HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Why is my face shield so scratched so soon?
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:19:35 GMT

randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis) writes:

>RF-200.  They only take perhaps a minute to change shields - just unscrew
>two big plastic screws with a dime (or, sometimes, you get a plastic

>  Are there any well-thought-of helmets that have an appreciably faster
>faceshield replacement method?

Yep. With the Arai (Quantum, Signet, Regent) helmets you pop off the two
side plates with your thumb (they are attached with a plastic cable so
you can't drop them), swap shields, pop the side plates back on. No
tools required, and no screws to drop.

The Shoei X-8 also has a quick change shield.
-- 
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: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:23:25 GMT
Subject: Re: What to do with old battery?
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, aliamus@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Steve Aliamus) writes:

*    I just purchased a new battery for my VFR700.  Now, what do I do with:
*    - the old battery?  Anywhere is the San Francisco Bay Area to recycle it?

Most places that sell batteries also collect old ones.  They get recycled
to reclaim the lead and maybe the zinc.  I usually buy may batteries locally
and they take the old one.  Ask your motorcycle shop if they will take it
off of your hands.  The recycling center at our local dump also accepts 
them for free.

*    - the left over battery acid from the new battery?  It came in a plastic
*      container, and there is still about a cup of battery acid in it.

Nice clean dilluted sulfuric acid.  Dillute like hell and flush down the drain.

*   On a related note...how come motorcycle batteries are not sold charged?  It
*   is quite a hassle to fill the battery with acid and trickle charge it for
*   24 hours.

Because they would start to deteriorate.  When stored empty they will 
last almost forever.  Besides shipping full batteries sounds messy.

Frank Ball   1UR-M         frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com
Hewlett Packard   	   (707) 794-4168 work (707) 538-3693 home
1212 Valley House Drive    KC6WUG Seca 750 XT350 IT175 
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999 DoD#7566 I'm the NRA.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)
Subject: Re: Bzzzzt!  Was: How to break-in new rings?
Keywords: ohmygod dweeb
Organization: Why do you suspect that?
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 16:01:19 GMT

In article <10736@wrgate.wr.tek.com> davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
>In article <1992Oct7.001943.13872@tcsi.com> markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) writes:
>>>>
>>>>With the motor running at about 3000-4000 rpm, feed a couple of tablespoons
>>>>of Bon Ami(tm) into the carb.  
>>
>>What exactly is Bon Ami?  I thought it was some kind of soap or something.
>>
>  The abrasive contained in it is powdered feldspar, which is a
>crystalline mineral composed of silicates of aluminum with varying
>proportions of potassium, calcium and sodium.  It is a very mild
>abrasive.
>

*WHOOOPS*

What's a mild abrasive?  With respect to what?  I originally suggested 
that valve grinding compound was more appropriate for accelerating
ring wear ...

Bon Ami may be a mild abrasive when you put it on your *hands*, but when
you dump it in your engine I'd never use the word *mild* in the same
sentance.

   ***   [   rest of flame  (mine)  deleted   ]   ***

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>| Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       |
>| davet@loowit.WR.TEK.COM         | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
>| '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
>| '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
>| '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     |
>|       1938 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     |
>| My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  csmith@dsac.dla.mil  whois ces10
MOA# 52888, RA# 15633, DoD# 0709, AMA# 574722, Buckey Beemers 411, BK Ohio V
BMW K1100-LT, R69S, R27 and other even less worthwhile [ 2 | 3 ] wheel stuff
            {  Friends don't let friends ride Japanese bikes  }

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Re: From which side do you mount?
Originator: dab@space0
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:05:48 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.023841.10754@athena.cs.uga.edu> weaver@castor.cs.uga.edu (Mike Weaver) writes:
>Further thought lead to the conclusion that I mount from the left because
>that is the side that the side-stand is on.
>
>Any thoughts? 

A Vincent has a sidestand on each side.
============================================================================
 "No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412 

From: jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 17:32:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Electric accessories, Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:

> From the Oct. '92 issue of Cage & Dozer, here's their VG-2
> detector-detector range measurements:
> 
> Valentine One	"Invisible"
> Bel 966ST	20'
> Cobra RD-306	600'
> Escort 3200	800'
> Whistler 880	4000'

What!?!?  No tests on my JC Whitney "Sunkyong" radar detector?  I'm sure
that it's good for close to a mile.  I've heard of people with some of the
cheap early radar detectors pulling up behind a trucker on the Interstate
and triggering his brake lights by turning their detector on and off. 

Re: mounting of detectors, make sure that you don't mount behind a conductive
material.  Many plastics can be loaded with enough carbon to make them
conductive.  I checked my Vetter and it measured in the low Mohm range so I
mounted my awesome piece of Korean police deterrant on the dash.  

There's no way that I could have heard this unit over the wind noise with
the stock arrangement.  Being a mechanical wizard, rather than an
electrical one, I yanked the small peizo-speaker from the housing, glued
velcro hooks on the back, and placed it inside my helmet next to my ear.

The speaker cord is routed across the top of the gas tank and into my
jacket.  Because I always forget that it's attached, I spliced in a power 
jack about where the cord leaves my jacket.  When I hop off the bike, the 
cord automatically disconnects.  

-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.  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: delilah@next09epsl.wam.umd.edu (Romeo DeVerona)
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:57:55 GMT

In article <Stafford-061092171420@stafford.winona.msus.edu>  writes:
> In article <1992Oct6.210846.17355@wam.umd.edu>,
> delilah@next18pg2.wam.umd.edu (Romeo DeVerona) wrote:
> > 
> > In article <Stafford-051092145932@stafford.winona.msus.edu>  writes:
> > > Hold it.  Don't these units emit radiation, albeit very little?  Was  
it
> > > not this radiation which allegedly caused testicular cancer in a
> > > number of cops who put the radar gun in their lap while waiting to
> > > gun down speeders?  Wouldn't it be a little unwise to put the unit
> > > next to your body?
> > 
> > nope. there is no transmitting element whatsoever in a radar detector; 
> 
> Then why do crummy radar detectors tend to be triggered by other
> radar decectors?  Something is transmitting.

not transmitting, but radiating; could be a number of things (burglar  
alarms, etc.), but it's NOT other radar detectors.

-D-
From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Flame Bait (was: Re: Drag racing)
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:58:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: unisql.3975
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <1bi2gdINN46r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>
>Wrong.  Marijuana affects reaction time, concentration, and short-term
>memory.  The first two place innocent others at risk if the dope-smoker
>is riding a motorcycle (not to mention a cage, airplane, crane, etc.).

Right.  But the crime is NOT "smoking dope".  The crime is driving
while impaired.  The actual smoking of the dope is a victimless crime.

-- 
Ray Shea                       Practice random cruelty 
UniSQL, Inc.                   and senseless acts of violence.
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu       
DoD #0372, '88 Hawk NT650
From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Date: 15 Oct 1992 09:40:01 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Oct15.061723.10263@elektro.cmhnet.org> root@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith) writes:
> 1981 Vespa P200E, 1 cyl, 200cc, not enough @ any RPM, current, with sidecar 

When I was in high school, the local used car dealer had one of these
on his lot.  It was maroon (ick) with matching sidecar.  I thought it was
just about the coolest thing I'd ever seen, but I couldn't raise the
money for it.  I liked the idea of being able to just toss all my books
into the sidecar without having to worry about strapping it to the bike
or whatever.  (sigh)  I ended up with a Honda Elite 125 scooter, without
sidecar, but with an oil injection system that died and killed the engine.

I kinda miss those cool Honda scooter advertisments with people
like Grace Jones (who is, 'natch, to die for) and Devo.  For a while,
having a Honda scooter, especially one with a popup headlight, was
just the ticket.

And what happened to me?  I still have this weird desire to get a
funky old bike with a sidecar.

-
-John H. Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu
-DOD# 2001  '92 BMW Paris-Dakar
-Queer and Proud
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: And the dead shall drive the earth!
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:16:55 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Oct07.152043.19745@i88.isc.com> jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.134345.20480@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>[guy tries to kill Our Very Own JJD]
>
>> Perhaps using the helmet as a club, eh?
>> No I'm 6' 175 lbs. This guy had me by 5'' and a hundred pounds.
>> Trying to head butt this guy would have resulted in my broken neck.
>
>Probably the thing to do would be to continue the inch forward, let him follow
>routine, until he was about a mile from his car, then take off.  Or maybe
>get him far enough away, circle back, and pull the keys from his ignition.
>Then find a nearby storm sewer.
>-- 
>Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation

 Your a mind reader. As he got further from the car I was hoping to
do a blast by and visit his car. He didn't fall for it. 
 Just as it was getting in that range it went back to his car.
 
 It was kinda funny because not only did he go for a walk but
I last saw him heading in the wrong direction in his attempts to
cut me off again. 
 
 My bike is rather distinctive (red windscreen) so we may meet again.
Hopefully I'll see him first. *Gulp*
 
================================================================================
 Ipsissimus of the Inner Order of Sesquipedalian Fruitcakes - IIOSF XOX Dawn
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: wrs@wslack.UUCP (Bill Slack)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re:  If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Distribution: world
Date: 15 Oct 92 08:22:29 EDT
Organization: W. R. Slack

My list, in no special order:

   - A boxer twin of any era: R69S, my R75/5, a R100R.
   - A hero bike from my childhood: Ariel Square Four or Vincent Black
     Shadow
   - An Italian mistress: any Ducati desmo, Laverda triple or Moto Guzzi
     sport bike
   - A fast, smooth, reliable, low maintenance, versatile modern bike such
     as a K75S with ABS and Luftmeister Turbo (or maybe just a K1100RS)
   - Something attention getting like an old single with a sidecar or a
     Paris-Dakar with 52-liter luggage and elephant guards.

Well, I have one of them. Only four to go.

Bill

__
wrs@gozer.mv.com (Bill Slack) DoD #430
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust! Oo..o&o
From: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: the r.m meta flame topic
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:17:12 GMT
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Disorganized Organization

In article <Stafford-151092165459@stafford.winona.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
> In article <1992Oct15.084230.679@halfdome.sf.ca.us>, bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us
> (bob pasker) wrote:
>   (0) VMS vs Unix
>> (1) what is countersteering?
>> (2) bmws never die
>> (3) fj's v. bmw
>> (4) shaft or chain?
>> (5) two stroke or four stroke?
>> (6) harleys/japcrap suck
>> (7) is "jap" an insult?
>> (8) valve springs are for losers
>> (9) how to put your bike on the centerstand
>> (10) are helmet laws good?
>> (11) using the back brake
>> (12) the s/n ratio is too high and the dod is responsible for it
>> (13) are .dirt,.harley,.racing groups good?  .tech? .dod?
(14) endless chains vs. master linx (thanks to dave lawrence)
(15) downshift or brake to slow down? (thanks to r.m.r)


-- 
-- bob pasker
-- bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us 
--
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry)
Subject: Re: If you could pick only 5 bikes...
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: ca
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 21:07:58 GMT

>Okay, denizens...If you could only have 5 bikes in your garage,
>what would they be?

i just want to know the guy who must *speculate* to imagine
the restriction of *ONLY* 5 bikes in his garage...and his
marital status :-) :-) :-).

kidding, hah hah (two and two halves is fine :) )
noemi
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
noemi@cs.ucla.edu (for now)     				KotSBL
DoD #443  						'82 KZ 305 CSR
						    (what's left of it)
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
From: daniels@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Daniel Segel)
Subject: Triumph Bonneville 650 restoration tips wanted
Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:21:56 GMT

Here's the deal:

I'm about to obtain (for purposes of rebuilding/restoring) a '72-74
Triumph Bonneville 650 that was parked in the garage one fine day 13
years ago and never touched again.

The motorcycle ran fine when it was last used, but nothing was done
to preserve it or otherwise prevent nasty things from happening to it
in the coming decade.

Beside a really good cleaning and recycling of the oil, what else should
I be worried about? Could the cylinders be seized up?

Eventually, I'll be completely rebuilding the bike, but right now I just
want to know what to avoid so I don't go and break a piston ring or some
such when trying to turn the engine over.

Any tips, pointers, or good books you can recommend?

Thanks,

Daniel A. Segel
daniels@zorch.sf-bay.org

tuned up
-- 
1. TO PLAY WITH SLINKY IN HANDS:
   Hold end coils of SLINKY with both hands.  Now raise and lower
   each hand in a rythmic motion.

From: vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 14:40:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd. (10/4/92, 1:30p)
Organization: Dances with Hawks
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles


In rec.motorcycles, arnie@col.hp.com (Arnie Berger) whines:

>The first few time that I took my bike with me to Palo Alto on business trips
>I had wonderful rides on Skyline Blvd. Then I made the mistake of riding there
>on a Sunday afternoon. I lasted about 5 miles. By the fifth mile my legs were
>shaking so badly I had to get off. The reason? These crazy guys on these Ninja
>motorcycles blazing by at 70 or 80 mph.

  Woah, 80 mph????  Did they have a fouled plug?  Did they have the choke on?
  Were they towing a trailer?  Did they have a headwind?  Were they still in
  2nd gear?

>                                       That situation up there is a tragedy
>waiting to happen. Why doesn't CHP set up nice, major radar-trap, production
>line. The kind of radar blitzes that the NY State Police are famous for
>on the roads leading out of Watkins Glen.

  Yeah, the world would be perfect if we "just had another law".

>                                            I have fond memories of spending 
>a lovely Sunday afternoon on a hillside outside of Ithaca watching all the
>people coming back from the Grand Prix and hitting our famous radar trap. 
>There was one radar car hidden behind a tree, and about 10 patrol cars 
>located about 1/2 mile further down the road around a blind curve. 

  Hmmmm, rather easily amused?
  
  The most socially redeeming feature of New York is that it gives *so many
  millions* of people a place to live other than where I do.  I wish you
  godspeed in your journey of return to this mecca of civilization.

  Cheers,
  Victor "Dances with Speeders" Johnson
  -------------------------------------
From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 1993 JB Triumph 900s at Cologne
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:36:48 GMT
Expires: 25 Oct 92 05:00:00 GMT
Organization: Computervision

In article <3880148@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) writes:
>As reported by Malcolm, a subscriber to euro-moto, from Cologne this week.
>
>Triumph Tiger 900 Triple
>========================
>
>Triumph Sprint 900 Triple
>=========================
>
 
T'would be nice if ole Malcolm would report that Triump had signed a new
trade agreement with the US of A to the effect that they were suddenly going
to start importing thousands of these machines into America ...

Dreams...only dreams 8-(.

        

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
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From: cbrooks@ms.uky.edu (Clayton Brooks)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Open-face helmets
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:26:27 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Well, after reading so many "How can you stand to...."
or "It seems so dangerous that..." or "After seeing what 
my windshield goes through...." concerning the negative 
aspects of using an open-face helmet, it finally occurred to 
me that I'd heard this tone of voice before.

It's the same tone of voice that I hear from those 
that are against me riding a motorcycle at all.
Yes, you're not that much different.

I use an open-face helmet. I always have. I enjoy it.
I have tried full-facers and I don't care for them.
I think they reduce the whole motorcycling sensation.
Yes, open-facers have drawbacks but I'm willing to 
take that risk.

To answer some honest questions, I don't have to
scrape bugs off of my face. Not many hit in the
first place and they tend to bounce off.
I tend to not follow other vehicles closely,
especially gravel trucks. I have had a serious
wreck and my face was scraped (I scared the hell
out of one lady when I walked out of the emergency 
room).

Musing about how bugs get smashed in my eyes or my 
chin getting ground off of my face pisses me off.
You're no different from the people that like to 
tell me how easily I can die on a motorcycle.

This newsgroup is starting to suck.
-- 
 Clayton T. Brooks       _,,-^`--.   From the heart          cbrooks@ms.uky.edu
 722 POT U o'Ky    .__,-'    *    \   of the blue           cbrooks@ukma.bitnet
 Lex. KY 40506   _/              ,/    grass and   {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!cbrooks
 606-257-6807   (__,-----------''   bourbon country    AMA NMA MAA AMS ACBL DoD
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF Sticker = bisexual?
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:14:13 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

: ] 
: ] Which reminds me, for all the gay men out there: the Navy Base Moffett
: ] Field mandatory motorcycle safety course attendance sticker on my ID
: ] card shows a motorcyclist in a surround of one of those cute little
: ] upside down triangles that have become all the rage in .siggies here on
: ] Usenet.  I think its outrageous that the same Navy that bans gays from
: ] service turns around with subtle subliminal ads for the non-heterosexual
] lifestyle. 

Actually I think it is derived from yeild signs and its also the
symbol for the National MSF, so I doubt its the navy.

	As much as I hate Canoe U, I don't think its their fault...

		Ryan