klt

[jabhonda]

im curious what klt stands for I know what atc and ytm stand for but klt has me puzzled.

[MRSOUND]

K = Kawasaki
L = ?????? Lakota? 4 stroke?
T = Trike
never really thought about...Maybe Barnett will chime in

[jabhonda]

the L is what keeps throwing me off

[jabhonda]

what about Suzuki's alt

[Ghostv2]

I think they just put letters up there to look cool like the others. I mean what does kxt stand for? Xylophone?

I think Suzuki did the same thing. Maybe it stands for All Lack a Tire.

YTM made sense, but now what about YFZ? The examples go on. It's just letters probably.

[DohcBikes]

Maybe Barnett will chime in

I doubt it.



Kawasaki off road bikes.

K = always means kawasaki.

L = off road dual purpose 4 stroke (not race) I.E. KLR650

E= (when not accompanied by L) off road dual purpose 2 stroke (not race) I.E. KE100

T = Trike/three wheels I.E. KLT, KXT

X = off road race 2 stroke (when not accompanied by F) I.E. KX250, KXT250

XF = off road race four stroke I.E. KX250F, KX450F

Those letters always mean something.

[fabiodriven]

You guys are over analyzing. It's a fricken nomenclature, it denotes a model and doesn't have to mean anything else.

[RubberSalt]

Kawasaki's Lazy Trike

[DohcBikes]

You guys are over analyzing. It's a fricken nomenclature, it denotes a model and doesn't have to mean anything else.No actually the letters mean all the things I said they did. I learned that when I became a certified Kawasaki technician. Not an analysis, just an answer to a question.

[Ghostv2]

No actually the letters mean all the things I said they did. I learned that when I became a certified Kawasaki technician. Not an analysis, just an answer to a question.

Every post by you I'm learning something new. :lol: never fails.

Make a thread and do more. I'm sure the average guy doesn't know most of them.

[DohcBikes]

Every post by you I'm learning something new. :lol: never fails.

Make a thread and do more. I'm sure the average guy doesn't know most of them.Thank you.

I would ghost, but i'm sure the average guy doesnt care lol..... Add a Z for Kawi street bikes, then everything makes more (or less) sense.

Z= on road four stroke. I.E. Kz650

X= means race/track bike again, accompanied by z, four stroke on road race/track bike. I.E. Zx-10

G= shaft drive (on suzukis as well) I.E. ZG1000 (shaft drive street four stroke,Kawasaki Concours)

N= cruiser I.E. BN125, VN2000 (125 Eliminator, and the Vulcan 2000, which by the way has the largest engine ever available in a mass produced motorcycle. 103 mm bore. 125 cubic inches. 140 ft. lbs of torque. 5th gear tire smoke. )

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