bike terms

[kawashima]

I think most of you find these Janglish bike terms strange.

(English)-----------(Janglish)
Padock stand------Maintenance stand
Exhaust------------Muffler
Can-----------------Muffler
Fairing--------------Cowl
Handle bar muff----Handle cover
Cruiser--------------American
Main stand----------Centre stand
Kick stand-----------Side stand
Scamera-------------Aubis (don't know why we call it Aubis)
Open face helmet---Jet helmet
Bar riser-------------Handle up spacer
Specification---------Spec
Topcase--------------Pannier (pannier is also pannier)
Velcro----------------Magic tape
Handguard-----------Knuckleguard
Full beam-------------High beam
Dipped beam---------Low beam
Up shift---------------Shift up
Down shift------------Shift down
Unmarked police car--Masked pato-car (I believe this comes from masked wresler)
Throttle----------------Accel
Letting out clutch------Clutch meet
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own:2020 Serow 250
owned: 2012 YB125SP, 2008 TDM900, 2005 W650, 2002 LS125R, 2002 CB400SF, NS50F, C50 / Trip to UK(2009), Hokkaido touring(2013)

[fatpies]

I remember playing the Megadrive game SuperHang on. You got to build your own super duper turbo Mofo motorbike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eftfA5sLbDw

This was before the internet. It had parts like Muffler, and I was huh? For YEARS I always thought it was Carbs

YES OK it has a flashy green thing, but I was ten years old in 1992! I knew nothing (and still don't) about moving parts.
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[kawashima]

[JoeDougieDoug...]

I called the 'main' stand on my bike, centre stand.

Those crazy japanese.
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[kawashima]

[salty21]

kick stand is US aswell, we also use sidestand

We call the front and rear fairings cowls, normally call the side panels fairings and the bottom bit a bellypan

spec is also used as a short version of specification everywhere i think.

topcase is a topbox here

with up shift, shift up/ down shift, shift down it depends on the sentence: ie, you need to 'shift up.... or i made a mess of the 'up shift'. There just past and future tenses. A present tense would be 'shifting up'.

i prefer your way of saying bar riser though, im gonna start calling it a handle up spacer from now on
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04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[kawashima]

[Walloper]

Enlish - Merican

Pavement - Sidewalk
Road - Pavement
Trousers - Pants
Fanny - Pussy
Bottom - Fanny
Spanner - Wrench
Spunk - Spirit


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[salty21]

you put fanny and bottom the wrong way round^^
athough i suppose a front bottom is called a fanny
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04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[calyx]

fairing = tupperware
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[G]

I think 'muffler' is pretty common in the US too.

[mistergixer]

Roundabout - Traffic Circle

One I always find strangely amusing is a term which I think is unique to S.Africa:

Traffic Light - Robot
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[fatpies]

[Ariel Badger]

[Vincent]

Here's a good one:-


https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/Cripons2.jpg

You can imagine the manufacturer talking to the printer - "Ya.......I would rike japanese crip-ons on box prease".
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[kawashima]

"Exhaust" sounds cooler than "Muffler".
We say green apple as "blue apple".We tend to call green as blue.
We often mistake L and R.
Kawasaki shops here pronounces Versys as "Berusisu".When I once said "Vaasis", they didn't understand me. I don't like the name "Berusisu".
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own:2020 Serow 250
owned: 2012 YB125SP, 2008 TDM900, 2005 W650, 2002 LS125R, 2002 CB400SF, NS50F, C50 / Trip to UK(2009), Hokkaido touring(2013)

[mistergixer]

[G]

[Teflon-Mike]

I was poking about some Haynes for wiring diagrams; came accross this in the "Yamaha: 100; 125 & 175 Trail Bikes" book:

[salty21]

true teflon style
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04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[Walloper]

[Sam_Y_93]

[MadCatLady]

I like the sound of a 'jet helmet', rather than open face. It sounds like it could whoosh around all by itself.
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Yamaha YBR 125

[stinkwheel]

[devojunior]