data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104317 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Dave Tharp CDS)
Subject: Re: uh, der, whassa deltabox?
Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Ray Shea) writes:
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>Can someone tell me what a deltabox frame is, and what relation that has,
>if any, to the frame on my Hawk GT? That way, next time some guy comes up
>to me in some parking lot and sez "hey, dude, nice bike, is that a deltabox
>frame on there?" I can say something besides "duh, er, huh?"
Deltabox (tm) is a registered trademark of Yamaha, used to describe
their aluminum perimeter frame design, used on the FZR400 and FZR1000.
In cross-section, it has a five-sided appearance, so it probably really
should be called a "Pentabox".
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