Glossary of Motorcycle Injury
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Rake: The angle the forks are
from perpendicular, usually expressed in degrees.
Rat Bike: A motorcycle that's
been kept running by any means possible, usually with mismatched
parts and minimal maintenance
Reasonable Care: The standard
of care in negligence cases; the duty to act reasonably so as to
avoid harming others.
Redline: The maximum number of
revolutions per minute an engine can run before damage occurs. The
name is derived from the actual red line manufacturers typically put
on the tachometer.
Remand: The decision of an
appellate court to send a case back to the trial court with
instructions on how to correctly decide the case; often used with
the term "reversed." Reversed means that the appellate
court overturned the trial court's decision.
Remedies: Relief that the
plaintiff receives from the defendant in a lawsuit. Often this will
include monetary damages or equitable relief (i.e. injunctions).
Respondent: The party that won
at trail.
Road Rash: A term used to
define injuries to the skin when a rider falls or is thrown from the
motorcycle and lands or slides on the pavement. One reason riders
wear full-face helmets, gloves, leather jackets, chaps, and boots is
to minimize Road Rash. Let the leather suffer the Road Rash.
Roost: The debris kicked up by
a spinning rear wheel. Used as a verb, to leave someone behind.
RPM: Revolutions per minute. A
term used to describe how fast a motor is spinning. Also known as
"revs."
RUB (rich urban biker): Rubies
are the newly-emerged sector of over-40 bikers.
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