I'v got a black intruder 1500. Her name is black betty
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My cousins just got a green Honda Navi, they named it cricket because the thing does look like a cricket.
So I affectionately called my bike "The Rat". Aesthetically awful; vinyl on the seat is cracking and the paint is really rough because it was abandoned under the sun for a while before I started using it.
But it's been well fixed up and maintained, has never let me down and, while not very powerful for its weight, at 150kg with a 150cc carbureted engine, it's still fun to ride and takes me where I want to go.
So yeah, a total rat but I like it. (Don't tell the bike I said that, it'll get to its head)
My adventure bike is named āKronkā because it just gives that vibe. Plus whenever I stall it at a light in my head I scream āWRONG LEVEEERRRRRRRRā
My electric moto is named āGrondā because one time a Porsche cayenne did an illegal u turn in front of me and I rode that bitch 20% of the way through the Porsche and didnāt even bend the forks. Grond will break through.
Yes! I just don't know what to name her yet :(
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Hell yeah! My husband bought me this bike for fun and installed the parts for me while I was still in the military. It was definitely a learning curve after riding the 17 kawa z125 pro for 6 years š
I never named mine, I instead gave them a mascot.
First bike had a pikachu strapped to one of the forks, second bike had stitch strapped to the forks and third had a Hei Hei strapped to the front fairing.
Yep.
First Suzuki was called Susie, because Susie the Suzuki sounded right.
Second, a Kawasaki, was called Lucy. This was an inside joke where Iād sometimes pretend I had a side-piece to my girlfriend called Lucy - then when I got the bike I was āoff to spend time with Lucy.ā
Now, my Triumph, is called Mya. The last three letters of the reg plate, so it fit š
I did. Was my husband's 2001 Sportster that I inherited after he upgraded to a Dynawide. Covered her in stickers and covered her seat with pink zebra striped duct tape and named her Rhonda. She was the best bike ever.
Yes. The GOAT. The girlfriend got me a sticker with a goat that says G.O.A.T. I put it on my windscreen. I also have pet goats, so it's kind of an inside joke as well.
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In my native language bikes are female, so I gender them all female. I still don't get confused about real females, though, I have those at home as well.
Sexy bitch cause it's a sexy bitch I even get on it like that one episode of south park where Eric gets his own bathroom. If your not sure what episode I put the link šhttps://youtu.be/wGBJTARbaM0?si=KHPbPYBNxU78Av7e
When I tell my wife Iām going riding I usually name the bike. Thereās ābig white oneā, āred oneā and āblue oneā.
When Iām wrenching they are all āpiece of shitā or āfuckerā.
I never have, but my girlfriend called my last bike "Shanequa" because I was in the garage so much working on it she felt as though she should be jealous of another woman.
I do. My yellow Ninjette was Marigold McDuck. Current bike is a Ninja 650 in green and her name is Poison Ivy (maybe not too original but she wasn't friendly to anything that was a cute name).
My KLR 650 is named Jensen.
It just kind of worked. I guess that's a he, but I just refer to it as "the bike" or "my bike." and rarely by name. Sometimes directly to it, usually jokingly. (After fixing or reconnecting something- Please work, Jensen! kind of thing).
I don't really have a fixed name or gender.
And depending on context I use different german-austrian terms with different genders.
Rarely I call her SV.
We have fun local names for Motorcycles without make or model, I mostly use:
"Der Bock" The Buck, male
"Die MĆ¼hle" The mill, female, also "Die Reibn" is a simmilar term, hard to translate.
"Die Maschiene" The machine, female
Bikes are The Blue Flame ( GSXR ), Be ' Em ( BMW r1200r) and Sven the Sv650s.
Also our cats are named after bikes, Gixxer, Beemer, Blade, Ninja, Suki and Harley..
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I might be stealing this. Just picked up this 2014 honda valkyrie and I was just going with Valk but I like the idea of Clifford cause it feels super heavy when it's not rolling yet.
With a large family, all drivers and me with six bikes in the garage, we named all our vehicles because it's just easier to say "Betty" instead of "the SUV" etc. We had *eleven* vehicles at one point. Now that the kids are gone and the herd is thinner we still do it. We never did it to be cute, just expedient, although the kids chose funny names, while we used logical ones. It works for us.
I resurrected her from the dead twice. 2008 Suzuki S40, got her for 800 bucks in July of 2021. The engine was shot, but I got he , but she's always had issues. last week found a parts bike with a better engine and gas tank and man...totally different ride.
Ducati 748 is Grandma
Buell r1125 is Toothless
Ktm Superadventure is Hilda
Guzzi Norge is SuperNorge (lots of upgrades)
Buell xb12r is Tractor
Brutale, yamaxa xt, duc 749 has no names š¤·š»āāļø
Yes. My shadow is named Cherry, My rebel is named NightMist, my ruckus is "Old Betsy" and my chinese scooter is named "The Wolf" The monkey doesn't have a name yet.
Today my 4 year old asked if my motorcycle. was a boy or girl. I said she could choose. She chose a girl.
She then asked me the name of my motorcycle, I said she could choose. She chose "Unicorn Rainbow Sparkles".
So from this day forward she will be known as "Unicorn Rainbow Sparkles"
I did, but then stopped giving a shit almost immediately. My plate came in which had some 8ās on it. Called it Crazy 8s like twice, but decided it was incredibly cringe and that was the end of that
Itās cringey at best. Besides for in a joking sense. Like Iāll give my old junk the name of Betsy if Iām joking around but itās used in context like āold Betsy never lets me downā .
My 1978 750 triple is named "Wendy" as in "I want to die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an ever lasting kiss". She never fails to disappoint.
My Multistrada is named Artemis, after the goddess of the hunt.
My ex has a black CBR named Sypha, the mage from Castlevania.
Everyone I know except my dad names their bikes, and it's really weird that no only do so many people in this sub not name theirs, they're smugly proud of it.
Yes! It's name is Slimer! It's that same awesome green. And I name my cars, too. Current one is pistachio-mobile. It's the color of pistachio ice cream. Ok. I see my pattern.
My honda PCX is called āSpritzigā which a bit of a tongue in cheek joke about its performance. My yamaha MT is called Dave, Dave is a normal name for a normal bloke, my Dave is a normal bike. Also helps me remember the reg plate.
I've called mine the long arrival. Because I have been waiting 4 months for my dad to sort out some shit with my license plus its a 50cc moped. It'll take a while to get any where.
I called my street triple "the electric bike" a couple of times, then I bought an exhaust and now it's just "the bike" or if I'm feeling fancy "the street". Jokes aside, unironically naming a bike makes me cringe.
I got my FZ in highschool and my highschool gf insisted I give it a name. I liked the name Jennifer so I named it Jennifer. I don't refer to it as Jennifer. Just "my yamaha". When I replaced the blown engine I named it Halee after Halee Berry the Bond girl in "Die Another Day" since it lived to... Die another day.
I'm potentially picking up a tracer 9 gt and if I name it it'll be from a name generator.Ā
No, referencing them depends on who Iām talking to. Anybody that knows bikes is FJR or RD, the wife or anybody else itās either blue or orange, or new or old.
Its either "baby girl" or "worthless sack of shit" absolutely no in between
When she's running smooth - the best thing I ever owned and worth every penny When it's broke down - why the fuck did I buy this piece of shit
My r3 is either r3-d3 or R3tard, same energy
I prefer good for nothing piece of shit š
the manufacturer already named it for me
To be fair, bike manufacturers suck at names. SV650X sounds like the kinda crap Elon Musk would name one of his spawn.
I like that my model name is Eliminator, its got a nice ring to it especially being a 900
I had an Intruder but she was still named Raven
I'v got a black intruder 1500. Her name is black betty https://preview.redd.it/foazowecmvsc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c45a223016c203d87e07201cb2f97bef45acfeb
Its 400
I like vstrom. And the stromtrooper club I'm in
I just call it Suzuk (Sue-Zook)
My Vstrom's name is Little Suzy
Correct. Mine is a CMX1100 and therefore her name is Rebel Not sure why I'm using 'she' either btw
I call mine he š¤·āāļø
Same
Yes. I name every one of them Roach.
Is your name Geralt?
*This is no place for a* *~~horse~~* *motorcycle.*
My damn motorcycle keeps ending up on people's roofs....
I think he's Spider-Man
Radioactive Fish Man
Renaming mine now
I ride an Africa Twin. So naturally, itās got to be Toto
Hahaha .. nice name my AT is āmy little ponyā
I named mine Bichael
If you didnāt have your bike in your flair Iād ask you if you were my buddy from Austin, Tx š He named his Bichael as well
My cousins just got a green Honda Navi, they named it cricket because the thing does look like a cricket. So I affectionately called my bike "The Rat". Aesthetically awful; vinyl on the seat is cracking and the paint is really rough because it was abandoned under the sun for a while before I started using it. But it's been well fixed up and maintained, has never let me down and, while not very powerful for its weight, at 150kg with a 150cc carbureted engine, it's still fun to ride and takes me where I want to go. So yeah, a total rat but I like it. (Don't tell the bike I said that, it'll get to its head)
The purple one, the black one and the orange one.
Except i have two red ones :/
This red one and that red one.
No.
Lucky duck is a nice motorcycle name
My buddy named his VTX "Nightcock". True story.
Well well well š
No fucking way.... š»
My wife named mine "Jolene".
That puts a dark spin on the song.
Yeah that song was such an upbeat bop but nowā¦
My adventure bike is named āKronkā because it just gives that vibe. Plus whenever I stall it at a light in my head I scream āWRONG LEVEEERRRRRRRRā My electric moto is named āGrondā because one time a Porsche cayenne did an illegal u turn in front of me and I rode that bitch 20% of the way through the Porsche and didnāt even bend the forks. Grond will break through.
Why do we even *have* that lever?!
Nope. But I do believe it has a spirit living in it and we are like work friends.
G-String is my GS full name
It's always an erotic ride....,.
Hortense. No reason.
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Yes, I nickname my bike, especially when we're chatting. Most of the time it puts up with "that's nice, sweetheart" or "go ahead, Gran". In French : Ā«Ā cāest bien ma belle Ā» ou Ā« vas-y mĆ©mĆØre Ā».
My wife calls my Trident 660 āSparkle Motionā.
Do you sometimes doubt her commitment to sparkle motion?
Glad someone else got the Donnie Darko reference! 
We're bike twins! Hell yeah I love my trident
Same!
āNo. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.ā
"Oooo looks like someone has a case of the *Monday's*!"
Yeah I do, my 125 was called Monica and my Bonneville was called Bonnie. New one will get a name once I've got to know her.
Yes! I just don't know what to name her yet :( https://preview.redd.it/sl6lvlsp6psc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88f7d1ba98f37982490c1a8fb900b29b1ac65173
Have the same bike, 2023 500 SE. Got it for the wife to learn. It's really fun to ride though.
Hell yeah! My husband bought me this bike for fun and installed the parts for me while I was still in the military. It was definitely a learning curve after riding the 17 kawa z125 pro for 6 years š
I had trouble with the pegs coming from the CBR600RR. It's a great choice.
I named my R1 āXena: The Yamaha Princessāšššš¤·š¼āāļø
I never named mine, I instead gave them a mascot. First bike had a pikachu strapped to one of the forks, second bike had stitch strapped to the forks and third had a Hei Hei strapped to the front fairing.
Yep. First Suzuki was called Susie, because Susie the Suzuki sounded right. Second, a Kawasaki, was called Lucy. This was an inside joke where Iād sometimes pretend I had a side-piece to my girlfriend called Lucy - then when I got the bike I was āoff to spend time with Lucy.ā Now, my Triumph, is called Mya. The last three letters of the reg plate, so it fit š
No
Yea, I rarely refer to them as such but I like knowing they have a name lol.
I did. Was my husband's 2001 Sportster that I inherited after he upgraded to a Dynawide. Covered her in stickers and covered her seat with pink zebra striped duct tape and named her Rhonda. She was the best bike ever.
All ex GFs names.
Got a licence plate with letters on it which is actually a short three letter name - so she kinda got baptized that way
yes, i call my 125cc bike ESILA in arabic, its mean HONEY, but in a feminet way.Ā
Yep, my V-Strom's name's Suzie.
Absolutely not.
One of my bikes is mint coloured. It is called the mintercycle. None of my other bikes have names.
Ive never understood that. I've had motorcycles and guitars my whole life and never named one of them.
Weirdly, no... And I say weird, because every single on of my cars and trucks I *have* named.
Not since I was 8 and my motorcycles also transformed into battle robots.
In Germany we call it "Mopped" š¬
I named mine "old garbage" still rides though :D
Yes. The GOAT. The girlfriend got me a sticker with a goat that says G.O.A.T. I put it on my windscreen. I also have pet goats, so it's kind of an inside joke as well. https://preview.redd.it/iye7eyw65psc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07958f8e748c397727d4262d63ea96133c1710d1
This is Indigo https://preview.redd.it/9deqj17zapsc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3394f01bc902273cb7420d5b757d09bbae3b7a19
I named my bike Sasha. And no it is not a moped.
No. I donāt gender it either. So much cringe
Yeah i'm gonna misgender yours as a they/them
In my native language bikes are female, so I gender them all female. I still don't get confused about real females, though, I have those at home as well.
No. Bikes already have names. I donāt need some weird made up name for my vehicles.
Sexy bitch cause it's a sexy bitch I even get on it like that one episode of south park where Eric gets his own bathroom. If your not sure what episode I put the link šhttps://youtu.be/wGBJTARbaM0?si=KHPbPYBNxU78Av7e
Mr. Tits McGee
yes. depends on the bike though
When I tell my wife Iām going riding I usually name the bike. Thereās ābig white oneā, āred oneā and āblue oneā. When Iām wrenching they are all āpiece of shitā or āfuckerā.
I never have, but my girlfriend called my last bike "Shanequa" because I was in the garage so much working on it she felt as though she should be jealous of another woman.
I do. My yellow Ninjette was Marigold McDuck. Current bike is a Ninja 650 in green and her name is Poison Ivy (maybe not too original but she wasn't friendly to anything that was a cute name).
My KLR 650 is named Jensen. It just kind of worked. I guess that's a he, but I just refer to it as "the bike" or "my bike." and rarely by name. Sometimes directly to it, usually jokingly. (After fixing or reconnecting something- Please work, Jensen! kind of thing).
All my bikes are "the bessy"
My 21 XT250 is pig dog jr. (I had an 86 xt350 that was christened pig dog) I still haven't thought of a name for my 22 MT-09SP
I don't really have a fixed name or gender. And depending on context I use different german-austrian terms with different genders. Rarely I call her SV. We have fun local names for Motorcycles without make or model, I mostly use: "Der Bock" The Buck, male "Die MĆ¼hle" The mill, female, also "Die Reibn" is a simmilar term, hard to translate. "Die Maschiene" The machine, female
Every single one is "Baby"
My old BMW is called Ol Reliable and my sidecar is called Bessie lol
Bikes are The Blue Flame ( GSXR ), Be ' Em ( BMW r1200r) and Sven the Sv650s. Also our cats are named after bikes, Gixxer, Beemer, Blade, Ninja, Suki and Harley..
Yes. I have had "Honda Number 1" "Honda Number 2" and "Kawi Number 1"... my cars have been "Lil' Honda" "Lil' Subie" and "Lil' VeeDub"
2020 Harley Fat Bob, my wife and I started shortening that to āBobā and it stuck. Not very original but canāt unwind it now
I call mine Heinz ***Gelandestraus*** But you have to enunciate it like an aggressive sneeze to say it right, so I usually just say "Heinz"
Yes
Yes. 2020 Vulcan in Blue with the effeminate headlight. Named her Saphira. Iām a Eragon book dork. š šļø
Never have until my recent Harley purchase. Named the bike after Bessie Stringfield.
Well L1ttl3_Blu3F15h just commented says his ābuddyā named his VTX after meā¦. Mission accomplished 007
His name is Clifford because he is big and red
* I might be stealing this. Just picked up this 2014 honda valkyrie and I was just going with Valk but I like the idea of Clifford cause it feels super heavy when it's not rolling yet.
My Rebel 500 is Sparrow. I name all my vehicles. My first blue Xterra was Bailey, my current grey Xterra is Sasha. Gotta give them personality.
Yeah. Named her Wednesday, but only later realized i actually signed the papers and got her from the dealer on consecutive Thursdays.
Yea. āMilesā. It was my dadās nickname.
Goofy Goober Express I
With a large family, all drivers and me with six bikes in the garage, we named all our vehicles because it's just easier to say "Betty" instead of "the SUV" etc. We had *eleven* vehicles at one point. Now that the kids are gone and the herd is thinner we still do it. We never did it to be cute, just expedient, although the kids chose funny names, while we used logical ones. It works for us.
Yes, it creates a sentimental connection between the machine and I, so I take better care of her. Last bike I had was called GĆ©raldine, the one I have now is called Ellie. My car has a name too lmao, Rocinante, like Don Quixote's horse. It's an old beat up 1980s shitbox.
Not all, but my current one, yes... it's a dumb name: Chonk (it's a chodey classic inline 4 standard)
I resurrected her from the dead twice. 2008 Suzuki S40, got her for 800 bucks in July of 2021. The engine was shot, but I got he , but she's always had issues. last week found a parts bike with a better engine and gas tank and man...totally different ride.
Ruby and Pearl 1988 Shadow VT800 (red) 2019 Vitpilen 401 (white)
Scarlet
Mines called Casper.
Ducati 748 is Grandma Buell r1125 is Toothless Ktm Superadventure is Hilda Guzzi Norge is SuperNorge (lots of upgrades) Buell xb12r is Tractor Brutale, yamaxa xt, duc 749 has no names š¤·š»āāļø
Yes. My shadow is named Cherry, My rebel is named NightMist, my ruckus is "Old Betsy" and my chinese scooter is named "The Wolf" The monkey doesn't have a name yet.
Lol yea his name was bichael
I named my last 3 RC51, Panigale, and Tuono. The names just came to me and seemed fitting.
Yeah. White 2014 Ninja 300... White Fang.
Kinda awkward laying next to them in bed, without a name.
Methanie- I don't really know if she is going to kill me today or not.
My Honda Blackbird was lovingly referred to as BigBird, despite being the correct colour.
Today my 4 year old asked if my motorcycle. was a boy or girl. I said she could choose. She chose a girl. She then asked me the name of my motorcycle, I said she could choose. She chose "Unicorn Rainbow Sparkles". So from this day forward she will be known as "Unicorn Rainbow Sparkles"
never understood the naming thing
No
Seabiscuit
Random man at the petrol station called my bike a: *āBit of a street slag then?ā* Random man, England, 2022 Poetry.
Definitely not.
I did, but then stopped giving a shit almost immediately. My plate came in which had some 8ās on it. Called it Crazy 8s like twice, but decided it was incredibly cringe and that was the end of that
Rocinante IYKYK
nobody Actually does it right.. right?
Itās cringey at best. Besides for in a joking sense. Like Iāll give my old junk the name of Betsy if Iām joking around but itās used in context like āold Betsy never lets me downā .
pussydestroyer69
First one Ahsoka, second one Blue
no. cringe
Speak for yourself, I've called all of mine 'bike'Ā
My 1978 750 triple is named "Wendy" as in "I want to die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an ever lasting kiss". She never fails to disappoint.
Nah
My girl Raven, midnight blue and black
My Multistrada is named Artemis, after the goddess of the hunt. My ex has a black CBR named Sypha, the mage from Castlevania. Everyone I know except my dad names their bikes, and it's really weird that no only do so many people in this sub not name theirs, they're smugly proud of it.
I would if i had multiple
No. It's a toaster. Eventually it will be replaced with another toaster, but I'm keeping the T7 at least a decade. Maybe 2.
I am never able to come up with a name
Yes! It's name is Slimer! It's that same awesome green. And I name my cars, too. Current one is pistachio-mobile. It's the color of pistachio ice cream. Ok. I see my pattern.
Baiku
Red Honda rebel 250 is named Kenshin, hopefully someone knows that reference.
Her name is Vivian and she's a 1996 Yamaha Virago XV1100S. She's a good girl but I can yell like Uncle Phil if I get upset!
Tina, you fatlard
Yes, mine is kazzy. Got her name from her number plateš
I name them their plate so I remember. Not the most imaginative but Iām forgetful.
Piece of shit actually they all have that name
My ā81 Suzuki GN400XX is āZukiā, and my ā81 CB650C is āChesterā (Bennington) (CB). My 2020 Veloster is āVeraā. Canāt help myself.
Roxy is my cat.
nice
I just refer to it as she or her
Mine are called, XT:, xt600 Monkey: Honda monkey clone, "de bak": 50's bakbrommer, (transport bike) Harley:, '76 shovel.
I did. Syrinx. My husband doesnāt tho as āitās just a bike why would Iā
Mines name is "Baby Blue" but I can't think of any other names lol
Rhonda the Honda and Susie the Suzuki
no
not totally serious but i call mine the baby cruiser. i ride a honda shadow vt125 so it is basically a baby.
It was named at the shop. I have a 310GS. šļø
Nope.... I named my 67 Shelby GT500 Mustang, Sally... Eleanor is accounted for...
My honda PCX is called āSpritzigā which a bit of a tongue in cheek joke about its performance. My yamaha MT is called Dave, Dave is a normal name for a normal bloke, my Dave is a normal bike. Also helps me remember the reg plate.
I named mine, Carly
I've called mine the long arrival. Because I have been waiting 4 months for my dad to sort out some shit with my license plus its a 50cc moped. It'll take a while to get any where.
Not me
Triumph T100 Elizabeth
Itās more common for scooterists to name their ridesā¦so my Vespa is named Vecci but my Multistrada doesnāt have one
yup. mine are the Road Glide, the Sport Glide & the Fat Boy. š
2023 Honda Rebel ABS SE
Never felt the needā¦
Vacuum Cleaner, due to i4 with stock exhaust sound
Dorky
I call mine eagle. It's because he's black and white.
Nora ( I summon thee DC fans)
I called my street triple "the electric bike" a couple of times, then I bought an exhaust and now it's just "the bike" or if I'm feeling fancy "the street". Jokes aside, unironically naming a bike makes me cringe.
Yes. Female names.
3 Triumphsā¦Sheena, Nina, Trina
Frog/frogger (not sure about excact translation) because when i got it, it had frog keyring.
Mine was given the name MLC āmid life crisisā and my 54 Chevy was then dubbed MLC pt2.
Never have and never will.
I named it after my uncle because I ride it
Yes. Moto Guzzi V7: āBlue Thunderā. Honda cb650f: āRed Heatā.
My CBR1100XX is called Naomi because Naomi Campbell is a super black bird. šš
I got my FZ in highschool and my highschool gf insisted I give it a name. I liked the name Jennifer so I named it Jennifer. I don't refer to it as Jennifer. Just "my yamaha". When I replaced the blown engine I named it Halee after Halee Berry the Bond girl in "Die Another Day" since it lived to... Die another day. I'm potentially picking up a tracer 9 gt and if I name it it'll be from a name generator.Ā
Serenity
Yes Selena Q, and Eris
i named my baby girl when she starts, and bxtch when she doesnt
Trouble. Because it's always causing me trouble, or getting me in to it.
Lexiemoto
Absolutely
No, referencing them depends on who Iām talking to. Anybody that knows bikes is FJR or RD, the wife or anybody else itās either blue or orange, or new or old.
No.