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posted April 25, 2007 12:56 PM
Name the 14!
Having been in business for myself for many years and having a love for marketing it recently dawned on me the other day why there is so much love and admiration for the Hayabusa. The reason is because it is not called at GSX1300R. The Suzuki marketing team was smart and created an image behind the numbers. The Hayabusa is a Japanese Falcon. A small, fast, fearless bird. What a great association. Owners could now say they had a "Busa". It was more than a bike... it was an image, a total package.
And now the ZX-14 arrives and is a faster, more advanced bike but the Kawasaki team decided to call it a ZX-14. By the way, auto executives thirty or more years ago did marketing and psycologicals tests on consumers and discovered that of all the letters in the alphabet, the two letters "Z" and "X" co notaded "speed", "excitement" and "danger" in the minds of consumers. I believe it was the Datsun (Nissan) who had the first "Z" named car in the seventies.
Did Kawasaki blow it by not giving our fine bike a name? If you were head of the marketing team... what would you call it?
Did you know that at one time our founding fathers were going to declare the "turkey" our national bird because it's fearless when attacked?
Do I get a vote for "Screaming Turkey"? 
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fastestbusaaround
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posted April 25, 2007 12:57 PM
How about "Turdeater"? 
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blackbullet76
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posted April 25, 2007 01:25 PM
Yeah and honda had the "blackbird", harley has the screamin' eagle.
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flyboy
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posted April 25, 2007 01:26 PM
 Edited By: flyboy on 25 Apr 2007 14:33
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How about "Turdeater"?
I'm sorry sir. Did you say "Busabeater"? Jolly good suggestion, I must say--
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flyboy
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posted April 25, 2007 01:27 PM
quote:
How about "Turdeater"?
It is nice to know that there is such intellect, creativity, and ponage' that ventures into this forum from time to time.--
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kawpower
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posted April 25, 2007 02:03 PM
Its a NINJA ! That says it all.
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posted April 25, 2007 02:08 PM
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blackbullet76
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posted April 25, 2007 02:39 PM
I call mine the black bullet because it's black and it as fast as a bullet And as far as I know, a bullet is faster than some damn old bird!
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Ninja_Knight
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posted April 25, 2007 03:35 PM
Actually, the 14 already has a name. It is called the NINJA ZX-14 
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posted April 25, 2007 03:56 PM
ooh, i know. how about the "spruce goose". big and ugly but wow! it does fly.
or, how about the "suppository 14" hard to take at first but when you get on it it'll scare the shite out of you.
now if i offended anyone i apologize. i've heard every name in the book about my busa and i take it all in fun as i hope all you will too. does not hurt to laugh once awhile and, yes, if a new busa wasnt being released for a couple more years mine would have a new garage mate to play with as i have grown to really like the 14 and this board. now if i could only get some harley owners to wave back that would be accomplishing something.
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posted April 25, 2007 04:10 PM
Hmmm...Somthing that has to do with no go down low...flacid...enlarged prostate...no flow below 60...NFB6014. I'll have to get back to you on that.
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posted April 25, 2007 04:33 PM
How about a Hughes H-1?
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CrotchRocket
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posted April 25, 2007 04:42 PM
Hey I thought the ZX14 is a Ninja...
Just about everyone knows what a Ninja bike is!!!
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posted April 25, 2007 04:53 PM
Top Gun
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posted April 25, 2007 04:56 PM
SICK
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blackbullet76
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posted April 25, 2007 05:59 PM
Definitions of Ninja:
Stealth. A feudal Japanese group of spies and assassins. (Japanese)
members.tripod.com/hungahungas/glossary.htm
(J) Used casually to describe those who practice ninjutsu, with varying degrees of humor intended. Some people consider a ninja to be literally anyone who studies the art. Others feel it describes someone who uses the art for espionage activities in any time period, and still others feel it is a strictly historical term that no longer applies to anyone alive.
www.questkagami.com/glossary.html
"Stealer in." Japanese warriors most associated but sadly stereotyped with spying, infiltration and assassination. They became legends in their time, supposedly capable of disappearing into thin air and turning into animals.
www.yorkkarate.com/Terminology/n.htm
a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
In feudal Japan, ninja or shinobi (literally, "one who is concealed," or "one that endures") were sometimes assassins and agents of espionage. Ninja, like samurai, followed their own special code of conduct, called ninpō. Some modern practitioners of budo ninjutsu argue that ninja were hardly ever used as assassins, but rather for espionage. Ninja originally formed in the hills of Japan to escape brutal samurai law. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja
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posted April 25, 2007 06:39 PM
The ninja designates any Kawisaki sportbike I think he was refering to a specific name for this model Ninja I agree they should have named the bike let me think for a second................................ok How the ZX-14 Pheonix
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posted April 25, 2007 06:41 PM
Also a little side note the Hayabusa is a japanese hawk who is most famous for being one of the only birds that preys on other birds, its main prey, imagine this a Blackbird
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posted April 25, 2007 07:59 PM
Phonex
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posted April 25, 2007 08:23 PM
"The Blue Jelly Bean"?
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posted April 25, 2007 08:25 PM
since its such a chick-magnet..... nevermind....
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flyboy
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posted April 25, 2007 09:08 PM
Edited By: flyboy on 25 Apr 2007 22:15
quote:
Hey I thought the ZX14 is a Ninja...
Just about everyone knows what a Ninja bike is!!!
Ninja 250
Ninja 500
Ninja 650
Ninja ZX-6R
Ninja ZX-10R
Ninja ZX-14R
The Ninja name means nothing. It's just as scary sounding as the Chevrolet Cobalt.
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posted April 26, 2007 01:43 AM
quote:
quote:
Hey I thought the ZX14 is a Ninja...
Just about everyone knows what a Ninja bike is!!!
Ninja 250
Ninja 500
Ninja 650
Ninja ZX-6R
Ninja ZX-10R
Ninja ZX-14R<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< There is no F$#$#$#$#$#$#$ R.
The Ninja name means nothing. It's just as scary sounding as the Chevrolet Cobalt.
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posted April 26, 2007 03:16 AM
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+1
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posted April 26, 2007 04:21 AM
How about Terminator?
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