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From: davet@interceptor.cds.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: uh, der, whassa deltabox?
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Date: 15 Apr 93 16:44:03 GMT
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In article <5227@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
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>Can someone tell me what a deltabox frame is, and what relation that has,
>if any, to the frame on my Hawk GT?  That way, next time some guy comes up
>to me in some parking lot and sez "hey, dude, nice bike, is that a deltabox
>frame on there?" I can say something besides "duh, er, huh?"

   Deltabox (tm) is a registered trademark of Yamaha, used to describe
their aluminum perimeter frame design, used on the FZR400 and FZR1000.
In cross-section, it has a five-sided appearance, so it probably really
should be called a "Pentabox".

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