Definitions of Biker Terms
Hey Gang! Hope you are enjoying your Super Bowl Sunday. Due to the popularity of “Definitions of Biker Terms”, we will continue the segment through February. This feature will be posted every Sunday. By the way, if you would like to suggest a definition, simply e-mail it to rickslark@yahoo.com.
TODAY’S DEFINITION…
Clutch Booster
A device designed to reduce the effort necessary to engage the motorcycle’s clutch mechanism. Often used by people who ride older motorcycles as these clutch mechanisms were notoriously stiff making the clutch lever difficult to pull under normal conditions and exhausting to repeatedly pull in stop-and-go traffic.
These devices have grown in popularity in recent years due to the increase in the number of women riders and the increasing median age of the average motorcycle rider.
* Thanks to Trent Schultz for suggesting this term.
I really like this segment. As I read these terms, I’m reminded of some I’ve heard over the years. Words that don’t mean anything to most ‘4 wheelers’, like Skid-lid, Poser, Bagger, Dresser, Mouse trap, Suicide Clutch, Thumper etc. I’ll leave it to your column to explain them.
Thanks for the encouragement Steve.