Glossary of Motorcycle Injury
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Hearing: A proceeding usually
without a jury.
Hell's Angels: A cruiser style
bike that has a lot of the pieces of the bike "chopped
off." The riders of the '60s did everything they could to
customize their bikes and make them go faster. Thus, much of the
existing bikes they bought were chopped off. The bikes in the movie
"Easy Rider" are examples.
High Side: A type of crash
resulting when the rear wheel starts to slide in a turn, then
suddenly grips, flipping the bike sideways.
Holeshot: In racing, the drive
from a standing start up to racing speed. Generally, the rider who
makes the strongest start is said to have gotten the "holeshot."
Horsepower: A unit of
measurement used to describe an engine's strength. Typically, the
more horsepower an engine produces, the faster the motorcycle can
potentially go.
Hurt Report: The Hurt Report
is a study done in the late 1970s of 900 motorcycle crashes. The
published report, released in 1981, is known as the "Motorcycle
Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures",
and consists of 55 conclusions pertaining to crashes, including the
effect of motorcycle riders wearing helmets.
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