Originally Posted by
Ronsonic
I dunno, T-Mar, the Japanese can screw up as badly as anyone when it comes to names for foreign markets. Remember, the same product line that offered the "Eagle" also included the "Pecker."...
Which only enforces my point. The Pecker was a pre-boom Shimano model, when they weren't concentrating on the USA market and didn't have US offices to vet marketing.