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: un021432@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:  : >DUCATI3.UUE : >QUUNCD Ver. 1.4, by Theodore A. Kaldis. : >BEGIN--cut here--CUT HERE--Part 3 : >MG@NH)C1M+AV4)I;^**3NYR7,*(.H&"3V'!X12(&E+AFKIN0@APYT;C[#LI2T  This GIF was GREAT!!  I have it as the backdrop on my Apollo thingy and many people stop by and admire it.  Of course I tell them that I did it myself....  It's far too much trouble to contact archive sites to get stuff like this, so if anybody else has any good GIFs, please, please don't hesitate to post them.  Is the bra thing still going? --  Nick (the Idiot Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford   No Bras  M'Lud.
awhite@ssc.sas.upenn.edu (Andrew White) writes:  >Hello, net.readers.  I am looking for a little net.advice.  >I've got my eye on a '92 Suzuki GS500E at a local dealer. The bike's got >3,200 miles on it and looks in mint condition.  Dealer is asking a bit >less than $2,800. Good price?  I don't have access to a blue book and am >too lazy to go to the library.  Dealer is letting me test-ride it >this week.  Blue Book says: Wholesale=$2115, Retail=$2895 Sounds like you are getting a pretty fair price (assuming it is in nice condition)  >--  >Andrew White                   | Univ of Pennsylvania (edu-breath) >awhite@mcneil.sas.upenn.edu    |  >DoD #0584                      | '82 Honda Sabre V45
In article <JPOLITO.93Apr15095753@sysgem1.encore.com> jpolito@sysgem1.encore.com (Jonathan Polito) writes: > >In article <1993Apr15.002222.23057@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes: > >   Watch out.  Often when some scumbag steals the cover, that means >   that they were or are looking to steal the bike.  In my case, I >   had a faded cover stolen off a bmw R100RS that was stashed in an >   apartment carport and not visible from the street.  They evidently >   decided the beemer wasn't worth stealing, but did try the next night to >   steal a Honda Hurricane 600 parked in the next apartment building. >   A neighbor heard them wheeling it out and called the cops. > > >I know this is just setting myself up, but this is actually one of the >things that is really good about BMW bikes.  From all accounts I've >heard practically no one steals BMWs. Probably it is similar for Moto >Guzzis and other relative "exotics" since there isn't a large demand >for parts and the bike would be much easier to track down. It seems >that the most stolen bikes are Harleys and 600cc Jap sport bikes.   Well, I'd say you're mostly right, but for different reasons. (BTW, as of a couple years ago, the most stolen bikes in Orange County and SF were 750 GSX's and Ninjas). Probably the biggest reason BMWs aren't ripped off is that most people who buy BMWs will only deal with the actual BMW dealer, or mail- order types. Most of these can have their inventory checked fairly easily by law-enforcement types, and their mark-up is usually sufficient to keep  them honest about acquiring parts.   For Harleys and rice-rockets, you've got 2 different situations. There is a HUGE aftermarket in Harley parts, so a bike can be parted out fairly easily. Ditto the non-sport Japanese bikes, but the prices on the parts for these are not as high, comparatively. For the 'rockets', anytime a bike goes down, the  plastic is usually cracked, and is expensive to replace. It's fairly easy, then, for a disreputable shop to take a fairing from a stolen bike, slap it on a bike in for repair, repaint it, and make a tidy profit. The other parts, more traceable, can be used, or discarded if they are too traceable.  Mike
In article <1qjn7i$d0i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes: }>On a }>waterski bike, you turn the handlebars left to lean right, just like on }>a motorcycle, so this supports the move-the-contact-patch-from-beneath-the }>centre-of-mass theory on how to *lean*. This contradicts the need for }>gyroscopic precession to have a countersteering induced *lean*. } }...FOR A WATERSKI BIKE.  It contradicts nothing for a motorcycle.  Not only that, but this morning I saw a TV ad for a waterski bike (a Sea Doo, for those who care). I watched the lengthy ad very carefully, and in every case and at every speed the riders turned the handlebars left to go left, and right to go right. In other words, they were *NOT* countersteering.  So perhaps it is only *some* waterski bikes on which one countersteers...
In rec.motorcycles, cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:  > In article <C5sK1D.C1p@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> frankb@sad.hp.com (Frank Ball) writes: > }Honda:  a "V" designates a V engine street bike. "VF" for V-4, "VT" for V-twin. >  > So how about my Honda Hawk (NT 650)? It's a twin, but not called a VT. > --     That's because they took the old VT 500 engine and stepped on it to make   the plant for the Hawk -> "New Twin".  Or does that only fly for Microsoft   NT (New Technology)?    I've been at this too long today ...    Cheers,   Victor "Dances with Hawks" Johnson
In article <lbpvs=l@quantum.qnx.com> David Gibbs, dagibbs@quantum.qnx.com writes: >Greetings rec.motorcyclists. > >Coming up labour day weekend this year, Worldcon (World Science Fiction >Convention) will be held in San Francisco (California).  I am planning >to attend and have been speculating on doing my trip there by motorcycle >instead of by plane (as was my initial thought.)  > >I live (and would be departing from) Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). > >I had planned to take two weeks for this trip, giving me 5 days travel >time on either side of the weekend. > >This looks like a distance of about 2800 miles (4500 km).  If your distance calc is correct for an "on the road distance" (and not as the crow flies), this is 900km a day for 5 days.  If you spend the entire time on interstates, which would be a total waste of time, that's at least 8 hours on the road every day not including eating/peeing/ sight-seeing etc.  I was contemplating a similar trip, but from Ottawa to LA, or maybe Ottawa to Austin Tx.    I figured if I wanna do a trip of this magnitude and enjoy it, I'd have to get my ass off the major Interstates and spend LOTS of time enjoying the country around me; i.e. stopping with a camera, meeting towns-people, going to a few bars.  No sense spending 2 weeks looking out a helmet with the closest human contact found at the gas pump.  I estimated I'd need at least 4-5 weeks to make the trip worthwhile.  >I am looking for input, opinions, comments, or snarky remarks on: >1. My sanity.  In question 8:)  >2. Suggested routes.  (Note, getting there is important, and my >   schedule doesn't leave a lot of room for side trips, or circuitous >   routes)  Try and stay off the interstates!!!  >5. Anybody who wants to join me on this trip.  (For even part of the >   distance.)  Depending on your route and my plans, I may be heading that way as far as at least Detroit.  >7. Anything that comes to mind, and that you think might be relevant.   Call the Whithorse Pess.  They're a book distributer catering to Motorcyclists.  They have a large number of books highlighting the best roads FOR MOTORCYCLISTS along the general route you're looking at.  They carry listings of bed and breakfasts all through the States which accept motorcyclists.  Order their free catalog and within you'll probably find books covering absolutely all you needs for this trip.  Their #'s in the Motorcyclist and/or Cycle World classifieds.  >Thanks for any input. > >-David Gibbs                          (dagibbs@qnx.com) >Kawasaki Concours                     DOD# 585  O.K.
In article <Stafford-200493133025@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.Edu (John Stafford) writes: >In article <C5sHD0.LH6@athena.cs.uga.edu>, ahatcher@athena.cs.uga.edu >(Allan Hatcher) wrote: >>  > >> You can't make a Citizens arrest on anything but a felony. > >	I'm not sure that's true.  Let me rephrase; "You can file a complaint > which will bring the person into court."  As I understand it, a > "citizens arrest" does not have to be the physical detention of > the person.  I think we just found the difference between a citizens arrest (physical   detention of a suspect) and a report/warrant.
ryan_cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau)  writes:  >Riding up the hill leading to my >house, I encountered a liver-and-white Springer Spaniel (no relation to >the Springer Softail, or the Springer Spagthorpe, a close relation to >the Spagthorpe Viking).  	I must have missed the article on the Spagthorpe Viking.  Was that the one with the little illuminated Dragon's Head on the front fender, a style later copied by Indian, and the round side covers?  [accident deleted]  >What worries me about the accident is this: I don't think I could have >prevented it except by traveling much slower than I was. This is not >necessarily an unreasonable suggestion for a residential area, but I was >riding around the speed limit.  	You can forget this line of reasoning.  When an animal decides to take you, there's nothing you can do about it.  It has something to do with their genetics.  I was putting along at a mere 20mph or so, gravel road with few loose rocks on it (as in, just like bad concrete), and 2200lbs of swinging beef jumped a fence, came out of the ditch, and rammed me!  When I saw her jump the fence I went for the gas, since she was about 20 feet ahead of me but a good forty to the side.  Damn cow literally chased me down and nailed me.  No damage to cow, a bent case guard and a severely annoyed rider were the only casualties.  If I had my shotgun I'd still be eating steak.  Nope, if 2200lbs of cow can hit me when I'm actively evading, forget a much more manueverable dog.  Just run them over.
In article <1993Apr16.171211.5772@colorado.edu> bowmanj@csn.org (Jerry Bowman)   writes: > In article <bethdC5Juzw.18F@netcom.com> bethd@netcom.com (Beth Dixon) writes: > >In article <1993Apr14.141637.20071@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>   jhensley@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Hensley) writes: > >>Beth Dixon (bethd@netcom.com) wrote: > >>: new Duc 750SS doesn't, so I'll have to go back to carrying my lipstick > >>: in my jacket pocket.  Life is _so_ hard.  :-) > >> > >>My wife is looking for a jacket, and most of the men's styles she's tried > >>don't fit too well. If they fit the shoulders and arms, they're too > >>tight across the chest, or something like that. Anyone have any  > >>suggestions? I'm assuming that the V-Pilot, in addition to its handy > >>storage facilities, is a pretty decent fit. Is there any company that > >>makes a reasonable line of women's motorcycling stuff? More importantly, > >>does anyone in Boulder or Denver know of a shop that bothers carrying any?  There's an article in Motorcycling a couple of months back specifically on   women's attire for serious and not-so-serious riding.  They do mention who   makes stuff specific for women's dimensions, and what also works OK enough as   well.  Bates will make custom jackets and leathers for a reasonable charge. --
In article <1rigoj$isl@apple.com> Paul Thompson, thompson@apple.com writes: >It sure would be nice if someone would start making replacements >for OEM exhausts that were would be cheaper but not louder...  I read about a SuperTrapp system called E.A.R that was supposed to be quiet enough to pass some European standards.  Apparently it's not on the market yet...  Yoshimura makes a few systems that are supposed to be "kind of" quiet. They are also really light.  I'm planning on getting one of these  systems soon, and will post the results.  - Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark S. Burnham (markb@wc.novell.com) AMA#668966  DoD#0747  Alfa Romeo GTV-6                             '90 Ninja 750
In article <1993Apr12.042749.2557@news.columbia.edu> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes: >In article <1993Apr12.022233.17927@linus.mitre.org> cookson@mbunix.mitre.org (Cookson) writes: >>In article <C5CKp9.C5D@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cs225a82@dcl-nxt19.cso.uiuc.edu (cs225 student) writes: >>> >>>I have a quick question.  I recently got a bike and drive it often, but my   >>>one problem is the wind messing with my contacts.  I have gas permeable    >>How about a full face helmet with the face sheild down.  Works for me. > >	Actually, this doesn't always work for me either. I have wind that >	blows around inside my RF200 some, and it'll dry my eyes out / get dust >	in them eventually unless I'm also wearing sunglasses inside my >	helmet.  I too, usually wear sunglasses inside my full face helmet to keep dirt & wind out of my contacts.  Mumble, mumble, mumble ...
I have a problem with the battery on my '83 Honda CB650 NightHawk. Every week or so it is dead and I have to recharge it. I ride the bike  every day, the battery is new and the charging system was checked  thoroughly and it seems fine. My suspicion is that it is draining somewhere.   Do you have any idea about what is causing this problem? Please help since my mechanic and me are clueless!...
}>More like those who use their backs instead of their minds to make }>their living who are usually ignorant and intolerant of anything outside }>of their group or level of understanding.  There seems to be some confusion between rednecks and white trash. The confusion is understandable, as there is substantial overlap between the two sets. Let me see if I can clarify:  Rednecks: Primarily use their backs instead of their minds to make a 	living. Usually somewhat ignorant (by somebody's standards, 	anyway) because they have never held education above basic 	reading/writing/math skills to be that important to their 	eventual vocation. Note I did not say stupid, just ignorant. 	(They might be stupid, but then so are some high percentage 	of any group).  White trash: "White trash fit the stereotype referred to by the 	word 'nigger' better than any black person I ever met, only 	with the added 'bonus' that white trash are mean as hell." 	-- my father. Genuinely lazy (not just out of work or under- 	qualified), good-for-nothing, dishonest, white people who are 	mean as snakes. The "squeal like a pig" boys in _Deliverance_ 	may or may not have been rednecks, but they were sure as hell 	white trash.  White trash are assuredly intolerant of anything outside of their group or level of understanding. Rednecks may or may not be.
Yes, Matt, dear Newbie, best advice is read here foe a few days. This is your best source of info.  (Kinda makes me glad that I discovered r.m well after I got into riding--  could I have possibly sounded like *that* otherwise?  --eesh.)  BTW Matt, despite the insults you are destined to face, great move  on taking the MSF course.  It will save your butt.  Good Luck,
In article <5295@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:  >In article <1993Apr20.010734.18225@megatek.com> randy@megatek.com writes: >>...  Perhaps DWI in Lousiana *is* confined >>to liquor?  >*Everything* in Louisiana is related to liquor:  eating, sleeping, walking, >talking, church, state, life, death, and everything in between.  How DARE you make such an accusation!  There are MANY sober, non-drinkers in  this state!  If We wern't so busy unloading the beer truck for the week end,  I might just come up that and have a talk wit you! B->   ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
>Course, the only people who seem to be acting smug now probably have chain >final drive (which, as we all know, is less efficient and has higher  } maintenance) and probably didn't know the answer at the start of the thread. >  >Anyway, I have Laz's solemn assurance that he/she/it was serious with the 'only >paralevers can pull "true" wheelies' assertion, whatever the hell that means. >  >Doug Rinckes   drinckes@tssc.wlg.nec.co.jp   New Zealand TSSC Ltd >1976 BMW R100S           1960 BMW R60            1940 Indian 741A         	Uh, Doug, I don't know what school of thought your from, but chain  drive are MUCH more efficient than shafties.  End of story.  Period. 	But I will give you that shafties are much less maintenance intensive...   						Ethan
In article <1993Apr21.142333.6707@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mwallace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark Wallace) writes: >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 > >>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.  Good point, I'd overlooked that. The Eclipse has a 3 point mount, 1 at the rear and 2 at the front, and it's very stable on the FJ. I have seen some with harnesses that mount to the sides of the tank, and that would be a real problem on the FJ.
In article <C4rz4J.4q9@odin.corp.sgi.com> amc@crash.wpd.sgi.com (Allan McNaughton) writes: >In article <1993Mar27.040606.4847@eos.arc.nasa.gov>, phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone) writes: >|> Alan, nothing personal, but I object to the "we all" in that statement. >|> (I was on many of those rides that Alan is describing.)  Pushing the >|> envelope does not necessarily equal taking insane chances.  Moreover, if two riders are riding together at the same speed, one might be riding well beyond his abilities and the other may have a safety margin left.  >Oh come on Phil.  You're an excellent rider, but you still take plenty of >chances.  Don't tell me that it's just your skill that keeps you from  >getting wacked.  There's a lot of luck thrown in there too.  You're a very >good rider and a very lucky one too.  Hope your luck holds....   Allan, I know the circumstances of several of your falls. On the ride when you fell while I was next behind you, you made an error of judgement by riding too fast when you knew the road was damp, and you reacted badly when you were surprised by an oncoming car.  That crash was due to factors that were subject to your control.  I won't deny that there's a combination of luck and skill involved for each of us, but it seems that you're blaming bad luck for more of your own pain than is warranted. --
In article <13394@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew  Infante) writes: |> Apparently that last post was a little hasy, since I |> called around to more places and got quotes for less |> than 600 and 425.  Liability only, of course. |>  |> Plus, one palced will give me C7C for my car + liab on the bike for |> only 1350 total, which ain't bad at all. |>  |> So I won't go with the first place I called, that's |> fer sure. |>   Nevertheless, DWI is F*ckin serious.  Hope you've got some  brains now.
jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes: >> >>>I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV >>>     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca >>>                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada >> >>Do you know what Syd meant when he wrote that line??  >Damn, am I in the wrong newsgroup again?   Wrong newsgroup or no, What did Syd mean when he wrote that line?
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In article <3658@contex.contex.com>, frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro) says: > >The FT is fun, I wanted to buy one.  But I waited 10 years an bought >a Hawk instead.  Friends, owners of the former cycle shop on 125 in >Andover, bought one new, but several years old.  Cost him $995. >You should not pay too much for one. > >I hear they can be fitted with the front end of a 500cc Interceptor, >and thus have great brakes.  Sounds like fun.  Some dude on this >forum has one thats all tricked out. > >Second Hand Bike warns that they are fine up until 40,000 miles.  The FT-500 is a good beginner's bike with:   *  a reasonable seating position   *  enough power to get you up and around, but        not so much it'll scare the bejeebers out of you   *  tips over well, and easy to pick up        (don't ask)   *  simple maintenance  I've had mine for four or so years, and haven't had any serious problems with it.  I bought it used for $750 with about 8000 miles on it.  Just last week, someone in the neighborhood stopped by to ask me about it; whether I thought it was a good beginner's bike, is it comfortable and powerful enough, blah blah blah... Seems he found one used for < $500 with about 3600 miles on it.  The reall "trick" mod I've heard was to take the front end from a 600 hurricane and slide it in.  This was from a guy who campaigns two Ascots in SOS racing.  He says they do pretty well too, once you strip off the starter, lights and other assorted street paraphernalia, its a pretty fast and light bike.
>   So following that logic could you describe "Two down"  >as the transition period between "Two Up" and "coming to >rest after a High or low side" ? Otherwise it sounds pretty >good. :-) >--  >Richard Pierson E06584 vnet: [908] 699-6063  Or perhaps it's referring to the wife and child sitting in the sidecar next to the one-up on the moto?  :)  Anyone ever heard of a game called oneup-onedown?  (it's a drinking game, for all you older folx...:)