Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:38:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Transmissions :) Was: Firewall config non-intuitiveness Message-ID: <20020129163421.E46073-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3C56623F.4988720C@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Chris BeHanna wrote:
> >
> > I don't subscribe to -chat, but it's funny that this particular
> > message made it into my inbox anyway, what with me unintentionally
> > becoming very, very familiar with the transmissions of three different
> > motorcycles ('82 Roadster, '91 ZX-11, and '75 Honda CB360T. My '77
> > BMW is due for an infamous spline lube...hmm).
>
> I hear that lubricating a BMW motorcycle causes the Lucas
> Electric ignition system to go out. Other common causes
> of failure are:
>
> o Riding your BMW motorcycle
> o Not riding your BMW motorcycle
> o Finding someone who can sell you the funny BMW
> batteries, and intending to buy one
> o Telling jokes about the Queen or a member of the
> royal family, particularly a Prince Charles "ear
> joke"
> o Reading the "Lucas" label out loud, three times,
> during or immediately following a full moon
> o Looking at it funny
That'd all be a neat trick, given that BMW electrics were made by
Robert Bosch. :)
The more common foibles are well-documented on
http://www.airheads.org/ . We can start with the Rube Goldberg
throttle cable arrangement, move to the ridiculous oil filler
location, skip on to the very funky cable-operated front brake master
cylinder, take a stop by the ever so pitiful
if-God-had-intended-motorcycles-to-have-brakes-he-wouldn't-have-given-you-engine-braking
ATE front caliper, and so on, and so on, and so on.
I *will* say this: the Russell Day-long saddle and riding
position provide much more comfort than my Hayabusa. Too bad I have
to give up more than 100 horses to get it.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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