Author Topic: Why do you give names to your motorcycle? (Read 4079 times)

lucky · « **on:** September 03, 2011, 12:10:17 PM »

Why do you give names to your motorcycle?
Seems strange to me. I have noticed many forum members have named their motorcycles.

strynboen · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2011, 12:14:18 PM »

i call mine brown honda...my vife calls it ####money eater

TommyT · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2011, 01:51:01 PM »

Most have female names since they take all your money, will leave you stranded from time to time, and are usually a temperamental #$%*. Just like how people name boats, cars, etc...

dhall57 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2011, 02:33:56 PM »

When I had one I would say going to take the 750 out for a spin. But now since I added another 3 months ago I tell my wife Im going riding on old blue or old red, because if I just say the KO or K6 she has no idea what I mean and is totally lost

fmctm1sw · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2011, 10:30:08 AM »

I don't name mine although I flirted with the idea of calling them April, May and June...

*edit* Oh, except for my 750 which I've codenamed Mr Yuk. Takes me back to my West Central PA days...

Really? · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2011, 12:13:08 PM »

Yup, each one of mine have a name. To me it personalizes it a bit more and it is easier to refer to each one. They have named themselves. They are more than just a motorcycle.

VTCBike750 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2011, 12:19:19 PM »

I need a name for mine

You guys wanna help,

. Shes a temper-mental #$%* right now with what I can only assume is some bad Juju or a curse.

A before pic.

23tbucket · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2011, 12:39:54 PM »

Lucky; I think it is silly....putting names to bikes.....I don't get it....I've asked the same question on different sites...... maybe it's just me? It could be because I'm an old coot and would probably forget the name anyway!!!

My bikes:...the "red" one...the "blue" one...the "white" one, and the "little hot rod".

Really? · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2011, 01:38:56 PM »

Sounds like names to me.

okierider · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2011, 01:39:08 PM »

LOL tbucket ....those are names LOL if that is what you call them!!!!!

Really? · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2011, 01:40:40 PM »

vtc, what about Red. That is the color that time of the month and what you described goes along with it.

VTCBike750 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2011, 01:52:08 PM »

Quote from: TipperT on September 04, 2011, 01:40:40 PM

vtc, what about Red. That is the color that time of the month and what you described goes along with it.

Ahhhh, man. Haha. Honestly that took me a few seconds. Ahhhhhhh!

Psychonaut · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2011, 02:23:40 PM »

Naming a bike or car has been strange tome also. Referring to a machine as her is even more strange. I'm glad you asked the question on why, I have always wondered too.

MCRider · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2011, 02:31:30 PM »

As TommyT, post #2 alludes. Certainly no more weird than the age old tradition of naming boats, usually femine names at that.

Airforce guys name their bombers. At least they did, especially when bombing. Hmmm, not so much fighters.

That has the same feel as naming a chopper or a dragracer, but seldom a roadracer. The first are more personal. The latter less so.

Stev-o · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2011, 04:42:17 PM »

Thought about naming 'em, but never did. Never named my boat either

Think i'lll go ride the Honda!

StockRider · « **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2011, 05:13:30 PM »

I thought it was our manly duty...

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Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild HONDAs. Gen. 2:19-20 (RSV [Revised SOHC Version])

scottly · « **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2011, 09:11:36 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on September 03, 2011, 01:51:01 PM

Most have female names since they take all your money, will leave you stranded from time to time, and are usually a temperamental #$%*. Just like how people name boats, cars, etc...

Hey Tommy! Santa Maria is my hometown! Welcome to the forums.

Psychonaut · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:07:26 PM »

Quote from: MCRider on September 04, 2011, 02:31:30 PM

Certainly no more weird than the age old tradition of naming boats, usually femine names at that.

Airforce guys name their bombers. At least they did, especially when bombing. Hmmm, not so much fighters.

That has the same feel as naming a chopper or a dragracer, but seldom a roadracer. The first are more personal. The latter less so.

Tradition, this makes sense although it doesn't make it not weird. People do a lot of really weird s___ in the name of tradition.

Bluegreen · « **Reply #18 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:15:23 PM »

They go faster if they have a name

Holubs · « **Reply #19 on:** September 06, 2011, 09:53:29 AM »

For the same reason I gave my kids names, so they know who I'm talking to!

Holubs

Toxic · « **Reply #20 on:** September 06, 2011, 10:06:51 AM »

I only call mine names when she pi$$es my off.

Very colorful names usually describing acts that are anatomically impossible to complete.

70CB750 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 06, 2011, 10:53:15 AM »

I always called my motorcycle Dorotka - or Dorothy in English. Girls name and in Czech slang it also means lady from the street - I consider it fitting too.

Really? · « **Reply #22 on:** September 06, 2011, 11:15:36 AM »

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Girls name and in Czech slang it also means lady from the street - I consider it fitting too.

A nice way of saying......Hooker?

70CB750 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 06, 2011, 11:32:32 AM »

affirmative

Gaucho · « **Reply #24 on:** September 06, 2011, 12:51:07 PM »

I don't name all my bikes; but the ones I do is because they are not merely a sum of parts. They have a soul.

Gaucho

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Author Topic: Why do you give names to your motorcycle? (Read 4079 times)