stolen 2 weeks after I bought
my Sportster last year. I know who did it too, but couldn't prove it to 
the police. I discovered it was missing by riding home from work and when I
pulled in under the carport, I noticed all the washers and wingnuts laying
on the ground. I looked around at the back of the bike and =oh sh*t= I had been
riding around all day with no plate or sticker!! Anyway, when I put the new
plate and sticker on, I drilled a hole thru them and the mounting bracket
and put a small padlock on the assembly along with 4 bolts with lockwashers.
-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
=============================================================================
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:23:33 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas

In article <1b4rsqINNoei@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>Sheesh, I MOVED from Lynchburg, VA to San Antonio on my VF700S by myself!
>Well, there was a moving van that followed me a couple of months later, but I
>lived out of what I carried for those two months. (Let's see, two pair of
>pants, three shirts and a pair of socks :^)

Aren't you glad you've got the PC 800 now?  Next time you'll be able
to pack a few pairs of clean underwear ...
-- 
John F. Haugh II        [  TSAKC  ] | When Bill Clinton toured L.A. after the
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151 [ DoF #17 ] | riots, instead of praising law abiding
!'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh   | citizens who defended home and family, he
@'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org          | called for a ban on the tools they used.
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: lestat@wixer.cactus.org (Lyle J. Mackey)
Subject: Re: stolen tag
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Distribution: tx
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 20:46:01 GMT

In article <Bw63nD.FK0@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>on the ground. I looked around at the back of the bike and =oh sh*t= I had been
>riding around all day with no plate or sticker!! Anyway, when I put the new

A friend with an '85 Magna had his plate/inspection stolen shortly after buying
the bike, but before he had the title transferred... Unfortunately, he couldn't
get a new plate right away, cause he had forgotten to get a statement of sale
or some such from the previous owner, who had moved to another state the day
after the sale.

He rode for roughly 2 months with NO license plate at all without incident,
didn't get pulled over once.

I've been riding for 16 days now on expired tags myself... anyone got 50 bucks
I can borrow?

-- 
 .--------------------------------------------------------------------------.
/ Lyle J \ lestat@wixer.cactus.org /  Team Doofus  \ DoD / Nobody else WANTS \
\ Mackey /     Social Engineer     \ '89 Kaw EX500 / 587 \  my  opinions...  /
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Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: johnny@ennex5.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts)
Subject: Re: Fest Lodging
Organization: Univ of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:17:23 GMT

In article <jb48086@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine  
Hufnagle) writes:
> Hey Ray! :)
> 
> Say, I was wondering two things.  1) are you going on the fest?  2) if  
so,
> would you mind a boarder on friday night?  :-)
> 
> I was adding your info to the list last night and I saw that you had two
> cats. "not allergic to cats and advance warning" or something like that.   
The
> other alternative I've been offered is to room with a dog, and to be  
honest,
> I'd rather wind up with a cat on my face in the morning than a dog. :-)
> 
  Yeah, who wants a dog when you can have a real pussy!
From: joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:41:56 GMT
Reply-To: joe@rider.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
]There is a prize for longest ride to the fest, isn't there?

uhhhhhhh.... ummmm..... uhhhh....

there might be, but only if there's a prize raffle and only if you're
lucky enough to win :-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                                joe@Rider.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: stolen tag
Date: 14 Oct 1992 18:53:44 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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In article <1992Oct14.151702.647@balrog.dseg.ti.com>, keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
|> In article <1bfa9vINN4i0@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >Well, someone took off with the license plate and inspection sticker
|> >to the Magna . . . . 
|> >
|> Geez, I HATE it when that happens.
|> 
|> Actually, when they took mine, they took my tail light too!

Still got my tail light, and the little license plate light to boot.

Both the license plate and inspection sticker-plate were held
on with the same pair of red-reflector-wing-nuts that you find 
at the bike shops . . . the next set of fasteners will be a
pair of bolts with double nuts and locking washers on the back
side . . . they'll need some tools to get them off . . . they 
won't have a reliable wing nut to turn . . . and of course, if
they do manage to get them off welllllllll, I don't think they'll
be expecting the claymore mine I have mounted behind the new
plate!?!?!?!? ;-)

Mark
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed
Date: 15 Oct 1992 02:52:59 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu

In article <2642@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
>
>oh yea, :-) I had 17 years of riding experience to get me a little off the 
>ZX-11 policy with Dairyland. my impression is that once you're over a few
>years they really don't care.

Maybe you have something there. Dairyland didn't even ask me how long I had
been riding. I even offered to show my MSF experienced rider's course
certificate and they said I didn't need it.

On second thought it probably was due to the VF700S having over 40000 miles
on it when I switched to Dairyland. Yeah. That musta been the reason. After
all, everyone tells me that I act real young. :^)

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : Beware! DoF on the loose!
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:53:29 GMT

In article <j969617@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle) writes:
>In <1b4rsqINNoei@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
>kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>% Long trips? I don't know Blaine... From A&M??? 
>% 
>
>Besides... what does it matter to you?  :-)   You only have to ride a couple
>of miles to start this fest.  I have to ride two hours. :-)
>
Well, some of us have to ride 4.

There is a prize for longest ride to the fest, isn't there?

-- 
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.
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