Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!qantel!lll-lcc!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!decwrl!lando.dec.com!hood From: hood@lando.dec.com (slink) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: another starter problem; a started problem. Message-ID: <5301@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 10:21:33 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.5301 Posted: Fri Sep 12 10:21:33 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Sep-86 06:07:43 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 49 I've also got a starter problem. (And a flame!) On my '84 Nighthawk 700, when I press the starter button, the engine *almost* turns-over, then stops. It's exactly like just tapping the button, instead of keeping it depressed. This happened occasionally at the beginning of the season, but now happens almost every time I start the bike. It'll usually do this two or three times, then work ok to start the bike. Between this and a Mass State cop who brought new meaning to the word "pig", I've not been riding the bike too much over the past month or two. Police paranoia is finally fading away, and I wanna ride again. --------------------------------- BTW, what are people's experience with dealing with police while driving motorcycles vs dealing with them when driving cars? I was stopped for speeding on I-495 in Massachusetts at about 10:30 at night by a state cop who spent ten minutes yelling at me, calling me a moron, and threatening me with arrest. [I was doing about 68mph in a 55 zone. There was light traffic, only one other car on the stretch of road. I wasn't rude or anything -- (people with guns, sticks, and the ability to throw me in jail intimidate me.) I finally got him to go away by giving him my license, registration, and inspection sticker (he never asked for them). In short, the guy acted like Charles Bronson having a temper tantrum.] He added all sorts of bogus charges to the ticket, in addition to claiming 80mph, which I later appealed and got removed. I've had other not quite so unpleasant experiences with police while motorcycling, typically things like being closely followed thru small towns. I drive a Nighthawk, wear a Bell helmet, and am usually dressed in corduroys, sneakers, and a leather or denim jacket. I don't have any tattoes or swastikers, my muffler works, and do *not* give police the finger. I don't speed (ever) in cities and towns, and I always drive cautiously around traffic. I don't look like I'm gonna rape someone's grandma, rob a bank, or even litter!. I've been stopped in a car a few times, and the cop always, very politely, tells why I'm being stopped and asks for license and registration and walks away. He later comes back, gives the ticket and an optional quick lecture, then leaves. Is my bike experience typical? Tom Hood DEC, Littleton MA DISCLAIMER: My company has never been arrested by the Mass State Police (only the FBI, and they were very polite).