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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / April 2008More English terms wanted
What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? regards Radbert Radbert Grimmig <grimmig@cityweb.de> wrote in news:48160d7e$0$6516$9b4e6d93 @newsspool4.arcor-online.net: > What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you > ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve > flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? Yes. Mine still does it, if the throttle bodies go out of balance  Signaturewessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS Thanks everybody, but there is more. I always wanted to know these, so while we're at it: - Lastwechselreaktionen. This is what annoys you about the drive train/final drive of some bikes when opening or closing the throttle. Jerking, felt chain slack, but some people also used this for the "lift" effect of crude shaft drives like oldish two-valve beemers had up to around '86. I've always translated it to "load change reactions" but hated it. - "Drehfreude". Is there a noun to go with "free revving"? - Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road surface? - Oh yeah, derogatory terms for nationalities. We call the Americans "Amis", which I always felt "Yanks" wasn't doing justice too. Too Civil War, too North centered, not enough redneck bashing. Also, for a nickname, the German expression is almost tender. We even have sugar coated pastry called "Amerikaner". We like 'em here. Well, basically. Well, almost. SignatureGruß Radbert Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig <grimmig@cityweb.de> typed >Thanks everybody, but there is more. >I always wanted to know these, so while we're at it: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >up to around '86. I've always translated it to "load change reactions" >but hated it. Driveline backlash, I guess. >- "Drehfreude". Is there a noun to go with "free revving"? Free revving. :^) >- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >surface? Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. >- Oh yeah, derogatory terms for nationalities. We call the Americans >"Amis", which I always felt "Yanks" wasn't doing justice too. Too >Civil War, too North centered, not enough redneck bashing. Also, for a >nickname, the German expression is almost tender. We even have sugar >coated pastry called "Amerikaner". We like 'em here. Well, basically. >Well, almost. Yanks is good. We use "Septics" around here, but I don't think that would be generally understood (comes from the rhyme with "septic tank"). You'll have to accept that as just the opinion of an Inselaffe, of course... SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >>surface? > Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. "The usual potholed mess"...? "Undulating" implies good, interesting, not-lincolnshire-flat - a road that rises and falls as it winds. I don't think that's what's being meant... >Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> gurgled happily, >sounding much like they were saying: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >"The usual potholed mess"...? "Washboard surface" - "lunar landscape" >"Undulating" implies good, interesting, not-lincolnshire-flat - a road >that rises and falls as it winds. I don't think that's what's being >meant... You're spot on there. SignaturePip: B12 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> saying something like: >>>- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >>>surface? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >that rises and falls as it winds. I don't think that's what's being >meant... "Shite Irish Road" is usually descriptive enough. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >>>>surface? >>> Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. >>"The usual potholed mess"...? >> >>"Undulating" implies good, interesting, not-lincolnshire-flat - a road >>that rises and falls as it winds. I don't think that's what's being >>meant... > "Shite Irish Road" is usually descriptive enough. <looks around, panicked> f.ck, when did the Irish conquer Hertfordshire? Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> typed >Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> gurgled happily, >sounding much like they were saying: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > ><looks around, panicked> f.ck, when did the Irish conquer Hertfordshire? They didn't. They just built the roads. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>"The usual potholed mess"...? >>>> >>>>"Undulating" implies good, interesting, not-lincolnshire-flat - a road >>>>that rises and falls as it winds. I don't think that's what's being >>>>meant... >>> "Shite Irish Road" is usually descriptive enough. >><looks around, panicked> f.ck, when did the Irish conquer Hertfordshire? > They didn't. > > They just built the roads. With whatever was left over after all the "Tarmac yer droive, sorr" jobs? On Apr 29, 2:02 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REM...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > "Shite Irish Road" is usually descriptive enough. Shite Irish gravelly D roads ? P. >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig ><grimmig@cityweb.de> typed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Driveline backlash, I guess. Spot on. >>- "Drehfreude". Is there a noun to go with "free revving"? > >Free revving. :^) "Spins the rev counter needle round like a spider on acid" >>- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >>surface? > >Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. Rippled, or where the tarmac has been pushed into linear bumps by heavy traffic, "bermed". SignaturePip: B12 > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:42:00 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > "Spins the rev counter needle round like a spider on acid" "WFO" P. Pip schrieb: >Rippled, Oh you're all so gorgeous... And another thing: What is a "biker" to you? Because over here, we usually take it not to mean "garden variety motorcyclist" but either the Hells Angels, potbellied, Harley toting variety OR the dentists, lawyers and architects who try to harness that image for themselves. SignatureGruß Radbert > Pip schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > variety OR the dentists, lawyers and architects who try to harness > that image for themselves. And hairdressers. Never forget the hairdressers. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 On Apr 29, 10:42 am, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...@wicked-uncle- nigel.me.uk> wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig > <grim...@cityweb.de> typed [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. Sweeping bends Washboarding HTH Paul. zymurgy@technologist.com schrieb: >> >- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >> >surface? >> >> Sounds... odd to me. Can't think of a better term at the moment. > >Sweeping bends WHAT? I always took that to mean rather longish, roomy (what's the opposite of tight again) turns? SignatureGruß Radbert > zymu...@technologist.com schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I always took that to mean rather longish, roomy (what's the opposite > of tight again) turns? Yep, you're correct. The term undulating infers gradual or non scary inclines and declines (descents), so I applied the same to the bend description. English really isn't that exact sometimes. Other European languages are more unambiguous. (c/f German and Italian) P. >- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road >surface? You can say "turns on an undulating road surface", although if the pitch of the bumps is small it would become "corrugated". SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk On Apr 29, 11:44 am, Colin Irvine <Colin.Irv...@seebottomof.home.page> wrote: > >- Can you say "undulating turns" when in fact you mean the bumpy road > >surface? > > You can say "turns on an undulating road surface", Switchbacks ? P. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig <grimmig@cityweb.de> typed >What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you >ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve >flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? Hunting. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig > <grimmig@cityweb.de> typed [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Hunting. Adjust the left hound lead until it stops. SignatureMikeH GSX750F >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig >> <grimmig@cityweb.de> typed [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Adjust the left hound lead until it stops. Where have you been? I've missed your appalling puns. SignatureChamp ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. >>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Radbert Grimmig >>> <grimmig@cityweb.de> typed [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I've missed your appalling puns. I'm working solid at the moment so I only get time to lurk a bit and when I get home family stuff calls more than UKRM. SignatureMike H GSX750F > What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you > ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve > flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? > > regards > Radbert Jerking like Mohammed Ali making a cup of tea? SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS BMW K1200S NIGE#1 > What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you > ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve > flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? Hunting. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 > What do you call it if the engine starts surging or bucking when you > ride along at a constant, lowish engine speed? Like the four valve > flat twin beemers used to do for a few years? Is that surging? Yes. And they still do it, to a greater or lesser extent. SignatureMorini Corsaro 125 | CB450K4 | XL250 Motosport | 900SSD | R1150RT Laverda SF2 | Harley FXD BOTAFOF #33 TWA#10 The UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/index.html "Je profite du paysage" - Joe Bar |
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