revvy

Easy to rev up fast.

The Yamaha has a much revvier motor that also pumps out more torque than anything else on two wheels—except the Triumph, of course, which effectively is a two-wheel torque factory.

It was more revvy in nature, with a slightly peaky delivery when compared to its bigger sibling; maximum power of 144bhp did not arrive until 6,500rpm.

A male given name.

'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,

"Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God."

A female given name.

— Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894

Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]