AMA - American Motorcycle Association

AFFA - Angels Forever Forever Angels

ASR - Reveiwing a bike by just sitting on it

Aerodynamics - In motorcycle context, good aerodynamics means that the motorcycle is designed to have as little resistance from the air as possible. This is essential to archieve great speeds. The manufacturers often make use of wind tunnels during the development of a new motorcycle.

Air Intake Valves - Reed Valves

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. 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

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

Ballistic Nylon - A specific nylon developed by Dupont for the U.S. Department of Defense for use in flak jackets. Later it was replaced by Kevlar. The basket-weave construction helps add abrasion resistance as opposed to a plain weave. The name is used as a marketing tools with ballistic sounding like something "bulletproof" therefore really tough. May motorcycle apparel companies us the word "Ballistic" when describing material. In many cases the materials tear and abrasion strength does not meet a minimum standard for motorcycle apparel and the word is used only as a sales gimmick.

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 large sized V-Twin motorcycle engine. V-Twin motorcycle engines have really grown in size over the past 10 years so this defination today fits V-Twins over 1200cc. Examples include the Roadstar by Yamaha 1700cc (102 ci), Harley-Davidson motorcycles over 1200cc, Honda VTX 1300/1800, Kawasaki Vulcan 1500/1600/2000, Suzuki Boulevard

Billisum - An unreasonable comment or expectation from an uninformed individual who knows nothing about riding

Blockhead - The Evolution® engine (V-Twin, produced from 1984 - 2000)

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

Bullneck - When Harley Davidson 1200 Duo Glide came in 1957 it came with a new feature, the "Bullneck" is a headlightcover that streches from the headlight to the steeringhandle. The "Bullneck" followed the Duo Glide until the end in 1964, when the Electra Glide continued with it for some years. "Bullneck" is selfexplainatory.

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.C.I.S. - Cranial Colon Impact Syndrome is a self explanatory term coined by a friend of mine a few years ago for those afflicted and deserving of such praise or attention.

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

Caning it or Thrashing it - Self-explanatory terms for taking the bike for 'a blast'.

Canyon Carving - Riding the twisties (road curves/corners) to an extreme.

Carb - Carburetor, Fuel Management System

Carburettor - The part of the bike that mixes air and fuel in correct proportions before it is entered into the engine cylinder(s).

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"

CBT -'compulsory basic training' a one day training course which all newbies must complete before being allowed to ride on the road in the UK. (It also stands for 'Cognitive Behaviour Therapy' which many car drivers could do with to improve the way they relate to bikers.)

Chain - The word chain usually refers to primary drive, in which sense it means the chain transferring power to the rear wheel. As opposed to the two alternatives, shaft or belt drive, the chain is a light-weight solution and does not cause lag in throttle response or elevation effects. On the other hand it is a solution that needs a lot of maintenance.

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 lettersMC <Motorcycle Club> will often accompany the club name. Treat these people with utmost respect.

Clubber - One who has club affiliation

Clutch - The clutch is operated by a handle in order to, ultimately, engage or disengage power to the rear wheel.

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.

Combustion chamber - The part of the cylinder in which the fuel is compressed and explodes.

Commuter - Anyone who normally rides his Bike to and from work.

Compression - A condition in which the volume of fuel and air in an engine cylinder is reduced as a result of increased pressure by a piston. The compression ratio of an engine is the ratio of the volume above the piston at the bottom of its compression stroke to the volume above the piston at the top of its stroke.

Compression ratio - The compression ratio specifies how much the fuel is compressed when the engine's piston is at its highest point.


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.

Cordura - A high tenacity, air textured nylon fiber, made exclusively by Dupont. Superior abrasion resistance over any other fabric in a head to head comparison. Hundreds of nylon materials exist but 500 Denier Cordura is the industry minimum standard for apparel material abrasion and tear strength

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

Cross - Extreme motorcycles designed for driving in rough terrain or on cross tracks.

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.

Crash Bungs or Mushrooms are terms for the plastic 'bungs' you attach to the frame to protect the fairing etc in case of a 'spill' or crash.

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

Cylinder - The cylinder shaped space in an engine where the piston moves up and down to compress and explode fuel, which generates the engine's power.

Cylinder head - The engine piece that closes off the top end of a cylinder.

Dammits - Those devices on the back of your pins that you will almost always drop. Can be used synonomously with Jesus-clips

DBM - Double-Breasted Mattress Thrasher - when you're out 'bird' watching.

Death Grip -Usually how a first time rider grabs the handle bars.

Denier - a unit of measurement used to describe the strength of a material like nylon. Simply - the bigger the number the bigger the thread.

Detonation - See Pre-Ignition

DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F_ _ K

Displacement - 1. The size of an engine, in cubic centimeters (cc) or cubic inches (ci). 2. The volume through which the piston travels during a single stroke of an engine. This term is sometimes also used for the total volume displaced by all engine pistons. The displacement is measured in cubic centimeteres (ccm).

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.

DSA - Driving Standards Agency. The UK government body which, among other things, controls the content of the British bike test.

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.

Duals - 2 seperate Exhaust pipes, ie one each for front andrear cylinder.

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Ear's - Air boxes (i.e. - on a Kawasaki VN750 or VN1500A or any Virago)

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

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.

Enduro - Typically this category includes cross bikes which are tuned and equipped for driving on the roads. These bikes are often heavier than, and not as extreme as cross motorcycles, though not as heavy and well-equipped as the larger off-roaders.

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

Expanding brake - Device operated by a handle or pedal to slow down or stop the bike. A cylinder is attached to the relevant wheel. Inside there are two so-called brake shoes, which are pushed outwards against the inner walls of the cylinder, thus slowing the bike down.

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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.

Flogging it - Gettting on the throttle hard and shifting thru the gears.

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.

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.

GBIS - Gorgeous But it's Slow ( A Kawasaki 1500 Classic )

Gear - The set of toothed parts, such as wheels, disks and chains, that mesh with the teeths in similar, but different-sized parts in order to transmitt force and motion between rotating shafts. Gears control the number of revolutions per minute and hence the force.

Gear ratio - A gearbox contains several toothed wheels that are connected and disconnected to eachother in order to switch into the intended gear. The gear ratio is the ratio between the number of teeth of the two wheels that are connected at a given time. If one wheel has 25 teeth and the attached one has 50, there is a 2:1 ratio.


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

Goosing it - Canadian. Expression for riding a motorcycle hard and/or fast.

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.

Gore-Tex - Thin, lightweight membrane mounted between the face fabric and the lining. It is Waterproof, Windproof and Breathable. This membrane has nine billion microscopic pores per square inch. These pores are much smaller than a droplet of liquid water, but much larger than a molecule of water vapor. Water in a liquid form cannot penetrate the membrane, but both moisture vapor from perspiration and heat can easily escape. the membrane works when the outside temperature is colder than your body temperature. the membrane actually sucks the heat out of the apparel as long as the outside temperature is lower than 98F.

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.

Ground clearance - The distance between the ground and the lowest part of the motorcycle apart from the wheels.

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

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

Hardley (also see Hardly Ableson), as in a slang name for a Harley in the sense that the speaker thinks of them as nothing more than an over-glorified chromey show-off piece rather than a real bike.

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

Horsepower - The power of the motorcycle engine. The higher, the better. Although with an engine tuned for power, it might be at the expense of power at low RPM. Horsepower is a unit of engine power equal to 0,746 kilowatt (kW). Originally developed by James Watt to compare the power of steam engines to the work done by a horse.

Hosed - Worn or broken beyond repair

Hugger - A mudguard which 'hugs' the wheel closely.

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."

Ignition - The way the fuel is ignited inside the engine. This is normally archieved by a spark from a sparkplug.

Indie Shop - Independent, not franchised

Indicators - Turn signals/blinkers in the UK

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

Just Given'r - Canadian. Expression for riding a motorcycle hard and/or fast.

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.

Kevlar - Kevlar is the strongest fiber known to man. Kevlar is made by Dupont and for apparel use comes in a thread form. In a pure weave Kevlar does not stretch and is not suitable for use in motorcycle apparel where abrasion is important. Cycleport makes suits from a Kevlar/Cordura/Lycra weave. this specially blended Kevlar material meets and surpasses all requirements for motorcycle apparel. Cycleport's Kevlar suits are the only synthetic apparel approved by the F.I.M., the A.M.A., the W.E.R.A. and many other racing organizations.


Kilowatt - A unit of power equal to 1000 watt. 0,746 kW equals one horsepower. A kW is equal to one kilojoule per second.

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

Leathers - The jacket/gloves/etc (safety gear) used by riders that is made out of leather.

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

Mushrooms or Crash Bungs are terms for the plastic 'bungs' you attach to the frame to protect the fairing etc in case of a 'spill' or crash.

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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

OEM - An acronym, "Original Equipment from Manufacturer," refers to parts or components.

O.F.F.O. (OFFO) - Outlaws Forever Forever Outlaws

Odometer - Device that stores the mileage (distance driven). Usually located on the speedometer.


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

On Rails - Expression when a motorcycle holds a corner extremely well at speed. (The bike felt like it was on rails through that corner).

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)

Pannier - One of a pair of packs or baskets hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a motorcycle)

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.

Pillion (or ballast). 1. Motorcycle passenger (on the back seat). 2. chiefly British : a motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger

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.

Pops - A very knowledgable rider

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.

Rake - Rake, measured in degrees, describes the angle of the front fork or the steering axis from the horizontal or vertical plane.

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.

Rebound - Rebound defines the return stroke of the suspension.

Reduced effect - In some countries certain motorcycle models are sold with less horse power to comply with legal or insurance regulations in that country. For instance, a country might allow 16-year-olds to drive 125 ccm bikes with no more than 15 hp. The bike would then have to be modified to output no more than 15 hp. In another example insurance companies may not want to insure bikes with more than 100 hp, or may increase insurance rates for these bikes to the extent that most people would want to buy a reduced-effect version of their bike instead.

Revolutions per minute (or REV) - The number of revolutions the engine makes in a minute. Abbreviated RPM and often referred to as "rev".


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.

Rippin' it Up - (1):When a biker pulls away hard and fast from a stand-still and leaves behind a patch/line of rubber (2): A term used to describe generally fast, skillful and/or aggressive
riding.

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

Scoot/Scooter - Slang term for a motorcycle.

Scooter Trash - Any Biker

Scotchlite Reflective Material - A thin, light weight membrane, mounted between the face fabric and the lining. It is Waterproof, Windproof, and Breathable.

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

Shaft drive - As an alternative to chain or belt drive to transfer power to the rear wheel, shaft drive is the solution that requires least maintenance, but is also possibly the heaviest solution. On some bikes there is a notable elevation effect when accelerating.

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

Sit on the gas - When you sit on the gas tank (located at the upper front section of the bike) with your hands on the throttle and brakes either at a stop or while moving.

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 (or Plugs) - A device that lights an electric spark within the combustion chamber to burn the fuel in the cylinder.

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.

Spoke - A rod that connects the hub and rim on a wheel.


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.

Sport-touring - Motorcycles that go under this category are a compromise between powerful sports bikes and touring bikes. These bikes often have good aerodynamics and lots of power, making the top models of this category the fastest bikes around.


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.

Stand up - When you raise your body or 'stand' while riding your bike.

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

Stitching a line - Meaning to get by traffic quick and safe.

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 damper - A steering damper is mounted to a motorcycle's frame and fork to prevent situations like a wobble.


Steering Head - 1. The tubular section at the front of a frame where the triple trees mount to. 2. The place where the fork is connected to the frame and which specifies the steering angle.

Steering lock - A lock that enables one to lock the fork at an extreme right or left to prevent or hinder theft.


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

Stretching out - When the swing arm that holds the back tire is pulled or 'stretched out.' It makes your bike look longer and it makes it hard to pop wheelies.

Stroke - (as in bore/stroke) The distance traveled in either direction of by an piston or rod in an engine. Do not mix up with stroke as in 4-stroke.


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. (best way to talk to them).

Suckin' leather - About the same as Pucker Factor.

Super-motard - A motorcycle category which defines urbanly designed cross or enduro bikes.

Suspension - The system of springs, shock absorbers, or similar devices connection the axels to the frame of a motor cycle. Designed to reduced unwanted motion transmitted from the riding surface.


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)

Tachometer - An instrument that displays revolutions per minute.



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.

Textiles - The jacket/gloves/etc (safety gear) used by riders that is made out of textile.

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

The Double - (also known as the 'Double T', or 'Double Ton') - meaning 200 mph.

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.

Throttle - The throttle controls the engine's power by restricting the substance that enters the engine.


Thumper - A single cylinder bike (like the BMW F650, Kawasaki KLR650)

Thrashing it or Caning it - Self-explanatory terms for taking the bike for 'a blast'.

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.

Torque - The tendency of a force to cause an object to rotate. In an engine, the torque is expressed as the force applied multiplied by the distance from the center of rotation. It is the basic measure of the propulsive effect of a powered wheel. Or, said in other words: The measure of the force applied to produce rotational motion usually measured in foot-pounds or Nm. Torque is determined by multiplying the applied force by the distance from the pivot point to the point where the force is applied.


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.

Transmission - The system of gears and chains by which power is transmitted from the engine to the driving wheel.

Tri-Armor - Is armor comprised of a plastic membrane sandwiched between dual density closed cell memory armor. Tri-Armor was developed from the results of a four year crash study in Germany. The goal of this study was to develop the most protective motorcycle suit. Construction and placement of the Tri-Armor was designed to provide the best impact and abrasion resistance. Tri-Armor exceeds the current “CE” approved standards.

Trial - Trial is the sport of riding specifically designed bikes to overcome obstacles that often require difficult stunts like jumping from a stand-still without touching feet to the ground. A trial bike is very light-weight and is easily distinguished from other off-road bikes by the appearance that the rider will have a hard time finding a seat on it.

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.

Trumpet - Slang for a Triumph motorcycle. Can also mean a trumpet-shaped exhaust pipe.


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

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.

Valve - A device that regulates the passage of fuel through into an engine cylinder. More specifically, a valve is a mechanical device that controls the entry of fuel/air mixture into a combustion chamber, as well as the exit of spent combustion gases from the same.


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)

Wheelbase - The distance between the center of the wheel hubs on the motorcycle.


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 tunnel - Equipment used by motorcycle manufacturers to archieve as good aerodynamics as possible. During development of a new motorcycle, the bike is placed inside a wind tunnel to determine air currents, thus enabling manufacturers to optimize the aerodynamics.


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!

X's - Honda VTX owners refer to their rides as X's. (


Xylophone - A musical instrument (please do not play the xylophone while riding, not only is it dangerous, but highly annoying). ..

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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)