CB - What does this mean?

[DGShannon_imp]

Lot's of debate to be found online. I tend to subscribe to the idea that the letters themselves don't stand for words, such as "City Bike" as some argue, but they did signify particular models, that everyone understood when we were growing up.

CB was the low pipe, street only, super sports...



CL was the high pipe, low front fender, scrambler...


SL was a down swept pipe, high front fender, motosport (dual-sport of the day)...


That same pattern was followed whether the engine size was 100, 125, 175 or 350 which all had the same 3 models (CB, CL or SL) over the years.