Bike Gender

[Sniper]

Just had an idea from another thread.

What do you guys all call your bikes? I prefer to call mine a guy as the girlfriend hates me riding other girls.

Your thoughts?

[vifferman]

Your thoughts?
My thoughts was in the other thread.

No, not that one - the other other thread.:shifty:

[Motoracer]

Neither really. I don't think of my bike as someone or something else. It think it is a part of me, when I ride it. I use it when I ride, just like how I'd use my legs when I run or how I'd use my hand when I write or draw.

[Lucyloo]

My baby bike is definately a girl.....but my next one is going to be big, black and all boy!!! ;-)

[**R1**]

mine's a bitch(when i have issues with it)

its a bitch when its not fast enough

its a bitch when i fuck up and it duznt compensate

and at the mo its a bitch coz i crashed it

is this the sort of thing you were meaning?

[jrandom]

My bike is just a lump of steel, aluminium and plastic. I don't personalise it. I like it *because* it's a machine, not as some sort of anthropomorphic friend or ego extension.

[Wolf]

Cold mornings when the engine is making that sick sound but not yet firing and you can hear the starter starting to slow down...

It's always "Come on, girl." in reassuring tones or "Start, ya Bitch!" if I'm running late/caffeine-deprived.

[Marmoot]

No way am I going to genderize my bike!!!

I always refer to my bike as 'it'. I like stradling and riding it because im better person. It's by bitch.

(...now, where's my latex suit and whip?)

[Wolf]

My bike is just a lump of steel, aluminium and plastic. I don't personalise it. I like it *because* it's a machine, not as some sort of anthropomorphic friend or ego extension.
I'm a geek, so I tend to anthropomorphise machinery - it's a cultural thing (or an inate weirdness in geeks, your guess is as good as mine)

[muzz]

It's a girl. Not into riding guys. :no: Riding queen charlotte dr is like dancing.We merge to become one she becomes an extenion of me and we ride hard and fast. Gets the blood racing. And if the misses is jelous too bad.

[Marmoot]

...big, black and all boy!!! ;-)

ugh.....reminds me of one KB-er's 12" black rubber c*ck :sick:

[crashe]

my baby is a girl.. :ride:
in fact all my wheels have been girls...

If ya speak nicely to them, they just purr like a pussy. :cool: :msn-wink:
:2thumbsup

[Waylander]

Androdgenous(sp) No gender for mine, it's just another entity that I merge with at times that we act when we are in tune with each other and find those perfect lines around a corner or weaving in the lane on straights. And yes I am being serious about this.

[Lucyloo]

ugh.....reminds me of one KB-er's 12" black rubber c*ck :sick:
Hmmm......I was actually thinking of the Suzuki Boulevard C50......but hey, I can be adaptable :msn-wink:

[Motu]

I'm with jrandom - oh,bikes are entities in their own right,with personalities,emotions,jealousy...like cats they love your input,care and attention,but will bite if you tickle in the wrong place.I treat my bikes like they are a living being - but they are genderless.

[Ixion]

Oh they definately have genders. The BMW is quite definately male. Whereas the T500 is definately female.

[Hitcher]

My bike is just a lump of steel, aluminium and plastic. I don't personalise it. I like it *because* it's a machine, not as some sort of anthropomorphic friend or ego extension.
You unromantic cad. Where's your soul?

[Pwalo]

Just had an idea from another thread.

What do you guys all call your bikes? I prefer to call mine a guy as the girlfriend hates me riding other girls.

Your thoughts?

I call my bike Suzuki. I really like it but it's only metal, rubber, oil etc. I have a sneaky feeling that my better half would probably be happier with me riding my bike (even if I called it a girl's name), rather than another women.

I hope so anyway!

[Hitcher]

Mrs H is responsible for the gender determination and naming in our house. I think she's got a crystal on the end of a long piece of virgin camelid pubic hair...

[GSVR]

Anyone remember the movie with Rowan Atkinson in it called Maybee Baby?

He played a fertility treatment doctor.

Well while he's giving the treatment he's talking about how fast he gets to work on his (Lambretta I think) as the woman getting the treatment is on a scooter as well.

He refers to his bike as she and how he rides her damn hard.

Funny movie.

[jrandom]

You unromantic cad. Where's your soul?

Pickling jar. Formaldehyde. Mantelpiece. Job's a good 'un.

[Coyote]

Depends on how much mantinence I have to do

[Hitcher]

Pickling jar. Formaldehyde. Mantelpiece. Job's a good 'un.
For a moment I thought your reply may have been: "Satan. $100,000, a bottomless bottle of scotch, ZX10R and an unlimited supply of .308 ammo." Job's an even better 'un.

[jrandom]

"Satan. $100,000, a bottomless bottle of scotch, ZX10R and an unlimited supply of .308 ammo." Job's an even better 'un.

You, sir, are a veritable fant of good ideas.

I have no idea why I didn't think of that. My mind is rather running along pickling-jar and mantelpiece lines at the moment, I fear.

[vifferman]

My mind is rather running along pickling-jar and mantelpiece lines at the moment, I fear.
No need to be afraid. If you're even slightly agile, you can run along to the end of the mantelpiece, and catch your mind in the pickling jar before it falls off onto the floor.

[pyrocam]

mine was a girl, being that I bought it off a chick (hmmm hot too) and that it was purple and pink. but Im currently in the process of peniserzizing it. removing pink and purple and making it a more manly blue and black. so I spose I ride a hermaphrodite at the moment.
see pic

damn I voted the wrong thing. I should have voted the third not the last sorry.

[Waylander]

mine was a girl, being that I bought it off a chick (hmmm hot too) and that it was purple and pink. but Im currently in the process of peniserzizing it. removing pink and purple and making it a more manly blue and black. so I spose I ride a hermaphrodite at the moment.
see pic

Black and blue.... well I'm sure you'll have yourself one nice lookin bruise as you ride down the road.:killingme

[Skyryder]

This gender thing came up on another forum that I post on. I only had the bike a few weeks and I thought 'he' was a she, then I noticed his balls had dropped and she became a he. He's a Drake. With those wings out the side what else could he be?

Skyryder

[onearmedbandit]

Suzi' is a she, well not really but always talk about 'her', etc. Reminds me when I first logged onto an American m/c site, couldn't think of a name so went with 'Suzi_750'. Man, I had PM's coming from a lot of the guys there asking how old I was, where I lived, what I was wearing..... Quickly changed that name (well maybe not so quick...)

[phantom]

My GB's rego ends with WLY so it gets called Willy which I suppose makes it male. ( waits for all the homophobic posts )

[Sniper]

My GB's rego ends with WLY so it gets called Willy which I suppose makes it male. ( waits for all the homophobic posts )

So you claim to be gay or dont claim to be gay?

[John]

So you claim to be gay or dont claim to be gay?
Lets just say his gay to play it safe... :lol:

j/k

[phantom]

what just because I wear leather and ride a willy ? No I am very happy with my sexuality thanks and so is my wife :msn-wink:

[John]

what just because I wear leather and ride a willy ? No I am very happy with my sexuality thanks and so is my wife :msn-wink:
Hahaha, your 'wife' is it (wipes tear from eye) damn that was a commical post good on ya.

[Hitcher]

Our 250s were called Ulf and Uda for similar reasons to Willy (above). They were known to sign visitors' books at places they visited...

[mono]

Just had an idea from another thread.

What do you guys all call your bikes? I prefer to call mine a guy as the girlfriend hates me riding other girls.

Your thoughts?

Personally I wouldn’t lather a guy up with warm soapy water, and shamie him dry, or ride one. Nope, mines a girl, Fiery and unforgiving, and Ill ride Her no matter how jealous my girlfriend gets. :D

[inlinefour]

On the mood I'm in and how well the bike is running. As for giving it a gender etc. I find that a bit lame as its only a machine...

[Pixie]

Oh they definately have genders. The BMW is quite definately male. Whereas the T500 is definately female.
If it is a suzuki T500 you refer to,I'm curious as to how you attribute a feminine persona to it?
I can understand how an old british bike can be seen as feminine,seeing as how they are often cantankerous and leak fluids all over the place,God bless them. :killingme

[zeRax]

just a machine to me too, great inventions :D

[Pixie]

I'm with jrandom - oh,bikes are entities in their own right,with personalities,emotions,jealousy...like cats they love your input,care and attention,but will bite if you tickle in the wrong place.I treat my bikes like they are a living being - but they are genderless.
In pre-technology times animistic religions payed tribute to the spirits,wood nymphs,pixies,etc. that inhabited trees ,water courses,etc.
In the modern world we have forsaken these beings and destroyed most of their habitats.They therefore have begun to inhabit our technological devices.
That is why your bike seems to run better when you spend time cleaning it.(a substitute for tribute,as seen by the being inhabiting it)Or ,if you neglect it it breaks down for no apparent reason.
I had a TX650 that never gave any trouble till the day I decided to trade it in on a new bike, then it just refused to start.
This also explains why things come right when the technician/mechanic (priest in old times) arrives ,leaving the owner to say"it was faulty just a moment ago".
This is where the concept of "gremlins" comes from.

[Waylander]

In pre-technology times animistic religions payed tribute to the spirits,wood nymphs,pixies,etc. that inhabited trees ,water courses,etc.
In the modern world we have forsaken these beings and destroyed most of their habitats.They therefore have begun to inhabit our technological devices.
That is why your bike seems to run better when you spend time cleaning it.(a substitute for tribute,as seen by the being inhabiting it)Or ,if you neglect it it breaks down for no apparent reason.
I had a TX650 that never gave any trouble till the day I decided to trade it in on a new bike, then it just refused to start.
This also explains why things come right when the technician/mechanic (priest in old times) arrives ,leaving the owner to say"it was faulty just a moment ago".
This is where the concept of "gremlins" comes from.

Haha I like that idea. Makes perfect sense too.

[Holy Roller]

My bike is the old girl,
Needs to be looked after to stay pristine.

[250learna]

I use to name my cars, but since i got my last one i just cant get inspiration, and same with the bike. ZXR is not very girly, but i dont want to be riding a male all day long :puke: Maybe i should get a cbr250rr instead, the say female all over them :killingme :killingme

[Beemer]

Funnily enough for someone who hates kids, mine tend to be known as "my baby" - but I suppose if I had to think about it, the Goose would definitely be male. It's black, looks a bit mean, and has lots of hard edges! The F650CS would probably be female as it is curvy and gold and has lots of stylish little touches. The RG150 was definitely female too - fast and fun!

Cars are usually female for some reason!

[Wolf]

This also explains why things come right when the technician/mechanic (priest in old times) arrives ,leaving the owner to say"it was faulty just a moment ago".
This is where the concept of "gremlins" comes from.
Actually, the original "gremlins" stem from RAF in WWI and they were the RAF's equivalent of the "Brownies" - primarily helpful "Wee folk" who fix things for you in the still of the night.

The RAF legend was that their planes only flew due to the nocturnal ministrations of "Gremlins".

Pixie is quite right, giving a name to vehicles, weapons and other inanimate objects (by themselves, vehicles are supposed to be inanimate - "Christine" being the famous exception) is animism, pure and simple.

Do I care? As a pagan who believes that the Celtic Goddess Epona is the one to whom to talk about bikes (Goddess of horses, I figure she's moved with the times, along with the rest of us), I am practically required to indulge in animism. :D

[sels1]

My GB's rego ends with WLY so it gets called Willy which I suppose makes it male. ( waits for all the homophobic posts )

A stallion or a mare...what does it matter?

[Ixion]

If it is a suzuki T500 you refer to,I'm curious as to how you attribute a feminine persona to it?
I can understand how an old british bike can be seen as feminine,seeing as how they are often cantankerous and leak fluids all over the place,God bless them. :killingme

Yeah, Suzuki T500 Titan. Always seemed female to me. Right from first impressions when the first thing you notice is the two honking big jugs up front.

And its persona is feminine. Neat tidy, a bit fussy. Nothing harsh or brutal, but a bit temperamental. All the controls light and sensitive. And given to sulking.

Old Briddish iron always seemed masculine to me. Bits falling off, other bits lashed on anyhow . Everything big and heavy and clonky. Briddish bikes always , to me, seemed to need to be approached in a Sarn't Major fashion. "Right you 'orrible machine, get yer act togevver. See that there corner, yer GOIN' ROUND IT.SHUD UP. STAND TO ATTENTION. PULL YOUR (FORK) GAITERS UP YOU SLOVENLY HORRIBLE LITTLE BIKE. I don't wanna hear about it, just ged on wiv it you orrible apology for a moddabike. " And somehow you did get round the corner, which to a more sensitive approach would have seemed an impossibility. But take such an approach with the T500 and she would burst into tears, and be sure that you didn't love her and never had.

I'm quite sure that success or failure in starting a big single lies, as much as anything, in how one walks up to the bike. A confident take no nonsense approach, stern faced and determined, conveying the message that you are in charge and are not about to stand any nonsense, and success is likely. Approach diffidently, and the bike will sneer and break your ankle.

[Sniper]

I use to name my cars, but since i got my last one i just cant get inspiration, and same with the bike. ZXR is not very girly, but i dont want to be riding a male all day long :puke: Maybe i should get a cbr250rr instead, the say female all over them :killingme :killingme

I'll bring my bike up there and see how you call me bitch sunshine :devil2: :nono:

[thehollowmen]

Mine is a guy: Clunky, angular with bad handling and poor ability to stop himself. He looks funny in daylight and complains if I get on and ride him too hard.

When he smokes it is most definitally un-sexy, as opposed to a few classy girls who can pull it off...

Yep. Definitally a guy.

[Pixie]

Haha I like that idea. Makes perfect sense too.
It's the truth I tells ya!

[Pixie]

Yeah, Suzuki T500 Titan. Always seemed female to me. Right from first impressions when the first thing you notice is the two honking big jugs up front.

And its persona is feminine. Neat tidy, a bit fussy. Nothing harsh or brutal, but a bit temperamental. All the controls light and sensitive. And given to sulking.

Old Briddish iron always seemed masculine to me. Bits falling off, other bits lashed on anyhow . Everything big and heavy and clonky. Briddish bikes always , to me, seemed to need to be approached in a Sarn't Major fashion. "Right you 'orrible machine, get yer act togevver. See that there corner, yer GOIN' ROUND IT.SHUD UP. STAND TO ATTENTION. PULL YOUR (FORK) GAITERS UP YOU SLOVENLY HORRIBLE LITTLE BIKE. I don't wanna hear about it, just ged on wiv it you orrible apology for a moddabike. " And somehow you did get round the corner, which to a more sensitive approach would have seemed an impossibility. But take such an approach with the T500 and she would burst into tears, and be sure that you didn't love her and never had.

I'm quite sure that success or failure in starting a big single lies, as much as anything, in how one walks up to the bike. A confident take no nonsense approach, stern faced and determined, conveying the message that you are in charge and are not about to stand any nonsense, and success is likely. Approach diffidently, and the bike will sneer and break your ankle.
The only one I ever rode vibrated so bad my vision blurred..and I owned a Yammie 650 at the time.
A mate of mine built a T500 special with a twin throat Del Orto carb,we had trouble starting it when we first got it together,but finally it started ,it kept backfiring ,he hopped on it put it into gear ,gave it a handful of throttle and let the clutch out....and accelerated BACKWARDS into his garage door.
We had the plug leads around the wrong way.

[Pixie]

I'm quite sure that success or failure in starting a big single lies, as much as anything, in how one walks up to the bike. A confident take no nonsense approach, stern faced and determined, conveying the message that you are in charge and are not about to stand any nonsense, and success is likely. Approach diffidently, and the bike will sneer and break your ankle.
I have a four inch scar on my leg that a bloody TT500 caused with it's kick start,sliced through my jeans, sock ,and to the bone...bloody singles.

[Ixion]

The only one I ever rode vibrated so bad my vision blurred..and I owned a Yammie 650 at the time.
A mate of mine built a T500 special with a twin throat Del Orto carb,we had trouble starting it when we first got it together,but finally it started ,it kept backfiring ,he hopped on it put it into gear ,gave it a handful of throttle and let the clutch out....and accelerated BACKWARDS into his garage door.
We had the plug leads around the wrong way.

Yeah, they do buzz a bit. Two smokers will often reverse if the ignition is over retarded. Used to be a party trick of Scott owners, very handy with a chair.

[Kittyhawk]

WELL MY BIKE has got to be a guy, gota have the vibrations in the right place and high speeds and revs to enjoy that hahhaha
My parnter dosent like me saying " I love my bike" Because I enjoy it not only for that vibrating reason, but it's the coolest feeling going really fast with nothing but you and the bike on the open roads.
Lsat night went for a cruise around Auckland, I wore most of my gears and my jeans as I was really hot and it wasn't cold outside. I felt so naked!!! As I'm used to wearing my riding pants.....wow what a feeling!!

[myvice]

I'm with Motu, Pixie & Wolf, there is something in all matter, an energy that gives you a vibe, either good or bad depending on many factors and your own individual persona.
That has been the way humans have interacted with their environment since we climbed out of the mud/came down from the trees/landed/whatever you want, it wont change how many of us will shed a tear at a crumpled wreck or scream "Start you #@*#!" on a cold morning, often when we dont want to be out ourselves!
The Buddists and Pagans believed in this along with many other beliefs and as I dont have any evidence to either support or to debunk them I will let my imagination run with this as "There is more in heaven and earth than in your philosophy, dear Horatio"
If this upsets anyone out there feel free to send me a P.M.
It won't change the way I view things, I just like to see other perspectives.

[madmal64]

Mine is neither. Just a great peice of machinery I enjoy using.

[speights_bud]

You forgot the 'Neither, it's just my baby' option...

[Sniper]

Its an old thread mate