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bpreynolds

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2012, 11:06:40 PM »
there was a thread about this subject lately as I recall,
I refer to my bikes as "baby", they respond pretty well.

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Yep.  I started it.  http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=52380.0

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2012, 11:14:20 PM »
Mine don't have "names", yet. I've been trying to come up with a couple, but for now it's just "the EV" and "the Sport".
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #32 on: June 14, 2012, 02:04:47 AM »
That's why new guys shouldn't start topics!

Yeah, it's pretty much hopeless. I don't have a lot of posts here, but I'm already aware of how any and all motorcycle topics have been slaughtered to death in this forum. But it's amazing how everyone will jump right in and do it all over. It's all about the socializing. This site is more like facebook than people might think.  ;D
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #33 on: June 14, 2012, 03:27:44 AM »
Mine is The Monzada because that is what it is made from. 50/50 Monza rolling chassis with Nevada powerplant.

It was initially known as Project Nevad-again as in I was never again going to do such a project.

A friend who has a Buell S3T and also likes Jethro Tull called his bike Stormbringer which suits it, with tune from the optional pipe...but all the Guzzi owners I have every known always refer to their bikes by model name or slight variations of it. 

To each their own.
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2012, 11:47:56 AM »
No, it's a bike, for crying out loud. My dog has a name, I think, it's called er.... Damn, I forgot  ???
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #35 on: June 14, 2012, 01:49:30 PM »
I just call my V11 Sport my Italian Girlfriend

My lady riding buddy re-named it my Italian Slut ;D
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #36 on: June 14, 2012, 02:41:53 PM »
My 98 hd&m is Sophia. I have an old shovel head whose name is Critter, nuff said, But my panhead,who I had for many years, I called Grace because she would run into  things for the first few years. 

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #37 on: June 14, 2012, 02:47:48 PM »
No, it's a bike, for crying out loud. My dog has a name, I think, it's called er.... Damn, I forgot  ???
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #38 on: June 14, 2012, 04:14:29 PM »
My G5 used to be called "The Green Goose", but since my last recollection of riding it involved me sliding down the road behind it, I now call it "Sparky"!  :'(

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #39 on: June 14, 2012, 06:35:53 PM »
 
   I agree with whoever said bikes name themselves. My 96 Sport is Gina. I used to have an 84 California II who's name was Gus. Currently I have an 04 Triumph Tiger, an 09 Buell Ulysses, and an 01 California EV and none of them have disclosed the name they wish to be known as. Same goes for my two cats. They are known to me and my wife as big kitty and little kitty.
 The wife won't call Gina by her name. She refers to her as my mistress and seems genuinely jealous at the mention of her. :-\

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #40 on: June 14, 2012, 06:51:28 PM »
Every body
My GUzzi has a first name it's Motoooo   my Guzzi has a second name it Guzzi
Oh, I love to ride my bike every day, and if you ask me why, I'll say,
mmm can't find anything to finish it up with hang on give me a few........

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #41 on: June 15, 2012, 12:29:23 AM »
  My buddy named my Cal Vintage  "Gina" as in Gina Lollobrigida.



My old 79 SP was called "Gina", a classic Italian lady.
My Current CAFE'd LMV is called Sophia.. same reason ;-T ;D

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #42 on: June 15, 2012, 01:32:34 AM »
No I don't name my bikes. Maybe I should. When I was much much younger I did use to own a crappy old green Chevy, which I fondly called Snot.

I do however name my GPS units, as they all have female voices. So far I've had Karen, Cecilia and now I'm riding with Charlotte. They've all been nice ladies, they never get angry with me

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #43 on: June 15, 2012, 02:16:33 PM »
my wife has started calling mine "la Puttana"...
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #44 on: June 15, 2012, 05:17:06 PM »
Every body
My GUzzi has a first name it's Motoooo   my Guzzi has a second name it Guzzi
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #45 on: June 15, 2012, 08:50:59 PM »
Only 2 of the 13 or so bikes I've owned have had names.  And only one of my Guzzis.

Shortly after obtaining my T3, I was having breakfast with a bunch of riding buddies.  As we sat looking out the window, one of my friends said her name was Sophia.  And so Sophia it has been.  Even has an Illinois license plate to prove it :)

Of course there are so many Moto Guzzis named Sophia it isn't funny.  Still, it seems to fit . . .

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #46 on: June 17, 2012, 03:48:52 AM »
Black Sunshine.
I normally don't name my bikes, but when I picked up my black V11 Sport, this song came on the radio on my way back. Fits the bike perfectly. Performed by White Zombie.
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #47 on: June 17, 2012, 11:17:51 AM »
 :bike  I have a 09 stelvio named  "Red Stella the mile muncher" My wife calls her the italian mistress.
I had a red v50 II that seemed to be called little red.
 
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #48 on: June 17, 2012, 11:21:13 AM »

No.
(and propably never will. It's an old sewage pump, no need to name it. Same goes with my cars)
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #49 on: June 17, 2012, 03:03:49 PM »
I call the 1100 Sporti 'The Sure Hand of God'after the Erskine Caldwell novel of rhe same name. They are both very racy!
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #50 on: June 18, 2012, 12:38:44 AM »
Rossinante.

Spelled that way. Go figure.  ;)
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #51 on: June 18, 2012, 06:36:00 AM »

It's small, green and temperamental, so it's Verdina.
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #52 on: June 18, 2012, 06:43:32 AM »
The bike is "The Guzzi" or occasionally "The Lemans" and the car is "The Subaru" or occasionally "The Subie"

My sister bought a cat a few years ago. The family tried to get together and name it. What is the cat's name?

"The Cat"  ;) ;D

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #53 on: June 18, 2012, 06:45:24 AM »
White bike!


Funny, my V7 is called "white bike" too, actually, it is now "White Guzzi", as I've got a white honda as well.
They Breva is called "grey bike", and sometimes "Kevin's Bike" by my wife, even thought Kev M doesn't actually own it anymore  :D
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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #54 on: June 18, 2012, 06:47:48 AM »
My Norge has a name, but it is gender-neutral: "the Fridge". It is NOT a reference to a certain former Chicago Bear.

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #55 on: June 18, 2012, 06:47:57 AM »
"I don't always name my motorcycles, but when I do, I name them Dos Guzzi. Stay upright my friend."

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #56 on: June 18, 2012, 10:58:53 AM »
I have not had my 2001 EV long enough to name her yet, but during the Clinton administration, I owned a V-Max which I had a tendency to drop.  In fact, she went down on me so many times I named her Monica.

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #57 on: October 21, 2012, 10:15:21 AM »
We call it "Gu Gu Zi" in TAIWAN.
The mean is a chicken in chinese.

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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #58 on: October 21, 2012, 11:14:24 AM »
That is funny.   The first time I saw reference to a Guzzi Norge, I thought "fridge", because that is what we had growing up.   "Norge" was also a blimp:


The blimp usually sits on top of a Norge…   ;) ;D


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Re: Does your Guzzi have a name?
« Reply #59 on: October 21, 2012, 01:19:20 PM »
My bikes usually have names like ' that oil leaking piece of junk' or 'that steaming pile' or 'that stinking piece of junk'.  Really positive descriptions, dont you think? Most of my bikes have been really good, but none have had names until I got my vespa p-200. That was ciao bella, or la patina depending on my mood. My silver Jackal? What else but Goozfraba.

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