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In article <1qhm02$mbs@news.ysu.edu> Albion H. Bowers, ak954@yfn.ysu.edu writes: >Oh yeah, 12.10 at 108 mph in the quarter is such a slug.  Come on, when was >the last time you used your 750s max power peak?  I think maybe you should >ride one first, before passing judgement, there is a lot more than just >maximum acceleration.   I really didn't mean to imply that my Ninja was any better than a Duc.   I have to talked to a few Duc owners (750SS owners in particular) who say that the power is something less than overwhelming.  That said, I would love to have a 900SS.  I guess I should have been a bit more specific.  If you have something that weighs that same as the 750, go  for the extra cubes.    I think that fact that I own a GTV-6 shows that I don't care about maximum power (it's no slug though) to the exclusion of everything else.  The note  and the handling are more important to me.  I just bought a Ninja because I  couldn't afford a Duc.  Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers, I'll probably be getting a 900SS next year...  - Mark  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark S. Burnham (markb@wc.novell.com) AMA#668966  DoD#0747  Alfa Romeo GTV-6                             '90 Ninja 750
I have an '89 Kawasaki KX 80.  It is in mint condition and starts on the first kick EVERY time.  I have outgrown the bike, and am considering selling it.  I was told I should ask around $900.  Does that sound right or should it be higher/lower?     Also, I am looking for a used ZX-7.  How much do I have to spend, and what year should I look for to get a bike without paying an arm and a leg????     Thanks for the help!                                                      Rob Fusi                                                     rwf2@lehigh.edu
In article <5227@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes: > >Can someone tell me what a deltabox frame is, and what relation that has, >if any, to the frame on my Hawk GT?  That way, next time some guy comes up >to me in some parking lot and sez "hey, dude, nice bike, is that a deltabox >frame on there?" I can say something besides "duh, er, huh?"     Deltabox (tm) is a registered trademark of Yamaha, used to describe their aluminum perimeter frame design, used on the FZR400 and FZR1000. In cross-section, it has a five-sided appearance, so it probably really should be called a "Pentabox".  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       | | davet@interceptor.CDS.TEK.COM   | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        | | '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.| | '75 R90S(#151) '72 TR-2B(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks | | '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     | |       1936 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     | | My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
In article <1993Apr21.130512.147@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: >In article <93Apr20.211127.44984@acs.ucalgary.ca> parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes:  >>I bought it, I tried it: >>It is, truly, the miracle spooge. >>My chain is lubed, my wheel is clean, after 1000km.  >I'd try it on the VFR, but goddamn Competition Accessories hasn't mailed my >order yet.  Hell, it's only been two weeks and I was ordering some pretty >bizzare stuff.  Like a clear RF-200 face sheild, and a can of Chain Wax... >Bastards.  For what it's worth, I got my can in three days from Chaparral. That's UPS ground from CA to UT, YMMV. The stuff seems to work, and it doesn't attract grundge like PJ-1 Blue does. I gave it the acid test, a full day's worth of breaking in the Quadracer's new paddle tires down at the sand dunes. If there's anything wet & stickey it will be coated with sand at the end of the day, but the chain looked pretty clean.  As far as mail-order goes, if Chaparral has it in stock (and they can tell you if it's in stock, or about how long it will take to back-order it if it's not), I usually get it in three days. Competition Accessories always seems to take a week or two to deliver. Motorcycle Accessory Warehouse also takes a week or two, and after trying to buy some boots from them last week, I don't think they actually stock anything. MAW was about $30 cheaper than Chaparral on Alpinestars Tech 7 boots, but on Monday I was hoping to get them by the end of the week, so I asked MAW a completely unreasonable question: "Do you have them in stock?" The conversation went something like this:  I need to know if you have some boots in stock.  	Do you want to pay with Visa or Mastercard?  I want to know if you have them in stock.  	Well, the computer doesn't show anything, I'd have to call the 	distributer to find out if we have them.  So do you have them or not?  	Don't you understand what I'm saying? I have to call our 	distributer to find out if we have them in stock or not.  Uh, right. So can you do it?  	Yea, call me back in an hour, and ask for Phil.  So an hour later Phil isn't there, but Mike says he'll check, and call him back in half an hour. Half an hour later Mike isn't there either, but he left a note that says they'll have them by the end of the month (3 weeks away). Screw it, the 30 bucks isn't worth the hassle. I called Chaparral and asked if they had them in stock:  	Ooh, Alpinestars? Probably not, they are hard to keep in stock, 	but I'll check. What size?  Size 10.  	Let's see, yes! Size 10, in blue & white, gray & white, black...  I'll take the blacks!  This was about noon on Monday, they arrived Thursday morning. Once again, three days via UPS ground. I _like_ Chaparral.  I'm not completely down on MAW, they often have lower prices, but be prepared to wait.  Oh, and if anyone's in the market for sand tires and other ATV stuff, Scorcher seems like a good outfit, friendly, fast, had the tires I wanted in stock, and were cheaper than Chaparral too.
In article <1993Apr21.233803.18471@bsu-ucs> 00cjmelching@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:  >I have a very important question that I haven't been able to find  >an answer to...I've asked mechanics and others about this, but no  >one can really give me an answer that satisfies me.   >I just bought a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 250.  I am a first-time buyer >as well as a first-time rider and this bike seemed to satisfy all my >needs.  This may be the reason I don't know the answer to this question:   >The tachometer has a sticker right on it that says "for the first 500  >miles DO NOT go over 4,000 rpm's, and for the next 500 miles, don't go >over 6,000.  (referred to as the break-in period if you didn't know.)   >Well, if I were to do that, I would never be going over 35 mph even in >6th gear!!!  So my question is, will it hurt my new cycle to take it up  >in the 6-7000 rpm range so that I can at least go the speed limit????   >Any information that ANY of you could give me would be greatly >appreciated!!!!  Just send the reply to my account, or if you'd like, >back to the net.    >Thank you very much for taking the time to read/reply >to this.  >Chris Melching  Go the speed limit.  As long as your not at the salt flats, you arn't gonna  frag yer ride.  I wouldn't ride the DoD minimum until it had 500+ miles on  it, but hell, I do that on a good weekend!   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
In Article <C5quw0.Btq@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> "mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Hollyman)" says: > Hi, I have an 82 CB750 Custom that I just replaced the cylinder head gasket > on.  Now when I put it back together again, it wouldn't idle at all.  It was > only running on 2-3 cylinders and it would backfire and spit flames out the > exhaust on the right side.  The exhaust is 4-2 MAC.  I bought new plugs > today and it runs very rough and still won't idle.  I am quite sure the fine > tune knobs on the carbs are messed up.  I checked the timing, it was fine, so > I advanced it a little and that didn't help.   >  > I assume the carbs need to be synched.  Can I buy a kit and do this myself? > If so, what kit is the best for the price. >  > Any other suggestions? >  > Thanks in advance. > Mike Hollyman >  It sounds like you got the cam timing off..........
>So, you can't ride the bike, but you will drive truck home? The >judgement and motor skills needed to pilot a moto are not required in a >cage? This scares the sh*t out of me. >   This is a piece of psychology its essential for any long term biker to understand. People do NOT think 'if I do this will someone else suffer?'. They assess things purely on' if I do this will I suffer?.
I know there's already a bmw mailing list, but since it's an R bike  only list (and limited to the R80* R100* bikes as well I believe) I've decided to give this a go and see how much interest there is. please read all of this post if you plan on subscribing to the list!  there is only one restriction for the discussion on this list, that it be about BMW's. I don't care which BMW, any and all are welcome. I will probably post articles that appear in the local BMW club newsletter, and would incourage other club members to do the same, especially tech articles.  to subscribe to the list, send a message to the list address:                      bmw@rider.cactus.org  with the word SUBSCRIBE (in caps) in the *subject* of the message. having the word SUBSCRIBE in the *subject* is the _only_ way to subscribe. if you  put the keyword in the message body, your message will go out to everyone on the list and you will be ridiculed beyond belief.         ** your From: line must have a valid return address    **        ** the list sw will use the address in your From: line **  if you would like to use a return address _other_ than what is contained in your From: line, do not send mail to the list! send a note directly to me (joe@rider.cactus.org) and I'll take care of it manually.  the list sw will hack up the outgoing message From: line so that your original full name in ()'s is preserved, but the return address is replaced with the mailing list address (bmw@rider.cactus.org). this  allows you to simply reply to a message to keep it on the list (depending on your mail interface natch. I use elm so that's what I wrote it for :-). keep this in mind when you reply to a message and question the authors parentage.  to remove your name from the list, send a message to the list address with the word UNSUBSCRIBE (in caps) in the *subject* of the message. having the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the *subject* is the _only_ way to remove your name from the list. if you put the keyword in the message body,  your message will go out to everyone on the list and you will be ridiculed  beyond belief.  the list is run from my home system, a poor little 286 box running a very old version of something that smells somewhat like unix. the MTA isn't the smartest around, but I've managed to hack it up enough to make a decent list MTA. additions and removals are handled automatically by scripts that intercept messages based on the subject (see below) and may occassionally goof. the sw will send a response message back when you subscribe. if you do not receive a response within a reasonable amount of time (my link is via UUCP and sometimes runs in spurts), send me a  message (joe@rider.cactus.org) and I'll look into it.  if the list turns out to be too popular and the MTA groks over the number of addresses, I'll have to freeze the list recipients until I can come up with a better MTA.  good luck...
jeq@lachman.com (Jonathan E. Quist) wrote: >  > In article <1qmgg9$g2n@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes: > >A traffic citation is an accusation of having committed a crime. > >That's why they have to go through the motions of having a trial if you > >want one, you are still innocent until proven guilty.  Cops are not the > >only ones who can accuse people of committing crimes, anyone who > >witnesses a crime can do so. > > > >Go to the Highway Patrol and explain the situation, give them a > >description of the car and the license number, and tell them the > >specific violation of the law which you witnessed and wish to prosecute > >(ie, search the Vehicle Code and have the section number handy).  Fill > >out the ticket and sign it.  It will go through the same system any > >ticket a cop writes goes through.  If contested, you will have to > >appear in court to prosecute.  Your word will not carry the same weight > >as a cop's. >  > And, indeed, the advice I got from a police officer when I had my > close call was that, without additional impartial witnesses, it > would be my word vs. the other driver's, and that it was up to me > to decide whether the time and inconvenience to me was worth the > time and inconvenience to the other driver, and also whether any > positive effect would result (beyond making me feel better).  My $0.02 worth: I did this once. BDI LadyCager in a Town Car passed me on the right on a two lane road!:-{ I memorized her license plate (this in the days before I carried pen and paper in my tankbag) and went to the local police station. Cops filled out the ticket. I signed it. She paid it!                    tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
Hello all,  On my bike I have hazard lights (both front and back turn signals flash).  Since I live in NJ and commute to NYC there are a number of tolls one must pay on route.  Just before arriving at a toll booth I switch the hazards on.  I do thisto warn other motorists that I will be taking longer than the 2 1/2 seconds to make the transaction. Taking gloves off, getting money out of coin changer/pocket, making transaction, putting gloves back on takes a little more time than the average cager takes to make the same transaction of paying the toll. I also notice that when I do this cagers tend to get the message and usually go to another booth.  My question, is this a good/bad thing to do?  Any others tend to do the same?  Just curious
In article <1qmi34$g2n@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes: >In article 5049@cvbnetPrime.COM, tjohnson@tazmanian.prime.com (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes: [...] >>Sure there are horns but my hand is already on the throttle. Should we >>get into how many feet a bike going 55mph goes in .30 seconds; or >>how long it would take me to push my horn button?? > [...] > >The answer is 161.33 feet. > >--- >Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker, [...]  Try something like 24.2 feet.   EdGetACalculator    ----- Tommy McGuire mcguire@cs.utexas.edu mcguire@austin.ibm.com
In article <1993Apr23.155347.1@skcla.monsanto.com> mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com writes: >	Bad news - Right after we placed our order, the company upped its >	minimum order for manufacturing.  We got in under the wire (with >	an order of 115 or so pins), but as a result of the low number of >	pins, we were relegated to the "we'll get to it in-between other >	runs" bin.  As a result, it seems that it may be another 4 or 5 weeks  How about the name and number of the pin place.  I would think that 115 or so people calling to bitch about why orders placed after ours are getting done first might speed things along.  Dean
bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes:  >And introducing a new polysyllabic word (strabismic, for example)   Polysyllabic is polysyllabic too....
In article <1r941o$3tu@menudo.uh.edu> inde7wv@Rosie.UH.EDU writes: >another to the list but with this one I felt the most helpless.  I am sitting >at a light about 1 - 2 car lengths behind a car, a wise decsion.  Suddenly I  >hear screeching tires.  I dart my eyes to my mirrors and realize it's the  >moroon flying up right behind me, in my panic I pop my clutch and stall the >bike.  Luckily the guy stops a foot behind my rear wheel. > >I understand why you theoretically stop so far behind a car but can you >really in actuality avoid such an incident?  Suggestions?  I've only ever done it in an automatic. I was sitting in my Olds, in the winter, at a light, when I heard screeching behind me. I managed to dart into the left turn lane before the sliding Jetta wound up half where I was and half in the parked car beside where I was. I've never had occasion to do it on a bike, but I imagine that it would be even easier, because you could slip beside the car in front. Giving a gander at the mirrors while at a light will give you time to get the clutch out smoothly when you notice trouble, instead of waiting for the screeching.
Jeff Nichols (jcn@rice.edu) wrote: &  & And speaking of shims, why would the clearance of the valves get smaller, & i.e.  & need the use of a thinner shim?    Because the valves recede into the cylinder head faster than the shims/cams wear down..
Has anyone noticed that all this happened since Chris Perez was gifted with a membership?  Anyone for rec.motorcycles.beemer.club.whiner? I know this might get confused with K-whiners, but maybe there's a connection?
In article <speedy.147@engr.latech.edu>, speedy@engr.latech.edu (Speedy Mercer) writes: |> I was attacked by a rabid hubcap once.  I was going to work on a |> Yamaha |> 750 Twin (A.K.A. "the vibrating tank") when I heard a wierd noise off |> to my  |> left.  I caught a glimpse of something silver headed for my left foot |> and  |> jerked it up about a nanosecond before my bike was hit HARD in the |> left  |> side.  When I went to put my foot back on the peg, I found that it |> was not  |> there!  I pulled into the nearest parking lot and discovered that I |> had been  |> hit by a wire-wheel type hubcap from a large cage!  This hubcap |> weighed  |> about 4-5 pounds!  The impact had bent the left peg flat against the |> frame  |> and tweeked the shifter in the process.  Had I not heard the |> approaching  |> cap, I feel certian that I would be sans a portion of my left foot. |>  |> Anyone else had this sort of experience? |>     Not with a hub cap but one of those "Lumber yard delivery trucks" made life interesting when he hit a 'dip' in the road and several sheets of sheetrock and a dozen 5 gallon cans of spackle came off at 70 mph. It got real interesting for about 20 seconds or so. Had to use a wood mallet to get all the dried spackle off Me, the Helmet and the bike when I got home. Thanks  to the bob tail Kenworth between me and the lumber truck I had a "Path" to drive through he made with his tires (and threw up the corresponding monsoon from those tires as he ran over what ever cans of spackle didn't burst in impact). A car in front of me in the right lane hit her brakes, did a 360 and nailed a bridge abutment half way through the second 360.  The messiest time was in San Diego in 69' was on my way back to the apartment in ocean beach on my Sportster and had just picked up a shake, burger n fries from jack in the box and stuffed em in my foul weather jacket when the milk shake opened up on Nimitz blvd at 50 mph, nothing like the smell of vanilla milk shake cooking on the engine as it runs down your groin and legs and 15 people waiting in back of you to make the same left turn you are.
In article <BD.93Apr21150413@bd.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes: >cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: > >>Where can I get rocket launchers for the VFR? > >BATF is having a fire sale in Waco, TX.  Try there.     You might try the rec.models.rockets newsgroup.  Interesting stuff, some of it should probably be classified as artillery.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       | | davet@interceptor.CDS.TEK.COM   | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        | | '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.| | '75 R90S(#151) '72 TR-2B(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks | | '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     | |       1936 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     | | My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
In article <1993Apr13.163450.1@skcla.monsanto.com>   mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com writes:  > Michael (Manning)...Must be that blockhead of yours....the gargoyles > are the ONLY thing that work for me! ;*} >  >  > Michael (Menard) >  > P.S. When you showin' up at Highland House? We'll compare sunglasses...  Let's see how the weather is Saturday or Sunday. It sucks today. What time is good? You're welcome to give any of the ones I have a try.  As for the gargoyles, if you want mine you can have 'em.  I think the bridge of my nose holds them too far from my face. Same deal for the two of my friends who tried them. For people who use them with a full face helmet, all bets are off. Sorry if they fit you well and took my complaint personally. Yes the Oakleys are much more desirable squid attire. Also the gargoyles aren't that ugly, even in my opinion, or I wouldn't have tried them.  -- Michael Manning mmanning@icomsim.com (NeXTMail accepted.)
In article <222834@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com> maven@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com (Norman Hamer) writes: >  > Waving at other bikers makes more sense than just "Hey, how's it going,  >nice to meet you on the road, have a good ride" >  > 2) It keeps you in the habit of watching really carefully for bikes when  >you're IN a cage. This is a Good Thing.   Has anyone, while driving a cage, ever waved at bikers? I get the urge, but I've never actually done it.  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
azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy Woodward) writes:   >Better still, reverse this sequence, then hit the bugger under accelleration >(to stabilise yourself). I hate things that attack me.  >If the dog thinks you have run away, it has established dominance over  >these funny noisy sheep things, and will attack every bike that comes  >along for the fun of it. If you can hurt the bugger, it learns that it  >is below bikes in the peck order, and you may have saved the life of a  >future biker, whose evasive action to avoid the dog might otherwise put  >him under a truck. Never avoid a dog for the dog's sake, only you're own.    I hate to  admit this but there does seem to be some sort of twisted logic to this approach. It's the bikers against the world and the dogs are just  another worthless adversary. So remember to wear at least calf height leather boots, ( in case the dog gets lucky and sinks his teeth into your attacking foot) and go for the gusto, If that dog doesn't retreat from the street with his tail between his legs next time you see it then you really haven't done your bit for all your fellow bikers.  >This also applies in cages.  Sorry I can't go this far, A dog against and armored cage just doesn't seem like a fair fight.  >If the dog is out of control, it is a menace to all road users, and no >compunction should be felt if ensuring your safety means the destruction of  >it's. After all, it is forcing the game, not you.  after all it is a dog eat dog world
Hi,    I'm now in the market for buying a BMW.The ideal would be an R80 RS but I'd be interested to here of any R80 for sale .Age is not a problem - I'm more interested in a good example without a massive amount of miles and one which has been well maintained as I intend to keep it well and for some time.     I would also like to know if anyone has any sound advice as regards to INSURANCE - 27yr old,licence for 9 years,no accidents/claims/convictions.Am I old enough to get BMW owners club insurance yet or will I have to wait until next year?   				Ian
|> <Waving at fellow bikers stuff deleted> |>  |> When I first started riding street bikes I was told it was common to recieve/ |> give a wave to a fellow biker.   What astounded me on moving to the left coast from the right coast, was to actually get waves from HARLEY riders! No, Really! I remember the first time as a truely memorable event.  It might have something to do with the...  No. I refuse to bring that up again.  Thanks EVO, for being a Harley rider that waves first.