HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Cheers to the new moto TV show!
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 05:38:29 GMT

jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:

>But it was so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.  Mindless drivel.  Crap.

Yea, but it was drivel with motorcycles. That's a big step up from the
average show.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
From: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Glove recommendations
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:14:53 GMT
Reply-To: jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) says:

>lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>
>>One of the best purchases I have made was my Widder vest and gloves.
>>I ride in Boston year round, and they come in VERY handy.
>
>The Widder electric gloves are nothing short of wonderful on a cold day.
>It's a great feeling to have your fingers get too hot, and have to turn
>down the thermostat. :-)
>-- 

In this month's issue of MCyclist is a description of a whole bunch of
winter riding gloves.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------>DarkMan-------->
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland, Ohio            DoD #650
Anyone know where a mechanical engineer can get a job?
From: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:52:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Info wanted -- Honda CM400
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:

>  the CM400 is a crap US special twin, a bigger version of the CD200 Benley.  A
>  real wet cornflake packet of an excuse for a godforsaken Japanese piece of 
>  horse shit.  Not that I don't like it or anything, just a reasoned, balanced
>  point of view.

I had a 1981 CB400T, the "sport" version (looked like a standard) of the
CM400.  It had an extra gear in the transmission and some better suspension.
The CB400Ts were competitive in production racing for several years,
and they didn't look much at all like any of the smaller engines.
It used 3 valves/cylinder.  It was only a cornflake below 6500 rpm, 
from there to 10,000 rpm it pulled pretty well.  It had two 
counterbalancers and was quite smooth cruising at 70 mph (or any other speed).

Frank Ball   1UR-M          frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com
Hewlett Packard   	    (707) 794-4168 work  (707) 538-3693 home
1212 Valley House Drive     
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999  KC6WUG Seca 750 XT350 IT175 DoD#7566 I'm the NRA.
From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Helmet headaces
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:56:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: rs6000.1992Oct01.145623.7117
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <YemAT9i00Uh_E6dMQJ@andrew.cmu.edu> cs20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Catherine Barbara Saum) writes:
>Question:
>Is there any device and/or solution to avoiding the "helmet headache"
>one gets at high speeds when the helmet drives into the forehead and
>chin.
>I have a Shoe RF200 that fits fine; in fact great, but as soon as I hit
>65mph+...&*#%!@$!

One device is a windshield.  They say that it is posible to ride 100mph+ with
no noticeable wind drag on the helmet.

Chas
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: fuel/engine efficiency
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:00:16 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <1a74a4INNhqh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
> The "owners" of a given technology will be best
> positioned to encorporate any newer technology that achieves the same
> end.  If somebody figures out how to run a car on cow piss, Exxon will
> simply become the world's largest rancher.

again, not until they milk every drop of oil out of saudi arabia.  in
the meantime, they'll buy up the patents of competing technologies
(as has been pointed out elsewhere). 

when the oil runs out, the seven sisters will take a HUGE write off
on their capital investments (gee, what are we going to do with all 
this drilling capacity?). then they'll get the gov't to pay for (or
give tax incentives for) the introduction of the "cow piss"
technology. this has already happened with recent innovations like
CATV. 

obmoto: at least get one of those radio controlled bikes, ed.  hell,
they're only $50.  noemi gives us a running commentary on when she'll
be getting a new bike.

obmoto^2: Bill Ranck: in case you still don't understand what this is 
about, we're arguing about why we don't have hydrogen powered 
motorcycles.  i say its because advances in technology are being held 
back by the oil and internal combustion machine mfgs.

-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: How far do you commute/Cereal for Breakfast
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:15:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Oct05.151549.15885
Distribution: usa
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL


Tod:

You have the weeniest mailer of them all.


Glad to be of service.
-- 
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.
From: richardw@spider.co.uk (Richard W)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: R100GS; Drive Splines, I DID IT
Date: 5 Oct 92 06:56:42 GMT
Organization: Spider Networks, Wokingham, UK

In article <9901026@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
| 
| SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE  JOB OF REMOVING THE REAR DRIVE CASE
| IN ORDER TO GREASE THE DRIVESHAFT SPLINES ON R100GS
| 
[...Remarkable and comprehensive work instructions deleted...]

Blimey!

This must be one of the few cases where reading about a job is
more difficult than doing it! :-)

--
Cheers, Richard.
________
 -----\-'-------.   .----.  .-----. | richardw@spider.co.uk    +44 734-771055
  ---\--/ /_> ,/   / /__   /  /_| | | Spider Networks,Wokingham /\o/\ DoD#437
    ---/      \   /__  /  /  .__  | |
      / /__>  / .---/ /  /  /   | | | "..movin' down the Queen's highway
     /_______' /_____/  /__/    |_| | lookin' like a streak of lightnin'..."
From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
Subject: Re: BMW K-100 HP was: [Re: BMW K100rs & Boxer sound bite]
Keywords: horsepower hp BMW K-100 K-1100
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 13:51:11 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.221345.5504@elektro.cmhnet.org> root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
>
>85 K-100 	90hp 

Not to beat a dead horsepower, but the 85 K100 as per DIN 70020 standard:

USA 85   8 valve  90bhp @8000 rpm  (66 DIN KW), torque 86Nm/63.4 lb.ft @6000 
From my owner's manual.

-John
============================================================================
                            John S. Morris  #0316
  Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Centre - Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
    Voice: +1 (617) 621-8739 Fax: +1 (617) 621-0584 Email: jsm@osf.org
                           Ride: K100RS Cage: 320i
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: snapped off bolt
Date: 29 Sep 92 08:17:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: stafford.Stafford-290992140936
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: world
Organization: MSUS

In article <1992Sep29.124909@is.morgan.com>, spgo@is.morgan.com (Stefan
Goellner) wrote:
> 
> 
> In the process of removing it, I have snapped off one of the studs for bolting
> the headers to the engine. What is the standard procedure for removing such an
> animal without major destruction?????????????
> 

Three approaches: 1) use an 'easyout' of the correct size.  This thing
looks
like a reverse-twist drill bit with a large pitch and a square head (for
grasping with a small wrench or a tap'n die tool.)  You drill into the
stud (size recommended with easyout), screw the easyout in (counter-
clockwise) and keep turning until it comes out.  *SNAP* -- oh, that
didn't work?  2) place a small center punch near the edge of the stud.
tap it to turn the stud counter-clockwise.  Go gently and just far
enough to get a vise-grip on the stud to continue the job 3) if all fails,
remove the head and take it to a place that does electro-zapping.  WHAT
THE HECK IS THIS REALLY CALLED, NETTERS?  It's a process like reverse-
welding in which they burn the stud out.  Hot Bike described the process
last month.

good luck.  Numbers 1 and 2 have worked for me.  Knock on wood.
From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Fatal horse accident
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:06:27 GMT
Reply-To: bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU
Distribution: usa
Organization: Fluent Inc., Lebanon NH


egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:

>In article 9901018@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM, ron@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
>>
>> (d) You don't have to feed a motorcycle even when not riding it
>> (e) Motorcycles don't attract flies
>> (f) Motorcycles won't wander away thru open gates
>
>OTOH, 
>(a) Mothers actually *enjoy* it when you show their kids your horsey
>(b) When you're tired/drunk, the horse knows the way home
>(c) The horse won't leave you stranded if you forget a feeding

Don't tell me your new "ride" is going to be a 1 horsepower model
with four legs?
-- 
   Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH  03766
                         bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu        
             I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
                              DoD # 0698
From: jesse@eye.com (Jesse Lackey)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: HE got a Dod number??!!
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:17:51 GMT
Organization: 3D/EYE, Inc.  Ithaca, NY

In article <1992Sep28.181356.4673@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>First of all, the private email response to my DoD whining was so
>pleasantly at odds with the public abuse that I have had the bug
>surgically removed from my ass. The KotL was nice enough to respond
>with a get well card in the form of a DoD number; see revised .sig below.

...

>Curtis Jackson		cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	(415) 962 4905
>USPA #A-10080 (lapsed)				DoD #0721  '81 Maxim 650
							   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

An '81 Maxim is good enough?  Christ, I have a (beat up) '78 yam XS650.  When
I rebuild it, can *I* have my very own DoD number???

(just kidding.  I know you have to be a MC DUDE to get one...)

-- 
Jesse Lackey; internet: jesse@eye.com   Please Note:  I DON'T speak for 3D/Eye!
3D/EYE, Inc., 2359 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY  14850   voice: (607) 257-1381
   "She moved so easily  all I could think of was sun-light"   - Paul Simon
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Nude riding is dangerous (was Re: Risk takers)
From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:59:15 -0600
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Distribution: usa
Organization: MSUS

> 
> shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:
> 
> >The proofs are here. I have 6 gifs of bikers riding without their
> >leathers and no easy way to distribute them. Bruce "Scanner" Tanner
> >muttered something about losing his job, pornography, and jail time
> >so they won't be on Cerritos.
> 

As long as I'm not in the pictures, maybe I can put 'em here.
Send EMail to Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU and I'll give you
an FTP address to put them to.

Hey, is this a trap?  Without leathers. Gads, how indecent!
Maybe they are all wearing (shudder) denim!  Did I tell you
that I know a lady who wears leathers under her leathers?
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Drag racing
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:05:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Sep30.220558.27192
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Sep30.213422.23578@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
>In article <1992Sep30.172346.23080@serval.net.wsu.edu>, johnsw@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns) writes:                                              
>> Ride Free, and straight for 1/4 mile! 
>
>"Ride Free" generally means "helmet free."  Do you plan to drag race
>without a helmet?
>
>- Roid  

"Ride Free" does not _generally_ mean to ride without a helmet.  It means
to ride with a free spirit, an unfettered soul.  It means to ride without
the burdens of the day, the worries of life.  To live the total joy of
freedom of mind, spirit and being.

Any one who rides a motorcycle without a helmet is out of their fucking minds.

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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Yamabeemer fjgs1200pdr100 740GLE  KotV KotRR KotD #0001  :-)
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

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: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: AMALS - ya gotta love 'em...
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:14:09 GMT

In <3989@cvbnetPrime.COM> rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben) writes:


>AMALS! Ya REALLY gotta love 'em 8-) !!

>Rich


>Rich Bemben - DoD #0044                     rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
>Back in the saddle - BONNE'S ALIVE          (617) 275-1800 x 4173
>The street giveth and the street taketh away - Catmother
>*********************************************************************

  Reminds me of a cartoon I saw in a mag once. 

Biker stands on a dock dangling two carbs out over the lake.
the caption reads
   " Gonna sinc. these Amals for good! "



Mikuni's and a Boyer!

Ride,  don't wrench!

                     Jorg
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: styer@ms.uky.edu (Eugene F. Styer)
Subject: Re: Double  minus 5
    <1992Sep28.185248.26735@eos.arc.nasa.gov> <25621@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:49:09 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

In article <25621@oasys.dt.navy.mil> cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Cervi) writes:
>Phil Stone writes -
>
>.In the mountains, it seems like the sign-folks are less conservative
>.with the markings.  When I see a "15 mph" corner sign, I usually
>.take that to mean a first gear corner - they don't usually kid around
>.about those.  "10 mph," or even "5 mph" (I can't remember where I
>.saw that, but I did), means bungee down the pillion and fold up the
>.foot pegs - here comes a 370-degree hairpin over a 5,000 ft. gorge.
>
>Watch out in West Virginia.  They really are serious about the suggested
>speeds.  If it says 35, you might be in the ditch if you try for 40.
>
>Double minus 5 works in Maryland, where the nominal driver is assumed
>to be a one-eyed, brain-dead 70-year old drunk who can't find the gas
>pedal, and has no clue that cars have been equipped with turn signals
>for almost 50 years.
>
>Mark
>-- 
>	Mark Cervi, CARDEROCKDIV, NSWC Code 2752, Annapolis, MD  21402
>	  cervi@oasys.dt.navy.mil, (w) 410-267-2261, (h) 410-647-0990

I find that in my part of Kentucky you also have to be careful: I can think of
a road where the last speed limit sign you see is 55mph, but there are curves
marked only with a arrow (no posted speed) where anything over 70 or so is
going to get you a *very* close look at a tree, and there are corners worthy
of being careful that are not marked at all.  I remember one afternoon I was
happily riding along, see a hill, and just on the other side is turn that
should have been marked 25mph or so, with an extra bonus of gravel.  I went
for the brakes, locked up the rear wheel, and managed somehow to slow up
enough to make the turn without dropping the bike.

I'll agree that having a feel for the road and how it is marked can give you
a feeling about whether double+5 (or anything else) is safe, but don't assume
that rule works anywhere outside you home area.

Another thing to watch out for is hidden driveways.  Last friday I came close
to hitting someone that was pulling out of a driveway with limited sight
distance.  I was in the (ahem) car, but if I had been going as fast as the
road permitted, I would probably not have a car today.  So remember that more
than just cornering ability comes into play when determining a safe speed for
a corner - you need to be able to stop if the far side of a corner has
something like a tree limb blocking the road (which I have had happen).
Eugene Styer - 402 Wallace, EKU, Richmond, KY 40475  matstyer@eku.bitnet
"There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
-- 
Eugene Styer - 402 Wallace, EKU, Richmond, KY 40475  matstyer@eku.bitnet
"There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: More gasohol
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 16:02:10 GMT

In article <7387@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>What I'm also wondering is why the EPA wants this.  What does adding 10%
>alcohol to gasoline do to improve emissions?  What is the purpose?  The
>actual polution levels coming out of the modern engines today is pretty
>low already so how much difference is this actually going to make, if any?

	The ONLY thing adding alcohol to gasoline will do these days is
allow the politicians to say that they "did something for the environment."
That's it.  Period.  You wanna clean up the air?  Go after the poorly-
tuned diesels that belch black smoke into the air.  Go after industry.
That's all that's left.  Passenger cars (and motorcycles) are CLEAN
(and gutless :-( anymore.

Later,
-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF    1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide (She lives!)
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	            1975 CB360T (needs a name)

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
From: ravi@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan - Mick)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD weenies
Date: 28 Sep 1992 15:27:00 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

In a previous article, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) said:
:- 
:- Maybe I'll even ride with some Denizens on occasion when I'm a good
:- enough rider to be worthy, I just don't need the little Secret Society
:- crap.


	the latest manifestation of the "voice of reason" against the
	dod ;) ;). and i thought the dod was losing its charm! ;)

	peace,

	- ravi


-- 
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sig (n): a piece of mail with a fool at one : Ravi Narayan - ravi@cs.wpi.edu
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Why all the picking on Lance Holst?
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:19:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet


->    You don't have to have a DoD number to be a dickhead.

 Waitaminnit.  We can't just go around letting people be dickheads any
time they want.  That's why we formed the DoD.

 MISTER CHAIRMAN! POINT OF ORDER....


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can you help me...help me get out of this place?...slow sedation...
ain't my style, ain't my pace...giving me a number...NINE, SEVEN, EIGHT
(Nazareth)               XJ900 TURBO at 15psi          DoD# 978  KotFAQ
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Catalogs (was Re: full face DoD?)
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:39:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: murdoch.1992Sep30.173951.13819
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <BvEBop.LCx@tridom.com> alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.221218.16065@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes: 

>....They've been taking lessons from Aerostitch.  I've
>called three times for the Chaparral, twice for Comp Accessories, once for
>Dennis Kirk and once for Aerostitch.  It's been a month and a half, all say
>they were sent out immediately and I haven't recieved a one.  Makes paying the
>higher prices at the local dealer that much more attractive.

i asked competition accessories and performance accessory warehouse for
catalogs in early june.  i'm still waiting .... and have spent several
hundred with other companies in the meantime.  the dennis kirk catalog came
6 days after my request, chaparral came with all of my orders, aerostitch
sent me one in about two weeks (presumably in a fit of motorcycle-relate
contribution), as did cooltech (who had nothing in stock and weren't making
any new gear, either (?)).  of course, i now seem to be on some mailing
lists other than those of the abovementioned houses :-(

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