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Old May 15, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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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?
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