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From: jphillip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Shadow)
Subject: $@%^$&@%$#! ... Help, Suggestions ... please ...
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:20:03 GMT


	I have a small (yeah, right) problem and am looking for suggestions
on what I should do from ... well, anyone I guess.

	I have a 1985 Honda VF700F Interceptor in good working condition.  The
bike was stolen once and then returned - but sans the VIN and engine numbers.
This was in California.  I have since brought the bike out to school with me
(Purdue University in Indiana).  The problem is, the state of Indiana is giving
me major runaround in trying to licence the damn thing.

	First, they said it could not be done - no way, no how.  Then I was told
that yes, it could be done but I would need to get a replacement VIN number and
engrave it into the bike before I could regester it.  In order to do this, I had
to fill out a ream of paperwork, photograph the bike, and send it all away to
wait a few weeks.  About two weeks later I get a call from someone at the state
BMV saying that my request for a new VIN number had been denied.  In order for
them to issue me a new number, I would have to get a court order!  She said
that in order for that to happen, I would have to see a lawyer.

	Zounds!  A lawyer?  A court order?  This just isn't worth it, as far
as I am concerned.

	I can't sell the bike to some poor shmuck (damn my conscience) and I
can't sell the bike to a parts yard (I called Cycle Recycle in Indianapolis -
they said that without a VIN number on the bike, they won't buy it).

	So I'm stuck.

	If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate them.

	I would be willing to part the bike out myself - everything is in
good condition, the tires are fairly new, it has Super Trapps on it ... make
me an offer ...

-- 
	Peace, Love, and Armagheddon.
		jphillip@sage.cc.purude.edu
From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:34:01 GMT
Subject: Re: Bikes for candidates
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, faunt@dustbin.cisco.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes:

> I heard, on the radio, the tail end of a statement by the newly
> elected Senator from Colorado, a Native American, who said he had
> already put an order in for a new Harley.
> All statemnts in this message are suject to correction.

That would be John Nighthorse Campbell.  They showed a picture of him with
his new bike.  It's an obscenely large touring Harley with 200 pounds of
chrome.  It comes with a matching trailer.  Can you say conspicuous
consumption?  I wonder if he'll actually ride it.  

-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: advice on gear
Date: 5 Nov 92 15:42:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: unisql.4139
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <1992Nov4.223518.4657@oclc.org> hur@oclc.org (Matt Hur) writes:
>
>If you ever look at another tank bag, check out the Motoport magnetic bag.
>It is just like a BMW bag; however, instead of having the harness permanently
>attached to the tank, it is magnetic.  

It is also a real wonderful place to carry things like credit cards and
videotapes.  And I used to get a big kick out of putting my California
license (with magnetic strip) in it at every available oppurtunity.





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UniSQL, Inc.                           all my shrimps was dead and gone...
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Organization: AT&T Tridom, Engineering
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:24:24 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.185543.12008@rd.hydro.on.ca>, jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
> 
> Why the f*** can't they put hard luggage brackets on a $16k bike?
>
I was waiting to jump in on this...I figured someone else would say this,
but...

In CycleWorld, it was stated that the only reason the GTS1000A was shown
without hard luggage is that negotiations with Krauser had not yet been
completed.

> You buy a huge, expensive machine and you can't ride it three blocks
> without a tankbag because there's no place to store some bungee cords and
> a pair of sunglasses!
In both Motorcyclist *and* Cycle World, it was pointed out that the fake
gas tank contained a small compartment, just right for carrying...you guessed
it.  Sunglasses, wallets or bungees.

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
KotBBBB (1988 GSXR1100J)  AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
From: tgrupe@watnxt11.ucr.edu (Todd E. Grupe)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet Laws
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:22:22 GMT
Distribution: ca

In article <1992Nov5.225732.14390@spdc.ti.com> achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com  
(Jeff Achenbach) writes:
> >
> >   ABATE, MMA, and others are working on it. The state has made
> >about as much money on it as they can, other politicians are probably
> >a little nervous about supporting this BS now that motorcycles
> >deaths per accident are *up* some 8%, and Dick(head) Floyd has
> >been fired by his once trusting constituancy. So, maybe...
> >
> >
> 
> Ted Lyon, asshole originator of the Texas helmet law, also got the boot 
> this last election. Maybe there's hope here too.
> 
	Keep in mind that no state helmet law has ever been overturned in  
the U.S., and the trend seems to be leading toward a standardized federal  
law, comparable to the seat-belt law.  If it can be overturned anywhere,  
though, it should be California.  

TG   Lost in Southern California Hell
--
tgrupe@watserv.ucr.edu

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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: British rides. I don't think he was british.
Date: 13 Nov 92 18:35:41 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1e0o2mINN6h5@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 29130@cbfsb.cb.att.com, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>
>>Ahem. My seester was at a party with her boyfriend. he = 17. she = 18.
>>Cops busted in. She was charged w contributing to the sexual
>>delinquincy(sp) of a minor.[
>
>"Contributing to the delinquency of a minor," I could believe, but
>contributing to his *sexual* delinquency?!?  What exactly was she doing
>to him?  :^)
>

They were into Lambada before Lambada was cool.
In the privacy of a bedroom mind you.
 
Everybody Lambada. Go. 
blurb blurb....motorcycle....blurb, blurb.
 
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From: ravi@sequoia.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Break-in (what is it?)
Date: 5 Nov 1992 18:52:16 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: juniper.wpi.edu

In article <RTARAZ.92Nov5123720@bigwpi.WPI.EDU>, rtaraz@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes:
|> 
|> I was asked by somebody about why a motorcyle has to be broken-in.
|> Although I kinda know why, I couldn't give a good answer.
|> Can you guys give a good convincing answer?
|> 

	its basically giving time for the various moving parts to get
	to know each other. ;-)

	peace,

	- ravi

	one more irrelevant post from wpi ;-)

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From: alex@lyra.colorado.edu (Alex Matthews)
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe and hard luggage ad infinitum
Originator: alex@lyra
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:34:55 GMT

I sent my Krauser info file to the r.m.archives on physics.mcgill.ca,
in case anyone's curious.

I also started to track down two former US manufacturers of hard luggage, 
Olympic and Samsonite.  If foreign companies like Krauser, Shoei, and 
Nonfango have North America distributors now, maybe there's enough of a 
market for the US manufacturers to come out of hibernation.

If any old-timers have info (brand names, old addresses, etc.) about
old hard-bag manufacturers, drop me a line.  I'm still working on
hunches, now.

- Alex
-- 
-Alex Matthews (alex@lyra.colorado.edu, matthews@jila.bitnet)
DoD #0010   
"Occasionally we may try to reroute you briefly onto a particularly
beautiful side road...." - Numerical Recipes
From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Alternative uses for Aerostitch
Date: 12 Nov 1992 23:51:20 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


>John!  Let everyone know! Is the Motowear REALLY as good as an Aero? quality?
>weight? strength? Can you give details of construction? colors? padding &
>reinforcements?  I can get into a suit that's $300 cheaper than Aero
>
>IF!  IF!  IF!
>
>it's as good/better? than an Aero ...
>
>I'm sure more than a couple of us are interested!
>
>S.
>
>-- 
>#   Scott Lilliott - csl@swl.msd.ray.com 

I will.  I will.   I'm really busy.  Argh.

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Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a BSME can get a job?  Available 1/93.  This is for real!
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Alternative uses for Aerostitch
From: Bill Chan <bc2r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 1992 03:46:57 -0500 
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Subject: Alternative uses for Aerostitch
Date: 5 Nov 1992 21:01:02 GMT

In <1dc22eINNda7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:

>But that isn't the point of this.  I was wondering if any of you 
>Aerostitchers had used you suit for something other than motorcycling,
>namely skiing.  It seems perfect.  Waterproof (kinda), warm (kinda),
>easy to seal out the elements.  

>Better yet, tell me why I shouldn't use it for skiing.  It seems now
>that I can use it year round.

I've approached the question from the opposite angle. Namely, I wear my
NorthFace gear when I ride in foul weather. Natch, the material is not
the heavy ballistics cloth all over (its got the ballistics at wear
points) so a fall would probably toast the gear but its better than
forking over another $600 for an AeroStitch. 

It works fine for me. But. Since it wasn't designed for this
application, of course it isn't as good as the Aerostitch. I'd imagine
the same would apply if you tried to use a suit designed for
motorcycling as a ski suit. The range of motion is totally different in 
the two activities. BTW I think Aerostitch could take some lessons on
aesthetic design from any of the sports clothing manufacturers. My
NorthFace gear is definitely more stylin' than the Aerostitch.IMHO.

-Bill
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Solution to toll booth troubles
Keywords: Q-free system
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:55:59 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.215651.4168@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> pfs@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (Paul Schnettler) writes:
>good 3-4 hours, we even stopped and gassed up together and continued or cat and
>mouse game. Anyway, when I stopped at the Penn./Ohio border the toll matron
>looked at the card and informed me that if a State Trooper would have been park-ed at his spot by the booths he would have been summoned by her to write me a
>ticket for speeding or wasting gas (this was during the 1st oil embargo).
>I thought she was just jerking my chain,trying to get a reaction out of a young
>(21)guy in a hot cage!! Anyone else have any experiences like this?

Yea, I've flown down that turnpike(course I was going fast) but my toll matron/
matronette seemed to have a life and so didn't give me any crap.
Ya shoulda said "If the State Trooper had been parked in his spot I probably
wouldn't tell you to <insert smartass comment>!".
 
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 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
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From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.harley
Subject: Re: Get your wallets out...
Date: 10 Nov 92 13:14:14 GMT
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)

Paul Blumstein writes:

->And all American flags are made offshore.  We are no longer a
manufacturing
->economy, we are a service economy.  If you tried to get any kind of
->service anywhere lately, you'll disagree with the latter half of
->that statement.
BZZZT.. Wrong, US Flags are made in a small factory on
Bloomfield Ave between Bloomfield and North Caldwell NJ.
Across the street and up one block from the US epicurian
institution "White Castle"(the poor mans McDonalds).
For those of you who have never heard of White Castle they
sell their burgers by the dozen kinda like Horses doveries
burgers. :-)
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#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I by my jeans, jackets and ammo
in the same store.
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR900RR question
Date: 6 Nov 92 13:56:38 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

danny@tummel.turing.ac.uk (Danny Pearce) writes:
: 
: |> 
: |>   Let me know what you paid for yours. I paid $7,500 base price for mine here
: |> in Dallas. How does that compare.
: |> 
: 
: 
: Life is grossly unfair!!  The UK price for fireblades (all dealers around Glasgow)
: is around 7,300 **POUNDS**  Thats about $11,000-12,000 dollars at current rates!
:

	Again:

		I thought your wonderful european economy didn't like
		Japanese Products..???

					Ryan Montieth Gill
From: mikel@pdx165.intel.com (Mike Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: '90 & '91 Suzuki GSXR1100 FOR SALE !!!!!
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:34:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: ichips.1992Nov9.183442.18249
Reply-To: mikel@ichips.intel.com
Organization: Workgroup Computing Division, PDX, Intel

Parting out 1990 and 1991 Blue & White GSXR-1100's.
Also have a 1987/8 GSXR 1100 rear wheel (black) and stock carbs.

1991 Bodywork in mint/A+ condition.
1990 Bodywork in B/B+ condition (small scratches, no roadrash).

Everything else is in excellent shape. The motors, wheels and front forks
have already been sold.  I still have frames, swingarms, shocks, most
wiring, brakes, peg assemblies, etc.  No reasonable offer refused on either
individual pieces or the whole collection; just let me know what you need.

Contact Mike @ 503-696-4945 W
	    or 503-690-2150 H

or reply via email: mikel@ichips.intel.com



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From: dschlot@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Dave Schlotthauer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Subject: IS IT POSSIBLE??
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:28:48 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr. Mtn Vw CA 94035

Is it possible? Could it be true? I know it's hard to believe, but are
cagers even more STUPID on Mondays? 

12 mile ride, 10 minutes, three near misses. 

Near miss #1: Two lanes turning left and I am in the right hand lane.
The light turns green and everyone begins to move, including the asshole
to my left who decides he really wants to be in the lane I am in. I
slam on the brakes and hit my horn (long and hard) and this jerk off,
who, by the way misses my front tire by no more than 2 inches, stares
back at me like I was at fault. Being late for work I decide not to
follow him onto the freeway going southbound and kick in the door of his
yuppie sales-mobile.

Near miss #2: I'm on 280 northbound, going a little faster than the flow
of traffic (yeah right, a little) and idiot #2 who is in the second lane
from the left decides he wants to be in the fast lane which I occupy.
First of all he has no business being in the fast lane because the
people in the slow lane are faster than he is. So he tries to get where
I currently am so I move into the carpool lane (I wasn't there to begin
with cause I'm not going *that* fast) and this asswipe must say to
himself, "Hey! I just missed hitting that motorcyclist. Mabey I can get
him this time." And proceeds to try to occupy my space once again. But
this time I'm having none of that and juice the throttle and blow past
this guy giving him the friendly middle finger with my left hand. I'm
not giving this guy a third chance so drive a little (there's that word
again) faster for the next couple of miles.

Near miss #3: Whew! I'm just about there. Nothing can hurt me now.
WRONG! Blind cager #3 is coming off the freeway onto Moffett Blvd. and
decides to not just move over one lane, but all the way over to guess
where?? That's right. My Lane. This one is easy but it was still too
close. I just move into the lane he should have been in and give him the
bird too. As I'm passing him of course.

Oh well, just part of the game I guess.
From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Won't be in Colorado...
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:07:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: sei.1992Nov10.180705.27974
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute


daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
|> jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
|> >I don't agree.  I prefer to have a friendly workplace.  Part of
|> >friendliness is knowing more about people, and that sometimes includes
|> >their sexual orientation.  Straight people have no compunction about
|> >revealing their sexual identities; why should gay people? 
|> 
|> If they trust the people they work with to not hold it against them then
|> maybe they should, but In this wonderful world I make it a practice of not 
|> sharing any information with any co-worker, that my co-worker would find
|> offensive, both out of respect for their values and to protect myself from
|> a negative reaction on their part. Would you tell your Boss you once
|> broke some unimportant law, if you felt he would lose respect for you?

There's a big difference between, say, telling your boss that you shoplifted
something and telling your boss that you went to the movies with a date named
Dave (or some other same-sex name). Same-sex relations aren't illegal. 

|> Use common sense, you don't have to advertise your political and sexual
|> beliefs at work. If the work place is open and friendly you may want to, but
|> work is not the place to get approval for all your personnel and political
|> decisions. 

I don't want anyone's goddamn approval, I just don't want to worry about
losing my job because some homophobe takes offense to me saying that I went
out with my male lover. (To the movies, to dinner, to watch the sun set over
some particularly pretty hill, not necessarily to his bedroom; I don't plan on
splashing a play-by-play of my sex life all over the lunchroom.) If you go out
on a date with a woman, do you feel that you have to hide that fact from
everyone in your office? 

|> The question was, should a protected class be created on the basis of sexual
|> orientation. The words "protected class" have a special meaning under the
|> law to offer protection above and beyond normal civil and job rights.

Okay, so just what does "protected class" mean? CFV's been tossing the term
around, and apparently it's caught on, so how about explaining just what the
hell it means.

|> I hope your emotional response is not indicative of what will happen.
|> Perhaps we should be working for more rights for all people.

Gee, perhaps we should. 
So what the fuck have you done?

Dan, just another one of those emotional faggots



_____________________________________________________________________________
Dan Bidwa                             I believe nothing and in nothing.
dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu       !disclaim!   I believe everything and in everything.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rwalls@twg.com (Roger Walls)
Subject: Re: Bikes Indoors (Was Re: SOMEONE TRIED TO STEAL MY)
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:55:16 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.200645.20526@eos.arc.nasa.gov> phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes:
>In article <16110233@hpsad.sad.hp.com> frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball) writes:
>storm was headed my way.  I couldn't bear to leave my cherished CB350
>out in the deluge, so I wheeled it into the living room.
>
> Phil Stone         (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov | ...ames!eos!phil)

In the latest issue of WING WORLD (the GWRRA magazine) there are some
Gold Wing owners (Obviously in the colder Climates) who bring their
Gold Wing into their living room (in front of a large picture window)
and go as far as decorating it for Christmas.         

				Jolly Roger
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Break-in (what is it?)
Date: 13 Nov 1992 15:52:05 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 2887@devnull.mpd.tandem.com, joe@mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner) writes:
>egreen@east.sun.com writes:

>>No.
>
>No it doesn't mean you won't kill me or no you won't kill me?

Exactly.

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 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: kydd@quads.uchicago.edu (Andrew Kydd)
Subject: Re: Help with an electrical problem
Reply-To: kydd@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:28:43 GMT

I had a similar problem with my bike and it turned out that the rectifier 
was shorted, or so I was told.  It was replaced and now it charges fine.
I did wonder if the price for the new rectifier ($90) was inflated or not.
I am new to motorcycles and had no basis for comparison so I just paid
what I was told to pay.  The bike is old though, a KZ400 from 1977.  
Is this a reasonable price to pay?  
Andy Kydd
kydd@midway.uchicago.edu

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kydd@midway.uchicago.edu                                 Political Science
   
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: peram@cs.tamu.edu (Suresh B Peram)
Subject: Renting Motorcycles
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: tx
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:59:14 GMT


Hi,

  Do you know of any place in Texas that
  rents motorcycles ?

  thanks for any info/phone numbers.

Suresh