Topic: Screen Name for this site

[Tews19]

I am curious as to why you have chosen your screen name for thsi site.

As for me, I used Tews19. It originates from my days in high school playing sports. Friends, coaches and teachers started to call me Tews. Short for my last name . 19 comes from my football number and my lucky number to this date. Nothing to sentimental. But I have been called Tews since I was 16

[brandEn]

Mine is easy, its my first name. I made the E uppercase because my name is spelled Branden not Brandon and people have been misspelling it my whole life.

[Don R]

Don R.  because I am.

[Greggo]

My friends called me Greggo, and it just kind of stuck.

[Retro Rocket]

Retro rocket..... 1000cc 72 Honda   Kinda says it all......

[petercb750]

Got me stumped why I chose mine......
Cheers
Peter. 

[Retro Rocket]

Got me stumped why I chose mine......
Cheers
Peter. 

Come on Pete, give us a clue..... Haven't worked Terry's out either.....

[sohc boy]

 i started racing at 18 ,i weighed 50 kg's ,the older guys called me "the boy" by mid eightys i was one of few racing a sohc honda , they nicknamed me , single cam boy .... but thought more appropriate on here as sohc boy 

[Tews19]

Retro rocket..... 1000cc 72 Honda   Kinda says it all......

Sorry in advances if this is dumb retro. I haven't seen the bike. Any pics of it?

[veloracermike]

I race bicycles.  I used to race cars, 20 years of some Formula Fords but mostly Formula Continentals. 

[Gordon]

My parents chose my internet screen name for me in mid 1975.  They were visionaries.

[333]

This question is probably for guys like me, whose screen name isn't so obvious.

So, as a former Honda parts guy, it was clear to me what to use.  All Honda parts have 3 sections.  The first is 5 digits, telling what type of part(air filter, gas tank...).  The second part is a 3 digit number or letters denoting what bike the part was originally designed for.  The center code "333" is for my bike, a CB350F.  And to finish the description of the part number, the third part is for many things like color of painted pieces, supercede's, manufacturer changes, and jet sizes.  Standard screws, bolts, and nuts have a totally different numbering system.


The avatar?  That's a story for another night, kids.

[Magpie]

I was dubbed  "Magpie" by a friend after having a chance to go through an obsolete parts area of a local shop. Anything with -300- in it I grabbed. The dictionary definition is "a person who collects trivial objects" would seem to apply except I would add the word "shiny". It's also one of the most intelligent birds but I'm not sure he knew about that. Noisy and talkative too, that's me after a few refreshments.
Cliff.

[Tews19]

333 and Magpie, both have the similarities with the 300 parts. Very cool. Interesting thread so far. Gordon, your parents are genius. Did they invent the internet?

[Hinomaru]

Hinomaru: The name of the national flag of Japan, meaning “circle of the sun” 

[shark]

There are 2 reasons I chose "shark" for my user name.

1) My uncle has been calling me shark my whole life.

2) Grumpy (my nickname) was taken.

[Emokid]

I kept my nick from a stereo and hometheater forum , i have a massive setup of amplifiers from the US company Emotiva , so ....... Emokid , not that im a kid anymore 

[Retro Rocket]

Retro rocket..... 1000cc 72 Honda   Kinda says it all......

Sorry in advances if this is dumb retro. I haven't seen the bike. Any pics of it?

Its a very expensive build that i am still in the process {bloody slow one} of buying parts. Leaving no stone unturned on this one, lots of one off parts that have been and have to be custom fabbed. I have most of it but there's still some trick bits to come. I don't have a lot of room to do the build so until i have everything it stays in boxes....

[Coyote13]

Used to work a couple restaurants here in Dallas.  As you might imagine we had quite a few hombres working the back of the house, clean up, etc.  Good guys, and they took a liking to me because I speak Spanish pretty well (and cause when they gave me #$%* I'd always fire it right back at 'em. Fun times).  Anyhow, none of them could pronounce my name "Kyle," it would come out more like "Coy-oh."  Coy-oh, Coy-oh....Coy-oh-tay!!! Arooooooooo!!!!  And from then on I've been Coyote (pronounced the PROPER way, coy-oh-tay).

[Stixxy]

Named for my little Wirehaired Fox Terrier. He'd fight with any other dog, any size, any time, any where and for absolutely no reason.

[flybox1]

flybox, as in the thing you put your fly fishing flies in....my OTHER favorite hobby. 
And, my last name is Box.

[jamesb]

jamesb there for i am

[MoMo]

Made my living from photography, first name Larry.  Very clever ::)melding of the terms...Larry

[Retro Rocket]

flybox, as in the thing you put your fly fishing flies in....my OTHER favorite hobby. 
And, my last name is Box.

I hope your first name isn't hairy, floppy, smelly or cardboard.....    Sorry, couldn't help myself.....

[Stev-o]

Stev-o, because that's what she said: OH Stev-o!!