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Vintage Vocabulary
Sooner
or later you may find a Vintage rider who’s vocabulary, while not
offensive, may be confusing to the average snowmobiler. Here is a
pocket guide for decoding the Vintage Sled Head’s language into
something understandable.
Pinch
= Trail ride
Turn the Key = Time vintage sledders are leaving
Trail Iron = Vintage sled
Spare = Other sled on trailer
The Look = Trail Iron that may have mechanical alterations
Chick Magnet = Shiny Vintage Sled
Trailer Queen = Sled that sits on trailer with shine
Cushion = Any snowmobile with more than 3 ½” of suspension
travel
Slippery Stuff = Two Cycle Oil
Joy Juice or Motion Lotion = Premixed Gas
Arabian Fluid = Can be anything from grease, oil, Paint brush
cleaner. Note sentence structure
Going over 55 = Sled on trailer pulled by car or truck
A-7 = Spark Plug
Custom = Duct tape, or altered to make due
Skid Lid or Brain Basket = Helmet
Tow-Rope - Nick Meulemans or a must have item
Trail Ears = Ear Plugs
Health Food = Bar Burger
Free = The Good 4 letter “F” word
Food = The other 4 letter “F” word
“Low Buck” Price = Free
Vintage Pricing = Real close to Free
Rattle Can = Spray Paint
Mop Job = Brush Paint
Polish Chrome = Silver Paint
Broom Paint = Really BAD mop job
Tweak = Fine Tune
Shoe Horn Inn = Replace engine with larger one
Shade Tree = Modify or a parts manual
Transfusion = Siphon gas from one sled to another
Pickle Boy Wallet = Duct tape wallet (very impressive)
Highly Sought after Beverage = Root Beer
Wrench = Someone good with mechanical things
Tilly = Carb
Tilly Twist = A carb adjustment on a Pinch
Tilly Toss = Olympic event under review
Trick = Souped Up
Suit Sucker = Sled with mid-mounted engine
Shake and Bakes = Hand Warmers
Main Safety Switch =
Located between sled drivers ears
MacGyver = Multi Tool carried by LBVR & NEWLBVR members
Ink = Information in writing (service manual)
Trail Ink = Map
Pointer = Compass
144 = Snowmobile ads
Hair Dryer = Fan cooled sled
Night Vision = Flashlight with good batteries
Permission Slip = Discussed with significant other
DNR
Safety Coupon = Way Cool DNR recognition
This information
should be helpful during brief conversations with Vintage Riders.
*Warning * Never under any circumstances should the word CHEAP be
used. This word is a very bad word. A very bad “bad” word. Low
Buck Vintage Riders are not cheap; they’re just Low Buck.
Thank
you,
Brand
X and The Professor
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