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Remember these?
"hip up"
"shako daon"
"hachi no ji"
"tako ashi"
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 10:13 AM
Remember these?
"shako daon"
Hmm, must be Okinawa dialect. In Kanto it was "shako tan."
What else?
"oba-fen"
"yotsu wa"
"mappo"
"chokkan"
"hako nori"
"wappa"
"obake han"
"roketto kaoru"
"rouringu"
"take yari"
dkmini
05-01-2006, 11:02 AM
Hmm, must be Okinawa dialect. In Kanto it was "shako tan."
What else?
"oba-fen"
"yotsu wa"
"mappo"
"chokkan"
"hako nori"
"wappa"
"obake han"
"roketto kaoru"
"rouringu"
"take yari"
Yeah it was definitely "shako tan" for us.
Some good ones there KK.
How about?
"chin-spo"
we use to call RX-2/3/4 "gyu-don" because they were yasui and hayai
"gan tobashi"
chasing "chimps" < more of on-base talk
Hmm, must be Okinawa dialect. In Kanto it was "shako tan."
What else?
"oba-fen"
"yotsu wa"
"mappo"
"chokkan"
"hako nori"
"wappa"
"obake han"
"roketto kaoru"
"rouringu"
"take yari"
Ah man, had a feeling I was going to start something here. Maybe it was "shako tan", but I was hearing it in Oki as "daon" or "daun". What's the meaning so I could figure it out. I have one (meaning) in mind, but too embarrassed to say (maybe wrong). Baka half-gaijin. Wow, never heard of the others.
Hmm, must be Okinawa dialect. In Kanto it was "shako tan."
What else?
"oba-fen"
"yotsu wa"
"mappo"
"chokkan"
"hako nori"
"wappa"
"obake han"
"roketto kaoru"
"rouringu"
"take yari"
Oh, I take that back. I do recognize a few.
"oba fenda"?
"hako nori" is that like sitting on the window sill part of the door like our drifters do?
"bake mono" is this the same as "obake han"?
dkmini
05-01-2006, 11:53 AM
Ah man, had a feeling I was going to start something here. Maybe it was "shako tan", but I was hearing it in Oki as "daon" or "daun". What's the meaning so I could figure it out. I have one (meaning) in mind, but too embarrassed to say (maybe wrong). Baka half-gaijin. Wow, never heard of the others.
SHAKO = chasis
TAN = tansoku or short legged
Oh, I take that back. I do recognize a few.
"oba fenda"?
"hako nori" is that like sitting on the window sill part of the door like our drifters do?
"bake mono" is this the same as "obake han"?
You're right on the first two.
I have no idea what "obake han" is, unless it means riding without your hands (like an obake is controlling the handle or steering wheel).
REH, you guys didn't use "mappo"? Omawari-police.
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 01:19 PM
Hmm, must be Okinawa dialect. In Kanto it was "shako tan."
What else?
"oba-fen"
"yotsu wa"
"mappo"
"chokkan"
"hako nori"
"wappa"
"obake han"
"roketto kaoru"
"rouringu"
"take yari"
translations:
oba fen = over fender
yotsa wa = car (four rings)
mappo = police
chokkan = unbaffled exhaust
hako nori = riding on doorsill
wappa = motorcycle
obake han = motorcycle handlebars twisted up to look like horns on devil
rokketto kaoru = full fairing (rocket cowling)
rouringu = weaving side to side on a bike (rolling)
take yari = obscenely long tailpipe sticking upwards like a bamboo pike
...desu!
ArchangelX
05-01-2006, 01:25 PM
I was about to ask...what the hell does this have to do with cars? Thanks for the translation. :gapteeth:
Latka
05-01-2006, 01:33 PM
Good - DK can yell at you for wanting the translations this time. He's going to make a sweet grumpy old man. ;)
"take yari" Aha... the bosozoku style like in the photo at KK's place. Sweet.
dkmini
05-01-2006, 01:36 PM
Good - DK can yell at you for wanting the translations this time. He's going to make a sweet grumpy old man. ;)
:punch:
SHAKO = chasis
TAN = tansoku or short legged
OK, I understand now. I thought "down", chassis down.
REH, you guys didn't use "mappo"? Omawari-police.
No we didn't use "mappo" we used omawari-san or shiro-bai (motorcycle police), even tokuso (undercover police).
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 07:55 PM
OK, I understand now. I thought "down", chassis down.
No we didn't use "mappo" we used omawari-san or shiro-bai (motorcycle police), even tokuso (undercover police).
In Kanto, we called motorcycle cops KOUKI, short for the official Koutsuu Kidoutai meaning Traffic Operations Mobile Units
dkmini
05-01-2006, 07:58 PM
In Kanto, we called motorcycle cops KOUKI, short for the official Koutsuu Kidoutai meaning Traffic Operations Mobile Units
I think we called them hachikou.
dkmini
05-01-2006, 08:00 PM
.......... In Kanto it was "shako tan."
In Kanto, we called motorcycle cops KOUKI, short for the official Koutsuu Kidoutai meaning Traffic Operations Mobile Units
So KK, you were zoku?
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 08:03 PM
Why hachikou? Ain't that the dog at Shibuya Station?
Never was in a zoku myself, but a lot of my friends were in Yokosuka Rengoh so I picked up a lot of the language and culture.
dkmini
05-01-2006, 08:07 PM
Why hachikou? Ain't that the dog at Shibuya Station?
Never was in a zoku myself, but a lot of my friends were in Yokosuka Rengoh so I picked up a lot of the language and culture.
Hahahaha, yep the dog is named that but I think it comes from the fact that the elite shirobai was based in Hachiyouji. These are the guys that busted us on ShinOmeKaidou and Route16. I guess the kou part has to do with koutsu - I don't make the names.
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 08:15 PM
Hahahaha, yep the dog is named that but I think it comes from the fact that the elite shirobai was based in Hachiyouji. These are the guys that busted us on ShinOmeKaidou and Route16. I guess the kou part has to do with koutsu - I don't make the names.
A sou desu ka...
Hey, we need to convert someone's car here into a zoku special!
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 08:43 PM
I think GC8's car would be ideal for zoku conversion. Its got the old school 4 door body style, its already been lowered and bounces around on really stiff springs, and has a loud exhaust. All we need is a "chin spo", "oba fen" and a "take yari" exhaust.:hypo:
The crowning touch would be to steal some of them handholds from a train or bus in Japan somewhere and mount them above the rear windows.
Kamakura kid
05-01-2006, 08:47 PM
Oh man, how could I ever forget?
A "hotaru"!
Literally translating to "firefly" it is a small blinking light, usually blue, mounted next to the exhaust pipe.
I had one on my Celica LB in Seattle, until some bored campus cop pulled me over and gave me a warning for inpersonating a police officer. I had to remove the light or face a $480 ticket. I pulled the light.
I still kept the high speed turn signal relay installed, though.
dkmini
05-01-2006, 10:28 PM
The crowning touch would be to steal some of them handholds from a train or bus in Japan somewhere and mount them above the rear windows.
Hahahaha, I forgot about those......I had those on my Savanna.
dkmini
05-01-2006, 10:29 PM
Oh man, how could I ever forget?
A "hotaru"!
Literally translating to "firefly" it is a small blinking light, usually blue, mounted next to the exhaust pipe.
I had one on my Celica LB in Seattle, until some bored campus cop pulled me over and gave me a warning for inpersonating a police officer. I had to remove the light or face a $480 ticket. I pulled the light.
I still kept the high speed turn signal relay installed, though.
I had hotaru light too. And speed flasher. And brake flasher.
Latka
05-02-2006, 07:55 AM
Hahahaha. You guys are such 70s ricers. ;)
Speed flasher, brake flasher! I remember those too! What I had was Pioneer TXS 11 II's speakers that lit up on the rear dash. Over here that would be an invite to "hey, I want you to steal my stereo". Remember the lighted license plates? Couldn't afford those, but over there that was as personal plate as you can get. The good thing was you could hook up a switch and turn them off when running from the cops. Watch out for those kenmon's!
dkmini
05-02-2006, 09:07 PM
Speed flasher, brake flasher! I remember those too! What I had was Pioneer TXS 11 II's speakers that lit up on the rear dash. Over here that would be an invite to "hey, I want you to steal my stereo". Remember the lighted license plates? Couldn't afford those, but over there that was as personal plate as you can get. The good thing was you could hook up a switch and turn them off when running from the cops. Watch out for those kenmon's!
My hotaru was under my car - flashing purple light. But, yeah, it was rigged to a switch to hide from mappo. Of course the speed/brake flashers where dial controlled to go back to normal. If you think about it though, kind of dumb to try to hide when the car was a purple hope shakotan vanna with Gloria headlights and blacked out tail lights (pansto) - hahahahahaha. :thefinger: to the mappo!
Kamakura kid
05-02-2006, 09:55 PM
Hahahaha. You guys are such 70s ricers. ;)
Guilty as charged! Probably explains why I have one full and two partial Kawasaki Z-1's.
Nothing can beat the sound of a Z-1 engine equipped with a 4-into-1 pipe. Yup, mine sports an old rusty Kerker right now, but am planning on getting a shiny new Vance and Hines.
http://www.z1enterprises.com/detail.aspx?ID=528
Actually a Moriwaki would be best, but new ones are about $1100. Yikes! Wonder if I can find an old but still good looking one...
Kamakura kid
05-02-2006, 10:21 PM
YUCK!!!!!
The new Moriwakis are can type, not megaphone. PFFFFT!
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/seed/020301588/
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