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Steve Bunis SE Southwest Chicago (doc@webrider.central.sun.com) wrote: : I was posting to Alt.locksmithing about the best methods for securing  : a motorcycle.  I got several responses referring to the Cobra Lock : (described below).  Has anyone come across a store carrying this lock : in the Chicago area? :  : Any other feedback from someone who has used this?  What about the new Yamaha "Cyclelok" ? From the photo in Motorcyclist, it looks the same hardened steel as a  Kryptonite U lock, except it folds in five places. It seems to extend out far enough to lock the rear tire to the tube of a parking sign or similar.  Anyone had any experience with them, how easy is it to attack the lock at the jointed sections ?
In article <wrs.4180@wslack.UUCP>, wrs@wslack.UUCP (Bill Slack) wrote:  > Uh, folks, the shaft doesn't have diddleysquatpoop to do with it. I can get > the front wheel off the ground on my /5, ferchrissake!  	The statement above is _true_ to the spirit of the list because 	it is a false statement.  Misinformation: that's the spirit, Bill.  	My /5 will do wheelies because it's a chain drive model.
Dave Edmondson, on the Wed, 21 Apr 1993 12:05:41 GMT wibbled: : Nick Pettefar (npet@bnr.ca) wrote: : : kevinh, on the Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:23:01 GMT wibbled:  : Jonathan Quist bemoaned:  : : : |> Yes, it's a minor blasphemy that U.S. companies would ?? on the likes  : of A.M., : : : |> Jaguar, or (sob) Lotus.  It's outright sacrilege for RR to have  : non-British : : : |> ownership.  It's a fundamental thing  : Lotus looks set for a management buyout. GM weren't happy that the Elan was  : late and too pricey.  If they can write off the Elan development costs the may  : be able to sell them for a sensible price.   : : : I think there is a legal clause in the RR name, regardless of who owns it : : : it must be a British company/owner - i.e. BA can sell the company but not : : : the name.  : : : kevinh@hasler.ascom.ch  : : I don't believe that BA have anything to do with RR.  It's a seperate : : company from the RR Aero-Engine company.   : It's Vickers who own Rolls Royce cars.   : And yes Kevin it is posts, Morgan use a sliding pillar front suspension.  : Ob Bike (at long bleeding last): When will that Pettefar bloke get a mail  : address so we can bung him on the Ogri list?  : dave : -- : David Edmondson                 davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk : Queen Mary & Westfield College  DoD#0777 Guzzi Le Mans 1000 : "This means the end of the horse-drawn Zeppelin."   What, you mean like the one in my bleedin' signature?!  HELLO!  --  Nick (the Connected Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   Mail Address  M'Lud.
David Karr, on the Tue, 20 Apr 1993 01:01:01 GMT wibbled: : In article <C5qtvL.M73@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Russell.P.Hughes@dartmouth.edu (Knicker Twister) writes: : >In article <1993Apr19.141959.4057@bnr.ca> : >npet@bnr.ca (Nick Pettefar) writes: : > : >> With regards to the pub brawl, he might have a history of such things. : >> Just because he was a biker doesn't make him out to be a reasonable : >> person.  Even the DoD might object to him joining, who knows?  : If he had a history of such things, why was it not mentioned in the : article, and why did they present the irrelevant detail of where he : got his drinking money from?  : I can't say exactly who is at fault here, but from where I sit is : looks like we're seeing the results either of the law going way out : of hand or of shoddy journalism.  : If the law wants to attach strings to how you spend a settlement, they : should put the money in trust.  They don't, so I would assume it's : perfectly legitimate to drink it away, though I wouldn't spend it that : way myself.  : -- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)  We heard about this from a newspaper article.  Journalists and editors always pick out the most interesting and sensational "facts" for our delectation.  As the editor of the Sun once said: "We never let the facts get in the way of a good story".  You must have noticed how motorcyclists get treated by the press.  They thrive on hysteria, ignorance, sensationalism and one-upmanship.  Unfortunately there's not enough salt to keep taking a pinch of.  --  Nick (the Cynical Old Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   Leaky New Gearbox  M'Lud.
Yesterday, a friend had asked me to accompany him to a local motorcycle dealer. It has been a while since he last rode (>10 years), and I myself have never bought a new bike from a dealer. What follows is an experience of that visit and of an observation of "SQUILDLY" behavior by other  customers and/or sales personel:  BACKGROUND:  I ride with a group of friends, who mainly are into "cruiser" type bikes. My friend was hell bent on getting an Intruder and had seen a few used ones. He wanted to see what the new ones were going for, so we happened upon a dealer that sold both Suzuki and Yamaha.   The place was fairly busy, so we browsed a bit. We happened upon a few  Intruders, most of which had SOLD signs on. My friend had been bitten.  Well the salesdroid appeared and as my friend started chewing the fat, I  moseid on outside. The next thing I know, I see 3 or 4 sport bikes pull in. I could stereo-type the type of riders (backward ball hat, oakley, IQ <40), but I won't. Well they went inside, I didn't think much of it. I figured to each his own. I went back in to see if the salesdroid had his fangs firmly implanted into my friends back,  when I noticed the "hormone gang" talking to other salesdroids/managers. Lot's of laughter, jokes etc. No big deal.  Here is the part that concerned me. The "HG" and those shop personel that were not busy with customers went back out, where said "HG" members fired up their rides and did the obligatory reving up of those 600 beasts. At this point, one decided to see how much rubber  a Katana 600 could deposit in the drive.  SQUIDS, I thought to myself. BUT I was appalled that the salesdroids/manager not only condoned this behavior, but encourged it, to the point were they were betting how long he could keep it up and egged him on to pull a wheely as he rode off onto a busy street around rush hour. THe girl that was riding pillion on another bike, seemed rather hormonal about this display, and urged her "pilot" to quickly catch up. The others followed, making sure there Kerkers could be heard as well as felt.  I felt embarassed at this point to be a motorcyclist. I felt the eyes of those in cages, witnessing this display, then glancing over to the dealers lot and damning all those on two wheels. Needless to say, my friend felt a little uncomfortable and we left.   I will now turn off my frustration and go ride... peacefully, to clear my anger. I only hope that the cop who is following me home, has an open mind and doesn't associate me with them.
In article <1993Apr15.180644.25263@ll.mit.edu> jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside) writes: >( Sure is alot harder to load on a trailer than the KDX200 was. )  I should >be road legal tomorrow.  I am ignoring the afforementioned concerns about  >the transmission and taking my chances.  	There should be no worries about the trans.  >Being a reletively new reader, I am quite impressed with all the usefull >info available on this newsgroup.  I would ask how to get my own DoD number, >but I'll probably be too busy riding ;-).  	Does this count?  $ cat dod.faq | mailx -s "HAHAHHA" jburnside@ll.mit.edu (waiting to press 							 return...)  Later,
In article 735328328@bdrc.bd.com, Clarke@bdrc.bd.com (Richard Clarke) writes: >So how do I steer when my hands aren't on the bars? (Open Budweiser in left  >hand, Camel cigarette in the right, no feet allowed.) If I lean, and the  >bike turns, am I countersteering?  Countersteering is a method for *leaning* the bike.  Another method is leaning.  Once leaned, the bike turns all by itself.
In article <13516@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) writes: |> Well, as a few of you so aptly put it,  |> get off the road, jerk, we don't wanna hear your  |> whining. |>  |> Fine. |>  |> Fuck off too.  Well it still looks like you've got an attitude problem Mr. Muttonhead.  You should take the comments with more sensitivity.  I still despise most people who belittle drinking and driving since my first girlfriend was killed  by such an asshole back in '85.  Learn to take the verbal  abuse.  If you can't take the flames,  and you can't use your brains, stay out of the newsgroup.
In article <24590@drutx.ATT.COM> pms@torreys.att.com (Paul M. Smith) writes: >In article <RMUGELE.93Apr21062229@oasun1.oracle.com> rmugele@oracle.com (Robert Mugele) writes: >> >>I've tried unsuccessfully to locate a place that sells Maxima Chain >>Wax in the Dallas area.  Does anyone know of a retail outlet for it in >>this area or a mail order purveyor anywhere? In the Dallas area, I just bought a can (it's for my best friend's bike... a 1986 XLH883, mines got a belt hahahahaha!!!) for $6.79 ($7.35 with tax) at Bates Discount Cycle Parts on the southbound I-35E service road in Farmers Branch just a couple miles north of the I-635/I-35E interchange. They have about a dozen cans left.
In article <Stafford-310393095530@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.Edu (John Stafford) writes: >In article <1993Mar17.115603.28712@aber.ac.uk>, azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy >Woodward) wrote: >>  >> Two questions that fascinate me:- >     You are easily fascinated. > >> 1) Why are rednecks called rednecks? >     Why are you called a Welch? >     OK, it's because they are often south or southeastern farmers >     who's necks are permanently damaged from sunburn.  The sun; >     you know what that is, it never sets on the British Empire >     and never shines in Wales. > This is a despicable LIE! It was sunny on 3rd July 1958 from 11.23am to 11 37am. I made a note of it. Diaries are never wrong.  >> 2) Why do they ride Harleys? >     They don't.  They drive in pick-up trucks and shoot bikers. > >> Please enlighten me. When I visited last, the only answers I got  >> were incoherent splutterings. >     You deserve more? > >==================================================== >John Stafford   Minnesota State University @ Winona >                    All standard disclaimers apply.   Do you, by any chance ride a Harley? (just a feeling...) How is your  neck? Calamine lotion is good, I'm told.  I am getting bored with winding up Americans. Its like bombing fish in a barrel.   Haaaaaaaaaaave a Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
VIDAR OLAF SOLBERG (vidaros@dhhalden.no) wrote: & Can somebody tell me what all the letter spesifications on motorcycle models  & really mean.  & Example: What means the C, the B and the R in Honda CBR. - Or the V, S, G, L  & and P in Suzuki VS750GLP  Honda:  a "V" designates a V engine street bike. "VF" for V-4, "VT" for V-twin. "CB" is a street bike with an parallel twin or inline 4-cylinder engine. "R" used to mean race bike, but is now also used to mean sport bike. "CL" was for the old steet scramblers-street bikes with high pipes "CM" was a "custom" street bike "CR" is dirt only two strokes "XL" is dual purpose bike "XR" was dirt only four stroke, but now can be a dual purpose bike if it has an "L" as a suffix. "GL" is a touring bike
In article <C5FI2H.Ew8@rice.edu>  (jcn@rice.edu) writes: > > I was going to try radial keratotomy, but they want over $2,000 per > > eye!  > > That's a lot of contact lenses and sunglasses! > >  >  > And a lot of money if they make one tiny mistake ;-O >  > Jeff Nichols  Also if they don't get it exactly right or your eyes change again, contacts to correct for it are out of the question. This is due to the strange conical shape your cornea takes after the surgery.  -- Michael Manning mmanning@icomsim.com (NeXTMail accepted.)
In article <mjs.735489679@zen.sys.uea.ac.uk> mjs@sys.uea.ac.uk (Mike Sixsmith) writes: >if I'm riding I would far sooner have the pillion hanging on to the bike, >rather than me, because I find that their weight can cause *me* to move, >and that can upset the balance of the bike. Most of the pillions I see  >over here hold the grabrail. The really good ones don't hang on to anything >unless violent acceleration is taking place.  Hmmmmn...don't you ride with your sweetheart?   --  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tuba" (Irwin)      "I honk therefore I am"     CompuTrac-Richardson,Tx irwin@cmptrc.lonestar.org    DoD #0826          (R75/6)
In article <BONG-230493121730@kfp-slac-mac.slac.stanford.edu> BONG@slac.stanford.edu (Eric Bong) writes: >In article <C5y8Gp.1An@cbnews.cb.att.com>, nak@cbnews.cb.att.com >(neil.a.kirby) wrote: >>  >> What worked for me on my RD350 was to lean towards the dog as I modulated >> throttle to keep my ankle just ahead of his teeth.  After a few seconds of >> warm pipe firmly wedged on his shoulder he turned his face sideways to see >> what was so warm and got his mouth/nose/muzzle burned on the pipes. > > A bicycling technique I've >employed was to use my frame mounted tire pump to fend off dog >attacks.  One of my brothers had spent a lot of time practicing bizzare tricks on his megabuck/micromass bike. He said he once repelled a dog attack by picking up the rear of the bike and smacking the dog in the side of the head with the rear wheel. The dog had _no_ idea what hit him, and he fled quite rapidly. Then again, he could jump garbage cans without a ramp, so I don't think I'd care to try this one on a motorcycle.  >The telephone worked much better than the tire pump.  That's almost unfair, I've never seen a dog that could use a phone. :-)
wsh8z@amsun29.apma.Virginia.EDU (Will Heyman) writes: : no rear tires as small as 110/90. There are some fronts though.  	So get a 120/90 instead. Is there anything that size?   : Any other recomendations? :  	Call the tire companies yourself and tell them what you have.  They can make recomendations for you. That's your best bet. Check a biker magazine (Cycle World etc) for phone numbers.  It's possible there are no other tires available though.    ==============================================================================   Erik Astrup                  AFM #422                              DoD #683     1993 CBR 900RR  *  1990 CBR 600  *  1990 Concours  *  1989 Ninja 250
In article <1993Apr23.220259.12375@Pacesetter.COM> lynn@pacesetter.com (Lynn E. Hall) writes: >>Nudity, fine...loud noise, fine...party all night, fine... but at the right >>place and time.  Please, let's not trample over other's rights and then bitch >>because they don't treat us like gods. >> >>Michael Menard > > You know, I wasn't EVEN going to respond to this typical anti-party >attitude message. Trash was everywhere - reason? Not enough dipsy >dumpsters for the massive crowd. Oatman wasn't prepared for the vast >number of PEOPLE that showed up.  I don't think Michael's response was anti-party but rather pro-environmental. I agree that you gotta let us Hogs out to roam every once in awhile.  Let's hope that next year Oatman will be better prepared and that we all pick up after ourselves.  >an asshole. I've already admitted I'm an asshole many times on the net. >All my friends are assholes too (lyrics to a new song?). So, you want a >dime to call someone that cares?  Well, I for one thought you told a good story, even if you say you are an a**hole!:-) We need more biker experiances written to news.  It's unfortunate that you got flamed for telling it, but we all know this is a controversial group.  At any rate, keep up the good work and continue to post stories.
In article 735312515@zen.sys.uea.ac.uk, mjs@sys.uea.ac.uk (Mike Sixsmith) writes: > >>1.  All of us that argue about gyroscopes, etc., throughly understand >>the technique of countersteering. > >Including all the ones who think that they countersteer all the way >through a corner??  Well... all the way through a decreasing-radius corner, anyway...  >This is really the only thing we disagree on. Maybe we should agree to >disagree??   OK (but I'm right!)  :^)  >The official line here (though I do have my doubts about it) is that the >front brake is applied first, followed by the rear brake, the idea being >that you avoid locking up the rear after weight transfer takes place.   If that's the "official line" taught in those rider education classes you were refering to, that also don't teach countersteering, I have to question the quality of the classes.  The "official line" in MSF curricula is as I described.  Maximum braking is achieved by applying both brakes equally, when the weight distribution is nominally even and both tires have equal normal forces, and easing off on the rear to prevent locking it, and increasing braking on the front, as more traction is available to the front due to increased normal force due to weight shift.  The "official line" you have been taught seems ineffective on the face of it.  Applying the rear brake after the front is not taking advantage of all the traction available to the rear at time 0, and is halving the available braking power by using only the front at time 0.  >>Saying, "brake until the tire just begins to slide" is next to useless >>advice to a newbie.  He has to go out and slide the tire to find out >>where that is!  It also gives him zero information from which to >>develop a braking technique that changes as the braking and >>corresponding weight shift develop. > >If you don't slide the tyre, you have no way of knowing whether you've >achieved maximum braking or not. I'm not suggesting that you should always >aim to brake as hard as you possibly can - but if you want to find the >limits of the machine, you have to go beyond them.   Not necessarily true.  "Chirping" the tire indicates impending lockup (on most surfaces), and serves as a good guide to newbies to indicate maximum braking.  I agree that totally locking the front occasionally makes one a better rider, but it is a manuver best saved for an experienced rider, unless you have one of those outrigger bikes like Code used to use.  >In any case, for maximum braking, if (as I suggested) you aim to keep >both wheels just on the point of sliding, then you'll be doing >exactly as *you* suggest!!  True, but from the point of view of how to best *teach* riding skills (which is how this discussion started), "keep both wheels just on the point of sliding" is nearly useless information.  You need to teach a *technique*, or at least a strategy, to achieve this.
james.bessette (jimbes@cbnewsj.cb.att.com) wrote: >In article <6130328@hplsla.hp.com> kens@hplsla.hp.com (Ken Snyder) writes: >>ps.  I also heard from a dog breeder that the chains of bicycles and >>motorcycles produced high frequency squeaks that dogs loved to chase. >Ask the breeder why they also chase BMWs also.  Cam chain.    -Mike
OK,      I saw a bike today and I want to know what it is.  Lets begin by saying that its whole rear end was definately Hawk 650.  Additionally, it had a CBR900RR style tank, full fairing, and only a tach.  Now, at first I thought it was an 'RC31' (a Hawk modified by Two Brothers Racing), but I did not think that they made this huge tank for it.  Additionally, the gauges were certainly not from a Hawk.  They looked much more like  900RR gauges.  Overall, the bike looked like a 900RR except for the rear single-sided swingarm and wheel (there were straight from the Hawk)  So, what did I see?  (PS, for any of you Boulder DoDers, I saw it parked at the Engineering center today. It is white with light green stripes.)
Christopher G Karras (CGKarras@world.std.com) wrote: &  & If this is the same as adjusting the shims between cam and valve, I have & the same question.  Do you buy a FULL set of shims before starting the & adjustment process, or do you calculate the shims you need and then run & off to the dealer in the cage to see if the right shims are in stock?  & Obviously the latter would be cheaper (what do shims cost?), but are & measurements of the shim need reliable enough to buy only the indicated shims?  Only buy what you need.  It would cost a lot to buy a full set, and you won't ever use most of them.  I have had good luck with the calculation method.  I have never had to change more than one size increment at a time (I never needed a change larger than the next size up/down, usually down).  They cost a few $ each for a Yamaha.
In article <MELLON.93Apr15183059@pepper.ncd.com> mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon) writes: > >>Can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from San Francisco >>to Seattle?  And how much might it cost? > >I'd recommend that you hop on the back of it and cruise - that's a >really nice ride, if you choose your route with any care at all. >Shouldn't cost more than about $30 in gas, and maybe a night's motel >bill... >  Yes!  Up the coast, over to Portland, then up I-5.  Really nice most of the way, and I'm sure there's even better ways.  Watch the weather, though... I got about as good a drenching as possible in the Oregon coast range once...
since at least one other person was interested in this:  my FZR's black exhaust pipes are rusty and i researched getting them repaired. yesterday i bought a can of VHT 1500 degree black header paint and spent an hour sanding two of the header pipes by hand.  sprayed on paint.  thought about how clean i was able to get the metal with sanding and determined that i wouldn't be at all suprised if the paint wore/chipped off in a month.  soooo call a couple of places up in minneapolis and discover that powder coating, while extremely durable, will not handle over ~600 degree temperatures.  the place i talked to said they were experimenting with some new powder that is supposed to handle 1100 degrees but that it wouldn't be available for months at least.  they directed me to another shop that specializes in header coating.  the other shop said they have 2 coatings available.  one is aluminized that can do 1200+ degrees and is "comparable" to powder coating for durability. the other is silicon (i think) based and can do 1800+ degrees (!) but is thinner and not as durable.  both coatings have a textured finish (not super smooth) and should be cleaned with hot water and a brush.  price for 4 1-foot header pipes and a 2-foot 4-2-1 collector was ~$100.  i'm planning to take the parts up friday and get them back (UPS) next week maybe wednesday.  sounds to me like this kind of coating stuff should be way better than paint considering how much abuse the pipes get from road crap/rocks.