ReBorne Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 I've been a good boy and done a quick search to see if I'd missed a thread on this and from my quick glance it would appear not :-) ok, I've had a few cars over the years and they've all had names. Mitzy, Betsy, The Bitch etc etc. But despite having the bike for a while it has remained simply 'The Bike'. Until recently, when I called her Ebony - due to the fact she's gonna eventually be gloss and matt black. So, What do you call yours? Or am I just one of those crazies? :-D
Vez Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 I call mine lots of things(non really repeatable), depends how much trouble its giving me at the time
2 Wheels Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 When I call mine,,,,,,,,she starts up,,,,,,,,pulls up beside me,,,,,,,and away we go
Ttaskmaster Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 I don't call it anything, but I have friends that do. One has an '04 import XVS1100 Dragstar Custom called CERBERUS!!
elmmet Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 i have a sr125 and call her 'Bertha' dont know why elmmetxx
Gas up - Let's Go! Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 It depends what she's doing at the time.... If she's horizontal, then anything goes, I even make up some new swear words..... When she's going well, it's normally "that's my girl" I did have a Varadero called Val..... and I named my TTR Tina, but I had to stop as both Val and Tina are also the names of my wifes friends.... and it was getting a bit too erm,,,, you know ..... "I'm off for a ride on Tina.." just didn't go well. Especially as I wouldn't, with any of her friends. Oh yes, you may have noticed, all my bikes are female.
Moderator Cynic Posted July 28, 2010 Moderator Posted July 28, 2010 I call my bike Gail, anything else and she sulks and leaves me with the housework
ReBorne Posted July 28, 2010 Author Posted July 28, 2010 ah, didn't take long for it to degenerate. lol
blackhat250 Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 When I call mine,,,,,,,,she starts up,,,,,,,,pulls up beside me,,,,,,,and away we go I take it its "Silver " then pat . Hi- ho .
2 Wheels Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 I take it its "Silver " then pat . Hi- ho . Aye, it workes when i whistle too. Ye-ha
barkwindjammer Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 i call mine a, yamaha rd350lc. aka 'shat-nav'
johnsnownw Posted July 29, 2010 Posted July 29, 2010 I don't call my triumph or the yammy by name. However, I do talk to both of them. Maybe I could call my Triumph whitey-Mcwhite-white-blueline-face. Seems like far too many syllables though. Yammy could be called Ol'Clacksy, but that's not really very flattering.
up.yours Posted July 29, 2010 Posted July 29, 2010 your all feckin mental, their bikes for fuck sake,you ride them then bung em in a shed, you all sound like your having a fuckin love affair.
pepperami Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 I had an RD250LC that i called "Elsie", original i know! and i call my bike allsorts when they wont go . these days, i dont think about giving my bikes a name, but i do talk to them ie "Start you b*st*rd" & "Well done you little honey" everybody who knows me calls my CG125 "pop pop" dont ask me why, but they do
Paulwhite Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 your all feckin mental, their bikes for fuck sake,you ride them then bung em in a shed, you all sound like your having a fuckin love affair. hope you dont do that to everything in your life lol a bike is like a pet! you wash it , dry it, keep it in its own little home, feed it , take it to the mechanics or look after it when it gets sick, and all bikes have there own personality so its just natural that some people give them a name! whats so wrong with that? and anyway if you talk about engines to someone who hasnt got a clue it sounds sooo wrong anyway. lol "i need to grease up the crank shaft to slot the bearing into the hole" lmao or my sparks gone i was doing 50 then smoke started comming out then it splutterd and died on me.
Moderator drewpy Posted July 30, 2010 Moderator Posted July 30, 2010 when i was a butcher, we used to say "good morning" to the fridge. without that fridge we wouldn't have a job, never broke on us in 2 years
ReBorne Posted July 30, 2010 Author Posted July 30, 2010 I have to admit I do stroke mine and say things like "Come on, girl....." But I always have with cars or bikes.... doesn't feel right treating it like a lump of metal when you spend blood,sweat.... and yes, sometimes tears on them. (The wind gets in my eyes, ok?) oh, and I admit I'm weird. I said 'Thank You' to a vending machine not long ago :-0
up.yours Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 your all insane, its a lump of metal ,it has no ears,its blind for fucksake.
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