chopper/biker sayings/clich'es

[WillSCB]

i hate to be be petty, but this one really burns my buiskits.
pan/shovel.
a panhead is a panhead.
a 66 to 69 shovelhead is a gen shovel or a flat side or a slab side.
most normal people will call it a gen shovel.
the early shovels were NOT pan/shovels.

a pan/shovel is a a 50's or early 60's bottom end with a shovel top end on it...
and that was the hot lick in the 70s

am i nit picking?

No, you're not. Craziest thing I remember seeing (think I have a photo, somewhere,) was an alternator shovel FXR with a pan top end. Owned by a local shop owner. Needed a new top end and he put it together with "what he had on hand."

[Dragstews]

Well .....

If ya look at it from the top down ....

Shovel-Pan ...

[Bbqbiker]

“It’s got a 3/4 race cam” says the owner or seller when he has no clue what’s in it



“All chromed out” seller spent $thousands$ on bolt on crap and expects to recoup every cent



“Won’t last” see above ha ha ha ha

[klondikekid64]

^^ After working in a chrome shop so long, the sight of that chromed out stead just about made me yak.. What do they say?.. If it don't go, chrome it. I

[b2obslov3r]

What about

Fuck Purist
No run, No fun

I do not know if it exists but I would like to propose : yes, it's not a rigid (hardtail), so what? (for swing arm chopper)

[beat]

What about

Fuck Purist
No run, No fun

I do not know if it exists but I would like to propose : yes, it's not a rigid (hardtail), so what? (for swing arm chopper)

to expand on a few things you said.
i always say..
stock sucks(yes there are exceptions)
and restoring is boring.

and the no run, no fun. i've never heard that, but i like it.
along the same line is..."ride 'em, don't hide 'em"

[b2obslov3r]

along the same line is..."ride 'em, don't hide 'em"

That sounds great !

[7and7is]

When checking out someone's bike "That's bad ass" (guilty).

[Irondead]

Live to ride, ride to Starbucks.

[DazedandConfused]

Bumping this only because I can't believe that no one in 5 pages threw out "If you want more inches, stroke it"

[armand]

I used to call my friends bmw a “ winnebiko” and a “bikolounger”

[38ulh]

Softail the bike named after it's rider

[38ulh]

Bumping this only because I can't believe that no one in 5 pages threw out "If you want more inches, stroke it"

Put six more inches between your legs Harley 80

[DoomBuggy]

I remember when that went around

[DazedandConfused]

Softail the bike named after it's rider

This hurts me on a deeply personal level