Two Wheel Tales

Biker Definitions

Beater:
A second motorcycle that owners of expensive cycles use for commuting and errands.

Billet Barges:
Expensive, customized motorcycles covered with shiny parts machined from a solid block, or billet, of aluminum.

Burnout:
A show-off maneuver in which a rider holds the front brake while racing the throttle, causing the back wheel to spin and billow smoke.

Pillion:
A Britishism that means the seat or saddle for the second passenger on a motorcycle. Often used in the United States to refer generally to a woman who rides behind a man on a motorcycle.

RUB:
Rich urban biker, a derisive term coined by Harley-Davidson enthusiasts to refer to executives, lawyers and other professionals who buy expensive motorcycles as status symbols.

MCCB: Middle-class Canuck Biker!

PRB: Poor Rural Biker

PUB: Poor Urban Biker

Squid:
First used in the Navy to refer to new sailors, the term also refers to rookie riders who drive recklessly or buy motorcycles they cannot handle.

Straight pipes, drag pipes:
Mufflers with noise-curbing bafflers removed. The pipes, illegal in New York State, create a deafening roar.

This list has been floating Around the Net for Years

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