|
F (Motorcycle
designation suffix) - Four-stroke engine (eg.
Honda CRF230F, Yamaha WR450F)
Fairing - 1. The plastic shrouds that deflect wind and rain from the
rider, the motorcycling equivalent of automotive bodywork. 2. The devices
mounted at the front of a motorcycle to protect the rider from the elements.
These range from simple Plexiglas shields to complex encompassing body
panels.
False
Neutral - When you fail to engage gears and the transmission behaves
as though it was in neutral even though it is not. Example "I hit a false
neutral once when shifting from 4th to 5th gear."
FAR
- Factory Authorized Repair
Farkles - (accessories). Things that can be added to your
bike that make it more useful, versatile, or attractive. The
price of which often exceeds the original purchase price of the
bike.
Fathead
- The Twin-Cam engine (V-Twin, produced from 1999 - Current Day)
Fatigue
- Tendency of material to fail under repeated use. (i.e..
Bending a piece of metal over and over again will eventually
break it)
FIM
- Federation Internationale Motorcyclist. International
governing body of motorcycle sport.
Final
Drive - Mechanism that delivers power to the rear wheel,
usually chain drive, shaft drive or belt drive.
Fine-C -
Fine-c video Motorcycle
start up Acronym - F Fuel Supply Valve, I Ignition
N, Neutral, E Engine Cut-off: On, C Choke/Clutch
Flat
Cylinders - Found in the flat four and flat six cylinder
engines used in Honda's Goldwings, the cylinders are arranged in
a flat, opposing configurations.
Flathead - The Flathead engine (V-Twin, produced from
1929 - 1972)
Flickable - 1. Unstable; taking very little effort to
move between an upright position and a lean. 2. The more
flickable a motorcycle is, the faster it can turn.
Fast
Riding Award - Speeding ticket
Fat
- Too Rich Fuel Mixture
Feathering the brake - Gently applying the brake.
Feathering the clutch - See also Slip the Clutch and
Friction Zone - Gently allowing the clutch to engage. This makes
for a slow smooth start.
Fender
Bunny - Nice babe on the back of a bike
Fender
Fluff - Nice lookin' babe on the back
Fiddly-bits - Those chrome do-dads all over saddle bags
and seats.
Fins
- Heat sinks on an air cooled engine.
Fishtail - Rear wheel swinging from side to side caused
by increased rolling resistance of the rear
tire (often caused by over braking, flat tire, frozen drive
train or a road hazard like mud, gravel, sand, snow or ice).
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.
Flame
and Crook - Fire and
Theft insurance.
Flashover - Generally an unwanted electrical discharge
through the air to the ground.
Flathead - Early head design where the valves resided in
the block so the head only covered the block and held the spark
plug. Also called L-Head or side-valve.
Flat
Spot - Term refers to the condition where opening the
throttle results in a reduction in speed or power output caused
by incorrect fuel mixture.
FlexiFlyer - 1970s 2-stroke
Kawasaki 500/750, lots of go, really bad frames.
Flickable - Used to describe the agility of a motorcycle,
or how quickly a rider can flick the bike from side to side in
turns.
Flogging it - Getting on the throttle hard and shifting
through the gears.
Flower
Pot - A cheap helmet non snell-approved head protection
device.
Fluff
- Young Girl (AUSTRALIAN Terminology)
Fluid
Exchange - Stopping for gas and to take a leak.
Flycatcher - Kuryakyn Hypercharger
Fly
Wheel - Rotating weight used to damp engine vibration or
to improve smooth operation of the engine between power strokes.
Flying
Colors - Riding while wearing the club/organization's
colors
Fog
Line - The edge of the pavement.
Fools
Paradise - A
Harley-Davidson
Foot
Paddling - 1. The way an unskilled rider "walks" his or
her motorcycle around at low speeds. 2. Sitting on and "walking"
a motorcycle without power assistance from the engine.
Foot
pegs - The resting place for the riders or passengers
feet on a motorcycle.
Footprint - Contact patch of the tire with the road
surface.
Foot
Skids - A riders boots that are extended to the ground
while the bike is in motion.
Forks
- The sprung metal tubs holding the front wheel to the rest of
the motorcycle using the triple-tree.
Formation Ride - A motorcycle road event in which
participants maintain their relative position in a group while
riding down the road.
Four
Banger - An in-line four cylinder motorcycle (or
automotive) engine, these are among the most powerful motors on
a motorcycle. Also referred to as an in-line four.
Four
Stroke - Engine with the common induction, compression,
power, exhaust stroke sequence. Designed by Dr. Nicolas Otto in
1876.
Frankenbike - A motorcycle made up of or built from many
different makes/models/years.
Free
Rider - Someone who shares the same ideas as a gang but
doesn't belong to one.
Freightliner - A big truck.
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 light appears
FreshMeat - New young girlfriend.
Friction Zone - The part of the clutch lever travel from
where the clutch just starts to engage until it is fully
engaged. Riders use the friction zone to get the bike in motion.
See also Slip the Clutch.
Frisco
Pegs - Railroad spike highway pegs
Frisco'ed/Frisco style - Style when a gas tank is mounted
right along the top of the backbone.
Front
Door - Leader of a group ride
FTF
- F_ _k The Factory
FTHRWYFL - Forget the Hype, Ride What You F@$#%&n Like!
FTW
- F_ _ K The World, also Forever Two Wheels
FUBAR
- Which is a very old slang acronym meaning "F_ _ked Up Beyond
All Repair." Pertaining to the sad, inoperable and unfixable
state of someone's bike or engine or whatever.
Fuel
Injection - Replaces carburetors. Uses small nozzles,
called injectors, supplied fuel by an injector pump, to inject
fuel into the intake manifold. Serves the same function as a
carburetor, but uses computer-controlled jets to inject atomized
fuel and air into the air stream going into the engine.
Fuel
Injection System - This mixes the fuel air charges and
forcibly injects them into the combustion chambers, unlinke
carburetors, which rely on the vacuum created by the engine to
draw the charges into the combustion chambers.
Fuel
Management System - Carburetor
Full
Chat - Riding at top speed for the riders skill level and
road conditions.
|
