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Hearing: A proceeding usually without a
jury.
Hell's Angels: A cruiser style bike that
has a lot of the pieces of the bike "chopped
off." The riders of the '60s did everything
they could to customize their bikes and make them go
faster. Thus, much of the existing bikes they bought
were chopped off. The bikes in the movie "Easy
Rider" are examples.
High Side: A type of crash resulting when
the rear wheel starts to slide in a turn, then
suddenly grips, flipping the bike sideways.
Holeshot: In racing, the drive from a
standing start up to racing speed. Generally, the
rider who makes the strongest start is said to have
gotten the "holeshot."
Horsepower: A unit of measurement used to
describe an engine's strength. Typically, the more
horsepower an engine produces, the faster the
motorcycle can potentially go.
Hurt Report: The Hurt Report is a study
done in the late 1970s of 900 motorcycle crashes.
The published report, released in 1981, is known as
the "Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and
Identification of Countermeasures", and
consists of 55 conclusions pertaining to crashes,
including the effect of motorcycle riders wearing
helmets.
