Bike Names

[placidfemme]

I was wondering today if bike names actually mean anything or not...

Does anyone know what these break down to if anything?

GSX-R
ZXR
FXR
GN

And so forth...

[WRT]

GN = Go Nasty, apparently (from the owner of one)

[placidfemme]

lol that one seems to fit...

[Smorg]

GSXR = Goblin Suits, Xtremely Retro

[Str8 Jacket]

Well my old GN is definately a Going No more... Not sure that it ever actually "went" though...

[Wasp]

My gsf Goes Shitty but Fun :bleh:

[vifferman]

VFR = Very Fine Roadbike. :yes:
GSXR = Gonna Soon need X-Rays :Pokey:

[Mr. Peanut]

All things considered, probably not...

http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=rav4.jpg&category=Cars&date=2004-08-18
http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=cr-v.jpg&category=Cars&date=2002-06-17
http://www.engrish.com/image/engrish/alfred-hitchchocks.jpg

[Sniper]

Abbreviations for

Stephen
Wallace
Barry
Noel

in japanese of course

[Pwalo]

I was wondering today if bike names actually mean anything or not...

Does anyone know what these break down to if anything?

GSX-R
ZXR
FXR
GN

And so forth...

Can only tell you about the Suzuki naming conventions.
GS = four stroke with two valves per head
GSX = four stroke with four valves per head
GSXR therefore is a four stroke with a four valve head (racing).

Then of course there's GSXF, GSF, and now GSR. And that's just the inline engines. There's also SV and TL for the V twins, and apparently some other designation for cruisrey type things.

Bugger, I think I need a cup ot tea and a lie down.

Apparently there is some logic in there somewhere.

[Motu]

My first bike was called a Bantam - I was always looking for a deeper meaning.

[Ixion]

So was mine. Had a nice picture of a cock on the fuel tank.

[Smorg]

My first bike was called a Bantam - I was always looking for a deeper meaning.

Was it small and laid cute eggs?

[Swoop]

VFR = Very Fine Roadbike. :yes:
...and here I was thinking it was Visual Flight Rules...

[Sniper]

My first bike was called a Bantam - I was always looking for a deeper meaning.

Was it fowl?

(Intentional incorrect use of the word Hitcher)

[placidfemme]

Can only tell you about the Suzuki naming conventions.
GS = four stroke with two valves per head
GSX = four stroke with four valves per head
GSXR therefore is a four stroke with a four valve head (racing).

Then of course there's GSXF, GSF, and now GSR. And that's just the inline engines. There's also SV and TL for the V twins, and apparently some other designation for cruisrey type things.

Bugger, I think I need a cup ot tea and a lie down.

Apparently there is some logic in there somewhere.

Ahh.. that explains a bit...

Now I know that "R" stands for Racing :) (In some cases anyway)

[Motu]

Now I know that "R" stands for Racing

HAW,HAW,HAW!!!! :rofl:

[Jantar]

Can only tell you about the Suzuki naming conventions.
GS = four stroke with two valves per head
GSX = four stroke with four valves per head
GSXR therefore is a four stroke with a four valve head (racing).

Then of course there's GSXF, GSF, and now GSR. And that's just the inline engines. There's also SV and TL for the V twins, and apparently some other designation for cruisrey type things.

Bugger, I think I need a cup ot tea and a lie down.

Apparently there is some logic in there somewhere.

Suzuki had a sort of logical naming sequence some 25-30 years ago, which has been added to, but not really changed too much. Prior to 1973 Road bikes were either A, B or T.

More recent example are:

1st Letter
G = Road D = Off road 4 stroke T = Off road 2 stroke R = Moto-cross
For the rest I'll stick to road bikes

2nd Letter
S = 4 stroke
T = 2 stroke

3rd and 4th letters
X = 4 valves per cylinder
S = Semi faired
F = Full Faired
R = Racing

Numbers
750 = Capacity in CCs

Subscript letters
Model Year
M = 1975
A = 1976
.
.
.
K5 = 2005
K6 = 2006


I'm not too sure how TL got in there because I'm 99% sure that they aren't an off road 2 stroke. :corn: :corn:

[Big Dave]

So was mine. Had a nice picture of a cock on the fuel tank.


I've got a picture of Motu riding like a c..... doesn't matter.

'Thunderbird' I love.
'Ulysses' I would change by deed poll if I could.

[WRT]

I call mine "You Sexy Bitch". I think it suits.

[Hitcher]

So was mine. Had a nice picture of a cock on the fuel tank.
Ah. A fuel cock. Badoom tish.

[Hitcher]

Was it fowl?

(Intentional incorrect use of the word Hitcher)
It's sometimes amazing what happens when you've got a cock and pullet...

[cheese]

First bike was an AG100, that think was missing a R = Arg 100

Next one IT, that was missing a SH, infact I wrote it on it with vivid SH-IT

Now I got an RM, this is missing a H, that stands for real money hungry.

[What?]

Suzuki had a sort of logical naming sequence some 25-30 years ago, ...
I'm not too sure how TL got in there because I'm 99% sure that they aren't an off road 2 stroke. :corn: :corn:
And the T500, whist a 2 stroke, was not really an off-roader.

The truth of it is, just as many westerners think Asian charcters look "cool", many Asians think letters of the Greek alphabet look "cool". Hence all the name badges plasterd all over Japanese cars, and the proliferation of letters stuck on bikes. (and the letter "R" is considered to look extremely cool)

[RiderInBlack]

Hence all the name badges plasterd all over Japanese cars, and the proliferation of letters stuck on bikes. (and the letter "R" is considered to look extremely cool)Does that make Honda's cooler than the rest cause they use more R's:rolleyes: (eg: CBR1000RR).

[Jantar]

And the T500, whist a 2 stroke, was not really an off-roader.


But the T500 Titan, T350 Rebel, and T250 Hustler were the last of the old T series in 1972 before the naming convention I described came into force. The T250 became the GT250, the T350 was replaced by the GT380,and while the T500 was produced alongside the GT550 for a short time, the last of the T500s did have the letters GT on the back of the seat.

[WINJA]

Twin Litre Race, and Twin Litre Sport
I THOUGHT TL WAS 'TWIN' IN AN 'L' CONFIGURATION .

[Ixion]

There was a "genuine" GT500. Differed from the T500 in having the GT750 front end (with only one brake disk), different carbs and inlets, slightly different porting, different instruments, the GT750 tank, and some gearbox mods.

Phoebe is a GT500, Tessa is a T500R

[ZeroIndex]

Kinetic GF170 = GO FASTER you stupid bike!!!

[slimjim]

dad had a sunbeam,,but never saw mom ironing with it ,:(

[Motu]

And in the early TS bikes,S was for street,M was for motocross....like TS400 and TM400.I liked the Suzuki names better - TS250...Savage,TS400...Apache,TS125...Duster - and there were Stingers and Wolfs and Honchos and Hustlers,Titan....and unfortunatly the customer named Waterbus/bucket/buffalo.

[Jantar]

from memory the GT750 was the LeMans, the GT380 was the Sebring, but I just can't think what the GT550 was called.

[Motu]

BSA names were the best - Silver Stars,Gold Stars,Thunderbolts and Lightnings (very very frightning) Galileo,Galileo Figaro magnifico....oopps,sorry,got kinda carried away there....Hornets,Spitfires,Goldflash and Super Rockets.Hot damn,don't they sound good?!! Then how come the B31 was just a B31?

[Edbear]

from memory the GT750 was the LeMans, the GT380 was the Sebring, but I just can't think what the GT550 was called.






The GT550 was called the "Indy". The names were mainly for the US market. I had a T500 and loved it.

[Edbear]

BSA names were the best - Silver Stars,Gold Stars,Thunderbolts and Lightnings (very very frightning) Galileo,Galileo Figaro magnifico....oopps,sorry,got kinda carried away there....Hornets,Spitfires,Goldflash and Super Rockets.Hot damn,don't they sound good?!! Then how come the B31 was just a B31?





My B31 had a few choice names...!:rofl:

[Ixion]

from memory the GT750 was the LeMans, the GT380 was the Sebring, but I just can't think what the GT550 was called.

The Gt550 was officially the Indianapolis, but almost always Indy. All racetracks, but the names were only commonly used in the US.

Velocette had two good ones, Velo Venom and Velo Viper.

[Edbear]

And in the early TS bikes,S was for street,M was for motocross....like TS400 and TM400.I liked the Suzuki names better - TS250...Savage,TS400...Apache,TS125...Duster - and there were Stingers and Wolfs and Honchos and Hustlers,Titan....and unfortunatly the customer named Waterbus/bucket/buffalo.





Always lusted after a TS400 Apache! Wanted to turn one into a street bike! If I had it would have been an early supermoto, eh? Ah, the '70's...!

[N4CR]

ZXR - zebra extreme racing?

Hrrm.. I'll just stick to calling mine 'THE BLACK FLAME'. Cool.

[Pwalo]

And in the early TS bikes,S was for street,M was for motocross....like TS400 and TM400.I liked the Suzuki names better - TS250...Savage,TS400...Apache,TS125...Duster - and there were Stingers and Wolfs and Honchos and Hustlers,Titan....and unfortunatly the customer named Waterbus/bucket/buffalo.

Aaah yes. My first bike was a Stinger. T125, two stroke twin. Damned clever in some ways. With the engine hanging off the bottom of the frame and the cylinders almost parallel to the ground cooling was reasonable, and decokes, etc were a breeze.

Was a damn sight quicker than my mates SL125 too!

[WINJA]

But the TL's were V configuration?
I suppose it is a "L" the way it sat in the frame.
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY IT WAS MARKETED AS THE TL1000R , TWIN LITRE 1000 IS THE SAME INFO TWICE , TWIN 'L' 1000 ISNT

[NordieBoy]

For cool product names you can't go past Crumpler bags :D

http://www.crumplerbags.com/home.php

The Bundle
Million Dollar Home
The Sinking Barge
The Customary Barge
The Keystone
The Whickey And Cox
The Karachi Outpost
School Hymn
The Breakfast Buffet
The Luncheon
The Skivvy
The Moderate Embarrassment
The Considerable Embarrassment
The Dreadful Embarrassment
The Hee-Goer
The Part and Parcel
The Horseman
The Cashmere Blazer
The Salary Sacrifice
The King Single
The Beer Back
The Soupansalad Son-O
The Quarfie
The Maurice
The Soupansalad
The Barney Rustle Blanket
The Western Lawn
The Status Belly
The Soupansalad
The Complete Seed
The Fux Deluxe
The Bee's Knees

[paturoa]

For cool product names you can't go past Crumpler bags :D

....The Fux Deluxe ...

lol

but Datsun must get the prize for the dorkiest vehicle names ever.

Cedric
Fairlady
Cherry
Dont think they had a Dorris but should have

Read somewhere once that Toyota were going to name the starlet the Toyolet

[kro]

ZXR =
Zerax
X-dresses
Regularly

GN =
Got
Nads?

RM =
Ring
Muncher

VFR =
Vaseline
Friction
Rash

CRF =
Cant
Reach
Fifty

Thats all I can think of.

[NordieBoy]

Dosn't Run.

EX Racer.

:D

[RiderInBlack]

Clearly a Beautiful Riding 1000 (Thou) the Fun ed.:laugh:

[idb]

Ducati 851 = manufactured by Ducati, 851cc
Ducati 888 = manufactured by Ducati, 888cc
Ducati 916 = manufactured by Ducati, 916cc
Ducati 996 = manufactured by Ducati, 996cc
etc, etc..............

[Pixie]

.
'Ulysses' I would change by deed poll if I could.
How about Odysseus

[Pixie]

Aaah yes. My first bike was a Stinger. T125, two stroke twin. Damned clever in some ways. With the engine hanging off the bottom of the frame and the cylinders almost parallel to the ground cooling was reasonable, and decokes, etc were a breeze.

Was a damn sight quicker than my mates SL125 too!
I did my license test on one of those.I had to borrow it off a mate, as they had just brought in the 250cc limit and I had an RD 350