The small ABC of motorcycle types, part 1 A ?? D.

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The small ABC of motorcycle types, part 1 A ?? D.
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The small ABC of motorcycle types, part 1 A ?? D.

The small ABC of motorcycle types, part 1 A ?? D.
ETV 1000 XB9R S4R

Manufacturers actually think about what to do when they designate their models with opulent combinations of letters and numbers?

Michael Orth, Norbert Sorg

01/01/2004

Kermit, the frog from the Muppet show, has it easier than, for example, Jurgen Stoffregen, press spokesman at BMW. When Kermit explains the letter K to his small and large viewers, all the words that begin with K are available to him, and he lets himself into cantor, coloratura or grief bacon with pedagogical empathy.
If Jurgen Stoffregen is supposed to explain the letter K in the K series, then he has to speculate first. “K could have been an internal designation, but it could also have been her
was derived from compact drive. «So
actually C-Class? »Could it be that the letter C was already taken by the competition and that is why compact was written in German? compact.”
As Stoffregen’s research with BMW historians has shown, the first guess proved to be correct: internal designation. At Kawasaki and Suzuki you don’t even dare to do that?
to suspect something. “Ouch, you’ve caught us off the beaten track. First we have to ask in Japan. «What does ZX-10R or GSX-R 1000 mean?.
Somehow, of course, there is usually one
some logic behind the abbreviations ?? even if the S is at Ducati can have as many as five different meanings and Benelli thinks the tre is going
walking her RS ​​just because it looks damn good.

Type designation ABC part 1: A – D

Aprilia: The motorcycles from Noale are called Pegaso (winged horse), Caponord (North Cape), Falco (falcon), Futura (future), Tuono (thunder) or simply mille (thousand). Of course not only. The travel enduro Caponord also has the abbreviation ETV 1000 in front of its name. E stands for Enduro, T for Touring and V for Vehicle. RS is generally considered to be a reference to sporting activities, where R Road, i.e. street, and S, logo, could mean sport, presumes press spokesman Thomas Beyer, because more details are not known. In the case of the RSV (mille, Tuono), V indicates the layout of the two-cylinder, the T in RST (Futura) to Touring and the SL (Falco) probably to Sport light. “The Italians lack a systematic approach,” says Beyer. V can mean vehicle or V-engine. In 2003, the sportier Thousand only drove with an R to mille (RSV mille R), in 2004 Factory (factory, factory, should associate here: factory machine) was added behind the R, and with the super expensive and carbon-rich superbike a nera, because ?? s which is only available in black (R Nera). For their entry-level model, the Pegaso 650, the Aprilians only had one i.e. left for electronic injection ?? iniezione elettronica.Benelli: The designation Tornado 900 tre is common to the two models from the Italian luxury forge, tre because of the three-cylinder. The slightly more expensive and stronger variant was given an RS? Tornado 900 tre RS. The explanation of this abbreviation is charming: “It probably doesn’t have a meaning, but it just looks good.” Beta: The Italians do without letters in their street models, leaving it with proper names such as Alp, Jonathan, Motard and Euro.BMW: Three large series manufacture the Bavarians in Berlin. R, K and F. We still know where the R comes from. From R for Rad, that was the name of the first boxer, the R 32, back in 1923. At that time, BMW was known for its aircraft engines, so this R makes a lot of sense. After that, it becomes dubious as to the meaning of the letters. “What is certain is that K was a project abbreviation, that is, an internal name,” says press man Jurgen Stoffregen. Since the K has existed, the R, which was common to all BMW motorcycles to date, single and twin cylinders, has become the sole distinguishing feature of the boxer models, while the F for the single cylinder models comes from Fun or Funduro. Behind the numbers, which, as with almost all brands, indicate the displacement, it becomes clear then, of course. Enduros get GS, and that doesn’t mean off-road sport, but off-road, road, which is why this type designation was once written G / S. CS states that the motorcycle is a City Scarver. Scarver is a word creation from BMW, drawn from Street and Carver, tapered alpine skis, actually carved skis, because of the English to carve: wood carving. The R stands for Roadster, just not in the combination RS ?? Racing. Which in turn also gives the S a double meaning, S for street and S for sport. That tourers also run under RS ​​at BMW, under racing and not under roadsters and road? what would be a tautology anyway, a white mold then ??, has to do with the fact that in 1976 a series motorcycle was put in full fairing for the first time in motorcycle history, i.e. beyond the racetrack, beyond racing in general. Which is why the machine was then christened the R 100 RS and to this day all of its descendants listen to this name, but now in the spirit of ReiseSport. RT, on the other hand, refers to Roadsters and Touring, GT to Grand Tourismo, the great journey. C means cruiser, L luxury, CL means luxury cruiser and LT luxury tourer, whereby, if a uniform system was used, the L would have to be positioned either first or last, but not sometimes postponed, sometimes prepositioned. BMW is economical with proper names around. The cruiser Montauk finds its godfather in a small town on Long Island, the Enduro Dakar in Paris, the rocksters in their target group, people who should still rock it on the motorcycle, and the adventure in its destination, the adventure.Buell : A simple system for the Americans who use Harley engines for a sporting purpose: All motorcycles in 2004 have an XB, then the cubic capacity, 9 (00) or 12 (00), then an R for Racing or S for Streetfighter. The X does not come, as one might assume, from the Harley nomenclature, where X denotes Sportster models, but was from Erik Buell Arbitrarily determined, it started with X1, however, in the further development of the aggregates, the second letter of the alphabet was not used, but the second letter of the alphabet, B. With the proper names Lightning and Firebolt, the Americans give fire: Blitz und Feuerbolzen. Cagiva: One letter reaches Cagiva. The V because Suzuki V twin-cylinder power all of the brand’s 2004 motorcycles. There used to be an X, which stood for extra, and is now advertised for the most provocative Raptor in terms of design. Almost: Xtra. Raptor, after a greedy, predatory type of dinosaur, is the name of four of the five models; the travel enduro runs under Navigator.CCM: British off-road specialties, for example with the abbreviation 404 DS Trail. 404, of course, is the displacement, DS is the abbreviation for dual sport, twice sport, double sport. Which means, depending on the size of the bikes, Supermoto and Enduro. All CCM are available as T (trail, path, i.e. enduro) and as S (supermoto). The abbreviation TS on the CCM 644 R 30 T TS stands for a larger tank and spoke wheels, while in the LS version S means seat and L low. And the R 30 of the 644 simply stems from the fact that the company turned 30 last year and the motorcycle is also suitable for the road (Road, R). Ducati: The Bolognese save, at least on the letters. S has four meanings: sport, single, spark (ignition spark) and “more than standard” (superior, upscale). And even a fifth earlier: great. But now Ducati Supersport is writing out. This is a good thing, not only in Germany. What is hidden behind this S is explained by the type designation system used by the Italians. At first, your monsters only show their cubic capacity: 620, 800, 1000. Sometimes something is appended to this: Dark, for example, if it’s dark in the paintwork, SD or DD in the entry-level model, the 620, which has a single-disc brake (Single Disc, SD) or with a double disc (Double Disc, DD). The Monster 1000 is available as an S, as a sports version. And another monster flaunts it, the Monster S4R with the S for sport, the 4 for 4 valves per cylinder and the R for racing. Has the other monster nomenclature? Valves here instead of displacement there ?? Also because of the fact that this machine with the engine of the 996 should be particularly successful in races. In the Italian championship there is a class for naked bikes, main opponent: Aprilia Tuono Racing. As a racer without disguise, the S4R has very little in common with the other monsters, the all-rounders. The Supersportler 749 and the Superbikes 999 have the suffix S or R. Sport or Racing, one would guess. But not entirely true. Because according to Ducati, R always stands for the top product of the respective series and S for equipment that is above standard. Limited special models of the 998 run under Matrix, based on the film of the same name, and Final Edition. Last edition because this classic is unfortunately coming to an end. Those motorcycles that Ducati called Supersport are actually not super sports bikes at all, but, at least by today’s standards, are more like sports tourers and are now letter-free. Tourer calls Ducati ST ?? Sport touring. They are not classified according to displacement, but according to valves per cylinder. Which is why the three-valve engine is presented as the ST 3 and the four-valve engine as the ST 4 S. Here, too, the S indicates that the sports tourer is offered with a higher level of equipment, including ABS. The Multistrada 1000, an all-rounder that, as the name suggests says, good for many and many roads, pulls a DS behind it, means here: double spark? So double ignition.

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