| Author | Message | ||
     Tripp |
my baby's name is LUCRETIA MCEVIL  <!--Text--> edited by tripp on June 24, 2004 | ||
| Tripp |
bah  | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
oddly enough, I haven't come up with a name for her yet... | ||
| Tripp |
one of my buddies i went riding with after work today named his bike today only cause i mentioned it- he named her vicious! it's a black 99 honda 600f3, good name! | ||
| Spooky |
I call my Blast turd! | ||
| Dasxb9s |
fiancee's Blast = Baby XB9S = Escape Pod BMW yet unnamed race bike (considering "poor judgment"  ) & pit bike yet unnamed (one in progress to bring it out of retirement and the other still in parts) | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
what are you building for a pitbike Das? | ||
| M2me |
Nope. I've never believed in naming mechanical things. Buell gave it the model name of M2 Cyclone and I just leave it at that. I usually just call it "my bike". I know a lot of people like to name their bikes and even their cars and that's cool. I have just never been interested in doing that. | ||
| Buelliedan |
RSS- Wanda S2-Tina S1-Lana X1-Lola Now lets see if anyone is Buell savy enough to figure out why they are named the way they are. | ||
| R1DynaSquid |
Named em after all of Eriks wives  | ||
| Lgpch |
Mines called the grim reaper. It looks like something the grim reaper would ride. | ||
| Gixxer851 |
Very cute  Most of my bikes have had names, sometimes to do with there model number, such as: Ex-race RD250LC - "The RapidDeath" (it was my first bike and everyone thought I'd kill myself on something with such evil porting work!) FT500 - "Fugly" GSXR750 - "Krusty" I also had a Charger called "Francine" named after the ZZTop song, but inspired by Stephen King's novel Christine - I swear that Charger was possessed... I finally pick up my first Buell tomorrow, no name yet... | ||
| Lovematt |
Mine is named Dora after my grandmother...literally Without her I could not have gotten my bike...it can be seen in my profile picture. | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Wycked... A Honda CT70 minitrail. Not a restore, but a complete rebuild and powder coated black & yellow. (The CT70 fanatics might want to tar & feather me for not doing a "proper" restore!) The engine is done and on the bench. Was thinking of maybe a flyscreen off an XB and custom decals "XB70". Race bike is a retired 1987 Yamaha FZ600. If I get hooked will upgrade to a tuber. Other than the pit bike rebuild, this is a low dollar test to see if this is what I want to do. The pit bike is costing more than I thought it would... but not totally surprised! Pit bike is right... it has almost turned into a money pit for such a little thing! Once it is finished, I am sure a name will develop! | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
I take it then you have checked out the monkey bike boards and sites for that CT70...and as for the "purists" Pluck them if they can't take a joke... | ||
| Junkdad |
MY 12R is called "Mr. Wiggles". | ||
| Bluzm2 |
M2 - Beast S2 - Frodo P3 - My daughter hasn't named it yet. Her bike, her problem! | ||
| Ezblast |
 Vader & Maul! GT - JBOTDS! EZ  | ||
| Loki |
I did not get to name my S1, somebody else did it for me..... Mad Max To me though, I am just taking the "Lady" out dancing in the streets. This fall though it will be properly christened as: TYR | ||
| Loki |
Do a little search on Germanic/Norse mythology. He(Tyr) is the boldest of the gods, who inspires courage and heroism in battle. d**m if the S1 just doesn't do the same  | ||
| Kcfirebolt |
XB9R- "Betty" from Archie comics fame. She's loyal, reliable, playful, and really sexy. 95 Miata- "Eve" from Milton's Paradise Lost--an easily tempted temptress. | ||
| Djkaplan |
I agree with M2me here - I've never given a bike or car a name (or a gender). I think it's kind of creepy when I hear someone refer to an inanimate object as "she" or "her". My bike is "my bike". | ||
| R1DynaSquid |
I dont give em names, but I do refer to them as "her" sometimes. I wont ride a male bike | ||
| Ezblast |
You'd name your horse - my bikes are my steel steeds, and so are named! GT - JBOTDS! EZ | ||
| 420at145mph |
mines named squirrley the leaking ticking wonder na just kiddin i dont name em im with DJ on this one i always thought it was kinda creepy too | ||
| M2me |
You want to talk about creepy, check out this site that I somehow found a couple of weeks ago. Here is a sample quote: "I had learned just how much Dixie loves to ride & party.. It coulda been much, much worse.. but, she had taught me a lot.. and had shown me a helluva time! I would just have to learn how to keep up with her!" You're probably wondering, who the hell is Dixie? It's her bike!  | ||
| Ezblast |
What I see here is psycological displacement. Man is the naming creature - the habit is ingrained in the species - so I'm sure a lot of people name their bikes, cars, etc. - even if they never admit it to another. As people will - some get carried away - your example. However, a fear/disliking of such a notion is just a person with their own seperation/emotional issues. A proper negitive response would be disinterest. Got Thump?! Just Blasting on the Dark side! EZ | ||
| Xb9er |
M2me, whoa that is creepy. Ha! Her old friend in the cabin lived 2 hours away, what an adventure she had riding all those miles in one day!! I think giving a bike a name is a little weird. I usually refer to mine as "my bike" or "my Buell". Mike. | ||
| M2me |
Looks like there are a couple of sides to this. Some people like to name their bikes and, as I said in my earlier post, that's cool. I don't really have a problem with it. It's practically a requirement for people to name their boats for example. The only worry I have is that it could be taken too far like in the link that I posted. I think it's best to remember that it's a mechanical thing. It's not a pet. It doesn't love to ride or party. It isn't capable of loving anything. I like my bike and enjoy riding it but I don't "love" my bike. | ||
| Misato |
no |
