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Motorcycle lingo
I thought it'd be a good idea to get all the different riding-related lingo together in one place for us n00bs. Or is there something out there already like that? If there is, post it. If not, please share whatever lingo you know. Thanks! 
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:clap :laughing :laughing :laughing :shakeTastesLikeMSG said:
Hate to disappoint you, fatbuckRTO, but you're al little off back to back. Google is your friend.
From: http://pub127.ezboard.com/fhondasportbikenetworkfrm37.showMessage?topicID=5.topic
Highside: When the bike lauches you over the 'high' side of the bike. Normally caused by loss of traction at the rear wheel or a tankslapper. [I personally add a regain of traction to cause the highside]
Lowside: When the bike falls out from underneath you. Normally caused by loss of traction at the front wheel, but also by loss of traction at the rear wheel. This is the most common type of motorcycle wreck, and usually happens in corners.
From: http://pub127.ezboard.com/fhondasportbikenetworkfrm37.showMessage?topicID=5.topic
Highside: When the bike lauches you over the 'high' side of the bike. Normally caused by loss of traction at the rear wheel or a tankslapper. [I personally add a regain of traction to cause the highside]
Lowside: When the bike falls out from underneath you. Normally caused by loss of traction at the front wheel, but also by loss of traction at the rear wheel. This is the most common type of motorcycle wreck, and usually happens in corners.
Thought that's what I said? Just a little more dyslexicish?:laughinghayabusafiend said:
Hate to disappoint you, fatbuckRTO, but you're al little off back to back. Google is your friend.
From: http://pub127.ezboard.com/fhondasportbikenetworkfrm37.showMessage?topicID=5.topic
Highside: When the bike lauches you over the 'high' side of the bike. Normally caused by loss of traction at the rear wheel or a tankslapper. [I personally add a regain of traction to cause the highside]
Lowside: When the bike falls out from underneath you. Normally caused by loss of traction at the front wheel, but also by loss of traction at the rear wheel. This is the most common type of motorcycle wreck, and usually happens in corners.
No, thanks for the correction. BTW, most of my fiends call me just fat buck or just fat.:crackup
What's a tankslapper? Is it the painfully unthinkably horrid fate that the name invokes?
Since you're in a reading mood
http://www.joe250.com/ride/tankslapper.htm
Always keep a relaxed grip on the bars. All the info I read says change your speed during a tankslapper, but above all don't touch the front brake!
http://www.joe250.com/ride/tankslapper.htm
Always keep a relaxed grip on the bars. All the info I read says change your speed during a tankslapper, but above all don't touch the front brake!
Lowside: Here's a picture of what happens just before a lowside. You can see the guys is "laying the bike down". Lowside is synonymous with that.
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