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V4underme wrote:Heck, my fav bike rag is Roadbike, the subtitle being "Ride Metric".

Yeah, me too.

Kal wrote:Refers to Japanese Cruisers dosn't it? As opposed to American built models...

It refers to any bike that has a metric sized engine. much like the 1131cc V-Rod... Oops, a metric American bike!!

dr_bar, you've violated the Sacred Creed! A mob of raving Harley-ites is gonna hunt you down for that....!!!!

the pic of the guy severed in half is a well known fake, it was done by a special effects artist. Notice that there is one MC boot and one sneaker.

Most of the other really nasty ones either look like, 1. no gear, or 2. squid on a sportbike bites it.

That site was not skewing any facts, the figures I saw were the same ones they throw at you at the MSF course.

Look at it this way. Yes motorcycling is risky, but the vast majority of riders still die from causes other than MC accidents.

dr_bar wrote:It refers to any bike that has a metric sized engine. much like the 1131cc V-Rod... Oops, a metric American bike!!

Don't see what the problem is with that, it still says "Harley" on the tank. But then again, I don't fit the sterotypical Harley rider mold that many automatically assume anyway.

Kal got it right; the term was coined back when cruisers first became all the rage and the Japanese started bringing out their answers to 'Murrican iron. People who have been around for awhile will remember that aftermarket accessories for bikes like the first Kawi 1500 series were few and far between. Now there's tons (or should I say "tonnes") of companies that cater to them like Cobra, Kuryakyn, etc. Years ago you had to browse the Harley catalogues to find stuff that could be made to fit metric cruisers, nowadays there's catalogues put out by J&P Cycles, Dennis Kirk, etc, that are specifically aimed towards Japanese iron.