Name your ride

[Boxercup Dave]

I don't name cars, bikes or body parts

[Dirtrideroader]

Originally Posted by groovyone

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

I have called mine a few female gender names also.

[Stephen Max]

Originally Posted by mrr1150gs

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:



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]

Originally Posted by Stephen Max

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.



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.

[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]

Originally Posted by mrr1150gs

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.

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!

[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...



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.