HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Subject: Re: Definitive HD TV/Vid Authorized Collectible
Originator: markk@sparcplug
Reply-To: markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer)
Organization: Teknekron Communications Inc.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:07:29 GMT

Tod Jonson writes:

>3) Harley Davidsons manufacturing facility played a major role in this
>   countries defense strategy of WWII and thereafter, They are poised
>   to do so again if necesary. The survival of HD is critical to the
>   overall shoving of a sindwinder missle up Sadams posteriour.

This is true.  Harley Davidson has been involved in developing a
Stealth Attack Motorcycle for the army.  A camoflage painted Fat Boy
was seen putting through the woods around the Harley plant blowing
bits of steel wool out of it's drag pipes.  The operator would stop
occationally to take shots at birds and animals with a revolver.

I should point out that the army's Stealth Attack Motorcycle (SAM)
should not be confused with the more ambitious Surface to Air
Motorcycle (SAM) being developed for the Marine Corps.  The marine
project is being developed from concepts pioneered by Evil Kenieval
with his rocket powered canyon jumping bike.  The idea is to deploy
motorcycle mounted troops to the beach from ships offshore by
launching them from the decks with rockets.

--
- )V(ark)<  FZR400 Pilot / ZX900 Payload / RD400 Mechanic  DoD #400
                          Squid Index 3.5
From: bloom@inland.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Are BMWs form or function?
Date: 21 Jan 93 07:58:15 CST
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

In article <tcora-130193100519@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>, tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi) writes:
> In article <C0rEIt.J3I@unix.amherst.edu>, nrmendel@unix.amherst.edu
> (Nathaniel Mendell) wrote:
>> 
>> John S. Morris (jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org) wrote:
>> : 
>> : The R bike also has:	non-telescopic fork
>> : 
>> 
>> Did I miss something? I thought Bimota and Yamaha were the only manufacturers
>> selling bikes with non-telescopic forks....
> 
> Can you say Earles? I knew you could.
> 
> (PS: Nobody said anything about BMW "selling" such bikes currently)
> 
>                 tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil


So what?  Indian had a springer front end on the Chief, but I wouldn't
go bragging about it.
........Dr. Doom
From: ellert@v32.uh.cwru.edu ()
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nationalized Lawyers  was Re: pitch for nat'l health, was: etc
Date: 25 Jan 1993 18:04:44 GMT
Organization: Image Analysis Center, Univ. Hospitals of Cleveland
Distribution: world
Reply-To: ellert@nu1.uh.cwru.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: max.uh.cwru.edu


In article <1993Jan22.135006.20655@bnr.uk>, npet@bnr.ca (Neil Harrington) writes:
>So what's the problem?  Bad at organising?  Social Responsibility a little
>difficult to grasp?

The usual; SOS.
The government is terrible at organising, probably because they can't spell.
Grasp the concept; disagree with its implementation; prefer the concept of
Individual Responsibility.

>
>Nick (the Satisfied Biker)   DoD 1069   Flamer Extraordinaire   Concise Oxford
>
>
>M'Lud.
>

Ed (the Individualist) 
DoD #1110
Democracy over Denegration
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach)
Subject: Re: Sticky valve on SR500, what to do?
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:48:25 GMT

In article <sreeb.727650809@crash.cts.com> sreeb@crash.cts.com (Ed Beers) writes:
>I believe my 1981 Yamaha SR500 now has a sticky valve.  The bike hadn't
>been used for almost 2 months (largely due to some fairly amazing weather
>here in San Diego).  When I went to start it, it had little or no 
>compression.  I was eventually able to kick it to life and, after running 
>for one minute, it then had reasonable compression.  I attempted to make a
>compression test measurement but, lacking in strength, weight, or technique, 
>was unable to acquire a useful measurement.  I don't currently have access
>to a leakdown tester.  It has done this once before, 6 months, 1000 miles ago.
>
>My questions:
>1) Is this a sign that I need to do some immediate head work lest things get
>more expensive in a hurry?
>
>2) Is this bike due for a valve job anyway.  It now has 16000 miles on it.
>
>3) Is this problem likely to go away assuming it gets its normal (100 miles/
>week) usage?
>
>4) Am I wrong to believe its a valve?  The compression release lever springs
>back when released.  I always kick it through a few times before attempting 
>to start it so it may be caused only after applying the compression release.
>
>Any advise would be appreciated.

I got my SR500 real cheap due to this problem. Disconnect compression release
cable and remove rocker cover. Remove spark plug. Rotate engine and observe
rocker action. Check for free play with piston at TDC. If valve lash is
correct, it's not stuck. Connect cable and repeat. If no free play, lube the
compression release cable. Get the White Brothers top end oiling kit. About
$20 and a 10 minute (max) installation.

Jeff Achenbach
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bigdog!jon (Jon Wright)
Subject: Re: Goofy nicknames
Organization: Pages Software Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:50:40 GMT

william.j.penschow writes
> Several years ago I had a boss named Richard Clapp.  He sure didn't like to 
> be called "Dick".

I also remember a guy that used to sell electrical equipment to my dad, his  
name was Harry Sachs and went by "Fuzzy" due to his almost-bald pate.  Dad  
always introduced him to clients as Fuzzy, but almost never mentioned his last  
name.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Subject: Looks (was Re: Definitive HD TV/Vid Authorized Collectible)
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:55:37 GMT

In article <4622@cvbnetPrime.COM> tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
|	You see Dick, woman are the most sought after, and powerful forces
|in the universe. It is too often that men underestimate their need for the
|companionship of a woman; and more important, the loving and caring that
|women possess and can share with a man. Woman are unsurpassed in beauty on
|this earth. They are unsurpassed in the ability to express and eminate love
|on this earth.  As soon as men realize this and deal with it, we'll be better
|off. It's not a matter of control as much as it is a matter of respect. Men
|need to respect woman for what they are as woman, and as individuals.

   I could introduce you to one or two women (one in particular that I wish I
had never met) that is a direct contradiction to what you state above...  Some
people are worth knowing - some people (women included) simply aren't, no
matter what looks they possess.

|P.S.	Actually, come to think of it; this gal who would make me push my
|bike off a cliff better be pretty stacked.

  Although looks usually play some part, it isn't a sole criteria, nor should
it be so important.  My best friend's ex-girlfriend (probably one of the most
stacked women I've ever seen, not too mention actually meeting her) recently
made a suggestion that we ought to get together sometime (nudge, nudge, wink,
wink).  Although I was completely single at the time, I'm all too aware of this
type of insecure woman that hits on ex-SO's friends, and I feel that a
friendship is worth a lot more than that kind of trouble.  Yeah, I know I'm
weird.

| I guess that would play a major
|role in the decision after thinking about it a bit. I mean shit, my fuckin
|bike would cost about $15k to replace.

  I guess your attention to looks over function explains this... :-)

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!ran
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: YO! U.S. [was] Hey, Europe!
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:36:13 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <espen.27.0@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no> espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no (Epsonasjen) writes:

     [very lengthy included text deleted for bandwidth conservation]

>....Advice: Do NOT eat shit!

>Espen Olsen
>(Yet another stupid .sig ....

....following close on the heels of yet another stupid post.


ObGeography: so what does the Grand Canyon represent?

ObMoto: anyone have a problem with water in the fuel possibly freezing/causing
havoc on particularly cold (mid- to high-20s) days?  The coldblooded SecaII
runs like an old VW Bug in this weather, even when it's warmed up, choke,
partial choke, or no choke.  What gives?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|        Cliff Weston           DoD# 0598          '92 Seca II (Tem)       |
|                                                                          |
|                   I consider....buying used underpants.                  |
|                            -- Geir Solvang                               |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: tjohnson@anyway.prime.com (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine.
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:33:03 GMT
Reply-To: tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317)
Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA

In article <1993Jan21.005116.20166@megatek.com> randy@megatek.com writes:
> Tod;
>
>  Care to enlighten us about what the name of your bike means in Latin?
>
>Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com

Mr Davis;

	First off let me thank you for your response to my original post.
I always have enjoyed your postings here at rec.motorcycles, and will
continue to do so for some time to come. I also had lunch with Elvis the
other day.

	Anyway, my bike is a Heritage Softail Classic (FLSTC). In Latin it 
translates as follows..

Heritage - from the Latin word Herigicus meaning "all over the land"
Softail - from the Latin word Softassica meaning "my ass is killing me"
Classic - from the Latin word Classicus meaning "overpriced but resellable"

So the translation is basically "Your ass will kill you when you drive this
excessively priced bike, but you can sell it for as much as you paid for it".

Always Glad To Disperse Some Knowledge;

Tod J. Johnson
DoD #883
"Go Slow, Take Geritol"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: groh@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (Jim Groh)
Subject: Re: alt.motorcycles.harley
Reply-To: groh@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 16:30:34 GMT

In article <C1GnGB.IIM@fulcrum.co.uk> rct@fulcrum.co.uk (Richard Taylor) writes:
>I note that the alt.motorcycles.harley group has gone terribly quiet.
>Got bored talking to your fellow owners? Same old subjects - you know,
>can't get it started, rust on the exhausts, where can I get a Harley
>beer coaster, etc.
>
>Well, welcome back guys, we didn't miss you at all. :-)

Actually we didn't miss you either DICK, we just moved to 
rec.motorcycles.harley.

>Regards,
>============================================================================
>Richard Taylor                  DoD #981                 (rct@fulcrum.co.uk)
>"I just need enough to tide me over until I need more."		- Bill Hoest
>============================================================================
>Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
>
>


-- 
Jim Groh     groh@sig.cs.fsu.edu  | DoD #0356  |   Hog# 0437643 |new  improved
1959 XLH 900  **  1982 FXR  **  1989 XLH 883  **  1990 XLH 1200 | smaller sig
From: alpha@w6yx.Stanford.EDU (Alpha Schram)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Potential beer crisis (was Re: That Rider squid survey)
Date: 21 Jan 1993 07:36:48 GMT
Organization: Stanford University Amateur Radio Club, California USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: w6yx.stanford.edu

In article <1993Jan20.221913.21931@eos.arc.nasa.gov> phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.194054.17484@progress.com> matth@progress.COM (Matthew J. Harper) writes:
> 
>>     Starve a lawyer!  Boycott Sam Adams and Jim Koch's BS legal tactics!
>
>What does this mean?  Tell me I don't have to stop drinking Sam Adams??
>Is the Boston Brewing Co. going after homebrewers or something?
>
Yes, do tell!  Take away my Sam Adams (Brewer, Patriot) and I will be
a bad girl.

>Shit.  This is turning out to be a lousy day.

Yeah, me too.  

-- 
Alpha Schram	alpha@w6yx.stanford.edu*"My legs are getting so they don't
1974 CB360 (Sexy Sadie)		       * percolate so well anymore!"
"It's not a big motorcycle,	       *       --my grandmother, 13.Jan.93
just a groovy little motorbike..."     *---------ROMANI ITE DOMUM---------
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Kawasaki salesman joke (off rec.humor)
From: dev2@inform.co.nz (Michael Seales)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:31:40 GMT
Organization: InForm Group Ltd.

I didn't write this, send credit to sjbuckle@minster.york.ac.uk and flames
to /dev/null...

In article <727613267.3024@minster.york.ac.uk>, sjbuckle@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
> 
> So there's this salesman for Kawasaki motorbikes who's doing rather well. He
> sells a lot of motorbikes and his boss comes up to him and tells him that he's
> won the Kawasaki Salesman of the Year Award. He's going to be presented with
> the award at the company dinner and will of course have to give a speech.
> 
> The salesman is chuffed of course and that night on the way home he starts to
> think about what he's going to say in his speech, which is the following
> Wednesday. Suddenly he feels a trouser explosion coming on and lets it rip:
> HONDA! it goes. Bloody hell he thinks I hope *that* doesn't happen during the
> speech. A few minutes later it happens again: HONDA! In fact all that night and
> into the next day he still has this wind which comes out making a noise like
> HONDA! He is worried by then and decides to buy some pills. The pills give a
> short respite but the following day it's back with a vengeance: HONDA! HONDA!
> 
> He takes the day off work and goes to the doctor. He demonstrates his ailment
> to the doctor who's never heard anything like it before and can only refer the
> salesman to an specialist (etc this can be dragged on depending on how much the
> listener already finds it funny). Anyway the specialist gives him electric shock
> treatment or something but next day: HONDA! HONDA! HONDA! The salesman goes
> back to the specialist in despair. The specialist says, look, I know of a
> Chinese soothsayer who can sometimes work miracles. Here's his address.
> 
> So the salesman goes to see the Chinese soothsayer and describes his ailment.
> The Chinese soothsayer smiles knowingly and says "Ah! You have Abcess. In Tooth.
> Go to Dentist". The salesman thinks he's mad but is willing to try anything and
> goes to the dentist. Remarkably the dentist DOES find an abcess in one of the
> salesman's teeth. He drills and fills it. Suddenly the salesman feels the
> pressure subside and realises he's cured. That evening he gives his speech and
> it all goes well.
> 
> The next day, out of curiosity, he goes back to the Chinese soothsayer and says,
> hey, look you were right. But how did you know? The Chinese soothsayer smiles
> knowingly and says "Aha! Ancient Chinese ploverb! "Abcess makes the fart go
> Honda".


Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: artc@world.std.com (Art Campbell)
Subject: Re: MSF Computer Challenge
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:55:58 GMT

bcd@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Bryan Dunlap) writes:

>In article <1993Jan22.213409.19258@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:

>>The official release (1.00) of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation
>>Computer Challenge is complete.  This "trivial pursuit" style game is
>>available from the MSF or by anonymous FTP from cerritos.edu.  The
>>program and all associated files are in the .ZIP archive, SKILL.ZIP.

>	Could some kind soul tell me how to upload this? I have no real
>	idea how to deal with archives... I haven't even really been able
>	to find any file at cerritos that I think might be this program. 

>I had no luck ftp'ing it to a unix box - something broke the format of
>the zip file between vms & unix.  So I ftp'd it to vms and then
>kermited it onto my pc at home. 

I did the same thing and ended up with a corrupted .ZIP file that the
zipfix utility couldn't cope with. So, to add to the previous question:
A) is the Source .ZIP file corrupted? Can someone who can compare the
	file to a known-good one check?
B) Other than ftping in binary mode, are there any VAX-ftp tricks one
	has to know about t get the file home intact?
C) I've heard that files zipped with the latest and greatest version
	of PKZIP use a different compression algorythm than earlier
	versions (L&G is 2.0, I think -- most people use 1.10). Which
	means that a 2.0 compressed file can't be opened with a 1.10 
	utility. What version was the original SKILLS.ZIP zipped with?
	Could this be the problem?

Art

-- 
Art Campbell          artc@world.std.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
From: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 'tis the season to work on the bike
Date: 23 Jan 93 07:46:33 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Apple Computer

When I was looking for my VFR, I test rode about six machines with
various aftermarket exhausts and carb jettings. NONE of them were 
as sweet, pleasant to ride, as quiet and tractable as the stone
stock system. Oh yeah, I could easily feel that one setup had more
midrange rush and another would be a little goosier at high rpm.
But the stock system was quiet, the bike idled great, it's got a 
fantastic power spread and has pulled reliably to 140 on the clock.

Actually improving on stock these days takes serious work. Leave it 
alone or return it to stock unless you're willing to make a serious
commitment to development.

I have a spare set of mufflers (right one has a scratch line from a
low speed get off and is otherwise perfect) and a spare centerstand
for the '87 VFR700FII for sale to anyone who needs/wants them. Make 
an offer if you are interested.

I'll miss my VFR, but a new Ducati calls my name and I, slut that I
am, have succumbed.

14 days left ...
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 Rule #1: Never sell a Ducati.         | "The street finds its own
 Rule #2: Always obey Rule #1.         |  uses for things." -WG
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: really, really waterproof gloves?
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:50:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.144630@is.morgan.com> spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan Goellner) writes:
>Just picked up industrial strength kitchen rubber gloves from a restaurant
>supply store. They're large enough to fit over the winter gloves and have
>foot long (no exxageration) gauntlets. Plus they're a very stylish puke green.
>Cost me 3 bucks. Let you all know how they work after the next rain storm.

I have a pair of gloves along these lines that I picked up at a gardening
store. They keep the water out, but are very bulky, making it difficult to 
work the turn signals. They're also really stiff, so my hands hurt after
a while from keeping the gloves bent around the handlebars. This may not
be as bad for you hairy, muscle types with big hands.

Was anyone here silly enough, like me, to buy racing-style gloves in nifty
colours? Does the dye eventually stop bleeding all over your hands (either
when you sweat or in the rain)? Is there anything that one can do to 
prevent this, aside from wearing a liner or buying new gloves? I once 
walked into a bike shop after a rain storm, pulled off my gloves and the
salesman loked at my blue hands and said, "I see that you have Fox disease!"

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jchapma@opie.bgsu.edu
Subject: old bike for sale
Organization: Bowling Green State University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:46:17 GMT

	Anyone interested in a good condition old Honda?
	
	It is a 1972 Honda CB550Four.
	The mileage is low and it runs like new.
	It has a fiberglass fairing with a plastic windshield 
	like the bikes on CHIPS, the 70's show about motorcycle cops.
	The exhaust has been changed to headers and it has a King and Queen
	style seat.  Just thought I would give this news line a shot.
	How bout $350 or best offer.  I'm in the upper Ohio area (Toledo).
	E-Mail me if you are interested. :-)

					Justin Chapman
					jchapma@opie.bgsu.edu
7
From: npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nationalized Lawyers  was Re: pitch fo
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:07:35 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@i88.isc.com) wrote:
: >In article 4790@bnr.uk, npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar) writes:
: >>
: >>Our postal service is the envy of most countries.  91% (?) of first class
: >>letters are delivered by the following day, even from Cornwall to the 
: >>Highlands of Scotland.  

: Yeah, but did you ever try sending a postcard to anyone named
: Craig Shergold in the U.K.?

: -- 
: Jonathan Quist (the despatched biker)		Perverse Oxford
: M'Lud

What's with the M'Lud bit, Jonothan?  Can't you find your own monocle?

Who is Craig Shergold?  The name rings a distant bell but I can't place him...

Oh and by the way, the other 9% of letters get delivered the next day.  The
number of lost letters is extremely small.  Someone sent a postcard recently
with no destination address and no return address.  The Royal Mail took this
as a challenge, especially as the postcard had written on it something about
how bad they were (which they aren't).  They tracked the sender down, obtained
the address and delivered it, all within a couple of days.  Not too bad, eh?

This government wants to privatise it, of course.  Cretins!

How's the bored bike?

--
Nick Pettefar			         Bell Northern Research, Incorporated.
NickP@HoMe  '86 K100RS "Kay", DoD 1069	   Maidenhead, Bucks
 __	  There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
 \/		       followed by the words "Daddy!  Yay!"