What do the girls ride??

[jrandom]

I just think of my FXR as "The Bike", in a very non-gender-specific sense. It's just a lump of plastic and aluminium, fer chrissakes.

Mrs Random calls it "that gay blue thing".

[Quasievil]

I cant quite get my head around calling a DUCATI a girl, I mean its a ducati for fuck sake, I have to leave it as Non Gender.
Riding it is arguably better than sex anyway. An it is quite capable of kicking my arse so it cant be a girl can it, Oh fuck it time for work

[Indiana_Jones]

Does anyone name their bikes like lots of car people do?

"The McQueen Machine"

-Indy

[vifferman]

Mrs Random calls it "that gay blue thing".

Mrs Random is very knowledgeable about bikes then.

[jrandom]

Mrs Random is very knowledgeable about bikes then.

Ouch.

I think the Honda slagging has now been well and truly paid for...

[Deano]

Ouch.

I think the Honda slagging has now been well and truly paid for...

Wait till the BBQ on the third JR - she'll be all on

[vifferman]

Ouch.

I think the Honda slagging has now been well and truly paid for...

Ehh. It was just too easy.
But slag away anyway.
I didn't buy the Honda for its reliability (which they have a reputation for), which is just as well, as the friggin thing has been a right pain in the arse, partly caused by its uncomfortable seat, and partly (and more properly, a pain in the wallet) because of its appetite for bits. You know - those expensive bits which are never in stock, and available immediately ex-Japan in two or three weeks, giving me time to readjust my mortgage and prepare the excuses for Mrs FS.

[Shazuki]

Two red zookis in our garage with such lovely curves, nice rear ends, good legs and great headlights they just have to be female!

[toads]

I call my little beastie a she, cos she's the bitchin' mobile and calling something that bitchin' a 'he' just doesn't seem right.

Same here CSL, I call mine a beastie too, she just couldn't possibly be a male, cos she's just too nice!!, she's very very sexy looking, and to my mind she has a personality, for those out there that think that their bikes are just bits of metal and plastic, good on them, but for me she represents freedom from the daily grind, sort of like my alter-ego

[pete376403]

My bike is either known as Miss Piggy, or else Exxon Valdeez (the size, the weight, the oil leaks...)

Guy at work with a Speed Triple calls his bike Quasimodo. It IS a bloody hunchback, too.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Same here CSL, I call mine a beastie too, she just couldn't possibly be a male, cos she's just too nice!!, she's very very sexy looking, and to my mind she has a personality

Are you implying that because "she" has a personality, she couldnt be male?

[Ms Piggy]

for me she represents freedom from the daily grind, sort of like my alter-ego

Exactly!!

[Devil]

Are you implying that because "she" has a personality, she couldnt be male?

Personality(m): Character, Uniqueness, qualities, ugly.
Personality(f): Bitch.

[Liv, Norway]

Two red zookis in our garage with such lovely curves, nice rear ends, good legs and great headlights they just have to be female!

Yes, I think you love your bikes!

And it's a little about love:
You give nickname to your boyfriend/girlfriend - you love the person!
And I love my babies; BMW Scarver and Vespa Bravo! And I love my Toyota Corolla! :-)

When I wash the Scarver I feel it's a little like hugging him.
And haven't you all noticed that sometimes you are not so good when you ride, and why you did not end off the road is because of the bike - you feel it helped you out of the situation?

I know it's all iron and plastic and rubber, I know it's not a brain inside the bike. I know. But sometimes I feel it's a friend!

:-)

Liv.

[Ducatimama]

Well, my 'baby' (note asexual terminology) is a '93 Ducati 750SS....and she goes like stink! Mind you, it does have 2 F1 mufflers, a 2nd stage jet kit and open air box with double Brembos on the front. Oh, and what a beautiful sound....(specially when you back off!!!).