Nicknames for your bikes... I must be going crazy

[Old Steve]

Though she's only a 250 learner, she's my first bike. So I did want a name for her.

My wife suggested Gloria, as in G-L-O-R-I-A by Them (OK, by Van Morrison if you don't know Them). She said suited her, hanging out with an old rocker.

I do say, "I'm taking Gloria out", and I do talk to her, pat her tank after a good ride or if we haven't been out for a day or so.

[rocketman1]

i say thanks to mine after we make it over a shitty track or trail... like...( thanks for not crashing )
because the bikes in control, im just hanging on..........
is it normal to talk to your bike....

JMJ

No sure, but i don't do it in public. haha Hay what ever makes you feel better.

[rocketman1]

Mine is "The Ebony Geisha"

She is Japanese, and black....and I love to ride her!

with a name like that is that all you do?

[rocketman1]

Mine is just called " the bike".....which is not too disimilar to what i used to call the ex wife. for reasons i will keep to myself for now..

The bike ....haha good one, as long as others didn't call her the town bike.

[rocketman1]

I call mine sweety.

Mrs Woodman refers to it as "that poor poor bike" Not sure why??

Mrs Woodman feels sorry for it because shes probably been ridden long & hard a few times aye Mr Woodman.

[nothingflash]

i say thanks to mine after we make it over a shitty track or trail... like...( thanks for not crashing )
because the bikes in control, im just hanging on..........
is it normal to talk to your bike....

JMJ

Probably. Is it normal for the bike not to listen?

[tigertim20]

Do have a Nickname for your bike?
An affectionate term maybe that endears the bike to yourself, or makes you feel more emotionally attached to what some would say is an inanimate object made of steel, plastic, and rubber.
Others get real emotionally attached to their steed as some do to a horse or dog , cat badger etc....... I don't know take your choice.
The point is that I have a nick name for my bike, and it makes me feel more attached to it in a funny sort of way. The wife thinks I'm crazy, she just aint a biker aye
I'm not telling what my bikes nickname is yet . I might get embarrassed or hassled.

I did call my old KDX200 "Kermit " not very original I know, but me and Kermit had alot of good times together. When the going got tough in rough one day I found myself talking to Kermit, saying something like 'come on Kermit you can do this boy, you can get us out of here" and Kermit responded with large' fart of a crackle' out of the exhaust and we both popped out of the swamp.
Made me feel good ...........I think Kermit was happy too. Just joking.

I always name them. dunno why. dont name cars, fuck 'em!. Last one was scarlet. I now have a Blue R1, and havent thought of a suitable name yet though.

I have always felt that bikes are a very personal item though. you are more in danger on one, and thus you are more aware, and you experience more of your envionment. Not to mention that (on a sportsbike anyway) to ride it, you are pretty much physically hugging it with your whole body

[Maha]

Mines.... "you piece of shit" when it breaks down. And "you old piece of shit " when it's not broken down, but I lufs it anyway

Ironically, mine is called 'Unshit'....not to its face mind, no no, only on here...

[motor_mayhem]

My RMZ is Danica - chose it in a hurry because a friend of a friend got his DR250 named Margret by his mates, and I did not wish that fate on my bike.

[Mrs Shrek]

Its previous owner called her "Pearl" but for obvious reasons she now gets called "The Hobbit Bike"

[Genie]

Its previous owner called her "Pearl" but for obvious reasons she now gets called "The Hobbit Bike"

She's a right pearler....Does that make you a Hobbit?

[Mrs Shrek]

She's a right pearler....Does that make you a Hobbit?

5' 2" but I don't have hairy feet

[davebullet]

SV650 - Suzy. Bloody original that.

The new Speed Triple is undecided. It's either "Speedy" (another bloody original one) or Mandy. Mandy comes from a mate of mine calling it "the flying mandarin" due to being orange.

[wanpo]

My yellow gt250r is called 'Kiddo' after the bride from Kill Bill. my gt650r is Mamba (the bride's code name when she was in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad was 'Black Mamba')

[mazz1972]

My VS1400 is called Jackie Black

Sherpa 250 was called the Black Bitch or Come on Bitch!!! when riding up up a hill in a headwind.

KLE500 didn't have a name as she and I "never understood each other"

My old TRX300 quad was called Red Hot Rhonda the Big Red Honda

Hub calls his V-Strom Optimus Prime