Honda drops Hurricane Name
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
ORIGINAL: MarkR
I read somewhere that the name drop was political, I think there were a few other bikes that drop names as well.
I think there is anothor thread about this here somwhere.
I read somewhere that the name drop was political, I think there were a few other bikes that drop names as well.
I think there is anothor thread about this here somwhere.
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
a little about the name drop and found this, not much but I will search more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CBR1000F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CBR1000F
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
well, did alot of searching on this and read a post from a honda employee who said at the time of the release of the '89, the japanese decided that the "hurricane" name did not properly represent the bike. they were going to come up with a replacement name eventually, but never happened, so it simply remained the "CBR". dont know how accurate the info is, but sounds close enough for me!
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
ORIGINAL: fast1000f
sorry typhoon, but how can you not associate the name hurricane with honda? when I hear hurricane now I first think of bike, not the weather
sorry typhoon, but how can you not associate the name hurricane with honda? when I hear hurricane now I first think of bike, not the weather
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
I think it was a shift on all manufacturers to go to a alpha numeric designation rather then a name, about ten or so years ago. The Hurricane become the CBR 1100 XX but kept the "Super Blackbird" name. The VFR pretty much dropped the "Interceptor" name with the gen 5 ('98) bikes. All the CBR's became just a numnber (at least in the US). Yamaha killed off the Thunderace and Thundercat names and went with R1 and R6. They did keep the YZF part. Suzuki never did name their sport bikes, except for the Hayabusa, which also had the GSXR 1300 designation. Kawaski underplayed the Ninja name, by naming their bikes ZX-XX Ninja. But they all really became know by the ZX-XX designation.
I beleive it was more of a marketing decision rather thenfor insurance or any other reason.
I still love the Interceptor and Thunderace names though. In fact there is a Thunderace for sale near by.....[sm=drlove.gif]
I beleive it was more of a marketing decision rather thenfor insurance or any other reason.
I still love the Interceptor and Thunderace names though. In fact there is a Thunderace for sale near by.....[sm=drlove.gif]
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
Stray Cat's explanation makes the most sense to me.
There's no accounting for the decisions of the marketers. Whatever they think will sell the most is the way they'll go.
Personally, I prefer telling people I have "an '87 Hurricane" over saying "an '87 CBR1000F".
There's no accounting for the decisions of the marketers. Whatever they think will sell the most is the way they'll go.
Personally, I prefer telling people I have "an '87 Hurricane" over saying "an '87 CBR1000F".
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