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From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: CX500..what the hell
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:09:20 GMT

In article <EDSMIGU.92Apr7090026@edski.edski.ericsson.se> edsmigu@edski.edski.ericsson.se (Mikael Gudmunds) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.083150.23739@abo.fi> BFRIBERG@finabo.abo.fi (Welcome to the Pleasuredome!!) writes:
>
>   >In <kdrwv3i00iUxA4YnYq@andrew.cmu.edu> jn1h+@andrew.cmu.edu writes:
>
>   >> As I was pulling mme big CB750 upinto the bike area at CMU I saw a Honda
>   >> CX500, I have never seen one of these before, it looked to be around mid
>   >> 80's and to have an airplane engine in it. What type of powerbox is in
>   >> those bikes, they look cool and squidy.
>   >> 
>   >> NADZ
>   >> DoD #528
>   >It's a water cooled v-twin of about 50hp. The bike itself has been sold as 
>   >CX500 and CX500C (custom, that is. Bloody beautiful model) and as far as I
>   >know, there was even a turbo model. Also, the same power plant was used
>   >in Honda's Silver Wing, which is a different chapter. I have never owned
>   >a CX but I tried one once, and I did like the feel of the engine. It's
>   >a typical cruising engine with lots of bottom end grunt, although not very
>   >peeky. Good touring machine.
>
>
>In addition to this, a model named CX500 E was
>produced. This looked more like a sport-tourer
>than the standard machine did (a little bit like
>a stripped CX500 T, actually).
>By the way, the turbo version (CX500 T) developed
>75 bhp.

A caveat about the E: the electronic advance on these things is (apparantly)
notorious. When it goes out, what you are left with is the equivalent of a
bike with a governor (my would NOT go over 52 mph) and it can be costly to
repair (I got an estimate of $350). 

Mike


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From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp
Subject: Re: Looking for a suction cup/magnet (dent pull)....
Summary: Use a floor puller
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:59:32 GMT

In article <92105.122154PAH112@psuvm.psu.edu> PAH112@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
|I am looking for a suction cup to pull out a dent in my friend's bike's fuel
|tank.  We have tried a 6" diameter one, and pulled most of it out.  However,
|the 6" one is too big, and we need one in the 3" range.  We cannot use a con-
|ventional dent puller, as we don't want to poke any holes in the tank.

  Find one of your local DoD'ers who works in, or knows someone that works
in the computer center for their company/school.  If they have raised floors
(as we do), they will also have the suction cup floor pullers, which use a
pair of 3.5" suction cups (at least that what ours are) attached to a nice
handle, PERFECT for the job you are contemplating - at least as good as a
magnet, that is.  I've heard of a number of people borrowing ours for a few
moments to walk out to their cars and pull dents with them, and everyone says
that they work fine...

Randy Davis				UUCP: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
ZX-11 Pilot			 	      ucsd!megatek!randy
DoD #00013

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Warning re. shoe-laces...
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 15:54:56 GMT

I heard a real first-hand story about a guy who did just that in his
own driveway. During my moto course, people with boots with laces
had to tape them up. My boots don't have laces, as you may have guessed.


I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu
                         ride it                 | Ontario Hydro Research
From: dickwin@sequent.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RE: WHAT TO CALL A HA
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:49:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Apr12.184951.10032
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

In article <3263.89.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
>->      Rotax is alive and well.  Are they American?
>
> Jeez, I dunno.  Old CanAm and Penton dirt bikes used Rotax engines.
>I don't remember if the Rotax engines were Canadian or German.  Anyone
>go back that far?
>
Rotax engines are made in Austria I believe
From: sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How Dangerous is a Bike,  really?????
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:43:40 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Apr6.122156.12013@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson) writes:
>
>What is a morotcycle?

It's what those damn morots ride, of course.

-s
--
  Shamim Mohamed / {uunet,noao,cmcl2..}!arizona!shamim / shamim@cs.arizona.edu
  "Take this cross and garlic; here's a Mezuzah if he's Jewish; a page of the
    Koran if he's a Muslim; and if he's a Zen Buddhist, you're on your own."
 Member of the League for Programming Freedom - write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu
From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi (FSE) <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Electronic countermeasures
Keywords: help
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:08:49 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns) writes:
>I like my Solo radar detector, I really do.  My Solo, which I have named
>_The Ear of God_, has given me good service and has picked up signals  
>around corners and curves and over hills and such--I am delighted.    
>I just really dislike the ear-plug to use it.  I like riding bikes   
>because I can't use a safety belt--the freedom is important.  I feel
>like I am tied to the bike with the ear-plug.  Also, it restricts my
>head-motion when I am looking for patrolling aircraft. There has gotta
>be a better way.
[...]               
>My idea is that it should be possible to make a small black-box device
>that will take a signal from the ear jack on my Solo, or indeed any  
>radar detector that uses a standard ear-phone device, and create a nice
>unambiguous signal for me to pick up while riding.  This signal will  
>most likely be a sound.  My idea is to make a little black-box with a
>wire coming out of it that will permit me to plug my Solo into it.  I
>use my detector on two bikes and cars so I must have a              
>quick-connect/disconnect.  The sound making device can be anything I can
>bury under the fairing and be loud enough to hear while riding at      
>translegal speeds.  Can the bike's horn be used???  This device should
>have a switch on it so that I can turn the sound off when riding through
>towns where signals from automatic doors will trip the detector.       
>                                                                      
>If we really got fancy, I'd like both a sound and light display.  I  
>envision a series of small lights or a "strip" light (I don't know that
>such a device exists) that I can glue with gorilla snot to the top of my
>windscreen.  When the detector is triggered, a sound is made and the   
>lights go on.  At that point I can determine if I wish to continue to 
>listen to the sound by hitting a switch.  The lights will remain     
>functional just to monitor the detector.  Actually, any simple light
>that can be attached anywhere to the instrument cluster on the FJ and PD
>would be useful.                                                       

Actually, Bill, a device like this already exists. A guy I ran into,
oh, maybe two years ago, had one on his Duc. It allowed him to mount
his Passport inside the fairing, where it was essentially theftproof
and protected from the weather. The sucker had a light which flashed
and a REAL LOUD audible warning. Now, where the thing came from (and
he bought it, so it wasn't a homebuilt), I don't know. And I've never
seen an ad for one (but then I don't read biker mags...). Someone
else?
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
                     I own two bikes, brand unimportant.
From: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD marital aid announcement
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:07:02 GMT
Reply-To: scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Apr6.211630.26856@colorado.edu> garnett@news.Colorado.EDU (Santiago de la Paz) writes:
>Okay, that's the last straw.
>                       THE DoD PRODUCT LIST (planned)
>    - "I (heart) The DoD" bumper stickers
>    - "I (spade) The DoD" bumper stickers

	You forgot: "I (club) the DoD"

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==============================-->DoD #0516<--=================================
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: HARLEY-DAVIDSON BRAND OIL
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:44:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059

-> In all of the recent moto-gas I have noticed new adds for H-D bramd
-> oil.  This oil is supposedly made especially for the thumping nature
-> of the V-twin.

 Though your original message was intended to be humorous, I'd like to
add that Harley has changed their recommendation from 50wt in older
bikes and 20-50 in newer bikes to 20-50 across the board, no matter how
old your Harley is.  HD has finally recognized the cold-starting
problems the twins have and the factory recommends (get this) replacing
one quart of oil with Marvel Mystery Oil at each oil change.  Though we
gagged a bit at the idiotic name, my brother's 883 now starts in
30-degree weather where it wouldn't before.

 Before anyone asks, the Marvel Mystery Oil recommendation came from
Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, not some doofus dealer or bike shop.
From: tun@PHY.UCSF.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: testing IGRNORE !!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:34:57 GMT

testing
From: craig@ug.cs.dal.ca (Ryan Craig)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Suzuki RG500 - Anyone know anything?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:46:29 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In article <9209716.9756@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> maa@mamura.ee.mu.oz.au (Marc Alexander) writes:
>>Now there's the SECOND time someone's posted about an RG400, a bike
>>I haven't hear of until today.  What is it?  Where is it sold?
>>--
>>Eric Murray   ericm@microunity.com   Ride fast, die young, wear black leather.
>>               Real motorcyclists work on their own bikes.
>
>I think (I'm not completely sure), that they were originally sold in
>Japan, and have been recently (second-hand ones) imported and sold
>in Britain, where price and performance is a big factor...
>
These cycles were sold in Canada for a year or two, some years ago, around
1986-87 perhaps.  They were a two-stroke square four (like two parallel twins,
with one in front of the other, I believe, not sure though) design repli-racer.
The full name was the Suzuki RG500 Gamma.  Never sold particularly well, as
far as I can remember, but I wanted one.  Then again, I've always liked two
stroke repli-racers (RZ500, RZ350) and street bikes (Suzook water buffalo,
Kawi two-stroke triples, etc).  Anyway, that's about all that I know about
them.
Later...
-- 
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
|Ryan Craig: Comp Sci Co-op, Dalhousie University  |  Disclaimer: My opinions|
|craig@ug.cs.dal.ca               are mine, all mine, and you can't have them|
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 14:14:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Bike Covers?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Re- bike covers

If you really love your bike, you'll put it into storage in one of those
U-Stow-It places.

The bike needs only a closet-sized space. (and decent storage maintenance
beforehand)

Ron
(sailors know these things......)
From: pdh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Phillip D. Heaven)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Info on Yamaha Vision?
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:21:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr15.172109.9092
Reply-To: pdh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Phillip D. Heaven)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


Looking at a 1982 Yamaha Vision 550, 12K miles, excellent
condition, new battery, new tires, new pro. tuneup, $1,800.
Sound like a good deal?

How long did Yamaha make the Vision? (or is it still in 
production?) Are parts easy to get? How about maintenance?
It's a shafty, if they all weren't. Also how comfortable is
it on a 300+ mile day?

Would be buying it from a salesman, who never rode it, therefor
can't get these answers there.

Any knowledge on this bike is greatly appreciated. 
Thanks!

 
-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
Phil Heaven                          '82 Suzuki GS450L
Sigma Alpha Mu                        DoD#533
CaseWesternReserveUniversity          "Captain Hormone"
From: scrandel@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (S. Crandell         )
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Need Accident Statistics.
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:09:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.31714


     Hi.  I recently read in a local publication that the National
Safety Council reported that if you ride a motorcycle you are 17
times more likely to be killed than if you were operating a
different type of vehicle.  
     I realize that this is just a statistic and there are many
factors that could produce results like these other than the idea
that "motorcycles are dangerous".  
     I would like to find out WHY there are more accidents.  Is it
because many bike riders drink before riding and lose control or use
poor judgement and crash?  Is the problem the poor visibility of
motorcycles or is it the lack of proper rider education?
     Before I decide that motorcyling is too dangerous I want to
know the real facts and I am hoping that some of you out there have
come across some more detailed/truthful reports.

Thanks in advance,

Sean Crandell
UCSD

-- 
)
From: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:03:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: No centerstand? (was: Re: Yamaha Seca II)
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles


*I like the looks of the dual headlights, but remember that they make
*great radar reflectors, for those of us that worry about such things.

That's the downside.  In my area that's not a big deal.  Once I clear
the city limits radar isn't an issue.

*My speeds at night are usually quite socially acceptable.  The spare I
*carry is enough peace of mind for me.

And you call yourself a DoD member?

*Besides, isn't it usually just one of the filaments that burn out, so
*that you could easily flick the light switch to the other beam?

This will work to prevent a crash, but if its the low beam the burns 
out you have to pull over and change bulbs so that you don't blind
all the other drivers.

Frank Ball   2LR-D             frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com
Hewlett Packard                pyramid!hplabs!hpsad!frankb
1212 Valley House Drive        (707) 794-4168 work  (707) 538-3693 home
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999     KC6WUG Seca 750 XT350 IT175 DoD#7566 I'm the NRA.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: grw@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Gary Wasserman)
Subject: Re: The DoD crowd
Reply-To: grw@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Gary Wasserman)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 18:42:58 GMT

In article <1992Apr3.141835.19187@bwdls61.bnr.ca> space@bwdlh522.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:
> 
> I just finished looking at *every* single DoD related gif file.
> 
> And you know what the first thing was that came to mind???
> 
>   COMPUTER GEEKS!!!
> 
> Oh well...
> 

How can you jump to conclussions when the NE DoD pictures were not in the
collection????  We gotta a coupla guys who could pass for bikers around
here and when they catch you your gonna pay for this...

:)  to you too, buddy!


-- 
Gary Wasserman      "A completely irrational attraction to BMW bikes"
Interleaf, Inc.      Prospect Place, 9 Hillside Ave, Waltham, MA 02154
grw@ileaf.com        617-290-4990x3423 FAX 617-290-4970       DoD#0216
From: azensus@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Anton Zensus)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Dainese Leathers for sale
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:51:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: zia.1992Apr12.235152.9876
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM

Dainese leather racing suit for sale. Excellent condition. $350.- obo

Sixe 48 (equiv. M); light blue/black. One piece suit with platic
shouldder, ellbow, knee armor. 

I also have matching boots (size 8.5).

reply to azensus@nrao.edu for details

Anton Zensus
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan)
Subject: Re: O.K., How About DoD MousePads?????
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:36:25 GMT

From article <YdvL_J200Uh_M1MI4l@andrew.cmu.edu>, by "Carl D. Lovejoy" <cl3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>:
>     OK I guess I must claim ignorance (ME!)  on an optical mouse and


The Apple Macintosh IIsi to my left has a typical mechanical mouse,
where movement of the mouse causes the ball inside to roll against
the desk, which in turn moves sensors inside the mouse body to detect
left-right and forward-backward movement. 

The Sun SPARCstation LPC in front of me has an "optical mouse" which
has no moving parts. It has two LEDs, a "real" red LED that tells you
the power is on, and an infrared LED, and it has an infrared sensor
that reads reflections from the surface the mouse moves over. The mouse
operates on a metal pad inscribed with a very find matrix of lines. The
horizontal and vertical lines are black in one direction and blue in
the other (or so it appears under my pocket microscope). The mouse
reads these lines as it moves over them.

You can get optical mice for PCs too. My wife's PC at home has a Mouse
Systems optical mouse, the came company that supplies mice for Sun.

Ob Moto: I'm still repairing crash damage sustained by my K75S over
a year ago. :-( This was one _expensive_ lesson, in a literal sense.

--
John Sloan              "Since I've given up hope,        +1 303 497 1243
NCAR/SCD                   I feel much better."       Fax +1 303 497 1137
Boulder CO 80307-3000 USA                            jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu
Logical Disclaimer:  belong(opinions,jsloan). belong(opinions,_):-!,fail.
From: grenley@cirrus.com (George Grenley)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Sticking clutch plate
Keywords: clutch
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:27:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: cirrus.1992Apr16.212736.19792
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.  Fremont, California

>bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>>In article <67@devl3.UUCP> root@devl3.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>>>I have a 1981 XS1100 yamaha.  Every time the bike sets for more than a
>>>couple of hours, the clutch plate sticks.

>>> If I try to start the bike with the transmission
>>>in gear, it causes the bike to lurch violently forward for a couple of
>>>feet until the clutch plate comes unstuck.

>>I have it with my FJ a bunch.  There is nothing to do about it.  Get into
>>the habit of putting the bike in neutral, letting the clutch out and rocking
>>the bike a bit to see if she's stuck.  If so, a goog serious push will
>>break the stick.  Of course you do this all _before_ you start the bike.

There's little to be done about this.  Many types of clutch material exhibit
this "Stiction" effect when they've been sitting - Barnett, while a good
clutch, is very much this way.

I always start in neutral, then, when I'm ready to engage, clamp the front
brake lever, blip the throttle up to 3-4 grand, then firmly smack it into
first gear.  This pops the clutch loose quickly w/o much lurch or gear-grind.
Works on my Suzuki and my Hawg.

George
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: chain vs belt vs shaft drive
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 13:38:57 GMT

davewi@soccer.WV.TEK.COM (David H. Wise;682-7349;60-646;;soccer) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.071446.7512@eos.arc.nasa.gov> phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:
>>
>>Could someone more knowlegeable in motofizzix please clarify?

>After some head-scratching, I figured it out.

In the words of the immortal Bill Cosby:  RIIIIIIIGHT!

The simplest explanation I've heard is that it's just the pinion gear
trying to climb the ring gear. Since the wheel can't be forced down
below ground level, the rear end of the bike gets jacked up.

The "BMW Twist" is something completely seperate from shaft drive
jacking, and it's caused by torque reaction of the crank & clutch. On
the Honda CX500 and GoldWing the clutch spins in the opposite direction
from the crank to try and cancel out this reaction.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
DoD #46               My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.              FJ1200
Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Thu,  9 Apr 1992 10:50:22 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Flame war invitations: Sport touring choice? FJ, Of Course!

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
writes:

>Well, FJ is the FJ11/1200, and lore is the collected net.wisdom (if
>that's not an oxymoron :-) on the subject. In other words, about 200K of
>collected net postings on the FJ1100 & 12000.
> 
>Shout if you want a copy

Uh, OK. I won't ask what a FJ11/1200 is.

Peter

From: deanc@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Cashen)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:13:22 GMT
Subject: Re: How to get 11 tickets in one ride (my story)
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Dan:

You should try to relax.  Remember, he was 19 when this happened.  Almost
all of us have done something or another that we wouldn't do today. And,
we learned *not* to do it by trial and error.  He's admitted it was an
error.  If everyone had to pay for the errors of our youth for the
rest of our lives, not too many of us would be free to walk the streets.

And what is this "sport" you're referencing?  He wasn't in a motocross,
he was riding a bike on the streets.  That's called transportation.


Dean Cashen
-- Boise

--------<disclaimer>----------
HP and I share some views, but
the ones above are all mine...

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