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From: kevinm@pogo.wv.tek.com (Kevin Mills)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: AMA Progressive Insurance Rip-Off
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:35:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: pogo.13336
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.

Hi again,

  I'm sorry...but I forgot to complete my profile in my previous post.

  25 years old.
  Single.
  Male.
  2 months riding experience. (no flames please, see miles covered)
  1 ticket on insurance record.
  Clean DMV record.
  (countless tickets not on insurance record or DMV record :) )
  (two warrants for speeding, one each in CA and AZ.)
  actually it has been two years since my last ticket.

  OK, while I'm on the subject of tickets.  Does anyone have any
  experience in not paying tickets?  Both of the above mentioned
  warrants are the results of tickets I got in January of 90. 
  Obviously I haven't paid either one.  I know that for insurance
  and driving purposes these tickets fall of what-ever records
  there on in three years ( which means Jan '93 ).  Do the
  warrants also expire in 3 years?  I've been limiting my travel
  in these two states because I'm not interested in getting stop-
  ped for any reason. So what's the story?  Can I finally drive
  down to CA next January to see my parents again after three
  long years of absence? :) (I didn't really let this stop me from 
  seeing my parents, it was the dramatic effect I was after.)

Kevin
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
From: Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 18 Aug 1992 11:17:34 EDT
Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems


In article <2259@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
says:
>
>]pull and slow down 'till he passes, then hit main beam and follow him about
>]10ft off his back bumper for the next 10 miles/till he stops. If he stops,
>
>personally, when I'm driving a cage, my favorite way to get rid of
>tailgaters is to jab the brake pedal and lose about 15-20mph in about
>half a second. I've seen some interesting expressions on faces. I've
>never had a MC tailgater since I usually try to yield to them well before
>they get to where I'm at.

I just gently ease the handbrake up, that really confuses them cos they
*KNOW* you can't be braking cos the lights didn't go on...
I only do this in the old car mind you...

>Joe Senner                                          joe@zx11.cactus.org

Robert
DoD 191
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jennifer@island.COM (J.S.Jackson - Dances with Nerds)
Subject: Re: Helmets and Motorcycle Fatalities
Followup-To: poster
Summary: Fatalities Drop NATIONWIDE
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:45:21 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.014537.17002@nas.nasa.gov> ciotti@wk42.nas.nasa.gov (Robert B. Ciotti) writes:
>
> FYI - Some might be interested, here is the fatality rates for the first 
>6 months of 1991 and 1992 for motorcyclists from the California Highway 
>Patrol as reported in the San Jose Murkey News.
>
>	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
>
>1991	25	30	24	44	52	53	227
>1992	17	14	24	35	25	24	137
>
>
>The acompaning article asserts that the newly enacted helmet law is 
>responsible for the drop in fatalities. 
>
> Bob

Fatalities Hit 20-year Low
        [Reprinted without permission from American Motorcyclist 09/92]

Great news, American motorcyclists.

Figures just released by the federal government show that motorcyclist 
fatalities have dropped to the lowest level in 20 years.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the 
number of motorcycle rider and passenger fatalities dropped from 3,238 
in 1990 to 2,808 during 1991.  That figure, which amounts to a 13 per-
cent reduction, is the lowest since 1971.

Just for the record, motorcyclist fatalities in the United States have 
plummeted by 45 percent since 1980.

[For more information about the American Motorcyclist Association, and 
how you can become a member, contact your local AMA Recruiter, or call 
1-800-AMA-JOIN.]

"American Motorcyclist" magazine is a copyright of the American Motor-
cyclist Association.

>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Bob Ciotti      (415) 604-4408      ciotti@nas.nasa.gov           o o 
>Owner of the 1992 DoD Award Winning Gold Wing from Hell    ___   -\_/\
>Complete with altimeter, cigarette lighter, and sterEo     o o---0    0


-- 
"If this is a battle of wits, it's good to know you're halfway there."   
Jennifer S. Jackson			jennifer@savage.island.COM
DOD #0999				Island Graphics is not responsible
AMA #580636				for my postings.
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: WIFE VS. BIKE
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:22:20 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX

In article <1992Aug18.130512.1342@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson) writes:
>>
>
>A month ago I brought home a 1992 Harley Low-Rider and my wife has 
>has not commented on it yet.
>
Only because she would hate to have someone mention to her boss any profanity
she might use.

-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: MC license for scooter in your jurisdiction?
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 18:14:09 GMT

In article <16u6cgINN3va@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@East.Sun.COM writes:
>In article 18631@linus.mitre.org, cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes:
>>>
>>Hell, I can get my bicycle up to 80kph down hill on a fairly consistant
>>basis.  But then, I'd be willing to be that I have more... How to say this?
>>ballast :-) than you do.
>
>So if I dropped you both off the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you'd hit the
>ground first?

Only if I'm wearing my old 'Michelin man', high drag rainsuit!

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From: dug@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Dug Smith)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:16:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Price Gouging? Really?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard ISG-SBU-PWD, UK.
From: leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.crafts.brewing,ba.food
Subject: Bison Brewing Co.
Summary: Great Bikes!  Great Beer!
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:40:04 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Doubts of Damnation


This is an unabashed rave about my favorite watering hole, the Bison Brewing
Company, Telegraph Ave at Parker St in Berkeley.  I'm taking the liberty
of posting this wide, as it's also a great place to visit from out of
town.  They always have some other micro's brew on tap (this month it's 
three wheat beers from three different breweries), and their own two 
brews of the month, usually one light and one dark.  They've had "Irish 
Potato Stout", a bizarre and wonderuful cardamom flavored pale, a "perfect 
porter" that I was "consultant" for (I said, "You ought to make a porter 
like this...").  There are both advantages and disadvantages to this system.  
The good news is, a bad beer won't hang around very long; the bad news is, 
a good beer won't hang around very long!   Consequently, anyway, the beer 
is highly fresh, and they will do repeats of successful brews in later months.  
I kind of like the "beer that changes as the seasons change" feeling that I 
get out of this.
And they always have, hanging over the band area (the Bike of Damocles!) a 
classic bike.  They've had an Indian (don't remember the model), a BSA (ditto), 
a Vincent Black Shadow, and for the previous couple of months, a Brough 
Superior -- Lawrence of Arabia's favorite!  The bikes outside are often as interesting as the bike inside, as the place is frequented by motoheads of 
varying stripes.  I've seen everything from classic BMWs to (as a friend puts 
it) "rice rockets of significant displacement" parked outside on Parker St.

This month, the beers are a pale ale and a medium-bodied stout, and the bike
is a 1958 BSA A-10 -- this time the bike is for sale ($5500, for the curious),
though that's not always the case.

Oh yeah, they have food, too.  Pubgrub sorts of things are available
("Bison Wings", etc), and they also have sandwiches and little pizzas.  Food
hovers around the $5-6 range, beer around $2-3/pint, with the "Buck-a-Beer"
happy hour from 4-6pm.  They usually have lunch specials, with cut rates for
beer.  I've read mixed reviews about the food, so you have to judge for
yourself, but I've never had bad food there.  The nachos are kickin'.

Live music is on Fridays and Saturdays.  The bands tend to be local, and
eclectic.  My band, Annwn, has played there (due back in October, BTW), and
with our mixed repertoire of Celtic Trad/Rock we're about as eclectic as you 
can get.


Slainte!
	- Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann Hussey 		leighann@sybase.com
DoD#5913	AMA#624549      
"And they ride, and they ride/ And the White Hounds run beside/ And they'll
seize the night and shake it by the throat."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rich@gtsi.com (Richard Lawrence)
Subject: Re: fj.lec.moto
Keywords: It's a conspiracy, I tell ya :-)
Organization: Government Technology Services, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 04:11:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.175213.395@ms.uky.edu> cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks) writes:
>Look what I found and what in the hell is it??????
>
>
>Newsgroups: fj.soc.traffic,fj.rec.motorcycles
>$@>.NS(J@$@IY;38)N)Bg(J $@$G$9!%(J
>$@!t(J cross post$@!$(JFollowup-to $@$KCm0U!%(J
>stanaka@nttsgw.yh.ntts.co.jp (Satoru Tanaka) writes:
>> $@$_$J$5$s$4B8CN$@(J$@$H;W$$$^$9$,!"#8!?#1$+$iF;O)8rDLK!$,2~@5$5$l!"7Y;!41$NH=CG(J
>> $@$K$h$C$F0cK!%^%U%i!<!J$*$h$S!"7Y;!41$,$=(J$@$l$HH=CG$7$?$b$N!K$rAuCe$7$?<VN>$r(J
>        [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[30 lines deleted]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

For those that honestly don't know, I will clue you in so we can let this one
die away. What you are seeing above is encoded Kanji. The entire fj.* hierarchy
is of Japanese origin. They have special newsreaders for the Mac and PC that
interpret the gobbledegook into the appropriate characters. The best they 
could do until 16-bit ASCII comes along.

When DARPA was shoving out the money to develop the most robust protocol and
networking system ever designed, they were doing it with intent to create a 
military network for the US. Unfortunately they didn't give much consideration
to non-English languages, or non-US destinations. So we get insecure Canadians
bitching and moaning in rec.moto about the US-centric (hey, new word!) nature
of USENET and the Japanese, of course, finding a way to adapt a system never
designed for them to their uses.
-- 
Rich Lawrence - "Stinger" - DoD#9630 '92 Seca II - Buckaroo Banzai lives!
Sysop/Hallucination: Full UseNet,Fido,Relay, 2GB+ IBM/Amiga  1-703-425-5824
  rich@halluc.com   CI$:71101,2272   Fido:1:109/345   GEnie: R.LAWRENCE14
                      "I'm fine" - Data, in DataLore
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RESULT: rec.motorcycles.harley passes 362:47
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:10:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug19.161019.21148
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <LOTTO.92Aug18130955@laura.harvard.edu> lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>>>>>> On 18 Aug 92 02:51:32 GMT, john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton) said:
>
> RBC>  Rec.motorcycles.harley passes 362 yes votes to 47 no votes.
>
>John> Now, please, lets move all discussions about Harley Davidson motorcycles
>John> and the illusions/delusions of (superior) life styles so often professed
>John> by owners of same to rec.motorcycles.harley, where I don't have to read
>John> them. Thank you!
>
>John, nobody meant to force you to read ANYTHING you didn't want to.
>You have our permission to NOT read them, regardless where they might
>appear.  You're welcome.

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(Reference to the STOP THAT psionic ray used without permission of the authors.)


It's over.  It's done.  Finito.  Complait.

So why don't we stop fighting about the same old shit, and drop this
line of chronic orarhexia?

In a few days, rec.motorcycles.harley will appear at a news site near you.
And the combined volume of rec.motorcycles and rec.motorcycles.harley should
decrease by 20% or so, if we let it.

Why don't we discuss politics instead?
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
	So just where did George Bush get the idea that he gets to
			decide policy for the U.N.?
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Road Rider Interesting Road Report
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:46:16 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Tony Wang (twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Aug19.83552.887@ms.uky.edu> styer@ms.uky.edu (Eugene F. Styer) writes:
: >In the April, May and June issues of Road Rider, they had the results of a
: >survey about "What is your favorite motorcycle road in North America".  They
: >asked three questions regarding roads in each person's home state or province:
: 
: >New York - Recommended: Upstate in Adirondacks; Catskills; Finger Lakes
: >   district.  Advised Against: New York City (Note: 21 negative votes for the
: 				^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: >   Big Apple as a motorcycle environment; 1 vote for "crusing the city"); toll
:     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: 	Just for the record. I do not agree with this survey. I consider
: all the negative aspects of riding my bike in NYC (theft, parking, cages,
: potholes, taxis and all) a daily fortification of my determination to
: ride. GOD-DAMN-IT!!!!!! It may be deemed clinically suicidal, but nothing
: short of a quick game of Russian Roulette can give me such a feeling of
: being ALIVE!!!!!!! (Oh yeah, 8->.... for those that need it.)
: 
: 	We now return you to your regular postings.
: 
: >Eugene Styer - 402 Wallace, EKU, Richmond, KY 40475  matstyer@eku.bitnet
: >"There was a boy named Eustance Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
: 
: Tony Wang
: 
: DoD#0122					This sig under construction
: AMA#450147				
: 					
: twang@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

For Superior Motorcycle Excitement (tm), try some of Smoke's fave Courier runs;
going through the West End at 9 or 5 is extremely adrenalising, as is trying 
to hack around the embankment and through Westminster.  The cagers are ok but 
you are prime road-fodder for the Double-Deckers, the Black-Cabs, the Couriers
(who generally "Don't Give A Damn!" and the 5 million cyclists/pedal couriers
who all exhibit Live-without-fear-of-death syndrome.  It's always amusing to
come across (almost run into the back of) a learner driver in the middle of 
what one could only describe as a major Western-civilisation war front.  I 
don't know how many millions of commuters London suffers from each day but 
they almost all seem to be in your way.  6,000,000?


Nick (the Ex-Courier Biker (Pony Express & Post Haste))  DoD 1069   MAG 73516

I share my life with:-  (pay the bills for)

K100RS  CB250RS  240DL  Jetta1.3

M'Lud.
From: dnd@ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If money grew on trees...
Date: 21 Aug 92 11:38:19 GMT
Reply-To: dnd@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA))
Organization: Dept Electrical and Electronic Eng, Manchester University, UK

Of course, you could bribe the Laverda factory into
releasing that endurance transverse V6 in road going form

And it would not be much more than twice the price of the MV Agusta 750!!
From: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 14 Aug 1992 18:18:39 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1992Aug13.220924.2802530@locus.com>, dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
|> Who else has discovered that countersteering does not appear to work
|> correctly on shaft-drive motorcycles?
|> 
|>  It must have to do with the counter-rotation of the shaft cancelling
|> out the centripetal counter-steering force, but I'm not sure how the
|> shaft-effect hike in the rear end contributes by altering the steering
|> geometry. Maybe someone can clarify this for me.

Almost!  Almost!  You almost got me on this one . . . it's a joke,
right?  Am I right?  Sorry, this fish didn't bite!! ;-)

Mark "What's counter-steering anyway???" Parsons

-- 
Mark A. Parsons
mparsons@bcm.tmc.edu
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Blue Jeans Bad; Leather Jeans Good
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:14:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Aug14.223929.29636@philabs.philips.com> mja@philabs.philips.com (Michael Amato) writes:
>
>In article <1992Aug14.174344.12747@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>|> In article <1992Aug13.223841.29574@serval.net.wsu.edu> bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>|> >>
>|> >> Except in my case 20-30mph low side. Bone chips in knee. Missing
>|> >>epidermis(sp?). But the levi's came thru unscathed.
>|> >> Go figure.
>|> >>
>|> >The jeans stick to the pavement and you slide against the inside of the 
>|> >pant leg.  The fabric, not sliding against anything does not get hurt.
>|> >Your skin agianst the fabric get shredded.  Yummy.
>|> >
>|> >Ride injury free,
>|> >
>|> >Bill
>|>  
>|> Thats what the doc said. So I immediately discounted it.
>|> Now that I've heard it from a fellow DoD'r I will accept it as biblical.
>|> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Now I've got this bridge I think you might be interested in.......
>
Nah, this one's mine--all mine.

Say son, I have this great used car I'd like to talk to you about....
                                                                      :-)

Ride Free,

Bill
________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun)
Subject: Warning! "Fuck" and "Shit" appear in this article
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 05:58:25 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: Do NOT read this article if you don't like obscene words
Keywords: Fuck, shit, obscene, scatalogical, horns


(WARNING! Do not read this post if you are offended by the use of obscene
language. The words "shit" and "fuck" will be used later in the
article.)

I'm going to have to try getting a set of those loud horns also. I've
tried on a couple of rides to get the attention of the rider in front
of me for various reasons. On one ride, Beth's bag was just about to
fall off and get tangled up in her chain. I honked and honked but she
couldn't hear my wimpy little horn at all. I finally just opened the
throttle and passed her on a bit of straight road just before a
sharp curve. Hit the brakes hard, made it through the turn, and pulled
over. It would have been a lot easier to get her attention with a very
loud horn.

(Better stop reading now. "Fuck" and "shit" will be used in the 
next paragraph. Please consult your newsreader manual for the proper
way to quit this article.)

And it would have been very nice to have a loud horn that time a
commuter on auto-pilot ran me off the road. There I was, minding my
own business in the fast lane, passing all the cars but not too fast
or too slow. He rapidly moves into my lane without looking or
signaling. (This is absolutely your last chance to quit reading before 
the obscenities appear. These are major dirty words; "fuck" and "shit" 
both will be used.) My first thought was "oh, bother"* as I hit the 
horn button with my thumb, braked, and swerved onto the shoulder of
the road, all at the same time.  I pulled back into the lane with
no damage done, but I did almost mess* my pants.

* On second thought, I decided that "fuck" and "shit" were 
inappropriate for a Usenet posting.


-- 
Lissa
shoun@netcom.com     (408) 926-0812
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mtrost@convex.com (Matthew Trost)
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:54:12 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Gawd, this newsgroup sucks.

(the lurker)

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Drunk Cagers (Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:33:58 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.072714.4150@news.Hawaii.Edu> keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:
>
>And tell me JNM if you decided to "talk" to this person, and then he goes off
>and hits a minivan full of kids killing them all, how will you feel then?
>If they are drunk they have no business being behind the wheel, plain and
>Tim.

Hey not only do kids have no business behind the wheel but they shouldn't
be drunk either.
 
Jim
DAMM treasurer
Drunks Against Madd Mothers.
 
Just kiddin see---> :-)

 
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