lowsiden.
/ˈləʊsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌsaɪd/ Motorcycling.
A type of accident caused by a motorcycle losing traction on a road surface, typically resulting in the rider coming off and both motorcycle and rider sliding along the ground. Cf. lowside v. Also attributive, as lowside crash, lowside fall, etc. Cf. highside n.
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1981 H. H. Hurt et al. Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors & Countermeasures (Univ. Southern Calif.: Traffic Safety Center) II. 2 If the motorcycle falls to the inside during this slide-out, the result is a low-side fall.
1993 Cycle World Nov. 74/2 The Australian grand prix regulars..were also tripped up by oil deposited on the racetrack, resulting in a minor lowside.
2002 Amer. Motorcyclist Nov. 6/3 I had just experienced firsthand this same kind of lowside due to underinflation.
2006 Burnley Express (Nexis) 22 Aug. Hodgson suffered a lowside crash while running in third position on lap two.
2011 Cairns (Queensland) Post 16 May 46 [He] suffered a lowside when in ninth place on lap five and had to return his machine back to the pits for his first non finish in his rookie campaign.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lowsidev.
/ˈləʊsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌsaɪd/ Motorcycling.
intransitive. Of a motorcycle or its rider: to lose traction on a road surface, esp. when cornering, typically resulting in the rider coming off the motorcycle and both sliding along the surface. Also transitive: to cause (a motorcycle) to slide in this way. Cf. lowside n., highside v.
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1979 Cycle World Jan. 73/1 It's fun when you can lowside..without injury.
1985 Cycle World July 49/2 We also learned about crashing... The Quadracer was high-sided, the BWs low-sided.
1998 Bristol Post (Nexis) 26 May 2 I low-sided my Triang scooter in the back yard.
2007 Amer. Motorcyclist Dec. 63/2 Chapman's troubles continued in 600 Superstock, when he lost the front end and lowsided while leading on the first lap.
2013 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 5 Aug. a4 I hit a dip in the road and sand and lowsided.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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