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re countersteering faq please post mjs sys uea ac uk mike sixsmith writes mjs secondly it is the adhesion of the mjs tyre on the road the suspension geometry and the ground clearance of the mjs motorcycle which dictate how quickly you can swerve to avoid obstacles and mjs not the knowledge of physics between the rider s ears are you seriously mjs suggesting that countersteering knowledge enables you to corner faster mjs or more competently than you could manage otherwise egreen east sun com writes ed if he s not i will hey ed you didn t give me the chance sheesh the answer is absolutely as ed so eloquently describes ed put two riders on identical machines it s the ed one who knows what he s doing and why that will be faster it may ed be possible to improve your technique if you have no idea what it is ed through trial and error but it is not very effective methodology ed only by understanding the technique of steering a motorcycle can one ed improve on that technique i hold that this applies to any human ed endeavor herein lies the key to this thread kindly note the difference in the responses ed and i are talking about knowing riding technique while mike is arguing knowing the physics behind it it is possible to be taught the technique of countersteering ie push the bar on the inside of the turn to go that way without having to learn all the fizziks about gyroscopes and ice cream cones and such as seen in the parallel thread that stuff is mainly of interest to techno motorcycle geeks like the readers of rec motorcycles but doesn t need to be taught to the average student learning c steering mike doesn t seem to be able to make the distinction i know people who can carve circles around me who couldn t tell you who newton was on the other hand i know very intelligent well educated people who think that you steer a motorcycle by either leaning steering a la bicycles or a combination of and knowledge of physics doesn t get you squat knowledge of technique does mr bill
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re riceburner respect in article oxz b w w cellar org craig cellar org saint craig 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 i may not wave i just wink at you with one eye course it s hard to see that through a shield and sunglasses but hey if you re a true rider with the real riding attitude you ll sense it chuck rogers car torreys att com
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re dogs in article ms c mrc ikkoku kan panda com mrc ikkoku kan panda com mark crispin writes with a hostile dog or one which you repeatedly encounter stronger measures may be necessary this is the face off first and there is very important make sure you never face off a dog on his territory face him off on the road not on his driveway if necessary have a large stick rolled up newspaper etc something the beast will understand is something that will hurt him stand your ground then slowly advance your mental attitude is that you are very angry and are going to dispense terrible punishment the larger the dog the greater your anger 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 chuck rogers car torreys att com
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re here s to the assholes in article jrobbins apr kingston cs ucla edu you rambled on about in article lee seas ucla edu small thunder seas ucla edu james f small writes here s to the asshole scooter owners who triple parked behind my bike today jim calling other prople assholes what s next if you re going to flame learn to spell besides assholeism is endemic to the two wheeled motoring community why i do believe that jason the wise respected hahahha has just made a stereotypical remark how unsophisticated of you i m so sorry you had to come out of your ivory tower and stoop as you would say to my obviously lower level besides geekism is endemic to the albino phoosball playing community and those who drive volvos remember send your flames to jrobbins cs ucla edu i need what a formal education can not provide dod
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re safe driving prcatices in article cvbnetprime com rbemben timewarp prime com rich bemben writes never dilly dally in that rear 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 reads a lot like the philosophies of musashi in the book of five rings much of the section on the long sword is that of being strong and decisive hmmm the more things change ride with four eyes what an awfull thing to call your pillion rich fear not the evil men do in the name of evil but heaven protect us from the evil men do in the name of good power corrupts check out the explosion that the cryptography policy from the whitehouse friday has caused curt howland ace dod eff howland nsipo nasa gov v sabre meddle not in the afairs of wizards for it makes them soggy and hard to re light
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misc buying info needed 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 jonathan d fields fields cis ohio state edu
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need a wheel does anyone have a rear wheel for a pd they d like to part with does anyone know where i might find one salvage as long as i m getting the givi luggage for brunnhilde and have the room i thought i d carry a spare ride free bill johnsw wsuvm csc wsu edu prez bimc kotv kotrr dod ama spi wmtc kotd yamabeemer fj gs pdr special and a volvo what more could anyone ask pain is inevitable suffering is optional
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re live free but quietly or die in rec motorcycles egreen east sun com writes revving the throttle requires either dis engaging the clutch or accelerating not if it s a harley chris
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re v max handling request in article apr ntuvax ntu ac sg ba ntuvax ntu ac sg writes hello there ican anyone who has handson experience on riding the yamaha v max pls kindly comment on its handling i remember a commercial for some cheap top heavy import cage a while back where the driver says while wearing a stuck up fake tv anouncers smile it really goes straight it fits
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re got my bike was wanted advice on cb c purchase in article apr 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 isn t this redundent
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re dogs in article ms c mrc ikkoku kan panda com mrc ikkoku kan panda com mark crispin writes i m a biker and a dog lover no wonder bikers have such a horrid reputation go find a human the interesting thing about dogs is that body language communicates a great deal to them the more effective you are at communicating body language the less you actually have to do i agree completely unfortunately the majority of my feelings before i can even start to think rationally abhout the dog that is trying to kill me are fear when there s been a moment to set up like you said a bit down the road or whatever i ve never had a problem with dogs curt howland ace dod eff howland nsipo nasa gov v sabre meddle not in the afairs of wizards for it makes them soggy and hard to re light
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re rgv and posing in article speedy engr latech edu speedy engr latech edu speedy mercer writes in article spam maths adelaide edu au amydlak spam maths adelaide edu au adam mydlak writes squid deleted helment laws vary from state to state in my state louisiana it is the law i personaly would not go feet on a bike without one law or no law a helment will save your life i ll go feet but i draw the line at blaine gardner evans sutherland bgardner dsd es com
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re comments on a honda interceptor in article apr skyfox howp skyfox writes hi i am considering the purchase of a honda cc interceptor for cdn about us i don t know the mileage on this bike but from the picture in the rv trader magazine it looks to be in good shape can anybody enlighten me as to whether this is a good purchase is it a good bike this will be my first bike i realize that for a beginner cc is considered too be a bit too much bike i have heard from friends that were once beginners that if they had to start all over again that they would have started with a bigger bike one just has to be careful and not drive outside their skill level i had considered and posted about two weeks ago the purchase of cc yamaha seca turbo with km but i am a little wary now about the prospect of having to deal with a turbo both on the road and in the shop i may still consider this bike the price dropped from to cdn but the honda seems to be a good bike comments one word heavy it steers heavy turns require alot of effort hard to get access to the large v motor weak small front forks with anti dive gizmos at
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bike for sale in ma usa i ve recently become father of twins i don t think i can afford to keep bikes and babies both babies are staying so of the harleys is going xlhd mi hey it was my wife s bike speed chain secondary laced wheels buckhorns tachometer saddlebags supports sissy bar se high flow air cleaner dark candy red jeff derienzo jd zorro tyngsboro ma us
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re shaft drives and wheelies xlyx vax cit cornell edu from xlyx vax cit cornell edu writes is it possible to do a wheelie on a motorcycle with shaft drive yes joe senner joe rider cactus org austin area ride mailing list ride rider cactus org texas splatterfest mailing list fest rider cactus org
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re flashing anyone in article apr news columbia edu rdc cunixf cc columbia edu robert d castro writes hello all on my bike i have hazard lights both front and back turn signals flash since i live in nj and commute to nyc there are a number of tolls one must pay on route just before arriving at a toll booth i switch the hazards on i do thisto warn other motorists that i will be taking longer than the seconds to make the transaction taking gloves off getting money out of coin changer pocket making transaction putting gloves back on takes a little more time than the average cager takes to make the same transaction of paying the toll i also notice that when i do this cagers tend to get the message and usually go to another booth my question is this a good bad thing to do this sounds like a very good thing to do any others tend to do the same i will now whenever i don t have my handy dandy automatic coin fetcher toll payer annette with me thanks for the tip later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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antifreeze coolant 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 gallon can you believe it the kaw dealer wants a quart for the official blessed holy kawasaki coolant no way i m paying that usury thanks chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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re should liability insurance be required in article apr research nj nec com behanna syl nj nec com chris behanna writes in article tcora b gator pica army mil tcora pica army mil tom coradeschi writes in article apr walter bellcore com bzzzt if it is the other driver s fault your insurance co pays you less deductible then recoups the total cost from the other guy gal s company there s a fancy word for it which escapes me right now and pays you the deductible or you can go to the other guy gal s company right off just takes longer to get your cash as opposed to state farm who cut me a check today on the spot for the damage to my wife s cage the word is subrogation seems to me if you re willing to wait for the money from scumbag s insurance that you save having to pay the deductible however if scumbag s insurance is scum insurance then you may have to pay the deductible to get your insurance co s pack of rabid large fanged lawyers to recover the damages from scum insurance s lawyers sad but true call it job security for lawyers later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady you know it sounds suspiciously like no fault doesn t even do what it was advertised as doing getting the lawyers out of the loop sigh another naive illusion down the toilet tommy mcguire mcguire cs utexas edu mcguire austin ibm com i will append an appropriate disclaimer to outgoing public information identifying it as personal and as independent of ibm
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re riceburner respect 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 wheels by rhestless heart marty o ninja xl motosport
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re camping was help with backpack in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article apr bnr ca dave dal farra gpz bnr ca writes my crafty girfriend makes campfire bbq starters a la mcgiver well heck if you re going to make them yourself you can buy candle wax by the pound much cheper than the candles themselves hell just save your candle stubs and bring them light them up and dribble the wax all over the kindling wood and light that although i like the belly button lint eggshell case idea the best if you re feeling particularly industrious some eventful evening or you can do what i did one soggy summer open the fuel line drain some onto a piece of rough or rotten wood stick that into the middle of the soon to be inferno and carefully strike a match as kurt vonnegut titled one of the latter chapters in cat s cradle ah whoom works like a charm every time b o d y i s t h e b i k e dod asphaug hindmost lpl arizona edu kawi zephyr erik asphaug bmw r gs s o u l i s t h e r i d e r
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re how to act in front of traffic jerks in article nielsmm nanna imv aau dk nielsmm imv aau dk niels mikkel michelsen writes 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 meters behind me for 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 yours truly niels mikkel yesss you make me proud to be an merkun good thing you didn t get shot though don t try that with a good ole boy in texas i once had a jeep driver south of conroe cut me off i was in my car after i had flipped him off for doing something really idiotic and senseless all lbs of him stretches out of his jeep he walks back he is blocking all traffic between dallas and houston since the freeway has been squeezed into a single lane and says to me stick that finger out again and i ll rip it off your hand and shove it down your sorry ass throat i stared straight ahead unblinking a hundred cars were honking eventually he got back into his jeep face beet red with anger and all the rest of the way back to houston i tailed him waving honking flipping him off yelling i m glad he decided not to shoot me b o d y i s t h e b i k e dod asphaug hindmost lpl arizona edu kawi zephyr erik asphaug bmw r gs s o u l i s t h e r i d e r
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re countersteering faq please post in article qjn i d i 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 curtis jackson cjackson mv us adobe com hawk gt maxim dod kotb black lab mix studley doright collie golden george there is no justification for taking away individuals freedom in the guise of public safety thomas jefferson
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european m c insurance anyone in europe got any advice for a us citizen whose going to be living and working in italy for a year and wants to buy a motorcycle there an italian friend just arrived here in washington state to work for two years and she s finding it very very difficult to obtain car insurance so i thought i d ask i have a us license with motorcycle endorsement unlimited displacement and have had for years i am also a washington state motorcycle safety instructor if that info might help i will post a summary even if it s just of my own personal experience in buying a bike and getting it insured after i get to italy h marc lewis there are two kinds of people in the world olivetti north america those who divide everything in the world into marcl mail spk olivetti com two kinds of things and those who don t
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re motorcycle detailing tip mbeaving bnr ca michael beavington writes don t you just hate when the speedo and tach on your bike start to cloud over from all that nasty sunshine the detailing tip of the week is to use rubbing compound moisten a rag apply some rubbing compound and work into the translucent previously transparent material after a few minutes of working on the plastic face the dial or plastic face will be clear once more will not work for glass btw i am not responsible for damages incurred when using the above method most models can use the treatment safely the beav mike beavington bellnorthernresearch ottawa ont canada dod seca seca rz seca suzuki seca turbo v sabre gts can t afford the mbeaving bnr ca mcguire s makes a plastic scratch removing compound and a plastic polishing compound which really work great as well
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shipping a bike can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost i remember a thread on shipping if someone saved the instructions on bike prep please post em again or email thanks manish
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re tire recomendation for cb t wanted in article apr cbnewsm cb att com asalerno cbnewsm cb att com antonio j salerno jr writes i ve got a cb t with chen shing sp tires on it i got it with these tires on it the only reason i need new tires is beacuse i hate and don t feel safe on these i d appreciate any recomendations i can get about new tires thanks tony i ll throw in a vote for a metzler economy tire the me good for mid size older bikes rated to mph wearing well and handles my mile ride twisties to work well on the sr costs a bit more than the chengs irc s etc but still less than the sport metzlers for the newer bikes cost from chaparral is about for the front and for the rear jon m mike corcoran mike corcoran sandiego ncr com yamaha sr honda xl husky cross
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re bdi experience kent d polk kent swrinde nde swri edu wrote also watch your mirrors any time you are turning i just had another close one last night preparing for a right turn on a two lane road right turn signals on starting the turn and this lady behind me hits the throttle and starts to pass me on the right this has happened to me twice before the i have had this happen to me often enough that i always look for it on my ride to work in the morning i come to a stop light where there are lanes in my direction one for left turns one for straight through and one for right turns all clearly marked plus there is a clearly marked bicycle lane i ride into the right turn lane with my signal on and stop at the stop line looking left to see if i can make a right turn on red and when i start to move discovered that some idiot has pulled into the bike lane and is trying to pass me on the right grrr i always do a head check on bike lanes not always for bicycles bill ranck bill ranck vt edu computing center virginia polytchnic inst state univ blacksburg va
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re bmw moa members read this 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 bill ranck bill ranck vt edu computing center virginia polytchnic inst state univ blacksburg va
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re shipping a bike in a previous article manish uclink berkeley edu manish vij says can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost hmmmmmm put your butt in the seat and follow the road signs dod darkman the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them albert einstein the eternal champion
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re antifreeze coolant in article apr research nj nec com behanna syl nj nec com chris behanna writes 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 gallon can you believe it the kaw dealer wants a quart for the official blessed holy kawasaki coolant no way i m paying that usury prestone i buy it at shopko for less than that a gallon bmw has even more expensive stuff than kawasaki must be from grapes only grown in certain parts of the fatherland but bmw dave said don t worry about it just change it yearly and keep it topped off it s been keeping gretchen happy since so i guess it s ok kept my rabbit s aluminum radiator hoppy for years and miles too so i guess it s aluminum safe former owner of the late lamented rochester bmw motorcycles and all around good guy pooder rochester mn dod what do you care what other people think richard feynman i share garage space with gretchen k harvey cb note the different reply to address if you want to send me e mail
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re bikes with big dogs in article apr cua edu wendel cua edu writes has anyone ever heard of a rider giving a big dog such as a great dane a ride on the back of his bike my dog would love it if i could ever make it work thanks wendel cua edu if a large malmute counts then yes someone has heard and seen such an irresponsible childish stunt the dog needed assistance straightening out once on board the owner would lift the front legs of dog and throw them over the driver pilots shoulders said dog would get shit eating grin on its face and away they d go the dogs ass was firmly planted on the seat my dog and this dog actively seek each other out at camping party s they hate each other i think it s something personal steatopygias s r us doh that ain t no hottentot sesquipedalian s r us zx ama dod there ain t no more
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re uh der whassa deltabox can someone tell me what a deltabox frame is and what relation that has if any to the frame on my hawk gt that way next time some guy comes up to me in some parking lot and sez hey dude nice bike is that a deltabox frame on there i can say something besides duh er huh the yammie deltabox and the hawk frame are conceptually similar but yammie has a tm on the name the hawk is a purer twin spar frame design investment castings at steering head and swing arm tied together with aluminum extruded beams the yammie solution is a bit more complex godfrey digiorgi ramarren apple com dod ama rule never sell a ducati the street finds its own rule always obey rule uses for things wg ducati cinelli toyota krups nikon sony apple telebit
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re should liability insurance be required in article qf g l vtserf cc vt edu ranck joesbar cc vt edu wm l ranck writes dan j declerck declrckd rtsg mot com wrote in states with no fault auto insurance this applies you basically insure your own vehicle and the max you can sue for is about in mi anyway the point to be made with no fault is the fact that it removes the lawyers from the system and lets people get their money faster the removal of lawyers reduces the clogs on court system and thus reduces government burdens by not requiring so many judges does it work i don t know ask the people of michigan no ask the people of new jersey where the no fault hoax has been going on for years last i heard every state that ever got no fault insurance saw an increase in rates i know that s what happened in nj because i lived there when it changed just one more reason i will never go back to that state bill ranck bill ranck vt edu computing center virginia polytchnic inst state univ blacksburg va in colorado my agent tells me that no fault only applies to the medical coverage
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re bmw moa members read this wm l ranck ranck joesbar cc vt edu wrote 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 i concur with this the politics and bickering going on has ruined bmwmoa to me because of the politics and fighting i m i m going to let my current membership lapse when it s up for renewal hesh p s bmwra s on the level is a far superiour publication in my opinion
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re should liability insurance be required tommy marcus mcguire mcguire cs utexas edu wrote you know it sounds suspiciously like no fault doesn t even do what it was advertised as doing getting the lawyers out of the loop sigh another naive illusion down the toilet since most legislators are lawyers it is very difficult to get any law passed that would cut down on lawyers business that is why no fault insurance laws always backfire bill ranck bill ranck vt edu computing center virginia polytchnic inst state univ blacksburg va
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re v max handling request in article qjtr llb news ysu edu ak yfn ysu edu john r daker writes in a previous article ba ntuvax ntu ac sg says hello there ican anyone who has handson experience on riding the yamaha v max pls kindly comment on its handling you re kidding right this is flame bait in the extreme v max handling har har har har zero to very fast very quickly lastest rumor is hp at the rear wheel handles like a dream in a straight line to and then gets a tad upset according to a review in cycle world cornering er well you can t have everything seriously handling is probably as good as the big standards of the early s but not compareable to whats state of the art these days all this gleemed from reviews and discussions with owners i too lust after this bike bj bradw newbridge com no sig no plan no clue dod
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re how to act in front of traffic jerks in article nielsmm nanna imv aau dk nielsmm imv aau dk niels mikkel michelsen writes 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 meters behind me for 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 absolutely unless you are in the u s then the cager will pull a gun and blow you away bob mugele jungle bob email rmugele oracle com senior computational linguist phone oracle corp moto gs es concours irving texas dod if vegetarians eat vegetables beware of the humanitarians dr bob
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re got my bike was wanted advice on cb c purchase in article apr ll mit edu jburnside ll mit edu jamie w burnside writes sure is alot harder to load on a trailer than the kdx was i should be road legal tomorrow i am ignoring the afforementioned concerns about the transmission and taking my chances there should be no worries about the trans 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 cat dod faq mailx s hahahha jburnside ll mit edu waiting to press return later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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re what about no fault in article galileo rtn ca boeing com meb galileo rtn ca boeing com michael bain writes 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 yup unfortunately as has been pointed out the cost of insurance does not go down with no fault the crappiest drivers make out like bandits because they no longer have to bear the responsibility of paying for insurance that they have boosted in price for themselves by being crappy drivers the good drivers now pay through the nose to spread the cost of the crappy drivers actions and that s not fair any plan that caps rates for crappy drivers is inherently a piece of shit because the rest of us end up paying more any plan that uses speeding tickets as a basis for raising rates is also a piece of shit as it is based upon the lie that faster drivers are inherently less safe than slower drivers and the nhtsa disproved that two years ago now later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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re observation re helmets maven mavenry altcit eskimo com norman hamer writes grf dropped my shoei rf off the seat of my bike while trying to rock it onto it s centerstand chipped the heck out of the paint on it so i cheerfully spent on a bottle of testor s model paint and repainted the scratches and chips for minutes the question for the day is re passenger helmets if you don t know for certain who s gonna ride with you like say you meet them at a church meeting yeah that s the ticket what are some guidelines should i just pick up another shoei in my size to have a backup helmet xl or should i maybe get an inexpensive one of a smaller size to accomodate my likely passenger do i have to be the one to say it don t be so stupid as to leave your helmet on the seat where it can fall down and go boom that kind of fall is what the helmet is designed to protect against if you fall with the helmet on and you hit the same spot the helmet landed on during the drop the helmet may not protect your head as well as it was intended to do conservative rec moto ers will recommend that you replace the helmet if you want to be sure that it will protect you adequately you should helmets go on the ground on a table on a chair on a shelf or on any other surface that is large enough to support them so that they will not easily be knocked down jeezus my new shoei would be to replace you think i m going to leave it to chance cripe later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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re riceburner respect in article apr cbnewsm cb att com shz mare att com keeper of the tude writes the rider pilot of practically every riceburner i ve passed recently has waved to me and i m wondering if it will last could they simply be overexuberant that their burners have been removed from winter moth balls and the novelty will soon dissipate perhaps the gray beard that sprouted since the last rice season makes them think i m a friendly old fart that deserves a wave maybe then again did you get rid of that h d of yorn and buy a rice rocket of your own that would certainly explain the friendliness unless you maybe had a piece of toilet paper stuck on the bottom of your boot rich rich bemben dod rbemben timewarp prime com triumph bonneville x fear not the evil men do in the name of evil but heaven protect us from the evil men do in the name of good
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re motorcycle detailing tip chuck kuczaj csk wdl wdl loral com wrote mbeaving bnr ca michael beavington writes mcguire s makes a plastic scratch removing compound and a plastic polishing compound which really work great as well a useful tip how about someone letting me know motorcycle detailing tip the far side of my instrument panel was scuffed when the previous owner dumped the bike same is true for one of the turn signals both of the scuffed areas are black plastic i recall reading somewhere that there was some plastic compound you could coat the scuffed areas with then rub it down ending with a nice smooth shiny finish anyone any ideas thanks tony tony jones ant cray com uunet cray ant cmcs codegeneration group software division cray research inc f lone oak drive eagan mn
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re edu breaths in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article apr 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 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 to not recognize this is in effect close minded a lot of it reminded me of rec motorcycles and the insipid flame age thereof if you so dislike it my occasionally leather clad poser pal why read it i scan it for information a lot of it is noise and pointless flame age it s why i used trn instead of rn if you have a problem with that i m really sorry for you dan declerck email declrckd rtsg mot com motorola cellular apd friends don t let friends wear neon phone
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re edu breaths in article apr rtsg mot com declrckd rtsg mot com dan j declerck writes in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article apr 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 dave svoboda svoboda void rtsg mot com i m getting tired of concours mmmmmmmmmm beating you up dave rz ring ding woops you never learn ama dod cog chicago beth bruiser dixon
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re countersteering faq please post in article apr rd hydro on ca jlevine rd hydro on ca jody levine writes on a waterski bike you turn the handlebars left to lean right just like on a motorcycle i don t think this is the case at least not on all jetskis on my friend s jetski bars turn left to go left anyway all you re doing there is changing the yaw of the jets so the relationship between the handlbars and the rear mounted jets is completely arbitrary simple linkage could make it work either way 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 it seems to me that jetskis are even more irrelevant to this discussion than snow skis but it has been an amusing digression hey ed how do you explain the fact that you pull on a horse s reins left to go left or am i confusing two threads here phil stone new address pstone well sf ca us r st motorcycles ok
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re ggrrrrrr cages double parking motorc egreen east sun com ed green pixel cruncher writes in article castle ed ac uk wbg festival ed ac uk w geake writes ultra sticky labels printed with your favourite curse are good even our local hospitals use them instead of wheel clamps putting one about a size on each window of the cage 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 were assuming by pulling that stunt not that logic has anything to do with it but i can see the liability of putting stickers on the car while it was moving or something but it s the bdi that chooses to start and then drive the car in a known unsafe condition that would seem to be liable furthermore they would have had the last chance to avoid an unsafe situation which is an additional factor in attributing blame anyway stickers on the window are less effective no one has any problem taking a blade to a window to remove a stubborn sticker but it s a different story with that that nice paint job on the door jeff jeffrey e f friedl omron corporation nagaokakyo kyoto japan jfriedl omron co jp jfriedl cs cmu edu dod n xbk cbr r visiting researcher to the mach project carnegie mellon pittsburgh
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splitfire plugs kinda offical yo whaz up earlier i was reading on the net about using splitfire plugs one guy was thinking about it and almost everybody shot him to hell well i saw one think that someone said about show me a team that used split fires well here s some additional insight and some theories about splitfire plugs and how they boost us as oppossed to cages splitfires were originally made to burn fuel more efficiently and increased power for the x cages well for these guys splitfires increased performance by increasing torque they weren t focusing on horsepower numbers now how does this related to us high performance pilots well that depends do you pilot a high performance or cylinder machine in the case of cylinders splitfires would increase overall torque but s make more top end horsepower with its torque packed down low so for s splitfires would not significantly increase power but what about twins many of you guys laugh at some of us twins but many times we carry less weight which sometimes can make up for the hp loss see doug polen vs scott russell daytona however twins make more torque thoughout their powerbands so how does this translate increased torque should theoretically help twins make more power splitfire claims that there should be not extra mods or anything made just stick em in now i don t know about all of this and i m trying to catch up with somebody about it now but splitfires should help twins more than s as far as racing teams ducati team fast by ferraci used splitfires in the season this is when they had jamie james running for em but i don t know why they stopped since then also somebody check to see if they had them in peace warren wcd uxa cso uiuc edu have suzuki will travel at a local fix er up er shop the bike repairest looked at a dumped zx then he asked the guy what happened i dumped the clutch how fast pretty fast insurance nope the fixer smiled what do you know about bikes not much
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re how to act in front of traffic jerks in article rmugele apr oasun 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 dod alfa romeo gtv ninja
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re ed must be a daemon child in article apr research nj nec com behanna syl syl nj nec com chris behanna writes in article bethdc g h i netcom com bethd netcom com beth dixon writes bzzzzt it was me until i discovered my sr touring bike has a nifty little cache on it for things like coins or lipstick the new duc ss doesn t so i ll have to go back to carrying my lipstick in my jacket pocket life is so hard am i the only denizen who thinks that the natural look is the best look the thought of kissing that waxy shit smeared all over a woman s lips is a definite turn off so does clear lipstick chapstick etc fit under the natural look or the waxy shit category i wear something on my lips to keep them from drying out kissing dry cracked parched lips isn t too fun either not that i ll ever be kissing beth or noemi not if tom has anything to say about it you won t noemi speaks for herself beth beth the one true beth dixon bethd netcom com yamaha sr excitable girl dod yamaha sr spike the garage rat fssnoc ducati ss ama ducati monza restoration project kqspt i can keep a handle on anything just this side of deranged zz top
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re boom dog attack in article uupcb compdyn questor org ryan cousineau compdyn questor org ryan cousineau writes my previous posting on dog attacks must have generated some bad karma or something i ve weathered attempted dog attacks before using the approved method slow down to screw up dog s triangulation of target then take off and laugh at the dog now far behind you this time it didn t work because i didn t have time 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 actually the dog encountered me with intent to harm stuff deleted ryan cousinetc yamaha vision xz black pig of inverness live to ride kotrb ajs c s king rat to work to dod i d be a squid if i could afford the bike flame to ryan cousineau compdyn questor org vancouver bc canada live i sure hope you got the cost of a replacement panel out of the owner here if the owner should seem reluctant a stop by the local spca preferably with your foot leg all swollen up to file a viscious dog report would do the trick g glenn schmall astroid armory com do not cross the oncoming lanes of r from hell beaming to cafe near death that are californias highways you yeah i got a dod so what sj mercury news
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re women s jackets was ed must be a daemon child in article apr mnemosyne cs du edu jhensley nyx cs du edu john hensley writes beth dixon bethd netcom com wrote new duc ss 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 i was very lucky i found a jacket i liked that actually fits hg makes the v pilot jackets mine is a very similar style made by just leather in san jose i bought one of the last two they ever made finding decent womens motorcycling gear is not easy there is a lot of stuff out there that s fringed everywhere made of fashion leather made to fit men etc i don t know of a shop in your area there are some women rider friendly places in the san francisco san jose area but i don t recommend buying clothing mail order too hard to tell if it ll fit bates custom makes leathers you might want to call them they re in l a and get a cost estimate for the type of jacket your wife is interested in large manufacturers like bmw and h g sell women s lines of clothing of decent quality but fit is iffy a while ago noemi and lisa sieverts were talking about starting a business doing just this sort of thing don t know what they finally decided beth beth the one true beth dixon bethd netcom com yamaha sr excitable girl dod yamaha sr spike the garage rat fssnoc ducati ss ama ducati monza restoration project kqspt i can keep a handle on anything just this side of deranged zz top
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re how to act in front of traffic jerks in article nielsmm 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 apr 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 meters behind me for 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 steve steve l moseley moseley u washington edu microbiology sc phone university of washington fax seattle wa
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kreme hi folks recently saw one post about kreme being a bad idea but that was only one man s opinion any one else have any experience with the stuff
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aerostitch or piece request for opinions which is better a one piece aerostitch or a two piece aerostitch we re looking for more than well the pc is more versatile but the pc is better protection thanks in advance nadine
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re observation re helmets in article qk oi d i 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 steve steve l moseley moseley u washington edu microbiology sc phone university of washington fax seattle wa
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re v max handling request in article apr ntuvax ntu ac sg ba ntuvax ntu ac sg writes hello there ican anyone who has handson experience on riding the yamaha v max pls kindly comment on its handling depends on in what context you want it commented on it handles great compared to some bikes not so good compared to others what would you like it compared to yes i ve put a few miles on one although i ve never owned one randy davis email randy megatek com zx pilot uunet ucsd megatek randy dod but this one goes to eleven nigel tufnel spinal tap
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re observation re helmets in article qk oi d i sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com writes in article mavenry altcit eskimo com maven mavenry altcit eskimo com norman hamer writes the question for the day is re passenger helmets if you don t know for certain who s gonna ride with you like say you meet them at a church meeting yeah that s the ticket what are some guidelines should i just pick up another shoei in my size to have a backup helmet xl or should i maybe get an inexpensive one of a smaller size to accomodate my likely passenger 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 well you can accomplish both goals actually if you have a definite physical type in mind when you go to these cough church meetings if your tastes tend to smaller more petite cough churchgoers it is more likely that they will have a smaller head and you can safely get a medium or small helmet this works for me and i traded my spare large helmet with my best friend who at tends to look more for women that are over and can t usually fit into the medium size helmet he previously had of course if you aren t picky what size cough churchgoers you give helpful motorcycle rides to then ed s advice will hopefully cover any eventuality as far as legality is concerned and a spare handtowel in the tankbag makes acceptable padding so the passenger can see out of the viewport rather than the padding above the viewport in the cases of extreme mismatch randy davis email randy megatek com zx pilot uunet ucsd megatek randy dod but this one goes to eleven nigel tufnel spinal tap
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re ducati opinions wanted in article c i hm jwc srgenprp sr hp com frankb sad hp com frank ball writes godfrey digiorgi ramarren apple com wrote the ducati model is essentially a reduced displacement which means it weighs the same and is the same size as the with far less power it is produced specifically to meet a vehicle tax restriction the ducati model is essentially a reduced displacement which means it weighs the same and is the same size as the with far less power and less brakes bzzzt the ss is pounds lighter than the ss i personally and recently witnessed my ss do a stoppie with a larger than average rider aboard he said it took two fingers on that measely single front disk to accomplish the task how much more brake do you need as such it s somewhat large and overweight for its motor it will still handle magnificently it just won t be very fast there are very few other flaws to mention the limited steering lock is the annoyance noted by most testers and the mirrors aren t perfect i haven t gone over rpm yet still in break in and haven t had a problem with the ss being too slow the limited steering lock can be a problem if you aren t prepared for it the mirrors are very good imho someone forgot to tell their designer about the whazza behind you she no matta philosophy hewlett packard fax home valley house drive it xt seca f pl hmmmm i don t see a or ss in your sig did i miss something beth beth the one true beth dixon bethd netcom com yamaha sr excitable girl dod yamaha sr spike the garage rat fssnoc ducati ss ama ducati monza restoration project kqspt i can keep a handle on anything just this side of deranged zz top
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re choking ninja problem starr kuhub cc ukans edu writes i need help with my zx a i put supertrapp slip on s on it and had the carbs re jetted to match a set of k n filters that replaced the stock airbox ahh and just how were the carbs rejeted to match the changes you made to the bike a stage three kit from k n or dynojet now i have a huge flat spot in the carburation at about thousand rpm in most any gear isn t rejetting fun this is especially frustrating on the highway the bike likes to cruise at about mph which happens to be rpm in sixth gear i ve had it tuned and this doesn t seem to help i am thinking about new carbs or the injection system from a gpz does anyone have any suggestions for a fix besides restoring it to stock new carbs why would that fix it you still have to get the jetting right to match what seems to be a extremely overly lean condition you added a more free flowing exhaust and then higher flowing filters chances are it s to lean but this may not be that s the big fun with carb tuning it s very tricky your one and only choice unless you want to spend many hours fiddling with the carbs is to take it to a guy witha dyno and have he tune the carbs for your current set up otherwise you ll be playing a guessing game for a long time erik astrup afm dod cbr rr cbr concours ninja this one goes to eleven nigel tufnel lead guitar spinal tap
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re long lasting tires for small bike wsh z amsun apma virginia edu will heyman writes no rear tires as small as there are some fronts though so get a instead is there anything that size any other recomendations call the tire companies yourself and tell them what you have they can make recomendations for you that s your best bet check a biker magazine cycle world etc for phone numbers it s possible there are no other tires available though erik astrup afm dod cbr rr cbr concours ninja this one goes to eleven nigel tufnel lead guitar spinal tap
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re edu breaths in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article apr rtsg mot com declrckd rtsg mot com dan j declerck writes in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article apr 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 that plastic bodywork is useless that torque and an upright riding position is better than a slightly or radically forward riding position combined with a high rpm low torque motor to a cruiser motorcyclist chrome has some importance to sport bike motorcyclists chrome has very little impact on buying choice unless motivated solely by price these are the criteria each rider uses to select the vehicle of choice to ignore these as well as other criteria would be insensitive in other words no one motorcycle can fufill the requirements that a sport bike rider and a cruiser rider may have sometimes it s hard for any motorcycle to fufill a person s requirements you re fishing for flames dave this difference of opinion is analogous to the difference between sports car owners and luxury car owners this is a moot conversation dan declerck email declrckd rtsg mot com motorola cellular apd friends don t let friends wear neon phone
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re shipping a bike in article qkhrm go agate berkeley edu manish uclink berkeley edu manish vij writes can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost i remember a thread on shipping if someone saved the instructions on bike prep please post em again or email thanks manish step join the ama american motorcycling association call ama join step after you become a member they will ship your bike uncrated to just about anywhere across the fruited plain for a few hundred bucks i have used this service and have been continually pleased they usually only take a few days for the whole thing and you do not have to prepare the bike in any way other than draining the gas not to mention that it is about of the normal shipping costs by the time you crate a bike and ship it with another company you can pay around nick coburn dod ama cbr cbr coburnn spot colorado edu
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re bmw moa members read this in article c joz hln cup hp com chris steinbroner hesh cup hp com writes wm l ranck ranck joesbar cc vt edu wrote 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 i m going to let my current membership lapse when it s up for renewal hesh in my case that s not for another years so i d appreciate any hints on what will keep the organization in business that long and preferably longer of course and worth being part of david karr karr cs cornell edu
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re tracing license plates of bdi cagers in article apr adobe com cjackson adobe com curtis jackson wrote good advice of course thanks hesh time to go back for a zen refresher course imagine you are a lily gently floating in a still darkened pool and some bdc in a volvo comes careening off the freeway and lands on top of you in said pool you can t win jim jim franklin jamesf apple com jim bob sons cagiva alazzurra signature remodling triumph slalom champ low price quality workman dod kotp un ship call today for free estimit
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need help getting saddle bags hey i m pretty new to the wonderful world of motorcycles i just bought a used kaw kz csr from a friend i was just wondering what kind of saddle bags i could get for it since i know nothing about them are there bags for the gas tank how much would some cost and how much do they hold thanks for your advice i may be new to riding but i love it already jbourgui ucs indiana edu dod
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saddle bags and helmets for sale i m selling the following items a pair of hard saddle bags easy installation snap release feature with lock black brand is krusures two oshi full face helmets take all for these are comming off of my bike that i m selling maybe you could use the whole thing bike and accessories yamaha vision call medi work home thanks medi montaseri montasmm ntmtv com ames mcdcup ntmtv montasmm
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re observation re helmets in article mavenry altcit eskimo com maven mavenry altcit eskimo com norman hamer writes grf dropped my shoei rf off the seat of my bike while trying to rock it onto it s centerstand chipped the heck out of the paint on it congraulations your helmet just passed the snell test so i cheerfully spent on a bottle of testor s model paint and repainted the scratches and chips for minutes oh well as least it looks ok now still it may not save your head as well as before you dropped it mike mike seales yamaha xj same as fj inform group ltd dod level db tower the terrace email homer inform co nz wellington phone new zealand fax
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stolen cbr rr stolen from pasadena between and pm on blue and white honda cbr rr california plate kg cbr serial number jh sc xpm engine number no turn signals or mirrors lights taped over for track riders session at willow springs tomorrow guess i ll miss it help me find my baby kjg
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re shipping a bike can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost i d recommend that you hop on the back of it and cruise that s a really nice ride if you choose your route with any care at all shouldn t cost more than about in gas and maybe a night s motel bill mellon mellon ncd com uunet lupine mellon member of the league for programming freedom to find out how software patents may cost you your right to program contact lpf uunet uu net
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re v max handling request bradw newbridge com brad warkentin writes seriously handling is probably as good as the big standards of the early s but not compareable to whats state of the art these days i think you have to go a little further back this opinion comes from riding cb s gs s kz s and a v max i find no enjoyment in riding a v max fast on a twisty road clayton t brooks from the heart cbrooks ms uky edu pot u o ky of the blue cbrooks ukma bitnet lex ky grass and rutgers uunet ukma cbrooks bourbon country ama nma maa ams acbl dod
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re bmw moa members read this can i resign bmw moa and get the remainder of my year membership refunded
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re riceburner respect in article oxz b w w 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 flstf fatboy ducati ss
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re tracing license plates of bdi cagers in article apr i isc com jeq lachman com jonathan e quist wrote you could file a complaint for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and sign it be willing to show up in court if it comes to it no you can do this really the other morning i went to do a lane change on the freeway and looked in my mirror theer was a car there but far enough behind i looked again about seconds later car still in same position i e not accelerating i triple check with a head turn and decide i have plenty of room so i do it accelerating i travel about mile staying feet off teh bumper of the car ahead and i do a casual mirror check this guy is right on my tail i mean you couldn t stick a hair between my tire his fender i keep looking in the mirror at him a d slowly let off teh throttle he stays there until i had lost about mph and then comes around me and cuts me off big time i follow him for about miles and finally get bored and turn back into work i can file a complaint about this and actually have the chance to have something done how who where jim jim franklin jamesf apple com jim bob sons cagiva alazzurra signature remodling triumph slalom champ low price quality workman dod kotp un ship call today for free estimit
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re got my bike was wanted advice on cb c purchase in article apr research nj nec com behanna syl nj nec com chris behanna writes in article apr ll mit edu jburnside ll mit edu jamie w burnside writes sure is alot harder to load on a trailer than the kdx was i should be road legal tomorrow i am ignoring the afforementioned concerns about the transmission and taking my chances there should be no worries about the trans 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 later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs jack waters ii dod i don t fear the thief in the night its the one that comes in the afternoon when i m still asleep that i worry about
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re shipping a bike in article mellon apr pepper ncd com mellon ncd com ted lemon writes can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost i d recommend that you hop on the back of it and cruise that s a really nice ride if you choose your route with any care at all shouldn t cost more than about in gas and maybe a night s motel bill yes up the coast over to portland then up i really nice most of the way and i m sure there s even better ways watch the weather though i got about as good a drenching as possible in the oregon coast range once howard berkey howard netcom com help
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re stolen aarghhhh dam dam dam ritvax isc rit edu writes dam i get back drom work today look at me bike before dam proceding in side i nearly shit my new dry rider cover is dam gone barely two weeks old and already gone god am somebody stole my trashed old honda red white blue cover off a kz ltd in residential palo alto a couple of weeks ago the cover had holes burnt in it around the exhaust etc etc i figured it was just kids but maybe not jet netcom com j eric townsend r r dod hafta kill you this is my fun account work email goes to jet nas nasa gov you got to put down the ducky if you wanna play saxophone skate unix or die boyo
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changing sprocket ratios honda cb do any honda gurus know if i can replace the the front sprocket on my honda cb k with a slightly larger one i see this as being preferable to reducing the size of the rear one just wanting ride at a more relaxed rpm clayton t brooks from the heart cbrooks ms uky edu pot u o ky of the blue cbrooks ukma bitnet lex ky grass and rutgers uunet ukma cbrooks bourbon country ama nma maa ams acbl dod
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re bmw moa members read this oh boy a little k bike versus scuffling grow up and that goes for the both of you i do hope that the dump dempster campaign works however i think that he is a crook and i am suprised that it has taken this long for anything to be done though obviously it ain t over yet on the other hand i m not sure that i want to be in bed with any of the wackos running throwing oo down a rathole might be more effective than sending it in to the club you wouldn t get anything but you don t get anything now the magazine you say ever since the moa politburo installed don it has lacked any sort of panache it may have had ah but what would i know i own a and a k bike static moa
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re countersteering faq please post in article apr 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 i ve bike like jody levine dod kv got a you can if you pf jody p levine hydro on ca ride it toronto ontario canada
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re ed must be a daemon child in article bethdc jul l netcom com bethd netcom com beth dixon writes in article apr research nj nec com behanna syl syl nj nec com chris behanna writes in article bethdc g h i netcom com bethd netcom com beth dixon writes bzzzzt it was me until i discovered my sr touring bike has a nifty little cache on it for things like coins or lipstick the new duc ss doesn t so i ll have to go back to carrying my lipstick in my jacket pocket life is so hard am i the only denizen who thinks that the natural look is the best look the thought of kissing that waxy shit smeared all over a woman s lips is a definite turn off so does clear lipstick chapstick etc fit under the natural look or the waxy shit category i wear something on my lips to keep them from drying out kissing dry cracked parched lips isn t too fun either agreed but yes chapstick fits under the waxy shit category although i ve noticed that stealing annette s chapstick after she s applied it kept my lips from cracking this past winter like they have in all previous winters sigh the price i must pay not that i ll ever be kissing beth or noemi not if tom has anything to say about it you won t noemi speaks for herself so does my darling annette okay i guess you can ready the barf bags now later chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name agree with any of this anyway i was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs
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re shipping a bike can someone recommend how to ship a motorcycle from san francisco to seattle and how much might it cost i shipped my k s from portland oregon to daytona for this years bike week i rode it back the company i used is the federal co s you can reach them at ex you either have to be a ama member or maybe it is just a discount for ama not sure call ama join to become an ama member the shipping cost is based on the number of miles it cost me about for portland to orlando of that was insurance all i had to do is ride it to the shipping dock and siphon the gas out i think they can also pick up the bike from any business the bike arrived on time at orlando all i had to do was adjust the mirrors and add gas the bike was in perfect shape gary
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re bikes vs horses was re insect impac cooper mprgate mpr ca greg cooper writes in article qeftj d i sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com ed green in article sda usenet ins cwru edu ai cleveland freenet edu mike sturde only exceptional ones like me average ones like you can barely fart by themselves fuck you very much mike gentlemen please greg s obviously confused there aren t many any gentlemen on this newsgroup well maybe one or two robert smits ladysmith bc if lucas built weapons wars emd ham almanac bc ca would never start either
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re recommendation for a front tire in article qfkqhinn s rodan uu net smm rodan uu net steve mansfield writes yes my front tire is all but dead it has minimal tread left so it s time for a new one any recommendations on a good tire in front i m riding on an almost brand new me a in back stick an me on the front i ve got a laser on the front of my gpz and it has been a fantastic tire best front tire i ve ever had graeme weir dod fido c a unb ca university of new brunswick fredericton nb canada damn the box jockeys full speed ahead live to flame flame to live gpz kz kz trek mtb
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re long trips in article uupcb freddy ersys edmonton ab ca mark harrison freddy ersys edmonton ab ca mark harrison writes i am new to motorcycliing i e don t even have a bike yet and will be going on a long trip from edmonton to vancouver any tips on bare essentials for the trip tools clothing emergency repairs er without a bike ed maybe you ought to respond to this how you gonna get there if yer going by cage what s this got to do with r m i am also in the market for a used cycle any tips on what to look for so i don t get burnt much appreciated mark maybe somebody oughta gang tool faq this guy hmmm andy infante you can listen to what everybody says but the fact remains bmw r that you ve got to get out there and do the thing yourself dod joan sutherland my opinions dammit have nothing to do with anyone else
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re how to act in front of traffic jerks nielsmm imv aau dk niels mikkel michelsen writes did i do the right thing denmark eh should have taken a short sword and cleaved his car in half since i assume you didn t have a short sword on you i certainly have no problems with your choice of substitute action dan sorenson dod z dan exnet iastate edu viking iastate edu isu only censors what i read not what i say don t blame them usenet post to exotic distant machines meet exciting unusual people and flame them
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re boom dog attack 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 mph or so gravel road with few loose rocks on it as in just like bad concrete and lbs 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 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 lbs of cow can hit me when i m actively evading forget a much more manueverable dog just run them over dan sorenson dod z dan exnet iastate edu viking iastate edu isu only censors what i read not what i say don t blame them usenet post to exotic distant machines meet exciting unusual people and flame them
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re flashing anyone behanna syl nj nec com chris behanna writes just before arriving at a toll booth i switch the hazards on i do thisto warn other motorists that i will be taking longer than the seconds to make the transaction my question is this a good bad thing to do this sounds like a very good thing to do i ll second that in addition i find my hazards to be more often used than my horn at speeds below mph on the interstates quite common in mountains with trucks some states require flashers in rural areas flashers let the guy behind you know there is a tractor with a rather large implement behind it in the way use them whenever you need to communicate that things will deviate from the norm chris behanna dod h d fxwg wide glide jubilee s red lady behanna syl nj nec com cb t baby bike disclaimer now why would nec zx needs a name is that zx painted green since the green triumph that a friend owned was sold off her name is now free for adoption how does the name thunderpickle grab you dan sorenson dod z dan exnet iastate edu viking iastate edu isu only censors what i read not what i say don t blame them usenet post to exotic distant machines meet exciting unusual people and flame them
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re v max handling request in apr ntuvax ntu ac sg ba ntuvax ntu ac sg writes ican anyone who has handson experience on riding the yamaha v max pls kindly comment on its handling the v max goes in a strait line like shit shrough a goose in the corners i d rather ride a honda dream dan sorenson dod z dan exnet iastate edu viking iastate edu isu only censors what i read not what i say don t blame them usenet post to exotic distant machines meet exciting unusual people and flame them
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re bikes vs horses was re insect impacts f in article txd able mkt com com txd esd com com tom dietrich writes in a previous article egreen east sun com ed green pixel cruncher says lots of things none of which are quoted here in article rgu usenet ins cwru edu ai cleveland freenet edu mike sturdevant writes you think your average dirt biker can jump a foot log how about an log that is suspended about off of the ground for that matter how about a log that is suspended off of the ground oh ye of little imagination you don t jump over those that s where you lay the bike down and slide under jonathan e quist jeq lachman com lachman technology incorporated dod kotpp kotcf cl k gleep naperville il there s nothing quite like the pitter patter of little feet followed by the words daddy yay
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battery storage why not charge and store dry so it looks like i m going to have to put a couple of bikes in storage for a few months starting several months from now and i m already contemplating how to do it so they re as easy to get going again as possible i have everything under control i think besides the batteries i know that if i buy a battery tender for each one and leave them plugged in the whole time the bikes are in storage they ll be fine but i m not sure that s necessary i ve never heard anyone discussing this idea so maybe there s some reason why it isn t so great but maybe someone can tell me would it be a mistake to fully charge the batteries drain the electrolyte into separate containers one for each battery seal the container close up the batteries and leave them that way then it would seem that when the bikes come out of storage i could put the electrolyte back in the batteries and they should still be fully charged what s wrong with this on a related but different note for you bay area denizens wasn t there someone who had a bunch of spare edta a few months back who was it is there still any of it left thanks for any and all help robert
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re should liability insurance be required in article apr newbridge com bradw newbridge com brad warkentin writes in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes sorry i lost the attributions in most areas drivers are required to show proof of financial responsibility which usually means insurance required how when they get pulled over most drivers bellyaching on the net aside don t get pulled over and checked the laws are enforceable only after the fact in which case often somebody is out a lot of money don t you have any requirement for yearly plate stickers in the us in ontario and manitoba for sure and the other provinces i think you have to show proof of insurnace when you renew your plate ie get a new sticker yes unfortunately there is also the concept that the owner of a car is not responsible for the actions of any authorized user of the car that s one of the biggest arguments against photo radar ticketing systems you also get to pay all outstanding tickets they even have cross province agreements at least between ontario and quebec so that unpaid tickets in the other province are on record no having an up to date sticker is a bad trouble with that is you then have no recourse if a mis issued ticket or a clerical error on a computer follow you around the city of chicago the informal motto of which being the city the works issues dozens of parking tickets each year to people who have never set foot or tire in the city jonathan e quist jeq lachman com lachman technology incorporated dod kotpp kotcf cl k gleep naperville il there s nothing quite like the pitter patter of little feet followed by the words daddy yay
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fortune guzzler barred from bars saw this in today s newspaper fortune guzzler barred from bars barnstaple england reuter a motorcyclist said to have drunk away a insurance payment in less than years was banned wednesday from every pub in england and wales david roberts had been awarded the cash in compensation for losing a leg in a motorcycle accident he spent virtually all of it on cider a court in barnstaple in southwest england was told judge malcolm coterill banned roberts from all bars in england and wales for months and put on two years probation after he started a brawl in a pub bruce clarke b c environment e mail bclarke galaxy gov bc ca
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solar battery chargers any good i ve seen solar battery boosters and they seem to come without any guarantee on the other hand i ve heard that some people use them with success although i have yet to communicate directly with such a person have you tried one what was your experience how did you use it occasional charging long term leave it for weeks etc robert kennedy robert kennedy office robert cs stanford edu home voice computer science dept stanford university home tty
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re please gentlemen in article cvbnetprime com tjohnson tazmanian prime com tod johnson x writes in article uupcb freddy ersys edmonton ab ca grant barkwell freddy ersys edmonton ab ca grant barkwell writes cp too my certain knowledge simply posessing a motorcycle cp can get you laid true oh so very thankfully true gentlemen please do us all a rather appropriate favor and excuse the comments about your sexual fortunes on the net it is hardly an tod i think you ve misspoke if they re banking on owning a motorcycle to get them laid then i doubt they have sexual fortunes quite the reverse jonathan e quist jeq lachman com lachman technology incorporated dod kotpp kotcf cl k gleep naperville il there s nothing quite like the pitter patter of little feet followed by the words daddy yay
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re happy easter in article apr hasler ascom ch kevinh hasler ascom ch writes ba were trying to sell rr to bmw even tested a bmw v in a corniche i think it will remain british for the time being until ba get hard up anyway rolls royce owned by a non british firm ye gods that would be the end of civilization as we know it jonathan e quist jeq lachman com lachman technology incorporated dod kotpp kotcf cl k gleep naperville il there s nothing quite like the pitter patter of little feet followed by the words daddy yay
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re live free but quietly or die in article qc fu c r sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com writes loud pipes are a biligerent exercise in ego projection no arguements following just the facts i was able to avoid an accident by revving my engine and having my stock harley pipes make enough noise to draw someones attention i instinctively revved my engine before i went for my horn don t know why but i did it and it worked thats rather important i am not saying the louder the pipes the better my harley is loud and it gets me noticed on the road for that reason i personally do not feel it is to loud if you do well thats to bad welcome to america home of the free land of the atlanta braves if you really want a fine tuned machine like our federal government to get involved and pass db restrictions it should be generous enough so that a move like revving your engine will get you noticed sure there are horns but my hand is already on the throttle should we get into how many feet a bike going mph goes in seconds or how long it would take me to push my horn button and aren t you the guy that doesn t even have a bike tod j johnson dod go slow take geritol
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re should liability insurance be required in article apr walter bellcore com fist iscp bellcore com richard pierson writes lets get this no fault stuff straight i lived in nj when nf started my rates went up alot moved to pa and my rates went down alot the nf came to pa and it was a different story if you are sitting in a parking lot having lunch or whatever and someone wacks you guess whose insurance pays for it give up yours only if you have a weeny insurance company unless it s some stupid pa law i know that if some jerk hits me while i m in a parking lot if my insruance company doesn t sue his or his doesn t immediately say yes it s his fault i ll sure him myself and tell my insurance company to go to hell if they raise my rates andy infante you can listen to what everybody says but the fact remains bmw r that you ve got to get out there and do the thing yourself dod joan sutherland my opinions dammit have nothing to do with anyone else
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re ggrrrrrr cages double parking motorc in article qjmf d i sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com writes in article castle ed ac uk wbg festival ed ac uk w geake writes ultra sticky labels printed with your favourite curse are good even our local hospitals use them instead of wheel clamps putting one about a size on each window of the cage 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 were assuming by pulling that stunt she claimed it was the driver who was at fault for illegally parking in the first place that would probably be good for a laugh or two in court before they found her liable for serious be careful about putting stickers on cages windows yeah make darn sure you cover all the glass so the driver can t reasonably expect to be able to drive with the things on the car jonathan e quist jeq lachman com lachman technology incorporated dod kotpp kotcf cl k gleep naperville il there s nothing quite like the pitter patter of little feet followed by the words daddy yay
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re fortune guzzler barred from bars bclarke galaxy gov bc ca writes saw this in today s newspaper fortune guzzler barred from bars barnstaple england reuter a motorcyclist said to have drunk away a insurance payment in less than years was banned wednesday from every pub in england and wales david roberts had been awarded the cash in compensation for losing a leg in a motorcycle accident he spent virtually all of it on cider a court in barnstaple in southwest england was told judge malcolm coterill banned roberts from all bars in england and wales for months and put on two years probation after he started a brawl in a pub is there no justice if i lost my leg when i was and had to give up motorcycling assuming david didn t know that it can be done one legged i too would want to get swamped maybe even for ten years i ll admit i d probably prefer homebrew to pubbrew but still judge coterill is in some serious trouble i can tell you that any chance you can get to him and convince him his ruling was backward nick perhaps the lad deserved something for starting a brawl bad form horribly bad form but for getting drunk that i thought was ones natural born right and for spending his own money my goodness who cares what one does with one s own moolah even if one spends it recklessly i m ashamed of humanity matt block koch dod honda cb
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re bmw moa members read this in article apr cs cornell edu karr cs cornell edu david karr writes riveting bmwmoa election soap opera details deleted well there doesn t seem to be any shortage of alternative candidates obviously you re not voting for mr vechorik but what about the others i m going to buy a bmw just to cast a vote for groucho ride safe cliff weston dod seca ii tem this bike is in excellent condition i ve done all the work on it myself glen crash stone
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