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From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Re: What means "Poser"?
Originator: dab@space3
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 02:39:55 GMT

>In article <1992Oct3.210032.26229@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
>cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston) writes:
>>                                 POSER!!

In article <1992Oct3.173029.1354@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
>SomewhereD during all the discussion of DoD Approved Helmets someone used
>this term in reference to me.  Now it appears during a debate of leather
>vs the DoD Approved Riding Suit.  What exactly does it mean?  
>What say you, DoDers, what's *your* definition of "poser"?
>
>Pooder (the poser?) - Rochester, MN - DoD #591
>Rider of Gretchen  (lookin' way cool) 
		     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The first I heard the term was with respect to a fellow wearing brand new
Harro (custom) leathers on a brand new all-$inging all-dancing custom $port
bike.  The bike's tires indicated that it had never been anything but 
vertical.  And when the fellow rode off, someone pointed out that he was
wearing pedal pushers (shoes) and white socks.  The epithet "Poseur!" was
bandied about.  From the context, I allowed-as-how it meant someone that
had the money to appear to be a Serious Motorcyclist, but not the 
wherewithall to ride as-such.  To wit: "You can talk the talk, but can you
walk the walk?"  For more information, consult the lyrics to Madonna's song
"Vogue."
============================================================================
 "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: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Re: How to break-in new rings?
Originator: dab@space3
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:06:18 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.124533.14332@bnr.ca> space%bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:
>
>After having the cylinder bores honed (to break the glaze), what's the DoD
>approved method for properly breaking-in new piston rings (original
>pistons)?  

If you want to seal the rings quickly, here's the scoop...
Wash the cylinders and pistons with detergent and water.  Dry thoroughly.
Leave them sit out overnight. Reassemble with just a thumbprint of motor 
oil on the piston skirts.  Put oil in the engine as you normally would.  
After all the pre-startup checks, start the motor and run it up to about 
3000-4000 rpm and hold it there for about one minute.  It WILL sound VERY 
strange (zzzZZZZZZZzzz) to start with.  Shut it off and let it sit until it 
cools down.  Done.  As with all fresh motors, run the oil only a few hundred 
miles.

Flame away if you like.  Udo Geitl (sp?) did this on Reg Pridmore's bikes.
I've seen it work with BMW and Ducati.  Ask Chris "Groucho" Perez.

Last ditch method... If you've built (or had someone else build) a motor
and it uses a lot of oil with no signs of seating the rings, try this...

With the motor running at about 3000-4000 rpm, feed a couple of tablespoons
of Bon Ami(tm) into the carb.  Keep it running for a few minutes after you 
do this.  Then, change the oil.  You were going to have to tear it down 
anyway and put NEW rings in the newly honed cylinders, so what do you have 
to lose?  According to a reliable source who did this (on the advice of an
Olde Mechanic(tm)) to the first engine he built back when he was a teenager, 
this works.
============================================================================
 "No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412
From: cs20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Catherine Barbara Saum)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Helmet headaces
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:16:57 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Question:
Is there any device and/or solution to avoiding the "helmet headache"
one gets at high speeds when the helmet drives into the forehead and
chin. 
I have a Shoe RF200 that fits fine; in fact great, but as soon as I hit
65mph+...&*#%!@$!
Thanks in advance.
-cathy
********************************************************
Cathy Saum "Ouisey".....V.P. Carnegie Mellon Riding Club
3404 Juliet St., Pgh, PA 15213......cs20+@andrew.cmu.edu.
(412) 683-6454............................'73Honda CL450   
.........................................'64 1/2 Mustang
********************************************************
"Go dat vay real vast. If something gets in your vay, turn."
From: marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: More gasohol
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:40:30 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:

>>|This looks very promising for both motorcycle and auto manufacturers.
>>|(Harley Davidson, please take note).
>>
>>Harley?  Two strokes?   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!

>Don't forget the Aermacci's (sp?) True, they were Italian-made, but were sold
>as Harleys and H-D owned a major portion of the factory.

...and they were 4-strokes, not 2.
--
H. Marc Lewis                 |  Phone: (509) 927-5480
ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp.         |  e-mail: marcl@hela.ISC-BR.COM
22425 E. Appleway Ave.        |  or:  ...!uunet!isc-br!hela!marcl
Liberty Lake, WA 99019-9534   |  "Nature bats last..."
From: mel@derringer.EBay.Sun.COM (Melvin Cagle)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: calling mature riders
Date: 2 Oct 1992 14:43:22 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: mel@derringer.EBay.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: derringer.ebay.sun.com

   
   I started riding in the late 50`s and rode daily for several years on many          
brands of bikes including working in a shop for a while.                            
   Then hung it up for a few years.  Got the bug again in 89 and bought my present ride
89 1100 shadow.  Never realized how much I missed it.  I'm 58.  Go for it......



Mel   DoD 0497                                             ;To live without living
      AMA 553782                                           :Is to die without dieing
      SRRA 8205                                            :Ride to live
      ABATE L15
      Honda VT1100 1989  



Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland)
Subject: Re: Helmet headaces
Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 09:41:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct01.145623.7117@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
|> In article <YemAT9i00Uh_E6dMQJ@andrew.cmu.edu> cs20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Catherine Barbara Saum) writes:
|> >Question:
|> >Is there any device and/or solution to avoiding the "helmet headache"
|> >one gets at high speeds when the helmet drives into the forehead and
|> >chin.
|> >I have a Shoe RF200 that fits fine; in fact great, but as soon as I hit
|> >65mph+...&*#%!@$!
|> 
|> One device is a windshield.  They say that it is 
|> posible to ride 100mph+ with
|> no noticeable wind drag on the helmet.
|> 
|> Chas

I'll verify that.

(Who said that? Not me, officer. Nope.)

---
Curt Howland "Ace"       DoD#0663       EFF#538
howland@nsipo.nasa.gov            '82 V45 Sabre
  Don't bother arguing with drunks or zealots,
they're not listening to anyone but themselves.
From: sievertl@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Lisa Sieverts)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:45:37 GMT
Subject: Re: The DoD ERC (was Re: RSS)
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles

Well, I know that the lone Ace from Saturday was Reid Ewing!  Both
Noemi and I were captivated by Reid's ability to make his R100RT(?)
dance through the various swerve routines.

It was my Radian's battery that died. Thanx to Kevin Tiene, Reid, and David
Browning, who all took turns pushing the bike and getting me going again.

ERC was great overall, tho we never did discuss the physics of countersteering.
Probably just as well, since we only had that one day.

I feel like I learned a number of useful skills, and hope that I'm a
safer rider for it.

Thanx Mojo!

Lisa


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Lisa Sieverts                                        sievertl@corp.hp.com
DoD#511
                          '86 Yamaha Radian 600

no wonder america is in such bad state, americans can post but not read
                                                              -Laxlsk$2o
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: 0-60-0, cage vs. bike (was: More gasohol)
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:50:12 GMT

In article <6918@transfer.stratus.com> cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com writes:
|It is my guess that in a drag race, the bikes have it due to greater
|"launchability". However, in a highway roll-on it would indeed be
|a close race. Getting someone to race a 427 Cobra - now worth BIG $$$ - 
|against a bike is not likely though. 

  Don't be too sure that you won't get to race a 427 Cobra...  I ran into
such an asshole in my home town (Norman, OK) back in 1987.  For those of you
who used to be aware of the Ensenada race in Mexico - you might remember a
Cobra 427 that blew up a clutch and took out the passengers foot foot when
it went through the firewall at about 130 mph.  Well, this guy lives in
Norman, and drives like a real asshole - he pulled out in front of me one
time while I was on my 1000 Ninja with my girlfriend at the time.

  I blew him away, and he was ALL over the road spinning his tires - I was
REAL glad I was in front of him, because he almost fishtailed into a buddy
riding with me (he was riding solo, but I nailed it harder than he did to
get away from the idiot).

  And yes, supposedly it *was* one of the 200-some-odd *real* Cobra 427's
built.

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Gold Wing Sub-Group: Any Interest?
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:04:51 GMT
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 061092145458@kfps-24-dyn-7.gte.com, cc05@bunny.gte.com (Charlie Cormier) writes:
>Please send E-Mail if you're interested in participating in a newsgroup for
>Gold Wing enthusiasts. If enough favorable replies are received, I'll look
>into making the arrangements.  Thanks.  Cc. (Member GWRRA)

Now see what you rec.motorcycle.harley people have done?!?!

(I would like to post this there, but I don't get it.  Is r.m.h up and
running?)


---
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: shz@garage.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude)
Subject: Re: Harley Fashionable == Deaths
Organization: Office of 'Tude Licensing
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:41:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.172712.24601@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson) writes:
> Actually the upside is a lot more HD's in the used
> motorcycle section of the local paper, they are running
> 3-1 over the imports.."If Only"(tm) I didn't need a garage
> so bad.

What local paper?  I'm also in NJ and I rarely see *any* used Harley ads
in any of the Hunterdon, Somerset and Morris area local papers.  The
Want Ad Press also has precious few used Harleys for sale; and most of
those are Sportsters from people likely trading up to a Big Twin.

So, please share the name of your local paper...

- Roid
From: tavares@danville (Jack Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:54:31 GMT
Reply-To: tavares@ctron.com

Datasbuild (datasbld@bnr.ca) wrote:
: oiu.  A BMW Series 3 and boy is it crap!  I don't know what to go for next, I
: must ask my best-friend about his Porsche helmet.  Any suggestions anybody?  I
: will be spending about 200 hundred pounds.  One of the problems I have is that
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gee, 200*100 = 20000 pounds. At the current exchange rate that must be around
$35000 US! That must be some helmet!


: Kay's fairing extender puts an air blast at just above eye-level, this causes
: the visor to close at over 80MPH which I often don't want.  
: 
: Having seen the scratches on my mate's visor after a crash, I have since only
: used a full-face helmet.
: 
: 
: Nick (the Full-Faced Biker)  MAG 73516   DoD 1069  Concise Oxford
: 
: M'Lud.

--
Jack Tavares    KotHO DoD# 0570 BMWMOA# 58278 AMA# 651191 BMWRA# 16087
83 R80ST	79 KZ LTD 400H (for sale) 
Sorry, but at DoD minimum speed it is impossible to speak. There is just 
too much wind noise.  At that speed I am spending all my concentration 
allowance on riding, and cannot afford anymore thought for words.
However, when I finish a ride and the bike is in the garage cooling down, 
the single word that comes to mind is:

    BEER.
From: rtaraz@starbird.WPI.EDU (Ramin Taraz)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Stealing bikes
Date: 27 Sep 92 17:36:15 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
NNTP-Posting-Host: starbird.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP's message of 26 Sep 92 01:19:37 GMT

>>>>> On 26 Sep 92 01:19:37 GMT, lawrence@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Lawrence H. Smith,E20 Clark,56064,2726746) said:

lawrence> Originator: lawrence@msc2.msc.cornell.edu


          They drive to your house and steal your bike.
lawrence> If they are any good they are in and out within 30 seconds,
lawrence> and you probably won't even wake up, if you are even home.


How do bike thieves steal bikes? Do they actually start it up and
drive it or do they roll it up a truck and take it away.

How easy is to break the stearing lock?
And finally, is locking a bike to something helpfull? (using one of
those locks that are make of individual strands rather that a chain)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                             rtaraz@wpi.wpi.edu                              |
|                                1988 EX500                                   |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dbc@po.cwru.edu (Dean Cookson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Vultures landing on Ed? (was Re: Crosswinds)
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 30 Sep 1992 06:07:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62003.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Sep30.053114.7091@javelin.sim.es.com>,
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers) wrote:
> 
> Hah! A chance to tie this into that other circular topic (besides beer),
> Lance Holst. If I recall correctly, The Jerk (tm) ruined a perfectly
> good helmet on a vulture last year. Either the bird mistook him for a
> corpse, or it didn't care for his writing style. It was a noble attempt,
> but the the score was Holst 1, Bird 0.

One could argue, that by being used to protect Lance's head, the helmet
was ruined, and that what really happened was: The Jerk (tm) ruined a
perfectly good vulture on his head.

> -- 
> Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  
| Dean Cookson / dbc@po.cwru.edu / 216 754-1834 | DoD #207  AMA #573534|
| Case Western Reserve U. Computer E. and Sci.  | KotNML  /  KotB      |
| "You can lead the house to order, but you     | '81 CB750C           |
| can't make it think"  -William Weld (Gov. Ma.)| '88 Bianchi Limited  |
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: mbeaving@bnr.ca (Michael Beavington)
Subject: Re: full face DoD?
Reply-To: MBEAVING@BNR.CA
Organization: BNR Ottawa, DMS Software Design
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:57:00 GMT

In article <26281@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep27.220135.1301@msus1.msus.edu> stafford@msus1.msus.edu writes:
|> 
|> >	OK.  Do _all_ DoDers wear full-face helmets?
|> >	All the ones I've seen do.
|> 
|> I have a town open-face helmet, and a country full-face helmet. The
|> open face is more convenient for short-stop urban shopping, gives me
|> better vision and hearing in slow high-density all-directions urban
|> traffic, and lets me listen to all the little engine noises which warn
|> me of maintenance jobs.
|> 
|> Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
|> Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
|> 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205


HOOOOOOOOOONK!  Wrong answer, you loose 50 point and the chance 
at the bonus round!


Full face anytime, anywhere. Is that kind of like safe helmet sex?


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= The Beav |Mike Beavington|BellNorthernResearch Ottawa,Ont,Canada| Dod:9733=
= Seca 400->Seca 400->RZ350->Seca750->Suzuki550->Seca650turbo->V65Sabre     =
= (-> 1994 GTS1000 ...can't afford the '93) |  mbeaving@bnr.ca              =
= Parking spaces? We don't need no steenkin' parking spaces!                =
=============================================================================
From: steve@presto.ig.com (Steve Barnhouse)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: passing on the right (was: Stupid BIKE
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:15:55 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: IntelliGenetics, Inc., Mountain View, California USA

In article <11_pss-.shoun@netcom.com> shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:
>
>So what's traffic school like?
>

Boring as hell; often taught by unemployed comedians with
over-inflated egos and little intelligence; replete with bad advice,
misinformation, and fallacious statistics; in short, just like any
other school.

I did learn one thing: the reason why, in California, so many people
drive fast in the right lanes.  Because we were taught in traffic
school that since the majority of tickets are given to drivers in the
left lanes, it is better to drive in the right lane.  (!)  Yet another
reason why speed limits and their enforcement are the cause of bad
driving and create the potential for accidents.

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?  

--steve                                          steve@presto.ig.com
From: bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: chain adjustment questions
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:32:47 GMT
Organization: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, UK

In the referenced article, blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>meb4593@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Michael Bain) writes:
>
>>My FJ manual states to use the centerstand, but I think that is one of
>>the reasons why my chain didn't last as long as I had expected.  Follow
>>Ivan's advice, I measure mine on the centerstand now.
>
>I adjusted mine on the centerstand, and it's gone for 20,000 miles.
>
>>Mine is actually on the loose side.  A loose chain will deteriorate
>>faster than one that is properly adjusted, but a too-tight chain will
>>also damage bearings.
>
>Yep.

...and also wears faster.

The manual for my VFR750 says 15-25mm free play (on the centre stand),
and puts the "danger limmit" at 40mm.  The 15-25mm seemed damn tight,
and running it at more like 30-35mm got better chain life.  Made the right
hand footpeg buzz though...

2000 miles with a Scottoiler suggests (too early to be sure) that this
will make more difference than any amount of farting about with chain
tension though!

tim
-- 
# Tim Stickland,   School of Biology,  #  A politician uses science like a    #
# Univ. of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY,  U.K.  #  drunk uses a lamp post -            #
# EMAIL:        bsstrs@gdr.bath.ac.uk  #  more for support than illumination. #
# TELEPHONE: +44 (0)225 826826 x 5864  #   ('Wildcat', Donald Rooum)          #
From: stecz@pencom.com (John Steczkowski)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:04:16 GMT
Reply-To: stecz@pencom.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: Pencom Software

In article <1992Sep27.224050.1303@msus1.msus.edu> pooder@msus1.msus.edu writes:
> In article <1992Sep25.134037.457@sbctri.sbc.com>, asper@sbctri.sbc.com (Alan  
E. Asper) writes:
> > I got on the bike this morning and the battery was dead. Since the
> > bike's battery is 12 volts, and my car's battery is 12 volts, can I
> > use the car battery to jump it? The bike owner's manual only says that
> > a 12 volt booster battery should be used. No mention of amperage, etc.
> > 
> > I don't know poop about this stuff. Can someone give me some advice?
> > The bike is a '91 EX500.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > Alan
> > 
> > PS Since there will undoubtedly be differing opinions, please only reply
> > if (i) you actually tried this and it worked, or (ii) you actually tried
> > this and blew your face off.
> > :-|
> > 
> >  
> 
> Done it many times on many bikes.  12v. is 12v. (or whatever the voltage
> really is).  BUT, leave the car engine OFF.  The car alternator or generator
> output may screw things up.

Don't worry about the engine running either.  I have an RX-7 that I race, and  
it has a motorcycle battery in it,  I didn't have to do anything to the  
charging system to get it to work.  The first motorcycle battery I used lasted  
about 2 years before it wouldn't hold a charge well.  The second motorcycle  
battery is still going after about 2.5 years.

Moral:  Don't worry about jumpstarting, it works fine whether the car is  
running or not.

--
  John Steczkowski                            stecz@pencom.com
                  "Most of racing is crap,
           so you might as well enjoy the good times."
From: sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Wind Triangles?  What are they?
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:53:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

Brice Dowaliby (bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU) wrote:
> What the heck is a wind triangle?  I think that was the phrase
> used (Aerostitch makes one, whatever it is).

Well, let's see: if you know that the wind's from a certain direction, and you
want to move (over the ground - aka "track") in another, you do a wind
triangle on your trusty E6 computer to find the heading you should steer.

Oh, oops, Aerostich? Ah, yes, if I may quote the catalogue: a bandanna like
object useful "when anonymity at lending institutions is desirable."

-s
--
  Shamim Mohamed / {uunet,noao,cmcl2..}!arizona!shamim / shamim@cs.arizona.edu
  "Take this cross and garlic; here's a Mezuzah if he's Jewish; a page of the
    Koran if he's a Muslim; and if he's a Zen Buddhist, you're on your own."
 Member of the League for Programming Freedom - write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu
From: pooder@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: car-to-bike jump start
Date: 27 Sep 92 22:40:50 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <1992Sep25.134037.457@sbctri.sbc.com>, asper@sbctri.sbc.com (Alan E. Asper) writes:
> I got on the bike this morning and the battery was dead. Since the
> bike's battery is 12 volts, and my car's battery is 12 volts, can I
> use the car battery to jump it? The bike owner's manual only says that
> a 12 volt booster battery should be used. No mention of amperage, etc.
> 
> I don't know poop about this stuff. Can someone give me some advice?
> The bike is a '91 EX500.
> 
> thanks,
> Alan
> 
> PS Since there will undoubtedly be differing opinions, please only reply
> if (i) you actually tried this and it worked, or (ii) you actually tried
> this and blew your face off.
> :-|
> 
>  

Done it many times on many bikes.  12v. is 12v. (or whatever the voltage
really is).  BUT, leave the car engine OFF.  The car alternator or generator
output may screw things up.

Poodster