HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery)
Subject: Re: Any Good bike videos out there?
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:08:11 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <1992Jul12.225855.373@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu wrote:
> 
> 	Along these lines, they just came out with a new version of
> 	"On Any Sunday". It's very amusing to look at, as they do a lot of
> 	off road work on BSAs and other bikes that seem pretty road-like
> 	compared to any dirt bikes today...


I just rented it.  I like it much better than the 1st.  They do a lot more with
roadracing this time out.  Specifically, they profile Kenny Roberts in the start
of his career.

             ==================================================
            // 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: brucer@drutx.ATT.COM (RobinsonB)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: rec.moto.harley
Summary: wonderful
Date: 23 Jul 92 15:21:22 GMT
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO


    ...
+ 
+ A Short History of the Bigots.
+ 
+   ...

+ And yet some remembered fondly the Old Ways. 
+ 
+ -- laurie
+ ____________________________________________________________________
+ "Never underestimate the ability of a man to underestimate the abil-
+ ity of a woman."                                   --V.I. Warshawski
+ 
+ laurie@halfdome.sf.ca.us                                   DoD #0023



		Fabulous, absolutely fabulous !!!!!
		I can't wait for Chapter II.


-- 
    66
     >
     ^ .................. brucer " President L. Abbot Fan Club " (DoD #0002)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Subject: Re: Harley riders waved !!!
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:09:22 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.195435.16048@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.182620.16771@balrog.dseg.ti.com>, keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer) writes:
>
>> Oh yea.  And I got a great 52nd anniversary Sturgis T-shirt at the 
>> Ben Franklin across the street.  Only 3 weeks early.
>
>Does it have the HD logo on it?  When I was there, there were plenty of
>T-shirt sales going on, but they were all fakes, i.e., not the "official"
>T-shirt.  
>
No, mine has a copyright by the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce.  It doesn't 
mention HD anywhere, only the Black Hills Motor Classic.

>
>Did you visit the Bob Pasker Memorial R100G/S Hill Climb Crater?
>
No, didn't know it existed and didn't see any hiway signs about it.  Is it in
the AAA tourguide?



-- 
Keith Schauer		Texas Instruments	Plain O, Texas
80 CB900 Custom		
DoD #0901		In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
			My company disavows any knowledge of my actions.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ridgway@cco.caltech.edu (Alex Ridgway)
Subject: Re: Venison for Ride and Feed
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:01:12 GMT

scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>	You may joke, but in my hometown state of Idaho they serve roadkilled
>	venison in jail. In fact, you are required to sign a waiver when
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>	you are tossed in jail, absolving the state of any responsibility if
>	you get sick off their roadkill food. Don't ask how I know (let's just
>	say a friend is no longer so into the idea of DoD nominal limits :-()


  Uh, how exactly does this work?  If you refuse to sign, do they
throw you in jail?  Or do they not allow you to go to jail... ?

--------- Alex Ridgway    DoD  # 48

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cgates@mitre.org (Curt Gates)
Subject: Re: Venison for Ride and Feed
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:52:47 GMT


In article <ltfm4p-.edg@netcom.com> edg@netcom.com (Ed Greenberg) writes:
> Um, these are JAILORS.  If you refuse to sign, or if you are not
> cheerful about it, they beat you senseless with a truncheon.

Aw, no, Ed. It aint always that bad. I heard it went something like this:

Warden: Okay guys, feeding time.  Ya got venison for dinner today.
Voice from Cell: Geez, did they bleed the deer right this time?
Warden: Yea, this one got hit by a little Mazda Mimata and its 
 windshield gutted the deer then and there, 
 and the sheriff told me the cagers were so covered with 
 blood and guts that the EMTs got sick. Whole car was awash. But dont let 
 me ruin your appetite.
Voice: Remember the deer that got hit by the bike. Jeez, it laid there so 
 long all you could do  was make chilie out of it.
Another Voice: Quit complainin about Bambi. You signed the sheet. And you
  know the  warden does the best he can with the rattlesnakes.
First Voice: Yea, but its the skunks I cant stomach. How do we know theyre 
  fresh?
Second voice: How do you know the chicken is fresh in the supermarket? 
  Gonna take somebodys word for it?  Youre right. Eating roadkill is 
  like riding a bike. You take full responsibility for your safety.
  Now take those DOD riders heading to North Carolina... I heard 
  Ed Green......
Warden: Shut up about Ed and Dean. Now eat! You signed the paper, remember?

************************************
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)
************************************ 
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: DoD stuff reqd.
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:56:19 GMT

datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
>I was wondering if someone could fax me a DoD badge or something for me to use 
>as a flag or to use as a design for a flag.

Some folks seem to have a hard time believing this, but Geekey The
Daemon, as he appears in the "What's a DoD" FAQ, is the original and 
all other forms are but pale imitations of the ASCII original.

So fire up that color Postscript printer, and do him justice. :-)
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: Reducing the "numbed hand" syndrome
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:14:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.143316.15683@bnrmtl.bnr.ca>, sproulx@bmtlh182.BNR.CA (Stephane Proulx) writes...
>A few time ago, I've posted an article asking how to reduce
>the vibrations which cause the "numbed hand".
> 
>>Second, (that is my contribution :) I observed that the "numbness"
>come from the fact that the blood hardly circulate in the numbed hand.
>I've found that I can significantly reduce the phenomenon by keeping
>my wrist in the straight line of the arm. (Believe me, It works!). I 
>accelerate and decelerate only with my fingers, but my wrist stay 
>straight instead of following the handle.
> 
>Tell me if the wrist stuff works for you or if it's only my imagination...
> 
	I can't recall if it caused numbness, but I discovered (many) years
ago that it's much less tiring to always have my wrist straight with the arm,
especially if I have any weight on your hands (low bars, etc.).  First thing
I do when I buy a new bike is rotate the brake and clutch levers so that my
arm, hand, and fingers are in a straight line when my fingers are on the
levers (thumb under the grip).  I tend to ride (other than on Autobahns) with
two fingers on the clutch, two on the brake, and modulate the throttle with the
side of the thumb and the palm of the hand.

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: one denizen's account of the RCR
Date: 30 Jul 1992 19:03:01 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 815@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU, cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>
>thanks, ed, now all the left coasters will be calling us wimps for leaving
>8 beers out of 168 undrunk!  for what it's worth, i had three for breakfast.

Not likely.  Less beer was purchased for Joust I, and I carried more
home!  There *are* a few advantages to hauling around gear to these
events...

---
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...

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson)
Subject: Honda homecoming
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:39:11 GMT


Since I'm going to be in Ohio anyway, I've been planning on riding down
to the Honda homecomming at the end of Aug.  Are any of you other wrecked
motoheads going??

Dean
-- 
| Dean Cookson / dcookson@mitre.org / 617 271-2714    | DoD #207  AMA #573534 |
| The MITRE Corp. Burlington Rd., Bedford, Ma. 01730  | KotNML  /  KotB       |
| "Nothing is as over rated as a bad fuck or as       | '81 CB750C            |
| under rated as a good shit" -Laszlo Nemeth, DoD #666| '88 Bianchi Limited   |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Personal to Datasbuild
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:31:06 GMT

moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley) writes:
: Send me an EMAIL address where I can reach you. I've got some comments that 
: aren't "appropriate" for the net.

Oh come on now Stevie, don't be bashful.  I mean, just what isn't appropriate
for the net nowadays?  We are living in the []th century you know!  (Insert
appropriate number for YOUR century).  If this group isn't to your liking, I
am sure there are other, more suitable groups.  May I suggest.. no, no, no,
that would be far too much fun, and I have to do _some_ work today!


Nick          DoD 1069   (Self given number as I have no Email use and 
                          therefore no access to KOTL).

42 ?

"Just another brick..."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: Reasonable highway displacment
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:57:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.034206.23426@microsoft.com> chrispi@microsoft.com (Chris Pirih) writes:
|Well, if y'all are talking about MOTORCYCLES, the minimum
|displacement for a street bike would be 883cc, right?  There
|are some 750cc motorcycles, but those are just for dirt track
|racing...
|
|Just kidding.  While 250 Ninjas and 125 Aprilias can
|undoubtedly handle highway driving without blowing up, I'd say
|any bike under 1000cc is better suited to windy backroads
|than real American highways.  I'd hate to go a long, straight
|way on any bike that couldn't hit 150mph easily...  :-)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  That would leave out those 883's, though, wouldn't it?  :-)

Randy Davis				UUCP: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot			      megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #00013			 	      ucsd!megatek!randy
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Oil Additive Scoop (or: see Ed Hackett's name in print)
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:05:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <seOtnfC00WB6IdWPg7@andrew.cmu.edu> Mark Joseph Andy <ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>I guess I'll have to get the article.  I saw a demo of Power-Up! and
>oil additve (contains no ptfe and doesn't work like slick 50
>apparently).  The demo was done on a Severe Load machine, basically
>it's just a metal bar that gets forced against a spinning rod.  The
>Power-Up allowed more than double the weight against the rod without
>seizing (oil alone seized).  I was pretty impressed.
>If what you say is actualy true, then the test must not represent true
>conditions in an engine.  Anyone know if this is in fact true and why?

i can't see how the oil gets recirculated in this test, or where the
effect of nearby combustion is represented.  i'd guess these to be two
relatively important factors.  as well, the pressure applied to the bar
against the rod may not be equivalent to the pressures the engine pieces
see -- without getting into the physics of the forces, which i'm sure
someone else will :-)

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<       Cliff Weston                     '92 Seca II (Tem)                 >
<       DoD# 0598                         [insert witty disclaimer here]   >
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<                               -- Evelyn                                  >
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Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:56:44 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: shriveled peter
	<1992Jul21.054705.945@microunity.com>

>Excuse the fuck outta me little girl, but why would it be that riding an 
>883 defines 'posing?'  An 883 is specifically lacking in the pose-parts 
>that the imports seem bent on copying: buckhorn bars, lotsa chrome and 
>"tear-drop" tank,  yet gives lots of what a true HD-ophile wants: an 
>easy to mod. engine and chassis, the torque of a long-stroke twin, that 
>great feel of a Harley ride, all for less than a heart-attack price.  
>Is the idea that you have to spend big bucks to NOT be a poser?
> 
>Grab the reigns, peter. If your namesake feels a bit shriveled on that
>Suzuki LSwhatever, don't blame it on the bike, examine the rider.  If
>the low price of an 883 means that there is one less obstacle to your
>ownership of a Harley, go ahead, follow your heart.  Even that squirming
>ego hiding behind an 8-line .sig may find that it belongs to a person
>capable of appreciating a machine for what it is and can do, instead
>of what you think it says about you.  Sigh.  Maybe not.
> 
>I suggest you crawl home and ask your mommy to sew up that big hole
>in your clue bag, then try this whole concept again.
 
>-tfk

touchy, touchy!!! in my experience, people who overreact like you do
have serious problems accepting the size of their *own* tools, and
usually project their feelings of inferiority onto others.  i find it
especially significant that you have a 1-line sig., since this indicates
that you don't want to call attention to yourself lest others might deem
your equipment as inadequate as you, yourself do.  

such a shame when people's egos are all wrapped up with the kind of
bikes tbey own and the size of their schlongs.  so much fun to bait
them.  so gratifying when they fall for it (i'd say "get a rise out of
them" but you're simply not my type, jeff.  you're sex life would
improve immeasurably, i bet, if you taught your SO to enrage you on
occasion).

-peter

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From: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ducati for sale
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:01:23 GMT
Reply-To: edh@wheeler.unr.edu (Ed Hackett)
Organization: Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada

In article <1992Jul24.231724.14686@sequent.com> dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
->In article <BOWERS.92Jul24122035@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov> bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers) writes:
->>In article <3880087@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) writes:

->>>The '80 Ducati 900SS must be a '90 model.

->>Must be.  Whatta typo.  Only an idiot would think that Ducati made a
->>900 SuperSport in 1980.  I mean, they've only been out for two years
->>now...

->I do not know how this post originated, but Ducati was making 900SS's
->in 1980.  They were the old bevel drive motors but they were called
->900ss.

No way, man.  I have never heard of a Ducati 900SS from that time
period.  If they did, they must not have sold very many, 'cause
I've never seen one.


 Ed Hackett   edh@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu     "If it flies, floats, or
 DoD #0200  WMTC  BMWRA  DIOC             fucks... it's cheaper to
 KotLS  KtoLE  KotD #0003                 rent it".             
 DUCATI 900SS  BMW K100RS                 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: deanc@apex.com (Dean Crane)
Subject: Re: Ducati for sale
Organization: Apex Computer Company
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 06:50:49 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.231724.14686@sequent.com>, dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
> In article <BOWERS.92Jul24122035@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov> bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers) writes:
> >In article <3880087@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) writes:
> >
> >>The '80 Ducati 900SS must be a '90 model.
> >
> >Must be.  Whatta typo.  Only an idiot would think that Ducati made a
> >900 SuperSport in 1980.  I mean, they've only been out for two years
> >now...
> >
> >--
> >...ignoring the fact that most Alfas spend their time cruising for
> >chicks, most Datsuns being washed and most Porsches in parking spaces
> >marked "Doctor"...              -Henry N. Manney III, Road and Track
> >Al Bowers                                 bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov
> 
> 
> I do not know how this post originated, but Ducati was making 900SS's
> in 1980.  They were the old bevel drive motors but they were called
> 900ss.

I don't know much about Ducati's, but I posted this excatly as it was
printed in the Seattle Times.


Dean Crane                        '81 CB900F
uunet!apex.com!deanc              '81 CB900F
Dod #0631

I was playing poker the other night... with Tarot cards. I got a full house and
4 people died.
-- Steven Wright
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jimb@access.digex.com (Jim Brooking)
Subject: Re: Get your feet on the GD pegs.
Organization: National Commitee to Keep Slower Traffic Right
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:17:34 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.013116.29265@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
>
>	I have noticed so many riders leaving intersections, parking lots
>	etc. with their feet dangling down 1" above the road.  Where
>	does one learn this?  Is this stupid and unecessary(sp?), or is
>	it just me?  
>	

Well, after hours of practice in my driveway, I was able to 
successfully stop my Gixser, and remain stopped, without taking
my feet off the pegs.  It requires great skill and coordination
to continue for the duration of your average red-light, and it
makes cagers really nervous.    5 * 8^)

Actually, it IS a curious habit... Dragging feet...  Never did
it, myself.  I s'pose if you applied a li'l too much right
wrist and the rear wheel went out, you could use your dangling
feet for outriggers.  Hmm.


--
jimb@access.digex.com  | (Cage) 1991 323se     ZCP-710   |     Comus Road
Merry Land (MD) U.S.A. | (Bike) 1986 GSXR750    (sold)   |     ClarksBURG
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riding with your feet on the passenger pegs places your body at the perfect
angle for maximum penetration into the frames of most automobiles!  X^(
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From: perkinsh@infonode.ingr.com (Hilary Perkins)
Subject: moving a motorcylec cross-country
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:12:42 GMT



Did anyone save any pertinent information from the recent
"How should I move my motorcycle across the country" thread?

At this point, I'm planning on just letting the moving company
move the bike, along with all my other worldly possessions, but
I'd be interested in anyone's horror stories (or positive ones!).

Please use the email address hilary@mozart.b17b.ingr.com - not
the one in the header of this message.

Thanks!
Hilary
-- 
| hilary@mozart.b17b.ingr.com 
| 205/730-7933 (voice)
| hilary e. h. perkins
| intergraph                           it's just a jump to the left ...
From: wfl@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (william.f.lipscomb)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ridership doubles on ride to work day
Summary: Where is everyone?
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:12:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

I only saw 1 other bike on the road this morning during my 20 mile commute.
The parking lot had only 1 other bike. (Usually, there are at least a half
dozen.)  I sent around announcements to my local club.  Did anyone notice
more bikes today?

Bill..........


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Combined dealerships (was Re: Harley riders waved !!!)
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:40:04 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.221615.27628@ncar.ucar.edu> jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan) writes:
|From article <1992Jul22.200629.8442@ncsu.edu>, by steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier):
|Combined dealerships like this probably aren't too rare. Competition
|Accessories (yes the very same), also in Xenia OH, is a combined
|BMW/Yamaha Dealer. I've gone in their retail showroom and have seen
|a V-Max, and FZR1000, and a R100GS P/D sitting side by side, and lived
|to tell the tale.

  The "Fun Bike Center" here in San Diego sells Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, AND
BMW. (I guess there must be a Harley/Yamaha/Ducati/Bimota/Triumph/etc. dealer
somewhere :-).  I've also seen new Harley's on the floor there, although
those may have been trade-ins.

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

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