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From: ai598@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Sturdevant)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: Hangover Hare Scrambles Fiasco
Date: 12 Jan 1993 01:18:58 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, jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney) says:

>In rec.motorcycles.dirt, tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss) writes:
>
>> I'm dead silent when I get home.  The wife says that maybe I ought to
>> forget about racing, just go out and ride for fun...I start thinking
>
>Listen to your wife. 
>
	Then tell her to shut up.


>I've made a new years resolution to enter an enduro this summer.  It's been
>8 years since I last tried one.  I'm not going to be too serious about it
>except to plan on finishing without houring out.  I'll use my bicycle 
>odometer and a cheap stopwatch.  I've heard that they've gotten a pretty 
>large following in the RMEC 4-stroke class (misery loves company:-).  I plan 
>on lot's of conditioning prior to the race.  
>

	Hey, maybe that's when I should come out! And forget the timekeeping
equipment. Just stay with the fast guys on your minute until you can't
anymore. then go as fast as you feel comfy. You're just there to have fun
right?, and concentrating on timekeeping will be a hassle. 
	Really, what enduro do you think you'll do?


-- 
Go fast. Take chances.

	Mike S.
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From: jim@cypress.com (Danny Merchant)
Subject: pipe paint recommendations
Organization: Cypress Semiconductor Southeast Design Center
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:48:23 GMT

Does anyone have any pipe paint recommendations?
(It needs to be heat resistant, prevent rust, and not chip.)

Is there any special preparation that needs to be made to the pipe
before painting it?

I am putting a Pro Circuit (unfinished) pipe on my KDX250.  I would
like to hear any constructive comments about this pipe.



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jim@cypress.com                     Cypress Southeast Design Center
                                    1 Research Boulevard
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From: gebo@acsu.buffalo.edu (Tom Gebo)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: '89 KX250 maintenance help
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:43:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: UB


	I have an '89 KX250 that I bought new in '91 (for only 2700 clams!).
The bike is great, but the service manual that came with it is, well....
CRAP!  I guess Kawasaki doesn't realize that not everyone is a Team Green 
factory trained mechanic from birth.  Does anyone know of a good aftermarket
manual for these bikes?  I have seen some older ('87-'88ish) CR manuals and
they looked excellent compared to mine.  Does the factory provide the dealer
mechanics w/some literature that isn't readily available to the customer?  With
what I have, there is no way to do anything other than pretty much common sense
basic maintenance.      

TIA   

Tom

gebo@artemis.eng.buffalo.edu
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From: tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss)
Subject: '89KX250 Clutch ?'s
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:50:21 GMT

Anybody know if '89KX500 clutch plates and springs will fit into an
'89KX250 clutch basket?

How about EBC Redline clutch kits, or Barnett clutch kits?  I really
want the additional weight of steel plates vs. the stock aluminum
plates, as was mentioned by Andy Weaver last week about Moose Racing
steel plates.  Anyone know anything about the EBC or Barnett kits?

Thanx.

-Tim Seiss
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From: icsif216@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: Re: Alcohol Conversion
Reply-To: icsif216@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Organization: Montana State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 08:24:07 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.230857.2932@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin) writes:
>
>     Ok, lets get an interesting topic started here. Enough with the cloths!
>I'm thinking about converting my YZ400 to run on straight alcohol.
>Has anyone done this (not necessarily with a YZ400) ????
>I know what changes need to be made. If there is interest, I will post them.
>But I am concerned about a few things.
>
>A number of sources say you need to mix a vegetable based oil such as castor
>oil with the alcohol instead of your regular oil because the regular oil
>doesn't mix right with alcohol.
>

Two years ago I bought some pump gas that had 20% alcohol in it and the
synthetic oil that I had mixed seperated the result was expensive. A friend of
mine uses castor with alcohol and has no problems.


>Also I'm wondering if it is worth it.  More power is what I'm after, lots of
>it.  Is it worth the time? And how much more power can I expect?
>
>Where can I get 200 proof ethanol? Certainly not the drugstore!
>
>Lastly, the alcohol is an organic solvent; it can eat away at some of the
>plastic in the fuel system.  I'm wondering if my floats and filter can
>withstand alcohol over a long period of time.
>

Ethanol is available at most drag strips and some speed shops. You will need to
increase fuel flow by about 33%. Moose Racing (1-800-MOOSE-IT) does conversions 
so they should be able to suply jets. I converted a 396 chevy when I was in
high school and found it was nessecery to drain the fuel cell and carbs after
each day at the races in order to prevent crosion. Also it would be wise to run
some gas through the engine to prevent drying of the seals.

>
>
>Input???     Input!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>steve
>-- 
>"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
> knows when he's had enough to drink!"
>-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/


GREG  

My opinions are mine. I am not responsible nor is anyone else.
GREG BATY  GGB2390@TREX.OSCS.MONTANA.EDU
From: donald@dvinci.USask.Ca (David Donald)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: Just send beer....
Date: 12 Jan 1993 16:21:37 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: dvinci.usask.ca

couyant@convex.com (George Couyant) writes:


>G'day everyone.....I'm back at last. 

Hooray, glad to see it.!  Happy Christmas and Merry New year and all that ...

>Been sick lately with pneumonia (or as my 6 year old daughter told my boss
>some weeks ago, "Daddy can't come to the phone right now. He's sick in bed
>with harmonia").

Yikes!  That's tough... Hope you didn't give that evil ailment to your small
children, though... 

>Had a heap of email messages from you guys wondering where I was....I'm
>touched.....well, I wish some of the nurses I met would touch me....but
>that's another story...

So?  Tell, you dog!! :)


>The weather has been great for riding and I'm bloody frustated. A garage
>full of bikes and I don't have the strength to ride them right now. The
>rest of the guys did the 8 day Melbourne-Canberra ride I had planned.
>Rotten bastards turned up at my place and "borrowed" my maps and trek notes
>from my wife and took off that weekend....I don't hold grudges, but by
>golly, I never forget.... At least they had fun...the bastards....

Well, I can't comment on the weather.  The last month has proven than global 
warming is a crock, at least in Northwestern North America... one of the 
coldest Christmases on record... Couldn't even ski or snowmobile, let alone 
ride...

[ All right, Dave, quit your bitching and say something meaningful ]

>On the brighter side, lots of beer and pizza is helping me get better....
>the cheap cigars though are way down the list....

I believe that... well, consume lots and you'll get better quick...

>Looking forward to going through some of r.m.d. There's been a heap of
>activity.

True, but not as much as there would have been if you'd been up and around..

Anyways, on another note... did you guys (da group) check out the January issue
of Dirt Bike?  It's got a "rebuttal" from Rick Sieman concerning the infamous
"60 Minutes" interview....I was unimpressed.  Basically, he says he got off 
easy... but I still can't believe that...

Anyways..

ttyl.

Dave

PS:  Note new .sig!
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David Donald - donald@dvinci.usask.ca	| "Get rich quick, or poor slowly."
Communications Systems Research Group	|		- R. J. Bolton, Ph.D. 
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.	| (Who, incidentally, also spent some 
"The Great White North" (tm)		| time in the land of Oz...Coincidence?) 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Re: Alcohol Conversion
Organization: The Ohio State University
 Sturdevant) writes:
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:46:45 GMT

        Actually, its a 380 main.  And from what I've read, I need to increase
the diameter 30 - 35%.  The only problem I have is measuring the dia. of the
380 main.  Its still smaller than normal drill bits, if I remember correctly

How do the jets' numbers correspond to their size anyhow???

steve
-- 
"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
 knows when he's had enough to drink!"
-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: darell@island.island.COM ()
Subject: Need info on ribless dirt grips (please)
Originator: darell@island
Organization: Island Graphics Corp., San Rafael, CA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:03:06 GMT

Does anybody out there have December's Dirt Bike mag?
I was leafing through it and saw (I think in the new
products section) a blurb about some ribless dirt
grips.  I think the name was something like Gatorz
(I know it's got a 'Z' in there somewhere).  They are
textured rubber and the writer raved about how great
they were.  I ran out of time to buy the mag, and when
I went back, the Jan issue was all they had.  :^[

If anybody's heard of them I would greatly appreciate
any info you may have.  I hate ribbed grips, and the road 
grips I modified to put on my DR aren't working out as well
as planned.

Thanks in advance...             


-- 
*        Darell Dickey                DoD #0655
*      (darell@island.com)              DR350S
*
* "I meant what I said, I probably just didn't say it right."
From: mcclend@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Mike McClendon)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:14:37 GMT
Subject: George Couyant, where are you?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt

Anyone know where George Couyant is hanging out these days?  He has been
away from r.m.d far, far too long . . .

-- Mike

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: Re: What to wear?
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:00:56 GMT

In article <76107@apple.apple.COM> thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson) writes:
>Me again!  Well, I've been poking around some local motorcycle shops
>trying to figure out what I want to get as far as dirt riding apparel.
>I've found boots and a helmet I like, but after that I've still got
>questions...  Every place is full of $189 Kevlar MX pants, but they
>don't seem to have as much protection as I would have expected - just
>some thin padding for the hips, and more importantly the knees.  Do I
>need to get separate knee protection?  In which case do the MX pants
>only provide abrasion resistance?

The $189 MX pants will provide far more protection than jeans.  They just dont
tear as easy.  You might look around for some older styles that may not have 
sold.  I can usually find a deal on a pair for about $99 to $120, but I'm
very small.  All the shops I go to keep the knee pads behind the counter so
they are not stolen.  Try looking thru the magazines.  They routinely have
deals on MX pants, not to mention the package deals.  



>
>Next, I'd like to find some type of armor which is less extreme than
>the big plastic contraptions you wear outside your shirt.  I borrowed a
>nice Dainese unit that has nylon shoulder and elbow protection and
>padding on the chest, all held together with a stretchy fabric which is
>quite compact.  Problem is I haven't seen anything like this for sale -
>am I just not looking hard enough?

You want extream armor.  It's saved my upper-body more than a few times back
before I started racing.  Padding is good, but it's not going to stop a sharp 
stick or the end of your handlebar.  I know it looks uncomfortable, but after
a few minutes you forget you are wearing it.  The Dainese unit you talk about 
sounds like it is made to be worn under road race leathers.  


_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
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From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: Re: pipe paint recommendations
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:05:20 GMT

In article <JIM.93Jan6094516@la.cypress.com> jim@cypress.com (Danny Merchant) writes:
>Does anyone have any pipe paint recommendations?
>(It needs to be heat resistant, prevent rust, and not chip.)
>
>Is there any special preparation that needs to be made to the pipe
>before painting it?
>
>I am putting a Pro Circuit (unfinished) pipe on my KDX250.  I would
>like to hear any constructive comments about this pipe.
>

Krause markets paint for pipes.  There is usually a 2 page add in all the
magazines for a mail order company that shows the paint above a pipe that is
painted red.  There are sevearal colors.  Any paint that says that it will work
on auto exaust should work.  

_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
From: eastman@bnr.ca (Gordon Eastman)
Subject: Re: KDX200 Porting
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:30:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.150656.3096@gandalf.ca>, wardman@gandalf.ca (Russel
Wardman) wrote:
> 
> In <eastman-050193082104@47.208.134.18> eastman@bnr.ca (Gordon Eastman) writes:
> 
> >I am planning to have my '89 KDX200 cylinder ported this winter. 
> 
> >Has anyone had experience with porting by George Quay's Pro-Action? I ask
> >because they have a Canadian franchise which would save me the hassles of
> >sending the cylinder cross-border and are cheap at $125 Cdn.
> 
> >Pro-Circuit and Moose racing charge $240 US. Fredette Racing charges $100
> >US. What's the difference? Anyone else to consider?
> 
> Do these prices include matching the cases? If so, do you (or they) disasseble
> and reassemble the bottom end?
> 

Pro-Action and Fredette prices do not include case matching; I don't know
about the others. 

Pro Circuit does extensive mods which explains their price. They machine
the cylinder base to lower all the ports, then raise and reshape them. They
have to machine the head as well, to compensate for the lowered cylinder.

I wasn't so much interested in why the prices differ as in what the final
result feels like. 

> P.S. There are ice races this Sunday (Jan 10) at Woody's cycle in Perth and
> Trudeau park at Tweed. I Don't know yet which one I will be at. 

Have fun. I missed so much riding with my broken hand last fall that I may
still stud up for some winter riding.

Gordon   1990 KX200
____________________________________________________________________________
Standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not BNR's
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From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Subject: Re: Need info on ribless dirt grips (please)
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:30:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.160306.1444@island.COM> darell@island.island.COM () writes:
>
>If anybody's heard of them I would greatly appreciate
>any info you may have.  I hate ribbed grips, and the road 
>grips I modified to put on my DR aren't working out as well
>as planned.
>

The grips you saw are Gator Z grips as you thought.  The guy loaning me a 
KX125 this weekend is using them on his KX301.  I will ask him about them this
weekend.  Scott makes some ribless grips.  They a called slim grips.  Scott
also make some grips with ribs on just the bottom half of the grip. They are
called MX3 grips.  Hope this helps.

_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: Quieting down a Honda CR-125? ('86)
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:20:58 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <17550055@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> mcclend@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Mike McClendon) writes:
>How quiet is the "Sneaker:"  MUCH quieter than stock, or just a little?  Is it
>as quiet as say, a stock XR?  Quieter than the Cobra "Hush Puppy"?  Quieter
>than a Super Trapp with minumim discs & resonator?
>
>My wife wants to ride a YZ125, buts says she can't stand the noise!
>
>-- Mike
>

The way I remember is that it left a 1990 CR250's exaust volume between a 
KDX200 and a normal CR250.  I was very noticable.
_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
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From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Re: Carbon Fouling
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:45:09 GMT


>
> Is it carbon fouling or just wet plug? How much carbon fouling and where?
>If there is much carbon fouling, I would wonder if you're burning gear oil.
>
> Perhaps if you describe your jetting procedure, we can debug it.


No, its dry fouling, a mixture prob.
I mix gas:oil at 30:1 and I have the stock jet in.  The jet needle is
dead center and the idle is adjusted.
Maybe moving the jet needle down a notch would fix it but, I think I've tried
that.

-steve
-- 
"If I wanted your criticism....it was in my former life."
Steven J Orlin                   /\  /\  /\  /\  /\  /\
sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \
From: Kenneth_Ferguson@rand.org (Ken Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: Just send beer....
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:12:43 GMT
Organization: RAND
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1a2



  George, Glad to see you back mate it hasn't been the same without
you. I have been pretty idle on riding myself but plan on getting back
in the saddle again soon.


   I have been planning a trip to the OZ for somewhere in the  near
future.You will have to fill me in on all the good riding areas and
MX tracks. Maybe we can connect and share a few Fosters and lies. 



     Cheers Mate 

           Ken Ferguson
From: baxter@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Baxter)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Re: '89KX250 Clutch ?'s
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:24:48 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

In article <1993Jan7.145021.6978@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> tim@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss) writes:
>Anybody know if '89KX500 clutch plates and springs will fit into an
>'89KX250 clutch basket?
>
>How about EBC Redline clutch kits, or Barnett clutch kits?  I really
>want the additional weight of steel plates vs. the stock aluminum
>plates, as was mentioned by Andy Weaver last week about Moose Racing
>steel plates.  Anyone know anything about the EBC or Barnett kits?
>

The complete clutch kit from Barnett does include steel clutch plates.  I'm
not sure but I think the EBC kits also use steel plates.  

_____________________________________________________________________________
DoD #359                    '91  CR250 |         Mike Baxter   
AMA #607249                      #P61  |              
TCCRA  #P61  "Team D."                 |      baxter@spdc.ti.com
Pro Class	                       |
Texas Cross-Country racing series      |   Texas Instruments, Dallas Tx.   
50 miles of off-road Hell (FUN)        |  
_______________________________________|_____________________________________
Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are my very own, becuase 
             if they were worth anything TI would patent them.
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Subject: leaking sump
From: CASTER13@DEVAX1 (Andrew Napper  8555257)
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:45:19 +1000
Distribution: world
Organization: BHP Information Technology
Nntp-Posting-User: slab3
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.11

I recently bought a second hand KX125, little did I know at the time
that the sump screw hole was crossthreaded badly.  It now leaks oil
pretty easily and as a result my clutch has stuffed up.  I haven't actually
had time to open it up and have a look at the clutch but it wont diss-engage
anymore.

Has anyone had this sort of trouble with their sump?  What can I do to
fix it?


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