I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

"Mavrik" <none@000.com> wrote in message
news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool.

Well boy did you pick the RIGHT place to post! Between the chaps and
fringe and hair raising stories of how poor riding can get you, and
others, into deep doo-doo, this place ROCKS!


>Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes.

Just ask us! We knoe's everything!

"Mavrik" <none@000.com> wrote in message
news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

You found usenet, I think you can find GOOGLE or WIKIPEDIA.

But here is a quick lesson (assuming you mean motorsickles and not
bicycles):

They have 2 wheels and an engine (bicycles have pedals) and go VROOOOM
(bicycles don't).

Teh wimmens like 'em.

Go buy one (a motorsickle) so we can make fun of your choice. Hell, buy a
bicycle and we can make fun of it.

On Apr 21, 4:01 pm, "TroytheTroll" <f4_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Mavrik" <n...@000.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>
> >I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> > from, Wow look at that it looks cool.
>
> Well boy did you pick the RIGHT place to post! Between the chaps and
> fringe and hair raising stories of how poor riding can get you, and
> others, into deep doo-doo, this place ROCKS!
>
> >Anyways I was hoping someone
> > could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> > about bikes.
>
> Just ask us! We knoe's everything!

Some of us knoes everything but there's
a whole bunch of idiots who don't agree with
us and refuse to admit they're wrong.

Also, to work on your bike, you will need
at least one tool. This one really isn't intended
for use on motorcycles, so it's an excellent
first tool.

http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html

Mavrik <none@000.com> wrote:

:I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
:from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
:could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
:about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
arts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
:motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.


http://auto.howstuffworks.com/motorcycle.htm

That should answer the, "Never used a wrench or screwdriver in my
life," type questions.

If you want to know something about a particular model or process,
just ask. Most will ridicule you but you may find the answer you
seek amidst the noise.



---
Small town person clinging to guns out of bitterness

BryanUT :
>
> "Mavrik" <none@000.com> wrote in message
> news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>>I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
>> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
>> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
>> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
>> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
>> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.
>
> You found usenet, I think you can find GOOGLE or WIKIPEDIA.
>
> But here is a quick lesson (assuming you mean motorsickles and not
> bicycles):
>
> They have 2 wheels and an engine (bicycles have pedals) and go VROOOOM
> (bicycles don't).
>
> Teh wimmens like 'em.
>
> Go buy one (a motorsickle) so we can make fun of your choice. Hell, buy a
> bicycle and we can make fun of it.

For example, I love my 1982 Yamaha XJ 650 RJ Seca!

Ok now just watch.


Wait for iiiiiit.

--
Landru! Guide us!
-- A Beta 3-oid, "The Return of the Archons", stardate 3157.4

www.websterscafe.com

"Handover Phist" <jason@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote

>> Go buy one (a motorsickle) so we can make fun of your choice. Hell, buy
>> a
>> bicycle and we can make fun of it.
>
> For example, I love my 1982 Yamaha XJ 650 RJ Seca!
>
> Ok now just watch.
>
> Wait for iiiiiit.

Bret: "Mighty quiet around here, Bart. You figure them Indians is gone
away?"

(Whiiiiiish-*THUNK*)

Bret: "Humm. Guess not. Bet that hurts."

BryanUT wrote:

> They have 2 wheels and an engine (bicycles have pedals) and go VROOOOM
> (bicycles don't).

Bicycles do too go VROOOOM, when you use a wooden clothes peg to clamp
a playing card to a fork so it flaps in the spokes.

SQ

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0700 (PDT), Rob Kleinschmidt
<Rkleinsch1216128@aol.com> wrote:

>On Apr 21, 4:01 pm, "TroytheTroll" <f4_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Mavrik" <n...@000.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>>
>> >I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
>> > from, Wow look at that it looks cool.
>>
>> Well boy did you pick the RIGHT place to post! Between the chaps and
>> fringe and hair raising stories of how poor riding can get you, and
>> others, into deep doo-doo, this place ROCKS!
>>
>> >Anyways I was hoping someone
>> > could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
>> > about bikes.
>>
>> Just ask us! We knoe's everything!
>
>Some of us knoes everything but there's
>a whole bunch of idiots who don't agree with
>us and refuse to admit they're wrong.
>
>Also, to work on your bike, you will need
>at least one tool. This one really isn't intended
>for use on motorcycles, so it's an excellent
>first tool.
>
>http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html

Did you know that Sheldon died a few months ago? Very sad in the bicycle
community.

Ben

"Mavrik" <> wrote in message >I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge
of them mostly comes> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Right now I am
looking for sites that teach me what the> parts are and what they do,
basically the technical aspects of a> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I
would appreciate it very much.

This is a good place to start. Your first question should be what kind of
oil to use....
Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937

A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven has
eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a
pinion.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:20:20 GMT, Sean_Q_ <nospam@no.sapm> wrote:

>BryanUT wrote:
>
>> They have 2 wheels and an engine (bicycles have pedals) and go VROOOOM
>> (bicycles don't).
>
>Bicycles do too go VROOOOM, when you use a wooden clothes peg to clamp
>a playing card to a fork so it flaps in the spokes.
>
>SQ

A balloon was even better, while it lasted. (loud balloons save lives <g>).

Ben

Mavrik wrote:

> I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool.

That applies to me also and I have been riding since Lyndon Johnson
said, "I shall not seek, and if nominated I shall not accept.."

> Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes.

I am so-o-o-o tempted to post a smart-ass reply to this query, but shall
exercise restraint in consideration of the dignity of the newsgroup.

After all there was a era, back in the misty shades of the Dream Time
when I was was a toddler and knew nothing whatsoever about motorcycles
either, until the day some guy rode by on his Harley Davidson. I gazed
in awe at this wondrous machine that made such an authoritative, manly
sound, and resolved to myself that some day I'd have one of my own.

So now, about six US presidents and two near-impeachments later, I have
my own wondrous Harley Electra-Glide (in blue, no less) and I wave at
awestruck toddlers as I ride by and I can see the same resolve in their
eyes, and who knows, maybe some day they'll show up on this forum asking
for help about getting their first bike, and so you see, Simba,
the Great Circle of Life keeps rolling along...

Meanwhile, to Seeker Mavrik I say this: use Google, hang around bike
shops, take a riding course, gawk at the bikes (and the broads) in
bike magazines... seek persistently, and a Way will open...

SQ

"Mavrik" <none@000.com> wrote in message
news:7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000 .com...
>I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

Learn how to drive a manual transmission (if you don't already), then take
the MSF course.

Put-putting around on 250cc bikes for a couple days will teach you a bit.

Susan (CobbersMom) wrote:

> A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven has
> eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a
> pinion.

<groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more timid around humans, so
Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow. However, "Quoth the Raven"
makes better poetry.

There are crows around here and I give them treats, such as gristle and
food abandoned in the fridge too long. There is one big bold crow that
I can almost feed by hand, and I have named him "Corvid". Corvid is
always the first to show up when I go outside with a plate or a plastic
bag of goodies and he perches on the house peak right above me while
I put it on the fence posts. Then he caws loudly to notify any other
crow within a 1 block radius and glides down to the fence.

One day a seagull showed up, saw the food, called out in Gull and
soon there were four of them aggressively flying circles all around
the neighborhood just like the US Air Force on combat air patrol.

The crows were outclassed, so they had to lie low and wait until
the gulls left.

SQ

P. Roehling :
>
> "Handover Phist" <jason@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote
>
>>> Go buy one (a motorsickle) so we can make fun of your choice. Hell, buy
>>> a
>>> bicycle and we can make fun of it.
>>
>> For example, I love my 1982 Yamaha XJ 650 RJ Seca!
>>
>> Ok now just watch.
>>
>> Wait for iiiiiit.
>
> Bret: "Mighty quiet around here, Bart. You figure them Indians is gone
> away?"
>
> (Whiiiiiish-*THUNK*)
>
> Bret: "Humm. Guess not. Bet that hurts."

*cough* <die>


--
I'm dressing up in an ill-fitting IVY-LEAGUE SUIT!! Too late...

www.websterscafe.com

Ben Kaufman <spaXm-mXe-anXd-paXy-5000-dollars@pobox.com> wrote in
news:nqgq0496scieihilmnrd5s920sq1alf28b@4ax.com:

> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0700 (PDT), Rob Kleinschmidt
> <Rkleinsch1216128@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 21, 4:01 pm, "TroytheTroll" <f4_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html
>
> Did you know that Sheldon died a few months ago? Very sad in the
> bicycle community.

And the absurd/useless/loser tool/service/proceedure HTML community.

RIP. He was a national treasure.
The Japanese have something going with their living national treasure
program.
--
Brian Johnsen

> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the

http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:54:05 -0400, Steve T <rm2@no48panspam.com>
wrote:

>Mavrik <none@000.com> wrote:
>
>:I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
>:from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
>:could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
>:about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
>arts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
>:motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.
>
>
>http://auto.howstuffworks.com/motorcycle.htm
>
>That should answer the, "Never used a wrench or screwdriver in my
>life," type questions.
>
>If you want to know something about a particular model or process,
>just ask. Most will ridicule you but you may find the answer you
>seek amidst the noise.

Maybe we should put all the threads from the past year started by
David T. Ashley into an archive, just for this purpose.

In article <7748675_12a89e3ace477610ab7b2b5b8f8f0a7e@0000.com >,
Mavrik <none@000.com> wrote:

> I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

There's this Timberwoof guy who keeps a FAQ. You should ask him for the
URL.

--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml
Ten Steps to Fascism: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html

Sean_Q_ <nospam@no.sapm> wrote in news:w7cPj.210970$pM4.94990@pd7urf1no:

> Susan (CobbersMom) wrote:
>
>> A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven
>> has eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a
>> matter of a pinion.
>
> <groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more timid around humans, so
> Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow. However, "Quoth the Raven"
> makes better poetry.
>
> There are crows around here and I give them treats, such as gristle
> and food abandoned in the fridge too long. There is one big bold crow
> that I can almost feed by hand, and I have named him "Corvid". Corvid
> is always the first to show up when I go outside with a plate or a
> plastic bag of goodies and he perches on the house peak right above me
> while I put it on the fence posts. Then he caws loudly to notify any
> other crow within a 1 block radius and glides down to the fence.
>
> One day a seagull showed up, saw the food, called out in Gull and
> soon there were four of them aggressively flying circles all around
> the neighborhood just like the US Air Force on combat air patrol.
>
> The crows were outclassed, so they had to lie low and wait until
> the gulls left.
>
> SQ
>

A friend of mine puts food out for the birds. Sometimes the neighborhood
falcon will attack them while they are eating. Leaves a real mess.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:15:31 +0200, Handover Phist
<jason@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote:

[...]
> For example, I love my 1982 Yamaha XJ 650 RJ Seca!

Yamaha sucks, you should have bought a Honda!

Wait, or was it Harley? I can never quite remember.

Leslie
--
Leszek "Leslie" Karlik
NTV 650 and a set of asbestos motorcycle clothes

On Apr 21, 6:22*pm, Mavrik <n...@000.com> wrote:
> I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

WWW.totalmotorcycle.com

"Sean_Q_" <> wrote in message > <groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more
timid around humans, so> Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow.
However, "Quoth the Raven"
> makes better poetry.
> > There are crows around here and I give them treats, such as gristle and>
> > food abandoned in the fridge too long. There is one big bold crow that>
> > I can almost feed by hand, and I have named him "Corvid". Corvid is
> always the first to show up when I go outside with a plate or a plastic>
> bag of goodies and he perches on the house peak right above me while
> I put it on the fence posts. Then he caws loudly to notify any other> crow
> within a 1 block radius and glides down to the fence.


I hate that caw at 5 in the morning when I'm trying to sleep!
Used to have a pet crow that was learning to talk. Turned him loose and he
still hung around for quite a while. Also too smart for his own good.
Would torment the neighbor by perching his sandy feet on the guys new
Blazer. Flew up on the garage roof, right out of broom distance.
Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937

A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven has
eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a
pinion.

On Apr 21, 6:22 pm, Mavrik <n...@000.com> wrote:
> I am very, very new to bikes so my knowledge of them mostly comes
> from, Wow look at that it looks cool. Anyways I was hoping someone
> could give me some sites that can tell me everything I want to know
> about bikes. Right now I am looking for sites that teach me what the
> parts are and what they do, basically the technical aspects of a
> motorcycle. So if anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/
will start you from scratch, assumes 0 knowledge

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/school.htm
will give you a little bit more

http://virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/
will do a poor job explaining how to de-gunk your carbs (so get fuel
injection!)

http://www.clarity.net/~adam/buying-bike.html
thorough guide on the theory of buying a motorcycle - often disclaims
itself as theory by saying "bring along a bike-knowledgeable person
for this part"





c

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:33:00 GMT, Sean_Q_ <nospam@no.sapm> wrote:

>Susan (CobbersMom) wrote:
>
>> A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven has
>> eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a
>> pinion.
>
><groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more timid around humans, so
>Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow. However, "Quoth the Raven"
>makes better poetry.

I dunno.
"Quoth the crow"
has a certain, je ne sais quoi, tongue twister quality to it.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:46:33 GMT, "Susan \(CobbersMom\)"
<dittohead1152@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"Sean_Q_" <> wrote in message > <groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more
>timid around humans, so> Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow.
>However, "Quoth the Raven"
>> makes better poetry.
>> > There are crows around here and I give them treats, such as gristle and>
>> > food abandoned in the fridge too long. There is one big bold crow that>
>> > I can almost feed by hand, and I have named him "Corvid". Corvid is
>> always the first to show up when I go outside with a plate or a plastic>
>> bag of goodies and he perches on the house peak right above me while
>> I put it on the fence posts. Then he caws loudly to notify any other> crow
>> within a 1 block radius and glides down to the fence.
>
>
>I hate that caw at 5 in the morning when I'm trying to sleep!

heh. Crows are bad, but occasionally, a local flock of parrots will
show up. Man, you want an obnoxious squawk? Reminds me of my buddie's
ex-girlfriend. But at least they are pretty to look at. Gulls are just
loud sky rats. Sorta like Joan Rivers.

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

"Turby" <turbosurfer@beach.comber> wrote in message
news:mk4r041nkaokrlfgeatf51ntdh474f7ijm@4ax.com...
>><groan> ... Ravens are larger but also more timid around humans, so
>>Edgar Allen Poe's bird was probably a crow. However, "Quoth the Raven"
>>makes better poetry.
>
> I dunno.
> "Quoth the crow"
> has a certain, je ne sais quoi, tongue twister quality to it.

But it kinda loses that whole "dark" feel of the poem,
don' it? I mean, it's getting dangerously close to
something like "quoth the chickadee" or such
nonsense.

Bob M.

"Leszek Karlik" <leslie@hell.pl> wrote in message
newsp.t90buptubkkx24@deathandgravity...
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:15:31 +0200, Handover Phist
> <jason@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>> For example, I love my 1982 Yamaha XJ 650 RJ Seca!
>
> Yamaha sucks, you should have bought a Honda!
>

All the Yamaha 2-strokes I've owned were brilliant - the 4-stroke yammies
I've owned were donkeys (slow, crap acceleration, unreliable, lousy handling
etc etc etc).

"Turby" <turbosurfer@beach.comber> wrote

>>I hate that caw at 5 in the morning when I'm trying to sleep!
>
> heh. Crows are bad, but occasionally, a local flock of parrots will
> show up. Man, you want an obnoxious squawk? Reminds me of my buddie's
> ex-girlfriend. But at least they are pretty to look at. Gulls are just
> loud sky rats. Sorta like Joan Rivers.

Joan Rivers can fly?

When does the season open?

"P. Roehling" <nowayjose@uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
news:4810231e$0$7699$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
> "Turby" <turbosurfer@beach.comber> wrote
>
>>>I hate that caw at 5 in the morning when I'm trying to sleep!
>>
>> heh. Crows are bad, but occasionally, a local flock of parrots will
>> show up. Man, you want an obnoxious squawk? Reminds me of my buddie's
>> ex-girlfriend. But at least they are pretty to look at. Gulls are just
>> loud sky rats. Sorta like Joan Rivers.
>
> Joan Rivers can fly?

I thought it was "What if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly?"

(Bonus points to anyone who recognizes THAT one...)

Bob M.