Define "Squid"

[domarena33]

I've been on two wheels for 22 years but only recently (since last year) been involved in the track day community. I've seen the term "squid" coming up on social media a lot. I've never heard this before. Is it a track thing? I feel out of the loop. I saw something about it possibly being someone who wears a lot of gear for safety? I was in the Navy for 9 years and marines and soldiers called us squids. Thats the only place I've ever heard this.

 

[MK3Brent]

Is it a track thing?

Nope.

I saw something about it possibly being someone who wears a lot of gear for safety?

Quite the opposite. Think jelly like soft flesh not protected by gear. Squid.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Squid– Any of an order of motorcycle riders who have few if any true riding skills, no training, and no common sense. They often wear little or no protective gear, ride extremely recklessly, and crash often. Basically, they possess way more bike and balls than brains.

 

[HondaGalToo]

It's a term I used to hear a lot years ago. Yup, what Brent said. Squid is a derogatory term for someone who rides like an ass on the street with no protective gear.

Haha, just noted the dictionary definition, didn't realize it was in there!

 

[MK3Brent]

It's a term I used to hear a lot years ago. Yup, what Brent said. Squid is a derogatory term for someone who rides like an ass on the street with no protective gear.

Haha, just noted the dictionary definition, didn't realize it was in there!

Pulled from here, it's in jest.

Anatomy of a Squid

Returning home from town the other day, I was witness to a “squid” couple on a blacked-out, swingarm stretched, and open-piped Yamaha R1. The “pilot” wore shredded, holey blue jeans with white sneakers, a grinning skull bandana covering his face, and a non-DOT spiked “Kaiser” helmet. His...

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[rpm894]

Stupidly Quick Underdressed Inexperienced Dangerous

 

[MK3Brent]

Stupidly Quick

into the ditch?

 

[Otto Man]

Squid is anyone slower than me on track...anyone faster is known simply as a Cheater

But yes to the above comments. Prior squid here

 

[rpm894]

We had an intro to trackdays book at the shop I worked at almost 15 years ago now that used the term “screaming parker.” A screaming parker is someone on a liter bike that screams down the straights and then parks it in the corner. Is that term still in the lingo?

 

[tdelegram]

I prefer the term calamari, it's more tasty.

 

[D-Zum]

Just watch "Biker Boyz"

 

[PatricksDad]

We had an intro to trackdays book at the shop I worked at almost 15 years ago now that used the term “screaming parker.” A screaming parker is someone on a liter bike that screams down the straights and then parks it in the corner. Is that term still in the lingo?

As a nearly 60 yo novice, riding an SV, that shit made me laugh out loud.

 

[The B Team]

Super Quick Until I Die.

 

[The B Team]

Just watch "Biker Boyz"

or rather, anybody who regularly watches Biker Boyz.