donorcycle

donorcycle

slang A motorcycle, referring to the likelihood that the rider will get into a fatal accident, becoming an organ donor as a result. You know Mom thinks of motorcycles as donorcycles. She'll freak out if she sees you on one!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

donorcycle

n. a motorcycle. (Refers to the availability of donor organs after a motorcycle accident.) Guess what happens when you ride a donorcycle without a helmet?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • in all likelihood
  • in all probability
  • likelihood
  • biker
  • squid
  • stand to lose
  • it (all) depends
  • it/that depends
  • take (some amount of money) for (something)
  • take an amount of money for
References in periodicals archive
Motorcycles have often been characterized as "donorcycles," because the high rate of fatal motorcycle accidents among otherwise healthy young people creates a supply of healthy organs available for donation.
Mirrored externalities
(67) Stacy Dickert-Conlin et al., Donorcycles: Motorcycle Helmet Laws and the Supply of Organ Donors, 54 J.L.
Mirrored externalities
"Donorcycles: Do Motorcycle Helmet Laws Contribute to the Shortage of Organ Donors?" Journal of Law and Economics, 54(4), 2011,907-35.
The effect of cadaveric kidney donations on living kidney donations: an instrumental variables approach