Rubber Lever End Thingies

[Cormanus]

Here's some interesting RLET ancient history...

first mention of rlets (although I'm still trying to run down who first used the term RLET for them)

ADV rider forum, 2013 CB 1100 thread Jan 21,2013 page 65 post # 961

Old 01-21-2013, 07:20 PM #961
The other Ferret
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Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Southwest Ohio
Oddometer: 269 I'm going to put those little rubber lever covers on mine. No early Honda look alike should come without those cool little rubber covers.



and the rest is history bwaahhaaahhaaahhaa

Ferret, I've done a bit of searching on this important topic. It's important to me.

First note metallyguitarded's thesis posted earlier.

RLETs are many things to many people. Their meaning escapes easy definition. A friend of mine who works at Google in Mountain View, California told me how even their most complex algorithms have repeatedly failed in efforts to identify, characterize, or describe RLETs, despite amassing hundreds of petabytes of data from across the globe. That, no doubt, explains your inability to find mention of them on the web. I'll tell you this, they are life changing. Every man must find his own path to enlightenment. I wish you luck on your journey and don't forget to post photos once you add them to your CB!

Notwithstanding that learned view, I've actually found a reasonably definitive answer on Google—[url=http://bit.ly/1ahFVij]see here.

Hence, and without wishing to be immodest, I think I just might lay claim to be the first person to use the term "rubber lever end thingies". I believe the first time it was used was on the first post of this very thread. I can find no earlier mention of the term.

I make no claim to be the author of the fad, however. That honour must surely go to the mighty Ferret in [url=http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20544949&postcount=961]this post on the ADVRider Forum.

Who it was who first used the acronym, RLET, I have no idea. I was the first to use it on this thread—[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2491&pid=39108#pid39108]see here—but I'm pretty sure I used it only after someone else had. Apparently that was on some other thread.

The most important thing is that the term "Rubber Lever End Thingies" and the acronym "RLET" have their origins right here at [url=http://www.cb1100forum.com]http://www.cb1100forum.com!

And I want a popcorn eating one for the oil threads...

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