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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Man, I can't believe everyone forgot the one that most all of us think about every day we're on our Roadies: WTF!

Which, of course, in R* terminology, means "White's The Fastest!"



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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Roadkill1962 wrote:
Man, I can't believe everyone forgot the one that most all of us think about every day we're on our Roadies: WTF!

Which, of course, in R* terminology, means "White's The Fastest!"



RK


RK,

Is that why people say it when they're frustrated?

You'll never know how fast your bike could be until you change it.

What's REALLY the fastest color?




Custom.


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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
All I can say is if you guys are looking at color to determine the quickest we got a long way to go in the learning curve here .... besides I could paint mine Pink and she would still be the fastest ....Coug
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
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besides I could paint mine Pink and she would still be the fastest ....Coug

Prove it.
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Here's a few I don't remember seeing:

PCS = Pacific Coast Star, an accessories manufacturer and reseller

HK = Hard Krome, an exhaust manufacturer

K&N = K & N Engineering, a manufacturer of high flow air cleaners and filters

RP = refers to Royal Purple motor or gear oil


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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Be nice if they could understand context so they don't pop up where they don't go. Minor issue though.
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Musky,

If they're popping up out of context, we should fix that (IMO) by either improving the description, or removing the item from the list.


Which ones are you noticing?

Gram had WWW for 'wide white wall' but it interferred with 'world wide web' so he took it out. Are there otheres?
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
Randysgym wrote:
Musky,

If they're popping up out of context, we should fix that (IMO) by either improving the description, or removing the item from the list.


Which ones are you noticing?

Gram had WWW for 'wide white wall' but it interferred with 'world wide web' so he took it out. Are there otheres?


PMS is a great example. My wife used to suffer a bit from PMS, but not as much as me.

She'd kill me if she knew I posted that!
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
I came across a couple this morning when I posted that aren't referenced yet:

ASL - Above Sea Level

OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

Just an FYI...hey, is that in there yet?

RK

EDIT: Yep...apparently it is...
 
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Re:Glossary or explanation of abbreviations 4 Years, 7 Months ago  
There's been a few times. Can't remember them all.

The main reason I do it this

There was a couple more
 
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