What are slang names given to male and female motorcyclists besides “lone wolf rider”, “hardbelly” and “tuna”?
Why are female riders reffered to as “hardbellies”?
I’m doing research on this. Please respond.
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Dunno any other slang terms. The origin of “tuna” ought to be pretty obvious. For those who are puzzled, I will simply offer this observation: “In this world, there are only two things that taste like tuna. One of them is tuna.” :rolleyes:
“Hardbellies” is a slang term I’ve heard many times before, but not restricted to motorcycling. When I think “hardbellies” I think young girls in bikinis on California beaches. The term literally refers to their attractive, lean torsos. When I told a friend that I was thinking of moving to California (22 years ago), his immediate response was “Do it, man! Think of all those hardbellies waiting for you!”
:eek:
Slang names? I am sure there are a bunch of them… Biker bitch, harley babe, harley dude, two-wheeler, suicycler, thong (if you have ever seen a girl on the back of a crotch rocket wearing a thong, you will know why they are called thongs), squid (stupid kid), etc. What is this research for?
The hot young thangs in California are called “hardbodies” – I’ve never heard of “hardbellies.” Although I’m a motorcyclist, I’m not a HOG.
I believe that’s squirrley kid
err squirrely
Err…I have never heard of any of these. I’m guessing that slang terms are going to be very localised. You’re probably going to have to give some more details to get a useful answer.
“Lone wolf” and “tuna” sound more like biker slang than motorcyclist slang.
What is this research for? If it’s for school, and you don’t have Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson in the bibliography, then you haven’t done a scholarly research of the subject.
As you may have guessed, I think that Thompson is pretty accurate with regard to Angel names in the Fifties and Sixties and how club names came to exist. Basically, it’s harder for the authorities to pin somebody at a scene if everybody is calling that guy Bear or Tiny than if they’re calling out to Anthony or Frank. Along with that, most of the early bikers were WWII vets who came home and either couldn’t or didn’t want to settle down to a civilized life. These guys might have kept the nicknames they got during the war, and newcomers followed suit.
I’ve never heard “Lone Wolf Rider” before, but I assume that it’s an elaborate way of saying loner, someone who isn’t with any group. It’s been decades since I was around any bikers (mostly weekend riders, with a few outlaws thrown in), but it seemed back then that every third guy was called Bear or Sonny. I think that there was a Spider or two and I think a few guys were named after their bikes.
All the women I knew (just a few, but they seemed to be polarized between mamas and independent, assertive women, with a lot of guys’ wives just staying home.) The mamas were called buy a first name; the self-assured ones gave their last names as well and one gal I knew went by her full name, almost as if it was a title.
For what it’s worth, I think that “tuna”, if used by anyone, is a generic term, but most of the scooter trash that I knew would have just called it/them pussy, if they were so inclined.
BTW, Johnny L.A is right. While Harley Dogs may have a lot in common with other types of motorcyclists, the two groups are traditionally very much separate and each has their own vocabulary.