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General => Bike Chat => Topic started by: grog on Friday, 11 January 2019, 07:59 AM

Title: Kairyo
Post by: grog on Friday, 11 January 2019, 07:59 AM
Not sure if im the only one who didnt know this. The K in our model prefix is Japanese word, kairyo, basically means update or improvement. Id never knew that before, even old Honda models used same letter.
Title: Re: Kairyo
Post by: seth on Friday, 11 January 2019, 08:03 AM
Nope well found @grog I thought it was the prefix for the new millennium
2001= k1
ECT
Very interesting indeed.
:cheers:
Title: Re: Kairyo
Post by: VladTepes on Thursday, 17 January 2019, 12:56 PM
Well well well., there you go !  Good find !

Found this on faceache.

QuoteKairyo is a Japanese term meaning approaching improvement and moving towards excellence, it means jump from the present status to a superior status.