F Fairing - The plastic shrouds that deflect wind and rain from the rider, the motorcycling equivalent of automotive bodywork. Fathead - The Twin-Cam engine (V-Twin, produced from 1999 - Current Day) Flathead - The Flathead engine (V-Twin, produced from 1929 - 1972) Fast Riding Award - Speeding ticket Fat - Too Rich Fuel Mixture 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. 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. FlexiFlyer - 1970s 2-stroke Kawasaki 500/750, lots of go, really bad frames. Flogging it - Gettting on the throttle hard and shifting thru 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 Flying Colors - Riding while wearing the club/organization's colors Fools Paradise - A Harley-Davidson Four Banger - An inline four cylinder motorcycle (or automotive) engine, these are among the most powerful motors on a motorcycle. Also referred to as an inline four. Free Rider - Someone who shares the same ideas as a gang but doesn't belong to one. 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 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**ken 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 Management System - Carburator |