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From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 - The White Rims!!
Date: 22 Jul 92 10:28:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Jul19.101201.211@halfdome.sf.ca.us> laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>In article <76151@ut-emx.uucp>, captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin) writes:
>> Isn't Simple Green(tm) just amonia with a scent and color added?  Oh, and
>> about 6 times the price!
>
>no, it isn't.  and your assumption that you can somehow "add" scent to
>ammonia to make it smell like something that's not ammonia gives rise
>to the assumption that you probably flunked high school chemistry. 
>twice.
>-- laurie

High School?  Was that the place with all the tequila & beer bottles in the
parking lot?

...Anyway, ms. smarty pants, what IS in Simple Green?


-- 
The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings. 
I am Brian                                        
I ain't lyin'                                     -   O
La la la la la .....                                | 
DoD# 0690                                        \_^___/
From: weigl@sibelius.inria.fr (Konrad Weigl)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RFD rec.motorcycles.harley (was: Re: Harley Softtail Classic Info Needed)
Date: 23 Jul 92 05:09:58 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)

In article <471@nos850.UUCP>, steved@nos850.UUCP (Steve Doolin) writes:
!
|> 
|>   You came back!!! We missed you!! You outta be choked-up right now.
|>   Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!
|> 
|> 
|> > Konrad Weigl               Tel. +33 93 65 78 63
|> -- 
|> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|> Steve Doolin                           |

ATTABOY!!!

Isn't that th'way yer' folks down ther're all ya talkn??


I mean, with a name like Steve Doolin, sounds like right outta one of yer
fancy movies, ain't it so, eh?


Come on, admit it, you're from outta lone star rep., eh?

Konrad Weigl               Tel. +33 93 65 78 63
Projet Pastis              Fax  +33 93 65 76 43
INRIA                      email weigl@sophia.inria.fr
B.P. 93
06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex 
France
From: davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why have 2 throttle cables?
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:14:54 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London


 (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:

>In article <1992Jul20.191401.26338@news.Hawaii.Edu> 
keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:
>>A friend of mine has a bored out monster Katana and needed to add a 2 cable
>>throttle because at speed the  engine pulled such a hard vacuum that the
>>throttle would not close. It would take a while to respond to backing off the
>>throttle - not exactly what you want at high speeds I guess.

>Does anyone besides me think this guy has his throttle plate installed
>backwards?  Or has a serious design flaw in said part?

I can't remember seeing a throttle plate on a bike.  The Guzzi has the same 
problem hence the famous Bullworker style throttle return springs on the 
LeMans.  The throttle is very heavy until it's revving hard then it suddenly 
goes very light.  I would like to swap it for a lighter dual cable setup but 
since the carbs are widely spaced with an airbox in between it would mean 
having four cables.

Dave
--
David Edmondson                 davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
Queen Mary & Westfield College  DoD#0777 Guzzi Le Mans 1000
"Eccles never keeps his boots in his pocket."
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Help me with my seat, please!
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:58:11 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

In article <Jul.20.12.26.56.1992.21741@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>
>	My FJ1200 was parked behind my girlfreind's condo Saturday
>night.  That morning, there was an ugly slash from the front left side
>of the seat to the back.  (My girlfriend is lucky enough to live near
>a really skeezy section on New Brunswick with drunks aplenty walking
>around with sharp things).  How much can I expect to pay to put a new
>cover on the seat?   Can I do it myself?  How?  Help!
>
>							Kevin Kretz
>							DoD#3278	

Check out local auto seat cover shop.  Folks who do that kind of work
can also redo bike seat, I am told.  It might not be a Corbin recover,
but it shouldn't cost that much.

Ride Free,

Bill
________________________________________________________________
bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu if you feel compelled to send email
johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu if you seriously expect an answer
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True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all
in this together.  Hugh Prathers
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: aki@nimbus@UUNET.UU.NET
Subject: Re: System III differences (need info)
Organization: The World Bank
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:08:51 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.164316.29045@cs.yale.edu> mehta-anand@CS.YALE.EDU (Anand
Mehta) writes:
>Could someone tell me the difference between the 'regular'
>System III helmet (white, red, grey) and the special one
>(black) that seems to cost almost twice as much.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Anand
>
>amehta@minerva.cis.yale.edu
>
well lets see... System III is supposed to have higher octane and better
detergents...oh wait a minnit!  I thought you were asking about TEXACO
gasoline...damn..never mind...whatever you do, DON'T wear gas on your head!

*************************************************************************
                                 *
-aki                             *   A tank of gas, a pair of
DoD#0628   '85 Magna             *   gloves, a helmet on my
------------------------         *   head and a motor between
Disclamer: Comments are my       *   my legs..folks, it don't git
own..my employer doesn't         *   no bettern' this....
understand them...               *
*************************************************************************
From: BONG@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Eric Bong)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:38:11 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: SLAC


> dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash) writes:
> : "Chopper Chicks in Zombietown 
> : Cinemax - Wednesday Night, 22 July 92
> : 
> : (1990) Jamie Rose, Don Calfa.  An insane funeral director's experiments in
> : re-animation are thwarted by a nomadic band of motorcycle mamas. (95 min.)"
> : 
> : The above appeared in my Sunday paper's teevee section.  I don't get cable.
> : Has anybody seen this movie?  Is it worth bothering a friend to tape?
> 

rja@hastur.Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen) Says:

>    It's not bad.  It was made a couple of years ago for theaters,
>    and is now on video.  Minimal breasts, minimal blood, no ardvarking.

It does too have aardvarking!

>    Joe Bob Bob says "it's worth seeing if you have beer."

Agreed. True with any movie. 

emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca (Robert Smits) says:

> No, it's not worth the tape. It is kinda funny, in an insane kinda way. 
> The plot's insipid, (It sounds like it's out of Easyrider - does that 
> help?), it's a bit gory ( heads and other bits get knocked off 
> regularly), and all the "bikers" ride Hardly Dangerouses. It comes second 
> for world's worst movie after "Killer Tomatoes" . Even the '60's outlaw 
> flicks were better done.

 I've seen much worse movies. And "Killer Tomatoes" is no where near the
worst movie made. Try "Robot Monster". What do you expect from a title
like "Chopper Chicks from Zombie Town"? A tender romance? Plot?
It's a cheap zombie movie with bikes!

In article erika@znext.uucp (erik astrup) wrote:

>  	My buddies have seen it and claim it's an "instant classic". A
> m,ust see if you will. I have tried to find it in video rentals stores but
> have had no luck. Oh well.....

 Did I say classic? It's a must see (once). Let's rent it Erik!
The lead's name is Kate and she's a redhead! (We have a mutual
friend who rides who's name is Kate and she is a redhead.)

Eric Bong DoD #0270
1986 FZ 750 The "Puke Sports"
1987 FZR 750 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Re: Blistered Buns: Why Lance Holst is a Jerk
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:41:43 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Jul21.212656.6317@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com wrote:
> patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery) writes:
> >I was thumbing through old copies of magazines last night, and came
> >across the April '91 Motorcyclist (Lance Holst is a Jerk)
> 
> No need to go back that far, check out the lead article in the Sept. 92
> issue. There IS some justice in this world after all. It seems that the
> esteemed Mr. Holst was test-riding a GSXR with custom carbon-fiber
> bodywork. Said carbon fiber shorted against the battery and set the seat
> on fire, toasting Holst's brains^H^H^H^H^H^Hbutt. It should be noted
> that Holst's Aerostich suit failed to protect his posterior.

Well, if he was up on r.m at all, he'd realize he needed better flameproof suits
than that.
> 
> BTW, anyone know what he looks like? They've got a real rouge's gallery
> posing as models for their crusier jacket article, and Ienatsch is the
> only one I recognize. (Perry King doesn't count since he's a
> professional poser.)

I've seen him in a couple pictures.  Dark hair, not too tall, average sized.
I can recognize him now.  Check out, for example, the article on performance
riding schools for a picture of him looking studious.

This whole burning Aerostitch issue brings up another point.  In the last MCyclist, 
when we last left our fearless crew, many editors named the Aerostitch as a
good thing to own, but in all the mag pictures I still haven't seen one.

I'm still trying to decide if rider would look goofy riding a Ducati 907 and
wearing an Aerostitch.

             ==================================================
            // Pat Loughery [Patlo@Microsoft.com] Seattle, WA \\
+==========//'91 Nighthawk CB750 || DoD #393, AMA #639366, VME \\==========+
| Evaluating for post-January purchase: Duc 907ie; HD FXRT & FLHS; FJ1200  |
+==========================================================================+
|  "It felt great to be starting another long ride; the 9-to-5 world       |
|  could go to hell for a few days while my machine and I rolled across    |
|  the planet."   - Phil Stone, DoD #95                                    |
+==========================================================================+
From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Smoke 'em if you got 'em
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:31:10 GMT
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com

Will ABS interfere with hole-shots ?

Can the back tire be spun with the front locked ?

I had been wondering about this ever since I got the bike, and last night
(while the roads were wet) I decided to find out. After stopping in a rest area
to put a sweatshirt on, I figured since the roads were wet I could finally
test this out without burning $$$ off my rear tire. I wasn't sure what
would happen. Either it would work, or I'd get a really quick arm-wrenching
launch. 

The result ?

Tire smoke after a few sec, and the bike remained stationary. 

Cool I thought, works only when you really need it, and stays out of the way
when you don't. 

Are there any BMW ABS owners out there that have tried this ?  

Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
DOD# 810
1992 FJ1200A
From: cdenzler@sierra.com (Chris Denzler)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tshirt.gif
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:44:29 GMT
Organization: Sierra Geophysics Inc.,  Kirkland, Wa

TJ Maloney writes:

>I now play a Yamaha BB300 electric bass. I used to play a Fender
>Precision before foolishly selling it many years ago. Compared to
>the Fender, the Yamaha is cheaper, lighter, flashier (red
>metallic finish!), and has a treblier tone (for a bass). Maybe I
>should get llama-gut strings for it.

Er, I don't think llama-guts would produce much sound...

                                            - Chris
-- 
Chris Denzler           WMRRA #5    1980 CX500         1991 Ducati 851
cdenzler@sierra.com                1978 Italjet RX50     1985 RZ-350 
"I'm smiling because I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
From: ssuhouns@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Paul Marshall Hounslow)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: two miles from home
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:39:42 GMT
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:34:32 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: two miles from home (was Re: Cops show- Motorcycle wreck)

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
 
>[everyone yammers on about their favorite stereotypes]

>But everyone seems to have missed my favorite accident-causing
>stereotype. The deaf & blind elderly driver, often manifested as old men
>with hats, or old ladies with hair nets. One of them drove over the
>front of my sister's cage last night. Of course this tale gets you two
>stereotypes for the price of one, since my sister is a teenager.

I got a good one.  Saw it in local paper.  Old man runs a motorcycle cop over
at a roundabout.  Says to cop "Sorry I didn't see you."  Not a good thing to
say :-)  Cop says "Oh, can you tell me the registration of that car over there."
Car about 20 yards.  Old git says "What car!"  Turns out he was almost blind,
"But it's alright, as my wife normally sits next to me and tells me where to go.
But she's not very well, and I'm just going to get her medicin."

Strainge but true.

This was in a place called Worthing, on the south coast of England.  Something
like over 70% of the population are over 65.


----
73's de Paul                         The smelling pistakes are all my own.
Packet: G4YFY@GB7BEQ                 I have no employer (I retired ;-).
EMail:  ssuhouns@susssys1.rdg.ac.uk  1985 K100RT                 DoD #0573
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Ken Orr)
Subject: Re: New $$$=New bike?
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:57:23 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.172635.9431@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>rich@gtsi.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:
>
>>What would you do if your income increased by 57%?
>
  Hmmmmm ??? How much ??? The names Deici and Tesi seem to come to mind :-) 

     "86 Ninja 600R"                               K.O.
  "DOD #306 AMA #615088"                       T.I. Dallas Tx.
                                            Orr@epcot.spdc.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: SECA II  Advice?
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:52:46 GMT

In article <21672@sybase.sybase.com> alexb@sybase.com (Alex Burmester) writes:
>Does anyone have a good reason not to get one of these?
>So far everything I've heard has been praise but I'm getting
>a little wary because of all the pro's and no con's.
>Would someone review some con's for me and any pro's that
>aren't obvious?

as the proud owner of a bright-red (but not drop-dead-ducati-red) seca2:

pro's:

+nice-looking
+handles well
+great gas mileage and 4.5 gal fuel on-board (200 mi before reserve)
+flat, decent powerband (see below)
+comfortable (two trips of 1000 and 700 miles, *no* sore spots)
+easily rides two-up comfortably
+low initial cost
+not classified as sportbike by ins co
+no side fairings to scratch in case of tipover

con's:

-makes an attractive barrier if you're engaged in a fight with two guys
-can't hang with the katana crowd (you know who you are, dave and sean)
-only 53 horses at your call
-leg position a little too bent for some
-rear tire (130/70-18) hard to find
-buzzes at 4-5k rpm in pegs and, lesser, in grips
-probably used bikes out there with equal/better performance for <$3800
-i'm not sure, but i think it's shim-under-bucket :-(
-centerstand optional, but available

overall, it's a commendable beater that responds well to some weekend
touring/ canyon-running.  if you want a sportbike, though, this ain't it.
i'm mighty happy with mine, though i still drool at ducs and fjs, et al.

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|       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 |
|       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   |
|                                                                          |
|       Don't look to me for proof that women get off easier than men.     |
|                               -- Evelyn                                  |
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bryanw@synoptics.com (Bryan Whitton)
Subject: Re: Women get off easier and more often (Was R
Reply-To: bryanw@synoptics.com
Organization: Synoptics Inc. Santa Clara, California.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:29:07 GMT

In article 22563@nas.nasa.gov, ciotti@wk42.nas.nasa.gov (Robert B. Ciotti) writes:
>In article <8eP4qa200WB9Ib=HNz@andrew.cmu.edu> ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Joseph Andy) writes:
>>Howdy,
>>
>>laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us (Laurie Abbott) writes:
>>> you know, i guess i'm going to have to flame you for this.  statistics
>>> collected in the past fifteen years by car insurers (and their
>>> statistics are damn well done when corporate profits are on the line)
>>> show that female drivers-- both the young ones like the victim of your
>>> post, and old ones like me-- are better drivers than the males in
>>> their age brackets.  the dui ratio for men to women is seven to one;
>>> that a two-time dui will be male goes to fourteen to one.  the sex of
>>> the person at fault in a fatal accident is 3 times more likely to be
>>> male than female. those who get speeding tickets for less than 25
>>> miles over the limit are pretty evenly divided; but those who get
>>> speeding tickets for going MORE than 25 miles over the limit-- say,
>>> going 90 in a 55, not even nominal DoD--are almost all male (98%). 
>
> And the probability that a woman will get off with a warning to that
>of a man getting the ticket/busted is 100 to 1.
>
>Get out the Nitro!
Looks to me that women don't need tickets as often as men, so I guess its
reasonable that they get off more often.

---
****		Faster Then a Speeding Ticket		****
Bryan Whitton	(408) 764-1324		bryanw@synoptics.com
1990 Katana 1100 45k and still going strong(very)

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Tires: Metzler 55a vs 99a
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:03:19 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

I'm looking for recommendations about Metzler's 55a and 99a 
tires.  I called Metzler and they position both tires as 
sport-touring tires, but with the 55a positioned between 
the Comp K and 99a for stickiness and lifetime.  They claim 
an average of 7000 miles on the 55a, didn't give a number 
for the 99a.  They pushed the 55a,  as did my dealer, who 
claimed that Metzler was replacing the 99 with the 55a in 
a phasing-in process.  They both claimed the 55a was a 
better-made tire.

The tire goes on my Honda Nighthawk, no speed demon.
I do enjoy pegscraping pretty often, though most of my miles
are on 2-lane highways where I don't push the machine too much.
I'm planning a week or week and a half bike trip from Seattle 
south to the Bay Area in the near future, taking 2-laners the 
whole way, 2-up.  That trip should give me at least 4000 miles, 
and I wouldn't want to thrash a new tire on one trip if i don't 
have to - I don't take many extreme lean angles with my girlfriend
on back.  Based mainly on mileage life, I'm leaning toward the 99a 
even though my dealer would have to special order it, not so 
with the 55a.

Also, the front tire still has about 1/2 tread (8000 miles on the 
bike) on the stock Dunlop.  Should I replace that with a 33 before
I embark on this trip?  If I don't really have to, I'd rather 
pass - that extra hundred bucks will be gas and food money.
But if I'm jeopardizing safety because the two tires don't mix 
well, or it's just a good idea to have similar grip on both ends, 
I'll change it when I change the rear.

Anybody have any words of wisdom on this topic?

Thanks, 
Pat          ==================================================
            // Pat Loughery [Patlo@Microsoft.com] Seattle, WA \\
+===========//'91 Nighthawk CB750 || DoD #393, AMA #639366, VME \\==========+
|Evaluating for post-Jan purchase: Duc 907ie; HD FXRT & FLHS; Triumph Trophy|
+===========================================================================+
|   "It felt great to be starting another long ride; the 9-to-5 world       |
|   could go to hell for a few days while my machine and I rolled across    |
|   the planet."   - Phil Stone, DoD #95                                    |
+===========================================================================+





Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: daved@convex.com (David Dorfman)
Subject: ST1100 1000km service
Summary: Is this required
Keywords: rip off
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:21:38 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.

I Just got off the phone with my local honda service dealer
who informed me the 600 mile service for my new ST1100 would
cost between 280 and 300 dollars. 

Is this worth it? why not just check the plugs change the oil
and filter and head back out on the road, ( oh I forgot check
the fluids).

What do you think, I called a local Honda specialist who informed me that
a valve adjustment would cost a lot more then 280.00 since the CAM's have to
be removed, so they are not even adjusting the valves. 


Has anybody out there had any experience with Honda Not honoring warranties
due to missing honda dealer service intervals?

I really don't want to pay all this money if it is not neccesary,
companies sell service to make money and I get the feeling that is what 
they want to do with the ST1100 600 mile service.

I thought the ST1100 was a "no-brainer/no maintenance" superbike and 
now I find out that the oil filter is lined with a gold platinum
alloy only available at your local Honda dealer:->

Thanks
Dave

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: tim@vestek.com (Tim McGinnis)
Subject: off road//honest doug & steve's
Organization: Vestek Systems
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 22:04:16 GMT


1)

  i'm looking for good places to ride my dirt bike off road in the bay area,
  preferably peninsula or marin...


2)
 
  has anyone ever gone to honest doug & steve's motorcycle repair
  as an alternative to golden gate cycles? thoughts? comments? 
  annecdotes? rememberances? snub pollard?


party your ass off,

tim


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                  you don't need to know
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