Anchors - Brakes.
Ape Hangers - High   handlebars so Biker's hands are at or above their shoulder height.
B. F. H. - Big Fucking Hammer, used to remove rusted axles,   bearing cups from the frame.
Back yard - Where you often ride.
Back warmer - Passenger.
Barrels   - Another term for Engine Cylinders or Jugs.
Battle bowl   or Bowl - Helmet.
Beer Cans - The can shaped   covers on Harley FL front forks.
Bible - Repair manual.
Big End - End of   connecting rod that fits on the crankshaft.... sometimes referred to as the top speed.
Binders - Brakes.
Bitch Bar - Place for   someone else's girlfriend to hold on while you give her a ride.
Bitch Pad - Passenger   Seat.
Blast - I.e. out for a   blast. Going for a short, usually fast ride.
Blip - snapping the   throttle quickly, as in "blip the throttle".
Blinkers - Turn Signals /   indicators.
Blockhead - The V-twin engine Harley produced 1984 - 2000.
Blown or Blower Bike - a bike   that is supercharged.
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 W.W. 2 flyers.
Baloney Skin - Tire tube.
Breakers - Salvage yard   for used bikes & parts.
Brain Bucket - Helmet.
Bone-yard - Salvage yard for   used bikes & parts.
Boots- Tires.
Bro - Short for   brother. One of your close, riding mates.
Bronson Rock - Anything that   is not an actual 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 high-side so as he could ride.
Burnout - Spinning the back   tire to make it smoke.
Bush Pad - Passenger Pad.
Cage - Automobile / car
Cagers - Car drivers.
Can - Muffler.
Canyon Carving - riding the twisties to an extreme.
Carb - Carburetor.
Chopper - 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 too agile in turns.
Cherry Juice - Transition Fluid.
CLAP - Chrome, Leather, Accessories, Performance.
Clip-Ons - Handlebars that   clamp directly to the fork.
Coasters - Plates used to   block the holes when removing Valves.
Colors - M/C or R/C Patch
Coupon - Traffic Ticket.
Counter steering- Turning the   bikes handlebars in one direction and having it go in the opposite direction. "Gyroscopic Precession"
Custom Bike- Not like everybody   else's Bike and that doesn't mean just adding chrome
Crack It - Turning up the throttle
Crash Bar - Engine Guard.
Crotch Rocket - Sports Bike.
Crossover - what connects   a front & rear cylinder exhaust pipe together.
Dammits - Those devices on the back of your pins that you will almost always drop.
Daytona 2000 Get Off  -  Crash, "Eat Asphalt"
Detonation - Pre-ignition.
Dikes - Site/diagonal cutting pliers. (Lesbians / Lezers)
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck
Dome - Helmet.
Doe nuts - Making black circles on the floor by spinning the rear tier and   turning the bike.
Drag Bars - Low, flat,   straight handlebars.
Drag Bike - The last bike in a group riding together. OR. A bike   raced down a drag strip.
Drag Pipes - These were  short exhaust pipes that ran low along the frame. usualy with no baffels.
Duals - 2 separate   Exhaust pipes, i.e. one each for front & rear cylinder.
Ear's - Air boxes (i.e.:   on a Kawasaki VN750 or VN1500A or any Virago).
FAR - Factory Authorized Repair.
Fat - Too Rich Fuel   Mixture i.e. running fat. Or Wide.
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.
Fist full- To the most e.g. fist full of throttle, grabbed a   fist full of breakes.
Flower Pot  -  A cheap helmet   non approved head protection device.
Fluid Exchange  -  Stopping for gas and to take a leak.
Flying Low - Speeding
Flycatcher - Forced air   pipes, usually on the front of some sports bikes or street fighters.
Free Lunch - Bugs in your teeth
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 object appears.
Frisco'ed/Frisco style - Style when a gas tank is mounted right along the top of the   backbone.
Frisco Pegs - railroad spike   highway pegs
FUBAR - which is a   very old slang acronym meaning "Fucked  Up Beyond All Repair".
GearHead - Any TRUE   mechanic, not just the weekenders.
Giblets - Chrome   Accessories or electrical components.
Giggle gas - Nitrous oxide,   laughing gas.
Goats belly- The ugly silencing   chamber in the exhaust system of later model Vulcans and Viragos.
Goose neck- Stretched part of the frame behind the headstock.
Guts - All the inner   workings of a part of the bike e.g. engine, transmission, Carb.
Hair Dryer - Turbocharger.
Hard tail - A type of   custom bike with no rear suspension.
Harley Wrench - Hammer.
High side- When the bike   flicks you over and off as a result of not taking a bend correctly.
Hippo Hands - Fleece inner   that went over handlebars so you didn't have to wear gloves.
Hog - A Harley.
Hog-wagon- A custom-built   trike in which a Harley-Davidson front end and frame is grafted to a   Volkswagen drive train (sub frame, engine and transaxle).
Hosed- Worn or broken beyond repair.
Indie Shop - Independent,   not franchised.
Ink-Slinger- Tattoo Artist.
Jesus Clip - A small clip that   you WILL drop, followed by "Oh Jesus", 'cause you know you will   never find it.
Jiffy - Side Stand.
Jugs - Cylinders.
Kicker - Older or   classic bike with no electric starter so use of a kick-start is needed.
Kinnipullin Pin- clevis pin.
Knuckle-buster - open-ended   wrench.
Laughing gas- Nitrous oxide.
Lead bike - First bike in a   group riding together.
Leaving Your Mark - Oil puddle on the   ground where you parked your scoot
Low-rider - A custom bike   designed to look low and wide.
Lump - Engine.
Marquis de Saddle - A highly   uncomfortable motorcycle seat.
MANF - Multi Adjustable Nut Fucker , a.k.a. adjustable   spanner.
M.C.C.- Motor Cycle Club.
M/C - Motorcycle Club.
Megaphone - Goes onto the   end of the exhaust to help tune it.
Metric cruiser - Bikes like the Virago, Intruder, Savage etc ? Mostly   Jap cruisers.
Mexican socket set -   crescent wrench.
Mill - Engine.
Milwaukee tractor- A Harley.
MOM - Motorcycle Owners Manual.
Nad - Kawasaki Nomad.
New Leather - A brand new rider.
New Skin - New paint job.
Nail - Can be - a nail, not a pretty or well running bike, or,  - to nail, to ride hard and fast.
Norm - Someone who is   not a biker - normal.
Oil Bag - Oil tank.
One-Off - one-of-a-kind   fabricated part.
1%er - Outlaw Biker.
OPG - Oil Pump Drive Gear (used normally to refer to the infamous plastic oil gears in Kawasaki Vulcan's).
Organ Donor - Rider without a helmet.
Pads - break pads.
Pan-head - The V-Twin engine Harley produced 1948-1965.
Peanut tank- Small petrol tank designed for a certain look rather   than containing lots of fuel.
Pasta Burner - Italian-made bike
Pee-Pad - A tiny  pad  put on the rear fender behind the solo seat to accommodate (but not for long)   a passenger. Got the name because chicks will eventually pee on it if they  ride (bounce would be a better term) on the fender of a hard tail for any extended period of time.
Period Custom - A term heard   in antique motorcycle circles, referring to bikes which are not   "restored" to factory specifications, but built today with modifications original owners of the bikes might have made, like adding Flanders risers or bars, "bobbing" rear fenders by removing the   hinged tailpieces or removing the front fenders and front brakes entirely, or   hopping up the performance with reground stock cams or other early-style   engine modifications.
Pipes - Exhaust   System.
Plugs - Spark Plugs.
Pop - Fuel is being   burnt correctly and therefore making a noise from the exhausts.
Ports- intake &   exhaust valve openings.
Pot- Cylinder.
Pucker Factor - Refers to how tight your ass got on a   close call
Puffer - Supercharger.
Pull - Ability to   accelerate.
Pussy Bar - Passenger backrest.
Pussy pad - Small Passenger seat.
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 - A bike that   evolves from fixing it with anything available instead of standard parts. Or   designed to look unconventional. Often these bikes are painted matt black. Defined as anything Mad Max would shoot at.
R/C - Riding Club.
Rashing  - Road racing   (Illegal).
Reed valves- Air intake valves.
Rice burner- Japanese made bike.
Ridin' Bitch- Riding as Passenger.
Riding the line - Cutting through   traffic.
Road-rash - The bad   grazing that your skin gets after it has been sliding down the road.
Roadie - Yamaha Road Star.
Rocker - Part of M/C or R/C Colors, which usually   designating geographic location
Rolling Basket - Basket case   bike, fairly intact but does not run, needs work
Rolling Chassis - Incomplete   project, has about everything but lump &  tranny
Roun To-It - Instrument   used to delay a job i.e.. "One of these days I'll get around to it."
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.
RUB - Rich Urban Biker.
Rubber - Tire.
Rubber Side Down - Ride Safe; Don't Lay   the Bike Down.
Run - Road trip with your Buds, most of the time with   a place to go to in mind
Scoot - Motorcycle.
Shed - A bike not in   good condition.
Shiny Side Up - Ride Safe; Don't Lay the Bike Down.
Short - Low Final Drive   Gear Ratio.
Short shifting- A technique used to shift gears on a sequential gearbox without using the clutch.
Shotgun Pipes - This style of exhaust had the two pipes ending straight and together, giving the appearance  of a double-barreled shotgun.
Skid Lid - Helmet.
Slab - Interstate / Motorway.
Slam or Slammer - Jockey Shift
Sled - Bike
Slider- the throttle throat opening mechanism on a CV carb' controlled by a diaphragm & Vacuum.
Slug - Piston
Smell Me Bars - Ape Hangers.
SNAFU - After attempting to fix  something that wasn't broken in the first place and you can't put it back   together correctly, you have a Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
Sneakers - Tires as in "I got a new rear sneaker, or a new pair of sneakers".
Software   - What your back warmer presses into your back e.g. tits.
Spanny - 2-stroke expansion chamber.
Sparks - Spark plugs.
Speed wobble- When the handlebars shake from side to site uncontrollably due to bad handling or pushing to speed too hard for the situation.
Spaghetti - Ducati.
Sissy Bar - Passenger   Backrest.
Stinky Finger- got from priming the AMAL carb on early Triumphs from fuel seeping out the button.
Straight Pipes - An exhaust system with no Baffles inside and the exhaust went straight through   unrestricted.
Street fighter- A modified sport bike designed to look mean and fast.   Often are fast.
Stretch - A chopper term   for increasing the neck rake of a motorcycle by extending the length of the   frame's front down tubes, which is that part of the frame between the neck   and the front motor mounts.
Stuck - Sudden Engine   Seizure.
Stewartized - When some Bikers take great pains and expense to color coordinate their bike colors, leathers, helmet, boots, gloves, etc...
Survival bike- A bike designed for on and off road use, usually able   to carry lots of kit and in matt black or military (D.P.M.) colors.
2-1- 2 exhausts   header pipes mating into one pipe.
Tail Gunner - The last rider in a group.
Tall - High Final   Drive Gear Ratio.
Tank slapping - Serious case of   speed wobble. When the handlebars shake from lock to lock uncontrollably.
Tampon - Folding a   piece of paper towel in the air cleaner to absorb the breather oil that gets   sucked out by the Air Cleaner on Harley-Davidson Evolution engines.
Tapping spanner- Hammer.
Tats - Tattoos.
Thumper - Single   cylinder 4-cycle motorcycle.
Tickling - If you have a   "kicker" it's necessary to "Tickle the Pot" as the first   step in getting a cold engine to start. Refers to old carbs (like Amal) that   were primed by a button that pushed down the float and flooded the carb. The   old Bing BMW carbs were like that.
Too Late Light- Oil Pressure   Warning Light.
Trike-A three-wheeled   motorcycle.
Tuppermobile - Any Bike that   has plastic arm rests for passengers (like Honda Goldwing).
Tupperware - Sports bikes (covered in plastic).
Turn Signals - Blinkers /   indicators.
Twingle - A vertical twin   engine where both pistons move up and down and fire together. Combination of   the words twin and single.
Twisties - Section of road with a lot of turns.
Uncle Fester - Somebody who thinks   they know how to wrench.
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.
Vermatherm Valve- Temperature   adjusted oil pressure control valve used to control hydraulic fan speed.
Wind Shield - Wind Screen
Winkers - Turn Signal /   indicators.
WOT- Wide Open Throttle, as in   for plug checks of main Carb jetting.
Wrench- Mechanic
Wrenching- Actually doing   the maintenance and repair of a motorcycle.
Zorst - Exhaust
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