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Rake: The angle the forks are from
perpendicular, usually expressed in degrees.
Rat Bike: A motorcycle that's been kept
running by any means possible, usually with
mismatched parts and minimal maintenance
Reasonable Care: The standard of care in
negligence cases; the duty to act reasonably so as
to avoid harming others.
Redline: The maximum number of revolutions
per minute an engine can run before damage occurs.
The name is derived from the actual red line
manufacturers typically put on the tachometer.
Remand: The decision of an appellate court
to send a case back to the trial court with
instructions on how to correctly decide the case;
often used with the term "reversed."
Reversed means that the appellate court overturned
the trial court's decision.
Remedies: Relief that the plaintiff
receives from the defendant in a lawsuit. Often this
will include monetary damages or equitable relief
(i.e. injunctions).
Respondent: The party that won at trail.
Road Rash: A term used to define injuries
to the skin when a rider falls or is thrown from the
motorcycle and lands or slides on the pavement. One
reason riders wear full-face helmets, gloves,
leather jackets, chaps, and boots is to minimize
Road Rash. Let the leather suffer the Road Rash.
Roost: The debris kicked up by a spinning
rear wheel. Used as a verb, to leave someone behind.
RPM: Revolutions per minute. A term used
to describe how fast a motor is spinning. Also known
as "revs."
RUB (rich urban biker): Rubies are the
newly-emerged sector of over-40 bikers.
