Campaign against the abuse of scooters!!

**riffer** · 11th August 2004, 13:26

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

Shit that reminds me
OYYY mr kawasaki -how in gods name did you come up with the name GTR1000

--There is nothing R about a GTR - unless kwakka means R for rotund or maybee robust or rediculously heavy.

Maybe it stands for Grand Tourer - Road version...

**riffer** · 11th August 2004, 13:26

Or, as a form of encouragement, like "get thee racing..."

**tuscan** · 11th August 2004, 13:28

GT Errr...

Whereas my 'R' is 100% justified

**Posh Tourer :P** · 11th August 2004, 15:14

Originally Posted by Motoracer

I think they are named appropriately. If you called a Nifty fifty a super black bird, what name would you give to the CBR1100 XX?

Appropriate perhaps, but certainly no good for marketing. What is a blackbird anyway? You wouldnt want to ride a thrush or a starling, so why a blackbird? Except for the record-breaking car I suppose.
As was pointed out earlier, Gilera and Piaggio seem to have no trouble

**Motoracer** · 11th August 2004, 15:27

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Appropriate perhaps, but certainly no good for marketing. What is a blackbird anyway? You wouldnt want to ride a thrush or a starling, so why a blackbird? Except for the record-breaking car I suppose.
As was pointed out earlier, Gilera and Piaggio seem to have no trouble

The Blackbird is of course the SR-71, which is the world's fastest aircraft (excluding that experimental rocket powered aircraft). EVERYONE knows this, so obviously having such a name on a bike might make people think rather highly of it. Although if the SR-71 is called Blackbird, calling the CBR1100XX a "Super" Blackbird was a bit cheeky!

**Mongoose** · 11th August 2004, 17:13

[QUOTE=Coldkiwi]
I've always wondered how the bike factories invented their little lettering codes. I remember it being as bewildering as hell when I was looking at getting into bikes... what with ZXR, GPX, GPZ, FZR, FXR, GSR, GSX, CBR R, CBR RR... and that was just the learner bikes

QUOTE]

Tell a wjat, that is still a LARGE problem to me, gave up in the end. At least Guzzi used numbers I could relate to.

**Motu** · 11th August 2004, 17:25

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

You wouldnt want to ride a thrush or a starling,

OI!!! My Motu Guzzi Stornello is a little starling!

**Jackrat** · 11th August 2004, 19:52

Well me own bike is a "Heritage Special"

I've always wondered where they got that from.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 11th August 2004, 20:20

Originally Posted by Motoracer

The Blackbird is of course the SR-71, which is the world's fastest aircraft (excluding that experimental rocket powered aircraft). EVERYONE knows this, so obviously having such a name on a bike might make people think rather highly of it. Although if the SR-71 is called Blackbird, calling the CBR1100XX a "Super" Blackbird was a bit cheeky!

I knew that!

**DebK** · 11th August 2004, 20:53

I think Italjet's Dragster 180 nicely describes my scoot. Might also add Insectile to that name though. He's a certainly a weird looking dude.

**riffer** · 11th August 2004, 21:21

Hey Deb long time no see on KB!

Are you still punting your scoot through the welly motorway traffic?

**DebK** · 12th August 2004, 20:48

Hey celticno6,

Been a bit busy on 4 wheels. Started to miss reading KBF so back in here again.

Yep, still on the scoot. It is really a lot of fun to ride & that's coming from someone who at times exceeds 200kmh on gravel, so that says something about the Dragster 180. Has a decent top speed (easy 100 & had it up to 130) to keep me on the motorway & out of everyone's way. Actually end up passing most cars from The Terrace to Tawa. Seems to handle & brake well but then again I've no experience on other bikes. Was tempted to try a trade on an Aprilia RS250 but decided against it. When I'm ready financially I'll move up to something bigger & more impressive (image gal, guilty as charged). My husband's keen to get a bike now too.

What you been up to lately celticno6?

**Posh Tourer :P** · 13th August 2004, 18:05

Originally Posted by DebK

My husband's keen to get a bike now too.

It's contagious!!!

The lovely female assistant at the dentist has almost been convinced to get a bike too. She counted out a scooter though :spudwhat:
And one friend has a bike but no licence yet, another buying a bike and a third thinking about it.... There's gotta be something contagious there!