Naming your ride

[Miss Fox]

Is it just me, or is it just a little blasphemous to ride/drive a nameless vehicle? Also, I always thought that these things (car, moto, boat, etc.) were automatically female (i.e. "she's a beaut!"), but a friend just told me that's because the only riders I know are men , and that in fact the thing should be assigned the opposite sex from your own.

Now, I'm in the market for a name for my new baby. Instincts tell me that standard decorum calls for girlish nomenclature, so I'm leaning toward Delilah. Thoughts?

Edit: My dad came up with the perfect name as I pulled her into the driveway for the first time ever today- Adelaide. As in Guys and Dolls, "ever-lovin' Adelaide is taking a chance on me".

 

[sixtytwo]

I tried naming my things but the names don't ever stick. I just end up calling them by their brand/model.

So, my bike is just "my r6". What makes it different from the pile of other r6's out there? Because it's "mine".

 

[Miss Fox]

I tried naming my things but the names don't ever stick. I just end up calling them by their brand/model.

So, my bike is just "my r6". What makes it different from the pile of other r6's out there? Because it's "mine".

Kawasaki w650 is kind of a mouthful, though.

 

[firstbuell]

why not keep it Anglo-Nipponese, ya know, EurAsian:

"B-Saki" comes to mind, as duz "BeeZa-saki"

 

[EjGlows]

My old Ninja 250 - Asian Hot Pants (named after a really good friend of mine)
Ducati s2r 800 - Francesca (because a real Italian girl has curves)

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[Blacknblue]

If you ride the bike for awhile an appropriate name may be "revealed" to you. Oh, my bike's name is "Stormy."

 

[dwarf]

Scraper-bike or Frankenstein, becuase of the amount of scratches everywhere and all of my fairings are zip tied on, and some stitched with zip ties.

 

[NoGall]

If you ride the bike for awhile an appropriate name may be "revealed" to you.

Wot he said. Best wait a while.

 

[tchaftantouri]

Wot he said. Best wait a while.

+1
I couldn't think of a name for my bike. Then on a ride over a coupe of days a friend said to me "You are so quiet, but your bike is just the opposite", (thanks Lilli)
and the name hit me 'Mr Hyde'.
Just keep it in the back of your mind and a name will come.

 

[Karbon]

mine is "Charlean"

 

[ChopStx]

"my bike"

 

[superduper]

eh...the only name that sticks to any of my vehicles is "the bastard". Reason being that when something breaks, its always such a PITA to fix.

 

[chrism650]

i got a white gsxr 600...i called her stacey!

 

[Vega]

Ducati s2r 800 - Francesca (because a real Italian girl has curves)

+1000000 on the name Francesca. I knew this sexy curvatious fire cracker named Francesca and it brings back some REAL good memories

 

[Marineh]

i call mine "boba"

 

[rapidrobbie]

My GSXR:Saandra
My TRX450:Trixie
My Chevy pickup:Bitch,as in "Come on and start,BITCH!"

 

[SLu]

I only have one bike, so I call it my bike. Like when I tell someone I'm going riding, I say, "I'm to go ride my bike."

However, if I call my bike "Asian Hot Pants", then I'll have to say, "I'm going to ride my Asian Hot Pants." Besides sounding lewd, it may even get me in trouble depending on who I'm talking to.

 

[Caddywumpus]

Strangers bikes named Eve, and his so's bike is named Vincent. the name is revealed in time to each rider.

 

[AbsolutEnduser]

Now, I'm in the market for a name for my new baby. Instincts tell me that standard decorum calls for girlish nomenclature, so I'm leaning toward Delilah. Thoughts?

Thoughts are that this bike's decorum calls for a mannish nomenclature, so call it

"Walter"

 

[9rPilot]

I don't name all my bikes but on occasion, a bike gets a name due to some event or random comment about it. My KTM 950 is named "Krusher" which it earned by landing on me when I crashed in Baja... My KTM 640adventure was named "Mantis" by one of my kids since it looked like a praying mantis.