marky boy Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 I notice from the pics which may or may not be the 100% finished article that the new bike does not carry Fuji's name on it as the last few bikes have carried Dougs. As refering to the world champ , how come Doug gets his name on as worl champion and not Fuji , any ideas????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattzajac Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Perhaps because all of the previous bikes have been 'replicas' of what the previous year's world champion rode. And the 4RT would not really be a replica of the 315R that Fuji rode in last year's WTC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munch Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 you still getting your bike saturday marky?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subira Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) They could have made it the Fujinami World Champion Edition or something - strickly speaking none of the 'Lampkin Replicas' have been true replicas. So there's be a bit of artistic license in use in the past - why not use it again. It would have been good to see a couple of the Fujigas logos on the rear mudguard and the tank. You could of course send your bike down to me, and I'll sort it Edited October 12, 2004 by Subira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky boy Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) Everything crossed Munch Edited October 15, 2004 by Marky boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munch Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 got em crossed for you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechitlins Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Slightly off subject: The "replica" thing is interesting. As far as I know, it started with the Manx TT. The winner never really gets the actual 'Tourist Trophy', because there is only one. He would get a replica, and his name gets put on the big trophy. So some company (Scott, I think...don't quote me), won the TT around 1929, and called one of their models the "TT Replica", but it wasn't because the bike was supposed to be a replica of the bike that won. My guess is that the American public, unfamiliar with the TT, probably assumed that the 'replica' referred to the bike, and eventually the motorcycle companies went with the new definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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