also...guzzi s3 i had - beastie,v50 monza-tasmanian devil,v50/2-kipper(reg.kpr), brown cali 1 with white frame-moo.my citroen-merde,cb750k2 - porky -handled like a f////kin pig,z1 900 -ohno,cd175hondas(all) - fastafastafasta,cb450 - le rat anglais.cb400/4 - fizz.gs400twin suzuki - m.i.a-got stolen.still trying to remember the rest...
also cz175 called boris,t140v bonnie called torrey canyon(you may be old enough to remember)t150 trident called one one and a half....mk2 commando 850 called people eater(purple)and mk3 commando roadster in white/red/blue called job n' finish.probably missed a few there somewhere in the mists of time...apologies to those,all bikes have their own personality.andare rapido,andare sicuro ,jinx57
I don't believe in humanising machines but I do believe in thier spirit so I refer to them in individual terms so they won't bite me. The old KTM in the age old tradition of shortening names is Katie (KT) the Sprint is Grey, Tiger is TIGG-R (thats double G) all named by the people who made them, well sort of. The only one which doesn't have a name is the Highland and I have yet to summon up the nerve to call it anything, its a bit scary and I don't want to upset it, like I did the husaberg, which actually did try to kill me.
Hmmmmmmmm, don't really name my bike's, but other's seem to, BOBKAT named my Triumph Tiger 'Tigger' within the same few day's that i bought it, which seem's to have stuck, lol.
And my other bike is 'Monty', as all the other Montesa's seemed to get nick-named, lol.
Regards
Brat.