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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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I know what is meant by "softtail" and "bagger", but what does the word "dyna" refer to? Is it a shortened form of an older harley word? How did this name come to describe a group of harley models? Anyone here a historian? Or a linguist?
 
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Old May 12, 2011 | 11:41 PM
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Dyna-from the Greek word dynamis, as in dynamic, dynamo, dynamite, etc. It means POWER. And it is!
 
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Old May 12, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by harleydiver
Dyna-from the Greek word dynamis, as in dynamic, dynamo, dynamite, etc. It means POWER. And it is!
You sir, are a cunning linguist.
 
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Old May 13, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Several long threads on here about this. Try using the search. To summarize all of them though...no one really knows, but everyone will do their best to guess at it or joke about it.
 
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Originally Posted by CMC
You sir, are a cunning linguist.
...and I enjoy doing it!!!--Oh! My bad! You said "cunning linguist"!
 
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Old May 13, 2011 | 12:28 AM
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in my best austin powers imitation "ooooh behave"
 
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:19 AM
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I thought it came from an old Frank Zappa song, "Dynamo Hum".
 
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:27 AM
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means girlie bike...
 
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Originally Posted by freddyttt
I fixed that for ya
 
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Old May 13, 2011 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by freddyttt
means girlie bike...

He's right!
Mine is exactly that, I am but the chauffeur of the;
"el caballo de hierro rojo"
which only rides las chicas.
 
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