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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2

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please split the warranty section so the 1250 has its own section

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I was about to point out "maybe someone should also buy up the domain www.r1250rsforum.com" but I see they already have!

Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #7

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I was about to point out "maybe someone should also buy up the domain www.r1250rsforum.com" but I see they already have!

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2

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please split the warranty section so the 1250 has its own section

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Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #11

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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #10

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When it goes wrong it'll be renamed Shitcam.

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Have they already renamed it?

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Manufacturers don't need a lot of help. How about the Alfa Romeo "Silly Speed" or the VW Toe-rag?
When GM sold the Nova into Mexico, where Nova means "doesn't go" or when Mitsubishi sold its popular (in Oz) Pajero into Mexico and parts of the US, only to find it was a slang word for an Omanite. (Wessie and Bravo, resident experts in all things of this nature, can explain). I believe it is sold as a Montego or something in the US and something else in the UK.
In Oz, Mitsubishi sold in the 1980s a turbo charged sporty small-ish coupe, as the "Starion". The design / sales team asked for clarification, and it was confirmed as the "Starion" - so all things were put in motion to market it.
Then, shortly before the launch, Mitsubishi head office provided the art work - and it was a rearing horse.
Moving off motor vehicles, one of our Aussie brewers was expanding its market, the beer was Castlemaine XXXX. Originally made here in Victoria at, well, Castlemaine, it was by then brewed in Queensland.
It had a wonderful ad campaign with a plucky, skilled, red-headed Footscray (a team) footballer. The guy was a dynamo and hugely admired. The back ground slogan was "I feel a XXXX (four X) coming on".
So it was decided to test market it in the USA West Coast, and huge billboards were hired, using the slogan "I feel a XXXX coming on".
The only problem was that "XXXX" was a well known brand of condom.
Otherwise the question asked here is "Q. Why is it called 'XXXX'? A. Because Queenslanders can't spell 'beer'."
And before I leave language as it unites and divides us, when I came to Oz I was 17. I quickly learned that "football" (i.e. Aussie Rules) is the soul of Melbourne. I also found that a perfectly innocent question in the US to a young girl of "What football team do you root for?" had entirely different meaning here. Still, if you got an answer, it wouldn't be all bad.....

Coming late to this party, but have experienced similar situations on other forums when new models are released, so I'm not sure that you really need to duplicate the RS technology section for the 1200 and 1250 variants. A lot of information will be common to both anyway, and it just makes it more difficult to find information, and as a not very fast moving forum, it also makes the 1250 section look under-populated. Are you going to do this again when the 1500 engine or whatever comes out?

Maybe it would suffice to just call the section 1200/1250 RS technology? Normally it will be obvious which version people are talking about, and where it isn't someone will generally highlight differences if necessary, which is then educational for all.