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From: william.carpenter@cccbbs.UUCP (William Carpenter) 
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: HARLEYS
Date: 8 Nov 92 05:59:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection BBS - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-8248
Reply-To: william.carpenter@cccbbs.UUCP (William Carpenter) 

Hey Bros! Anbody got any great stories to tell about Daytona or Sturgis
some of us didn't get to make it. Would really like to hear from ya. I'm
still tring to get a decent sled together after i was blindsided by a
cage late for a meeting. Well needless to say he never made the Meeting.
        Have been riding about 14 years and it all started with a VW
rear end welded to a old Harley Wishbone frame. It was great for the bad
wheather! Hell i rode it all year. About 3 years after that i got a 68
Trimph didn't like it stock. The creative mind went to work. 1st a hard
tail frame to give it the low look. Then My dream A 12" over Springer I
tell you, she was a sight! That lasted also a couple years until i ran
across the right Harley 1973 Sportster,KICK no Elec. Called the Bro to
ck it out and when i got thier it was in 5 boxes. I loved it. Any Bros
out thier will tell you,When you buil a bike it's part of you!! No store
bought, The guy do the street will never have the same thing. Anyway
over the winter and some long days a it was ready. I rode that first
ride and thier was nothing like it, not only that it was a 1 kicker, if
you cuddled her she fired on that 1st Kick. Loyal to ONE!. The Poker
Runs and parties were great,on the road,the wind in your face. The
rumble, when you get you idle set just right and you know that V-Twin is
a Heart of Gold, Thier may be ones Faster,Who cares, I not how fast you
get thier but how you arrive! The cage Ruined all of that now my right
leg is a mess,(6th Surgery coming this Jan.) But the feel,the itch is
strong,I've rode some Bro's scoots to get the mokey off my back. It's
tough, Got a 60 Servi-Car in the garage only thing i could afford. After
i get this thing rebuilt and sold i'll be looking to replace my
baby,maybe move up more likely down a few years. Most people won't
understand this letter! to others it's a every day memory. Once you have
felt it,experinced it,loved it,nothing can replace it. As the saying
goes " If i have to explain it, You wouldn't understand."
Ride Free ******* In The Wind *************** William ****************
From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: DoD bananas
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:01:06 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:
> bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
> +> arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Arnie Skurow) writes:
> +>
> +>>I'm thinking about pricing bandanas as another DoD item.
....

> +        Arnie, you're slightly off the mark. We don't want DOD Bandanas,
> +we want DOD Bananas. Think about it.
> +
> +        Being tailgated by an arsehole cager? Pull out a DOD banana, peel
> +it, eat it (or drop it into the tank for mega octanes) and drop the peel
> +on the road. The cager will hit it and have a massive spin out, turning
> +his/her cage into a total write off, hopefully taking out 20 other cages
> +in the process.
>
> This tactic won't work if the cager took the Monty Python course
> called: "What to do when attacked by a fresh fruit".

        Shit, you're right. Hmmm. I've got it. Arnie will just have to
steal every copy of that "dangerous information" and assasinate all the
members of Monty Python to make sure they can't refilm it. Better destroy
all the scripts as well Arnie, just in case the cagers resort to stand ins.

           Bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au  OR  bull@monu1.cc.monash.oz
                    DOD# 251  '84 VF 750   Closet Ducatisto
             Disclaimer. If you love your llama, let it lambada.
From: ravi@sequoia.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Deep Thoughts about the Horse, the Car
Date: 5 Nov 1992 18:44:54 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: juniper.wpi.edu

egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
|> 
|> One way to train a plough-reined horse to neck-rein is to cross the
|> reins under his neck.  Thus pulling both reins to the right will pull
|> the left rein the furtherest, which is connect to the right side of the
|> bit, which pulls his head to the right.
|> 

	trust ed green to bring factual stuff into an arguement just
	to win his case ;-)

|> Look up "pillion."  It applied to horses before motorcycles were
|> thunked up.

	i wasnt implying that pillion rider reffered to a passenger
	on a motorcycle... rather i was amused by the visualization
	of a rider on a horse, with a passenger behind (not a very
	common occurance you will agree) countersteering the horse!
	;-)

	peace,

	- ravi

	ps: the factual refutation of ed's arguement has been left
	as a simple exercise to the reader.

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From: ed@Tekelec.gecko.uucp (Ed Campbell)
Subject: Re: Anybody need a roomie in Austin  TX??
Originator: ed@rover
Organization: Tekelec Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 22:39:23 GMT


>I have some small caged animals, I also have a bike 
>but dont know if I will bring it down.

    I thought most cagers were animals.



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, 1943
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From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Solution to toll booth troubles
Date: 7 Nov 1992 20:38:40 GMT
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: pangea.stanford.edu
Summary: automatic vehicle identification
Keywords: Q-free system

In article <espen.3.0@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no> espen@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no
(Espen Olsen) writes:
>Here in Norway we have a really nice system called *Q-free*.  It consists of 
>a UHF transmitter/reciever located above the road and a passive card (SAW) 
>about 3x10x1cm big, at the vehicle.  This system is installed in Singapore 
>and Portugal as well as several places in Norway.

Most of these systems make it possible for the toll collection
records to save a record of your comings and goings.  Is your
privacy worth the convenience?

There are some variants that preserve privacy.  If you want
to make sure that those are the ones chosen for your area,
make sure your elected reresentatives understand your
concerns.  This advice, obviously, does not apply in
Singapore.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
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From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Re: Long winter's nap . . .
Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:20:43 GMT

In article <1dmmbnINNfh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed
Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
|> In article 18205@rchland.ibm.com, pooder@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Don
|> Fearn) writes:
|> >
|> >Ron's Encyclopedia of  Motorcycle Storage
|> >
|> >4. Change the oil and filter while warm.
|> >    (Used oil has some acids formed in it. Water too.
|> >     Fresh oil good. Used oil bad.)
|> 
|> The latest Road Rider winter storage guide said to drain the old
|> filter
|> and return it to the bike for the storage period, replacing it in
|> the
|> spring.  The justification given was something profound, like "trust
|> me."
|> 
|> Why?
|> 
 Pardon me for bringing a little common sense to this issue
but why would you want to put in a new oil filter for a bike
that is going to be instorage(tm) anyway, your just going
to change it again in the spring, I have a better idea, just
send ME the money that you would use to purchase a 3month
storagefilter(tm) and leave the oil filter holder empty,
or in the case of a filter that is the housing just clean
out the old one and put it back on.


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#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I by my jeans, jackets and ammo
in the same store.
From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: IS IT POSSIBLE??
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:23:57 GMT
Expires: 30 Nov 92 05:00:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computervision Corp., Bedford, Ma.

In article <1992Nov11.011124.12384@spdc.ti.com> serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
>I think school buses must be invisible just like motorcycles.  Many moons ago I
>drove a bus for the Lubbock  school district.  I the short time I did this, I 
>believe I had more close calls with idiots who didn't see me than I ever did on
>the bike.   I think people feel absolutely invulnerable in cars.  It is amazing
>some of the crap you see people try to pull with trucks and the like.

I don't think the word "invisible" applies so much as "obstacle" - I think 
that people do what they do in front of school buses because 1) they don't
care to be riding behind a bus load of kids that are throwing stuff out the 
window and giving you the finger 2) riding in the exhaust wake of a "well
tuned" school bus is usually enough to make you reach for the Tylenol and
3) if you're in a hurry a rolling obstacle that stops (for which you must 
also stop) every couple of blocks can be a MAJOR pain in the ass.  As a 
result some people will perform the most idiotic stunts in front pf a bus
load of children and then get pissed at the bus driver with no consideration
to the fact that they might have just put little Joey and Sarah at great
risk of life and limb.

I also think that people have this general perception of school bus drivers
being stereotypical of the way cool dude in the Simpson's - I have seen some
real morons behind the wheel of a school bus and you sometimes question the 
wisdom of those that granted these idiots the job in the first place.  But
for the most part the bus drivers are very professional.  I for one would
not like the job of having to deal with 30-40 wise-assed little shits doing
God know what while I'm trying to drive an object the size of a school bus 
through and around everyone that doesn't want to be behind me 8-\.

Trucks, on the other hand...God bless 'em.  There's one section of rt. 128 
South bound here in Ma. by the Burlington Mall where everyone gets off for
Bedford, Rt 3 and points North.  So many's the time that I've been behind a 
semi on the inside lane, cruising to get off 128 and Jack Jerkoff-I-gotta-be-
in-the-front-row waits until the last second before cutting in front of said
truck to get off the highway and suddenly I'm riding through a cloud of tire
smoke cause the truckee locked up all 18 wheels at once 8-\.  Sometimes I 
really wouldn't mind seeing a metal cow flap come rattling out from under
one of those rigs 8-)...

	Rich


Rich Bemben - DoD #0044                     rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
1977 750 Triumph Bonneville                 (617) 275-1800 x 4173
"Fear not the evil men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect
 us from the evil men do in the name of good"
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From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing (how fascist are YOU?)
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 06:25:35 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <1992Nov7.071302.13943@panix.com> bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
>How do you deal with your passenger's clothing choices?
>
Let her ride her own bike.

Chas

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: johnr@mik.uky.edu (John S. Roberts, Jr.)
Subject: Clutch Cable Broke
Reply-To: johnr@mik.uky.edu (John S. Roberts, Jr.)
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 21:26:11 GMT

I just bought a 195 Honda Shadow 500cc.  The clutch was very difficult to  
pull back so I squirted some wd-40 down the cable and was working the clutch  
back and forth when the cable broke.  I ordered a new cable yesterday, but  
was just wondering if I need to worry about there being a problem with the  
cluch itself or if the cable was probably just old and broke.

Thanks for your help!

John 

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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 1992 11:13:14 -0500 
From: Andres Tapia <at22+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Motorcycle Specialist

I service Hondas, Yamahas, Kawasakis, Suzukis. I do repairs, painting,
inspection, install racing kits and instruct riding skills.

Call Richard: 335-9388 or 335-2361
From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The season's first rain = zero traction?
Summary: I don't ride in the winter anymore... but it's not winter yet!
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:28:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: rd.1992Nov5.142852.3739
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division

The season's first rain? My rainsuit hasn't been dry since April!

(christopher hogan) writes:
>  (David Jevans) writes:
>> (erik astrup) writes:
>>> (Manish Vij) writes:
>>>: Can any experienced rider tell me how much traction I might lose in
>>>: this situation...
>>
>>Your experience suggests that you can, in fact, lose ALL traction!

On one sunny December day, I greeted a wet, icy manhole cover in a slow turn..

>>>  1. SLOW DOWN. 2. SLOW DOWN.   <...> 

so that you have time to LOOK AT THE ROAD SURFACE, LOOK AT THE ROAD SURFACE
and disaster is a lot less likely should you *not* notice something.

>>.... be
>>		SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH
>
>yup - and try not to be leaned over too far when going over lines painted on
>the road...

and manhole (sorry, 'personhole', no that's not it...) covers, diesel spills,
oil slicks, streetcar tracks (my personal favourite), leaves, the lines of
rubber goop they put in the cracks in the road and, of course, tennis balls. 
I'm not kidding, this is all very dangerous, slippery stuff when wet (leaves, 
especially, are always wet underneath even when the roads are dry). Take great 
care, otherwise you'll scratch your paint, hurt your pride and flatten your 
pocketbook. If you're really unlucky you'll tip over in front of a rented
cube van driven by a student and then you'll know trouble....but not for long!

Morbidly yours (I got full news feed back!)

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From: erika@znext.cts.com (erik astrup)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Uneven Front tyre
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:26:30 GMT
Organization: pnet
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:
: erika@znext.cts.com (erik astrup) writes:
: ]lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos) writes:
: 
: so your michelin's were underinflated and the ME33's weren't. 
: 
	*Not*  Sorry, try again oh overinflated one. The tires were kept
inflated to the recommended pressures in both cases. A buddy of mine's FZR
750 exhibits the same problem with the same Michelin's, also inflated to
the proper pressure. 


 ==============================================================================
  Erik Astrup                   DOD #683                            AFM #422

  1993 CBR 900RR  *  1990 CBR 600  *  1990 Concours *  1980 GL1100 Interstate

      "This one goes to eleven" - Nigel Tufnel, lead guitar, Spinal Tap
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From: thompson@Apple.COM (Paul Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.racing,ba.motorcycles
Subject: CLASS discount
Date: 8 Nov 92 22:21:02 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

I just got a brochure from CLASS saying that their final class is only
40% full, and they are lopping $60 off the fee to try and fill it (for
a total of $215).  The event is at Laguna Seca on November 27'th.  If
enough people were interested we might be able to get the 11 for 10
discount on top of this... drop me a note if you're interested.
-- 
Paul Thompson    Apple Computer    DoD #47    Would you remember a 1-line .sig?
From: garyb@lclark.edu (Gary Bliefernich)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF=Infallible (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
Date: 13 Nov 92 00:16:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Nov13.001653.25508
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <9901072@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
wrote:
>
> Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
> helmetless riders have resulted in death?  I rest my case.

If it's a fatal head injury, doesn't that automatically end in death??
And if they are going to enforce helmet laws for bikes, then they should
be mandatory for "ALL" vehicles on public roads, Bicycles, cars, rollerskates
skateboards, and for boats as well./gb
From: danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Spanning The Globe
Followup-To: rec.motorcycles
Date: 9 Nov 1992 20:36:07 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: morc.asd.sgi.com

In article <1992Nov9.191937.18550@netcom.com> shoun@netcom.com (Lissa Shoun) writes:

...

>And I have some questions of my own. Who is Nugent? Is he the pig
>from "All Creatures Great and Small"? I didn't know he read
>rec.motorcycles. Does he ride? Has anyone ever seen a pig
>ride a motorcycle?

No, but I've seen a lot of happy bikers riding Hogs ;^)
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Dana Crom    DoD #0679 | Silicon Graphics, Inc. |  Smile - let them *WONDER* 
danac@morc.asd.sgi.com | (415) 390-1449         |  what you've been up to . . .

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From: kdg@world.std.com (Keith D Gregory)
Subject: Re: KotLQ
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:48:05 GMT

In article <184126@pyramid.pyramid.com> rcl@pyramid.COM 
(Rich "Black Dragon" Lewis) writes:
>Your on the right track, but not quite there yet.
>
>	Everything is better when accompanied with a good Single Malt Scotch,
>	a drink for all occasions and events when only the best will do.

Oh no, I can see it coming now: My Scotch is better than yours. At least we
won't have to deal with the Germany vs Italy vs US vs Japan part of the
war^h^h^h debate.

-kdg
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: GTS1000A gripe
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:13:08 GMT

In <BxKADw.5D4@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:

>In article <1992Nov10.171016.12968@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson) writes:

>fat gas tank on it with the speedo and tach moved down to the tank console and
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Seems like a lousy place to put them.



>=============================================================================
>Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
>         "Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps
>          we shall learn the truth." -- August Kekule' (1890)
>=============================================================================

__
   Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who
   Arch. & Eng. Services   |          **           | I think I am. 
   UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer" - IT175 |           - anonymous








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From: jpalacio@dcc.uchile.cl (Jose Fuentealba Palacios)
Subject: buy a motorcycle
Originator: jpalacio@dcc.uchile.cl
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:58:19 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion


	hello ,now in english ....

	somebody know in what i have to take care when i buy a used
honda xl or xr 250cc ...

	thanks in advance ..
			
				RichiE	
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Uneven Front tyre
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:17:34 GMT

frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball) writes:

> My  Bridgestone Trail Wing 

It's probably far too early in the morning to be posting, but my mind is
running wild trying to imagine what a "Trail Wing" would be if it were
built by Honda. Anyone for an XR1500L?
-- 
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: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing (how fascist are YOU?)
Date: 13 Nov 92 20:00:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division

In article <1992Nov13.031330.16775@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
>
>	I know this is all a rationalization on the fingerless gloves. I still
>	claim to myself that if I hit the asphalt at high speed I'll be able
>	to get myself *off* my ass and onto the leather parts of my chaps.

In my only get-off (a 15 km/h tip over in a corner on an icy manhole cover)
I finished up by standing over my bike. I did not know which part of
my body hit the ground until I found the gouges and scratches in my leathers,
some of which were on the butt. The result was that my pride suffered the 
most damage of all (I have repainted the scratched fairing panel). If you 
have control over what hits what in the milliseconds it takes for things to 
happen, then you're right, you'll probably be OK.

We've all sacrificed safety for convenience at one point or another. We just
have to make a point of not decieving ourselves with the justicifcation.

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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