HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Why do Harlies make so much noise?
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:25:19 GMT
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 5 Sep 92 22:52:54 GMT

>>>>> On 5 Sep 92 22:52:54 GMT, bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack) said:

Spineless drivel deleted...

Joseph> I own a Ducati.  It will outrun ANY Harlie, even if I keep it

Son,
	Someday you may realize that the rider is more important than
the ride.  Till then, it makes no difference WHAT you own.  If your
riding ability is on par with your attitude and writing skills, I hope
you survive in the interim.  A RiderCourse (tm) would be a good place
to start.
--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>      "Have you hugged the curves today?"
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.              MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
From: dbooth@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (david booth)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:46:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Back Tire Kicks Right
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley

I have an 86 1100 sporty and it has a new dunlop K181 which never
gives any signs of slippage. Check that the tyre is inflated to the
right pressure and that the wheel is correctly aligned.

regards

DB
DoD#1986

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: 4 valve HD
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:17:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep08.193843.13794@gecko.uucp> ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell) writes:
|    And these kids on their rice rockets think they have
|    "modern" technology.

  We (us kids, that is) sure do...  I think results speak for themselves.
Four-valve technology may not be new technology (I don't recall any of us kids
claiming it *was*), but the results sure are.  Jealous, Ed?  Trying to justify
a pitiful stock power output? :-)  BTW: Thanks for calling us "kids"!

|   45 cubic inches. American bikes should be refered to in terms
|   of cubic inch displacement because "CC's" sounds so much like
|   "sissies".

  Definitely got to maintain that "macho" fantasy, at all costs... :-)  Too
bad, in the cases of the image fanatics, its too often all image and no
actual ability to ride, CC's *or* CI's notwithstanding...

  Flame away (perhaps via email - what a concept!), but don't clutter the
newsgroup with this drivel, OK?

Randy Davis                             UUCP: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fabulous Harley Babe Bashing etc.
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 9 Sep 1992 16:32:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <18l6b8INN49i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed
Green - Pixel Cruncher) wrote:
> I would.  American beer is nothing to get excited over, but it is
> better beer than no beer.  Anybody that drinks beer, that would rather
> not drink beer than drink Budwieser, is weird.
> 
Mass market American Beer is nothing to get excited over.  Some of the
micro
and brew-pub stuff is every bit as good as any beer made anywhere in the
world.

Dean

ps. In general, I'd rather have a Diet Coke than a Bud.
> ---
> 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 
|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: FJ1200 vs. ST1100
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:12:45 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.155023.16426@tamsun.tamu.edu> peram@cs.tamu.edu (Suresh B Peram) writes:
|FJ1200 wins hands down on looks.

  I disagree.  I prefer the looks of the ST1100.  Of course, I prefer black
bikes, and 99% of the FJ1200's I've seen are red and white.

|After hear so many people rave about the ST1100,
|I went to Houston and had an opportunity to look
|at the ST1100.   It was a total downer.  I am 
|surprised that  people even have a problem deciding
|between the two.  If you want a touring bike, go for
|ST1100, if you want a sport bike go for FJ1200.

  No, if you want a SPORT bike, go for an FZR, GSXR, or perhaps a Ducati.  If
you want a SPORT TOURING bike, go for an FJ1200, ZX-11, etc...  At *least* get
it right...

|Any problems ?

  Just one, and I quote: "I went to Houston and had an opportunity to look at
the ST1100".  Just "look"???  All the way to Houston?  Pray tell, if you are
going to offer your opinion to us, you ought to have at LEAST ridden it...  I
guess your opinion is worth what we paid for it...

Randy Davis                             UUCP: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
From: ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Thanks to all....NO MORE MAIL PLEASE !!!
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:16:42 GMT
Organization: Data and Business Comms, BT Labs, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK.


Thanks for all the EMail on the requested subject...
BUT please stop - I don't need any more help right now thanks!!

Question: What are the laws in the US concerning "learner" riders -
we have the two stage system in the UK (as explained by myself some
time ago) so how about somebody explaining the US system to me ?

2nd Question: With all this talk of vanity plates, can you just ask
for a certain plate or 'request' a certain plate or are they just
assigned to vehicles like here in the UK.

Answers on a postcard or stuck-down-envelope to :

You know the address.

Antony.

DoD# 1832  (YeeHar - At Last !!)

Purveyor of fine wheelies and knee-downs (and that's just in the car)
From: jamesf@btr.BTR.COM (James G. Franklin  jamesf@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Road Sign
Date: 5 Sep 92 18:49:12 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

In article <1992Sep4.200734.1127@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
>
>               Pavement Ends
>
>Especially when I took that road to avoid the construction and have a nice
>long ride on my way to work (it really doesn't mean that there are remains
>of old pavement lying along the road liI told my daughter once).  

I don't know about other states, but in WA it means Pavement Ends *NOW*. 
Next year's GPNDGers beware 8-0

jim

-- 
*   Jim Franklin * jamesf@btr.com OR {decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!jamesf      *
*   (insert new bike here)   | Nothing hurts like the loss one feels when   *
* Triumph 650 (slalom champ) | they lose their first love, get fired from   * 
* DoD #469          KotP(un) | their first job, or sell their first bike.   *
From: cgates@mitre.org (Curt Gates)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: glasses and helmets
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:01:51 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

In article <pmvntao@fido.asd.sgi.com> cj@eno.wpd.sgi.com (C J Silverio) 
writes:
> I can't 
> fit the helmet on over the glasses, and if I sneak the 
> helmet on with my glasses off, I find can't shove the 
> earpieces through that close-fitting foam. 

I have to take off the glasses, put on the helmet, and then put the 
glasses on through the visor opening.  The glasses have wire frames and 
earpieces, so there is little effect on fit.  If you cut or press 
*shallow* grooves in the liner, there should be little difference in 
protection.  But before you buy, get some idea of how much clearance you 
would have to create.  A new pair of glasses might be a better answer.

Now if someone would tell me how to spit while wearing a full face helmet. 
 One of the real joys of riding is to be able to clear your throat and 
fire a shot over your shoulder.  Ahh, the price of progress.

************************************
I worked as a technical writer ... editing manuals ... on how to dispose 
of sewage in permafrost; we all had to wear white shirts -- that was 
mandatory -- and I was fired at the end of two weeks for spending too much 
time staring out the window.  
(Edward Abbey)
************************************
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,
Subject: Re: Women riders - what I think...
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 9 Sep 1992 16:58:49 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep09.103041.7119@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz>,
lesley@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Lesley Walker) wrote:
> 
> weiss writes:
> >
> >>>I certainly WOULD think of having a relationship with a BikerBabe (tm)!
                                                            
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> 
> >>I'm not a Babe.  I'm a person.
> >
> >A person in need of a sense of humor.
> 
> 'Scuse me?  You mean that comment was intended to be *funny*?
> If I'm lacking a sense of humour, then you're lacking sensitivity,
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
> and aren't they type of guy I'd be interested in anyhow.
> 
> Which is as good an illustration of the problem as any.
>
Ya know, I think the problem may be that you have a little too much
sensitivity.  This newsgroup has a tendance to satirize just about
everything
and I've noticed that people usually leave subtle clues in their posts when
they're trying to do this.  One of these clues is ':-)' another tends to
be 'tm'.  If someone on this group referred to me as a 'Bad Ass Biker Dude'
I would assume they were joking, same if they called me 'Biker Scum'.
I DO think that comment was intended to be funny, and I think it succeeded.
I can see you getting upset with some possible substitutions for the
word babe.  But you're getting all bent out of shape about being treated
the same as everyone else here.  Relax, go for a walk, get a hobby, you're
TOO FUCKING UPTIGHT!!  Wait, I know what you need...  Go outside, get on
your
bike and go ride for 4 or 5 hours.  You'll feel much, much better.  And 
remember not everything(anything?) said on rec.moto should be taken
seriously.

Dean 'The sexist, male, biker scum, pig'
> 
> -- 
>   -=- The Leather Goddess (aka Lesley Walker) -=- Wellington, New Zealand -=-
>         lesley@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz                      Vote for MMP!
>    DoD#258 -=- Yamaha XV1000 -=- Yamaha XS650 -=- Ford Cortina -=- Altos 586

| 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 
|
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Subject: Re: equal opportunity cheesecake
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:16:00 GMT


James J. Dutton (jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com) sez:
|> ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
|> >The problem I have with the "babes 'n bikes" photos is that they give
|> >me the impression of excluding me from motorcycling. Sometimes these photos
|> >include guys in riding gear (probably ugly guys as they often have to hide
|> >behind dark-visored helmets), but I've seen women actually riding
|> >only in BMW ads. The aesthetic appeal of the usual ad is meant for men 
|> >only. The woman on a bike in a bikini and high heels tells me that I'm a 
|> >stupid shit who doesn't know squat about riding and that my association 
|> >with motorcycles can go no further than sweating on the seat. 
|>  
|> Inferiority complex?

|> If they had adds w some guy in a g-string I don't think I'd care. I
|> wouldn't buy the bike (probably) but I wouldn't take it personally.

Inferiority complex?

(Why wouldn't you buy the bike?)

Dan
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: More centrifugal
Date: 9 Sep 1992 13:43:30 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

>In article <1992Sep6.023152.6184@cs.cornell.edu> karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>
>>The real pity is that so many high school physics students, rather
>>than appreciating what makes an inertial frame special, are
>>brainwashed into thinking that the inertial-frame interpretations are
>>the only valid ones.

Oh, bullshit.  

The *real* pity is that 1 out of 100 American students ever see a
physics class in high school.  For those that do, a good grounding in
vector math and some Newtonian mechanics is plenty complicated.

---
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: HKORNFELD@BUPULA.BU.EDU (HARDY KORNFELD)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Honda CB550K for sale
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:19:00 GMT
Organization: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Pulmonary Center
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.22

I have a 1978 Honda CB550K for sale cheap.  It started out as a 
restoration project, being totally disassembled, largely derusted,
having its frame painted, etc.  Then I started racing an EX500 and
the Honda was forgotten.  I am putting it back together now and I
expect to get it running.  It has all its bits but could use some
more restoration or be used up as a parts bike.  Asking $500.

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Subject: Re: Chainlube for my BM?
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 02:08:07 GMT

In article <Bu9sE8.5sv@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk> ssuhouns@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk writes:
>In article 20469@serval.net.wsu.edu, bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015) writes:
>>In article <Bu14Fr.Anw@inform.co.nz> dev2@inform.co.nz (Michael Seales) writes:
>>>In article <1992Sep03.150857.12055@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>>>> The chain on my BM is getting a bit slack and I can't seem to find out from
>>>> the manual how to tighten it.  It's a blue D-reg 86 K100RS that's done about
>>>> 60,000 miles.  I recently bought a new shock abosrber and new tyres but now the
>>>> drive chain needs adjusting.
>>>> 
>>>> Can anybody help me?
>>>
>>>I think you're beyond help.
>>>
>>>I checked the date of this posting, just to be sure it hasn't been sitting
>>>in a queue somewhere since 1st April.
>>>
>>>I have NEVER NEVER heard of a chain driven BMW K-series bike.
>>
>>The poor lad is confused, it's the Boxer that has the chain.  Well
>>at least my '92 PD has one.  Self-lubing, gotta replace it every 50k miles.
>>Honest.  Would I kid _you_?
>
>I don't know about the boxer, I've never seen *HER* bike apart, but both of the K's
>I've had have had chains - bloody great big ones round the front of the engine.
>It also had to changed at about 50K, and adjusted every 10K or so if I remember
>right.


Yep, that's the one, same as on the Boxer.

Ride Free, and keeper your Beemer cahains lubed,

Bill
________________________________________________________________
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If you walk, just walk.
If you sit, just sit.
If you ride, just ride.

Above all, don't wobble.
                             Zen saying (slightly modified)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: HERE I AM! LOOK AT ME! I'M MAKING A BIG NOISE! I'M SPECIAL!
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:05:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.231721.12244@sequent.com> dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
>If you are talking about an open megaphone 115 db+ noise, then you
>have a point.  I object to criticism of mufflers that allow the sound
>of the engine to come through such as Conti Mufflers or Bub copies on
>Ducatis.  Demanding a drop from 100 to 85 db for instance reduces the
>bike from a motorcycle sound to a vacum cleaner sound.

Maybe it's just because my dad made sure we knew about sports cars instead
of Corvettes when I was growing up, but am I the only one who finds the
purr of a D-type Jag preferable to the beer farts coming from most
American muscle cars?

> We are getting
>to the point where background noise in the city is louder.  This is
>dumb.

Increasing the noise from your bike and contributing to the background isn't?
-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: FJ bearing replacement
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 06:09:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.045143.577@javelin.sim.es.com>,
	 blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes...
>keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:
>>use the hydrolic press to get the other two out (hand press won't accomidate
>>the wheel) and be on my merry way. Well, I set it up and start the press and
>>the bearings start to move and then stop. I watch the pressure rise and 
>>decide that there is something in that wheel that I cannot see preventing
>>that bearing from going any further, so I back it off. I turn it around and
>>try the other direction with the same problem. It will move the bearings but
>>not far enough to get one or the other out. 
> 
>It sounds like you're trying to push both bearings out from one side or
>the other, right? If the FJ wheel is like all the others I've seen it
>doesn't work like that. There's a shoulder inboard of each bearing, so the
>only way to get the bearing out is to reach through the hub and drive it
>out from the inside. If you're trying to push both bearings all the way
>through the hub, you're bottoming out on that shoulder. With a hefty
>press, there is a chance you could damage your wheel, so take a close
>look once you get it apart.

	There's probably a spacer in there too, so you don't put sideways
pressure on the inner races when you tighten the axle.  Probably also one
between the sprocket bearing and the hub bearing too.  Don't lose them.  An
idiot mechanic left the sprocket spacer out of my GS550B after a tyre change
once.  Damn, why does my axle keep coming loose? :-(

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
"noematical -- a. Obs. rare;  Originating, or existing, in thought, or in the
 mind alone."	-- Compact Oxford Dictionary
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: daver@world.std.com (daver)
Subject: Speaking of brain-dead cagers
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:12:29 GMT

From diewald@sspade.ENET.dec.com Wed Sep  9 14:34:46 1992
Subject: Sounds like Massachusetts driving to me...

<Headers removed>


Subject: neither gender has a lock on bad drivers. . .
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 12:06:04 -0400


In article <S456.60ff@looking.on.ca>, TCOMEAU@stsci.edu (Tom Comeau @ Space 
Telescope Science Institute) writes:
|> (True story)
|> 
|> "I tell you, women drivers are a hazard to traffic.  Driving to work
|> this morning on I-95 I look over to my left and there's this woman in a
|> Mustang doing 65 miles per hour with her face up next to her rear view
|> mirror putting on her eyeliner!  I look away for a couple seconds and
|> when I look back she's halfway over in my lane.  Scared me so bad I
|> dropped my electric shaver in my coffee."

	From rec.humor.funny

daver@world.std.com  DoD#0658  Kawasaki KZ750H  Quote-of-the-day (tm) follows:
==============================================================================
 item card as-nine-goes-to-infinity: "its a <insert here> thing, you just
                               wouldn't understand"
                                        -From the book of (fnord)
==============================================================================
From: romanko@waterloo.hp.com (Jeff Romanko)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wheelies
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:45:52 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

: 
: No problem on a RZ350. You just spin 15.000 rpm than :-)  Wonder how long
: the crank might last ....
: 
: -Axel
: -- 
: fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
: CBR600F2 (stolen) - RD350LCN (street) - XR250R (dirt)

Which reminds me of a group of bikers who had a Honda CX650...or are they 
600's...anyway it doesn't matter.  They had a contest where they had to 
guess how long the CX would last while reving at redline.  Most bets were 
for around 2-5 minutes.  The bike ran all day.  Silly Honda.   

-jefFZX750
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Subject: Re: Electronic Ignitions
Originator: markk@sparcplug
Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Organization: Tekenkron Communications Systems, Berkeley, CA USA
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 01:47:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.174056.3299@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, jacbop@z.eecs (Thomas Wilberding) writes:
>Anyone know where I can find electronic ignitions or auto
>advance mechanisms for old (early 70's) Japanese bikes.

Try TSR (Two Stroke Racing) in the Los Angeles area.  It owned by Tom
Turner, one of the best 2-stroke gurus around.  Nobody manufactures a
non-points-triggered CDI specifically for the RD anymore, but TSR
sells a modified Dyna ignition for it.  I haven't tried it myself, but
I may get one for my RD this winter.  

I don't think the system allows for advance, in fact I can't think of
any that have ever existed.  TSR would know.

--
)V(ark)<               markk@tcs.com                   DoD #400
1988 FZR400            1985 ZX900 Ninja             1977 RD400D