Do you name your bike?

[marcmax]

Just curious if you all name your bikes and if so how did you come up with the names? Any details you want to share, is it a gender specific name, related to family, friend, color, country of origin, etc? Inquiring minds want to know.  

[Bengt_Phorqs]

Nope, never have.  They aren't like dogs.  The current dog is a really stupid basset hound named Bubba, but he came with Mrs. Phorqs who inherited....  Too long a story.  

I did have a three legged dog one time I named Tripod.  And then there was the dog I had without any legs.  Didn't name him, but he never would come when I called him anyhow.  Kind of like a bike.   [smiley=bmw_smiley.gif]

[TXRider60]

"Most always".  Usually female names (don't ask) like Helga (BMW) or Sushi (Honda)... And the current yellow R65, Kleine Gelke Kuh "KG", for short).

[Bob_Roller]

Don't have a name for my '81, just refer to it as 'the dinosaur', due to it's age, I've had it since January, 1981 .

[Dizerens5]

We used to call our bike "the grid". Comes from a kids' song we had at school (around 1953), one verse went like this:
Hey my darling, look at your Uncle Mike
He's in the country, riding a motor bike
First he does a backfire, then he does a skid
Now he's in the hospital, thinking about his grid!

[Lucky_Lou]

Having spent 9 months breathing life into the bike i felt obliged to name this child of mine...Gertie certain Germanic overtones an elegant ride and eye catching bodywork, temperamental,definitely female.
First time ive been inclined to stick a name on a vehicle but didnt feel right just referring to "the bike".
Lou
now if this one was mine it would definitely be ....."The Beast" as spotted at the big rally
Ps that cylinder sticking out of the back is a small jet engine!!!!

[Yikes]

Is that Mick Fleetwood in that Beast?

[marcmax]

I tend to name mine with feminine names but only after I have gotten to know them. My K75s is Gretchen because it reminds me of a friend I made while stationed in Germany, fun to be around, not too demanding and as reliable as the day is long. My R65 hasn't earned a name yet but I am getting more fond of it every time I take it out.

[Lucky_Lou]

Is that Mick Fleetwood in that Beast?

Doubt it no sign of a chauffeur.
Lou

[NC Steve]

Personally, I do not, but I've inherited a named bike from a member here who has ridden (and addressed) her for many, many miles.

I don't want to cause problems with the bike, and I'm afraid "she" may have become accustomed to "her" name?
What should I do??  :-/    :-?

[nhmaf]

I haven't always named my bikes, but my R65 (Tillie the Teutonic Twin) and my Kawasaki Concours (Connie) tend to lend themselves to names.  I tend to use female names for motorbikes - if you don't treat them carefully and with respect you may end up in a world of hurt, which can happen with human females too !

[trolle]

The WH8LA2, figure it out for yourself  

greetings from a grey, partly sunny and warm north (8C ~ 46F)

[SCJJR65]

My first R65, a 1981 model, was named Bruno.  Britta was my second R65, who now resides in NC Steve's shack with some Italian bike named Jackie.  My current bike, a '99 R1200C Classic, has a gender-neutral name, Blackjack.  

[scottyintex]

I usually name my machines........ when sitting there they are just simply chunks of cold steel. However when you fire them up...They come to life..they throb with life.... They become a living entity. They have no soul..but they live.  I call my R65 Mariah........comes from a line in a old song.....”they call the wind Mariah.”

[Ed Miller]

"I call my R65 Mariah........comes from a line in a old song.....”they call the wind Mariah.” "  

I guess I should call mine Tess.  

I usually call the R65 the Black Freighter, from a different song.  I think Bertolt Brecht wrote it.  

"Dinosaur", Bob?  My '81 R65 is my modern bike!