The term "Metric" gets thrown around a lot on this Forum (and others). I know what "Metric" and the "Metric System" are in the real world, have used it my entire life.

Interested to hear what people believe the actual definition of "Metric" is in direct relation to a type or form of motorcycle.

Is it:

Any Japanese motorcycle?
Any Japanese Cruiser motorcycle?
Any motorcycle that isn't American?

 

Japanese name.

 

Ummm Im going with a. Alex what is a Japaneese motorcycle

 

junk!!!!!!!!!!!

 

forign

 

What he said....

 

i'm going to say...likely uses metric tools and will likely go 0-60 while the rest of us are still getting in gear.

but i'm just playing devil's advocate.

 

Is that why the government added a tax on Harleys back in the '70s. It was an attempt to coerce people buying motorcycles to get an import from Japan rather then a Harley?
Wait, that's not what happened...

Ron

 

In general we use the term 'metric' to denote a Japenese bike. The term is derogatory in that the HD community in general looks down on the 'metric' bikes. Personally, I like and admire most motorcycles, whoever made them.

Here is a list I dug up for all motorcycle manufactures world wide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._manufacturers

We love to pick on the Japenese, and of course Honda is the #1 seller world-wide. But there are others out there and virtually all of them, are metric.

...gene

 

I applaud the nice use of reverse logic.
Wait, is that the right phrase?