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From: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,tx.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Carrying bicycle on a motorcycle
Date: 1 Sep 1992 19:21:55 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.csc.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <JET.92Aug31144058@win30.nas.nasa.gov>, jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
|> 
|> 'bout to lose my mind again and buy a bicycle.  The question is: has
|> anybody seen/thought about a bike rack for a motorcycle?  Sue Christ
|> (sp?) said she put her mountain bike on the back of her CM400.  I've
|> got a bit more room on the back of the R100R :-), plus I've got
|> luggage that it could be strapped to/around.

Huh?  Are you looking to hang the NightHawk off the back of the 
R100R? ;-)  Get a PC 800 and you could put your 'bike' in the
trunk!! hehe ;-)


Mark
From: dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Winner of the Official(tm) (bs) DoD Ba
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:46:53 GMT
Reply-To: dboyd@informix.com
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Aug31.165327.26879@ttinews.tti.com> paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul  
Blumstein) writes:


> Alice's Restaurant off WBAI in NYC way

Wow, WBAI!! Remember Bob Foss (Fass?). I was once hitch-hiking through Mass.  
when a blizzard hit suddenly. I called him (on Steve McQueen's credit card,  
remember that?) and asked him to announce on his show that I was stranded,  
could some kind soul help me out. He said his station didn't reach that far. He  
told me to go to western union, there was some cash there for me to take a  
train back to New York. I didn't have any id, the test question was (of  
course):

What's the name of the restaurant 1/2 mile from the railroad tracks?

I was so nervous (and so cold) I couldn't come out with it, Mary's,  
Jill's...... Alice's, yeah Alice's.

I went up to their offices after I returned to pay back the money I owed him,  
we had a great time.

This is a *long* time ago, when I was *very* young.

objmoto: I wanted a motorcycle even then.

Diana

DIANA BOYD	"Walking with the spirit, talking with the spine
EVO Woman	 Mama sing, open up yourself when worlds align."
KLR Woman                                            -C. Whitley
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Dual compound tires???
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:27:56 GMT

ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
>In article <l97gksINNgfd@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> ronih@zxninja.Eng.Sun.COM writes:

>>Can anyone recommend a good dual compound tire which will wear well in the center
>>but still let me drag an occasional footpeg in the twisties?

>we decided to try the Bridgestones for a fraction of the price. For the type
>of riding we do (mostly commuting, some twisties for fun) Metzelers are too
>expensive, wear out too fast (the sport touring ones, the last one was a
>Metronic) and are not good enough to be worth the extra bother.

Have you tried the ME-88 Marathon "touring" tire? So far the one on my
FJ1200 is wearing much better than the ME-55 Metronic that I had on
previously. And it sticks very well too. I couldn't quite keep up with
the pace Mike Bain set on the beautiful twisties around Mt. St. Helens,
but that was my limitation, not the tire's. Now if you're dragging pegs
on something like the FJ on a regular basis, the ME-88 is probably a poor
choice, but I'm happy with it.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46       My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.      FJ1200
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: cdenzler@sierra.com (Chris Denzler)
Subject: Re: HELP....Hole in my gas tank
Organization: Sierra Geophysics Inc.,  Kirkland, Wa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:53:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.202437.13349@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>In article <1347@rand.mel.cocam.oz.au> tonyp@auzodt3.mel.cocam.oz.au (Tony Payne) writes:
>|
>|Next, place a suitable amount of epoxy resin into the tank.
>|Then, get some good videos and sit in front of the tv and heater for an
>|evening swishing it about untill it has set enough to be left alone.
>
>Take some advice from an RC model airplane nut who works with a lot of
>epoxy.  *Do not breathe heated epoxy fumes!*  This is *very* dangerous
>stuff.  It can cause serious lung irritation (can you say pneumonia?),
>and you will develop something similar to an allergy, so that when you
>breathe the epoxy fumes in the future the tissues in your chest expand
>and cause heart trouble.  This sensitization takes years to go away.

A similar reaction can supposedly happen (FOAF) from a sliver of cured
epoxy pentrating the skin.
                                             - Chris
-- 
Chris Denzler           WMRRA #5    1980 CX500         1991 Ducati 851
cdenzler@sierra.com  1980 KZ1300   1978 Italjet RX50     1985 RZ-350 
"I'm smiling because I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: HOV lanes
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:57:47 GMT

bob@halfdome.sf.ca.us (bob pasker) writes:
>In article <1992Sep01.172006.20804@rchland.ibm.com>, essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) writes:

>i've always wondered what "STOP" stood for.  can anyone tell me?

STand On Pedal. In other words, GAS IT! Of course we all know that bikes
are discriminated against, so there aren't any signs referring to hand
throttles.
-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: HOV lanes
Originator: ed@rover
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 21:03:00 GMT

-- bob pasker:
>i've always wondered what "STOP" stood for.  can anyone tell me?

    That's easy, Spin Tire On Pavement.



	Ed Campbell
'57 FL (560,000 mi, 3 rebuilds)
'76 XLCH (136,000 mi, 1st rebuild comming up)
My other car is a '54 Harley Servicar.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
        "The reason they let them import them damn Limey
         bikes is so you stupid kids won't fuck up a good
         harley when you crash"
			Anon. June 1957
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: BMW R100RS - Raise handlebar one inch
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 14:17:55 GMT

Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@i88.isc.com) wrote:
:>>In article <1992Aug30.192940.1077@msus1.msus.edu> stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:
:>>
:>>	I need to raise the handelbar on a R100RS ('81) by about an inch.
:>>                        ~~~~~~~~~~
:>[GREAT stuff deleted!]  :(
:>
:>>Another thing to try is R90S bars.  They're just a tad wider, but
:>
:>I tried Handelbars, they served good German lager but played loud classical 
:>music all the time.
: 
: Enemy target bearing 100 range 81.
: 
:>I also tried R90S bars, they were wider but packed out and full of German 
:>bikers.
: 
: Locking on....  We've got tone!
: 
:>I'll be alright once I've reached PUBerty.......
: 
: 
: That's affirmed.  Fire at will.
: 
: 
:>There is no .sig
:>
:>This is not a SIG
: 
: Got 'im, skipper.
: 
: ----
: I liked Nick.
: Nick was my friend.
: ----
: -- 
: 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.


Hey Quisty!

I didn't know that you were a semen.  You should write me longer (F)Emails.

What's up, lost the address?  I only gave you four, surely you haven't lost
all of them.

So you have children then.  Do you have another bike apart from that crappy old
Honda?

What's the big idea, sinking my witty riposte?  Cat got your humo(u)r?  Tsk, 
tsk, tsk.

I bet you're older than me too!



Lots of love, hugs and skin contact,

Nick (the family Biker who passed his test in '77) DoD 1069 MAG 73516 AMA 4125

M'Lud.

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From: max@admin.mport.COM (Max)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Purple and then red mohawks. Vondelburg park.
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:03:52 GMT
Organization: Microport Inc., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 US of A

jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:

>In article <17j0tvINN5r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>>In article 92Aug27103854@thneed.cs.duke.edu, jep@cs.duke.edu (Jonathan E. Polito) writes:
>>
>>And check out the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Bar, it's on the upper
>>it is within walking distance of Dam's Square.  Interesting menu...
>>---
>>Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,

>I love Amsterdam.
>Amsterdam is my friend.

the fabulous furry freak bros bar is (was?) called "the other place", but
that might be the name of the tattoo parlor downstairs... i vaguely
remember being in amsterdam....

cheap digs include the boat-hotel "dutch cockney" and the youth hostle
called mikes or daves. 

for the best go to "ricks cafe". dont bother with the "bulldog.

go to Utrect. go to the park called "hogue velough" (?) with the 
great sculpture musium.

obmoto: i hitched thru europe a few years ago. this time im renting
a bike...


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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Subject: Re: More reserve switch questions
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:23:40 GMT


Richard Chapman (chapman@cs.cornell.edu) writes:
|> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
|> >dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa) writes:
|> >> The "prime" position is, not surprisingly, for feeding gas to dry carbs.
|> >Yep.
|> >>Both positions rely on engine vacuum to open the valve, which is kind of
|> >>annoying when you just need to flow some gas into the carbs. 
|> >Nope. The "prime" position bypasses the vacuum switch so that you can
|> >get gas into dry carbs without running the engine.
|> 
|> There are, apparently, several versions of this puppy.  I swear to God
|> that the one on the '80 GS550E in the yard has two positions, ON and
|> RES, and they both rely on engine vacuum. I went out and _looked_ !
|> No PRIME. But, I remember that the GS650E I used to have did indeed
|> have the PRIME,  as well as ON and RES,  and that PRIME bypassed
|> the vacuum thingie and let fuel flow freely. 	

Hmm, this'll teach me to assume that Suzuki does anything consistently, even
within model years. (BTW, what year was that GS650E?) 

Anyhoo, the petcock on my 1980 GS550L (gee, d'ya think a lack of a "reserve"
position is supposed to be another one of those "cruiser" styling features?)
has an ON and a PRIME position. Both rely on engine vacuum to open the valve
(although the PRIME position doesn't require constant engine vacuum).
Yes, both. YMMV.

Dan, who somehow managed to pack the halves of his rain suit in separate
boxes, and who is now sitting at work in soaked jeans as a result
From: ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter A. Simon)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Speaking of triple A....
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:24:56 GMT
	<180m2gINNgnl@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

When I said that AAA does not provide road service for m'cycles, I was
referring to the Chicago Automobile Club (AAA in spite of its name) and
the Western Pennsylvania outfits.  I was given this information
explicitly by the agents.

-Peter
From: leavitt@cs.umd.edu (Mr. Bill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: reserve valves - Suzuki
Date: 30 Aug 92 03:20:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: mimsy.59970
Distribution: na
Organization: The Cafe at the Edge of the Universe

ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell) writes:
>Sedement was a problem with this entire fuel system,
>so it may pay to get a gasket/diaphragm kit and rebuild your valve.

More power to you if you can.  Suzuki doesn't sell petcock rebuild
kits, or at least they don't for my GS850.  If you can't figure out
how to rebuild it with whatever you can scrounge, you might get stuck
footing the bill for a whole new petcock.  Mine was ~$50, which was
less than I expected.  Be prepared.  A boneyard might be able to help.

Mr. Bill
-- 
Bill Leavitt  DoD: #0224  Domain: leavitt@cs.umd.edu  UUCP: uunet!mimsy!leavitt
"feeling paskeresque, which is always better than feeling pasker." Cliff Weston
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Lots of performance numbers (Was: Thoughts on VMAX)
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:08:41 GMT

blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) writes:
>randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis) writes:

>>  There you go again, trying to get people to actually contribute objective
>>FACTS to this newsgroup.  You know that that is against the DoD credo, don't
>>you?

>[table of performance results deleted]

Hmm, you may be onto something here after all Randy. As long as this
discussion was fact-free it was pretty lively, but as soon as I posted
some of those FACTS, it ended the dicsussion.

Sorry about that, I'll try not to let it happen again.
-- 
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: pooder@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I want my DOD number!!! (you better let him have one...)
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:58:03 GMT
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <BttFnn.7y@wpi.WPI.EDU>, mick@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan) writes:
> In a previous article, Richard.A.Swift.1@nd.edu (Richard A. Swift) said:
> :- 
> :- bullshit with the best of them. This INCLUDES the DOD GODS. Thats right,
> :- Im talking to you LAZLO NEMETH, RANDY DAVIS, JON QUIST, ED GREEN, DANCES
> :- WITH BIKERS and all the other lesser known demi-gods. Hell, Ill take all
> :- 
> 
> 	hey! you left out pooder ;)
> 
> 	- ravi
> 

Not only did he leave out the Pood, he also doesn't know how to spell.  It's
"Laszlo," bunkie; get it right!

The Poodster    -    Rochester, MN    -    DoD #591    -    LotN
"What Do *You* Care What Other People Think?" -- Richard Feynman  
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: tp0x+@cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Price)
Subject: Re: Lane Splitting (was Re: Cager penile size
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:41:21 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.161551.3107@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>
>>Well, I don't quite agree, one thing unsafe about lane splitting is the 
>>cager who's had a bad day and just doesn't give a f*ck anymore and 
>>decides it might make him feel better to ram sideways into you as 
>>you ease by him. ( Pretty long sentence eh? ). He may be the one considered
>>at fault, but you're the one on your ass.

Last time I lane-split was about a month ago on Route 22 East out of 
Pittsburgh, which was under construction at the time. I passed about thirty
cars which were crawling along due to a merge until some person saw me in
its right mirror and swung completely over into my part of the lane, 
preventing me from going any further. I was at a loss to understand this
behavior, especially since a look at the driver's body language during the
maneuver and thereafter did not indicate that it was agitated in any way,
as is usually the case with drivers who act childishly.

About a mile beyond the construction is a place where Route 22 narrows
down at an intersection; two lanes Eastbound on the West side narrowing
very quickly (within about 200 yards past the intersection) into one lane 
Eastbound on the East side. The intersection is with a significant road, so 
the rightmost lane (which disappears) is sort of a right-turn lane, but it's 
not marked as such, and there's still a slow merge on the other side of the
intersection, and there's always a lot of space between a lot of cars waiting 
for the light. We all caught the red -- the abovementioned twit included -- 
at the appropriate time, and my plan was to sail up to the front, grin at the 
twit as I passed, and be out of everybody's way. 

Alas, the twit was at the very front of the right lane. I chickened out,
since it was in a position to try to drag-race me and the pickup truck
which would have been on my left. No point in making a silly challenge like
that possible. Poop.

Tom

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  tp0x@cs.cmu.edu   |   Mr Ethical   |     Tom Price, Obscure Dropout
  1981 KZ440LTD     |    DoD #518    |  	  I'm the DoD.
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Earplugs
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:27:00 GMT

You might also want to punch a hole through the center
and put a knotted piece of string through each one so
that if you stuff them in too far you wont have to use
a pair of needle nose pliers to get em out. 
Actually a GOOD GUN SHOP will have a better selection
of hearing protection than a standard sporting goods or
motorcycle shop. In a pinch you can use a cigarette filter
in place of the foam type, just break the tabacco part off
first that way the helmet goes on easier and in the case
of some of the left coast types they wont meet in the center.
:-)
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: Thanks a pant's full, DoD...
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:31:24 GMT

In article <BtpGut.CGL@wpi.WPI.EDU> mick@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan) writes:
|	while your post is very informative, i must reply to a few of
|	your points, since you chose to use my post to illustrate your
|	point.

  Sho nuff...  Seems like you sure are offended easily...

|	[a whole lot of other valid point deleted] but what is the
|	relevance of all these points to my post?

  You brought up the points I covered, I just went into more detail.  Nowhere
did I accuse you of being guilty of it, whether you actually are or not.  If
someone *else* actually interpreted it as such, then I am sorry, and that was
not my intention.

|	or are you responding
|	to the post from Peter Simon? (i had already conceded most of
|	the points you mention in my post).

  Gee...  Sorry I responded to your post, Ravi...  The post is obviously
(to most of us, I think) meant concerning this whole stupid thread that
Peter Simon started with *his* whining.  I didn't see that you were whining
in *this* particular article (although I thought your comments to Laurie about
Mary were quite inappropriate).  Sorry you missed that connection.

|	so if i choose not to use abusive language, make a general
|	comment that tries to look at both sides of the issue and at
|	least make an honest effort not to be facetious, i am whining???

  Strange, I don't remember writing that.  And, when reviewing my posting
archives, I see that I didn't.  Are you having some problems with your
reading comprehension?

  Its pretty clear to anyone that has been reading this thread from the
beginning (or, unable to avoid it), that the whiner was Peter.  He may have
simply been living up to the DoD credo, but it didn't look like it.  Although,
with this posting, you are welcome to join the whiner club...

|	now of course you may not mean any of this stuff as response to
|	me! in which case, at the risk of sounding presumptous, i would
|	venture to suggest that you include or mention the relevant
|	article you are responding to.

  You *are* sounding presumptuous.  The *thread* is relevent, and you brought
up the points I am responding to in your posting, so *your* posting is
also relevent...  The original post from Mr. Simon has already expired here,
and thus not possible to include should I even feel that it was required,
which I didn't.

  I am truly sorry that you are so easily offended, but I obviously don't
agree with your way of interpreting it...

Randy Davis                             UUCP: randy@megatek.com
("mean and nasty") ZX-11 #00072 Pilot         megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy