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I can't help myself. I've tried to be rational,  to look the other way, but everytime it happens,  its uncontrollable.  I hate pre'80s motorcycles.  At first I thought it was a phase.  I though I would get used to them.  It didn't happen.  I tried gazing at CB750s and 900 customs, but each time I sadistically pictured them being hurled off of large precipice (I also picture a swarm of german tourists cheering and taking holiday snaps, but I can't figure that part out).  What am I to do?  Everytime I read a .sig containing  some spoked wheel wonder, I shudder and feel pity that the poor soul has suffered enough.  I imagine the owner scrapping out his (or her) living in a discarded Maytag refridgerator box, tucked in next to their CX500.  I'm hoping for some deliverance.  I had in the past loathed the Milwaukee machine, but I can actually begin to understand some of the preaching.  There must be hope.
In article <C5swox.GwI@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, os048@xi.cs.fsu.edu () writes: |>  hey there, |>     Yea, thats what I am....a newbie. I have never owned a motorcycle,  This makes 5! It IS SPRING!  |> Matt |> PS I am not really sure what the purpose of this article was but...oh well  Neither were we. Read for a few days, then try again.
In article <1r6ob9$oav@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes: [...] >And of course, you will get a moderate amount of flamage >just for expressing an opinion, no matter what the opinion is *somebody* >will flame you for it. [...] >* Bill Ranck             (703) 231-9503                     Bill.Ranck@vt.edu * [...]  "Hey, what the hell do you mean by that?  You suck.  I have a god-given right to express opinions, carry a gun and to not wear a helmet, goddamn  it. Everything you stand for is STUPID."     You know, Alan, I really like this one.   ----- Tommy McGuire mcguire@cs.utexas.edu mcguire@austin.ibm.com
In article <93Apr20.193958.30419@acs.ucalgary.ca>, parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes: > In article <C5pntM.8Co@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes: >  > >This tactic depends for its effectiveness on the dog's conformance to > >a "psychological norm" that may not actually apply to a particular dog. > >I've tried it with some success before, but it won't work on a Charlie Manson > >dog or one that's really, *really* stupid.  A large Irish Setter taught me > >this in *my* yard (apparently HIS territory) one day.  I'm sure he was playing  > >a game with me.  The game was probably "Kill the VERY ANGRY Neighbor" Before  > >He Can Dispense the TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT. >  > What, a dog weighs 150lb maybe, at max? You can't handle it?  We were having a problem with instability in the universal gravitational constant that day:  the closer I got to those exposed fangs (still dripping, no doubt, with the viscera of the last foolhardy experimenter cum canine psychology) the bigger and heavier the dog appeared to become.  Also,  recall that the distribution of the ~150lb is one five pound jaw+teeth  operated by two 70lb muscles driven by a .005 ounce brain possessing an instinctual heuristic composed of equal parts of bloodlust and ravening hunger. The other ~5 lb is, of course, dog poop, but that varies all over the place  as the dog deposits it regularly on the painstakingly manicured and tended  lawns of the dog's owner's neighbors (whilst continuously replenishing its inexhaustible supply, no doubt by consuming the likes of folks like me).  > You have, I presume, thumbs? Grapple with it and tear it's head > off!  My very thought at the time, but as I looked down at these once formidable  instruments of mayhem, I realized they had become weak and atrophied by too many sedentary hours tapping away at my ergonomically-correct CRT keyboard. There was only one option left: I reached down to the toolbox near my car and grasped my Craftsman 150 ft-lb torque wrench, surely the bludgeon of dire necessity if ever there was one.  To my amazement and confusion, the setter started shaking and rolling on the grass, then leapt to its feet and vanished down the street, still quivering and occasionally  looking back at me.    "Seven at One Blow!" I exclaimed, flexing my new-found biceps and brandishing my Terrible Weapon of Invincibility as I stalked the now-secure environs of my domicile.  It was only later that I found out what the dog apparently knew all along: the wrench was defective, would no longer measure torque accurately, and Sears wouldn't fix it or replace it.  What I had interpreted as fear and subservience were in fact unmitigated hilarity and contempt.  > Sheesh, even a trained attack dog is no match for a human, > we have *all* the advantages.  Exactly: nobody can look quite as silly as we can.
As a new BMW owner I was thinking about signing up for the MOA, but right now it is beginning to look suspiciously like throwing money down a rathole.    When you guys sort this out let me know.
Hey Nick!  I got a bounce from postmaster@bnr.ca, it seems that they've never  heard of a user 'npet'.  You should sort these guys out.   Tony
In article <1993Apr21.163118.29571@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> jrlaf@sgi502.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (J. R. Laferriere) writes:  <Stuff deleted> >  >    Questions to ask a typical cop: > ===================================== >  > A]  In regards to pulling over someone of a MINOR moving violation >     (rolling stop, unsignaled lane change, 10ish mph over speed limit,etc.):  MINOR? You put unsignalled lane change in a MINOR category? Now I know who these guys are...
In article <oXZ12B1w164w@cellar.org> craig@cellar.org (Saint Craig)   writes: > shz@mare.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes: >  >  No anyone who is a "true" rider with the real riding >  attitude will offer a wave, weather they are on a Harley >  or on a Honda or some other bike, inless they have a >  serious case of my bike is better than your and you're >  too low to be acknowleged. This you'll find is the case >  with most of the harley riders out here where I am, >  however I still give them a wave, and ride secure in the >  knowlege that I'm a better persob than they are.                               ^^^^^^                         perSOB, I kinda like that  Most people wave or return my wave when I'm on my Harley. Other Harley riders seldom wave back to me when I'm on my duck. Squids don't wave, or return waves ever, even to each other, from what I can tell.  -- Michael Manning mmanning@icomsim.com (NeXTMail accepted.)
In article <C60n8u.I8y@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes: > >So of the 120 hp produced by my FJ1100 engine,  > >      12 hp  * (745.7 watts)/1 hp = 8.948 kilowatts  > >is being dumped into 220 leetle tiny o-rings?  That's 40.67 watts per >o-ring!  Seems a little *hot*, doncha think? > >:-O >Chuck Rogers >car377@torreys.att.com  So, hey, like, does this work the other way? If I was to like, you know, strap a generator to my FZJRR11000KRX and route its output to the chain, could I increase the horsepower? 32 meters a sec is pretty nice and all, but, I'd still like to be able to blow away  a Goldwing without going to nitro...
In article <1993Apr15.180644.25263@ll.mit.edu>,  jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside) writes:  |> Being a reletively new reader, I am quite impressed with all the usefull |> info available on this newsgroup.
In article <1993Apr21.160012.12989@dsd.es.com> bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes: >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.  	I'll third the recommendation as Miracle Spooge.  	Don't go to the dealer to get it or what happened to me might happen to you:  you put a deposit on a new bike.  Sigh,
jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes: : 	How do you know what kind of gas to buy ? Depending on the compression : ratio of your engine I heard. Ok, but what kind of gas goes for what kind : of compression. :  : 	I'm asking this because I used to put 87 in my Hawk GT and the other day, : I changed because I wanted to see if there was a difference. And I don't : know if I'm being subjective or what, but it seems like the bike runs : better ! :  	Run your bike on the lowest octane that it will run smoothly on.  Higher octane fuel is not "better" than lower octane gas. Pick up the last  American Roadracing magazine. There's a short article in there about  octane and the misconceptions many people make about the subject. Look at your owners manual. I believe it states 87 is just fine.    ==============================================================================   Erik Astrup                  AFM #422                              DoD #683     1993 CBR 900RR  *  1990 CBR 600  *  1990 Concours  *  1990 Ninja 250
After failing my State of New Hampshire Noise Gestapo test with my HD Slash cut pipes I installed my new Bubs (which I had been planning to do anyway), went to a different in spection station, and passed with no problem at about 97 dB.  Two points:  First, I don't think the first dude did the noise test correctly.  Holding the meter close to his body probably caused a high reading, and doing it inside the garage with the door closed undoubtedly enhanced the dB level! So if any other NH riders need to get this done, make sure the inspection is done outdoors with the meter held well away from the body.  Second, these Bub pipes are bloody terrific. At low revs or cruising through town, they as quiet as the stock pipes, but have a sound thats a more throaty, purring, rumble.  When you open her up to >3000 RPM they emit a wonderfully satisfying rumbling roar. Best of both worlds!
In article <1993Apr21.160012.12989@dsd.es.com> bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes: >In article <1993Apr21.130512.147@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: >>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  I just called them and they said the order went out on the 13th.  They're putting a UPS tracer on it.  Watch, it'll be waiting for me at home tonight. :-)  Dean
In <1993Apr1.212334.14870@exu.ericsson.se> lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos) writes:  >In article <1993Apr1.173354.14424@research.nj.nec.com> behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes: >>  >Power? hmmmmmm, well I haven't got it on the dyno or jetted. (waiting for the snow >to melt) Although I have a Factory jet kit + 4' advance,(jets are 145s, the stock >is 140, my book says 130 Calif.-> 150 UK, strange?), I don't want to fit it unless >there is a dyno handy.    I've heard that bikes tuned to perfection on the Dyno can be a little too close to the edge for street use. Cold morning, bad gas, etc.    Apparently they back them of some even for track use.    You pays your money ...  __    Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who    Arch. & Eng. Services   |"Lost Horizons"  CR500 | I think I am.     UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer"   IT175 |           - anonymous
This morning a truck that had been within my sight (and I within his) for about 3 miles suddenly forgot that I existed and pulled over right on me -- my front wheel was about even with the back edge of his front passenger door as I was accelerating past him.  It was trivial enough for me to tap the brakes and slide behind him as he slewed over (with no signal, of course) on top of me, with my little horn blaring (damn, I need Fiamms!), but the satisfaction of being aware of my surroundings and thus surviving was not enough, especially when I later pulled up alongside the bastard and he made no apologetic wave or anything.  Is there some way that I can memorize the license plate of an offending vehicle and get the name and address of the owner? I'm not going to firebomb houses or anything, I'd just like to write a consciousness-raising letter or two. I think that it would be good for BDI cagers to know that We Know Where They Live. Maybe they'd use 4 or 5 brain cells while driving instead of the usual 3.
In article <csundh30.734975106@ursa> csundh30@ursa.calvin.edu (Charles Sundheim) writes:  <tale of bike-eating-devil-dog deleted>  >Moral: I'm not really sure, but more and more I believe that bikers ought  >       to be allowed to carry handguns.  Come to Louisiana where it is LEGAL to carry concealed weapons on a bike!   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
In article <txd.735344033@Able.MKT.3Com.Com>, txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich) writes: > mtrost@convex.com (Matthew Trost) writes: >  > >In <1993Apr20.161357.20354@ttinews.tti.com> paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes: >  > >>Turned out to be a screw unscrewed inside my Mikuni HS40  >  > >You better check all the screws in that carb before you suck > >one into a jug and munge a piston, or valve. I've seen it > >happen before. >  > WHAT?!?!? On a MIKUNI??? I'm going through the exploded view of the > 40mm flatslide on the 'Ol Sport, the 36mm round slide on Spike, and > the monster on my old Norton in my mind, and I can't, for the life of > me see a screw in any of them that, if it came loose could get into a > jug.   When they explode 'em, all the screws fly away.
Gregory Humphreys (gregh@niagara.dcrt.nih.gov) wrote:    Greg,  I'm very new to motorcycles. Haven't even bought one yet. I was in the same position about you. How do you learn if you've never ridden.  I took a class put on by a group called the Motorcycle Safety Foundation in California. They might have something similar in Washington.
In article <Afoi=te00j_jAnvopV@cs.cmu.edu> Dale.James@cs.cmu.edu writes: >GS1100E.  It's a great bike, but you'd better be damn careful!   >I got a 1983 as my third motorcycle,  [...deleta...] >The bike is light for it's size (I think it's 415 pounds); but heavy for a >beginner bike.  Heavy for a beginner bike it is; 415 pounds it isn't, except maybe in some adman's dream.  With a full tank, it's in the area of 550 lbs, depending on year etc.  >You're 6'4" -- you should have no problem physically managing >it.  The seat is roughly akin to a plastic-coated 2by6.  Very firm to very >painful, depending upon time in the saddle.  The 1980 and '81 versions had a much better seat, IMO.  >The bike suffers from the infamous Suzuki regulator problem.  I have so far >avoided forking out the roughly $150 for the Suzuki part by kludging in >different Honda regulator/rectifier units from junkyards.  The charging system >consistently overcharges the battery.  I have to refill it nearly weekly. >This in itself is not so bad, but battery access is gained only after removing >the seat, the tank, and the airbox.  My regulator lasted over 100,000 miles, and didn't overcharge the battery. The wiring connectors in the charging path did get toasty though, tending to melt their insulation.  I suspect they were underspecified; it didn't help that they were well removed from cool air.  Battery access on the earlier bikes doesn't require tank removal. After you learn the drill, it's pretty straightforward.  [...] >replacement parts, like all Suzuki parts, are outrageously expensive.  Having bought replacement parts for several brands of motorcycles, I'll offer a grain of salt to be taken with Dale's assessment.  [...] >Good luck, and be careful! >--Dale
kevin.l.stell (kstell@cbnewsl.cb.att.com) wrote:  : [... SQUIDS ...]  : 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.   Did you express your embarrassment to the owner?  I don't blame you for being embarrassed, but I would have let my feeling be known that the behaviour of  their sales staff and apparent enjoyment of such behaviour just cost them  a sale and all further sales.  : 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.   Sound good.  Enjoy.  : BTW, I can't afford a new bike.....  Who can?
In Article <1993Apr15.193938.8569@research.nj.nec.com> "behanna@syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)" says: > 	For those of you with motorcycles of the liquid-cooled persuasion, > what brand of coolant do you use and why?  I am looking for aluminum-safe > coolant, preferably phosphate-free, and preferably cheaper than $13/gallon. > (Can you believe it:  the Kaw dealer wants $4.95 a QUART for the Official > Blessed Holy Kawasaki Coolant!!!  No way I'm paying that usury...) >  > Thanks, > --  > Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114          1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady > behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	          1975 CB360T - Baby Bike > Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC	  1991 ZX-11 - needs a name > agree with any of this anyway?    I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. >  I thought that all coolants were aluminum safe any more. But I would like to know more since I must tear down my Kawasaki (again I must add).
In article <3880206@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gharriso@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Graeme Harrison) writes: |According to Peter Egan in the just released Cycle World his FLHS is a |real dog when he pillions his 120lb wife. All that money for a dog that |doesn't defecate much. =:-]      But, think of the *mystique* you are buying into for that extra $7k or more!!!
hartzler@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Jerry Hartzler - CATS) writes:  >In article <1993Apr18.100318.12715@aber.ac.uk> azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy Woodward) writes: >>I generally find that after two or three decent hits of nitrous, my riding >>>improves enormously.  Drinking is silly, your breath smells, it costs lots >>>of money and the pigs can detect it with their machines.  NO2 works for me, >>>try it. >> >>And its free.... just sit behind an old car in a jam, and breathe deeply.  >Only if there is a dentist in the car :-)  Otherwise you get NO2 out the back.
bradw@Newbridge.COM (Brad Warkentin) writes:  >In article <bethdC5sv80.698@netcom.com> bethd@netcom.com (Beth Dixon) writes: >>================================================================= >>Beth [The One True Beth] Dixon                   bethd@netcom.com >>1981 Yamaha SR250 "Excitable Girl"                      DoD #0384 >>1979 Yamaha SR500 "Spike the Garage Rat"             FSSNOC #1843 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>1992 Ducati 750SS                                     AMA #631903 >>1963 Ducati 250 Monza -- restoration project         1KQSPT = 1.8 >>"I can keep a handle on anything just this side of deranged." >>                                                        -- ZZ Top >>=================================================================  >Now just wait one cotton picking minute here.... DoD rule 417.1.2 section 6 >paragraph 3 clearly indicates that multiple people can't lay claim to a bike >in an "obvious" ploy to "artificially" increase the size of their stable...  Silly boy! You read the rest of that jibberish! go back and read rule #1.  >So the question of the day is... Is Spike owned by a lady of true class and >breeding (my definition: any woman who rides :-) ) or by Tom the harely head???  OK, for the record, Spike is jointly owned. The registration says -or- (Uhhh, what _does_ the title say, Beth?) Beth brought the ad to my attention, I'd been half heartedly lusting after an SR500 for years. I had successfully avioded buying it by rationalizing that I didn't need to spend the $$ on it. Then Beth piped up with "I'll pay for half of it!" I was beaten.   >I also note that you lay no claim to Connie or Ol Sport. (Like I said,  >obviously a lady of discriminating taste...)  Watch it buddy! Both of those are fine rides! Beth loves riding pillion on the Connie, true, the 'Ol Sport isn't her cup of tea (she can't get it off of the side stand) but she agrees that it's a very fine ride.  >Bored minds wanta know.  >bj...bradw@Newbridge.com... no .sig no .plan no.clue  >> DoD# 255 <<                                               ^^^^^^^ I'll buy that. I'll even loan you a quarter to buy a clue.
Evelyn Wells, on the 12 Apr 1993 11:43 CST wibbled: : Once again, this morning I pulled up to the designated motorcycle : parking area, only to find a cage pulled up behind the bikes.  : If people don't double-park cars, why do they do it to motorcycles? : Never mind that rhetorical question, I know *why* they do it.  : What I want to know is, what can I do about it?  Carry pieces of : paper that say "Don't park your car in the motorcycle area!!" ? : Call the cops?  Wait until they emerge from the building and berate : them until they beg forgiveness?    : Does anyone else have this problem, and what do you do about it?  : Evie  I don't know if you have a local branch where you are, but the preferred method over here is to 'phone the IRA and tell them about the car and that it  belongs to an MP who is on a Northern Ireland Government Committee.  An hour or so later, and the car is no longer a problem.  It's best not to park too  close to it, though. --  Nick (the Vengeful Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   Plastic  M'Lud.
: In article <7APR93.20040687@skyfox> howp@skyfox writes:  : >I just got to thinking:  why don't manufacturers still make bikes with  turbos? : > etc ....  Because they add a lot of expense and complexity and make for a less reliable  and less controllable bike.   As an extreme example the CX500 Turbo cost as much as a Mike Hailwood Replica  Ducati.
In article <1993Apr15.171757.10890@i88.isc.com> jeq@lachman.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes: >Rolls-Royce owned by a non-British firm? > >Ye Gods, that would be the end of civilization as we know it.    Why not?  Ford owns Aston-Martin and Jaguar, General Motors owns Lotus and Vauxhall.  Rover is only owned 20% by Honda.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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."        |