Do you name your bikes or cars?
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paul kellam_imp
First service completed
mustang - stang
torrent-Marlin
Jeep-Sarge
titan-the beast
cb1100-rocket
torrent-Marlin
Jeep-Sarge
titan-the beast
cb1100-rocket
Ragtopme_imp
First service completed
My Bonnie was . . . Bonnie. The Fiat Abarth is Abbie. The CB, being a very sweet Honda, is Honey.
silver90_imp
First service completed
CB1000 asked me to call him "Bart". I think it fits.
The Boulevard was black and blue and preferred to be called "Bruce" instead of "Bruiser".
So yes, I name my bikes and cars.
The Boulevard was black and blue and preferred to be called "Bruce" instead of "Bruiser".
So yes, I name my bikes and cars.
Jeff the CB CBX guy_imp
First service completed
My CB is dubbed "The Black Bomber"
elemenopi_imp
First service completed
I've named all of my bikes. Usually after the person who helped me find the bike or after the town/area where the bike was from:
Honda Rebel - Loulou (named after a friend)
BMW 650GS - Mona (purchased in the town of Pomona)
Ducati Monster - Bella (purchased in Belleville)
Kawi Vulcan - Willow (purchased at a shop on Willow Street)
CB1100 - Veronica (the shop was called Ronnie's, which for women is short for Veronica)
Honda Rebel - Loulou (named after a friend)
BMW 650GS - Mona (purchased in the town of Pomona)
Ducati Monster - Bella (purchased in Belleville)
Kawi Vulcan - Willow (purchased at a shop on Willow Street)
CB1100 - Veronica (the shop was called Ronnie's, which for women is short for Veronica)
redbirds_imp
Road warrior
I looked that name up. Very clever.Nemo_imp said:
Retsel_imp
Been there
I keep it pretty simple.
Toyota pickup - Pickup
Honda Element - Car
CB1100 - Bike
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Toyota pickup - Pickup
Honda Element - Car
CB1100 - Bike
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the Ferret
Road warrior
Lol, yea that sound easy to remember eh Retsel?
emptysea
Road warrior
If calling your vehicles names is the same as naming them, then all of mine have been named "POS" or "SOB" at one time or another. This includes lawn mowers and various power tools.
kennyw
Road warrior
My wife gives our vehicles names but I do not. It had led to some awkward conversations where I'm trying to figure out who a person she is talking about is only to later realize it was one of the cars.
uscgmac_imp
Been there
No names for me. I just refer to my two as the big bike and the little bike. The CB1100 is the little bike.
Retsel_imp
Been there
Hey Ferret, yes, as we get older keeping it simple is the name of the game. We have only 4 boys and my wife consistently screws up which name is which. At times mixing them with the two dogs and two birds as well. So why complicate things? My father had a Toro lawnmower which he called the Bull. Of course that makes sense as Toro is Bull in English. But the name was really a reflection of the dangers of using it. As it had removed two of the fingers from my father's best friend as well as two of my father's toes, it was felt that to use it you needed to have the courage of a bull fighter! Names are funny and not always what they seem to represent.
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Inhouse Bob
Road warrior
Dang. Y'all be careful out there!Retsel_imp said:
Elipten_imp
Road warrior
What was going on with that mower? I was a small gas engine mechanic in college, and I learned to never I mean never rotate the blade with your hand unless I pulled the spark plug! Sometimes they started easy and could bite a hand badly.
2014 CB1100 DLX
2013 CB1100 Std
1990 BMW K75 RT
2014 CB1100 DLX
2013 CB1100 Std
1990 BMW K75 RT
the Ferret
Road warrior
I'm guessing pre safety features. Once when I was working for a Honda dealer we carried a line of Honda mowers (awesome mowers btw) and a guy came in with a bandaged hand looking for a mower. I was explaining the safety bar how when released it would stop the blade in so many hundredths of a second. And he commented he could just "wire that bar to the handle". Then he caught himself and said " What are my saying?, I just lost 2 fingers to a mower I reached under to get something before running it over."
Retsel_imp
Been there
My father's friend was just stupid and tried clearing the shute while it was running. No safety bars in those days. We had the old, fixed in place, bronze, built in sprinklers in our backyard. My father managed to hit one with lawnmower blade. It kicked the mower back onto his foot. The "Bull" took off the toe of his work boot, most of his big toe and the top of the next. Just one of those freak things that get you when your not paying attention!
Agree with you "inhouse", "Ya'll be careful of there!"
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Agree with you "inhouse", "Ya'll be careful of there!"
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No name for the CB...Last vehicle I named was a 69 Ford 1/2 ton. "The White Ghost". Bought it back in the mid 80's as short term stop-gap transportation. Bought it without an air-filter on the carb (360 V8- 3 on the tree). Never changed the oil. Just added it now and then and drove it for almost 3 years with approx. 40% of that time on dirt roads in North Dakota. You just couldn't put that beast down. Would start at 35 below without a block heater on the first attempt.
The Moto Guzzi V7 Racer is Guido Sarducci...just seems appropriate
The Moto Guzzi V7 Racer is Guido Sarducci...just seems appropriate
the Ferret
Road warrior
Lol you know nobody under 60 is going to know who Guido Sarduci is right?
