HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cycle World: the Pot Calling the Kettl
Date: 16 Nov 1992 21:19:04 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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In article 2121@lclark.edu, garyb@lclark.edu (Gary Bliefernich) writes:
>>Oh, and if you wnat to flame me on the net, please use all of my posting
>>not just a section, as it gives a distorted view of my opinion, Thanks!!
>
>He did use all of my post./gb

There is nothing worse than quoting an entire post just to flame a line
or two.  Given that selective quoting is necessary for the sanity of
the net at large, expect to be quoted in a manner you feel is
"distorted."  There is no way around it. 

Just don't say something like, "I would ride my motorcycle to the
bowling alley, but my balls are too big and heavy," or the balls part
will wind up in Cliff Weston's .sig.

---
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...

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
Subject: Re: Squash or slide?
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:17:51 GMT

In article <1992Nov22.172930.461@rd.hydro.on.ca> jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
>What I want to know is, how many people have actually managed to hit the kill
>switch during a crash? In my low-speed low-side I wound up standing over the
>bike (in recently scratched leathers) still holding the clutch lever, and

I crashed a Shadow 700 a few years ago in rain and wet leaves. As I slide 
along the road in slow motion I remember reaching up and hitting the engine 
stop switch. I didn't seem to have anything else to do at the time. 8-(

-John
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: CBX and other 6 cyl's
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:41:16 GMT

davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:

>In article <1452@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:

>>	While in a Honda Dealership I came across a CBX 6 cylinder MC.
>>What other inline 6's are out there...flying V-6's???

>  The first one that comes to mind is the Benelli Sei 750cc 6, a beauty.

Yep, that 6-into-6 exhaust looked quite impressive. It's probably worth
mentioning that the Sei was pretty much 1.5 Honda CB500/550 four engines.
They licensed the old single-cam design from Honda, as I remember the
tale.

>The second one is the KZ1300 Kawasaki touring barge, an _ugly_.

The current Lead Wing is a flat 6 1500 isn't it?

-- 
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
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: HELMETS
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:23:56 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.192616.528@c3.PLA.CA.US> niall@c3.PLA.CA.US (Neal Bedard) writes:
>In article <1992Nov20.114618.12454@cs.hw.ac.uk> geirs@cs.hw.ac.uk (Geir Solvang) writes:
>>I wrote in my original article something like "land of the free, home of the
>>brave (or something similar crappy)" and have received mail like
>>
>>>don't ridicule other countries' national anthems on a public forum
>>>unless you want to start a flame war between nationalities.
>>
>>I'm really sorry if I have offended anyone in any way by quoting from the
>>US national anthem. That was actually beside the point I tried to make and 
>>I appologise.
>
>Sermon time....
>
>Why apologize? You're free to speak your mind here. Burn the damn flag if you
>want to, trash the song, protest America's overseas jingoism on foreign soil -
>America will survive it (though some reactionary types might not take kindly
>to it.)

Absolutely.  Personally, I start getting paranoid when I hear no criticism -
that usually means the shit's about to hit the fan...  If the U.S. as a
country can't take criticism, we may as well just pack up our things
and go home.

>Why? Because America is built on _values_ and _laws_, not symbols like a piece
>of cloth or a stupid, awkward-to-sing anthem that glorfies America's violent
>beginnings rather than celebrating its virtues. Values like freedom, diversity,

ObUrbanLegend:  I've heard, from several sources, that the music to which
Key's poem was set to become the U.S. National Anthem was, in fact,
an old British drinking song.  Anyone know for certain?
-- 
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: ptaplin@escher.arch.adelaide.edu.au (Paul Taplin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
Date: 24 Nov 1992 02:25:10 GMT
Organization: Department of Architecture, University of Adelaide.
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In article <RTARAZ.92Nov17124552@bigwpi.WPI.EDU> rtaraz@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz) writes:

>When I bought my bike, my whole family was worried and told me that I
>might die or some other stuff like that, and I said:
>
>at least I will die happy!
                     ^^^^^

BINGO! The man wins a prize!
-- 
Paul Taplin              ptaplin@arch.adelaide.edu.au
Dept of Architecture
University of Adelaide   < something witty to be inserted >
South Australia          < here at a later date :-)       >
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura)
Subject: Re: CBX and other 6 cyl's
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:09:04 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <1452@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill) writes:
>
>	While in a Honda Dealership I came across a CBX 6 cylinder MC.
>What other inline 6's are out there...flying V-6's???
>
>				Ryan
>
	Kawasaki had a KZ1300 in-line 6 though its engine had only 12 valves.

					Tetsuya Nishimura
From: ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: High speed in USA?
Date: 20 Nov 92 09:39:11 GMT
Organization: Data and Business Comms, BT Labs, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK.

From article <1992Nov17.153849.14364@bnr.uk>, by datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild):
> 
> 
> One of the funniest things I ever saw on a motorway was a caterpillar made up
> of about eight or nine snowcat thingies (you know the things, white painted
> cab things on caterpillar tracks) fastened together and doing about forty-
> five MPH.  Coming back from work in the evening, on the same stretch of that
> motorway (M3) I was buzzed by a Spitfire!  A week later it was by a Fokker
> Triplane!  A very exciting stretch of tarmac, I can tell you.

Having driven a Scorpion Light Armoured Tank, you appreciate the
speeds these things can do.
The Scorpion has twin Jag v12 engines in them, one for each track.

You get funny looks overtaking people at 80mph on the way to Heathrow
airport.

Antony.
DoD#1832
> M'Lud.  "Roger, Green-three.  Bandits at four o clock, attacking now!"  Zoooom
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:33:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.161657.23709@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>In article <Bxw183.92L@news.iastate.edu> tomes@iastate.edu () writes:
>|
>|Well, I drive my 81 Wing on all sorts of roads... It's just a matter of
>|practice and restraint.  I happen to like an easy chair that will keep me
>|off the ground if the Big Nasty (Tm?) happens.  
>
>Hmmm, to each his own, I guess.  Personally, I prefer to be on a bed, or 
>even the kitchen table, when I do the Big Nasty, but I guess whatever is 
>your preference...

Yeah, but imagine being on a Wing, recline the seatback, pop up the
foot rests, make sure your blankets are secured against the wind
(or just put the tonneau up), and you can do the Big Nasty while riding...
(assuming you have the passenger willing to do it...)

On a rough road, on a less comfortable bike, your balls might be too big
and swollen.

Now where did I hear _that_ before?
-- 
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: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:25:25 GMT
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Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher (egreen@east.sun.com) wrote:
:< a bunch of lame arguments against motorcycles deleted>
 
: "But my brother's friend's girlfriend's aunt knows somebody who *died*
: on a motorcycle!"

At least my mother claims to have known people personally that lost legs
in motorcycle accidents.  Of course the fact that those accidents occured
in the 1930s and probably involved open case primaries isn't relevant to her.
   I also like the explanation she gave me about how uncomfortable motorcycles
are.  Not from any direct experience, just from what was 'obvious' to her,
all that wind hitting you, no place to stretch your legs, etc.  I ususally
just smile and say "Yes, mother."  She isn't going to change her mind, but
neither am I so why argue?

--

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* Bill Ranck                                          ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu *
* DoD #496  Bikes past and present: CB175, CB550F, Norton 750, CB350F, XV535  *
*******************************************************************************
From: ae219rh@prism.gatech.EDU (Ray Hixon)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: What is everyone racing next year?
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:55:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Just wondering what everyone is racing next year...

It looks like I'm going to stay with the 591 Ascot 
(trying to break 60 hp with it in order to keep up
with those nasty Rotaxes and RS125s, and also trying
to get another frame for it (same reason)).

Of course, with the Grad Student Racing Credit Card
I'll be paying it off until Feb....


-------------------------------------------------------
Ray Hixon
A Single-minded Guy
WERA #623 Expert
1992 SE Formula Clubman Expert Regional Champ
(#6 at the GNF, #4 in Unlimited Twins)
Wait 'til next year, when my ankle heals...
-- 
Ray Hixon
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ae219rh
Internet: ae219rh@prism.gatech.edu
From: ae219rh@prism.gatech.EDU (Ray Hixon)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: RD Springs
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:24:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Fair warning about RD springs!  The two sets that I used
in the Somewhat Deadly 540 Ascot were the _worst_ springs
I've ever used.  Admittedly, the SD540 uses the Megacycle
144-21 cam, which is _way_ more than the OEM unit, but this
puppy snapped two intake valve springs in two weekends.
Also, the redline wasn't _that_ high -- only 8000 rpm.

Since I switched to the Secret Valve Springs in the 
Killer 591 Ascot (actually, only Joe Hutcheson, my motor
builder, knows what they're really from), I've been able
to rev (repeatably) to 10,500 rpm (don't even ask what the
piston speed is -- most people are moving out of my draft
when they hear it) with no valve spring problems, with
the 144-21 cam (no cam/rocker train differences).

-----------------------------------------------------------
Ray Hixon
a Single-minded guy
WERA #623 Expert
1982 Honda FT591 Ascot
-- 
Ray Hixon
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: duke@portal.paperboy.osf.org (Duke Robillard)
Subject: "Chicane"
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.racing
Organization: /u1/duke/.organization
Date: 18 Nov 92 12:43:18


BONG@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Eric Bong) writes:
     And what's really funny is watching the riders who want to impress their
   friends: come out of the chicane at Sears Point, grab a handfull of

I've just started following Motoracing, so I'm just learning all
the jargon.  "Chicane" is one of the strangest words I've seen.
I think it means a series of quick turns (right?), but I can't 
figure out the origin of the word at all.  Is is Spanish, as it
appears?





--
Duke Robillard, DoD #0130, duke@osf.org
From: gowen@rsbs0.anu.edu.au (Neal Gowen)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: 1993 GP Calender
Date: 22 Nov 92 08:05:13 GMT
Organization: RSBS Australian National University
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From AMCN Australia

1993 GP Preliminary Calender
----------------------------
"13 of the proposed 15 '93 FIM Championship have been announced with 7
dates subject to homologation.  Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Brazil
are off the list and a surprise inclusion is Montreal, Canada.

Mar 28    Eastern Creek     Australia    (solos)
Apr  4    Shah Alam         Malaysia     (solos)
Apl 18    Suzuka            Japan        (solos)
May  2    Jerez             Spain        (solos)
May 16    Salzburgring      Austria      (solos + sidecars)
May 30    Spa-Francorchamps Belgium      (solos + sidecars)
Jun 20    Hockenheim        Germany      (solos + sidecars)
Jun 27    Catalunya         Europe(Spain)(?)      
Jul 18    Paul Ricard       France       (solos)
Aug  1    Donington         England      (solos + sidecars)
Sep  5    Misano            Italy        (solos)
Sep 19    Monteal           Canada       (solos)
Oct  3    Kyalami           South Africa (solos + sidecars)

The Belgian, Canadian,and Italian rounds are still subject to complete
circuit homologation while the tracks at Shah Alam, Paul Ricard,
Donington and Kyalami are still to receive final homologation."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: BONG@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Eric Bong)
Subject: Re: How do you wheelie?
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.racing
Organization: SLAC
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:12:43 GMT

In article <BxB7rz.IyE@tridom.com>, alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
wrote:
> 
> > jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer) writes:
> > 
> >>  I hate to snivel especially when this thread has generated sooo much 
> >>interesting discussion (!), but what does this have to do with racing?  Could
> >>we move this to rec.motorcycles?
>
> Then again, at the local Road Atlanta, there are two uphill acceleration
> points that often bring on rather disconcerting wheelies.  Many of the 
> less powerful riders make a point of forcing a wheeling at times, just to
> show their bikes can.  Its funny to watch someone downshift, gun it and yank
> like hell on the handle bars just for the wheelie.  Even funnier to see some
> of the guys zoom down the backstraight, shaking their head because the wheel
> didn't get light.

  And what's really funny is watching the riders who want to impress their
friends: come out of the chicane at Sears Point, grab a handfull of
throttle,
yank up on the bars and pull a pathetic little wheelie just to have a real
rider pass them at warp speed with the front wheel on the ground. I
remember
one race where a novice pulled a massive wheelie coming out of the chicane.
He was black flagged on the next lap for endangering others. When he walked
to the start-finish to protest the black flag he was booed by all except
his friends.

Eric Bong  DoD #0270
1986 FZ 750
1987 FZR 750
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: synergy@hardy.u.washington.edu (The Bob next door)
Subject: sprit racing
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:52:00 GMT

Well, the subject says it all...  I have a Honda Sprit and I'm 
interested in getting some races started.  Off-road is probably 
the way that I want to go, but if you can suggest an exciting
enough on road track I'm willing to try anything.

Have you ever jumped one of these things?  What a thrill!



synergy@u.washington.edu
1991 Suzuki Bandit (in the much cooler though currently discontinued
Prussian blue)
1986 Honda Sprit (with an appropriate custom/art paint job!)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net (Iain Lea)
Subject: Re: TT
Reply-To: Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net
Organization: ANL A433, Siemens AG., Germany.
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 08:44:36 GMT

Matthew Fisch (mfisch@pdx064.NoSubdomain.NoDomain) wrote:
:
: Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net (Iain Lea) writes:
: : 
: : The big 1100's (GSXR) got too fast for the course (ie. big PS, poor handling)
:
:   Ow !! Ouch !!! That hurts...  Big, yes.  PS ??? NOT !!!  Nothin' takes a
: licking and keeps on ticking like a GSXR :->
:
:   Poor Handling ???  Compared to a 750 maybe...  Have you ever ridden a
: FZR-1000 or ZX-11 on the track ??

I was not talking about a nice racetrack with prepared run-offs. At the TT 
if you crash and land in a field you are lucky. The TT course has lots of 
stone walls which don't let you bounce too easy if you hit one.

Also the bikes are (were) using road tires (none of the fancy race rubber).

As I said in my original post rent/buy the video and take a look at the TT
island course from a on-board race camera for yourself.
 
Iain

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
Subject: Re: what's everybody racing
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:20:43 GMT
Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA

In article <102731@bu.edu> HKORNFELD@BUPULA.BU.EDU (HARDY KORNFELD) writes:
>My modified EX500 (Spike) will be back with the following set up:
...
> Megacycle valve springs and titanium retainers

 Are these the springs commonly called RD springs?
From: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: Re: What inna hell does "trials" really mean?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 02:57:37 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
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In a previous article, zebee@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone) says:


>TT stands for "Tourist Trophy".

	Here in Clevo it stands for "Tavern to Tavern". My favorite
kinda street ride.


-- 
Go fast. Take chances.

	Mike S.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
From: coburnn@spot.Colorado.EDU (COBURN  NICHOLAS SCO)
Subject: What companies do CUSTOM GRAPHICS on race bikes???
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:40:02 GMT


Just as the title says, who makes and applies all of the sponsor
graphics on race bikes?  Are there specific companies, or do you
just have the decals made and apply them yourself?


Thanks, 
Nick


coburnn@spot.colorado.edu

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From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: ? Novella batteries
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 19 Nov 92 13:51:59

"hkornfeld" == HARDY KORNFELD <HKORNFELD@BUPULA.BU.EDU> writes:

hkornfeld> Does anybody out there have any experience with the Novella
hkornfeld> acid-paste racing batteries?  According to the distributor

Are these more sturdy that wet-cell batteries?  It seems that the
paste would give the lead cells more support, thus making them less
likely to flex and break off...


--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
               '92 R100R, DoD# 0378, BMWOA, AMA, ACLU, EFF, CPSR
                                "HotHead Rules!"
From: spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: Re: Canadian F1 500cc GP in '93?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:58:48 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hailwood.asd.sgi.com

ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant) says:
> 
> >Now, Montreal has no bike racing track. Are they going to have it
> >on the armco-lined, bumpy, Ile Notre-Dame course (where they have the
> >automobile F1 race)? They had one bike race there many years ago, but
> >they never had another because of safety reasons.
> >
> 	The island course is probably able to be brought to GP standards
> fairly easily. Never ridden there though - any Montreal folks out there?

Yeah... me :-) but I've never ridden the course; motorcycles are not
allowed on the island :-(  I've driven parts of it in a car, though; 
and it shows typical damage from repeated freeze/thaw cycles and salt
application; i.e. bumpy and rutted.

> I can't believe they'd be talking about Mosport as I don't think there's 
> a way to make the downhill corner safe. Sanair? It doesn't have the
> facilities that Bernie Ecclefarthead would require.

Mosport is miles better than the island track, but it wouldn't be listed
as a `Montreal' GP, but as a 'Toronna' one. The Montreal track would make
sense, since that's the one that Bernie knows. Sanair isn't long enough
(remember, there's a minimum track length; Sanair is nowhere NEAR that
long). Shannonville would be long enough, but has no spectator facilities.

Bummer.... a GP in my home town, and I went and moved :-(

....paul

-- 
Paul Spencer                 Silicon Graphics Advanced Graphics Division
spencer@sgi.com                                Mountain View, California
From: markb@wc.novell.com (Mark S. Burnham)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.racing
Subject: Re: "Chicane"
Date: 24 Nov 92 02:20:34 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc.
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In article <By5xBv.A2z@fulcrum.co.uk> Richard Taylor, rct@fulcrum.co.uk
writes:
>>BONG@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Eric Bong) writes:

>>the jargon.  "Chicane" is one of the strangest words I've seen.
>>I think it means a series of quick turns (right?), but I can't 
>>figure out the origin of the word at all.  Is is Spanish, as it
>>appears?

According to my trusty dictionary, it's French, coming from "chicaner",
meaning "to quibble".  It's basically an obstacle used to slow racers
down.  They're normally placed in the middle of a long straight (like
at Sears...) to keep speeds from getting too high.

- Mark
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