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Where did the name "Road Toad" come from?

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Old 05-09-2015 | 04:37 PM
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Default Where did the name "Road Toad" come from?
Can't remember if the term Road Toad started with the Tour Glide or with the Road Glide.

Why were they called Road Toads? Do they still refer to them as that? Haven't heard it in awhile!

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Old 05-09-2015 | 04:52 PM
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Road Toad??? News to me. I always heard them called Fuglys.
 
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Old 05-09-2015 | 04:56 PM
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From Hodaka dirt bikes.

Along with Bog Frog, Super Rat, Dirt Squirt, Wombat, Combat Wombat...

It was a special time in MC history.


Sigh.
 
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Old 05-09-2015 | 04:58 PM
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I think Hodaka had a bike called that, but I doubt that is what you were thinking!
 
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Old 05-09-2015 | 05:11 PM
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http://roadtoads.net/index.html


They might know?


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Old 05-09-2015 | 06:04 PM
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The first time I heard the term "Road Toad" was from a Harley dealer describing the bike when the Road Glide first came out many years ago.
 
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Old 05-10-2015 | 09:15 AM
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I had a old timer call my 08 Road Glide a Road Toad. I believe it goes all the way back to when the Tour glides first came out. They way I understand it. It is not a term of endearment.
 
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Old 05-10-2015 | 09:49 AM
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Toads = Ugly. Def not a term of endearment. Lol
 
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Old 05-10-2015 | 11:39 AM
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Better than being called a 'Road Turd' LOL.
 
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Old 05-10-2015 | 12:06 PM
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That's a new one to me as we'll. but I like it.
 
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