07-09-2014, 02:21 AM
The CB will always just be a "standard" to me.
As mentioned, technically a "naked" is a sportbike with little or no fairing/bodywork from the factory, just as a "streetfighter" technically (or should I say - originally) should be a sportbike with the bodywork removed by the owner, usually after crashing and not being able to afford replacement bodywork.
As we've all seen, over the years motorcycle terms tend to morph and/or become adopted by manufacturers as names for what they want them to be.
Now that is at once both hilarious and incredibly unsettling...
As mentioned, technically a "naked" is a sportbike with little or no fairing/bodywork from the factory, just as a "streetfighter" technically (or should I say - originally) should be a sportbike with the bodywork removed by the owner, usually after crashing and not being able to afford replacement bodywork.
As we've all seen, over the years motorcycle terms tend to morph and/or become adopted by manufacturers as names for what they want them to be.
(07-09-2014, 01:49 AM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote:(07-09-2014, 01:29 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: 'Naked bike' is a ghastly term. As I recall, the CB1100 was sold in Australia as a naked bike.
Wieners flapping in the breeze, butt-cheeks squashed across sweaty saddles, big floppy moobs jouncing about over rough stretches of pavement.
Ghastly indeed.
Now that is at once both hilarious and incredibly unsettling...