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It's cold and rainy . . . curious minds need to know, what stories lie behind your usernames?? Mine is a "no brainer" but some folks have interesting monikers. Let us in on the secret! 
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
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I drove a truck for 15 years and started using the "drivr" tag online about 12 years ago. I no longer drive but the tag online stuck
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Name's Bill. 6'4" 265lbs.  Non-capitalized to keep me humble.
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I used to work in a junkyard and my friends started calling me The Dog. When I first got a computer that was my first screen name and is now my name for everything I do on the computer.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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I used to have a 1200 Bandit.... until i saw the light... 
If at first you don't succeed....lower your standards!!
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Mine is my last name literally translated to English.
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Glad you found your way out of the darkness Bandit! I have an old picture of a Triumph Daytona (loaned to me by Hinkley . . . long story) that I took in Blackpool. Had the tower in the background. Fun, but cold trip in winter!
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I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
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What is a HABU? HABU The BA is for either Bonneville America or Bob Acree take your pick. And yes I worked on the SR-71 back in the early seventies.  Robert
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Mac is the first part of my last name, 304 is my badge number, Dutch is my nickname. I needed a screename for something years ago and been using it on everything to do w/ computers since.
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Where I live, beautiful tree lined Astoria! in  NYC
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My favorite rock guitar player and I'm a physical therapist in the states 
Warren
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I was in turmoil until I found a Bonneville America , now I am at peace . I also like to eatpeaswithbunnie . 
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Was a Photography Professor for 30 years at our local College. Don
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Thanks for the inside stories! I feel like I know you all better already!  Come on everyone, let us all get a grip on your handles! 
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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I used to play college hockey. So my initials and number just made sense.
Steve B.
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The name is mike and...ahem the year I was born.
dang now my secret is out.
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I was 40 when I bought my Speedmaster.
A motorcycle is a down payment on accessory
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I feel so plain... 
Erwin
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Quote:
I feel so plain...
I would not feel so all alone...
ThomWill (Thom Williams). 
Thom
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Should be Riding
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i love riding through the red cliffs in southern Utah
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Years ago I signed up for AOL and no matter what name I put in it was taken. So at the time I listened to Howard Stern
so I put in that name stern12. What I did not realize
was that once you picked that name as your "master" name you could not change it,so it kinda stuck boring but thats the story
Chris
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Name is nathen- change a couple of letters and you have nuthin. Nuthin' to it really...
Learning from my mistakes... again and again.
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the name of the group I ride with 
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Well Cynthia, grab a chair! It's a long and fascinating story in my case here.  You see...(cue the John Williams music, maestro!)... ..a long time ago, IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY........ (eeeh...who am I kiddin' here?  ...My name, of course, IS...drumroll please...."Dwight")
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Mark is my 1st name but wife calls me MarkO. Then I tried every combination with Mark but all the Mark names were taken. Tried Meanmarko and it stuck. Not really all that mean tho. The guys that work for me might think so. 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Bestowed upon me by a local grizzled old biker when he saw me with my TBA for the first time, and it stuck. I said if I bought a Japanese bike he probably would've called me Buddha.
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A cheeseburger and a clash of accents......
More flags
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Just a Bob living in Oklahoma, hence the "okie".
(I'm actually from St. Louis though)
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Paramedic for 15 years,, a lot of the elderly folks call the EMS people "Mr Dr Man"..
And being in EMS many times I was required to crawl into a ditch to treat my patients.. So I picked up the nick name DitchDr a long time ago and it has stuck ever since.. One of my bikes even has a vanity plate that says "DITCHDR"
Dont like what you see??? Big red X in the top right of your screen will fix it!
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I live in Lewes, England where we make a VERY big thing of celebrating Bonfire Night on 5th November. Members of the towns seven Bonfire Societies are known as "Bonfire Boys" I am a member of "Cliffe". The biggest and best Bonfire Society in the world!!! www.cliffebonfire.com
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Blue Nose is a term given to the followers of the greatest football (soccer to our brothers) club in the world - the mighty Glasgow Rangers!! www.rangers.co.uk
One day as a tiger is worth a thousand as a sheep
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Been meaning to get down to Lewis on the 5th for many years - excellent link bonfire boy Quote:
I live in Lewes, England where we make a VERY big thing of celebrating Bonfire Night on 5th November. Members of the towns seven Bonfire Societies are known as "Bonfire Boys" I am a member of "Cliffe". The biggest and best Bonfire Society in the world!!!
www.cliffebonfire.com
One day as a tiger is worth a thousand as a sheep
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@ CynMcA Quote:
Glad you found your way out of the darkness Bandit! I have an old picture of a Triumph Daytona (loaned to me by Hinkley . . . long story) that I took in Blackpool. Had the tower in the background. Fun, but cold trip in winter!
Yeah the Tower's still here... and so is the drab wet/cold weather ! 
Was gonna call myself something with a connection to the tower... but decided it was cooler to let peeps think i used to be a bank robber instead
If at first you don't succeed....lower your standards!!
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Just a combination of my first and middle names(Leonard and Alex), that some older Triunph riders gave to me when they met me in Norfolk, VA.
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I took the fast way off a ladder years ago which left me with a pretty good hitch in my giddy-up so folks call me Gimpy
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Kidhaf came from several incidents when I was youngster.
I used to be really small as a child and started to learn karate, Judo, Aikido and a whole host of other martial arts. Where we lived had quite a few gangs and fights between the local youths was quite common. I made it a point to try and not get involved but inevitably I did. It became soemthing of the norm for the local neds to want to see if I was as good as folk used to say. And I earned the nickname "the Kid" sort an homage to Billy the kid. I was small and really fast. Most of them never saw what was coming.
The haf came later as I got older and wiser I realised I was dealing with a lot fools in my daily life and have limited patience.My friends decided it would be Kid Hates All Fools. This was too much to say so they shortened it to Kidhaf.
I am a bit old for Kid now as I have passed my mid life crisis but it may be ok as I now enter my second childhood.
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I picked up Sully while in the army. started as sal(salzman),sally, then sully, even was manny for about a week, the numbers are for my kids birthdates(oldest-23rd of sept,youngest-11th of june).
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Dupre is my last name. Being Cajun, it's actually Dupre'. The "97" comes from the race car I followed when I first got into NASCAR. Driver Chad Little drove the #97 John Deere Ford Taurus for Roush Racing.
2005 America, green/gray, gutted stock pipes, tall sissy bar w/ luggage rack, Saddleman's dual touring seat and Tourmaster saddlebags (and sissybar bag).
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I can't remember how I came up with it. 
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
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