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From: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Austin, Home of Hospitality
Date: 15 Apr 1992 15:09:05 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Originator: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1280@adpplz.UUCP>, martin@adpgate.UUCP (Martin Golding) writes:
|> 
|> Anybody heading to Austin (which turns out to be one of the nice parts
|> (the nice part?) of Texas) should definitely contact the local Denizens.
|> For one thing, they know where everybody hides the beer.
|> 


OK . . .. some of the Austin DoDers have been reading tx.motorcycles . . .
but I'll post it here, too.

I'm trying to get a group of people together for a ride this weekend in
the 'hills' outside of Austin.  I, and a few others will be coming up
from Houston . . . lord willing and it don't !@*&$)@#*&$^(&*#@Q^  rain!! 

We are looking for rec's on eating, meeting places, good/bad roads for
riding, 'stuff' to do in the evenings.  We're gonna play it by ear.

All suggestions welcomed.

One problem though . . .  this fricken @)#($%@)#*%$&@#()*&$ threat
of rain all weekend . . . . there aren't many of us who like to
ride in the rain for two days straight . . . .. . :-(

Mark
-- 
Mark A. Parsons
mparsons@bcm.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: ed@grackle.UWaterloo.ca (Ed Walker)
Subject: Re: Yamaha Power Valve System (YPVS) RZ350
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:10:45 GMT

>On my 1990 Yamaha RZ350, my Power Valve often has the following behaviour:
>When you turn the key on, it cycles through the open and close and goes
>rrrrrr-rrrrrrr-rrrrr  like its supposed to, but then it sorta goes zzzzzzz
>forever as if its trying to do something and can't.
>It does this except when I try to demonstrate it to somebody...

On my 87 RZ350 my charging system is dead.  When it was good, my YPVS worked  
perfectly.  As the battery slowly died (from no charging) the YPVS would get  
more and more "stutter" instead of the smooth rrrr-rrrr-rrrr sound.   Finally  
with dead battery, it does nothing at all...  As a test I hooked up a friends  
fully charged battery and sure enough a nice clean rrrr-rrrr-rrrr sound.  No  
stutter at all.
My suggestion?  Check if it is getting enough juice.

BTW: We are both better off than my friend's RZ... he re-did his wiring.. good  
battery, everything 'fine'.  His YPVS dosen't do anything at all.. not a  
squeak... ooops ;)

|Edward Thomas Walker     |              '87 Yamaha RZ350T                
|ed@grackle.uwaterloo.ca  |       |-\   --/   --|   |--   |-|   -|-                                    
|Waterloo, Ont. Canada    |       |-/    /    --|   |-|   | |    |                   
|**DOOWUTCHYALIKE!** -H.H.|       | \   /--   --|   --|   |-|    |        
                   Disclaimer: "Opinions?!?... who me?.... "
From: chrisp@tatanka.wr.tek.com (Chris Perez)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Question on Harley Extended Warranty
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:23:45 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc

In article <1992Apr17.153601.18182@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>>In article 11742@advansoft.com, eparker@advansoft.com (Eric Parker) writes:
>>>My local friendly Harley dealer wants me to buy an extended
>>>warranty for my bike.

>Another way of looking at it is that BMW brags about their 3 year
>warranty. For less than the price of a Beemer I got a 4 year warranty,
>and FJ torque too!

For substantially less than the price of one BMW and it's precious extended
warranty, or one nice FJ mit e-warranty, I've succeeded in filling my
garage with Ducatis.  _I_ do all the warranty work and am happier for the
experience.  What I get is wonderful sound, great torque, much more stable
platform and more bikes than I can ride in one day.

>(Yes, I am trying to justify my decision. :-)

Don't we all?  8-)

Christopher "Groucho" Perez - Proprietor of Groucho's Desmodrome & Club House
                  Motorcycling:  Still just for Ducatis
From: shz@garage.att.com (Seth Zirin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Any Interest in DoD Caps?
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:35:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: DoD Treasurer

In article <kum7krINNssq@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, rja@batcomfs.Eng.Sun.COM (Ninja Squirrel Master) writes:
>     Not at all....  Belt-buckles will be next, followed by DoD snuff boxes,
>     etc...


I contacted a belt buckle caster a few months ago and discovered that
we could probably have nice bronze buckles made for about $18-20 each.
Additional production runs could be as small as a few pieces without penalty.

Anyone interested in following up on this project?

Too damn lazy,

Seth Zirin
From: cnap01@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: LICENSES
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:59:30 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster


What is the best (easiest, cheapest) state to get a motorbike licence in?

Ive got a UK licence, and will be in the US for 4 months in the summers. Ill be
driving about everywhere, so can probably do it wherever its easiest...

Anybody know?

Stuart
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From: dm@genie.gene.com (David Mischel)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,rec.sport.basketball.college,talk.politics.guns,soc.motss
Subject: Re: FREE MAGAZINE OFFER FROM A NY COMPANY.
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:40:16 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Genentech, Inc.

In article <GERRY.92Apr7082429@onion.cmu.edu>, gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
|> 
|> March 1992 rolls around, and nothing....

oh, NO!  i've just lost two months of valuble motorcycling time!
i feel just terrible.  here is must be almost june and i didn't even
make it to an easter egg hunt!  damn!

wonder where my kids think i've been and who's been feeding them?  ;-(

< david
-- 
===============================================================================
David Mischel                       Withdrawing in disgust is not the same
dm@genie.gene.com                   as apathy.
DoD #1984                                --slacker
===============================================================================
From: meeker@step2.berkeley.edu (Gary O. Meeker)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: GS450 speedo, fairing
Date: 9 Apr 1992 18:26:24 GMT
Organization: UCB
Distribution: us
Reply-To: meeker@step2.berkeley.edu (Gary O. Meeker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: step2.berkeley.edu


I have a spare speedometer from a GS450 that I would like to get rid of.
I originally bought it to replace my original speedometer which was
damaged by a signpost which got in the way of my bike a few months ago.
I have since fixed my old speedometer and have no need for this one.
It is an 85mph speedo from a 1981 GS450 and has the code NS1 1610 9 on the
back.  I'm not sure if it will work on other bikes, but just in case my 
bike has 18 inch wheels with a 3 inch wide tire on the front.  It has
15000 miles on it.  I paid $50 for it a few months ago and will take $30 OBO.

Also, I am interested in buying a small headlight fairing for my bike. It
originally had one but it was destroyed in the crash.  I think the one I had
was an original equipment item since I saw an old Suzuki ad for a bike
that had 
one.  If anyone has one of these they'd like to sell or knows where I can 
get a relatively inexpensize replacement, please let me know.  Thanks.

Gary
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash)
Subject: Moto Guzzi In Music Video
Summary: A bike that ain't a Harley stars in a video.
Originator: dab@space3
Keywords: Elvis makes more $ dead.  Wonder how ole Roy is doin'.
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:51:01 GMT

Roy Orbison's new (!?) music video appearing on empty vee (MTv) of a song
called "I Drove All Night" sports a cameo appearance of a Moto Guzzi.  The
bike shots are quick and usually the camera is in motion.  But, I THINK
that the bike is an 850 Ambassador.  The shots are b&w, but the bike appears
to be black.  It has the chrome knee "pads" on the tank (formed by chroming
the tank and then painting everything else) and it has the "slotted" side
covers.  Anyway, it was nice to see some Italian iron on teevee.
============================================================================
 "No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
    The Nashville Flash	  -   dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu   -   DoD # 412
From: kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HOCKEY EQUIPMENT AS SAFET
Date: 31 Mar 92 16:13:22 GMT
Organization: Array Microsystems, Colorado Springs, CO. USA

dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
:  I've thought about armor a few times, but I'd really prefer something
: that would fit inside my pants leg, not over it.  I don't want to go
: around looking like Mel Gibson in "Road Warrior", I just want to keep
: anything from getting to that knee.

THOR (Torsten Hallman Orginal Racewear) makes a knee guard that you describe.
They fit over your ankle and all the way up to your knee.  I smashed a tree
stump (semi-rotten) at about 25 mph in a race one afternoon and thought I 
was going to loose  a lot of needed flesh, but all I saw (after I opened 
my eyes again :-) ) were flying splinters.  Played hell with my Sinisalos
but the knee was perfect.  They are about $45 per set but well worth it 
if you like your knees.

  O                    Ken Murphy aka kenm@array.com              President RMEC
 <M> MerfMan          DoD #0479      '92 KTM 250 EX/C              Member COHVCO
_/ \_                 Race Now Party Later Racing Team                AMA 406077
Disclaimer: _I_ don't believe what I said, why should you?
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: parker@mprgate.mpr.ca (Ross Parker)
Subject: Re: Am I ever glad I sold my GSXR and bought a HARLEY!
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 19:49:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.174254.21264@bnr.ca>, mdoug@bnr.ca (Doug MacLean) writes:
|> 
|> 	In the spring of 1990, I unloaded my '85 GSXR 750 with 18000Km on it
|> ...and bought a 1990 FXST.
|>
|> needed to a major tune up, and tires...the frame was bent after being 
|> dropped once (as a result of rain...poor stability),
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Perhaps as a result of riding too fast for the conditions?

And shame on Suzuki for not building a frame that stands up to crashing.

|> yet again, its not running for some other unknown reason... 


So, essentially what you're saying is that a 2 year old Harley that hasn't
been dropped works better than a 7 year old Suzuki that has?

Well duh.

-- 
Ross Parker           |                            |
MPR Teltech Ltd.      | You can't erase the dream, | DoD# 1188
parker@mprgate.mpr.ca | You can only wake me up... | '88 FJ1200, '80 BMW R100T
Organization: Senior, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 19:54:58 -0400 
From: John Robert Nadzam <jn1h+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Flame war invitations: Sport touring choice? FJ, Of Course!
	<cdt5aie00WBLM2fFUF@andrew.cmu.edu>

>that's not an oxymoron :-) on the subject. In other words, about 200K of
>collected net postings on the FJ1100 & 12000.
                                        ^^^^^^

Sign me up that sounds like a manly sized bike, How many cylinders?

NADZ
DoD#528
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 1992 21:55:30 CDT
From: Ed Dowtort <U10119@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: shipping a bike from europe to US

i have a friend who has a bike that he left behind in Poland, and would
like to get it here to U.S.   does anyone have any knowledge about the
approximate cost of doing so, how does one go about it, and what type
of legalities would be involved?   if it matters, the bike is a '56 (i
think) (some-type-of:) Simpson.

sincerely yours,
                 (and other b.s.)
                                   ed d.

-----------------------
Edward Dowtort                                          '80 KZ 250LTD (thumper)
u10119@uicvm.uic.edu                                                  DoD #1690
                      university of illinois of chicago
From: ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Joseph Andy)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CFV: Ban Steve Mosley (was: Motorcyclists and Bicyclists)
Date: 9 Apr 92 03:37:45 GMT
	<1992Apr8.221742.29972@u.washington.edu>
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Howdy,
moseley@milton.u.washington.edu (Steve Moseley) writes:
> I clone genes for a living, bacterial genes. I would consider an even
> lower form of life than bacteria if could get hold of some DNA from Mark
> J. Andy. I'd try to clone some of his DNA into the Coho salmon we have up
> here in Seattle, because nothing will take the bait quicker than Mark J.
> Andy. Sorry to hear you're having trouble finding a job, Mark, perhaps your
> communications skills need a little honing.

:-)  Steve, ol bud, you'd have to be swimming next to me...

> See you at Summit Point, Mark. I can't wait to meet you in person.

"Mark, meet Steve Mos--- HEY!!  Put those rocks DOWN!!!"

:-)

I probably won't be at Summit racing due to a serious cash flow
problem, but I'll likely be corner-working there some (though this
weekend I'll be at Nelson).  See you (and any of the rest of you)
then.

Mark

| Mark J. Andy			WERA NV #813		DoD #813	|
| ma1w+@andrew.cmu.edu		AMA/CCS AM #811		AMA #700560	|
| Co-founder/Rider, Team RISC and Two Geeks Racing			|
| '82 Seca 650 (street), '85 RZ350 (track), '78 KM100 (commute-in-snow)	|
| I want RZ350 parts like steering damper, fork brace, exhaust, etc...  |
From: lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Kill a Biker, Go to Jail. NOT!!!
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:25:41 GMT
	<1992Apr8.131246.25614@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Chemistry Dept., Harvard University
In-reply-to: heathman@ncsa.uiuc.edu's message of 8 Apr 92 13:12:32 GMT

>>>>> On 8 Apr 92 13:12:32 GMT, heathman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Michael Heathman) said:

Michael> inexperienced riders and idiots.  I will agree that motorcycling is
Michael> more dangerous for beginning riders.  They just don't have the

Beginning riders are not the most at-risk.  They tend to be more aware
of the limits of their abilities.  Typical accident-involved riders
have about 5 years experience and a new motorcycle (Hurt data).

Michael> experiential database needed to deal with the situations they
Michael> encounter.  Also, the "weekend rider" who only rides his GXR-1100 on
Michael> Sundays when the temp is over 80F.  He will never approach the level
Michael> of control that is possible when you ride your bike constantly.

Riding constantly gives you practice with the basic riding skills -
straight-line riding, turning, shifting and stopping.  It also gives
you some practice with your mental skills, especially if you ride a
lot in traffic.  However, unless those mental skills are seriously
deficient, accident-avoidance skills are not effectively developed
through routine experience.

Emergency braking in a straight line or on a curve, swerving, obstacle
surmounting, etc. require deliberate education and practice.  Mental
skills are far more important.  If you want to cite factors that
reduce accident involvement, you need look no further than
rider-training and responsibility.  Falling down is an experience, but
I have never met anyone who prefers this to education.
--
Jerry Lotto <lotto@lhasa.harvard.edu>      "Have you hugged the curves today?"
Chemistry Dept., Harvard Univ.              AMA #520019 DoD #018 HOG #0323880
From: dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Bike Locks
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:53:03 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute


In article <1992Apr15.145339.5281@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
|> 	2) U-shaped locks: more of a pain in the ass, but looks more solid;
|> 		has theft guarantee which implies they think it's hot shit, 
|> 		despite the fact that the guarantee is invalid in NYC;
|> 		can be frozen and broken relatively easily.


Sigh. While it's true that U-locks are fairly easy to break, freezing them is
not the way it's generally done -- it's messy, it's slow, and it doesn't work
in a lot of cases. The whole bit about bike thieves armed with a can of freon
and a hammer just ain't so.

Still, they're harder to go through than a cable lock.

Dan
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: NEED INFO...Honda CB750
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 16:24:07 GMT

raible@nas.nasa.gov (Eric Raible) writes:
>In article <TALE.92Apr7015223@ten.uu.net> tale@ten.uu.net (David C Lawrence) writes:

>   When I moved out last month she
>   commented on how she never allowed bikes after a bad experience, but
>   after having me around for a year she was removing that clause up
>   front.  Glad I could make a good impression.
>           ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^

>And you consider yourself to be a member of the DoD?

>How do you expect us to get the RESPECT that we deserve but going
>around making GOOD IMPRESSIONS????

Well Dave, you're not alone in being shunned, last year I was severely
abused for mentioning that J. Random Cager stopped next to me at a light
rolled down his window and complimented me on riding "responsibly".

Hey, maybe we can start a radical fringe group!

                 "The DoD 1%ers: Too polite for the DoD!"
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland        580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!blgardne  BIX: blaine_g
DoD #46               My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.              FJ1200
From: brucer@drutx.ATT.COM (RobinsonB)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: to call a Harley...  MINE!!
Keywords: harley davidson
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:19:30 GMT
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO

In article <1992Apr13.193404.22914@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, crsg9887@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chad R. Sandstrom) writes:
+ 
+   ###   #     #                 #     #                   ###
+   ###    #   #     ##      ##   #     #   ####    ####    ###
+   ###     # #     #  #    #  #  #     #  #    #  #    #   ###
+    #       #     #    #  #    # #######  #    #  #    #    #
+ 	   #     ######  ###### #     #  #    #  #    #
+   ###      #     #    #  #    # #     #  #    #  #    #   ###
+   ###      #     #    #  #    # #     #   ####    ####    ###      
+ 
+   she said i can! she said i can!  she said iiII  CAAANNN!!
+ 
+   yup it's true, the wife has unleashed me. 
+   I'm in the market for a Harley Davidson MC
+ 
+   therefore, I'd like some input, pros, cons, suggestions
+ 
+   on topics like new - used - basket cases (moderately high MQ)
+ 	    like classic years & models, or years or models to avoid
+ 	    like bargains to look for, stories you like to blabber(short ones)
+ 
+  so go on, run on at the mouth, i can take it. 
+  thanks, chad sandstrom
+        -- university of illinois, where the corn and the pigs rule
+ 		 and the chicago suburbanites would like to think they do
+ 	    

	I asked my wife if I could post
	a response to the above, but
	she said "no".

	sorry.   :-(


-- 
    66
     >
     ^ .................. the edited "brucer" (DoD #0002)
Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Date: Thu,  9 Apr 1992 20:59:42 -0400 
From: "Peter A. Simon" <ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Universal Holding Tool

Flash,

>Yeah, but doing bike work by adding an old belt is a hell of a lot
>easier than doing plumbing with a belt wrench.  :-)
> 
>- Flash

You are probably right.  I've never used either a belt wrench or a chain
wrench on my bike.  I just like tools and try to get other people to
fill up their tool boxes with stuff I can't afford.  :-)  Your old belt
trick sounds perfectly workable.  Also cheaper than yet another
specialty wrench.

Peter

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: bdhepler@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brad D. Hepler)
Subject: Re: How does a dyno work?
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:11:35 GMT

moseley@milton.u.washington.edu (Steve Moseley) writes:

>dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (The Nashville Flash) writes:
>
>[ a very informative description of how a dyno is used to determine brake
>horsepower output ]
>
>So how do you determine torque, and for us non-physiscist, non-engineer
>types who barely got through high school physics, how is torque related to
>horsepower?
>
> - Steve
>moseley@u.washington.edu
>DoD # 1951, COG, HOG, AMA

Well, force=mass*acceleration (as was proved here in the discussion on
the CBR900RR)

and work=force*distance.  Now power is the rate of doing work, and
velocity is the rate of "doing" distance, so

power=force*velocity.

The rotational analogue being power=torque*angular velocity

or power ~~ torque*rpm

In old english units,  P=T*RPM/5252
with P in hp, T in lb-ft.  If you look at a dyno sheet in these units,
this is why the torque and hp curves always cross at ~5250 rpm.

Brad
___________
Brad Hepler     class of 92 Mech. Eng.       bdhepler@phoenix.princeton.edu 
cbr600 (non-PC insertion of bike brand)        "What else floats in water?"
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: randy@ninja.megatek.uucp
Subject: Re: O.K., How About DoD MousePads?????
Reply-To: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:24:52 GMT

In article <CMM.0.90.2.703345676.arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Arnie Skurow <arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
|My wife's office partner's wife suggested the ultimate DoD goody.  She said
|that since all people on the net are, to some extent, computer types, how 
|about MousePads with the Denizen logo?

  How about mouse pads for optical mice?  Don't leave me out (waaaaah).... :-)

Randy Davis				UUCP: megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
ZX-11 Pilot			 	      ucsd!megatek!randy
DoD #00013

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: colinm@prince.carleton.ca (Colin McFadyen)
Subject: Info request about GPZ 305
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:35:07 GMT

  My brother just purhcased a 1985 Kawasaki GPZ 305.  It is his
first motorcycle and he asked me to post here to see what, if
any net.opinions there were on this machine.  
(it has about 23,000 km on it)

Thanks in advance.

Colin McFadyen.
From: atl@kpc.com (Drew Lynch)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tires scalloping.
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:53:15 GMT
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer

In article <1992Apr9.163837.27760@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>, pfs@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (Paul Schnettler) writes:
|> You will get scalloping on the front tire from using the front brakes
|> primarily. When most of the stopping power is transfered to the rubber
|> of the front tire, and it is a bit underinflated, the rubber flexes.
|> The flex action (sidewalls) will cause the tire contour to change a bit
|> and this rubs (like an eraser) a bit of the rubber off the front
|> (leading edge) of the tire surface. That's how it was described to me!!

Using the front brakes primarily is the normal mode of operation.  Scalloping is a result of poor tire design.

-- 
+-----------------------------+
|                             |	     Drew Lynch, atl@kpc.com
|           Zoom!             |	Kubota Pacific Computer Inc. Santa Clara, Ca.
|                             |	          (408)748-6345
+-----------------------------+	  Disclaimer: This is me, not them.