5th Gear Mingers

UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

i was reading the mag Bike today and i came across a saying that i've heard before but i dont know what it means?

5th Gear Mingers, what is it?

Mr.Everready · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2003 Karma :

mINGER = WHEELIE
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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

And there was me thinking it was something to do with Vicky Butler Henderson.

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

yeah me too Smile

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Sete Gibernau looks a minger in any gear....
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ZZR Girl · Trackday Trickster Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Karma :

Why is a wheelie called a minger though? I can't see the connection. I thought a minger was slang for an ugly person
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

I believe it to be a 'fast bikes' ism.

Back in the day, when men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri...

Fast bikes was an independent magazine, published by an independent publisher on a shoestring. They used to tell it like it is.

Then the founding editor left. And it got bought by a big publisher.

Then it got worse than Superbike.

Both the eds of Fast Bikes and Superbike don't (afaik) come from a motorcycling background. (superbike ed had to do his DAS after he got the job... He used to be the ed of a mountain biking mag afaik)

Anyway I digress...

Fast bikes, back in the day used to always refer to looong high gear wheelies as mingers. Not really sure how it came about, perhaps due to the sloppiness of the execution. Either way "5th gear minger" is a fast-bikes ism for a long 5th gear wheelie. Which has caught on with other mags.
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Black Knight · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Karma :

Fast Bikes used to be awesome.

Made Ghostrider look like Charlie fuckin Chaplin.
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LUXY DJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Karma :

loz2k6 is that story for real in your profile? Neutral

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lozzypop1 · Certified MILF! Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

Nahhhh it's bullshit... he could have used engine braking in that time!

Is a nice thought though eh?
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LUXY DJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Karma :

lol funny enough i thought that & if you said it was real i was gonna say about engine braking Thumbs Up

but i spose its a nice thought Thumbs Up

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