🚀 go-pugleaf

Without further ado, and so far without objections
here is the attempted launch of a new group
     NET.MC
for motor cycles and their riders/former riders.
 
net.mc was chosen because net.motorcycle is to long a name
                          net.bikers might have some shady conotations <sic??>
                          net.cycle might confuse 10speed manual fanatics
 
Answer to a question:
  I believe up here in Waterloo,Ontario,Canada the price for storing
a bike over the winter is about $20-30/month (canadian)
I really dont know for sure because I am stupid enough to ride throughout
the winter (last weeks freezing rain storm was interesting)
I suspect the high price is due to insurance costs for the storage firm
(and naturally, always profit).  Because winters are so common up here,
most people have full garages on their homes and a lot of apartment
buildings have underground parking (like mine!)
					
						-Ken Dykes

 
>From decvax!ittvax!swatt Wed Dec  9 22:46:15 1981
To: decvax!watmath!kgdykes
Subject: net.motorcycles


I would like to have a net.motorcycles group; I ride one.  I think
a better name would be "net.bikers".

<flame on>
I am S*T*I*L*L curious why everyone picks on net.scuba when they
want an example of a "useless" newsgroup.  Last time I heard, TV
networks had N*O problems getting L*A*R*G*E audiences for their
Jaques Cousteau specials. Probably more people watch those than
watch "Motorcycle Manslaughter" on ?BC Wild World of Sports.
<flame off>

Anyway, I ride (or rode, when I had the time ...) a Suzuki GS850, 1979
model.  I had originally proposed a "Bikers to USENIX" pilgrimage, but
no one else was interested (you see, I like to do crazy things, and
putting on rubber [dacron, dummy!] suits and jumping into lakes [oceans
are more interesting ...] is just one of them).

	- Alan S. Watt (decvax!ittvax!swatt)



>From cbosg!cbosgd!mark Thu Dec 10 12:45:58 1981
To: cbosg!watmath!kgdykes
Subject: net.motorcycle

Such a newsgroup should probably be called net.cycle,
since net.motorcycle takes up all 14 characters, not
leaving anything for subgroups like net.cycle.yamaha
(the first 13 chars have to be unique).

I might follow this one myself, since I do ride a bike
during the non-frozen months of the year, but I doubt
I'd participate in helmet discussions (I wear one, period.
Flaming about it on usenet isn't likely to have any affect
on the laws, nor are most bikers likely to be the types
who read netnews - especially the militant non-helmet types.)

It would be interesting to survey to find out what it
costs to store your bike in a warm place for the winter -
people around here are charging 25-30 dollars (US)/month,
which seems outrageous to me.  But this is my first winter
in non-biking weather, having just moved out to Ohio from
California.

	Mark Horton



>From bdparsons Thu Dec 10 18:50:46 1981
To: kgdykes
Subject: bikez

I take it these messages came to you through the mail rather than anywhere
else.  I like the idea.