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From: "W.S." <mobacc@XXXXXX>
To: "DC-Cycles" <DC-Cycles@XXXXXX>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:58:09 -0500
Subject: [dc-cycles]  Coming up

Some great spring trips to Balmore and Annapolis coming up - The Volvo Ocean
Race boats stops.  Just now approaching Rio:  Man and hitech machine in one
corner, mother nature in the other, around the world.  10 crew on state of
the art eggshells capable of 40 knots.  Hulls break, new tilting keels give
up, crewmen quit.

Lotsa dope at http://www.volvooceanrace.org.  Due in Balmore April 20, leave
Annapolis May 7.

Bill S. / DC (on digest)
'99 VN750 > Slippery decks like ferries
Join the AMA.  Help protect my riding fun.



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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:24:17 -0500
From: Dale Horstman <horkster@XXXXXX>
To: Wayne Edelen <wayne@XXXXXX>
CC: dc-cycles@XXXXXX
Subject: Re: [dc-cycles]  Beginner bikes - anyone selling?

Wayne Edelen wrote:

>A buddy of mine is looking to get into biking.  Figured I'd post up here
>to see if anyone was selling a good starter bike.  He's looking for cheap,
>but mechanically sound.  Looks not really important.
>
>

How does 2 out of 3 sound?  :)   I've got a 1982 Suzuki GS850G that is
gonna officially
go up on craigslist here shortly.  It's cheeep and sorta cosmetically
challenged.  I
won't claim it to be mechanically sound, but it has run fairly well for me.

Pros:
Old Suzuki GS motors - good stuff
Tipover bars & highway pegs
Shaft drive (yeah baby!)
Clear title
Seat recently re-covered, no tears, looks nice.
30-something thousand miles (have to go check)
Recent clutch and tach cables.
Plenty of tread on newer (~2 years old) Metzelers

Cons:
Old Suzuki GS electrics - not the greatest
Clutch slips a little under full throttle.
Slow leak in front tire, loses ~10 psi every few days
Surface rust on footpegs, front fender.


The first $600 here on DCC can ride it home.  I'll probably ask
for more on craigslist in a few weeks, but by then the weather will
be nicer and I'll get a chance to address some of it's issues.

Hork

--
Dale Horstman - horkster@XXXXXX
Dale City, Virginia, USA, Earth

Mason Dixon 20-20 Rally, featuring:
Questionable Interpretations http://www.md2020.org



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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:14:59 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sean Steele" <sean@XXXXXX>
To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX
Subject: [dc-cycles]  Aki Damme

If you're still on the list, can you ping me off-line?

If he's not, and someone has his email address, can that person ping me
off-line?

Thanks,

-Sean


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Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:59:20 -0500
From: Todd Schroder <tschroder@XXXXXX>
To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX
Subject: [dc-cycles]  Not the Perp but local and interesting

There is a scary bunch out there.

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/7779162/detail.html