New standards part IV timelines

When trying to categorize these motorcycles it helps to sort out the various terminology associated with them, if only for my sake.

Standard motorcycles: Feature an upright, "sit up and beg" riding position. High mounted handle bars and foot pegs that are directly below the rider's butt create this position. Standards usually don't have much if any wind protection or luggage capacity. Example - Suzuki Bandit

Streetfighters: The term streetfighter came from the 1980's and 1990's shortly after the introduction to plastic wrapped repli-racer sportbike riders. A rider would crash, and rather than replacing the platic fairing, the owner would customize the bike giving it a tough new look. Example - Aprilia Tuono

Hooligan bikes: Hooligan bikes might as well be interchangeable with streetfighters. A hooligan bike is any motorcycle that can easily perform stunts such as wheelies and stoppies. Example - Triumph Speed Triple

Cafe racers: Back in the 1950's and 1960's pretty much every motorcycle would be considered a standard. In Britain it was popular for motorcyclists to modify their bikes (clip-on handlebars, high mounted footpegs, etc) and race their machines from one cafe to the next. Example - Triumph Thruxton

Naked bikes: A naked bike is any motorcycle without a wind protection of a fairing. Example - Ducati Monster

As you can see some bikes fit in one or more categories, they are not mutually exclusive and they do not necessarily mean the same thing. For example a streetfighter is always naked, but not all naked bikes are streetfighters. The lines and identification for all these bikes is often very blurry, so don't take anything to seriously.

First lets get the "old" standards out of the way.
Then there's the "new" standards that I've been going on about.
Finally the smaller versions of the new standards.

Dirt Bike Timelines

They're colorful and they're at http://moto-timeline.blogspot.com/

More New Timelines

New Triumph timeline

New Norton timeline
New Indian timeline
New Harley timeline
I've been hard at work over at moto-timeline.blogspot.com. Here's some of the new additions that dig a little deeper than the 1960's. On the way I have a flood of dirt bike timelines from companies like; Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM, Husqvarna, Husaberg, ATK, and more.

Lots of new timelines

I've got a boat load of new motorcycle timelines over at... motorcycle timelines. Here's a taste of what I've been cooking.

Click to view any of them.

I've got a boat load of new motorcycle timelines over at... motorcycle timelines.

Honda and Yamaha Timelines

I've been updating all my timelines, you can find them all on http://moto-timeline.blogspot.com/

Here's most of Honda's world motorcycles (grey indicates the models were not available in the US).
Here's Honda's cruisers
Like above this is Yamaha's world motorcycle offerings.
And Yamaha/Star cruisers as well as V four models, VMax, Venture, and Royal Star.

I've got off road timelines on the way as well. You can expect updated timelines from all manufacturers.

English Motorcycles Timeline

I've uploaded some Brit-bike timelines. The first is an illustration of all the merging that occurred in the English motorcycle industry. The second is a basic lifespan of some major British manufacturers.

Triumph Timeline

Here's the Triumph timeline

Yamaha Timeline

Here's the Yamaha timeline so far. You may notice it's a bit rough, but you can expect revisions in the future. Oh and the Triumph time line will be out shortly as well.

Suzuki Timelines

The Suzuki family tree is perhaps the most complicated tree to piece together. It starts out easily enough with the GS range, then there's the GSX, GSF, GSX-F, and GSX-R. Not to mention the GT, GV, GN, and GL. That's not even getting into the V twins/V fours, and don't get me started on the 2 strokes. Here's the Suzuki basics,

First there's the GS family
The GS evolved into the GSX and the Katana
The GSF Bandit
And the GSX-R family
Put it all together and you get something like thisThese timelines are based on US models (mostly) some overseas models are shown in grey. Now there's plenty of missing and incorrect information. Keep in mind this is the first draft. I hope to make several revisions to these charts.

Ducati Timeline

Once again you can find all the timelines at moto-timelines.blogspot.com . More motorcycle retrospectives on the way...

New Timeline Page! Plus H-D Timeline

http://moto-timeline.blogspot.com/

I've created a new blog just for the timelines. The links are on the right. You can expect me to post line for all the major brands in the coming days. I hope to update and refine the timelines as many of them are vague and sometime inaccurate. But to kick it off, here's the Harley Davidson time line.

Italian Motorcycles Time Line

This is a time line of all the major Italian marques. The chart shows the years each manufacturer produced motorcycles. You may notice some companies cease operation only to be restarted later. This time line may not be %100 accurate or complete, but it gives a general idea of Italian motorcycle history.


This cart shows the ownership of each company. This chart may be misleading as in some cases a company may own the rights to brand name but not actually produce any bikes, as in Piaggio and Laverda.

Kawasaki KZ Time line

Here's a a taste of the Kawasaki time line. This is the KZ/Zephyr/ZRX family tree. More time lines are on the way.

Honda CBR Timeline

I wanted to take a break from the muscle bike series, so I'm posting another time line. It's the Honda CBR time line, and it's only part of the complete Honda time line (though it's probably my most accurate one). Note the lines in grey are models that are/were not available in the US.

BMW Timeline

Here it is, a test run for my time line feature. I've started with BMW because it's one of the more simple model lines. I have rough drafts of all the other major manufacturers, but they all need refining (in fact this BMW one could use some improvements). All of the time lines will be based off of the US market offerings (initially). You can expect more time lines in the coming months.