What does it all mean?

[racedoll]

Was thinking yesterday, what do all the letters mean? As in VFR, ZX, GSXR, YZF, DRZ, etc....

Hubby said the VFR = V Four Racing but didn't know the others.

Does anyone else know?

[EpyonXero]

Everybody has their own opinion on what they mean but theres no official answer. They say CB is "City Bike" and CBR is "City Bike Racing" but who knows.

[Dave]

Its just internal codes from honda, some letters denote engine type, some mean fairings, and the. Order denotes fork alignment in certain cases.

Cb = inline engine
Cbr = inline engine with fairings
Vf = v engine with more than 2 cyls
Vfr = same as above with fairings
Rvf = same as above inverted forks
Vt = vtwin
Etc

[Particle Man]

Hmm, I believe there was a Cycle World article devoted to this a while back. Peter Egan, maybe?

Damned if I can't find it.

[quackPOT]

I always thought my RVT was Racing V-Twin

[derf]

GS = Grand Sport
GSXR = Grand Sport eXperimental Racing
YZF= Yamaha (Z)racing Four-stroke

I've also been told that the use of the letter Z is just marketing hype because people unconsciously think Z=last &best version

[Dave]

I always thought my RVT was Racing V-Twin

fairings and inverted forks. compare to superhawk vtr1000. nothing racing about that

[Fleck750]

I know in Kawi terms that it's the next progression of the bike. First few years were A1 when they started in the 60's and just went from there.

But Z does seem to be popular through all the Japanese bike lineups. :p

[Rangerscott]

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