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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:34:08 -0400
From: "Nutmegger" <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com>
Subject: Re: What is your favorite 900 model?


I find all this interesting really, the words people use and what they mean to different people, and mostly how they both have to do with food! "'nuther Bob" wrote ::: > >> "Riced" .. Verb: "to rice", I think :) > > > >Oh...we say "Souped" > > > >As in souped up. > > The derivation of "rice" > > We use to "soup up" American cars in the 60's and 70's. That just brings back memories of Gremlins and Pintos, both of which I can't stand. In the > 70's, Japanese cars started to become popular and those of us > who knew something about handling and power saw the potential in a > few of these little gems and started to modify them. There was no > phrase to describe us as you could only "soup up" a large American > car with a V-8. Hmmm..... Maybe Paul has a point and another term should be used when you modify the engines. But, personally I've seen people "soup -up" their Dodges Slant six, and their ugly ass pick-up trucks. >They only went in straight lines, we specialized in > corners, there was little competition. Are you talking body? >No one modified european > cars with the possible exception of the BMW2002 - you couldn't get > many go-fast parts for Euro cars so we mostly used them stock if > we had them. I have not seen many modified european cars around here. Even when I went to the modifieds in NY did I see many at all. I really liked the funny cars. > > Some of the redneck motorheads with their v-8's felt a need > to denigrate our little pocket rockets. LOL! There are always those around no matter where you are. >Over in the redneck Harley > crowd, they already had a phrase for Japanese motorcyles: "rice > burners". Yeah, I've heard the term before. Around here though, the Harley drivers are not what I'd consider rednecks. Those are the guys driving around in their Ford F150's with the gun racks in the back window and the dog sitting in the passenger sear. >So, the motorheads started to call out Japanese cars > "rice burners" or, if they had a little respect, "rice rocket". Oh..I never heard rice rocket either. But some of those Japanese motorcycles look like the guys are laying down on them, and many I've seen seem as clueless as the car drivers you were talking about. All this power between their legs, and they don't know how to handle it. > > As the years rolled on, more and more parts started to become > available for Japanese cars. Suddenly there were lots of bolt-on > body parts as well as bolt on suspension and engine mods. The > "rice" terminology was carried forth to this new phase. Therefore, > fixing up your Japanese car is now known as "riced up". Well, thanks for explaining it, I suppose I'm just out of the loop as far as motorheads are concerned. > > FWIW, I think the Harley guys still refer to Japanese bikes as > "rice burners". But, most of them are the same guys who were > riding in 1975, so that makes sense. I think the expression > "riced up" and/or "ricer" has spread worldwide. I invite dissenting > opinions and additions. I'm wondering how come I never heard it before, like even in a movie.

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