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Originally Posted by Smittie61984
Here's one thing I found funny. If you ask someone who rides say a 2006 GSX-1000R what they ride. They'll tell you they ride a "K6 Gixxer 1k". WTF? If I'm hearing this right K represents 1000 (Like $3k=$3,000). That tells me they ride a 1006 GSX-1000r(Talk about your vintage bikes).
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Originally Posted by PiZdETS
The "k" prefix is the generation designation aka mark, every time the model gets updated it's listed in the blue book and catalogs as one k higher. My '03 is a k3, the 04 is a k4 even though they look almost identical, the 04 had changes made to the suspension and brakes so it's called a different generation.  |
I didn't know it had anything to do with the generation of the bike.
I thought it designated the year. like k6 is short for 2k6 (k being a thousand obviously) which is short for 2006.