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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:09 PM
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I keep hearing this term runner bike. What does it mean?
 
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May be like the phrase "IT'S A RUNNER" meaning it hauls ***.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:58 PM
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May be like the phrase "IT'S A RUNNER" meaning it hauls ***.
Yah, built bike that's "healthy" and go like a stabbed rat!
 
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I've always thought of one as the opposite of a garage queen show bike. Ride rather than polish.
 
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Well, back in the day, a ''runner'' was a project bike that needed some work, but at least the engine would start and run. Thus called a ''runner''. In my neck of the woods, anyway.
 

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