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In article <C5t759.DsC@well.sf.ca.us> rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert) writes: > I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja. > This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride > (read: farther than around the block  :-).  We'll be riding some twisty,  > fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans). >    An extended ride as a passenger on a 750 ninja.  Owww.  Well, I hate to be a wet sock, but, well...  I was a passenger on many bikes for the longest time before I started riding myelf, and I grew to hate long rides on sport bikes.  The passenger seats are not designed for long rides.  The passenger positions aren't even usually designed for short rides.  I ended up torturing my knees and my back by taking long rides as a passenger on sport bikes.  One of the reasons I originally liked my current guythingy so much was becase he had a BMW. :)  I'd suggest a shorter extended ride at first -- a short turn in the mountains or some such.  Then see how much pain she's in, and proceed from there.  The best advice I'd give a beginning passenger:  - Don't get on the bike until the rider says its OK, and work out some sort   signal for the rider to tell you when its OK to get off.  After I get on    the bike I squeeze my riders hips to tell that I'm ready, and at the stop   he nods his head to show its OK for me to get off.  - Keep your feet on the pegs at all times.  Don't wiggle (unless your rider   asks you to :)  - The best passengers are those which are unobtrusive.  Echo the movements   and lean of your rider.  Look over the shoulder thats most comfortable,   but during turns look over the shoulder on the inside of the turn.  - Get used to your rider's shifting style (Riders:  use a reasonably   consistent shifting style).  Avoid "helmet bonk."  Helmet bonk is    when your rider revs the bike up and then shifts and the sudden change   in foreward acceleration causes your helmet to bonk his/hers.  It   gets old real fast.  - When pulling to a stop, put a hand or both hands on the tank to keep   your weight from pushing your rider up onto the tank.  Putting your hands   on the tank is also a good way to stretch your back if you're in pain,   but I'm told it gets harder to steer in turns if you leave them there.  - Switch your hands to the guardrail to stretch your shoulders, but be    sure and squeeze your thighs while you're doing it so your rider knows you're   still there. :)  The guard rail isn't as safe as holding onto your rider.  - Don't be afraid to ask for frequent stops if you're in pain or   losing feeling in your feet.  Passenger seats are not generally designed    for comfort.  Work out some sort of pull over signal beforehand.
am amazed at the number of Harley riders who ARE waving even to a lowly baby ninja.  Let's keep up the good attitudes.  Brock Yates said in this months Car and Driver he is ready for a war (against those who would rather we all rode busses).  We bikers should be too.  It's a freedom that we all wanna know and it's an obsession to some to keep the world in your rearview mirror while you try to run down the sun
In article <C5qpzo.HDq@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> shz@mare.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:  > I plan to switch to a single fire ignition in about a month and was > curious if anyone has experience with the supposedly new Crane single > fire that competes with the Dyna-S.  The club wrench (not the wench) has > done Dyna-S modules for several friends and I'll get one also unless > a bunch of folks say the Crane is better. >  > One guy just installed the MC Power Arc ignition but has not yet > reported the results.  It was not a simple bolt-in replacement as new  > mounting holes had to be drilled. >  > I recognize it's more fun to discuss why Chris needed to change brands of > penis enhancer but how 'bout some comments on single fire ignitions for > a while...  I just installed a MC Power Arc II, and it seems to run great. I also used MC coils, and neither the ignition module or the coils required any new mounting holes to be drilled on my 92 FXSTC. A little soldering and all was fine. Static timing was real easy to set too.   On the other side of the coin, my local wrench, whose opinion I invariably seek but don't always adopt, thinks MC Power Arc is a "piece of shit" and says "all them Jap chips are gonna fail you one day".  Needless to say, he doesn't like any electronic ignition modules, and recommends the Dyna-S system. I think that's the one with the Hall-effect timing sensor(s), correct?
In article <1993Apr5.182851.23410@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers) writes: >In article <1993Mar30.214419.923@pb2esac.uucp>, prahren@pb2esac.uucp (Peter Ahrens) writes:   >> That would be low drag bars and way rad rearsets for the FJ, so that the  >> ergonomic constraints would have contraceptive consequences? > >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.  I dunno, on my old GS1000E the tank-seat junction was nice and smooth. But if you were to travel all the way forward, you'd collect the top triple-clamp in a sensitive area. I'd hate to have to make the choice, but I think I'd prefer the FJ's gas tank. :-)
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.
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.
In article <1993Apr19.211340.12407@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com writes:  >I am very glad to know that none of you judgemental little shits has  Hey Pal!  Who're you calling litte?   Tony
In article <9901221@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney) writes: >In rec.motorcycles, viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes: > >> Last year, I believe it was, Jeff Deeney posted what I've since come to >> recognize as the ultimate April Fools posting ever.  It wasn't particularly >> nice of him, as several people were quite fooled and very worried about >> him, but I can't fault the effectiveness. > >Based on numerous inputs (most of them unprintable), I deemed it time for a >kinder, gentler, April 1.  Not that I didn't have something really sick and >twisted ready to post :-)  Perhaps next year.   Personally, I think Jeffy-Poo was still smarting more from the third degree burns he suffered after April 1st last year rather than the supposed burns that he suffered in "the joke".  Granted I was one of those people that were taken in by it and I was certainly concerned...and then pissed at him for  pulling such a thing (which I made known to him).  But then again, for an April Fool "joke" I would also go on record as saying that it was the best orchestrated one I've ever seen and it certainly sucked a LOT of people into believing it 8-( 8-| 8-\ 8-)...  "sick" - "twisted"??? Who in this group could ever be accused of such a thing?  I tip my twisted lid to thee Jeffy 8-).
Hi. I have been thinking about buying a Motorcycle or a while now and I have some questions:  -Is there a buying guide for new/used motorcycles (that lists reliability, how to go about the buying process, what to look for, etc...)? -Is there a pricing guide for new/used motorcycles (Blue Book)?  Also -Are there any books/articles on riding cross country, motorcycle camping, etc? -Is there an idiots' guide to motorcycles?  ANY related information is helpful. Please respond directly to me.  Thanks a lot. -Jordan  Me also. 					Thanks,
In article <1993Apr15.200857.10631@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes: > >So perhaps it is only *some* waterski bikes on which one countersteers...  A Sea Doo is a boat. It turns by changing the angle of the duct behind the propeller. A waterski bike looks like a motorcycle but has a ski where each wheel should be. Its handlebars are connected through a familiar looking steering head to the front ski. It handles like a motorcycle.
My first encounter with a dog chasing after my bike was on my first poker run. A big german shepard ran out into the pack of bikes I was riding with and tried  to bite the right leg of the guy riding in front of me. He kicked the dog a  couple of times (we were all only going about 10-15mph) and just made the dog angrier and got away by applying WFO and outrunning the dog who then started after yours truly. At the time, I had open drag pipes (obnoxiously loud as hell) and as soon as the dog was about 2 feet away from the right side of my bike, I pulled in the clutch and revved the motor up to about 5000rpm and the roar of the pipes frightened the dog away (probably made the dog's ears hurt like hell) and he didn't come back for the rest of the bikers behind me either.   My second encounter was with an already deceased road-kill dog. I wasn't paying  very close attention to the pavement when the car in front of me straddled the carcass. I looked down just in time to see what I was about to run over so I  just held onto the handlebars and freaked out. Both wheels went squarely over the dog's belly with a thump-thump just like running over a piece of a 4x4 lumber. The bike didn't lose any stability at all and I kept on going. After I got to my destination, I found bits of fur, meat, and blood stuck to the bottom of my motor and frame...... gross.
In article <1993Apr14.144015.18175@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> na4@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: % %   Request for opinions:	 % %   Which is better - a one-piece Aerostitch or a two-piece Aerostitch? %   Like most everyone else, I ended up getting two different sizes for the top and bottom.  My top is a 46L and the bottom is a 48L.  For the bottom, the waist is far too large, but the thighs fit just right (the 46 had a better waist, but cut off the circulation in my legs, I have large, muscular thighs, and no, I didn't use the thighmaster to get them :-).  The jacket fits me ok in the chest, slightly snug at the waist, and too small in the arms.  I can't imagine finding a one-piece size that would have fit correctly, as even the 2 piece has it's problems (strange, since my V-Pilot jacket fits great all over, and when I tried the matching pants, they fit like a glove as well).  I can only assume the models Aero Design uses to design its suits are in some way different from us real folks.  Also, even though it's related to convienience, you look pretty damn wierd walking around with the tops and bottoms while running errands. I've gotten some really suspicious looks, and sweated a lot while in a store wearing the whole suit, since you can't fit the top and bottom in any motorcycle storage device yet devised (except the trunk in my sidecar rig :-).  With the two piece, I unzip the pants (I generally leave the two pieces zipped together, primarily because the pants fall down unless I pull the cheesy elastic belt-type band real tight), stuff them in one of my spacious BMW saddlebags (the pants just fit), and run errands just wearing the jacket.  Actually, if I know I'll be running errands, I just wear my V-Pilot jacket, but that's just me...  As far as crash protection, I'd say that both suits are probably equal.  It seems that for weather protection, if anything the 2 piece provides a little more because of the jacket overlapping the pants by 3 inches.  The 2 piece is probably a little less comfortable around the waist, just because of the extra layer of stuff, but maybe not.  So I'd have to vote for the two piece.  Despite the slightly odd fit, I still find the suit the most versatile piece of riding clothing I own.  Wouldn't go long distance without it.  Ken Wallich <wallich@ncd.com>  ken@wallich.com ~ kmw@al.org ~ [...]decwrl!vixie!amber!ken
Southern California RideList -- 4/14/93    Please send me any updates to this ride list. Remember, only street rides that are open to all bikers are posted.  Please inc. phone # for further info.  Also, send me your e-mail address if you want mailed copies of this list.   I suggest calling first to make sure that info is current.  If you find out further info, please let me know.  I strive for accuracy but cannot be responsible for errors.   e-mail address: paulb@harley.tti.com 	 --------- c&d = coffee & donuts; Mx = Live Music; f&d = food & drinks available; * = changes since last posting; ** Address at end of posting
In article <1993Apr9.133114.2605@news.columbia.edu> rdc8@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Robert D Castro) writes: >In article <rbpC54D51.26n@netcom.com> rbp@netcom.com (Bob Pasker) writes: >>cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes: > >> >>my solution is *never* to ride next to a car > >The only thing between you and "them" is space. >Keep as much as possible.  Take this one step further ...  Never dilly-dally in that rear 1/4 of either side of a cage - when you pass make it as POSITIVE as possible and if you can't pass fully, at least make sure that if you attempt it you can make the driver aware of you by at least getting into his area of vision.  This also applies to merging into another lane after making a pass - do it as POSITIVELY as possible ... and what I "try" to do is look in the rear view and then over my shoulder.  And after I've done that ACCELERATE into the  lane so that you have a speed cushion should you have missed seeing a  potential BDI that's trying to do the same thing as you ... or worse (ie: he may have been behind you, saw you made the pass successfully but YOU aren't GOING FAST ENOUGH to suite him so he tries to go around you on the right).  Ride with four eyes...  Rich
Now, I am jumping into the middle of this thread so I may not know what y'all been talking about, but I have a few comments:  In rec.motorcycles, davet@interceptor.cds.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes: >1.  Unless an engine is supercharged, the pressure available to force >air into the intake tract is _atmospheric_.  At the time the intake >valve is opened, the pressure differential available to move air is only >the difference between the combustion chamber pressure (left over after >the exhaust stroke) and atmospheric.  As the piston decends on the >intake stroke, combustion chamber pressure is decreased, allowing >atmospheric pressure to move more air into the intake tract.  At no time >does the pressure ever become "negative", or even approach a good >vacuum.  There are a number of other factors that are very important, the three biggest being air velocity, air momentum and shock waves. Velocity stacks have been used for years and are now being used inside of stock airboxes on a number of bikes.  At a tuned engine rpm, the stacks can greatly increase the speed, and thus momentum of the air rushing in. Air momentum is critical in getting good air intake: the momentum of the air stack outside the combustion chamber will force its way inside long after the piston has begun its compressive up-stroke. Shock waves are used to induce air intake and to prevent fresh air from escaping out the exzhaust ports.  Shock waves are the product of expansion chambers or any other means of presenting a 'wall' (opening or closing) to the air in motion.  Beyond this I am lost in the mystery of how they design for shock waves.
In article <1993Apr24.014245.1@cua.edu> 84wendel@cua.edu writes: >	Who gets credit for the perfectly descriptive name "cagers"?  Also does >anybody know when the term was first used. >					Thanks > I do. Yesterday.  Seriously, Countess Ada of Lovelace gets the credit.  She first used it in the late 80s.  Her bike:  the spokeless wonder.   Jack Waters II DoD#1919
Hola amigos,  Quiero... I need an answer to a pressing question.  I now own two bikes and would love to keep them both.  One is a capable and smooth street bike, low and lightweight with wide power and great brakes; the other is a Beemer G/S, kind of rough for the city but great on the long road and backroad.  A good start at a stable, but I don't think it's going to work.  Unfortunately, insurance is going to pluck me by the short hairs.    Unless... some insurance agent offers a multi-vehicle discount.  They do this all the time for cars, assuming that you're only capable of  driving one of the things at a time.  I don't think I'll ever manage to straddle both bikes and ride them tandem down the street. (Turn left... accelerate the Zephyr; turn right... accelerate the Beemer.)  Does anybody know of an agency that makes use of this simple fact to discount your rates?  State Farm doesn't.  By the way, I'm moving to the Bay area so I'll be insuring the bikes there, and registering them.  To ease me of the shock, can somebody guesstimate the cost of insuring a ZR550 and a R800GS?  Here in Tucson they only cost me $320 (full) and $200 (liability only) for the two, per annum.
In article <1993Apr6.002937.9237@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes: >In article <1993Apr5.193804.18482@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> coburnn@spot.Colorado.EDU (Nicholas S. Coburn) writes: >}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, > I think I've seen this bike.  Is it all white, with a sea-green stripe and just 'HONDA' for decals, I've seen such a bike numerous times over by Sewall hall at CU, and I thought it was a race-prepped CBR.  I didn't see it over at the EC parking lot (I buzzed over there on my  way home, all of 1/2 block off my route!)  but it was gone.  Is a single sided swingarm available for the CBR?  I would imagine so,  kinda neccisary for quick tire changes.  When I first saw it, I assumed it was a bike repainted to cover crash damage.
I'm about to undertake changing the fork seals on my '88 EX500.  My Clymer manual says I need the following tools from Kawasaki:  57001-183  (T handle looking thing in illustration) 57001-1057 (Some type of adapter for the end of the T handle) 57001-1091 No illustration of this tool and the manual just refers to it            as "the kawasaki tool." 57001-1058 Oil seal and bearing remover.  How necessary are these tools?  Considering the dealers around here didn't have the Clymer manual, fork seals, and a turn signal assembly in stock I really doubt they have these tools in stock and I'd really like to get this done this week.   Any help would be appreciated as always.  --  --------------------------------------------------------------------------   ..vela.acs.oakland.edu!psgi!todd  | '88 RM125 The only bike sold without   Todd Doolittle                    |           a red-line.            Troy, MI                          | '88 EX500                         DoD #0832                         |
Ivan D. Reid, on the 23 Apr 1993 06:05 PST wibbled: : In article <1993Apr23.121316.1564@news.columbia.edu>, Rob Castro writes... : >When/How do you decide that it is too windy to ride?  : 	When even the seagulls are walking.   :-)  : Ivan Reid, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH.     			ivan@cvax.psi.ch : GSX600F, RG250WD.	SI=2.66     "You Porsche. Me pass!"	DoD #484  When you can make no headway into the wind?  When you hear a dull booming noise after going down hill with the wind behind you and you're WFO.    Be very careful during the above, as all the controls will have the  opposite effect. --  Nick (the Mach 0.22 Biker)   DoD 1069   Concise Oxford  M'Lud.
In <1qjmf6$d0i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes: >In article 34211@castle.ed.ac.uk, wbg@festival.ed.ac.uk (W Geake) writes: >An apartment complex where I used to live tried this, only they put the >thing over the driver's window, "so they couldn't miss it."  A friend >damned near wrecked on the way home one night, her vision blocked by >the sticker.  I suggested to the manager the ENORMOUS liability they  >Be careful about putting stickers on cages' windows.  Hmmm.. The LDDC security guards over here in Docklands only place parking  stickers on the drivers SIDE windows.. But on reflection that could still  cause an accident.. Suppose it's because people aren't as litigious over  here as in the states :-)  Stephen
>>>>> On 19 Apr 93 21:48:42 GMT, xlyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu said: Mike> Is it possible to do a "wheelie" on a motorcycle with shaft-drive?  Sure.  In fact, you can do a wheelie on a shaft-drive motorcycle without even moving.  Just don't try countersteering.  :-)
In article <1993Apr21.234006.1627@microsoft.com> patlo@microsoft.com (Pat Loughery) writes: >Also, remember that it's much more draining and tiring to ride 2-up >than by yourself, because you're concentrating on much more, and >"in the Zen of the moment" less.  Remember this.  The first few times I pillioned someone whose safety was a great concern to me (as opposed to brothers, etc.), I almost got us both killed on several occasions.  I was surprised to discover that it is much safer to just drive than to distract yourself by trying to be unusually cautious and concerned.  Abruptly adopting a novel set of thought patterns and riding strategies while piloting a bike is just asking for trouble.    --
In response to Jerry Lotto's post about not putting your helmet on your mirror or else risk damaging the padding from the inside.  One of the major causes of mirror breakage is impact with the pavement. Laws mandating that all mirrors be protected by helmets might be in order. But seriously...  One place to put a helmet is on a, preferably clean, footpeg, hanging from the chin-guard, away from any hot pipes.
Insurance companies sure seem to go for No-Fault coverage.  Since the majority of accidents are the cagers' fault, doesn't this imply that we would have to pay much higher rates under a No-Fault system?  With a cars-only system, it seems to make sense on the surface: take the legal costs out of the system.  But it looks like motorcyclists would get screwed.   --  Michael "Chuck" Bain                       meb4593@icdfs.ca.boeing.com