Farkled?

Can somebody explain the origins and whatnot of the word?

I've seen it a few times and it's such a great word.....I just have to ask exactly where it came from.

If I'm to guess i a sudo-edumacated way I'd have to say it means "tricked out".
Modified in a good way.

You got it. Function and sparkle. Farkle.

F.A.R.K.L.E. -- Fancy Accessory Really Kool Likely Expensive

Attributes the term to Pete Wells, the organizer of a 1997 Honda ST1100 rally.

SheWolf wrote:

You got it. Function and sparkle. Farkle.

F.A.R.K.L.E. -- Fancy Accessory Really Kool Likely Expensive

Attributes the term to Pete Wells, the organizer of a 1997 Honda ST1100 rally.

Example: My bike is fully farkled (has every accessory that can be bought, made, or stolen).

I, personally, hate the term FARKLE....

My girlfriend likes to call it "Bike Bling". I think she does it just to piss me off!!

I tell her riding bikes is an expensive hobby and she should be grateful I'm not pissing away money on golf!

To me, farkled has always meant F***ed up in some way, like the smaller gas tanks on some Californian versions of bikes. Though I believe it is more commonly used as a term to describe add ons to a bike that for the most part don't do much other than look good and are expensive

asheville thumper wrote:

My girlfriend likes to call it "Bike Bling". I think she does it just to piss me off!!

Tell her "No dear, that stuff you smear all over your face with a spatula is "bling"...

Jäger wrote:

asheville thumper wrote:

My girlfriend likes to call it "Bike Bling". I think she does it just to piss me off!!

Tell her "No dear, that stuff you smear all over your face with a spatula is "bling"...

I read somewhere that it was originally supposedly coined by a Gold Wing guy; wouldn't know.