Name your ride

[bedlam]

Have you named your motorcycle(s)?

[RosscoB]

I didn't name by boat either.

[Jack Giesecke]

Well, one is "The SV", one is "The KX", one is "The Old Wing", one is "The Tracker", one is "The XR1000", and one is "The Chino Bike". :mrgreen: No, they don't have human names.

[ryan]

do but i should name it the money pit

[Jack Giesecke]

do but i should name it the money pit


Oh, dude, you ain't seen nothin'. Buy a boat! :rofl:

[wonder91178]

My Ninja 250 was "The Killer Ninja"

My ZR-7S was "The Z"

:mrgreen:

[Desert Skies]

Yep, the GS takes me under "Desert Skies" and the big black Goldwing is the "Texas Black Bird". I do have two cats I've had for 7-8 years that don't have names though.:lol2:

[Mark G]

I haven't named my fridge, either. I do call the Camry "the Camry."

[Doons]

Oh, dude, you ain't seen nothin'. Buy a boat! :rofl:

Ain't that a dang cash eating fact !! :doh:

[Desert Skies]

Two happiest days in a boat owner's life. When he gets the boat, when he sells it...

[bigdadjohn40]

When I first got my Wing I called it "The Toy" .That wore off after a while so now I just call it "My Wing".
Hope to get a V-Strom next spring.:rider:

[Stephen Max]

I haven't really named my bikes, but I do refer to the ZX11 as "the Kwakker", and I call the FZR1000 "the big Fizz".

I had a Hobie 16 catamaran that I named Hobie wan Kenobi, which I thought was pretty clever until I found out that every third Hobie cat was named that back in the 80's.

[kurt]

No, I have trouble remembering names. :rider:

[Thermalser]

I voted for: "Yes--naming a bike is something that chicks just do"

My SO named the FZ "Shasta". She gave the bike a name because she is in constant competition for my time and affection.:lol2:

I just call the FZ the "Bike".

There should be a lot more votes in this category because every female rider I know on the board has given their bike a name.:-P

[Faylaricia]

There should be a lot more votes in this category because every female rider I know on the board has given their bike a name.:-P

I didn't name the Ninja (and that is when this was started). Since then I got the VFR and her name is "Miss Rossa" for being an Italian Red lady.

[beverly200rider]

There should be a lot more votes in this category because every female rider I know on the board has given their bike a name.:-P

It's tough to name a bike that has a factory-installed name (Beverly). Worse when you own two of them. Phrases like "your 200", "the 500", and "the bike" are common in our household.

[Greasemonkey]

Refer to my rides like,the pig ,the hawg and just gets worse from there.We have a mutual understanding,you take care of me and I'll take care of you or seeya!!!!!

[STrider]

The bandit was "The red rocket".
The Legend was "my scooter".

My ST had a brief episode as "the silver bullet", but it didn't take. Maybe it was the connotations of vampires & werewolves, or maybe Coors Light.:puke: Now it's just "the ST" or "the Sprint" or "my bike".

The dirt bikes are "the big XR" and "the little XR".

I do pretty routinely confuse who I'm scolding and call my son "Triumph". (the dog's name).

[Dirtrideroader]

Two happiest days in a boat owner's life. When he gets the boat, when he sells it...

Not always true. I can remember several happier moments over the years. Some I am not willing to share with the public.

The first year I owned my Nacra 5.8 meter catamaran. A buddy and I decided to race Wurstfest Regatta. This was not only my first year with the boat, but my first year sailing anything. Same with my crew. Anyway, we ended up spanking the fleet. I remember listening to a couple more experienced sailor saying, "who is this Blaschke guy?" "Where did he come from!"

Then being threatened with being thrown off of the Balcony into the pool at LCYC as my initiation into A'Fleet.

Still have the trophy somewhere...

[groovyone]

People who know me and how I am with my cars and bikes are amazed I don't name them. I get attached to them enough without humanizing them. I do however tend to refer to them as 'she'.

[Boxercup Dave]

I don't name cars, bikes or body parts

[Dirtrideroader]

I do however tend to refer to them as 'she'.

I have called mine a few female gender names also.

[Stephen Max]

Not always true. I can remember several happier moments over the years. Some I am not willing to share with the public.

The first year I owned my Nacra 5.8 meter catamaran. A buddy and I decided to race Wurstfest Regatta. This was not only my first year with the boat, but my first year sailing anything. Same with my crew. Anyway, we ended up spanking the fleet. I remember listening to a couple more experienced sailor saying, "who is this Blaschke guy?" "Where did he come from!"

Then being threatened with being thrown off of the Balcony into the pool at LCYC as my initiation into A'Fleet.

Still have the trophy somewhere...

I also had a Nacra, a 5.7. I loved that boat and hated getting rid of it, but the rest of the family just didn't take to sailing the way I had hoped, and I felt bad about spending all my free time on the lake alone. Its name was Scar, due to the 18" scratch in the gel coat that the former owner put on it.

A pic:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h186/Stephenmax/p1220004.jpg

If you're wondering about the jib bridle foil, it's off of a Nacra 5.5SL. I used it to lower jib attachment point (the cleat? I've forgotten all my nautical terms) so I could use the taller 5.5SL jib.

[Dirtrideroader]

If you're wondering about the jib bridle foil, it's off of a Nacra 5.5SL. I used it to lower jib attachment point (the cleat? I've forgotten all my nautical terms) so I could use the taller 5.5SL jib.

Probably helped it tack better. The one time I sailed a friends 5.7, I was amazed how much harder it was to tack than the 5.8. The 5.8 would pivot on the dagger boards, where the 5.7 had the long skegs built into the hull and you had to get the weight to the back of the boat to get the bows to pivot around if there was not much wind.

Here are the two catamarans I sail now. Although, not very often.

http://mrr1150gs.smugmug.com/photos/9548919-M.jpg

The tilted one is a 1988 Reg White Tornado, the Olympic Class Catamaran. It was made in England for the 1988 Bermudian Olympic Team. It was sailed in the Olympics in Korea. It is tilted because it is 10 ft. wide and 20 ft. long.

The little orange boat is kind of like a sport bike. It has a 30' mast, is made totally out of carbon, including the rigging, or "wires", is 18 ft. long and 7.5 ft. wide. It weights 165 lbs. Total, everything. It is scary fast.

[Dirtrideroader]

OK, one more hijack.

This is another boat that I am partners on. We had to name it in order to have it considered a "Documented" vessel with the Coast Gaurd. That allowed you to not have to buy the TX number stickers at one time. The state has since closed that loop hole.

But do they take that money and put it toward the State Parks or something worthwhile, who knows, but probably not.
http://mrr1150gs.smugmug.com/photos/86876143-M.jpg

[hardybaker]

No, I don't name by bike because when I massage and care for her, (the bike), my wife would be jealous. I feel quite confident that this kind of relationship can only happen with a beemer.

[Stephen Max]

OK, one more hijack.

This is another boat that I am partners on. We had to name it in order to have it considered a "Documented" vessel with the Coast Gaurd. That allowed you to not have to buy the TX number stickers at one time. The state has since closed that loop hole.

But do they take that money and put it toward the State Parks or something worthwhile, who knows, but probably not.
http://mrr1150gs.smugmug.com/photos/86876143-M.jpg

Beautiful boat. There's a couple of Reynolds 28 footers on Lake Travis. They do horizon jobs on everybody else in every regatta I've seen them participating in. Incredibly fast. My Nacra was no slouch, especially on a reach with the wind slightly aft, but they leave me behind like I'm in a 6 knot monoslug.

[z_clark]

My nighthawk is "Foxy"....for obvious reasons!

She is just sooo foxy! :-P

[Tracker]

"Triple B" for the latest acquisition, but I'm not sold on that name.

some other possibilities:
Queen Izzy
Winifred
Victoria

[pbureau69]

do swear words count as naming it ? (grin)

[Tx Rider]

Yeah I call my bikes names, and talk to them even but I don't name em.

The names are always feminine though, sometimes nice ones and sometimes not so nice ones.

[Ghost Rider]

I usually refer to my DL1000 VStrom as an Uber Commuter, but have yet to consider a bonafide name for the bike. It is often called the Elephant because it physically dwarfs the smaller framed motorcycles in my neighborhood. Those who have had a chance to ride it comment that it is like being Hannibal riding on an elephant... you feel like you could conquer the world from a commanding view of the road.

[Wes]

I hate to resurect an old post, but I found this looking for another poll. I normally don't name bikes but I finally have a name for the C-14. And so it gets a name...

http://cmgonline.com/images/stories/archives/CMG_test_rides/07_Concours14/BigP/Concours14_wheelie_bg.jpg

Everytime I look at it I see a pig nose. So I named it "Piggy" after the chubby kid in "Lord of the Flies." It's fitting, it's big, heavy, and always getting me into trouble.

[Kidder]

I don't name all my bikes. I have only named two bikes.

My 2000 SV 650 I named "Stealth". Two reasons, I worked on the B-2 program and it was sneaky fast.

My 2009 Buell 1125 CR is named "Vader". Black and menacing like the character.

http://www.juddemerson.com/buell1.jpg