Where did the name "Road Toad" come from?
05-09-2015 | 04:37 PM
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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!
TIA.....
05-09-2015 | 04:52 PM
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From: Richmond, VA
Road Toad??? News to me. I always heard them called Fuglys.
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.
05-09-2015 | 04:58 PM
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From: Amboy, WA
I think Hodaka had a bike called that, but I doubt that is what you were thinking!
05-09-2015 | 05:11 PM
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From: north of Daytona
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.
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.
05-10-2015 | 09:49 AM
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From: In the wind.....
Toads = Ugly. Def not a term of endearment. Lol
05-10-2015 | 11:39 AM
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From: Sacramento, CA.
Better than being called a 'Road Turd' LOL.
05-10-2015 | 12:06 PM
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From: s.e. Wisconsin
That's a new one to me as we'll. but I like it.