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Originally Posted by mikeg15
Some people had the need to nickname the various marks of Tiger, Girlies are the ones with eyelashes. I always thought the 1050 should be the XL ( 10 50 geddit ) but Roadie it became.
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My take on the name.
The older carb fuelled 885 Tigers usually get the nickname "Steamer"
Then came the Electronic Fuel Injected (EFI) version of the 885 & later the 955, being called Effie it must be a girlie so the name was born. The early girlies (1999 to 2002 885s if I recall) didn't have the "eyelashes" on the fairing & the "girlie" nickname was around before the "eyelashes" arrived.
Hope this helps, any other versions of the evolution out there?
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