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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Participate in the US Presidential straw poll!
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 21:38:52 GMT

In article <1992Nov05.133907.678@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:

>Sidecar> Why do some Americans (ie Pres. Clinton et al) need to show that they
>         came from England or other (lesser?) European (only joking) countries?
>         It seems to me that it would be a lot better if they could prove that
>         they were true Americans.  I hear that one has just been elected as a
>         MP or whatever you call them.  When are you going to get one for
>         dictat^H^H^H^H^H^Hpresident then?  (Perhaps you shot too many?)


I think it's a reaction to Bush's unprecedented rise in popularity during
the War for Oil^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Persian Gulf War.  Clinton was just
trying to link himself to one of the most successful large-scale invasion
forces of the millenium.


-- 
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: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: i want to change the color of my seat
Date: 11 Nov 92 06:24:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncsu.1992Nov11.062409.7661
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos

In article <BxJ8Kt.EHC@acsu.buffalo.edu> acsodef@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (DOUGLAS) writes:
>
>anyone out there know of type of vinyl paint or something that i could
>change my red seat to a black seat? (that is one that won't come off on 
>my pants!)  i'de like to get it right the first time if i can.
>thanks to anyone who can help.
>
>doug 

You might try a seat cover.  It may be the easiest way.  I know JC Whitney
sells them for about $30.  I don't know how good or bad the covers are
but it certainly seems like a hassle free solution.

Jack Waters
DoD#1919

Fishnet
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From: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,ba.motorcycles
Subject: Re: info on used price Yam 91 FJ1200
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:21:43 GMT
Reply-To: bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com
Organization: SPARK's R US
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thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:
: bender@oobleck (Duke of Canterbury) writes:
: 
: >What would one pay for a used 91 Yamaha FJ1200 with 2K miles in excellent
: >condition?
: 
: Average trade-in: $4445.  Average retail: $5930.  I'd expect to pay more,
: given the low mileage and good condition. 

I paid $4950 (seller was asking $5500, I started bidding at $4500).  The
bike looks like it was driven home from the dealer and the rear tire spun
around for 2000 miles; that's the only logical reason that I can think of
for the bike being in such mint condition.

mike

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From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: East Bay Salvage (Was: Re: Honda 650 h
Date: 12 Nov 1992 16:58:25 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
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In article 1dsbecINNnul@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, jlw4@po.CWRU.Edu (Jennifer L. Wesp) writes:
>
>While in, I believe, Indiana on a
>cross country trip this past summer, we needed a front brake light switch
>for a Honda Nighthawk...
>I was walking around looking at the bikes on the
>floor, and spotted the same switch on a new bike, which they cheerfully
>sold us. 

Wow!  Brake light switch goes bad, and you replace the bike!

---
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...
From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Space Oddity
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:20:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: rd.1992Nov12.222018.10407
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division

In article <1dsnm9INNs30@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
>
>Anybody carry a laptop computer on their bike for any length of time?
>I'm worried about vibration.

Yup. It's a 'notebook' size, which is one of the 6 lb. jobs, not the old
15 lb. ones that were originally called laptops. It has a case which holds
the computer & assorted paraphernalia, and has a strong shoulder strap.
I threw the strap on my shoulder and used my body as a vibration damper.
It seemed to work.

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
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Won't be in Colorado...
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:43:49 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.192536.4124@eos.arc.nasa.gov> keith@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Keith Harris) writes:
>Let's not be extreme.  Do you really thing that sexual preference is a
>justifiable reason for SPECIAL PRIVILEGES?  Should a gay or lesbian be
>given special compensation in housing, jobs, and going to the head of the
>checkout line at Safeway?  I think not.  This amendment only states that
>these things should not happen.  It is NOT anti-gay legislation.  I have
>no problem with a persons sexual preference, but I don't believe they
>should get special treatment because of it.  Just as a heterosexual should

If the amendment only states that lesbian/gay individuals should _not_
be given special privileges, then why in the world was it necessary in
the first place?  What's the point of a law that does nothing?

I suspect it's because it is _not_ intended to do _nothing_.

>religion, or anything else.  I beleive the voters were saying that we are
>ALL equal.  I am sure that some anti-gay factions promoted the legislation
>in their strange homophobic ways, but that doesn't mean the state endorses 
>that position.  

If, in fact, the law represents the "will of the people", then it means
exactly that.
-- 
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: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cops Suck!  Cops Suck!
Date: 11 Nov 92 07:51:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: drycas.1992Nov11.125124.2527
Reply-To: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu

In article <1dr619INN59s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
> 
> That's basically it.  Cops Suck!
> 
> Goodfornothing muthereffing sonofawhores!
> 
> Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

	Yup.  The next time you're broken down at the roadside and some cop
comes and helps you out, or gives a ticket to the asswipe who ran you off
the road, or recovers your stolen bike, remeber that "Cops are good for
nothing".

	Uh, yes, as a matter of fact, I *have* been busted for speeding.
Many times.  I just retook the driving test because I had too many points
on it.  But reality is hard to face, I guess ...

Rob
--
Rob Yang (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A) RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
'92 CBR600F2 (Hon) "It hisses on snakes."   AMA 642916   DoD 0593
'79 XT500 (The Bitch)        '90 Plymouth Laser RS (Sweetie)
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From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Subject: Re: Won't be in Colorado...
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:04:13 GMT


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.
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From: ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: Helmet Laws
Originator: ed@rover
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 22:03:52 GMT

>Ted Lyon, asshole originator of the Texas helmet law, also got the boot 
>this last election. Maybe there's hope here too.

>Jeff Achenbach


     Sounds hopeful to me. Legeslators hate to be unemployed
because then they have to work for a living. (See original Quote
in sig)


Ed Campbell

'57 FL
'76 XLCH
My other car is a '54 Harley Servicar.


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    " As long as there is a vote or lead,charcoal,sulfer,
     and saltpeter, men have a chance to be free."
                  Wolf Who Runs Alone With the Wind, 1992
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From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing (how fascist are YOU?)
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:59:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.071302.13943@panix.com>,
bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) ponders:

>She strongly resists wearing gloves, boots, or more protective gear.
>I feel she is aware of the risks, and she chooses to respond as she does.

>How do you deal with your passenger's clothing choices?

I force my passengers to wear a helmet, jacket, and gloves -- beyond the
requisite pants, shoes, etc.  Yeah, they know the risks when they mount the
bike, but they're also not the ones in control of it.  I recommend boots, but
my wife won't wear 'em, either.  Stressing the importance of retaining the
use of the hands, I insist on gloves.  In the event of asphalt surfing, she'd
naturally put them out to meet the pavement, anyway.

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|         Some don't have the intelligence (apparently) to dispute         |
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From: spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: R100GS final drive trouble
Date: 6 Nov 1992 21:33:54 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hailwood.asd.sgi.com

behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) says:
> 
> 	Touch one sometime after a long, hard ride.  They get HOT!!!

Just what type of shaft are we talking about here?

....paul

-- 
Paul Spencer                 Silicon Graphics Advanced Graphics Division
spencer@sgi.com                                Mountain View, California
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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: High speed in USA?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:04:16 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.231716.27@iris-dcp.es> marrevola@iris-dcp.es writes:
>I have just read the review about '93 ZX-11 in our best spanish magazine:
>Motociclismo. Our pressman was arrested cause he was riding at 80 mph.
>He could not tell his readers how the bike is, but He told us many things
>about that fuckin'jail.
>
>Do you think that Kawasaki had a good idea by showing its new bike in US?
>
>Do bike-riders go fast in US? How many of you have been arrested?
>Cheers,
>
>manolo@taf.fundesco.es
>ZX-11

While most bikers(spooky no?) in the US regularly exceed the safe posted 
speed limit ZX owners must pass a rigorous exam demonstrating that
they never in fact have exceeded the speed limit. They work on a merit
badge system and would never ever even contemplate being arrested.
If a ZX owner where to simply receive a ticket they would be forced
by the federally mandated "ZX LAW" to sell or destroy their "baby as it
were". ZX owners are also reguired by law to help an old lady across
the street every day. For owners living in rural areas this can entail
long desperate rides in search of an old lady. Furthermore the
old folks lobby "OFL" is franticly working to repeal this law as
many old ladies are finding themselves on the wrong side of the rode.
 
Ask me about the ZX leiderhosen law.
 

 
================================================================================
 Ipsissimus of the Inner Order of Sesquipedalian Fruitcakes 
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
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From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: Loud pipes: get some perspective
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 20:03:10 GMT

In article <9901067@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney) writes:
>My aplogies.  What I meant to say was: " So kindly put a cork in it.  This
>thread that is".  Jeesh.  What a bunch of post riding season whining.  Get
>a fix folks. 

	Post season?  For whom?  Red might be in the living room, but I
rode Baby Bike in today and I will continue to bring him in to work on all
but the slippery days (some strange dislike I have for replacing mirrors and
turn signals).

>I think I'll go home, repack my Muzzy, and remove a few disks. 

	I thought only SuperTrapps had this feature.

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?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing (how fascist are YOU?)
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:34:18 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.085944.28530@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>In article <1992Nov7.071302.13943@panix.com>,
>bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) ponders:
>
>>She strongly resists wearing gloves, boots, or more protective gear.
>>I feel she is aware of the risks, and she chooses to respond as she does.
>
>>How do you deal with your passenger's clothing choices?
>
>I force my passengers to wear a helmet, jacket, and gloves -- beyond the
>requisite pants, shoes, etc.  Yeah, they know the risks when they mount the
>bike, but they're also not the ones in control of it.  I recommend boots, but
>my wife won't wear 'em, either.  Stressing the importance of retaining the
>use of the hands, I insist on gloves.  In the event of asphalt surfing, she'd
>naturally put them out to meet the pavement, anyway.
>

This has been real interesting in terms of the number of SOs that will refuse
to wear the recommended attire.  I would have to assume that of those, few, if
any ride themselves or have any desire to.  I had no problem whatsoever
convincing my wife that she should wear all the necessary protective gear.
Then again, she is learning to ride, so that might make a difference.  

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Mike Serafin             serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com       Texas Instruments
DoD #0742  AMA #671922  HOG #                            Dallas, Texas
1967 Firebird 326              1982 Honda CM250C
1969 Barracuda Formula 340S    1993 H-D FLHS 
1988 Ford F250 4x4             1964 Cessna 310I (FOR SALE)
1991 Ford Escort GT
******************************************************************************

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From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: MSF=Infallible (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:37:44 GMT

In article <9901072@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney) writes:
>In rec.motorcycles, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>
>> In article 3K4@news.iastate.edu, tomes@iastate.edu () writes:
>> >
>> >I may be forced to wear my helmet (instead of making an 
>> >informed choice to wear it) because the twenty years of riders before me
>> >compiled some truly nauseating statistics on head injuries 
>> 
>> Wrong.  I have never seen any statistics compiled on the head injuries
>> of twenty years worth of helmetless riders.  Helmet laws are pushed by
>
>Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
>helmetless riders have resulted in death?  I rest my case. 
>
>-Jeff Deeney-  KotD #0000  DoD#0498    NCTR    '88 XR600-Shamu   
>jld@hpfcpe.fc.hp.com       AMA#540813  COHVCO  '81 CB750F-Llamaha 
>I'm OK, you're inflatable.  


Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries on rec.moto comes
from people quoting statistics but not citing sources?   1/2 :')

Seriously, I have never seen a study which supported this.  If you have
one, and I doubt that you do, I'm sure everyone would like to see it
to determine its validity (if any).  It is easy to get suckered into 
something that seems reasonable and your statistic may certainly be
true but there are so many random number generators out there and so
few well thought out studies.  Sigh.


Jack Waters II

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~                                DoD#1919        ~
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From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: The last one of its kind ?
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:09:01 GMT

In <k21701.720964202@kyyppari> k21701@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Teppo Nieminen) writes:

>In <Stafford-021192080901@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:

>>In article <k21701.720690185@kyyppari>, k21701@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Teppo
>>Nieminen) wrote:

>potential. Or do people buy ZX-11's because they want to KNOW they can
>go 180 mph, or because they WANT to go 180 mph ? Opinions invited...

  Speaking for myself.

I bought a 160 mph bike so that rpm and int. load is insignificant at
100. I bought a repli-racer for the handling but also for the ability of
said bikes to withstand occasional abuse. I've hurt smaller bikes with
continuous high rpm operation. I chose my bike for practical reasons
(yeah right). The top end is just gravy.
 
__
   Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who
   Arch. & Eng. Services   |          **           | I think I am. 
   UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer" - IT175 |           - anonymous
From: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Robert H. Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: hot/cold spark plugs
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:59:53 -0500
Reply-To: ryang@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Organization:  

In article <RTARAZ.92Nov5123422@bigwpi.WPI.EDU>, rtaraz@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes:
> 
> What is the difference between a hot and a cold spark plug?  

	This term refers to the heat conductivity of a spark plug.  A cold
plug conducts relatively more heat away from the firing end to the metal shell
to become waste heat.

	The heat range of a spark plug must be matched to the engine.  If
the plug is too hot, the plug insulator itself may become hot enough
to ignite the mixture randomly, uncontrollable with no spark.  This is called
"preignition".  It can result in engine damage, if not corrected.

	If the plug is too cold, oil and carbon deposits won't be burned
away enough, and the engine will eventually start misfiring and building
up deposits.

	Given this information, you may want to stick with the plug that
the manufacturer recommends.

Rob
--
Rob Yang (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A) RYANG@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU
'92 CBR600F2 (Hon) "It hisses on snakes."   AMA 642916   DoD 0593
'79 XT500 (The Bitch)        '90 Plymouth Laser RS (Sweetie)

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