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From: parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: CB750 C with flames out the exhaust!!!!---->>>
Message-ID: <93Apr22.154610.29365@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 15:46:10 GMT
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In article <1993Apr20.045032.9199@research.nj.nec.com> behanna@syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>In article <1993Apr19.204159.17534@bnr.ca> Dave Dal Farra <gpz750@bnr.ca> writes:
>>Reminds me of a great editorial by Bruce Reeve a couple months ago
>>in Cycle Canada.
>>
>>He was so pissed off with cops pulling over speeders in dangerous
>>spots (and often blind corners) that one day he decided to get
>>revenge.
>>
>>Cruising on a factory loaner ZZR1100 test bike, he noticed a cop 
>>had pulled over a motorist on an on or off ramp with almost no
>>shoulder.  Being a bright lad, he hit his bike's kill switch
>>just before passing the cop, who happened to be bending towards
>>the offending motorist there-by exposing his glutes to the
>>passing world.
>>
>>With his ignition system now dead, he pumped his throtle two
>>or three times to fill his exhaust canister's with volatile raw fuel.
>>
>>All it took was a stab at the kill switch to re-light the ignition
>>and send a 10' flame in Sargeant Swell's direction.
>>
>>I wonder if any cycle cops read Cycle Canada?
>
>	Although I agree with the spirit of the action, I do hope that
>the rider ponied up the $800 or so it takes to replace the exhaust system
>he just destroyed.  The owner's manual explicitly warns against such
>behavior for exactly that reason:  you can destroy your muflers that way.

One more good reason for straight pipes or megaphones;-)

Regards, Charles
DoD0.001
RZ350

Ps: Does anyone know if Opti oils sells direct by the case load?
My loacl dealership is charging 12.99 for a jug of injector oil,
and it's breaking me;-)

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