SQUID (derogatory) a motorcyclist, typically on a sportbike, who rides with minimum of safety gear, no rider training and poor skill while attempting to ride faster than their ability allows. The more experienced often perform dangerous stunts that, when performed on public roads, endanger themselves and other motorists. There is currently an entire culture devoted to it in which money is made selling videos of their stunts and performing at shows on closed race tracks. The term is derived from the 1960s when Navy sailors (colloquially “squids”) would dock in San Diego, purchase two-stroke motorcycles, and ride them around under the influence of alcohol.
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