Personification- are you guilty?

[Balky001]

If a bolt shears off I shout at the bolt or myself, I don't have a heart to heart with the bike. It is, after all, a machine. Also, if I did speak to it and it answered back I would be too scared to ride it again

[ophic]

we're currently in discussions deciding on a name for miss ophic's new honda shadow. Any suggestions?

[dizzyblonde]

When I've been on a 12 hr night shift I always greet Suzy with 'ello burd' or with Dave its 'ello wifey' (watched far too much league of gentlemen) they get me home, I don't ride them, they go on autopilot, its only polite to greet the machine that gets you home when your brain is in bed mode

Now if Suzy is misbehaving, as she usually is I call her all the names under the sun, and threaten her with the skip! and Dave gets relegated to being 'the slug' if he steps out of line

I bet you say nice things to your bike, like this dude says to his car When I was 17 I had an F reg festia, it often got told of for being a piece of ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQMYMcY6nI

This makes me laugh so much, though I can't find a clip of what he does next when he kicks the car, thats just really funny.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Bluethunder

I bet you say nice things to your bike, like this dude says to his car When I was 17 I had an F reg festia, it often got told of for being a piece of ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQMYMcY6nI

This makes me laugh so much, though I can't find a clip of what he does next when he kicks the car, thats just really funny.

I'm not as bad as that, but with the problems I've had with Suzy this last week or so, oh how in my mind I'm beating her with that bunch of leaves I have threatened to take a hammer to the pair of them in frustration...

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

When I've been on a 12 hr night shift I always greet Suzy with 'ello burd' or with Dave its 'ello wifey' (watched far too much league of gentlemen) they get me home, I don't ride them, they go on autopilot, its only polite to greet the machine that gets you home when your brain is in bed mode

Now if Suzy is misbehaving, as she usually is I call her all the names under the sun, and threaten her with the skip! and Dave gets relegated to being 'the slug' if he steps out of line

you're my wife now dave! hahah

I wanted to name my last bike but I just couldn't - at the end of the day it was just a tool that got me from A to B. I didn't think that there was any emotional attachment till I spent "over the odds" getting it shipped back from Kaz when I properly broke it.

The lad I was riding with at the time named his bike Maggie, which I thought was a cool name. His bike overcame all the wonky terrain he put in it's path - it was the Iron Lady. I wish I'd come up with that name for my bike!

My sv is Dita (after dita von teese-one sexy lady curvy lady) and the 675 is Teal (Teal the triumph)-both are female.
Treacle calls his zx10 Pea

I find myself calling it Susie Q after the CCR song... not really intentional though.

never given any of my bikes names. although i do refer to 'her' but thats about as far as it goes.