Sport touring motorcycle sportbikes were redefined (for marketing purposes) as sport touring bikes: the 2000 Kawasaki ZX-6R sportbike became the 2004 ZZR600 with just a change to a fairing bracket. Sport touring motorcycle A sport touring motorcycle (sometime a "sports-tourer") is a type of motorcycle that combines the performance of a sport bike with the long-distance capabilities and comfort of a touring motorcycle. The first sport-tourer is said to be the fully faired 1977 BMW R100RS. Journalist Peter Egan defines the sport-tourer as a "café racer that doesn't hurt your wrists and a touring bike that doesn't feel like a tank," and identified
Tank Memorial Badge Tank Memorial Badge The Tank Memorial Badge (German: "Kampfwagen-Erinnerungsabzeichen") was a military decoration of the Weimar Republic awarded to former tank crewmen who fought in World War I. Officially known as "Memorial Badge for former German tank crews" (German: "Erinnerungsabzeichen für die ehemaligen Besatzungen deutscher Kampfwagen") it was usually referred to as "Tank Memorial Badge" or simply "Tank Badge" ("Kampfwagenabzeichen)". Draft cards oft this era show that it was sometimes written as "Tank-Abzeichen". The Tank Badge was instituted by the Minister of Defence Otto Gessler on 13 Jul 1921 and laid down in the "Heeres-Verordnungsblatt Nr. 41" of 15 July