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Ok this might be a dorky question...but did you guys name your bikes? If you did, what did you settle on? I originally named her Bonne-for obvious reasons. But now that she runs faster and louder, I think she needs a name change.

I don't really have a name for my Speedy but when I'm asked, the unofficial name is "SANDY". There is a story behind that but too long to share and not that big a deal really.

my dad used to name his cars so when i got my first bike (it was before i got a car) i named her and have named every bike since. my 72's name is Prudence as in Dear Prudence wont cha come out to play and my 02's name is Lady Mildred of Hinkley, born to the Newt clan but we just call her Milly she dont seem to mind

my little 125 cruiser was called eleanor but i dont have a name yet for my america i am waiting for her to tell me which she will when she ready.

Yep

I have called my bike names on occasion. Nothing endearing, exactly. But when i figure out what's wrong, i take it all back. I still love my Trumpet!

her names Pearl

Read the sig.

Everyone around town calls mine.....Bonnie !

Pearl is one sweet ride there, Tom. Love it.

I think it's endearing to name bikes-we spend so much time riding, cleaning, modding them, it almost seems fitting they would have a name.

I agree that Pearl is a good looker Tom

I also like:
"I am waiting for her to tell me which she will when she's ready" by Lardie.

Any other names out there?

I'm a Divinity school student and am trying to learn to
read Biblical Greek, so my first bike was Agathos meaning
good or useful, and my current bike is
Hippos Purhros Apocalyptos which means the Red Horse of the
Apocalypse. I call it Purhros meaning firey red for short.

I named mine "I don't believe this ******" when she stopped running one night at the recent Georgia Rally. I had left my cell phone in my riding pants at the motel and was traveling alone to get some "supplies" for the evening. Before breaking down I was carrying the "supplies" to load up for the trip back to the motel and realized I had left my saddlebags at the motel. I asked the clerk to hold them, the "supplies", until I returned and took off for the saddlebags. It was on that leg of my adventure that I named my bike.

If push comes to shove I call mine Elvira.

People come to me to have their bikes named . I have a bowl of Peyote and mushroom soup and let it fly .

I named mine "Lola" . Not THAT Lola , the one in the other song . "Whatever Lola wants , Lola gets" . She does .

Nope

wonka wonka ^^

Elviras a good one, I like old lady names for bikes

I call one "the Speedmaster," and I call the other one "The Daytona." Not very original, is it...

Actually, when the Daytona was yellow, my kids called it Bumblebee and that stuck. Now that it's silver, that just doesn't really fit.

Will

just call it the "slaytona"..haha

Easy choice for me "Emily" you can thank Pink Floyd for that one.

I call mine Teebeeaaaay.

My BA was named "Sunshine" by my four year old daughter. Works for me.

Black Betty

Charlie.... You just got here and your stealin my name. I certainly hope this is not a sign of whats to come from you.. We have ways of dealing with trouble makers!!!
Just pickin man....Was thinking bout changing it to Slutty Betty anyway.
Welcome aboard

I call mine "Real", so when people ask me what I ride?

I say I ride a Triumph, a real motor bike. Especially when around HD riders.

Sheryl Crow is much nicer to look at and her version was OK bu8t I like this better. Ram Jam

This is a lot of fun seeing all the names. I'm noticing a music theme with a lot of bike names. Beatles, Pink Floyd, Ram Jam-or Sheryl Crow as it may have been...

In a curious turn of fate I named my America "Vera Lynn" the day I picked her up because she was an English lady with a set of pipes that generally improved moral... later I discovered that Moe already had the well know Vera Lynn, so after discussing it with Mrs. Moe, mine is "Vera Lynn II".

Wade was with me with I picked up my T100 and said she looked like a "Bernadette" (think the song by the 4 Tops) it suits her and it stuck.

Yeah , it was either "Dr. Pepper" or "Bernadette" . Kinda leaned toward the latter .

And this was before the (most recent) blow to your head.

Equating Sheryl Crow to music is worse than equating our beloved TBA's to a sporty. In my humble opinion of course.

Mine is a beaut and I call her Mrs. Robinson. Sly little seductress that she is with that bit of raciness. This was all decided one night after working her over in the garage and I may just have had a couple too many coupla' fingers of bourbon in the process. Sticks in my mind, don't really share that with anybody else. Kinda personal and all ya' know.

Hey Keith... any change of seeing a pic of Mrs. Robinson? Would love to see the makeover. Oh and btw, I won't tell anybody.

actually I named mine pearl because thats the brand of drumset I play with..haha

Well sorry, but when I think of the name "Pearl", I kind'a think of this lady here and the greeting, "How-DEEEE!!!"