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Hello everyone.  I'm new to motorcycles so no flames please.  I don't have my bike yet so I need a few pieces of information:  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)  2)  What is buying a bike going to do to my insurance?  I turn 18 in  about a month so my parents have been taking care of my insurance up till now, and I need a comprehensive list of costs that buying a  motorcycle is going to insure (I live in Washington DC if that makes a difference)  3)  Any recommendations on what I should buy/where I should look for it?  4)  In DC, as I imagine it is in every other state (OK, OK, we're not a  state - we're not bitter ;)), you take the written test first and then get a learners permit.  However, I'm wondering how one goes about  learning to ride the bike proficiently enough so as to a) get a liscence and b) not kill oneself.  I don't know anyone with a bike who could  teach me, and the most advice I've heard is either "do you live near a field" or "do you have a friend with a pickup truck", the answers to both of which are NO.  Do I just ride around my neighborhood and hope for  the best?  I kind of live in a residential area but it's not suburbs. It's still the big city and I'm about a mile from downtown so that  doesn't seem too viable.  Any stories on how you all learned?  Thanks for any replies in advance.  	-Greg Humphreys 	:wq 	^^^ 	Meant to do that.  (Damn autoindent)
In article <RMUGELE.93Apr15135857@oasun1.oracle.com> Robert Mugele, rmugele@oracle.com writes: >Absolutely, unless you are in the U.S.  Then the cager will pull a gun >and blow you away.  Well, I would guess the probability of a BMW driver having a gun would be lower than some other vehicles.  At least, I would be more likely  to say something to someone in a luxosedan, than a hopped-up pickup truck, for example.  - Mark  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark S. Burnham (markb@wc.novell.com) AMA#668966  DoD#0747  Alfa Romeo GTV-6                             '90 Ninja 750
xlyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:  >Is it possible to do a "wheelie" on a motorcycle with shaft-drive?  No, it's not possible to countersteer either.  (for the humor impared :{P PPhhhhhtttttt!)
In article <13608@news.duke.edu> infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) writes: > >Since the occurance, I've paid many >dollars in renumerance, taken the drunk class,  >and, yes, listened to all the self-righteous >assholes like yourself that think your SO above the >rest of the world because you've never had your >own little DD suaree.  Some of us aren't that fucking stupid you cock sucking asshole.  That's why we haven't had our own little DD suaree.  I'm soo impressed that you've had to spend your own precious little dollars  to make up for your own stupid act.  Now go fuck off.    Friends killed by Drunk Driving Assholes like Andress Infante:  2 Children friends orphaned by Drunk Driving Assholes like Infante: 2    Now who's the self-righteous asshole, you weak willed fuck head?   >
ryan_cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau)  writes:  >blind driveway at 15-30 mph. For that matter, how many driveways are >long enough for a car to hit 30 mph by the end?  >I eagerly await comment.   Well, my driveway is... Just keep an eye out for the blue GLH Turbo that  utilizes the "hit-the-ground-running" merging technique.  At least I don't have a dog that you need worry about.  Last week while entering a sand/gravel covered intersection in the country,  I caught something unkosher out of the corner of my eye (you know that  disgusting sensation when great, as-of-yet unidentified, evil is about to  intimately acquaint itself with you-- kind of like knowing that that darkening  shadow around you just cannot possibly be anything even remotely good, because it probably has something to do with a Boeing 747 behaving, gravitationally speaking, much like a brick).  Negotiating my way into this intersection that  somehow reminded me of Daytona beach (sans H2O, sun, & babes) I manage to get a glance at my impending destiny.  Lucifer's own DOG.  Hell's secret blend of canine-- Doberman and Rottweiler (it moved with the grace of a Doberman, yet had the hulk and jowels of the Rottweiler-- a creature with a definite *wrong* end to be at).  The picture in my mirrors was fuzzy, but there was no  mistaking the fangs and saliva trail.   To shorten a verbose tale, my burly gaurdian-angels once again performed above and beyond the call of duty, carried the bike through the sand-trap (I honestlyhave no idea how), and left the minion of Beelzebub with a face that  suspiciously resembles a Metzler tread.  No blood, though-- Rats.  Moral: I'm not really sure, but more and more I believe that bikers ought         to be allowed to carry handguns.  -Erc.  _______________________________________________________________________________ C Eric Sundheim GrandRapids, MI, USA `90 Hondo VFR750f DoD# 1138
In article <1993Apr5.094451.8144@aber.ac.uk> azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy Woodward) writes: >I am getting bored with winding up Americans. Its like bombing fish >in a barrel.   Or little children at the market.  (Or is that the Irish?  Hard to keep all you not-really-English types  straight.)   --
In article <C5qIwz.DJM@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> shz@mare.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes: > >The only consolation was that she had trouble scraping together the $35 >while $500 is not quite one week's beer money for me... > >- Roid  	Well know I know how you can afford a Harley.
In a previous article, essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) says:  >In article <6130331@hplsla.hp.com>, kens@hplsla.hp.com (Ken Snyder) writes:  >|> > Any other bikes sold long distances out there...I'd love to hear about >|> it!  >|> I bought my VFR750 from a guy in San Jose via the net.  That's 825 miles >|> according to my odometer!  >mark andy (living in pittsburgh) bought his RZ350 from a dude in >massachusetts (or was it connecticut?).  I sold a bike via the net to a young lady who lived in Salt Lake City.  I live near Lost Angeles.  It turned out we had mutual aquaintances at UCLA as well.
blaisec@sr.hp.com (Blaise Cirelli) writes:  >So the question I have is "HOW DANGEROUS IS RIDING"?              sorta.  >The next question I have is what bike would you recommend for >a first time rider.   '88 Honda Hawk  YMMV.
In article <1qc5f0$3ad@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> bparker@uafhp..uark.edu (Brian Parker) writes: >  Hello world of Motorcyles lovers/soon-to-be-lovers! >I have started a discussion list on the internet for people interested in >talking Bikes!  We discuss anything and everything.  If you are interested in >joining, drop me a line.  Since it really isn't a 'list', what we do is if you  >have a post, you send it to me and I distribute it to everyone.  C'mon...join >and enjoy!  Huh?    Did this guy just invent wreck.motorcycles?  	Curious minds want to know.
In Article <1993Apr22.184906.24025@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> "mfox@nyx.cs.du.edu (mark fox)" says: >  >      Quite right, your batteries should be perfectly alright and retain > most of their charge if drained and dried well, but I'd throw out the > electrolyte and buy some more when you need it. >  >  >      And before anyone says I'm wrong, remember that new batteries almost > always come ready charged and dry, and they are perfectly OK even after > several years' storage at the shop. >  > Mark Fox >  >  Makes sense to me, after all when steel is manufactured and stored they put oil on it so it won't rust. Logicaly, when you store your bike, you must strip the paint and put oil on the metal to prevent rus
In article <speedy.155@engr.latech.edu> speedy@engr.latech.edu (Speedy Mercer) writes: |In article <jnmoyne-190493111630@moustic.lbl.gov> jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne) writes: |>       What does "DWI" stand for ? I thought it was "DUI" for Driving Under |>Influence, so here what does W stand for ? | |Driving While Intoxicated.    Actually, I beleive "DWI" normally means "Driving While Impaired" rather than "Intoxicated", at least it does in the states I've lived in...  |This was changed here in Louisiana when a girl went to court and won her  |case by claiming to be stoned on pot, NOT intoxicated on liquor!    One can be imparied without necessarily being impaired by liquor - drugs, not enough sleep, being a total moron :-), all can impair someone etc...  I'm surprised this got her off the hook...  Perhaps DWI in Lousiana *is* confined to liquor?  Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            {uunet!ucsd}!megatek!randy DoD #0013
In article <735660736snz@morgan.demon.co.uk>, tony@morgan.demon.co.uk (Tony Kidson) writes: >  > Well maintained chains, running in oil, without those little rubber 'O' rings  > to cause frictional losses, might reach 99% efficiency.  The average open to  > the dust 'O' ring motorcycle chain probably has a difficult job making 90%  > efficient.  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?
In article <1993Apr5.171807.22861@research.nj.nec.com> behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes: >In article <1993Apr4.010533.26294@ncsu.edu> jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes: >>No laughing, please.  I have a few questions.  First of all, do I >>need a relay?  Are there different kinds, and if so, what kind should >>I get?  Both horns are 12 Volt. > >	I did some back-of-the-eyelids calculations last night, and I figure >these puppies suck up about 10 amps to work at maximum efficiency (i.e., the >cager might need a shovel to clean out his seat).  Assumptions:  125dBA at one >meter.  Neglecting solid angle considerations and end effects and other >acoustic niceties from the shape of the horn itself, this is a power output >of 125 Watts.  125Watts/12Volts is approx. 10 Amps. > >	Yes, get a relay. > >	Yes, tell me how you did it (I want to do it on the ZX). > >Later,  I'll post a summary after I get enough information.  I'll include tips like "how to know when the monkey is pulling your leg".  Shouldn't monkey's have to be bonded and insured before they work on bikes?  Jack Waters II DoD#1919
Michael, you sent your inquiry to the bmw mailing list, but the sw replaces your return addr with the list addr so I can't reply or manually add you. please see my post re the list or contact me directly.
In article 29910@rtsg.mot.com, svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes: > >Well, as many a bored bike tourer can tell you, the way to steer >sans hans is to push your body off to the side you want to lean.  Also known as, "leaning."  >Say you want to turn left.... [severely confused rambling about the ground pushing...]  >but the front wheel has trail.  If the ground pushes the front wheel  >toward the left at the contact patch, the trail will cause the  >wheel to turn to the right.  Hey, there we are.  No-hands counter- >steering.  Contersteering refers to pushing the inside handlebar to effect a lean.  No-hands countersteering is an oxymoron.
In article <1993Apr15.135232.24454@dsd.es.com>, bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner) writes: |> In article <34211@castle.ed.ac.uk> wbg@festival.ed.ac.uk (W Geake) |> writes: |> > |> >The Banana one isn't, IMHO.  Ultra sticky labels printed with your |> >favourite curse are good - even our local hospitals use them instead |> of |> >wheel clamps, putting one (about A5 size) on each window of the |> cage. |>  |> So what's your local hospital's favorite curse? |>    "May your skin stick to a frozen bed pan"   "May your apple juice be mistakenly drawn from the urinalisys lab"
In article <1993Apr6.224037.28921@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: >I tend to keep my bedroom window open during the winter and have woken >up to find frost on my bedspread, but I still get cold below about >30F.  Usually on the part that sticks out of the bottom of my helmet. >Maybe it's time to get a NOJ quiet rider.  Cool - I conjure up this image of BD in Doonesbury...so Dean, how long  have you been sleeping with your helmet on??
After reading the service manual for my bike (Suzuki GS500E--1990) I have a couple of questions I hope you can answer:  When checking the oil level with the dip stick built into the oil fill cap, does one check it with the cap screwed in or not?  I am more used to the dip stick for a cage where the stick is extracted fully, wiped clean and reinserted fully, then withdrawn and read.  The dip stick on my bike is part of the oil filler cap and has about 1/2 inch of threads on it.  Do I remove the cap, wipe the stick clean and reinsert it with/without screwing it down before reading?  The service manual calls for the application of Suzuki Bond No. 1207B on the head cover.  I guess this is some sort of liquid gasket material.  do you know of a generic (cheaper) substitute?  My headlight is a Halogen 60/55 W bulb.  Is there an easy, brighter replacement bulb available?  Where should I look for one?  As always, I very much appreciate your help.  The weather in Philadelphia has finally turned WARM.  This weekend I saw lotsa bikes, and the riders ALL waved.  A nice change of tone from what Philadelphia can be like. . . .  Chris
In article <1qmvutINN3he@lynx.unm.edu> galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon) writes: }In heavy traffic I slow down a bit, mostly so I have more buffer zone in }front to balance the minimal buffer behind, but I also often find that the  }jerk behind will notice traffic moving faster in other lanes, switch }into one of them, and pass me - which is fine, because then I can keep a }better eye on the jerk from behind, while looking ahead, rather than }from in front, while splitting my attention between ahead and the mirrors.  This is pretty damned complicated. I just make a "back off" motion with my hand/arm, and the second or third time even the most braindead cager backs off. If they don't back off then, I find a way to get the hell out of there -- the cager is either psychotic, drunk, or just a complete asshole. In any case, I don't want to be anywhere near, and especially not in front.
>Norman Hamer (maven@eskimo.com) wrote: > What is a general rule of thumb for sobriety and cycling?  A couple of hours > after you "feel" sober, or what?  Should I just work with "If I drink  > tonight, I don't ride until tomorrow"?  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.   Nick (the like wow, um, far out, er, Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise um errr....  M'like um, er Lud.
In article <C4wKFs.BC1@eskimo.com> maven@eskimo.com (Norman Hamer) writes: >Question for the day: > >What protective gear is the most important? I've got a good helmet (shoei >rf200) and a good, thick jacket (leather gold) and a pair of really cheap >leather gloves... What should my next purchase be? Better gloves, boots, >leather pants, what?  What's your favorite body part? :-)
In article <12739@news.duke.edu> infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) writes: >In article <05APR93.02678944.0049@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> C70A@UNB.CA (C70A000) writes: >>In article <C4zKCL.FGC@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Eric@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (93CBR900RR) writes: >>>Would someone please post the countersteering FAQ...i am having this awful [...] >> >> Ummm, if you push on the right handle of your bike while at speed and >>your bike turns left, methinks your bike has a problem.  When I do it > >Really!? > >Methinks somethings wrong with _your_ bike. > >Perhaps you meant _pull_? > >Pushing the right side of my handlebars _will_ send me left. > >It should.  >REally. > >>on MY bike, I turn right.  No wonder you need that FAQ.  If I had it >>I'd send it. > >I'm sure others will take up the slack... > [...] >--  >Andy Infante  | I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis |   Oh, lord.  This is where I came in.  Obcountersteer:  For some reason, I've discovered that pulling on the wrong side of the handlebars (rather than pushing on the other wrong side, if you get my meaning) provides a feeling of greater control.  For example, rather than pushing on the right side to lean right to turn  right (Hi, Lonny!), pulling on the left side at least until I get leaned over to the right feels more secure and less counter-intuitive.  Maybe I need psychological help.  Obcountersteer v2.0:Anyone else find it ironic that in the weekend-and-a- night MSF class, they don't mention countersteering until after the first day of riding?    ----- Tommy McGuire, who's going to hit his head on door frames the rest of     the evening, leaning into those tight turns.... mcguire@cs.utexas.edu mcguire@austin.ibm.com
Grr. Hate the bastard who picked the weather for today.    Went up to visit a friend overnight (about 45 minute ride).. rode up after  work, only minor drizzing for the last 5 minutes of the ride... rest of the  ride was very zen.    Got up this morning, needed to go home and get some disks & stuff to work  on her computers with, rainy as all hell. Soaked and cold by the time I got  home.    Since I didn't have another set of thermals which were dry, I said "to heck  with it" and drove my cage back up.    Lo and Behold, those funny blue clouds were up in the sky and this warm  yellow thing I haven't seen in quite awhile showed up when I was 10 minutes  into the trip.    And me in my cage. Oh JOY.      Happily, my right hand mirror finally showed up at the dealer (dropped the  bike when I first got it, put on an EMGO replacement mirror... hated it the  entire time that thing was on my bike because I couldn't see a DAMNED thing  through it, plus it's flat instead of convex like the stock mirrors, so you  get a NARROW ANGLE wobbly blur)... And I got a replacement windshield for my  fairing (dropped the original and chipped the front edge... cosmetic but  annoying)... so I spent half an hour happily unscrewing things and replacing  them this afternoon.    'Bout the only thing I still hate about the bike ('75 CB360T) is the damned  "2 D-Cell Flashlight" headlight.
Dana H. Myers, on the Tue, 20 Apr 93 19:51:16 GMT wibbled: : In article <C5qqxp.IE1@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com> hartzler@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Jerry Hartzler - CATS) writes: : >In article <1993Apr15.192558.3314@icomsim.com> mmanning@icomsim.com (Michael Manning) writes: : > : >>duck. Squids don't wave, or return waves ever, even to each : >       ^^^^^^ : >    excuse me for being an ignoramus, but what are these.   : Squids are everybody but me and you.  Chris Behanna is especially a squid.  :  * Dana H. Myers  I'm a BMW Squid.  Two of my arms are longer, too. --  Nick (the BS Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   Longer Arms  M'Lud.
In article <1993Apr16.142831.13635@ll.mit.edu> jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside) writes: >-- >In article <1993Apr16.005131.29830@ncsu.edu>, jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu  >(JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes: >|>> >|>>>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? >|> >|>Yes.  He thought about it. >|>> >|>>$ cat dod.faq | mailx -s "HAHAHHA" jburnside@ll.mit.edu (waiting to press >|>>							 return...) > >Hey, c'mon guys (and gals), I chose my words very carefully and even  >tried to get my FAQ's straight.  Don't holler BOHICA at me! >  Around here, even mentioning the DoD without a number in your .sig can get you soundly FAQed.  Notice, however, that I myself did not FAQ the careful monk.  He was, after all, waiting to press return.   Jack Waters II DoD#1919
From: speedy@engr.latech.edu (Speedy Mercer)  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...  (Rest deleted)  Anyone else had this sort of experience?   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----                            Stolen Taglines...               * God is real, unless declared integer. *             * I came, I saw, I deleted all your files. *          * Black holes are where God is dividing by zero. *         * The world will end in 5 minutes. Please log out. *        * Earth is 98% full.... please delete anyone you can. *     Actually, hubcap attacks are fairly common, most cagers being too    incompetant to reinstall them properly after changing tires, or    to check them after collisions.  Luckily, few are as heavy as the    one that got you.  Al Moore  DoD  734  Don't forget the immortal
-- In article <1993Apr16.005131.29830@ncsu.edu>, jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu  (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes: |>> |>>>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? |> |>Yes.  He thought about it. |>> |>>$ cat dod.faq | mailx -s "HAHAHHA" jburnside@ll.mit.edu (waiting to press |>>							 return...)  Hey, c'mon guys (and gals), I chose my words very carefully and even  tried to get my FAQ's straight.  Don't holler BOHICA at me!   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |     |\/\/\/|      ___________________                              | |     |      |     /                   \                             | |     |      |    /  Jamie W. Burnside  \     1980 CB900 Custom      | |     | (o)(o)   (  jburnside@ll.mit.edu )    1985 KDX200 (SOLD!)    | |     C      _) / \_____________________/     1978 CB400 (for sale)  | |      | ,___| /                                                     | |      |    /                                                        | |      / __\                                                         | |     /     \                                                        |
In article <wrs.4180@wslack.UUCP>, wrs@wslack.UUCP (Bill Slack) writes: >  > Various posts about shafties can't do wheelies: >  > >: > No Mike.  It is imposible due to the shaft effect.  The centripital effects > >: > of the rotating shaft counteract any tendency for the front wheel to lift > >: > off the ground > > > >Good point John...a buddy of mine told me that same thing when I had my > >BMW R80GS; I dumped the clutch at 5,000rpm (hey, ito nly revved to 7 or so) and > >you know what? He was right! >  > 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!  Well, just when you think *nothing* will strike at a  BMW-key-fob/ostrich-feather-dipped-in-silly-putty-and-varnished-solid lure, somebody comes along and inhales it right up to the lead swivel!  There *is* a Dog.  It's going to be pretty difficult to better (worsen?) a trolling scheme this  low, though.