From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 29 13:41:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-168.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5827B37B41B for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:40:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from topperwein (topperwein [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0TLcZG46092; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:38:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:38:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: Terry Lambert Cc: Nate Williams , Chad David , "M. Warner Losh" , Subject: Re: Transmissions :) Was: Firewall config non-intuitiveness In-Reply-To: <3C56623F.4988720C@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20020129163421.E46073-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message