HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:35:25 EDT
From: Michael B. Smith <MBS116@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Wanted Honda Magna Parts

I am looking for a the master cylinder(right side unit) for a
1987 Honda Magna, 700cc. Am willing to pay for shipping, I live in
Pennsylvania. Please email, call or write to discuss. Thanx

Michael B. Smith  DoD# 1428
mbs116@psuvm.psu.edu
814-238-5587
138 E. Beaver Ave
State College,Pa  16801
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Drinking & Helmets
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:00:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: tridom.BvCKGF.9G1
Reply-To: jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak)
Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia

In article <973@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com>, jimwy@amtfocus.amt.gss.mot.com (Jim Wygralak) writes:
> Has anyone come up with any clever solutions to enable them to
> consume liquid refreshments while suited up?
> 
I know of two different solutions.  One is a "bladder" similiar to those used
for backpacking.  The ones built for cycling (bi- and motor-) have long
plastic tubes that can be run under the helmet and sipped.  The other solution
is a jacket with a built in bladder.  Seems like Motorcyclist did a review on
one about a year ago.  Look for garments named after desert pack animals...

I've seen someone that drilled a small hole in the front of a helmet and would
use this opening to smoke cigarettes at stop lights.  Presumably, this would
work with a straw as well.  (Note: This will probably invalidate the warranty
on the helmet and may prevent the chin bar from effectively absorbing shocks)  

Think Peace.
-- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
AMA# 634578  DOD# 4210
From: erik@peewee.nwc.navy.mil (Erik van Bronkhorst       Code 3814                               Phone 939-1421)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Almost got killed - want tougher helmet law!
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:00:22 GMT
Organization: NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV, China Lake

In article <1992Oct2.152132.21988@ugle.unit.no> Roar.Larsen@termo.unit.no (Roar Larsen) writes:
>I almost got killed on the FJ last night!!
>
>I am obviously not capable of properly taking care of myself, so I have
>immediately started lobbying for an extension of our current helmet
>law, namely that "Helmets must be worn by all persons venturing
>closer than 10 feet to a motorcycle". Please support my efforts.

Actually, the next iteration likely to come from the moronic
bleeding-heart liberals is:

"Helmets, gloves, steel-toed boots, and a diapers will be donned by
all people prior to getting out of bed."

-- 
Erik van Bronkhorst KC6UUT DoD#4342585443 AMA#[classified]
"Truth is false and logic lost, now the fourth dimension is crossed..."
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Stealing bikes
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:22:19 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

David Svoboda (svoboda@rtsg.mot.com) wrote:
: If you have ever seen a cordless dremel tool, you would know that locks
: are no match for it.  I do it all the time.
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Excuse me!?  You've been stealing motorcycles?  I say we string him up.
Sacrafice him to the daemon.  Feed his entrails to the fishes, avast
ya scurvy dog. . . 

oh sorry, must be the eyepatch I've been posing with. :-)

--

*******************************************************************************
* Bill Ranck     DoD #496  ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu                            *
*******************************************************************************
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid)
Subject: Re: chain adjustment questions
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:58:00 GMT

In article <1a71feINNhqh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com writes...
>In article 29624@news.Hawaii.Edu, keller@hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (Tim Keller) writes:
>>
>>1) Put the bike on the center stand, find the tight spot and the adjust the 
>>slack to the same tension as the tight spot. 
> 
>Which makes the tight spot that much tighter.  Not a good idea.
> 
>>2) Have a friend sit on the bike and roll it forward and back and take up the
>>slack until it is evenly tensioned.
> 
>?
> 
>Weight on the seat shouldn't have anything to do with chain tension.
> 
	Yes it can.  See below.

>>The FJ is the first chain drive bike I have owned, and I can't seem to get the
>>chain to an even tension using either method above. 
> 
	Read the owner's manual for the proper technique to adjust your
chain.  You don't want the chain to be too tight at its longest extent -- this
is when the two sprockets and the swing-arm pivot fall along the same line.
A (very heavy!) friend destroyed the chain on his FJ by always adjusting it
on the centrestand, where the rear wheel is considerably lower than the line
from the front sprocket through the swing-arm pivot.  I believe the manual
said to adjust the chain with the bike on the sidestand.  (Still, he didn't
get it so badly wrong as a CB125S I once rode, where the chain was so tight
that the rear suspension wouldn't compress at all!)  Have a friend bounce the
rear suspension up and down, and check that the chain doesn't become too tight
as it compresses.  Sometimes the rear wheel is still too low under the weight
of the bike alone, and you need someone to sit on the seat while you adjust
the chain.

Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch
GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484
				Dyslexia Rules! KO?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: Neiman Marcus Sells Harley Davidson to Yuppie Scum
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 05:47:17 GMT

In <daved.718258886@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:

>This week my wife received the 1992 Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog. 
>On Page 112 we found the following offer:

>past, on the back of a vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle, restored to shining
>glory for the collector, the enthusiast, the traveler, the dreamer.

	No mention of the rider.  Marcus will be first against the wall
when the revolution comes...

>For Neiman Marcus customers, motorcycle maestro Dale Walkster will scout for
>you, secure, and style to your specifications a 1939-1942 Harley-Davidson.

>Minimum completion time from order: 90 days. 1946-1949 models may also be
>ordered, and crating snd delivery can be arranged worldwide.

	Can I have him find a basket '52K and just ship it to me?  That's
about the only good thing I can see of this service...

<Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 |"I see angels on Ariels in leather and>
<z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu | chrome, Swooping down from heaven to >
<viking@iastate.edu      | carry me home."   ---    R. Thompson >
<ISU thinks I need more education, which they provide for a fee.>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: More horseshit was  Fatal horse accident
Originator: ed@rover
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:26:55 GMT


>They get real quiet when I reply that: 

 >(a) There is only one brain that will throw you off a bike.
 >    Corollary: A motorcycle is incapable of malice
 >(b) The seat height on a horse is tropospheric compared to a bike. 
 >(c) A cowboy hat ain't a helmet
 >(d) You don't have to feed a motorcycle even when not riding it
 >(e) Motorcycles don't attract flies
 >(f) Motorcycles won't wander away thru open gates

   A real important one, when you are camping on a trip, a motorcycle
never "releaves" itself on your sleeping bag. (Hey, I'm getting real
polite about this, I didn't say "shit".) A bike doesn't get into the
beer either! My cousin had a horse that would do that.


Ed Campbell

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

*************************************************************
   "Never trust anyone in a cage, if they weren't nuts
    they'd be on a scoot like anybody else."
                        Grandmother
=============================================================
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: passing on the right (was: Stupid BIKE
Date: 6 Oct 1992 14:58:11 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 11219@presto.ig.com, steve@presto.ig.com (Steve Barnhouse) writes:
>
>You know Keith Code's and MSF's $10 analogy.  You've got $10 worth of
>concentration to spend; don't waste it all on one aspect of riding.
>How many of us waste precious concentration looking out for cops?  

Ah, you forgot his correlary:  practice and habit can reduce the amount
of concentration any task costs.  For example, shifting is about $8.50
for a newbie on the MSF range, for an experienced motorcyclist, it's
about $.02.

"Scan for Cops" was incorporated into my SIPDE back before I had an
acronym for it.

A *conscious* scan for cops is probably a good thing for most people,
as least it force the scan to be through the windshield instead of
through the cassette tape box!

---
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: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: fuel/engine efficiency
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:06:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Sep29.190604.20486
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <7536@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>bob pasker (bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us) wrote:
>: again, not until they milk every drop of oil out of saudi arabia.  in
>: the meantime, they'll buy up the patents of competing technologies
>: (as has been pointed out elsewhere). 
>:
>Only so long as it is economically reasonable.  If someone introduces
>new technology and it is cheaper and better the oil companies will 
>either adapt or die.  The railroads ignored the truck and airplane
>industries because they didn't perceive the threat.

Last I heard, there was no significant threat to the railroads until
it was, in effect, legislated.  A large portion of interstate
truck and air freight would be economically reasonable by rail, were it not
for the hit the rail infrastructure has taken over the past 30 years or so.
-- 
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.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: Harley Fashionable == Deaths
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 22:16:45 GMT

In article <daved.718259959@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
|Do you all think that it is possible that people are buying a Harley as their 
|first motorcycle because it is so fashionable, leaving the show room 
|with their first bike, which happens to be one of the largest fastest
|bikes you could ever start out on and getting killed?

  You are trying to tell us that Harley's are the "one of the largest fastest
bikes you could ever start out on"????  What rock have *you* been living
under???  Largest, certainly, especially if you are using weight as a measure,
but never "fastest", since there are 500cc bikes that are faster...

  The fact that a Harley, often due to its weight and long wheelbase, takes a
lot of skill to handle properly and are not easy to ride in very tight
situations by even skilled riders are more likely contributing factors, but
its certainly not anything to do with the power of a stock Harley (unless its
because there isn't *enough* power).

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: sheppamj@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Matthew Sheppard)
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 21:38:06 GMT

I jumped my Yamaha from a car and then jumped a riding lawnmower from
the bike 'cause the mower was stranded in the middle of the lawn.  No
problems what so ever.  It was a pain getting to the battery though.


--
| Matthew Sheppard  CLARKSON UNIVERSITY  sheppamj@sun.soe.clarkson.edu |
| I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.ANoN |
| I don't want a pickle. DoD#477 TEP#477 RIDE FREE (8^]..etcetera..    |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Information on '82 Maxim
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:50:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet


-> I am considering the purchase of my first motorcycle and would like
-> some information.  The bike I am currently looking at is an '82
-> Yamaha Maxim 650, with 9k miles.  Can anybody give my any information
-> about this bike? (maintenance schedules, common problems with this
-> model, etc.)
-> Any information about this year/model would be greatly appreciated.


 It's coyote ugly, adequately fast (110 or so), should get around 50mpg,
and extremely reliable.  Maintenance?  My '82 Turbo uses the same basic
motor, and in 30,000 miles in ten years the valves are still in
tolerance.   Ain't got no steenkeeng chain to oil up the rear wheel and
sock your wallet for replacement costs.  Handling is nothing to brag
about even by 1982 standards, but it'll be a solid, reliable machine to
learn on.

  Buy it.
From: pooder@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Pooder's Facial Remnants (was Re: full face DoD?)
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:22:51 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <60780@mimsy.umd.edu>, leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill) writes:

> 
> Okay, go outside to the street and get a good running head of steam,
> say about 10mph.  Dive forward toward the street and do a faceplant.
> Still don't want a helmet, preferably full-face?
> 
> While it's perfectly acceptable to wear or not wear a helmet (in some
> states, sigh...), or to wear a $300 Arai Signet or a $25 K-Mart special,
> that's your choice.  But don't delude yourself into believing that you
> can necessarily walk away from an 10mph dump in your driveway.  You
> probably can, but it's not a given.  Your above reasoning would tend
> to indicate that you believe you can in all cases.  Good luck, bucko!
> 

Can you say "rationalization"?  I knew you could.  In my post I said that's
what I was doing.  I never ride helmetless.  I never said I do.  I do 
rationalize that an open-face helmet is OK for occasional use.  I recognize
that there's risk of hurting myself more than if I always wore my RF200, but
I accept that risk.

Part of life is evaluating risks and making choices.  If we all chose the
least risky choice, r.m. wouldn't exist. 

Pooder - Rochester, MN - DoD #591 
"What Do *You* Care What Other People Think?" -- Richard Feynman

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Robert D Castro)
Subject: Newbie needs advice
Reply-To: rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Robert D Castro)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 12:54:41 GMT


Hi Folks,


I am considering purchasing a used motorcycle and I would like
comments, positive and negative.  I am thinking about purchasing a
1983 Kawaski (sp?) LTD 550.  The purchase price is going to be
$650.00.  The cycle has 4400 miles.  I would like some advice such as
; Is this cycle a lemon of a bike when it first came out.  Any known
problems with this model.  Parts still available from dealers? Please
feel free to comment by sending email to rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu.

I am leaning toward purchasing the bike tonight so I really would like
some quick responses.

Please no flames about buying a Harley instead.  I cannot afford one!

Thanks in advance,

Rob Castro
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Thermoelectrically Cooled Helmets
Date: 25 Sep 92 16:49:28 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
>I saw this in sci.engr and thought y'all might be interested in reading it.
>
>
>In article <1992Sep21.052318.4967@ecst.csuchico.edu> davidt@ecst.csuchico.edu (David Taylor) writes:
>>I am a soon to be graduating mechanical engineer.  This semester I am
>>working on my senior project.  The project is to design a thermoelectric
>>cooling system for a motorcycle helmet.  My partner and I will design,
>>build and finally test the helmet in the wind tunnel at school.  
>>Thermisters will also be embedded in the helmet so that a closed-loop
>>control system will regulate the thermoelectric devices.
[...]
> The major drawbacks I can see is that the solid-state electronic cooling
> devices (Peltier devices) would probably need a lot more current that the
> average bike's charging system/battery could put out. Also the added weight
> would be a pain in the neck. It would be nice to have an 'air-conditioned'
> helmet for the hot summer months since I sure know that my brain cooks inside
> the ol' bucket even with it painted glossy white. I wonder how hard it would
> be to perfect such a unit. Also, reverse the current flow through the
> Peltiers and they generate heat instead of removing heat. B-}

Doesn't someone already make and sell an actively cooled helmet? Anyone
know what kind of cooling device is used?
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: BMW R51/3 Parts Wanted
Originator: dab@space3
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:41:28 GMT

Do you have or know someone who has the following parts for sale for a 
BMW R51/3  ('54 model):

Right head, throttle assembly kpl., headlight kpl. w/ speedo, tail light, 
handlebars, carb bodies or kpl., and other stuff (whole funky parts bike?)

A friend of mine is working on a restoration.  He's in the VBMW and knows 
about all the "normal" channels.  Do you know of an _individual_ with this 
stuff sitting around in his garage that would part with it for a REASONABLE 
stack of pictures of dead presidents?
============================================================================
 "No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412 

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: krafft@fnalc.fnal.gov (N07732_KRAFFT, KEITH G.)
Subject: Harley riders are JAGOFFS!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  
Reply-To: krafft@fnalc.fnal.gov
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Distribution:  world
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:51:50 GMT

Is it just here in the midwest, or are Harley riders jagoffs all over the
U.S./World? 

Why do harlee riders have this superior than thou additude? They obviously
aren't very intelligent. (They never wear helmets) They can never
acknowledge another biker unless they are riding a harlee. They try to
injure other bikers if riding a European/Jap bike. I know two friends who
have had rice thrown at them by a group of harlee riders. (A Honda and a
Suzuki, the Suzuki was during Chicago expressway rush hour traffic)
Their argument is buy American. Well to my knowledge Harley Davidson
doesn't offer bike models similar to CBR's/FZR's/GSXR's/Ninja's/Katana's/
FJ's/Enduro's, etc. Everyone in my crowd wants SPEED, not a harlee.
(Their way too slow, cannot corner worth a fuck, and are too $$)
So the next time you encounter some of the these assholes, stay alert,
it might as well be a GROUP OF CAGERS wanting to fuck you up.

This post does not apply to DoDers who own Harleys, we know they are only
  way cool.

Keith Krafft Krafft@fnal.fnal.gov | "I love her, I need her, I seed her.
DoD# 720                '90 XT600 | Yeah she turns me on. Alright, hold
                                  | tight, I'm a highway star."
                                  | DEEP PURPLE (Machine Head)
From: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 03:31:33 GMT
Subject: Re: Mounting radar detectors on bikes
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

In rec.motorcycles, ant@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Antony Espindola) writes:

>    > I'd like to see how the Valentine One works on a bike, but, other than
>    > that, the Whistler ($159 last time I checked) is a great deal.
>                         ^^^^^^^^
>
>    Do WHAT ??? $159 for a Radar Detector ???
>    In the UK, to buy the cheapest 3 band detector (X,K,Ka) that covers
>    ALL frequencies used by the police will cost something in the region
>    of 250 pounds !!!
>    (NB: all prices in Pounds Sterling (#))
>
>    Escort Passport Classic 2700 (dosn't state bands) #149
>    Whistler 225 (X,K) #79.99
>    Whistler 750 (X,K) #129.99
>    Vector 3 (X,K,Ka) #159.99
>    Whistler 2se (X,K,Ka) #179.99 (cordless +49.99)
>    Whistler 3se (X,K,Ka) #249.99 (cordless +79.99)
>    Snooper srd710 (doesn't state) #199.50
>    Cobra Trapshooter 3170 (US spec X,K) #189.95
>    Cobra Trapshooter 2120 (US spec X,K) #99.95
>    NETWoRK RD-3XL (UK spec X,K,Ka) #229.95

I grabbed the nearest catalog for some sample US prices.

Cobra Trapshooter 2120 X,K $59.99  
Cobra 3170 X,K $139.99  
Cobra 3163 X,K,Ka $124.99  
Cobra 3110 X,K $54.99
Uniden RD109 X,K $39.99
Uniden 3XL X,K,Ka $109.99 (This may be the US equivalent of your Network)
Maxon RD-2A X,K $34.99

Where I live they only use K band.  And they don't use it on the
freeway, and only on a couple of roads outside the city limits.
I go the speed limit in the city limits, avoid a couple odd roads,
and don't even need a detector.

Frank Ball   1UR-M          frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com
Hewlett Packard   	    (707) 794-4168 work  (707) 538-3693 home
1212 Valley House Drive     
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999  KC6WUG Seca 750 XT350 IT175 DoD#7566 I'm the NRA.
From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Neiman Marcus Sells Harley Davidson to Yuppie Scum
Date: 5 Oct 92 12:39:01 GMT
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us's message of 5 Oct 92 06:56:28 GMT

>> On 5 Oct 92 06:56:28 GMT, bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) said:
Dave> All options from colors to transmission type are yours to stipulate. 
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
bob> automatic?  continuously-variable? hydrogen-powered?

Four-speed forward, three-speed w/ reverse, and depending on how
custom we are talking here, five-speed.
--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>         MSFCI, HOGSSC, BCSO, AMA, DoD #18
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.  "It's my Harley, and I'll ride if I want to..."