Spare motorcycle.
Derogatory term for diminutive small or
tatty spare motorcycle used to stand in for a proper machine.
Common to owners of vintage British
motorcycles. Assumed 'Crunch' refers to accident or
broken down status.
'Brit' biker would be embarrassed seen riding small Japanese bike or 'Jap Crap'. Hence importance of term 'Crunch' to offer explanation for such odd behaviour as only due to being
hard up whilst simultaneously affirming existence of other superior machine.
Honda stepthru
C50/C90 or 'granny basher' is a typical. 'Crunch.'
'Hey, what's with the plastic crap?'
'Yeah, its my crunch, the old
nail's in bits'