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Started by My'81CX500D at 05-23-2008 4:25 PM. Topic has 44 replies.
  
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 05-23-2008, 4:25 PM
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My'81CX500D
Joined on 05-21-2008
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![Idea [I]](/cs/emoticons/emotion-55.gif)
Motorcycle Pet names
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I would love to hear the stories behind the names of everyone's bikes.... I understand Miss Piggy (the pink one), but is there special significance to the others?
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05-23-2008, 4:54 PM
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bfknova
 
Joined on 03-15-2008
Nova Scotia
Posts 477
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Well, I call mine the "Leafmobile" - mainly cause I was born in Toronto, and my favorite hockey team - but also had to opportunity to actually be called up from the minor's (Marlies) for one game to replace Keon - way back in the 60's ....... so, that's my story and I'm stickin' with it .....
Bottom of the page you'll see the one and only "Leafmobile" .... albeit, now in 1000 pieces in my kitchen - it will never die, as long as I'm alive !!!! n' by the way - the backrest emblem is original n' the one I wore - way back when my knees were strong - the good ol' days eh !!!!
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~downhome/CX500.html
Cheers, n' Happy Trails Ahead,
Bryan
Keep the rubber side down and alway shake a bro's hand when passing or standing still - EH !!
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05-23-2008, 4:56 PM
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PWG in Lowgap NC
Joined on 01-08-2008
Minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway
Posts 540
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Old Yeller Self explanitory
82 Honda GL 500 SilverWing Trike "Old Yeller"
06 Suzuki S 50 Boulevard Cruiser
ANY WARM DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GOOD ONE
(unknown senior citizen)
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05-23-2008, 5:06 PM
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bfknova
Joined on 03-15-2008
Nova Scotia
Posts 477
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I remember that movie - n' actually cried when they had to shoot him !!!
Cheers,
Bryan
Keep the rubber side down and alway shake a bro's hand when passing or standing still - EH !!
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05-23-2008, 5:48 PM
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Timothy_D
Joined on 04-22-2006
Santa Rosa, CA
Posts 726
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I'm not particularly original.
Black is a black CX500 Deluxe.
Silver is a Moonstone Silver GL650
Racer is a CX500T with racing stripes.
Rat was a CX500T rat bike when I got it.
I still haven't named my CX650.
After a few half hour rides, "Ball-buster" is beginning to grow on me. . . .
Two CX500 Turbos, GL650I, CX650C, CX650E.
Why do I own five bikes? Because I'm not married. DUH! (and I haven't taken a vacation in two years. . . . )
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05-23-2008, 7:15 PM
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BeeSting
Joined on 05-23-2008
Flint, Michigan
Posts 10
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My fiance is calling my bike "Christine" and its really starting to annoy me. The story behind it is the rumored demise of it's previous owner.
*BeeSting*
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05-23-2008, 9:09 PM
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Harold
Joined on 12-27-2006
Beside Washademoak Lake, N.B. Canada
Posts 350
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Christine is what I call my 81 cx,,the car in the story was about the same age when it was written as the bike was when I got it (from a french guy), it took very little to get it running and the more I drove it the better it worked, the speedo didn't turn backwards but I did put on new gauges with less miles showing on the odometer.
and when I drive it I become possesed
"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than biker gangs."
1978 CX500
1980 CX500 Custom
1981 CX500 Custom
1982 GL500 Silverwing
1975 XL-100
http://www.myspace.com/downwiththebutterfly
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05-23-2008, 10:26 PM
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dozer1
Joined on 05-26-2007
Frederick, Maryland
Posts 485
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Stella for the Comstar(stella is star in italian) wheels, having lived in italy for a few years. Plus, I think it fits her.
1980 CX500 "Stella"
Dozer1 AKA Snowplow
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05-23-2008, 10:42 PM
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I am currently riding "The Basket Case" as it literally came to me in baskets and boxes, disassembled. It is a GL650I. It is about an 81/2 out of 10 bike. Or as I prefer to say a perfect 10 at 10 feet.
I am working on "The Phoenix" to sell. It really isn't coming from the ashes, it is just that I named it to tell it apart from the other bike. The Phoenix will soon be up for sale. It is an 81/2 out of 10 bike that is a GL650I.
David from Wisconsin
R80Dave
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05-24-2008, 4:23 AM
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Ookie Wonderslug
Joined on 05-04-2008
Unionville, NC
Posts 119
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I've been calling my bike "Twisted" quite a bit. So I reckon that's what it's name is. I really like the idea of a transverse twin or twisted twin. It's different and odd. Just like me.
1982 CX500C "Twisted"
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05-24-2008, 8:56 AM
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monki
Joined on 05-02-2008
Happy Valley, Utah
Posts 58
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I started off calling my bike Pu. But it was a temporary name. I think I've about settled on Grover, for obvious reasons.
'82 GL500i (Grover)
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05-25-2008, 5:56 AM
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mikeinpittsburgh
Joined on 03-03-2006
Pittsburgh, PA
Posts 205
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My bikes have names. It mostly depends on how they are running.
"Piece of crap" was a name used several times for both bikes.
Most of the time they are just big and little.
mikeinpittsburgh
1983 GL650I
2000 K1200LT
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05-25-2008, 6:47 AM
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DaveNearAtlanta
Joined on 03-03-2006
Lawrenceville, GA
Posts 500
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Little Wing, from the Hendrix song:
Well, she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.
When I'm sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
It's alright she says it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything.
Fly on, Little Wing,
Yeah yeah, yeah, Little Wing
Live version here.
My Home Page
1981 GL500I
1982 GL500I
1983 GL650I
This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.
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05-27-2008, 7:12 AM
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mildhog
Joined on 11-21-2007
Chesapeake, VA
Posts 428
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Re: Motorcycle Pet names
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#1 for the 500. Was going to use #2 for the 650, but I think I'll call it "dammit". Used it alot while working on it.
Arnie in VA
1982 GL500I Silverwing
1983 GL650
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05-27-2008, 8:49 AM
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anoke422
Joined on 05-14-2008
Grand Island, Nebraska
Posts 32
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I kind of started calling mine El Toro this spring. It previously had no name, and I don't know if I'll stick with this one, but it's kind of fun to confuse people when I say stuff like "I rode El Toro to work today".
Freedom, not safety, is the greatest good.
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05-27-2008, 4:25 PM
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WayneDW
Joined on 07-28-2006
Minneapolis
Posts 611
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Dont have a name for the current ride but I called my first bike "my polish motorsickle". When people would look at me confused I'd explain "its a ca-WAH-ski" (kawasaki).
Wayne
1983 GL650 Silverwing Interstate
WWW.fossilapostles.com
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06-09-2008, 9:00 PM
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GunnieDeluxe
Joined on 06-03-2008
Fayetteville, Ar
Posts 21
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Maggie seemed more than appropriate....
1979 CX500D
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06-10-2008, 7:47 AM
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drneo
Joined on 10-20-2006
Duluth, MN
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