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In article <222834@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com>, maven@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com (Norman Hamer) writes: |>   |>  One of those "morning, just getting the coffee in me" thoughts: |>   |>  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" |>   |>  1) If you're watching for other bikes to wave to, it means your attention  |> is on the road, where it should be, and you're more likely to see cages. |>   |>  2) It keeps you in the habit of watching really carefully for bikes when  |> you're IN a cage. This is a Good Thing.    The down side is that when I'm in my cage, I have on numerous occasions slammed my hand into the rolled up window in an effort to wave at a passing biker.  Ow.
/ hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / groverc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Grover Cleveland) /  9:07 am  Apr 14, 1993 / Shop for your bike in Sacramento - the Bay area prices are always much higher than elsewhere in the state.  GC ---------- Affirmative! Check Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee, Modesto, Stockton, Bakersfield and other newspapers for prices of motos in the classifieds...a large main public library ought to have a number of out-of-town papers.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graeme Harrison, Hewlett-Packard Co., Communications Components Division, 350 W Trimble Rd, San Jose, CA 95131 (gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com) DoD#649
FOR SALE OR TRADE!!!  BMW R60US frame and misc.,converted to Earles fork. The package includes:  	Frame, swingarm and Earles fork 	Final drive(27/8) 	Rear fender, front fender, large tank 	Steel wheels laced w/ ss spokes, one new rim, one EC used rim 	All brackets, brake hdware, footrests etc. 	The colour scheme used is the original BMW optional Bristol grey 	Items not painted are: Earles rigid section(needs straightening, 		this rigid section was bent when I received it, not from  		being mounted to the R60US frame),Earles swingarm and the  		headlight shell. I have the paintthat was used and can  		finish the non-painted items if desired. The striping  		was done by Holt Design. 	Not included: engine, gearbox, electrics, seat.  This is a clean and tidy project. The project was terminated due to lack of 	time and the R69(35hp) engine that was to be used was transferred  	to another project. I would prefer to sell the package as whole. 	I am negotiable as to what can be included in the package, I will 	not separate any of the painted items. I am willing to take /2 	spares in trade.
[sorry, had to take out tx.motorcycles because my news server rejected it. -- hesh]  Bob Pasker (rbp@netcom.com) wrote: : it would be a shame to split boxer riders between different lists : unless, of course, the existing list failed to meet the readers' : needs.  you presumed you needed to "split" out a GS list. by implication of your "split", a plain ol' bmw list wouldn't meet the GS riders' needs.  for the sake of not forcing the split issue, how about changing the charter and renaming your list from bmw-gs to just bmw?  would that make everybody happy?  i think you'd get better participation this way. and joe wouldn't have to burden his 286.  :-)
In article <13386@news.duke.edu> infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) writes: >Well, it looks like I'm F*cked for insurance. > >I had a DWI in 91 and for the beemer, as a rec. >vehicle, it'll cost me almost $1200 bucks to insure/year. > >Now what do I do?  Sell the bike and the car and start taking the bus. That way you can keep drinking which seems to be where your priorities lay.  I expect that enough of us on this list have lost friends because of driving drunks that our collective sympathy will be somewhat muted.
I spoke to a sales dweeb in 3X, a Ducati dealer here in Blighty, and he had nothing good to say about them... it appears they are waaaay underpowered, (basically, it's the 750/900 with a 400cc engine), and there have been some quality problems (rusty _frame_ !!).  Save your pennies... buy the 900 :)
In article <1993Apr2.045903.6066@spectrum.xerox.com> cooley@xerox.com writes: >Yo, ASSHOLES.  I hope you are all just kidding >because it's exactly that kind of attidue that gets >many a MOTORcyclist killed:  "Look at the leather >clad poseurs!  Watch how they swirve and >swear as I pretend that they don't exist while >I change lanes." > >If you really find it necesary to wreck others >enjoyment of the road to boost your ego, then >it is truely you who are the poseur. > >--aaron  Disgruntled Volvo drivers. What are they rebelling against?
For sale 1986 Harley FLHTC Liberty Edition. Good condition. Many extras. Asking $7500. Located in Rhode Island.
In article <1993Apr2.043642.5682@spectrum.xerox.com> cooley@xerox.com writes: |In article 17418@news.arc.nasa.gov, howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curt Howland) writes: |>Castrol Syntec does not contain teflon, it gets its greater |>lubrication by bonding to the metal surfaces of the engine,  |>thus making the metal ride on the polymer rather |>than having metal-to-metal contact. I do not know if this  |>also reduces the acid contact with the metal, but it seems  |>likely. | |Just becase something forms a resin does not mean that |it's not teflon based.  The PTFE in slick-50 is not teflon |either, but it's still teflon based.    "Teflon" is a DuPont-owned tradename for PTFE.  Slick-50 does indeed use DuPont Teflon, though some other brands of such stuff may use imported PTFE of another brand.  "Teflon", being a trade-name, should always by capitalized.  (DuPont disclaims any benefits of PTFE in the oil supply of internal  combustion engines, BTW.)
In article <1993Apr15.214910.5676@rtsg.mot.com> declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes: |In article <1993Apr15.003749.15710@rtsg.mot.com> svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes: |>In article <1993Apr14.220252.14731@rtsg.mot.com> declrckd@rtsg.mot.com (Dan J. Declerck) writes: |>| |>|The difference of opinion, and difference in motorcycling between the sport-bike |>|riders and the cruiser-bike riders.  |> |>That difference is only in the minds of certain closed-minded individuals.  I |>have had the very best motorcycling times with riders of "cruiser"  |>bikes (hi Don, Eddie!), yet I ride anything but. | |Continuously, on this forum, and on the street, you find quite a difference |between the opinions of what motorcycling is to different individuals.  Yes, yes, yes.  Motorcycling is slightly different to each and every one of us.  This is the nature of people, and one of the beauties of the sport.    |Cruiser-bike riders have a different view of motorcycling than those of sport bike riders |(what they like and dislike about motorcycling). This is not closed-minded.   And what view exactly is it that every single rider of cruiser bikes holds, a veiw that, of course, no sport-bike rider could possibly hold?  Please quantify your generalization for us.  Careful, now, you're trying to pigeonhole a WHOLE bunch of people.
In article <nielsmm-150493114522@nanna.imv.aau.dk>  nielsmm@imv.aau.dk (Niels Mikkel Michelsen) writes: >From: nielsmm@imv.aau.dk (Niels Mikkel Michelsen) >Subject: How to act in front of traffic jerks >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 08:54:34 GMT  >The other day, it was raining cats and dogs, therefor I was going only to >the speed limit, on nothing more, on my bike. This guy in his BMW was >driving 1-2 meters behind me for 7-800 meters and at the next red light I >calmly put the bike on its leg, walked back to this car, he rolled down the >window, and I told him he was a total idiot (and the reason why).  >Did I do the right thing?  It works for me. I avoid obscenities, and try to remain calm cool and  collected, and try something like, "You almost just killed me, and I'm not  moving until you apologize." or something more or less benign like that. I  haven't been shot a single time, but I don't do it in Texas, and I do only  do it when there are plenty of witnesses around.
In article <1993Apr26.013305.8161@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: >I found some great stuff to clean chain spooge of wheels.  It's called >Goo Gone and cleaned the spooge off my rear wheel faster than the Simple >Green cleaned the bug guts off my headlight.  Wonderful stuff.  I recommend >that we officially delcare it a DoD Wonder Spooge (tm) product. > I think you can get that at most head shops.  I'm not kidding... although it seems more appropriate for them to be selling Simple Green.
In article <1113@rider.UUCP> joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner) writes:  >bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes: >]To those of you who have the BMW heated handgrips: >]      Are they comfortable? Do they transmit a lot of >]      vibration? How do they compare to the stock grips? >]      To foam grips?   >I don't have the grips, but have looked into getting them. it's my  >understanding that the grips themselves are the standard european  >style grips now coming standard on the 93 bikes (K1100RS, K1100LT, etc). >it's also my understanding that the heater resides _inside_ the bar  >itself so if anything I would suspect it would reduce vibration by  >providing more bar end mass.  >I don't see why they wouldn't work with the old style foam grips aside >from the fact that it might cause the foam to deteriorate or something. >hard to belive considering they do fine in the 100+ degree texas summers.  Someone once sold heated motorcycle grips via mail order.  The were  aftermarket replacement grips that had the heating elements mlded into the  grip itself.  Wires ran outside of the bars, from the grips to a switch and  finaly the battery.  Cycle Magazine tested them YEARS ago and liked them.   Dunno if they are still made.  Might check with the snowmobile racers.   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
This is probably a stupid question but as I am new to the motorcycle scene I don't really know anything about it. What is DoD?   					Thanks,
I moved to Sweden and I have to take all the tests again (written and road) even though I had a valid US license for 12 some years... Of course I became a resident, and could drive on my US license until I became resident.  Don't know about Italy, it's different in the EEC.
In article <1993Apr20.163315.8876@adobe.com>, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes: |> In article <1993Apr20.131800.16136@alw.nih.gov> gregh@niagara.dcrt.nih.gov (Gregory Humphreys) writes: > }1)  I only have about $1200-1300 to work with, so that would have  > }to cover everything (bike, helmet, anything else that I'm too  > }ignorant to know I need to buy) >  > The following numbers are approximate, and will no doubt get me flamed: >  > Helmet (new, but cheap)					$100 > Jacket (used or very cheap)				$100 > Gloves (nothing special)				$ 20 > Motorcycle Safety Foundation riding course (a must!)	$140                                                          ^^^ Wow!  Courses in Georgia are much cheaper.  $85 for both. >  The list looks good, but I'd also add:   Heavy Boots (work, hiking, combat, or similar)         $45
Folks,  I am assembling info for a Film Criticism class final project.  Essentially I need any/all movies that use motos in any substantial capacity (IE; Fallen Angles, T2, H-D & the Marlboro Man, Raising Arizona, etc).   Any help you fellow r.m'ers could give me would be much `preciated. (BTW, a summary of bike(s) or plot is helpful but not necessary)  Thanx  -Erc.   _______________________________________________________________________________ C Eric Sundheim        csundh30@ursa.Calvin.edu GrandRapids, MI, USA `90 Hondo VFR750f DoD# 1138
Speedy Mercer (speedy@engr.latech.edu) wrote: >LET fido have yer left arm.  As he bites it, bring your right forearm down  >_HARD_ on the back of his neck while bushing back and up with the left arm  >in fido's mouth.  This will be followed by a dull crack and one limp dog.   >Total cost to you, a couple of holes in your left arm if you arn't wearing  >leather.  ^^^^^^^ So how does Aerostitch hold up with this procedure?  I'm ordering mine Monday, May 3.  And I'm happy about it, too.  :-)  :-)    -Mike
> > What is a general rule of thumb for sobriety and cycling? Couple hours after >you "feel" sober? What? Or should I just work with "If I drink tonight, I >don't ride until tomorrow"?  This thread brings back memorys of an expensive day in traffic court a few years ago.  While I was waiting my turn to state my case and plea of why I was going 75 in a 55 in my cage, I had the opportunity to listen to some of the "creative excuses" offered the judge by others.  After listening to a number of "Well, I was passing a very slow truck that suddenly speed up" versions, I decided that the judge had heard just about every story in the book and then some.  He was less than impressed with any of them.  This young, rather burley looking guy, had his docket read by a rather drill sargent looking Ohio State Highyway Patrol Trooper. He was clocked riding a motorcycle at a speed of 110 mph in a 55 mph zone.  It was also noted that the defendant (motorcycle rider) had alcohol on his breath, but was not cited for this offence.  The judge looked over his half glasses purched on the end of his nose and said in his sternest voice: "Well son, those are some pretty fast speeds to be riding a motorcycle.  What do you have to say for your self?"  "Well Sir", meekly the defenant replied, "I just was over to my buddys and we had a couple of beers and I was on my way home." He offered nothing more or less.  Just had a couple of beers and was doing 110 mph on his way home.  The judge moved by the simplicity of the response, fined him the maximum in this case (plus court costs of course) and ordered him to attend remedial drivers training school.  Isn't America Great??
In article <1993Apr15.164644.7348@hemlock.cray.com> ant@palm21.cray.com (Tony Jones) writes:  A note to users of Plexi-Fairings:  If the light hits some of these just right, they become a giant magnifing  glass and will melt a hole in your guage pod!     ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
In article <C5p26B.A3x@world.std.com>, artc@world.std.com (Art Campbell) wrote: >  > OK -- so we've got a hotly contested BMWOA election and some inept  > leadership. >  > My question is the history of the BMW organization that lead to the > formation of the BMWRA. Was there something going on in the OA years > ago that precipitated the formation of two competing owner's groups?  Yep. Both were started (nominally) simultaneously. Splitsville from the start (ie, if my sources are correct, one guy was involved in the start of both groups. true?)                    tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
In article <3102@shaman.wv.tek.com> harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) writes: >>>> As a new BMW owner I was thinking about signing up for the MOA, but [...] >>>let my current membership lapse when it's up for renewal. >>[...] hints on what will keep the organization in business that long. > >Become an activist: campaign for an MC insurance program; for universal >driver/rider training before licensing. Pick a topic dear to your heart >and get the organization to act on it. Barnacles don't move ships.  You're obviously not referring to any of the three above-quoted individuals, because barnacles don't each send $20 to the crew of the ship to keep it moving.  "Get the organization to act on it" is easy to say, but says little about what one really can and should do.  What the organization actually will do is largely determined by the president and directors, as far as I can see.  That's what makes it so important to vote in an election of officers.  It does strike me that the BMWMOA is a lot less politically active (in the state and national arenas, not infighting) than other M/C organizations.  Should we change this?  Or just join the other groups that already are in politics?  (Incidentally, the political hazards to motorcycle riders in the US at the moment don't compare to the problems of some other groups like gun owners.  Just try to take up target pistol shooting in the Northeast or California, and I bet you'll wish you only had to worry about wearing a helmet.  (Why does every thread on rec.moto eventually come around to guns?))
In article <1993Apr5.182851.23410@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes: > >Ouch. :-)   This brings to mind one of the recommendations in the >Hurt Study.   Because the rear of the gas tank is in close proximity >to highly prized and easily damaged anatomy, Hurt et al recommended >that manufacturers build the tank so as to reduce the, er, step function >provided when the rider's body slides off of the seat and onto the >gas tank in the unfortunate event that the bike stops suddenly and the  >rider doesn't.  I think it's really inspiring how the manufacturers >have taken this advice to heart in their design of bikes like the  >CBR900RR and the GTS1000A.  	When I'm riding my 900RR, my goodies are already up 	against the tank, because the design of the Corbin seat 	tends to move you forward.  	Wouldn't the major danger to one's cajones be due to 	accelerating into and then being stopped by the tank?  If 	you're already there, there wouldn't be an impact 	problem, would there?  				- Michael -
In article <1r25ldINN9rp@frigate.cis.ohio-state.edu> fields@cis.ohio-state.edu (jonathan david fields) writes: >This is probably a stupid question but as I am new to the motorcycle scene >I don't really know anything about it. What is DoD?   	This has to be a setup.  Lookit--same site as Arnie Skurow.  Later,
In article <93112.102846RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Robert Chambers) writes: >In article <13605@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) says: >> >>If you can't you've obviously waited too long, or are not putting >>much effort into it. >>MY 80 lb dog (not always) used to fart all the time. >>By making her notice it (of course the smell doesn't >>bother HER! :), and thence kicking her outside (somewhat >>literally), she came to realize that she shoudln't do it >>(at least not around me) >>And now, two years later, she still doesn't./ > >So how big is this dog now?  about the size of cow ready to burst?  What's that supposed to mean?  She's 80 lbs.  Understand english? 1/2 ;)  She let wind break cause I fed her cheap food, and not the same thing every time.  So she had to "adjust" to each different brand for a while.   >
In article <31MAR199308594057@erich.triumf.ca>, ivan@erich.triumf.ca (Ivan D. Reid) wrote: >  > In article <tcora-250393111517@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>, > 	 tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi) writes... > >mxcrew@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (The MX-Crew) wrote: > >> just an information (no flame war please): Budweiser is a beer from the > >> old CSFR (nowadays ?Tschechien? [i just know the german word]). >  > >Czechoslovakia. Budweiser Budwar (pronounced bud-var). >  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 	Not any more, a short while ago (Jan 1st?) it split into The Czech > Republic and Slovakia.  Actually, I think for a couple of years its official > name was "The Czech and Slovak Republics".  Sheesh!  Don't you guys get CNN??  CNN=YuppieTV                    tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
Hi boys and girls.  I just bought a Beemer R80GS and realized abruptly that  I am a grad student.  I first sold my truck yesterday but I need to sell my  Zephyr too.  If I can sell it this month, great ... insurance and tags both run out in a couple of weeks.  Otherwise I'll tag and insure it and see what happens.  It's a very sweet bike.  6100 miles, almost all highway (AZ-WY-CO last summer, plus some great rides between here and the Border.  Purchased new exactly one year ago (Apr '92), it's a '90 model.  It has a good fairing and a luggage rack.  Red; very clean.  Perfect maintenance, no bullshit.   I'll spare any further details other than to say (1) I want to keep it, and (2) somebody 5'7" +/- 5" will fit it like a charm.  Not a bike for big people, but not a small bike.  Standard, upright positioning and good-looking.  Smooth power, great brakes, good Karma.  				- Erik
In article <1qk5oi$d0i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>  egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:  >If your primary concern is protecting the passenger in the event of a >crash, have him or her fitted for a helmet that is their size.  If your >primary concern is complying with stupid helmet laws, carry a real big >spare (you can put a big or small head in a big helmet, but not in a >small one).  So what should I carry if I want to comply with intelligent helmet laws?  (The above comment in no way implies support for any helmet law, nor should  such support be inferred. A promise is a promise.)
In article <1993Apr23.233509.4739@dsd.es.com> bgardner@bambam.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes: >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: >> A bicycling technique I've >>employed was to use my frame mounted tire pump to fend off dog >>attacks.  I have a bayonet in the factory scabbard from a Swedish Mouser mounted to  the handlebars of my Zuki'.  That 10" blade and my long arms do quite well  thank you.   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
>Is it possible to do a "wheelie" on a motorcycle with shaft-drive?    As the owner of a V65 Sabre (shaftie), I can answer from personal experience:  Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes:  >In article <1993Apr20.195116.10738@ncsu.edu> martenm@chess.ncsu.edu (Mar  Marten) writes: >> >>I am looking for a new tank bag now, and I wondered if you, as follow  >>FJ1100/1200 owners, could make some suggestions as to what has, and has >>not worked for you. If there is already a file on this I apologize for  >>asking and will gladly accept any flames that are blown my way!  >With the FJ's large, flat gas tank, I'd imagine that almost anything >would work. Personally, I'm quite happy with my Eclipse standard tank >bag. >--   I think the only thing to watch for is the number of attachment straps.  Most come with 3 and some with 4, I have a Bagman 4 strap tankbag and because the rear of the tank is so narrow the fit is not optimal.