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From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Biker vs. Cager, again
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:41:38 GMT
Reply-To: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <1992Oct9.004029.15661@wixer.cactus.org> lestat@wixer.cactus.org (Lyle J. Mackey) writes:
>Total injury: Scraped left ankle, slight muscle aches from picking up the bike
>in an adrenaline rush ("Lift with your knees, not your back..." ...oops!).

But what was the total injury to the cager?  "Black eye, two
missing teeth, lucky I didn't just shove his head through the windshield
I was so mad...."

Glad you're OK.  When I had my lowside due to cager stupidity, I
only got a cut on my knee, and an adrenaline hangover.  Plus I got
to have an absolutely *beautiful* woman (the offending cager) fawn
all over me for 20 minutes.  "Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you're OK!
Are you sure you're all right?  If there's anything wrong with your
bike I'll pay.  Are you sure you don't want to come upstairs and
clean that cut on your knee?"  Coulda been worse.


-- 
Ray Shea                       Practice random cruelty 
UniSQL, Inc.                   and senseless acts of violence.
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu       
DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650	
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: garrett@math.rice.edu (David Garrett)
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Rice University
Distribution: tx
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:44:17 GMT


Keith Schauer writes:

>What have you done to your 750 that makes it so expensive? Why do you think 
>it can't be replaced for $2500. You should be able to buy a couple of them 
>at that price.

Well, let's see. I bought it from a longtime friend who is an ex-racer/wrench 
here in Houston. The motor was completely rebuilt a year ago with new valves, 
bearings, etc. It has a big-bore kit, punching it out to 836cc from 750cc. 
The carbs are off a 900 and have been modified for quicker response and 
more airflow with some racing parts. The stock bars were junked in favor of 
O'Neal Superbike bars, the right-hand mirror and all turn signals have been 
removed, and the stock seat replaced with a Corbin Gunfighter. A Lockhart 
oil cooler was added to the front frame rails. The airbox was removed, and 
K&N filters were installed. A Kerker 4-into-1 exhaust gets rid of the burned 
gases, and finally, the transmission was torn down and shimmed, in addition 
to all of the gears being undercut for faster and smoother shifting. 

About the only mod I haven't done yet is upgrade the clutch; the motor's 
strong enough to spin the clutch in first gear if I redline it, so I usually 
short-shift into second instead. 

I figure I've gained about 10-15 hp without *any* loss of reliability; I 
ride it every day as my primary transportation, even though I just bought 
a beater cage about a month ago.

It's not as fast as a modern GSXFZCBZXR, but it pulls hard enough to keep 
me entertained from 7-9K:-)

Anyway, I *might* be able to replace it for $2500, but I'd just as soon not 
have to find out;-)

Dave Garrett
Department of Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, TX
garrett@math.rice.edu
'81 Honda CB750/836F
From: shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Biker vs. Cager, again
Date: 11 Oct 1992 16:41:30 -0500
Organization: ProLine [pro-haven] - Pariahs' Haven BBS, 409/693-8262, 9600-300
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

testing... please ignore. :(
-blaine   a.k.a. The Midnight Shadow    |  1979 Chevy Urban Assault Vehicle
Texas Aggie Bus Driver and proud of it! |  1982 Thomas Transit Liner bus
Another Bodybuilder from HELL!!         |  1982 Yamaha Vision   DoD #7192
        "Mine is not to wonder why, Mine is but to look and cry....."
From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: it's awful quiet?
Date: 13 Oct 1992 20:12:14 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: world
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
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Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu



Over the weekend I realized what's been missing from my life . . 
it's a lot of posts to tx.motorcycles(until I logged in today! ;-)

Anyway . . . haven't heard much from Steve Bade . . . . did he
fall off the face of the earth?  Admittedly, it's kinda nice ;-)
but I'd hate to hear that something nasty happened to his bike!!??!!

Mark "It's too nice out to be in this sh*tty office!!" Parsons

p.s. -- Saw a WHITE 87 Magna over the weekend(in Dallas).  The
	guy(gal?) had painted the fenders, tank, and side covers
	white and then pen-striped it in black(dark blue?).  He
	also put a leather strap down the center of the tank to
	give it that Harley-split-tank look.  Except for the
	leather it looked sharp!! (NOTE: 87/88 Magna's came in
	candy red, black, and dark blue only.)
From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Houston splatterfest contingent -- departure?
Date: 11 Oct 1992 00:06:44 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
NNTP-Posting-Host: swrinde.nde.swri.edu

In article <ja41954@pro-haven.cts.com> shadow@pro-haven.cts.com (Blaine Hufnagle) writes:
>kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>
>% Me too. I live on my motorcycle. That PC trunk comes in handy for storing
>% dirty laundry. Hey! maybe I should just add some soap and hot water before I
>% head home on Fridays.
>
>But the question is, can you bathe and ride at the same time? :)  Say, does
>that PC have any air jets for a hot tub?

Who say's I have to be the one bathing while riding? Remember that I have two
tubs on the PC. (Haven't we been through this discussion before? :^) It's got
plugged drain holes in the bottom. Don't see why one could mount some hot tub
jets in there. (Just don't tell my wife about it. :^)

>% It takes an hour to make it to Selma at 65 mph on 410.  Of course
>% it'll end up taking me about three hours because I'll probably take a side
>% trip past Sisterdale or such.
>
>Well, in that case, ride faster. :)

I tried to ride faster today when I went through SisterDale, but about all I
could average in that hilly countryside was about 21 mph. Oh yeah, I was on
my bicycle doing the 62 mile Boerne bike open. I'll try to go faster on the
PC next week. I did hit 42 mph several times a few miles east of Sisterdale.

If you've never ridden in that area, you ought to do so sometime. E/W 473,
the area around Waring, and N/S of Sisterdale really makes for nice
motorcycling.  Nobody drives those roads.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (will disavow any knowledge of me)
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
(DoF #)  : A Wandering Mind is a Good Waste of Time.
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:58:20 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1992Oct15.133447.14545@spdc.ti.com> serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
>In article <Bw4M5q.IEq@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>>Full coverage on my Sportster is ~$800.00 / year and that's the lowest I could
>>find in Dallas (State Farm). After all the b.s I had to go thru just to get
>>quotes, I feel damn lucky to have gotten the thing insured at all. I'm well
>>over 25 and have a spotless drivers license record.
>
>$800 a year? From State Farm?  Hell, they wanted $300/yr for liability only on
>the CM250 I bought so my wife could learn to ride.  Dairyland gave me a rate of
>$60/yr.  Dairyland also quoted $650/yr for full coverage on the '93 FLHS that
>I'll be getting next month.  I didn't even waste my time with SF, although SF
>does carry my Auto and Homeowner policies.  

Dairyland told me they would not even insure me until I had at at least 1 year
riding experience (i.e. 1 year after getting the class M endorsement on my
drivers license) and even then full coverage would be ~$1200.00 per year.
Harleys. Republic quoted ~$750.00 but I know nothing about their reputation
and since I have my cage insured with State Farm, I just stayed with them.
Now that I have over 1 year riding experience and 13000+ miles under my belt,
maybe it's time to call Dairyland again.

-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
=============================================================================
From: joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Turbo mod info wanted
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:19:53 GMT
Reply-To: joe@rider.cactus.org
Distribution: world
Organization: NOT

johnny@ennex3.eng.utsa.edu (Johnny Roberts) writes:
]	Anyway, I am wanting information on adding a turbo unit to a small  
]to medium sport bike (example Ninja or Interceptor 500-600 2 or 4 cyl.).
]Due to my 5'7" frame I want something small and light but with much more  
]power than my present 550 commuter. Thus I am considering the above  
]combination. At any rate it is going to make a nice project, which is  
]really my main objective. I am aware that stock turbo bikes exist. 
]
]	If you have any leads (turbo suppliers, technical literature,  
]experience) on such an undertaking, please let me know.

look up Mr. Turbo in houston. they make MC turbo kits.

-- 
Joe Senner                                                joe@Rider.Cactus.Org
Austin, TX                                                       92 BMW K100RS
Newsgroups: tx.motorcycles
From: garrett@math.rice.edu (David Garrett)
Subject: Re: Insurance help needed
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Rice University
Distribution: tx
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:19:19 GMT

In article <21720@rpp386.lonestar.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>In article <Bw4K1t.E52@rice.edu> garrett@math.rice.edu (David Garrett) writes:
>>Anyway, I *might* be able to replace it for $2500, but I'd just as soon not 
>>have to find out;-)
>
>You should be able to replace it for a hell of a lot less than $2,500 if
>all you care about is the 15 extra horsepower.  A stock 750 made about
>70HP on a good day, so you're up around where a nice litre bike would be.
>And there are plenty of used litre bikes out there for under $2,500.

Yes, but most of them have been thrashed/neglected in one way or another. 
Just about everything on my bike is *new* or otherwise replaced when it was 
rebuilt. I like to have confidence in the machinery when I'm riding hard, 
and not wonder what's getting ready to break that the previous owner failed 
to fix when it wore out. I know *exactly* what has been done to my bike by 
the former owner, and when it was done. Over $1000 in new parts alone were 
used in the rebuild.

Some might quibble with spending so much on an older bike, but 
comparing what I could purchase new from a dealer for $2500, and what I 
have now for $2500, I'll take my bike any day of the week. Plus I can 
actually work on my bike without stripping off acres of plastic and 
navigating through a maze of hoses and electrics when I actually *do* 
get to the motor.

Which is not to say that I wouldn't consider a new CBR or ZX if I had the 
cash right now:-)

Dave Garrett
Department of Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, TX
garrett@math.rice.edu
'81 Honda CB750/836F
From: flip@thekidd (Phillip Dimock)
Newsgroups: tx.test
Subject: Test
Date: 11 Oct 92 09:01:09 GMT
Organization: My Humble Abode

This is obviously a test. Please forgive me if I missed tx.test.
I am sure you will let me know.

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I don't have anything witty to say.      |
I merely want to see what this signature |
file looks like.                         |
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From: mike@maxwell.as.utexas.edu (Michael Briley)
Newsgroups: tx.test
Subject: testing
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:29:29 GMT
Distribution: ut
Organization: McDonald Observatory/Dept. of Astronomy, U. Texas
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6F9E63F7301B975@slip-17.ots.utexas.edu>
X-XXDate: Thu, 8 Oct 92 19:21:03 GMT

Ooooh.  A test.
Newsgroups: tx.politics
From: kossack@owlnet.rice.edu (Jordan Marc Kossack)
Subject: Police and selective enforcement  
Reply-To: kossack@qvi.com
Organization: Draft Dodgers for Quayle and Clinton  
Distribution: tx
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 23:31:32 GMT

In article <11OCT199212340358@jetson.uh.edu> schieber@jetson.uh.edu (Schieber, Jay D.) writes:
- My point is that the police are selectively enforcing existing
- laws according to their own biases, which are often racist, 
- misogynist, and political.

	I have to agree with the comment regarding selective   
   enforcement, as on my way to work each morning, I often 
   see police officers ignore folk who are breaking the law    
   by driving 60mph (or even faster) on the West Belt.  

	However, no longer being psychic, I am unable to make 
   a fully informed comment on the motives of the officers.  I 
   trust you have sources (other than anecdotal) regarding the 
   claim that selective enforcement of laws by HPD officers is 
   based on their "racist, misogynist, and political" biases.  

 
- Sympathy is hardly reassuring, given that several friends in Houston
- have been assaulted by police officers for political reasons.  One 
- friend was an unarmed, nineteen year old woman who weighs less than
- 100 pounds, standing alone, assaulted by a rather large, uniformed,
- helmeted, armed and club-wielding member of Houston's finest.

	Well, in my experience, HPD folk do not routinely wear helmets  
   (other than motorcycle cops, of course) except during protest and 
   riot duty.  So, based on the presumtion that she was at some sort 
   of protest, I can not make a educated response to your statement w/o 
   knowing what she was doing when she was, as you say, assaulted.  On 
   a side note, though, if an officer has (legal) reason to use force, 
   do we really expect her to to take off her helmet and set aside her 
   baton/sidearm based upon the gender/race/etc. of the person she has 
   to employ force against, whether for arrest or crowd control?  That 
   would be racist/sexist, would it not?  


- Police routinely abuse their rights and need to be reigned in from
- such abuses.  Selective enforcement is one such abuse.

	It's impossible to abuse ones own rights.  I will admit, 
   however, that _some_ police officers abuse their powers and 
   need to be disciplined, fired or even prosecuted.  Whether 
   such abuse of powers is "routine" is a claim for which I don't   
   have sufficient data to form an informed conclusion, one way 
   or the other.  If you want to provide such data, I'm willing 
   to consider it, but at present I can't confirm of deny your 
   claim that such abuse is routine. 
	
	So far, all the data that I've heard is anecdotal.  

-- 
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 Jordan M Kossack  |  kossack@qvi.com  | +1 713 240 2073  |  I am the TSRA
From: curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch/131072)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
Subject: Football Failures at Bowie Force end of Season
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:14:41 GMT
Reply-To: curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch/131072)
Distribution: tx
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX



       =====  GOAL THREE:  CORE COURSE PROFICIENCY  =====

*2   TEXAS FOOTBALL TEAM:  UNABLE TO PASS, PLAY
     The Bowie, Texas, H.S., ninth-grade football team will be
unable to finish its season for the second straight year because
20 of its 26 members have been declared ineligible to play
(Knight, EL PASO TIMES).  The players failed at least one of
their classes in the first six-week grading period.
     The "controversial" no-pass, no-play rule was created by
presidential candidate Ross Perot in the mid-80s when he led the
Texas education reform effort.  According to the rule, students
are unable to participate in any "extra-curricular activities
such as athletics, band and debate" if they fail one or more of
their classes.
     "I am not a proponent of no-pass, no-play ... I believe it
is imperative we emphasize academics, athletics, activities --
the three A's.  They are all juxtaposition, side by side," said
Bowie Principal Paul Strelzin (10/9).

--
curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt L. Finch) | AIX NFS/NIS Field Quality 
My views are unrelated to those of IBM     |       Austin, TX
 -If you vote against Bush, be fair and throw out Congressional incumbents too-
From: davidc@montagar.com (David L. Cathey)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
Subject: Re: Bush Vetoes Stupid Education Reform Bill
Date: 11 Oct 92 08:34:27 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Montagar Software Concepts, Plano TX

In article <21698@rpp386.lonestar.org>, jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
> In article <1992Oct09.152047.25890@watson.ibm.com> johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti) writes:
>>The other issue is teaching superstitious mumbo-jumbo to children before
>>they've had a chance to develop their bullshit detectors.  I think it's
>>immoral to lay that mind-trip on them.  You can teach your children
>>whatever you want, but I think publicly-funded schools should be 
>>restricted to teaching factual information.
> 
> You should study the current debate about the validity of homeopathic
> medicine.  I've read a number of articles on the subject and it looks
> like there is some validity to that form of mumbo-jumbo.

	Well, you both are right in this case...  You shouldn't teach the
kids mumbo-jumbo, but homeopathic medicine isn't quite "medicine" yet.  It
does some good, but I think it could use a little more research to get a 
better understanding about what really does what.  There is a lot of good
potential there (some of those "Old Wives Tales" and folk remedies do work!).

> Moral:  Watch what you call mumbo-jumbo.
  Any sufficently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
> -- 
> John F. Haugh II        [  TSAKC  ] | When Bill Clinton toured L.A. after the
> Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151 [ DoF #17 ] | riots, instead of praising law abiding
> !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh   | citizens who defended home and family, he
> @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org          | called for a ban on the tools they used.
					         ^---Why am I not suprised?
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Montagar Software Concepts              |UUCP: ...!montagar!davidc
P. O. Box 260772, Plano TX  75026-0772  |Fone: (214)-618-2117
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
Subject: Re: If you dump Bush, dump Congress too, (at least.)
Date: 7 Oct 1992 21:42:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Oct7.165036.1065@wixer.cactus.org> purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer) writes:
>Why? It strikes me that a democratic Congress and a democratic President
>could do amazing things, rather than squabbling as the current
>Legilature and President have.

Sure they can. It'd be downright amazing what a Democrat Congress could do if
it was unleashed...like taxing and spending the US economy straight into
oblivion.

Not me, thanks. I'f much prefer the other way around: keep Bush and dump
Congress.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
    Vote for a REAL change on 3 November: Throw out the check-bouncing,
  tax-and-spend Democrat Congress! (obviously, not an opinion of UTHSCH)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: The blame game
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Distribution: usa,tx
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 14:33:04 GMT

In <21714@rpp386.lonestar.org> jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:

>In article <1992Oct13.152623.1896@NeoSoft.com> hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen) writes:
>>That simply isn't true.  Japanese markets are some of the most competitive
>>markets in the world.  The markets for Japanese packaged goods make US
>>markets look like a Little League game.  In fact, the Japanese are so
>>competitive that the US isn't even willing to play their game.  That's why
>>anytime the Japanese start selling for even close to cost the US
>>manufacturers scream and demand the government protect them.
> 
>No, it is true.

I'm sorry, Doug, but he's right.

[I think any time John Haugh and I agree about ANYTHING it is a pretty
safe bet that it's probably true.  After all, we agree so SELDOM.  :-)]

>As for "selling at cost", the Japanese government regularly investigates
>Japanese companies for selling in the US for LESS than they sell in Japan.

Again, quite right.  Plus there are problems in that the tax structure
of Japan encourages selling overseas (as do those of a lot of European
countries, to a lesser extent).  It is government policy in Japan to
expand foreign markets.  The Japanese government investigates because
we wind up having to complain about Japanese 'dumping' in our markets.
This isn't true in all industries, by any means, but it's certainly
true in a number of them.

>>Right.  Just a passing fad, huh John?  Reminds me of Ken Olsen railing on
>>about how PCs were just a fad and they would soon pass.  

>Japan is currently in a recession.  Are we?

Under what measure is Japan in a recession by which we are not?
Growth has certainly slowed and their stock market has dropped, but
neither of those things make a 'recession'.  Has Japan had negative
growth in their GDP for the past 6 months?  If not, then they are no
more in a 'recession' than we are.  If you are using any other
measure, then my answer has to be that yes, we are BOTH in recession;
they are just recessions in different ways.

-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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