RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/4/2008 8:37:44 PM
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DRam
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Folks, a Decade is 10 years, NOT 20!
we established that already too lol
So what you are saying is that it was a score of years ago?
My local Honda dealer goes with the Hurricane name being dropped because insurance companies didn''t like the name.
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 2:14:21 PM
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CBRSoldier
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I find that hard to believe, but I am by no means a motorcycle insurance expert. I think it could have definitely been a factor in the change but most likely a lot of things played into the drop of the name like what was said earlier in following the lead of the Euro companies or even just consumer studies with the name. Just my .02
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 3:31:45 PM
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CBRclassic
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Yer , if some insurance co are doing this..... it is a load of bullshit ..
I just received my quote for insuring my CBR1000F and it was only $345.00 AUD for full comp...with no special mention of what type of ride I was insuring ..
http://www.ebikeinsurance.com.au/ ( they insure in three countries now )
Mind you , in Aust we do not get a Hurricane sticker on our ride... we are just CBR''s
If Honda are doing it? , I think it is for other reasons? ..and they are using the insurance line as a cover to shut the people up that might want to keep the name..
If you insurance co runs that shit past you ...bloody hell , just go elsewhere !!!!
< Message edited by CBRclassic -- 10/5/2008 3:37:18 PM >
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 7:25:55 PM
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fast1000f
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well i wonder why the cbr or cane wasnt available in the USA in 89, the year after they removed the "hurricane" name? just wondering.
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 7:36:51 PM
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CBRclassic
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well i wonder why the cbr or cane wasnt available in the USA in 89, the year after they removed the "hurricane" name? just wondering.
I am not sure either mate .. probably one of the guys will know though ..
It will be interesting to hear from anyone that has that answer 
I might go do some searching myself now 
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 8:26:27 PM
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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 - 10/5/2008 8:29:23 PM
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I dont know for sure, but its likely something they did as a marketing tactic at first to draw people to their bike, then the dropped it once the bike established itself as a winning machine for the most part.
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 8:34:45 PM
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CBRclassic
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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.
Yer but the search tool on this site only searches 4 files deep and most of my searches tell me this site has no info at all ..
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/5/2008 9:49:28 PM
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typoon
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i think they dropped the name cu''z there''s no connection between honda and hurricane, they wont people confuse and scared, they just want use a simply name like suzuki and hayabusa..
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/6/2008 7:49:48 PM
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fast1000f
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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 - 10/6/2008 8:30:20 PM
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fast1000f
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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 - 10/6/2008 10:24:12 PM
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typoon
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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
if ur a bike builder would u use hurricane name instead ur name? u can use name hurricane unless if hurricane is ur business partners and the name hurricane is wicked, its not good for business...
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/6/2008 11:04:26 PM
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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 then for insurance or any other reason.
I still love the Interceptor and Thunderace names though. In fact there is a Thunderace for sale near by.....
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RE: Honda drops Hurricane Name - 10/7/2008 7:58:26 AM
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Griffin
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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".
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