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Motorcycle Terms
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A
AMA - American Motorcycle Association
AFFA - Angels Forever Forever Angels
Anch's or Anchor - Brakes
Apes or Ape Hangers - Handlebars that are very
high, and which often raise the rider's hands above his or her shoulders.
High handlebars so Biker's hands are at or above their shoulder height.. Refers
to a handlebar style where the handgrips are located at a higher position,
so as to enable the rider's arms to "hang" Picture "Clyde"
from "Every Which Way but Loose" and you'll get a perfect understanding
of the riding position.
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B
B. F. H. - Big F@#$ing Hammer used to remove
rusted axles, bearing cups from the frame neck etc.
B.R.A.G.® - Buell Riders Adventure
Group
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BAB (Born Again Biker) - Someone who has recently
returned to riding after a period of absence and really ought to get some
advanced training" Matt the Rat
Back Door - The last (and most experienced)
rider in a group ride.
Back Warmer - A girl on the back of your motorcycle.
Baffle - Sound deadening material that sits
inside a muffler and quiets the exhaust note
Bar Hopper Bike - The cool customs and pristine
bikes that only come out of the garage Friday and Saturday nights during the
summer (and only if it's real nice out -never in rain) to prowel from bar
to bar. A motorcycle that is not very comfortable on longer rides, yet lavishly
styled. Rigid frames and hardtails fall into this category.
Bark-o-lounger - Honda Gold Wing
Barn Disease - When a bike has been idle a few
years and the battery is dead, calipers siezed and of course the carbs are
filled with varnish sludge.
Barn Queen - That really pristine bike everyone
claims a buddy found in some farmer's barn and bought for $50
Barrels - Another term for Engine Cylinders
or Jugs.
Basket Case - A Bike being built from scratch
with parts from other Bikes.
Basket Case (#2) - Basket case - typically (at
least in the 'old days') a bike that someone had taken apart and hadn't the
skill to reassemble. You'd find an ad in the paper and go over...."my
brother took it apart and never could figure out how to put it back together,
what will you give me for it?" Also - someone who is unhinged as in,
"she/he is a real basket case." So, a bike that is in pieces, usually
has been for a while. A bike that is built from pieces of other bikes would
be (or would have been) known as an 'assembler' (out west), or a person that
is way 'out there'.
Beer Cans - The can shaped covers on Harley
FL front forks.
Belly-Shover - Racer
Bible - Repair manual
Big End - End of connecting rod that fits on
the crankshaft
Big Five - Refers
to the five major motorcycle manufacturers - Harley Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki,
Suzuki, and Yamaha.
Big Slab - Interstate Highway
Big Twin - Any Harley-Davidson®
that is not a Sportster®. Refers to the relatively large size of almost
all other Harley-Davidson engines when compared to the Sportster® engine.
Sportster® models currently have 883 or 1200 cubic centimeters whereas
most other Harleys have 1340 cubic centimeters. The single exception to this
rule is the V-Rod® which currently has fewer cubic centimeters (1130 cc
to be exact) than a large Sportster, yet is widely considered to be a big
twin. Who knows, maybe in a few years' time we'll have to come up with a new
phrase to separate the larger motorcycles from the smaller motorcycles …
Blockhead - The Evolution® engine (V-Twin, produced from
1984 - 2000)
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Biker - Simply put, a motorcycle operator. True
bikers have a passion for the art of motorcycling, and easily get all wrapped
up in this passion during even a simple 1/2 mile commute, but they rarely
allow their motorcycle to sit for more than a week without taking it somewhere.
Anywhere. Just for the simple excuse of a joy ride will do.
Biker Friendly - A business establishment that
doesn't treat you like you have the plague when you walk in wearin' leather
Binders - Brakes
Bitch Bar - A sissy bar.
Bitch Pad - Passenger Seat
Blackie - A dark streak left on the asphalt
when a motorcycle drills away from a stop. White smoke often accompanies the
formation of a blackie.
Blinkers - Turn Signals
Blip - snapping the throttle quickly, as in
"blip the throttle".
Blown or Blower Bike - a bike that is supercharged.
Blue Hairs - Elderly Cage Drivers
Bob, Bobbers, Bobbed or Bobbing - The art of
shortening a bike's appearance by cutting down the size of its fenders. These
bikes were also known as "bobbers". Appeared before choppers. They
got the name from the rear fender being cut down to a minimum. And the rest
of the bikes were stripped also. This was all part of the early customizing
done by the returning WWll flyers.
Bologna (Baloney) Skin - Tire tube
Boneyard - Salvage yard for used bikes &
parts, most indie shops also have their own boneyards next to the shop
Brain Bucket - Slang term for a helmet.
Bronson Rock - Anything that is NOT a bonified
tool that you use to fix a bike -- I.E., in one show of Then Came Bronson
he used a rock to straighten out his crumpled fender after going over the
highside so as he could rideon!
BUB - Broke Urban Biker
Bubble Gum Machine - Law ahead, usually patting
the top of your helmet warns those behind you that a cop is ahead.
BUBF - Butt Ugly But Fast ( A Kawasaki Vulcan
1500 'A' Model)
Buckhorns - A style of handlebar that comes
up higher and sweeps towards the rider, the stance is more like holding a
steering wheel in a car than a handlebar on a motorcycle. A popular style
from the 1960's and 1970's and still in service today.
BUG - Big Ugly Guy- a big, hostile person, as
in "So me and my bros had to fight off these Bugs.." or "You
shoulda seen this Bug's ride"
Burnout - Spinning the rear wheel while holding
the front brake
Burn-out - Activity where bike stays in one
place while backtire spins at full throttle -- uses up tires quickly.
Bus or Busa - GSX1300R Hayabusa
Bush Pad - Passenger Seat
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C
Cafe Racer - Sportbike (in Europe Bikers would
ride from coffee house to coffee house)
Cage - A car, truck, or van. The sworn enemy
of motorcyclists, more commonly known as automobiles. The name stems from
being all cooped up inside a closed shell, with no contact with the outside
air.
Cager - A person driving a car, truck, or van.
Cage operator, or driver.
Can - Muffler (AUS)
Can Of Tuna - Suzuki Kantana
Canyon Carving - Riding the twisties (road curves/corners)
to an extreme.
Carb - Carburetor, Fuel Management System
Carma - Like traditional Karma but occurs when
cagers do stupid things to bikers. The energy is much more fierce and vengeful
and will infect a cager's ride with radiator leaks, blowouts, bad gas, thrown
rods, and overall bad radio reception. These phenomena will only occur when
the cager is more than a mile in distance from the biker as to avoid any motorcycle
catastrophes. Also works in positive ways when cagers allow a biker plenty
of room and are aware of their presence and respect their right to the road.
AM reception is unusually clear and the cage experiences a 35% increase in
gas mileage.
Carving - Refers to hard fast cornering on roads
with many curves, stems from laying the bike down to a nearly horizontal position
and "carving" a line through the roadlike a knife.
Catwalk - Riding a motorcycle on the rear wheel
only, more commonly known as a "wheelie"
Chase Vehicle - Van or truck that follows a
pack of riders on a run to assist or haul any bikes that might break down
Checkbook Biker - Same as "InstaBiker"
Someone who goes down to the dealership and writes a check for a new bike
and new gear.
Cherry Juice - Tranny Fluid
Cherry Tops - Cop cars
Chicken Strips - The tread left on the sidewalls
of a sport bike. How much of this there is (or isn't) is how some Bikers size
each other up.
Chickenwing - Honda Gold Wing
Chopper - A style of motorcycle that appears
deceptionally light, has a greater angle on the front end than usually seen,
and radical styling. The word originates from the post WW2 era when former
GIs were looking for performance mods, there was no aftermarket back then
and once all engine mods were out of the way the bike's weight needed to be
reduced...owners began to remove uneccesary compnents and eventually began
to cut away (or "chop") sections of the bike and frame. Used to
be called "bobbing" but the word "chop" became the more
popular phrase. 2. A radical customized bike with extended and raked front
end, from which all unnecessary parts have been stripped. The early choppers
weren't raked, so the front end was high making it necessary to reduce the
size of the front wheel. They are very stable in a straight line, but not
to agile in turns.
Chrome-Slut - Those addicted to putting on more
and more chrome, regardless of the functionality.
Chromosexual - That one biker who keeps adding
more and more chrome, a chrome-overkill.
Citizen - Anyone who is not a member of a Biker
Organization.
Class - A Violent Act
Clone - A motorcycle built to resemble and function
like a Harley-Davidson motorcycle without actually being a Harley-Davidson
motorcycle (the vehicle title will identify it as something other than a Harley-Davidson)
Club - Also referred to as MC Club A motorcycle
organization made up of members who have banded together in a common interest,
members have pledged their loyalty (also called prospecting or a prospect)
for some time before becoming active. Not to be confused with riding clubs
or riding organizations, the distinguishing feature here is a three piece
patch consisting of a logo and upper & lower rockers worn on the back
of their riding jacket or vest. A patch with or simply the letters MC <Motorcycle
Club> will often accompany the club name. Treat these people with utmost
respect.
Clubber - One who has club affiliation
Clyde - cage driver (usually the bastard that
cuts you off)
Coasters - Plates used to block the holes when
removing Reed Valves
COG - Kawasaki Concours Owner's Group ( http
- //www.concours.org/ )
Colors/Colours - Signifies a motorcycle club
or organization patch. (see photo of SCRC Patch)
Commuter - Anyone who normally rides his Bike
to and from work.
Corn Snakes - Dried cornstalks that blow across
the road especially at harvest time.
Countersteering - Turning the bikes handlebars
in one direction(at higher speeds) and having it go in the opposite direction
Coupon - This is a traffic ticket.
Crack It - Turning up the throttle
Crash Bars - The incorrect term for engine guards.
If you want to see a factory lawyer cringe, there's no faster way than saying
this term.
CreditGlide - RUB's Ride
Crossover - what connects a front & rear
cylinder exhaust pipe together.
Crotch Rocket - A slang term for Sport Bikes.
A small sport bike with big HP engine.
Cubic Inch Wars - Refers to the ongoing battle
between the "Big 5" companies for the largest displacement OEM MC
engine.
Cruiser - A newer term that surfaced in the
late 1980's that refers to the laid back styled street bikes with chrome and
boulevard styling.
Crushers - Cool Shades like the original Ray-Ban
Wayfarers
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D
Dammits - Those devices on the
back of your pins that you will almost always drop. Can be used synonomously
with Jesus-clips
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DBM - Double-Breasted Mattress Thrasher - when
you're out 'bird' watching.
Death Grip -Usually how a first time rider grabs
the handle bars.
Detonation - See Pre-Ignition
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F_ _ K
Displacement - The size of an engine, in cubic
centimeters (cc) or cubic inches (ci).
Donor Cycle - Firefighter Term for Sportbikes
because their drivers tend to kill themself.
Dos Equis - Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
DOT - Department of Transportation
Drag Bars - A straight styled handlebar that
does not sweep up from the risers. Low, flat, straight handlebars.
Drag Pipes - These were short exhaust pipes
that ran low along the frame.
DTGO - Dyin' To Get Off - Refers to either the
rookie female passenger or the seasoned one, depending on how you look at
it.
Dual Sport - A dual purpose motorcycle,
made for both on and off the road travel.
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Duals - 2 seperate Exhaust pipes, ie one each
for front andrear cylinder.
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E
Ear's - Air boxes (i.e. - on a Kawasaki VN750
or VN1500A or any Virago)
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Eat Asphalt - Crash
Econo-box, cage, dresser - Car
ECM -
Electronic
Control Module - The computer brain that controls various aspects of
your motorcycle's performance including ignition, timimg, and fuel to air
ratio.
EFI - Electronic Fuel Injection
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Eighty Six (86) - If someone is 86 they are
cut off. for example If you are 86 from alcohol in public places they are
not allowed to drink in public. Some are 86 from club functions.Ol'ladies
sometimes get 86 from club functions.
Endo - The art of stopping a motorcycle and
having the rear wheel lift off the ground, a reverse of the catwalk. Also
called a stoppie. (see photo above) . Going back over front.
Engine Guards - Metal tubes bolted to the motorcycle's
frame that should protect the engine from damage in the event of an accident.
They are not designed to offer the rider or passenger any protection in the
event of an accident.
ESAD - Eat Shit And Die
Evo - Evolution® - The Evolution engine
(V-Twin, produced from 1984 - 2000)
Excessive 11 (Xcess 11) - SX1100, a 1100 cc
4 cylinder street bike.
Exhaust System - Pipes
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F
FAR - Factory Authorized Repair
Fairing - The plastic shrouds that deflect wind
and rain from the rider, the motorcycling equivalent of automotive bodywork.
Fathead - The Twin-Cam engine (V-Twin, produced
from 1999 - Current Day)
Flathead - The Flathead engine (V-Twin, produced
from 1929 - 1972)
Fast Riding Award - Speeding ticket
Fat - Too Rich Fuel Mixture
Fender Bunny - Nice babe on the back of a bike
Fender Fluff - Nice lookin' babe on the back
Fiddly-bits - Those chrome do-dads all over
saddle bags and seats.
Fishtails or Fishtail Muffler - The exhaust
tip or the end of a muffler looks like a Fishtail from the side and usually
straight pipe's with Fishtail tips had a narrow exit for the exhaust where
no night stick could fit to check for baffles in the exhaust pipe.
Flame and Crook - Fire and Theft insurance.
FlexiFlyer - 1970s 2-stroke Kawasaki 500/750,
lots of go, really bad frames.
Flower Pot - A cheap helmet non snell-approved
head protection device.
Fluff - Young Girl (AUSTRALIAN Terminology)
Fluid Exchange - Stopping for gas and to take
a leak.
Flycatcher - Kuryakyn Hypercharger
Flying Colors - Riding while wearing the club/organization's
colors
Fools Paradise - A Harley Davidson
Four Banger - An inline four cylinder motorcycle
(or automotive) engine, these are among the most powerful motors on a motorcycle.
Also referred to as an inline four.
Free Rider - Someone who shares the same ideas
as a gang but doesn't belong to one.
French - An old custom car and bike term that
refers to mounting a device, a light, usually, deeply recessed into the bodywork,
"frenched-in," and peeking out from within a sort of tunnel, completely
recessed below the surface of the surrounding bodywork, presenting only a
sudden, clean circle through smooth the surface from which the light appears
FreshMeat - New young girlfriend
Frisco Pegs - Railroad spike highway pegs
Frisco'ed/Frisco style - Style when a gas tank
is mounted right along the top of the backbone.
Front Door - Leader of a group ride
FTF - F_ _k The Factory
FTHRWYFL - Forget the Hype, Ride What You F@$#%&n
Like!
FTW - F_ _ K The World, also Forever Two Wheels
FUBAR - Which is a very old slang acronym meaning
"F_ _ked Up Beyond All Repair." Pertaining to the sad, inoperable
and unfixable state of someone's bike or engine or whatever.
Fuel Management System - Carburator
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GAG IT - a full roll-on in high
gear from about 50-60mph (emphasizes low rpm torque).
Garbage Wagon - A stock motorcycle
with standard parts intact, very heavily loaded with saddle bags, chrome and
accessories.
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Gas Surprise - Running out of gas and moving
to switch to reserve and finding to your horror that you forgot to switch
back to fuel last time you filled up and just blew your reserve.
Gasodometer - Resetting your trip odometer when
you fill up to act as a gas guage replacement.
Gauges - Displays information to
the rider on speed [Speedometer], RPM (revolutions per minute) [Tachometer],
Total Distance Traveled [Odometer], Fuel, Trip Distance and more.
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GBIS - Gorgeous But it's Slow ( A Kawasaki 1500
Classic )
GearHead - Any TRUE mechanic, not just the weekenders
Get Off - Crash, "Eat Asphalt"
Giblets - Chrome Accessories
Giggle Gas - Nitrous oxide
Ginmill - bar
Gixer - GSXR Series Bikes
Goatsbelly - The ugly silencing chamber in the
exhaust system of later model Vulcans
Goggle The Horizon - Is an old biker term that
means several things. Keep an eye out or be careful is a common translation.
Believe it or not it did not originate with bikers but with free fall jump
school during Navy Seal Training. Another meaning, in the same vane is 'Keep
your head up, don't let anything get you down.'As in 'See ya later, Goggle
the horizon.' Meaning, be careful, keep your chin up. You see in free fall
you MUST arch your back and keep your headup.
Grabbing a Handful - Applying Brakes or twisting
the throttle in excess.
Greenpeace - The cage in front of you covered
with environmentist stickers and spewing black smoke into your face.
Gumball - What's left of your rear tire after
a prolonged burn out, or can refer to the bits of rubber piled up behind that
same tire.
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H.O.G.® - Harley Owners Group - Several meanings, as an acronym it stands for "Harley Owners Group," it also relates to the larger Harley models (also called "Big Twins").
HairDryer - Turbocharger
Hammer Down - Open the throttle fully or accelerate rapidly
Handle - Street name, club member's name
Hardbelly - Young girl with a tight flat belly
Hardly-Ableson - For Harley Motorcycles during the AMF era
Hardly-Ridable - Derogatory term for a Harley
Hardly-Davidson - Derogatory term for a Harley looking motorcycle that is not a Harley Davidson brand motorcycle.
Harley Wrench - Hammer
Hard Tail - A rigid motorcycle frame with no shock absorbing device on the rear.
Haya-Bubba - Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa
HBUBF - Hairy-Butt-Ugly-But-Fast (term for the Kawasaki Vulcan 750)
HD - Hardley Drivable
Heat - Law enforcment officer, also known as The Man.
Helmet - Skid Lid, Brain Bucket
Helmet-Jinx - The bad luck a biker (who chooses not to wear a helmet) gets when someone mentions that he should wear a helmet. If someone chooses not to wear a helmet don't jinx 'em.
High Siding - Wrecking a bike by flipping it over. Usually caused by releasing the rear break during a skid.
HOG - Harley Owner's Group ( http - //www.hog.com/) started in 1983
Hogwagen - A custom-built trike in which a Harley-Davidson front end and frame is grafted to a Volkswagen drivetrain (subframe, engine and transaxle).
Honda 750 Killer - Kawasaki 900 Z
Hosed - Worn or broken beyond repair
Hugger® - A type of Sportster®, so named because its lowered suspension and lowered seat make it appear to "hug" the road.
Huggermucker - General term refering to either an inanimate object with an unidentifiable purpose, or a human being fitting the same discription (Credit - Big John at Humboldt County Choppers M/C in Eureka, California)
Hype-sucker - Anyone who buys into the Harley Hype
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I-(Interstate) - When on a long ride one will say, I had to ride the "I" from such a place. Or like me I hate the "I's". I'm a backroad rider."
Indie Shop - Independent, not franchised
Ink Slinger - Tattoo Artist
Inline Four - An inline four cylinder motorcycle (or automotive) engine, these are among the most powerful motors on a motorcycle
Insta-Biker - Anybody who goes down to the local bike shop and buys the Bike, Gear and fake tattoos so they can hang out with their new ""Bros"" (also Poser or Poseur)
Iron Butt - An entire association was created called the Iron Butt Association -- 1000 miles in 24 hours yields a Saddle Sore 1000 - Bun Burner is 1500 in 36 hours, Bun Burner Gold is 1500 in 24 hours. The Iron Butt Gold Is 10 days x 1000 miles each day - consecutive. The challenge for this award is run every other year.
Iron Butt 50CC - A coast to coast endurance ride, for example, Jacksonville Florida to San Diego California in under 50 hours
Ironhead - The first generation of Sportster models (produced from 1957 until 1985). Unlike other models with nicknames that describe the look of the cylinder heads on particular engine ("Knucklehead", "Shovelhead", "Flathead", etc.), the Ironhead name comes from the fact that the cylinder heads on these models were cast iron whereas the heads on other models at that time were made of aluminum.
Ironside - Towards the top of the bike, or top area of a part or component
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Jack up - When a club member sets a non club member straight.
Jap-Scrap - Insult - Japanese motorcycles or foreign made bikes.
Jesus Clip - A small clip that you WILL drop, followed by "Oh Jesus", 'cause you know you will never find it.
Jiffy - Side Stand
Jockey Shift(er) - The partner to the 'suicide clutch', this was another chopper convention, dispensing with the long shift rod and the lever and gate on the left side of the fuel tank. Instead, a short, about four to six inch, lever was fitted directly to the top of the transmission and shifted by the rider directly, by reaching under his left thigh. This made neutral rather easy to find and, in the hands of an expert, faster to shift than the stock foot clutch, hand shift mechanism.
Jugs - Cylinders
Jukebox - Any over-dressed bike
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Kat - Katana Models
Kawayamahondaharleyzuki - Any bike built with parts found along the way
Keep the dirty side down - Ride safe don't lay the bike down.
Kinnipullin Pin - clevis pin
Knucklebuster - openend wrench
Knuck - Knucklehead - A type of Harley-Davidson engine manufactured prior to 1948, which was characterized by large nuts on the right * side of engine above the cylinders. Appearance is somewhat similar to knuckles. The Knucklehead engine (V-Twin, produced from 1936 - 1947)
Kwak - (pronounced Quack), Kwaker , Kaw (pronounced cow) Kawasaki
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Lane Stealer - A cage driver that passes motorcycles in no passing zones, knowing he can just knock the bike out of the way if a cage comes the other way. Also a cage driver that tries to squeeze by you in your lane.
Lane-splitting - Driving between involuntarily parked cages on an overcrowded highway. legal in some states.
Law Maker - Stupid riders that kill themselves on their bikes causing stupid laws to be made 'For our protection.'
Lay it Down or Laid it Down - This when there's imminent danger of an accident ahead, or ya hit some oil or gravel and ya have to lay the bike down on its side.
Leather - another defintion of a Poser or Wannabe
Legal Name - Most outlaw motorcycle club members have nicknames or club names which are called "Legal Names" by club members. They are also called "Street Names."
Limb - Male biker
Lone Wolf Biker - Someone who lives the Bike Lifestyle but chooses not to ride with a club.
Loner - An individual who shares the same values and enjoys the same life-style as outlaw gang members but who prefers to keep a degree of freedom of choice by not formally belonging to one specific club.
LPR (Lugeless Pavement Racer) - Refers to that high speed slide that accompanies a get off.
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MC - M/C - Motorcycle Club, referring to the tightly knit brotherhoods of biker gangs.
Mad Max - A circular burnout made by spinning the rear tire and then rotating the bike 360 degrees with the locked front wheel as the axis. Bonus for crossing the circle with a straight rubber mark when finished.
Mama - A woman who is available to all Biker Gang members
MANF - Multi Adjustable Nut F_ _ ker, aka adjustable spanner! (UK). A wrench that messes up any bolt or nut it is applied to.
Market Street Commandos - An early Motorcycle Gang
Marquis deSaddle - A highly uncomfortable motorcycle seat
Masey Fergason/JCB/Tracker - Harley Davidson
Mattress Cover or Ground Cover - Young Woman
Mechanic - Wrench
Megaphone - Goes onto the end of the exhaust to help tune it
Mexican Socket Set - Cressent wrench
Mill - Engine
Milwaukee Vibrator - A Harley-Davidson
Minger - Wheelie
MMI - Motorcycle Mechanics Institute.
Money Burner - Anyone who rides a Harley Davidson
Monkey Butt - What you get after riding your dirt bike all day
Mono - Wheelie
Motorcycle Jockeys - Anyone who rides any motorcycle.
MSF - Motorcycle Safety Foundation (Training). The highly recommended way to learn how to properly and safely ride a motorcycle. Offered in many countries around the world for a very reasonable price.
Mud Puppies - ATV and ATC folks
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NAH - Not A Harley refers to a bike other than a Harley
NARMA - North American Russian Motorcycle Association
NBD - Never Been Dropped - found in used motorcycle advertisments, usually for bikes that HAVE been dropped.
Neck - The front of a motorcycle frame, where the steering head is located.
Nipple Surfing - Self explanatory, refers to sliding across the ground face down after falling off a motorcycle.
Nomad - They are members of a motorcyle gang and will wear the club's colors. The bottom rocker will read "Nomad." In some clubs they are the enforcers. They do not belong to any one chapter. He will attend club meetings and pay required dues to different chapters, depending on his travels.
Nad: Nomad 1500G
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OEM - An acronym, "Original Equipment from Manufacturer," refers to parts or components.
O.F.F.O. (OFFO) - Outlaws Forever Forever Outlaws
Old Lady - Wife or steady girlfriend of a club member.
Oil Bag - Oil tank
Oil Dripper - Slang term, refers to the earlier American and British bikes and often still used towards the modern ones.
Oil Pressure Warning Light - Too Late Light
One Percenter (1%er) - Worn by outlaw clubs. Made famous by the media that said 99% of bikers and clubs are law bidding citizens the other 1% is not.
One-Off - One-of-a-kind fabricated part
One-way SOB - Selfish, takes but does not give in return
OPG - Oil Pump Drive Gear (used normally to refer to the infamous plastic oil gears in Kawasaki Vulcans)
Organ Donor - A biker who doesn't wear a helmet
Originals - A member's first set of colors which are never to be cleaned.
Oscar - Blue haired buick driver. "Oscar almost turned left in front of me"
OTB - Over The Bars as in a crash
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P-Pad - Pillion Pad - The passenger seat
Pads - Tires
Pan Panhead - The Panhead Engine (V-Twin, produced from 1948 - 1965)
Parallel Twin - An inline 2 cylinder engine.
Participate - To aid a member in a fight by ganging up on the opponent.
Passenger Backrest - Sissy Bar
Passenger Pad - Pillion Pad
Pasta Rocket - any Italian Sportbike (Ducati, Aprilia, MV Agusta, Benelli)
Patch holder - a club biker
Pavement Surfing (PS) - Being thrown from your bike and skidding along the highway
Pegging or To Peg Someone - This is when one rider pushes a disabled M/C and rider with their M/C using their leg with theirfoot on the disabled M/C's rear foot peg or axle - hence the term Pegging or to Peg Someone.
Pinched - Picked up by the police
Pipes - Exhaust System
Plastic Fantastic - Sports bike, 'cause they are plastic and the riders think they are fantastic.
Plugs - Spark Plugs
PMS - Parked Motorcycle Syndrome
P.O.B.O.B. - Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington - the original gang that later developed into the Hell's Angels.
Poker Run - A poker run is, for the most part, like any old motorcycle run. Instead of just riding from Point A to Point B, however, there are also several stops in between (usually 5 total). At these stops you go in to the checkpoint and draw a playing card from a deck of cards. Depending on the rules, you either keep the card or the person at the checkpoint will mark down what card you drew. You do this at each checkpoint, and by the end of the run you will have 5 cards … this makes up your poker hand. At the last stop you turn in your poker hand, and whoever has the best hand wins.
Ports - intake & exhaust valve openings
Poser - A wannabe Biker (i.e. Shiny new leather)
Pot - Carburetor
Power Shower - Riding in the rain with anything other then a full face helmet. Also riding in the rain without raingear.
Pre-Ignition - Pre-ignition is when the intake charge is ignited too early.The combustion pressure exerts large forces on the upward traveling piston and can destroy the engine. On the other hand, detonation can occur at any point during the combustion process. It is basically a violent and uncontrolled explosion in the combustion chamber. Although folks commonly refer to combustion as an "explosion" it is actually more appropriately termed a "controlled burn". Explosions in the combustion chamber are undesireable, and the violent release of energy can also destroy an engine. Pre-ignition can sometimes lead to detonation because the premature burn is simultaneously compressed. Pre-ignition and detonation are both bad news. Detonation is usually caused by a *lean* A/F mix. (vacuum leaks) or improper jetting. Also by low octane fuel,overadvanced timing, lugging of engine, and of course excessive carbon in the combustion chamber. A rich mixture can lead to detonation due to excessive carbon build-up in the combustion chamber decreasing its volume and raising the compression excessively.
Probate - Club membership hopefuls, who ride with the gang during their probationary period. After this time a unanimous vote must be cast by the membership for acceptance, initiation, and awarding of colors.
Prospect - A prospective member.
Protein Facial - What you get on the highway without a windshield
PUB - Poor Urban Biker. Generally used as a comeback by Bikers who are accused of being RUB's.
Pucker factor - Refers to a very close call. "I had a pucker factor of 10 around that corner"
Pull - Ability to accelerate
Puppies - Female Breasts
Purple hooters - Topless female rider in cold weather
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Q-Tip - Elderly cage driver (also see Blue Hair). Considered dangerous as they are unpredictable driving on the road.
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Rainbows - Oil on the street
Rainbows in the Mountains - When angry locals in the mountains put diesel fuel in the corners in an effort to stop sports bikes street fighting.
Raised Tranny - Harley bikers would use a spacer to raise the transmission on their bikes so when riding in dirt and mud to try to keep the primary cover away from anything that might knock into it.
Rat Bike - Bike made from several machines and kept on the road using as cheap as possible and painted matt black. Now has a class of its own and defined as any thing Mad Max would shoot at.
Rat Bike (#2) - A cosmetically challenged bike. It can be anything from a 'no maintenance' bike to a fine running 'sleeper'.
Rat Bike (#3) - The bike you use in foul weather or when you are going into a questionable neighborhood. A cheap reliable bike, but if lost or stolen is no big deal. This bike never gets washed.
Revolution® - The Revolution® engine, Harley-Davidson's first water-cooled engine (V-Twin, produced from 2002 - Current Day)
Rice Burner - Slang term for a Japanese made motorcycle.
Rice Rocket - Japanese Sport Bike
Ride Captain - The leader of a group Ride.
Ride Lieutenant - The last (and most experienced) rider in a group ride.
Rigid or Rigid Frame - A type of frame that has no swingarm, it is a one piece neck to rear axle frame.
Road Agent - Another term for Highway Patrol Officer or State Trooper.
Road Gator - 18-wheel Tire Pieces
Road Rash - A Wipeout that scrapes off some of your skin. Marks left behind on a biker's body after falling down while moving.
Roadie - Yamaha Road Star
Rocker - Part of M/C Colors usually designating geographic location. The curved patches of a club's patch, typically denotes the club name or chapter on one and resident town or city on the other.
Rocker-Clutch or Rocker Clutch Pedal - This term was used to describe the foot clutch pedal's that rocked back and forth on a central pivot point hence the term Rocker-Clutch) and the rider would step on the front toe section to disengage the clutch and the rear section with the heal of your boot to engage the clutch.
Rolling Basket - Basket case bike, fairly intact but does not run, needs work
Rolling Chassis - Incomplete project, has everything but mill & tranny
Roost - The spray of dirt off the rear wheel of a motocross motorcycle
Roun To-It - Instrument used to delay a job e.i. one of these days i'll get around to it.
RUB - Rich Urban Biker. A term usually used by real Harley Bikers to describe the weekend wannabe accountant types who buy a Harley ''cause they can and the status of it, but couldn't tell a camshaft from a brake pad. Bikers that ride with more money than knowlegde, experience, and ""street saavy"".
Rubber - Tires, tyres
Rubberside - Towards the bottom of the bike, or bottom area of a part or component
Run - Riding for a particular function or purpose
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Scoot/Scooter - Slang term for a motorcycle.
Scooter Trash - Any Biker
Screamin' Night Hog - A biker when traveling long distances, prefers to ride at night (avoiding the heavy traffic and usually at high speeds).
Shadow - Any Honda Shadow
Sharing - When a cage driver passes you in your lane or otherwise tries to share the lane.
Shiny Side Up (Keep The Shiny Side Up) - Drive Safe, Don't Lay the Bike Down. Friendly parting expression.
Shooters on Scooters - motorcycle cop
Short - Low Final Drive Gear Ratio
Shotgun Pipes - This style of exhaust had the two pipes ending straight and together, giving the appearance of a double barreled shot gun.
Shovel - Shovelhead - The Shovelhead engine (V-Twin, produced from 1966 - 1984)
Showed Him My Wheel - Riding behind someone so close that he saw your wheel beside him.
Silverhair Hiway Patrol (SHip) - Bluehairs that attempt to enforce a maximum speed limit of 35mph no matter what the posted limit is. Generally followed by a small parade of vehicles, they often speed up upon encountering a passing zone.
SIPDE - An MSF term used to help you remember what to do when making judgments in traffic - Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
Sissy Bar - Passenger Backrest
Skid Lid - Slang term for a helmet.
Skin - New paint job
Slabbing it - Taking the Interstate Highway
Slam or Slammer - 1. Jockey Shift. 2. To lower a bike's suspension (or in extreme cases remove it entirely), also a remark made to someone with intent to make comments, sometimes of a rude nature, to elicit laffs from those who hear/read it.
Sled - Slang term for a motorcycle.
Slider - the throttle throat opening mechanism on a CV carb controlled by a diaphram & Vacuum.
Slinky Riders - Riders in a group ride who consistently fail to maintain interval with the bike to their front are "slinky riders" and are a severe hazard to others.
Slug - Piston
Smell Me Bars - Ape Hangers
SNAFU - After attempting to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place and ya can't put it back together correctly, you have a Situation Normal All F_ _ ked Up
Sneakers - Tires as in "I got a new rear sneaker, or a new pair of sneakers"
SO - Significant Other (usually refers to someone's wife or husband)
Soft Tail - Refers to a mono-shock swingarm bike, has the rigid or hardtail styling yet full rear suspension capability. One major company utilizes a play-on version of the word to describe their line-up of this style; the Softail.
Softail® - A motorcycle frame whose suspension is hidden, making it resemble a hard tail
Software - What your back warmer presses into your back.
Solid - Stand-up, good people, trustworthy
Spanny - 2-stroke expansion chamber
Spark Plugs - Plugs
Sparkin' or Sparking the Pavement - This is a term used when a rider would lean their bike over far enough to drag the bottoms, usually of their bikes floor boards or maybe an exhaust pipe and cause sparks to fly at night from rubbing the pavement. i.e. "He had that bike so low to the ground in the turn it was Sparkin or Sparking the Pavement."
Splicing - Driving in the narrow passage between oncoming cages and parked cages when normally cars take turns going through. Very common on rural and residential roads in Germany.
Split Tail - a female passenger or your squeeze.
Sportbike - The racy light weight mega-fast bikes with full fairing, comfort is not taken into consideration on these bikes rather they are made for hard acceleration, quick and responsive manuevering, and rapid stopping power.
Sport Standard - An attempt to declassify sport bikes, essentially they are fairing-less sport bikes. They fall between a Sport Bike and a Standard, with some racy styling and a little more upright riding stance.
Squid - Acronym, SQUirrely kID. 1. In reference to younger MC riders with little respect to posted speed limit laws, self safety or safety of others. 2. Inexperienced newcomer, someone trying to ride beyond his skill level with arms flailing (like a squid) to try not to fall. This may be just a Southern term. 3. Stupidly Quick, Underdressed, Imminantly Dead. 4 Any SportBike Rider - seems this term got twisted along the way and has many meanings. 5 Sportbike riders who wear tennis shoes or flip flops, shorts, tshirts, etc. on their nice shiny new sport bikes. 6 Anyone that rides without all proper gear , rides recklessly, or rides beyond their limits.
Stand-Up - dependable, can be counted on
Standard - A more upright styled bike, with little attention to styling. Generally more powerful than cruisers but not anything like a sport bike.
State Patrol Formation - Staggered group riding formation - L-R-L-R-L-R...
Statey - State cop
Static - Harrassment by law enforcement
Stay Vertical - Stay upright, don't crash
Steeler - See Steelership
Steelership - The local motorcycle dealership
Steering Aids - Ruts in the road formed by heavy trucks that try to steer your bike for you.
Steering Head - The tubular section at the front of a frame where the triple trees mount to.
Stewartized - When some Bikers take great pains and expense to color coordinate their bike colors, leathers, helmet, boots, gloves. Named after Martha Stewart.
Stick it - What a cop would do to check for Straight Pipes is stick his night-stick in the end of the exhaust pipe and if it didn't stop and went all the way in, ya got a coupon for straight pipes (a fix it ticket).
Stinky Finger - priming the AMAL carb on early Triumphs from fuel seeping out the button.
Stock - A motorcycle set up to OEM specifications with no alterations
Stoppie - The art of stopping a motorcycle and having the rear wheel lift off the ground, the reverse of a wheelie. Also called an endo. 2. Aviation of the rear wheel in an effort to stop quickly
Straight Pipes - An exhaust system with no baffles inside thus the exhaust travels straight through unrestricted. (very loud)
Straight-shooter - Tells it like it is, no b.s., talks the truth, speaks their mind
Stretch - A chopper term for increasing the neck rake of a motorcycle by extending the length of the frame's front downtubes, which is that part of the frame between the neck and the front motor mounts. Stretching is a chopper modification dating from the 1960's. Its effect was to raise the fork neck, increasing the degree of rake, and allow for the use of a long, extended fork without significantly raising the engine and drivetrain (and bike's center-of-gravity) high into the air. The bike retained a low, long look, high in the center, front to back, and handled relatively well
Stuck - Sudden Engine Seizure - This also refers to a Stuck Piston which will cause a Gradual Engine Seizure, where the bike will loose power and need to be pulled over to cool-off. i.e. The engine was overheated and/or wasn't broke in properly or the clearances were set wrong and the engine Stuck a Piston. This canhappen if the piston to wall clearance is set to close on a forged piston which expands more and faster than a cast piston and can seize the enginewhen there is no more room/clearance for a forged piston's expansion.
Suicide Shift - Suicide Clutch - An early-style gear shift mechanism. Unlike modern motorcycles, early motorcycles used a foot-actuated clutch and the gear shifting was done with the rider's hand via a long gear shift knob that was connected directly to the transmission (much like a manual transmission on a car). Because the rider had to remove one of his hands from the handlebars in order to shift - a dangerous prospect given that most of the thoroughfares of the day were rutted, unpaved dirt roads or brick and cobblestone streets - many people felt that motorcycle riders were literally "taking their lives into their own hands" … hence the term, "suicide shift".
Suck to the Bulls - Talking friendly with law enforcement
Suckin' leather - About the same as Pucker Factor.
Super Slab - Interstate
Sweep - The last (and most experienced) rider in a group ride.
Swingarm - The rear portion of a bike that the rear wheel mounts to, a pivoting structure that moves up and down with the rear suspension.
Swoop - To take a road trip. e.g. I took a swoop over to any town or lets go a swoop to any town.
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T.W.O - Two Wheels Only, anyone who ONLY rides a bike (no car)
Taged - As in tag you're it. Old term for finding out there is a cop or narc undercover in your bar or club. (South)
Tail Gunner - The last rider in a group.
Tall - High Final Drive Gear Ratio
Tankslapper - when you get off the side of the road and the handlebars start slamin back and forth.
Tar Snake - An uneven, slippery patch in a road crack
Tats - Tattoos
T-Bone - Crashing into the side of a cage. Can happen when a vehicle makes a left turn in front of a biker or pulls a U-turn in the middle of the street.
T-CLOCK - Term used to help remember your Pre-Ride inspection - Tires, Controls, Lights (and electronics), Oils, Chassis (and chain) and Kickstand (make sure it's up)
Team - A sub-group of four motorcycles within a larger group ride.
The Bicycle Lane - The space in-between those double yellow lines usually in the center of a two lane black top roadway,riding in the bicycle lane pre-dates lane splitting and is sometimes the only alternative when cage traffic is slow or stopped.
The Big Road - The Interstate
The Main Jet - No not the one in your Carburetor , The Main Jet is another word for the Interstate Highway.
The Man - Police or Law Enforcement Officer
The Motor Company - Harley-Davidson
The Ton - 100MPH
Thirteen (13) - It is for Mother Club e.g. The original chapter of the club and the ruling body of the club. If a member is wearing a 13 he is a member of the Mother club and is a boss of the club.
Three Piece Outfit - Refers to a club, stems from the 3 piece patches.
Tire, Tyre - Rubber, Sneaker,
Too Late Light - Oil Pressure Warning Light
Toos - Tattoos
Tourer - A type of motorcycle designed for long distance riding, typically a heavier bike with hard luggage and comfortable seating arrangements. Also referred to as "Geezer Glides" and an "old man's bike" as older folks tend to have these.
Trailer Boy - Someone who trailers there bike long distances and then wants everyone to belive they rode many miles to get there.
Trailer Queen - Pristine antique bike brought to competitive old bike meets, and rolled off its trailer or out of the back of a van for judging, and rolled back in immediately after. Rarely, or never, seen to actually run. Back home, it lives under a cover in the owners barn/garage.
Trailer Twinkie - Any person whom is physically able but would rather trailer or haul their bike than ride it. . These people usually come up with some poor excuse to justify trailering and have been the culprits that have caused Bike Week to be refered to as Trailer Week by some. Most likey they are posers and waxers.
Trick - Cool - "That dude's bike is trick"
Trike - A three-wheeled motorcycle.
Triple - A three cylinder inline motorcycle engine.
Triple Trees or Triple Clamps - The two pieces that attach the bike's front end to the frame, named after the three positions on each piece; one for each fork tube and a center for the steering stem.
True Blue - A Biker who travels long distances or takes long bike trips.
T-Shirt Biker - Someone who has the leather jacket, chain drive wallet, t-shirts and all, but no scooter (motorcycle)
Tuck - Crouched aerodynamically best riding position used to decrease drag and increase speed
Tune up - When a senior club member sets a junior club member straight.
Tuppermobile - Any Bike that has plastic arm rests for passengers (like Honda Goldwing)
Turbin Top or Cow Pie - 1979 to 1984 4 speed shifter lids because of there shape.
Turn Out - When all members come together in the case of an initiation for a new member.
Turn Signals - Blinkers
Twenty Twenty (20/20) - A Harley Rider ( $20,000 for the Harley, $20,000 for a pickup to tow it with)
Twenty-two (22) - Someone who has done time
Twingle - A vertical twin engine where both pistons move up and down together. Combination of the words twin and single.
Twisties - Section of road with a lot of turns. 2. A road with many curves.
Twisting The Wick - Speeding up, Roll on the throttle.
Two Into One (2-1) - 2 exhaust header pipes mating into one pipe
Two-way Street - Playing it even with both parties entitled to & receiving the same treatment
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UJM - Universal Japanese Motorcycle - Term given to Japanese motorcycles of the 80's, because visually they all looked alike; an air cooled 550-750 inline-4 with straight tank and seat, until you were close enough to read the tank emblems they looked identical.
Up-Sweeps - This referred to the style of exhaust that would run up along the side of the bike at an angle often up to the sissy bar or as far as the owner wanted.
Urban Tumbleweed - Plastic grocery bags/sacks that either fly up onto a hot exhaust or into your face.
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V-Four - A four cylinder motorcycle engine with the cylinders aranged in two rows in an angled V. (e.g. Yamaha V Max has a 1200cc V-4 engine)
V-Twin - A 2 cylinder motorcycle engine with the cylinders arranged in an angled V This configuration can allow for optimum torque for a given displacement.
V8 - Vulcan 800 (any Model any year)
Valanced - Refers to the larger sweeping fenders.
Vermatherm Valve - Temperature adjusted oil pressure control valve used to control hydraulic fan speed.
VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
VROC - Vulcan Riders and Owners Club
V Rod - Yamaha V Max (Any Model, any year). Also called "Mr Max". Not to be confused with the Harley Davidson model V-Rod.
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W.H.O.R.E - We Haul Our Rides Everywhere.Those people that trailor their bikes to about 2 miles from an event, and then unload them and gently ride them in, only if there isn't going to be any rain, dust or dirt roads.
War-Horse - Well-ridden, road-worn bike (usually a chop)
War Wagon - A vehicle used to transport the club's arsenal during an outing when trouble is expected from other clubs.
Wattleshedo? - Term that asks the top speed of a machine (i.e What will she do?)"
Wave (The Wave) - Slowly becoming a lost art, but the true biker clings to this practice. It involves raising a hand to greet a motorcyclist travelling in the opposite direction. Not to be performed under braking or turning maneuvers. Please do wave to every fellow biker reguardless of the type of motor they are riding.
Waxer - Someone who would rather wax his bike than ride it
Waybackmachine - Any streetdriven "overmotored" road rocket that makes most fast vehicles seem to movebackwards...wayback.....ie. V Max, Blackbird, Huyabusa, GSXR, Ninja......
Weekend Warrior - Insta-biker types
WFO - Wide F_ _ king Open (throttle)
Wheelie - aviation of the front wheel in an effort to go quickly, "Mono", "Minger"
Whisper-Glide - Goldwing or other large quiet Touring bike.
Wind Shield - Wind Screen
Wind Walker - Anybody who rides, helps and is friendly to all other Motorcycle Jockeys.
Wing Comander - Police term for sports bike rider as in missed the runway Wing Comander
Wingabago - Gold Wing motorcycle, with all the extras.
Wings - Emblem worn by 1%ers, as a pin or patch (cloth) attached to the colors. All wing earning must be witnessed.
Winkers - Turn Signal in Honda manuals in the '70s
Wishbone - A one piece handlebar and riser combo, styled like a drag bar but much cleaner in appearance.
WOT - Wide Open Throttle 1. Holding the throttle full open for full acceleration. 2. Check preformed when main Carb jetting.
Wrench - Mechanic
Wrenching - Actually doing the maintenance and repair of a motorcycle.
WTF - expression - What the f_ _ k!
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Yahamahog - A Yahama that some one made to look like a harley chopper (raked, big front wheel ect.)
Yamadog - Name for a Yamahahog rider
Yamahaharley - Japanese bikes that look like Harleys (eg. Kawasaki Vulcan Classic )
Yamahammer - Yamaha
Yamahauler - A truck or trailer that is hauling a yamaha
Yard Shark - Dogs that come out of nowhere and try to bite your tires. Caution: Can cause motorcycle crashes, handle this type of situation with care.
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Z Bar - A handlebar that sweeps out of the risers toward the front of the bike and then sweeps back again towards the rider. A popular handlebar from the 1970's.
Zook - Suzuki
Zorst - Exhaust (motorcycle pipes)
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