Farkle??

[ahh-cool]

For those that know me you know I'm not that smart. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge.
Where did the word Farkle come from?
I looked it up and I found it to mean a dice game.
How does that relate to making the bike look better?
Stefan

 

[napper39]

it means ever part you buy to make it look better or run better that is just the term they use like tupper ware is what covers your spyder plastic would be too comen of word to use. funk insted of trunk.:chat:

 

[Dan McNally]

From the Urban Dictionary:

farkle: accessory.

The word is generally accepted to mean a combination of "function" and "sparkle", hence, farkle.

Motorcycle enthusiasts may install accessories, called farkles (also spelled farkel), to customize their machine.
One source attributes the term to Pete Wells, the organizer of a 1997 Honda ST1100 rally

The term is well known in the sport touring community.

An enthusiast may be in the process of "farkling". The completed motorcycle would be all "farkled up". Radar detectors, Global Positioning System receivers, heated grips, and satellite radios are some of those farkles. Other accessories could be aftermarket seats, side and/or top cases or bar risers, which make the motorcycle more suitable for long miles.

 

[Chupaca]

There you go...!!

folks know their stuff here...:2thumbs: and " frunk " comes from the front trunk as opposed to the standard trunk in the rear...:thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

Flashy
Accessory
Really
Kewl
Likely
Expensive

Be careful... :shocked:
"Farkleosis" has only two known cures:
Bankruptcy,
or
Death at the hands of an enraged Spouse...

 

[PrairieSpyder]

Flashy
Accessory
Really
Kewl
Likely
Expensive

...

Did you just make that up, Bob? I like it. :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

Nawww... I'm pretty sure, that I've seen it in here...
I'm not that smart! :shocked:

 

[robmorg]

Did you just make that up, Bob? I like it. :thumbup:

Bob did make that up, but it was in 1942. He's forgotten.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Well, they say that the memory; is the SECOND thing to go...
Problem is; I've forgotten what the FIRST one was! :yikes:

 

[robmorg]

:shocked: Well, they say that the memory; is the SECOND thing to go...
Problem is; I've forgotten what the FIRST one was! :yikes:

Don't worry too much about it. If you've forgotten what it was, you've also forgotten how to use it. :sour:

 

[Bob Denman]

Then it's not a problem!! :thumbup:

 

[Cruzr Joe]

so ............................ the old adage of use it or lose it no longer is relevant?? :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Not if you're using it!
In fact; it would seem to be pretty darn relevant! :thumbup:
You sly dawg... :clap:

 

[ThreeWheels]

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: :2thumbs: :roflblack:

 

[SPYD3R]

FARKLE

JOHN FARKLE....

you know all those jokes about LITTLE JOHNNY.... well Johnny invented this word.... :dontknow: he was the son of Mr. & Mrs. FARKLE... :roflblack:

Stefan, it's a 'joke' word that somebody came up with... it has stuck, and is now part of the motorcycle worlds vernacular... :thumbup:
Dan P
Easley, SC
SPYD3R

 

[ARtraveler]

Most have you covered on your question about farkle.

Most here use it to refer to another accessory to add to the :spyder2:.

If you are adding more than one item, then you are farkeling.

If you take it to the nth degree, you probably have farkleosis.

 

[Princeau99]

If you take it to the nth degree, you probably have farkleosis.

Or your name is Bob Denman:roflblack::roflblack:

 

[ahh-cool]

From the Urban Dictionary:

farkle: accessory.

The word is generally accepted to mean a combination of "function" and "sparkle", hence, farkle.

Motorcycle enthusiasts may install accessories, called farkles (also spelled farkel), to customize their machine.
One source attributes the term to Pete Wells, the organizer of a 1997 Honda ST1100 rally

The term is well known in the sport touring community.

An enthusiast may be in the process of "farkling". The completed motorcycle would be all "farkled up". Radar detectors, Global Positioning System receivers, heated grips, and satellite radios are some of those farkles. Other accessories could be aftermarket seats, side and/or top cases or bar risers, which make the motorcycle more suitable for long miles.

I don't know if you made that up but I believe it
And Bob we all know you have a Farkle addiction

 

[pickelhead]

Thank goodness I finally stopped adding farkles before I got farkleosis, or was it because I couldn't find any more farkles to add? :dontknow::roflblack: