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From: kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hit the road, Jack.
Date: 19 Nov 1992 18:19:01 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
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Keywords: road kill, won moaning,

In article <1ega6bINNc6a@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>In article <1edmq5INNau7@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>, kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>|> Anyone want to tag along and maybe scrape up the pieces if I go down trying
>|> to figure out how to ride my suspension changes???
>
>Arggggggggg!!! I need to get out of Houston!  I'd go . . .but a 3-hour
>ride up 290 isn't *that* much fun! :-(

Do what I do on long rides:

1) Pretend your lane is a chicane. Don't do this when cops are around though.
2) Sing to yourself. No one else will hear.
3) Dance (the bike) while you sing. This can become quite interesting if you
   happen to run across any corners. (note comment for #2)

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : Terrorist against Ignorance (Don't send me on my first mission)
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 18 Nov 1992 14:40:00 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: tx
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
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Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <2922@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham) writes:
|> In article <1e8rhqINNub@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
|> 
|> >(I have a suspicion I built one of the first minitruck flatbeds - back in
|> >early 1975 as it predated any sightings of anyone I know. Started seeing lots
|> >of commercial units about 9 months after mine was on the road. I built it for
|> >GulfCo - a wellhead rebuilding company who used it to haul single wellheads
|> >and valves all around Ok. and north Texas. Used square tubing for the pullout
|> >rails - heard the bed outlasted three Ford minitrucks :^)
|> 
|> Sorry, Charlie.  I remember seeing flatbed Datsuns back in the mid '60s.
		    ^^^^^^^^^^
|> 
|> -- 
|> Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5             dunham_jerry@tandem.com
                       	 	  ^^^^^^^^

Hmmmmmmmm, seems Jerry lost his DoF #?? ;-)

Mark
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Riding Jacket
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:12:12 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]I have been looking for a riding jacket for quite sometime but haven't had 
]much luck. I would appreciate any ideas on where I could one.

what kind of riding jacket? one of those velvet black things with tails
that the equiestrians use? a leather poser jacket? a leather biker jacket?
a synthetic jacket?

leather jackets can be found in just about any bike shop, especially
in a Harley Davidson store (which usually have a lot more leather fashion 
items than they do bikes). they'll start at around $130 or so and skyrocket
from there. if you want a real biker's jacket, look into something like a
CoolTech, Mr, Motorcycle, etc. they all make leather motorcycle clothing.
the big synthetics manufacturers are Aerostitch and Motoport, and maybe
Marsee. expect to pay just under $700 for a full two-piece Aerostitch,
even more for the hard core Motoport stuff (they do have cheaper street
outfits).

If you ride a motorcycle, get a jacket cut for motorcycles. you'll have
to be careful about this, sometimes even the ones sold in bike shops 
aren't cut for bikes. the bike jacket will have a much longer tail
cut, and longer than usual arm lengths. if in doubt, sit in a chair,
straighten out your arms forward parallel to the ground and lean forward 
in the chair about 20 degrees. if you can see your wrists or the small 
of your back it's not a bike cut jacket, it's a poser jacket.

all of the above mentioned companies and more can be found in just about
any issue of Motorcyclist or Cycle World magazines, which are in most
grocery/book stores.

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: cscc1f@menudo.uh.edu (Gregory W Hayes)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thanks for the suit info...
Date: 16 Nov 1992 20:07:06 -0600
Organization: University of Houston
NNTP-Posting-Host: menudo.uh.edu

In article <2889@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
>they'll be regular holes, but poked with an official BMW Breathing Orifice
>Insertion Tool (tm). the BOIT (tm) will create correctly sized breathing
>holes gauranteed to last three years with unlimitd shipping mileage. if
>they do become clogged, BMW will have them repaired within 24 hours :-)

Does that mean if they don't punch all of the holes, then it would be
considered BOITus Interruptus?  Is that healthy for the packagee? :-)

>]Upon reflection, maybe I don't want to order a large man...  :-)
>that'll certainly give us something to discuss here on the net :-)

Uh...  No... :-) :-)

Greg Hayes
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: Riding Jacket
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:10:47 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1992Nov17.222109.7467@spdc.ti.com> crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder) writes:
>In article <BxrszE.Jrp@sdf.lonestar.org> jmjones@sdf.lonestar.org (Jon Mahler) writes:
>>I have been looking for a riding jacket for quite sometime but haven't had 
>>much luck. I would appreciate any ideas on where I could one.
>
>Try:
>       Two Weel World, Garland
>       Harley-Davidson of Dallas, Garland
>       Eurosport Cycle, Fort Worth
>
>There are others, but these folks seem to have a fair selection.

Also the H-D dealer over in Bedford has a huge qty of black leather m/c
jackets on sale for $99.95 (or at least they did on the 14th, I don't think
they could have sold them all by now.... there were so many in stacks on the 
floor it was difficult to walk around.) I think they might have been Brittish
made, I didn't look that closely at them. Worth a phone call before driving
over there though.
-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
         "Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps
          we shall learn the truth." -- August Kekule' (1890)
=============================================================================
From: keith@balrog.dseg.ti.com (Keith A. Schauer)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Riding Jacket
Date: 20 Nov 92 21:21:58 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Texas Instruments Information Technology Group    Plano TX

In article <Bxxppz.LG0@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>
>Also the H-D dealer over in Bedford has a huge qty of black leather m/c
>jackets on sale for $99.95 (or at least they did on the 14th, I don't think
>they could have sold them all by now.... there were so many in stacks on the 
>floor it was difficult to walk around.) I think they might have been Brittish
>made, I didn't look that closely at them. Worth a phone call before driving
>over there though.

Drive over there anyway.  On Sunday.  They're having a poker run.  Wife & I
plan on being there.

-- 
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.
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hit the road, Jack.
Date: 19 Nov 1992 15:00:27 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: tx
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
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Keywords: road kill, won moaning,
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1edmq5INNau7@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>, kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
|> 
|> Think I'm going for a looong ride out west Sunday. Looking around for some
|> new roads to try out. Like maybe 336 north as it looks interesting on the
|> map.
|> 
|> Anyone want to tag along and maybe scrape up the pieces if I go down trying
|> to figure out how to ride my suspension changes???

Arggggggggg!!! I need to get out of Houston!  I'd go . . .but a 3-hour
ride up 290 isn't *that* much fun! :-(

Mark
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 24 Nov 1992 01:52:47 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu

In article <2969@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham) writes:
>In article <1edkk0INNs3k@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu] mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>]
>]|> Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5             dunham_jerry@tandem.com
                                    ^^^^^^^^
>]Hmmmmmmmm, seems Jerry lost his DoF #?? ;-)
>
>Where??  Which way did it go?  Quick, someone help!  I must find it so I
>can remember what it was!

Ha! 'Smokescreen' Jerry. Pretty good try, Jerry. However, I know good and
well that you completely forgot to get a DoF number. Remember the DoF Motto
now...

Who's working on the DoF ... um ... Ah! 'Theme Song'. (a close one)

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : The DoF is just nature's way of making sure that everything isn't
			  remembered all at once.
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thanks for the suit info...
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:02:08 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]I get a small woman or not (What do they do, poke holes in the box or do
]they do it the BMW way, with her own BMW breathing apparatus?)...

they'll be regular holes, but poked with an official BMW Breathing Orifice
Insertion Tool (tm). the BOIT (tm) will create correctly sized breathing
holes gauranteed to last three years with unlimitd shipping mileage. if
they do become clogged, BMW will have them repaired within 24 hours :-)

]Upon reflection, maybe I don't want to order a large man...  :-)

that'll certainly give us something to discuss here on the net :-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: "I feel good! na na na na na na na(was Re: Hit the road, Jack.)
Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:40:01 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu
Keywords: road kill, won moaning,

In article <1eqrclINNo2c@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>
>"Knew that I would!" (na na na na na na na)
>
>Joe (Feisty), his son and ole "Brake Light" Steve ( :^) joined me and my
>daughter for an excellent ride yesterday. I'll stick to one liners and let
>"Storyteller" Joe post the ride tale.

Oh yeah. Got in a hurry and forgot: No, No. I mean I Just Forgot (phew...)

"Brake Light" Steve started really getting into the groove on that shiny new
BMW yesterday. Y'all would have been proud of him scooting along in those
pretty curves west of Kerrville at a pretty darned good speed. I think he's
about got that new BMW figured out. So I'm gonna have to watch out for him at
that next Splat. He's liable to blow my crash bar protector covers off!

I better watch it calling Steve "Brake Light". I was having to hit the brakes
a lot yesterday on the PC in order to set the suspension (and to slow down
entry speeds on quite a few of those corners). But at least Joe wasn't
breathing down my neck on too many of them :^) :^)  Luckily I only picked a
really bad line just a handful of times.

I also think I got the PC to shed a little more weight yesterday. Steve said
some pieces of plastic were flying back and hitting him. Also lost a little
bit of boot sole - right boot hits just before the peg does. Maybe I'll turn
my little red tractor into a real motorcycle some day after all...

One more thing...
"What cattle trailer"?

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : DoF Motto: Just Say "I Forgot".
From: kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 16 Nov 1992 19:07:38 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: stanley.nde.swri.edu

In article <2866@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
>] Though I can tell I still need the fork brace. 
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>proof positive that even in the rain you'll have to work at keeping up with
>this old geezer...

I suspect so, though I put about 150 miles on the bike this weekend.
Unfortunately it was only running errands in town. Never had a chance to make
a quick run out in the country like I wanted. However, I still gabe the bike
a pretty good workout.  Results:

This sucker steers MUCH better than before, thus I can push it into
conditions I wouldn't have even contemplated before. However, it's got a
nasty little 'buck' in there when you try to dive into a corner pretty hard.
I.e., the front and rear interactions result in an undesirable conclusion to
their fight until the suspension gets set. I figure I won't discover a
solution to this problem until I can spend some time 'on the road' with it.

I don't know if this is a new condition or not since I never pushed the PC
this hard before :^)

>] The PC800 looks real strange with no fairing and the instrument panel
>] mounted waaaaaaay out there on the fairing brace. :^)
>
>this sounds like a good pic to be digitized, I don't suppose you snapped
>a shot :-)

Actually I did, but ran out of film after two shots, so probably didn't get a
good pic. I had the wheels off and I think one or both of the forks were off
when I took the pics.

>] I only ended up with two spare oval step washers...! They fell out of the
>] bodywork when I removed the mirrors and I never could figure out where they
>] came from or where they were supposed to go.
>
>that just means it's assembled correctly. if you don't have any spare bolts
>left over it ain't right!

Hey! I used to be an industrial equipment mechanic in a former life - if it
was industrial and it moved, I rebuilt one.  I'm not used to having loose
parts left around. Unfortunately, I think I misplaced the discpack that had
all that knowledge on it as I can barely change my oil nowadays... :^(

(I have a suspicion I built one of the first minitruck flatbeds - back in
early 1975 as it predated any sightings of anyone I know. Started seeing lots
of commercial units about 9 months after mine was on the road. I built it for
GulfCo - a wellhead rebuilding company who used it to haul single wellheads
and valves all around Ok. and north Texas. Used square tubing for the pullout
rails - heard the bed outlasted three Ford minitrucks :^)

And don't nobody ask me to weld anything anymore as I forgot how.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : "You see son, The beer always gets drunk before you do".
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 12 Nov 92 14:43:14 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

] Well, it's raining today, so I had to tippie-toe around on those new tires,
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^
] Though I can tell I still need the fork brace. 
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
proof positive that even in the rain you'll have to work at keeping up with
this old geezer...

] The PC800 looks real strange with no fairing and the instrument panel
] mounted waaaaaaay out there on the fairing brace. :^)

this sounds like a good pic to be digitized, I don't suppose you snapped
a shot :-)

] I only ended up with two spare oval step washers...! They fell out of the
] bodywork when I removed the mirrors and I never could figure out where they
] came from or where they were supposed to go.

that just means it's assembled correctly. if you don't have any spare bolts
left over it ain't right!

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:05:52 GMT
Reply-To: dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham)
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc., ISD

In article <1edkk0INNs3k@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu] mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
]
]In article <2922@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham) writes:
]|> In article <1e8rhqINNub@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
]|> 
]|> >(I have a suspicion I built one of the first minitruck flatbeds - back in
]|> >early 1975 as it predated any sightings of anyone I know. Started seeing lots
]|> >of commercial units about 9 months after mine was on the road. I built it for
]|> >GulfCo - a wellhead rebuilding company who used it to haul single wellheads
]|> >and valves all around Ok. and north Texas. Used square tubing for the pullout
]|> >rails - heard the bed outlasted three Ford minitrucks :^)
]|> 
]|> Sorry, Charlie.  I remember seeing flatbed Datsuns back in the mid '60s.
]		     ^^^^^^^^^^
]|> 
]|> -- 
]|> Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5             dunham_jerry@tandem.com
]                      	 	   ^^^^^^^^
]
]Hmmmmmmmm, seems Jerry lost his DoF #?? ;-)
]
]Mark

Where??  Which way did it go?  Quick, someone help!  I must find it so I
can remember what it was!

-- 
Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5             dunham_jerry@tandem.com
Tandem Computers, Inc.                                dunham@mpd.tandem.com
Austin, TX                                                    (512)244-8598
                 This opinion intentionally left blank.
From: kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 17 Nov 1992 22:17:28 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: stanley.nde.swri.edu

In article <2922@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham) writes:
>In article <1e8rhqINNub@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>
>>(I have a suspicion I built one of the first minitruck flatbeds - back in
>
>Sorry, Charlie.  I remember seeing flatbed Datsuns back in the mid '60s.

Forgot to mention: 'Built in the US'. I know that there were lots of them
floating around the Orient even before the 60's, but I never saw or heard
of a US-built flatbed for a minitruck before mine.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : Xoo's law of fundamental constants:
           The MEANING OF LIFE mod NOWHERE = NOTHING
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: "I feel good! na na na na na na na(was Re: Hit the road, Jack.)
Date: 23 Nov 1992 14:55:17 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu
Keywords: road kill, won moaning,


"Knew that I would!" (na na na na na na na)

In article <1edmq5INNau7@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@stanley.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>
>"I reckon if you say so... I'll have to pack my bike and go!"
>Yo!

Yes, baby. You got that right! Whoooah! What a ride!

Joe (Feisty), his son and ole "Brake Light" Steve ( :^) joined me and my
daughter for an excellent ride yesterday. I'll stick to one liners and let
"Storyteller" Joe post the ride tale.

But... I learned a few things from this experience:

1) I absolutely LOVE them Metzelers!!!

2) My rear shocks ain't got no rebound damping (Yeaooh!)

3) Don't tap the brakes when I pick the wrong line through a curve at speed
(at least until I get real rear shocks). Ever ridden a bike through a corner
at speed whilst the rear end was bouncing all over the place???

4) With the current rear shocks, when I hit the centerstand, it really throws
the rear end off line... (re: #3)

So, in light of this new evidence, I think I'm moving item #4 on the list of
PC800 mods up to the front. But I'll have to save up my pennies and wait till
next year to get them :^(

(na na na na na na na) Take it from here, Joe.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : Beware! "Feeling good" DoF on the loose, baby! Yeah!
From: joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: PC800 Mods: Phase 1 Completed
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:12:40 GMT
Reply-To: joe@mpd.tandem.com
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, TX.

]Sorry, Charlie.  I remember seeing flatbed Datsuns back in the mid '60s.
                  ^^^^^^^^^^
now jerry, isn't that an oxymoron for you????
:-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hit the road, Jack.
Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:46:16 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu

In article <1eqpt3INN4cv@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
>
>In article <932@rider.UUCP>, joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
>|> Joe Senner -- joe@Rider.Cactus.Org           aDoF#?                Austin, TX
                                                 ^^^^^^
>aspiring? assistant? apprentice? adoring? adolescent? 

Associate DoF, though Aspiring does fit the current situation better. Joe
doesn't quite fit the qualifications for being a True DoF so he is in
training for his associates degree. Jerry has agreed to be his mentor in this
truly,

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : DoF Motto: Just Say "I Forgot".