Originally Posted by gurnE
Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
gurnE, ive always thought of a tankslapper as the sudden reaction you get when you lift off mid-oversteer and the car spins the other way.
is it a bike term too?
It's only a bike term
A rapid side-to-side oscillation of the front wheel of a motorcycle, where the handlebars literally 'slap' the gas tank due to insufficient road grip on the front tyre.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=tankslapper
I though it was when the petrol in the tank gets moved around so much that it unbalances the bike and only gets worse as the bike moves more?