I have always thought about it, what do all of the two letter things mean? You know cr, kx, rm, yz, etc. etc. Anyone know what any of them mean? I gan gather that the F means four stroke, and that the R in some could be racing, but other than that I have no idea.
What does CR, KX, RM, YZ mean?
Started by
kawirider
, Jan 06 2006 09:33 PM
60 replies to this topic
Posted 06 January 2006 - 09:59 PM
I heard that CR means Close Ratio and YZ means Yama Zinger. Don't know about the others though...
Close Ratio Fourstroke 450cc Race
Close Ratio Fourstroke 450cc Race
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:03 PM
This is one of those questions I was too embarrassed to ask.
I thought everyone (except me) knew.
Hope there are more replies/answers on this.
I thought everyone (except me) knew.
Hope there are more replies/answers on this.
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:07 PM
I dont think they really stand for anything. I think its just like a part number. I dunno, maybe? 
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:13 PM
KDXpert said:
I dont think they really stand for anything. I think its just like a part number. I dunno, maybe?
I think you're correct. But I'm still curious.
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:45 PM
426_Texan said:
They are not acronyms, but merely part of the model number.
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:48 PM
yup the reason for a letter prefix for the bike is that the displacement is allready denoted in ###'s
imagine if you had the 300125759....
imagine if you had the 300125759....
Posted 06 January 2006 - 11:49 PM
barbiedoll said:
That sounds logical. Any idea as to the reasoning behind it?
I'm not sure I understand your question.
The reasoning behind what? As to why they choose the specific letters they do for each bike?
Posted 07 January 2006 - 06:53 AM
theclone said:
SX-supercross, that is an easy one
i thought SX was...
err....
*nevermind*
Posted 07 January 2006 - 07:59 AM
CR= Close ratio as in gear box
WR= Wide ratio
YZ= An old shop in Cali. that made parts for early Yamaha trail bikes to make them racers
RM= I think Racing machine, as it replaced the TM, Trail machine?
WR= Wide ratio
YZ= An old shop in Cali. that made parts for early Yamaha trail bikes to make them racers
RM= I think Racing machine, as it replaced the TM, Trail machine?
Posted 07 January 2006 - 08:39 AM
Considering the first Yamaha was a YA1 I'm guessing that thru the years and models YZ was the last designation. I doubt they would start using YAA YAB etc....When more models were offered They just used common names for what they thought the bikes would be used for.When they intoduced the first true dirt bike it was the DT-1 D for Dirt.
TTR Trail
WR Woods
Xt Cross over Dirt or Street
My .02 but who knows
TTR Trail
WR Woods
Xt Cross over Dirt or Street
My .02 but who knows
Posted 07 January 2006 - 08:42 AM
941MXVET said:
CR= Close ratio as in gear box
WR= Wide ratio
YZ= An old shop in Cali. that made parts for early Yamaha trail bikes to make them racers
RM= I think Racing machine, as it replaced the TM, Trail machine?
WR= Wide ratio
YZ= An old shop in Cali. that made parts for early Yamaha trail bikes to make them racers
RM= I think Racing machine, as it replaced the TM, Trail machine?
Posted 07 January 2006 - 08:44 AM
harjp1959 said:
I'm surprised that the Japanese think in English.
what you never saw star trek or star wars?
Posted 07 January 2006 - 09:29 AM
then what does EXC stand for??? (KTM)
honestly I just think that the manufacturers just thought of cool sounding prefixes instead of a long serial #... "I have a d984k93 250F".... BUt some of them sound like they do stand for something:
DR- dirt/road
RM- Raciing machine
All of them do have a cool ring to them...
honestly I just think that the manufacturers just thought of cool sounding prefixes instead of a long serial #... "I have a d984k93 250F".... BUt some of them sound like they do stand for something:
DR- dirt/road
RM- Raciing machine
All of them do have a cool ring to them...
