Does everyone name their Fat Lady?

elraque · Sat 04, Dec 2010, 23:27:18

"J"

Hoghead · Sat 04, Dec 2010, 23:31:49

I haven't named my Valk, but I'm sure that in time I will call her a few names. :laugh:I always called my V65 Magna "The Holly Hunter". I think Magnas are dudes so I guess if he had a name it would be "Dirty Black Boy"

Strider · Sat 04, Dec 2010, 23:57:15

Traveler is a 1999 Red/Black Interstate.

Shadowfax was (I wrecked it going to IZ5) a 2000 Red/Black Standard.

(Man, that picture seems so long ago - well, I guess it was).

Colin · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 00:43:46

Stinger coz she's a Bumble Bee and has a nasty sting for the unwary sports bikes when they try to get away on the twisties.

RonW · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 01:08:57

My Valk has a name. Ideally, an official name would also fit and be on the license plates. Cost you extra to stamp out the plates. And naturally, the same extra fee for the same vanity plates has to be repaid every year to retain the rights to it.

shortleg · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 02:38:45

I don,t know why,but have called her
Black Dahlia fromthe start.

Shortleg[Dave]

FLATSIX · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 07:11:48

I call mine simply "BROEM-BROEM" or "little BROEM".......

Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005 · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 07:27:39

Quote from: FLATSIX on Sun 05, Dec 2010, 07:11:48
I call mine simply "BROEM-BROEM" or "little BROEM".......

Nice bike

Do you have a full picture that show's the entire bike ?

FLATSIX · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 07:39:25

Thanks for the compliment on my BROEM - here's another pic of her :

eric in md · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 07:46:27

just call mine my mini bike...

FLATSIX · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 08:04:21

ME sitting on my BROEM :

FryeVRCCDS0067 · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 09:05:31

Little Martha is the first motorcycle I've named. She's named after a great song "The Allman Brothers" did. I started to name her "SkyDog" after Duane Allman but it seemed like bad karma, hence, Little Martha.
Duane Allman "Little Martha"

Slick · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 09:07:06

The VTX is Wanda, and the Valk is Rhonda

Wanda & Rhonda the Honda's- man how I love my girls

Momz · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 09:47:00

My 98 Rat Rod Valk is called "Bad Attitude"

My 2K I/S is called "Chrome Whore"

Our 82 GL1100 is called "Purple Haze"

Tundra · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 09:56:36

Nope, I refer to her as "The Valk"...
"Where you going honey? I don't know yet, but I'm taking the Valk"

Gear Jammer · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 09:57:02

Valkyrie 1520 Six Pack is MAGNUM

Dogg · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 13:47:09

This one is "LD" (long distance) because I can ride her anywhere...and do...just about. 10k miles since I bought her and had 2.5 months of downtime due to getting hit by a motorhome.

FATA55 well, because...

Dogg · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 13:49:25

old tag was original theme tho, that has changed due to painter being an asshat. she has always been referred to as fatass since I got it back from the shop who did the swing arm conversion. just stuck so, new tag will say "FATA55"

Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005 · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 14:02:55

Quote from: Dogg on Sun 05, Dec 2010, 13:49:25
old tag was original theme tho, that has changed due to painter being an asshat. she has always been referred to as fatass since I got it back from the shop who did the swing arm conversion. just stuck so, new tag will say "FATA55"

These are the first pictures I've seen since you painted it....Nice

john · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 14:40:20

my wife names everything ...

she calls it "the big yellow"

Walküre · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 14:47:51

Haven't named anything inanimate since I was three, and the horse toy was "horsey"...

I DID call a Hillman Husky "Ben" once, because the old California black-plate license plate was "BEN 003". It wasn't a name, per se, just a way of distinguishing it from the other Hillman's I had, particularly the OTHER blue one. They were "the red Husky", "the blue Husky", "green Husky", and "Ben", the other blue Husky.

Hoser · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 15:35:39

This is my name, The bike already has a name. It's Fat Lady.

Dogg · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 16:22:54

thanks Joe. just got it done the week before bikeweek here.lol spent parts of thursday and friday putting the swingarm back together so I could ride it.

paint came out great and to think this was the painters first marble job...Ive reffered him to about 100 ppl so far. he is a bit busy rightnow...

MNBill · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 17:05:43

A Valkyrie is a Maiden and mine is made of IRON so it is IRON Maiden on the side covers, with IRON bold caps and Maidien in cursive over it, in two tone. Sorry I can not post pictures, no matter what I do files are too large.

Chiefy · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 17:08:41

Quote from: MNBill on Sun 05, Dec 2010, 17:05:43
A Valkyrie is a Maiden and mine is made of IRON so it is IRON Maiden on the side covers, with IRON bold caps and Maidien in cursive over it, in two tone. Sorry I can not post pictures, no matter what I do files are too large.

A down and dirty fix is to upload the photo to photobucket, then post the link

Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008 · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 21:38:06

I call her the Scarlett Lady. Denise calls her TOW (the other woman).

Steve K (IA) · Sun 05, Dec 2010, 23:57:02

Nope. No names. It is either the Black one......

or the Purple & White one.

RonW · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 03:59:47

When I asked my Valk what her name was, she replied back softly,

"I will wisper it to your ears alone."

*paraphrased from the aria, Nessun Dorma.

Sarah Brightman - Nessun Dorma (Bucharest)

Don07tncav · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 04:47:43

My Interstate is Darkkar and the rescued standard is Valk Deux. Goota name em...

Jabba · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 12:06:54

I simply call mine Blue. It's an 02 Blue/Pearl standard.

Willow beat me to Blue Velvet.

I call the Interstate the Duck, because I ride it in the rain. And it's green.

Jabba

BIG COUNTRY 23321 · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 13:34:25

I Call Mine " Death Horse "

bigguy · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 16:23:16

He's male, and his name is Val. (So is my Grandson.)

The hot little red-head is Maggie.

Hef · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 16:37:30

I say "to each his own." For you guys that named your bike, great....if that's what turn your crank so be it. I have never named a bike, car, truck, etc. I can't say I'm against doing it, I just never felt like doing it. Ride on and most of all ride safe.

czuch · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 16:40:10

97 tourer, Green-n-cream.
Again after a Valkyrie. Thrud. Daughter of Thor.
Takes a lot of splainin to those who dont know their Norse mythology.
LOL

Alaskamike · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 17:59:20

The Horse

Normandog · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 18:40:32

Quote from: Misfit on Sat 04, Dec 2010, 15:37:07
If it can't or does not come when called by name, why name it?

You beat me to it Damon.

Oss · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 19:13:09

At the Blue Grey ride Joe called out my name for the radiator cover. It say Dragon on it and so I suppose thats what I call her if I was gonna call her anything

The police bike I just call the beemer.

I call the dogs DOG sometimes and they still come and I refer to my son sometimes as THE BOY to his mother. She even does it sometimes when she is pissed at him lol

Had a 57 Olds super 88 that one of my friends named BamBam because whatever i hit ended up bammed and I could always drive away unscathed

Piper · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 20:27:28

Sleipnir, Steed of Odin.

two wheels/6 cylinders adds up to eight.

No, I am not a Odinist or Asatru but the scooter is.
She is after all a Valkyrie.......

(Althought Odin's Sleipnir was a he, mine is a she)

Trynt · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 20:55:54

I haven't named mine but my sons ,both in they twenties, have. They call it "The RV", mocking its robust size and amenities.

RoadKill · Mon 06, Dec 2010, 22:25:29

I can't think of a more fitting Norse name for my sweet Valkyrie ,"VERDANDI" From the Old Norse Verðandi meaning "necessity"

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