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From: [email protected] (Nick Pettefar)
Subject: Re: Type spesifications (CB, VFR, GT, etc.)
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Victor Johnson, on the Thu, 22 Apr 1993 00:01:10 GMT wibbled:
: In rec.motorcycles, [email protected] (Curtis Jackson) writes:
: > In article [email protected] (Frank Ball) writes:
: > }Honda: a "V" designates a V engine street bike. "VF" for V-4, "VT" for V-twin.
: >
: > So how about my Honda Hawk (NT 650)? It's a twin, but not called a VT.
: > --
: That's because they took the old VT 500 engine and stepped on it to make
: the plant for the Hawk -> "New Twin". Or does that only fly for Microsoft
: NT (New Technology)?
: I've been at this too long today ...
: Cheers,
: Victor "Dances with Hawks" Johnson
: ----------------------------------
Also the BMW stuff. K100RS. K = Kraut, RS = Really Slow, 100, I
suppose that's how much you have to spend each week to keep the damn
thing on the road.
--
Nick (the Pissed Off With His Bike Again Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford
M'Lud.
Nick Pettefar, Contractor@Large. /~~~\ "Teneo tuus intervallum"
Cuurrently incarcerated at BNR, {-O^O-} [email protected] '86 BMW K100RS "Kay"
Maidenhead, The United Kingdom. \ o / Pres. PBWASOH(UK), BS 0002
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