HOW MOTORCYCLES BECAME KNOWN AS HOGS

In 1920, Leslie “Red” Parkhurst broke numerous speed records on his motorcycle and became a racing legend. Each time Parkhurst won a race, he would carry a small pet pig along with him on his victory lap. The fans apparently loved this and would shout out, “The Hog won again!” While the word “Hog” initially became associated with Parkhurst’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle, it is commonly used today in association with any motorcycle. Had the racing fans been more knowledgeable they would have realized that this was not a large fully grown pig which is the definition of a hog, but rather a small pig or piglet. Motorcycles indeed today could be known as pigs or piglets instead of hogs! Parkhurst’s racing circuit must not have had many stops in the Midwest!