Edwljoseph said:
With all due respect, what a dumb question.
Actually, It’s a very good question.
The head of Suzuki’s chrome lettering department was once a German woman by the
name of Hiedegard Dunhuber. A few years ago, her father died in a tragic Octoberfest
accident. When she returned from the funeral, Frau Dunhuber was determined to do
something in memory of her dad.
In the final stage of the North American scooter prototype development, she snuck into
the studio and changed the letters from “Skywave” to “Burgman”...her maiden name. She lost her job but the name stuck.