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Re: Explanation please!



"Ritchie, Norman W." wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Y'all refer to "squids" and their diverse antics.
>
> Where does this term come from? Does it just refer to young kids on large
> sports bikes?

This term was coined in the rec.motorcycles new group I believe. It refers to
riders on sport
bikes that use them on the streets as if it were a race track.

Have you ever seen footage of a real squid swimming? You know how they squirt
off at
fast speeds and zip and change direction on a dime. The antics of the
aforementioned sport bike
riders if very similar. Squirt and the have just lane split two cars. Another
squirt and now over
three lanes from where they were previously. Squirt, and now back, only one car
a head of where
they started.

Basically their rash handling of fast maneuverable high horse power bikes on
the street is similar
in nature to that of the squid or cuddle fish.

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