lower ratio 1st gear

[RM]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Cloyce D. Spradling wrote:

>What's the multiplier if it's one of those 'Intimidator'-trim Monte >Carlo's? (Dale Sr.'s signature RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR!!) (No >joke! I saw one, but I can't find it on Chevy's website...)

I got to see these things up-close-and-personal at two Chevy dealerships recently. They are every bit as tasteless as the "Action Package" Celicas, only in a different way. It's the 21st century version of pinstripes, chrome wire wheels and cloth "landau" tops. RM

[RM]

On 27 Feb 2002, Zachariah Mully wrote:

>HAHHA! Great post. You forgot one (they might not be a native species in >TX): >The Rice Boy:

What do you do when you encounter one of these when surfing the 'net? http://www.aaclub.org/articles/ricecomp/ ?

[tmt7734]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Zachariah Mully wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 10:57, ATO137528@a... wrote: > > I use profiling all of the time when riding OR driving and am

seldom wrong in

> > HAHHA! Great post. You forgot one (they might not be a native

species in

> TX): > The Rice Boy: > Usually a pimply white suburban teenager, whose parents were

kind

> enough to buy them a reliable, economic Honda Civic/Toyota > Corolla/Hyundai something so's they'd have a means to get around.

What

> the parents didn't know, was that their son would spend all his

money

> replacing the turnsignals with clear units (2% hp gain!), adding a

large

> spoiler on the trunk (10% hp gain!), cutting the springs down in

shop

> class (12% hp gain!), pasting it with Japanese stickers (15% hp

gain!),

> tearing off the Honda "V-tec" emblem of an Accord at the mall and > slapping on to their 1.4L 4-banger Civic (25% hp gain!). > Plays music so loud that one can't anything when standing

within a 25ft

> radius of the car, and with speakers that are clearly blown out by > excessive playing of Tupac Shakur CDs. Seat is pushed all the back

and

> down, so that they can barely see over the wheel. Usually

accompanied by

> a bubble-gum chewing pre-pubscent girl sitting cross legged and

leaning

> back against the passenger door. > They will drag race you at every light, not understanding the

concept

> of power/weight ratios. Will make sucide 5 lane cross overs going

into a

> curve. Will swerve dangerously to avoid small potholes that could

dent

> their 18" alloys. Will NOT look any direction but straight forward. > Japanese stickers and rear spoiler block all rear views. Female > passenger often seen giving "road-h**d" > > Z > SE DC

You forgot the all important 8" diameter tach mounted on the dash.

[swede1037]

I can simplify this much more, and do so. If you will, imagine that EVERYONE on the road is a blithering idiot (doesn't take much imagination), pay careful attention to them ALL. This is including pedestrians and bicyclists, because even they (though slower moving) are potential idiots. "Swede"

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., ATO137528@a... wrote: > I use profiling all of the time when riding OR driving and am seldom wrong in > my predictions...as you were not. It's also my opinion that being a > motorcycle rider teaches extreme defensiveness on the road, which is also in > place when driving an automobile (ie cage). Sitting high in the saddle and > being very mobile, I can see into all the other cars/SUV's on the road and am > constantly amazed at what I see people doing BESIDES driving in bumper to > bumper commute traffic. No damn wonder there are so many wrecks!

[Robert Diaz]

I'm glad that you didn't use the race card here, because that would be very easy to do, especially if you drive a motorcycle in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sad but true! Rob's .02 A15 '83 GPZ '00 Indian Chief '93 Heritage Softail --- ATO137528@... wrote:

> I use profiling all of the time when riding OR > driving and am seldom wrong in > my predictions...as you were not. It's also my > opinion that being a > motorcycle rider teaches extreme defensiveness on > the road, which is also in > place when driving an automobile (ie cage). Sitting > high in the saddle and > being very mobile, I can see into all the other > cars/SUV's on the road and am > constantly amazed at what I see people doing BESIDES > driving in bumper to > bumper commute traffic. No damn wonder there are so > many wrecks! Here's > some of my offensive, but usually correct, > assumptions about vehicles I > encounter on the road. (Gino covered 4x4's) Feel > free to add any of your > own...I need to be alert to them too. > > Mini van: Large woman in left most lane driving 10 > mph below the speed limit > leaving 15 car lenghts between herself and the car > in front of her for every > 10 mph of ground speed. Usually on phone or reading > a book. > > LARGE SUV: Small woman completely oblivious to her > surrondings. ALWAYS on > phone and using other hand to smoke. Driving with > left knee and has no > inclination to check a mirror or blind spot before > changing lanes. Also runs > red lights and sits at green lights. Do NOT get > between her and the mall. > Has a Harley Davidson sticker on the rear window. > > V-6 Camaro/Friebird or Eclipse: Young woman > applying make-up with one hand, > smoking with the other, and on phone with third. > Rear view mirror serves > only as a place to hang shit like lei's, bandanas, > and graduation tassles > that creates blind spot in FRONT of car. Completely > inattentive and > absolutely unpredictable. Plethora of bumper > stickers alert you as to with > whom you are dealing ("Princess", "Bitch", NASCAR, > Grateful Dead teddy bears, > musical tastes, et cetra) Usually some minor body > damage (uninsured). Give > her a wide berth. > > Anything with a NASCAR sticker of any type: > Aggressive, yet unskilled driver > in a poorly maintained vehicle. The more/larger the > decals, the worse the > driver. 2x this if it is an Earnhart sitcker. 3x > it if it's a female. > (She's probably day dreaming about the time she got > Jeff Gordon or Dale Jr. > to sign her boob at Talledega last year.) > > Any Buick: AARP driver whose speed is inversely > related to traffic > congestion. Left lane, usually. One advantage is > that they move so slowly > that you don't have to anticipate the right turn > from the left lane. Just > don't be behind them if you plan on arriving > somewhere on time. 2x this if > Buick has a handicapped tag. > > Customized Van: (see Any Buick) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

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[Mark Wilson]

No offense to our neighbors to the south, but since there are so many illegal Mexicans driving around Atlanta, I pay 'special' attention to them. They don't have insurance!! And most cant read English. That's another reason I like the loud horn. It is a universal language.. I don't blame them for coming up here trying to make a better life, and it would be nice if everybody could read the street signs, and understand what they mean. But unfortunately, way too many drivers around here cant speak or read English, and have no insurance. If I get ran over again, I hope the jack azz has insurance, and hope the driver doesn't disappear across the boarder. It happens all the time here. MotorMark

> I'm glad that you didn't use the race card here, > because that would be very easy to do, especially if > you drive a motorcycle in the San Francisco Bay Area. > Sad but true! > > Rob's .02 > A15 > '83 GPZ > '00 Indian Chief > '93 Heritage Softail >

[ron criswell]

Really makes you feel good. In my state (Texas) you can now take our driving test in a Spanish version even though the street signs are in English. Ahh the wisdom of politicians. They don't carry insurance here either. Go figure. Criswell Mark Wilson wrote:

> No offense to our neighbors to the south, but since there are so many > illegal Mexicans driving around Atlanta, I pay 'special' attention to them. > They don't have insurance!! And most cant read English. That's another > reason I like the loud horn. It is a universal language.. > I don't blame them for coming up here trying to make a better life, and it > would be nice if everybody could read the street signs, and understand what > they mean. But unfortunately, way too many drivers around here cant speak or > read English, and have no insurance. > > If I get ran over again, I hope the jack azz has insurance, and hope the > driver doesn't disappear across the boarder. It happens all the time here. > > MotorMark > > > I'm glad that you didn't use the race card here, > > because that would be very easy to do, especially if > > you drive a motorcycle in the San Francisco Bay Area. > > Sad but true! > > > > Rob's .02 > > A15 > > '83 GPZ > > '00 Indian Chief > > '93 Heritage Softail > > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Riley Harlton]

Up here in Quebec you can take your drivers exam in Vietnamese amongst other languages. The main traffic threat here is guys in expensive euro cars. They seem to really like weaving through traffic with the ear to the cell. I've been commuting for ten years (summers) by bike and have developed a highly sensitive "spider" sense. When it tingles I listen. I don't even get pissed off when I'm cut off anymore, happens about twice a week typically. So far so good, knock on wood! Riley A15 Montreal ron criswell wrote:

> Really makes you feel good. In my state (Texas) you can now take our driving > test in a Spanish version even though the street signs are in English. Ahh the > wisdom of politicians. They don't carry insurance here either. Go figure. > > Criswell > > Mark Wilson wrote: > >

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[Conall O'Brien]

>From: Riley Harlton >To: KLR DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Profiling (very) NKLR >Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:26:00 -0500 >

I don't even get pissed off when I'm

>cut off anymore, happens about twice a week typically. So far so good, >knock on >wood! >Riley >A15 >Montreal

When you can accurately predict people who cut you off and then don't get pissed off after it happens, then you know you have things under control. Nobody should have to suprise you, they're all out to get you. Conall- lanesharing for excitement now. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

[Ted Palmer]

Zachariah Mully wrote:

> Talk to one of the Kurt's (there is a Simpson and another who I > continually get confused) who did it while their engine was being > rebuilt.

Kurt Grife did the WR mod. For the edification of all, here is a repost of a table of ratios I posted some time ago. Ratio KLR600[A,B] KLR650A KLR650C KLX650[A,B,C,D] 1st 2.437(39/16) 2.266(34/15) 2.266(34/15) 2.266(34/15) 2nd 1.529(26/17) 1.529(26/17) 1.444(26/18) 1.529(26/17) 3rd 1.181(26/22) 1.181(26/22) 1.136(25/22) 1.181(26/22) 4th 0.954(21/22) 0.954(21/22) 0.954(21/22) 0.954(21/22 5th 0.791(19/24) 0.791(19/24) 0.791(19/24) 0.791(19/24) Primary 2.428(68/28) 2.272(75/33) 2.272(75/33) 2.272(75/33) Final 2.866(43/15) 2.866(43/15)* 2.800(42/15) # Overall 5.511 5.157 5.037 # in top * KLR500 has the same gearbox ratios but uses a 3.133 (47/15) final drive for 5.637 overall ratio in top (not that anyone has actaully seen a KLR500 on the road). # Supplementary table for KLX650 final drive and overall ratios: KLX650A1-3 KLX650B1 KLX650C1-4 KLX650D1 Final 3.500(49/14) 2.533(38/15) 2.866(43/15) 3.500(49/14) Overall 6.297 4.558 5.157 6.297 in top Mister_T Melbourne Australia