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Title: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: homebrew on August 11, 2015, 11:03:05 AM
I was admiring a Victory Vegas and it occurred to me that I might feel a little goofy if I actually moved to Vegas and got that bike.  Like I was a super Vegas booster or something.  On the other hand, I'd have no problem riding a California in California.  It just seems different to me to have a biked named after a broad area as opposed to a specific one.  That said, it's never been an issue -- there's not a lot of bikes named "Baltimore."  For good reason.  :grin:

What about you?  If you lived in Daytona would you be less likely to buy a biked named that?  What if someone named a bike after your current area, like "Shenandoah" or "Philly" or whatever?
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on August 11, 2015, 11:05:05 AM
I'm waiting for the new mini-Stelvio DS bike....  The Guzzi "Blueridge"
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: normzone on August 11, 2015, 11:08:55 AM
When the Guzzi Escondido hits the market I'll look into financing. I have no use for Vegas, other than a nephew of mine lives there.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff?
Post by: Lannis on August 11, 2015, 11:10:45 AM
The Moto Guzzi "Spout Spring"?

The oil-leaking jokes would never stop, so I don't think so ....

Lannis
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Rough Edge racing on August 11, 2015, 11:17:43 AM
 The new for 2016, 750 Shithole Sport
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: cloudbase on August 11, 2015, 11:47:03 AM
The (insert manufacturer's name here) Altoona might reach the sales numbers of the Ducati Indiana.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on August 11, 2015, 12:07:23 PM
Quote from: cloudbase on August 11, 2015, 11:47:03 AM
The (insert manufacturer's name here) Altoona might reach the sales numbers of the Ducati Indiana.

Hey! Don't sully the name of Indiana by putting Ducati with it.. :evil:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Triple Jim on August 11, 2015, 12:28:07 PM
I guess I'll start shopping for a Henderson.  How hard could it be to find a good deal on a one in nice shape?
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: garbln on August 11, 2015, 12:31:19 PM
Hmmm, there is a town in northern MN named Climax.  A "Moto Guzzi Climax", who knows it might be an all time best seller!
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Shorty on August 11, 2015, 12:39:24 PM
"The Amazing Power of the All New Indian Broken Arrow."  :afro:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: ITSec on August 11, 2015, 12:45:25 PM
Quote from: homebrew on August 11, 2015, 11:03:05 AM
I was admiring a Victory Vegas and it occurred to me that I might feel a little goofy if I actually moved to Vegas and got that bike.

Don't worry - I sold the dang things here in Las Vegas, and nobody paid the slightest attention. To be honest, it's not an incredibly distinctive bike in recent years, the fancy models have all gone away.

Now thinking back to my previous homes, I can't say I ever would have been thrilled by (for example) a Winnipeg...  :boozing:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Guzzistajohn on August 11, 2015, 12:48:05 PM
The Oark, Ar. model would have to have automatic banjo detection equipment standard. "you sure got some purdy lips there boy"
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Perazzimx14 on August 11, 2015, 12:54:54 PM
The "Blue Ball", Victory

The redesigned water cooled rubber mount "Intercourse"

The CanAm "Bird in Hand"
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: oldbike54 on August 11, 2015, 12:58:49 PM
 HD has the 48 , MG could name a model "Forty one" in honor of a small OK town .
 
  Dusty
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on August 11, 2015, 01:03:48 PM
Quote from: oldbike54 on August 11, 2015, 11:22:45 AM


                                                      The all new Moto Guzzi Muskogee


  New for 2017 , the Moto Guzzi Muskogee features a built in breathalizer and stop sign detector for your ultimate convenience .
  Dusty

I can see the ad now; Ewan McGregor giving it the ol' Blow & Go
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Tobit on August 11, 2015, 01:04:20 PM
The Yomama

"Memphis"

(http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/OLD_SITE/HUMOR/DaHood.jpg)
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Carlo DeSantis on August 11, 2015, 02:18:46 PM
(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w4/CarloRustico/Mobile%20Uploads/10603928_10204115270275856_355411750724960551_o_zps4gkfjicc.jpg) (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/CarloRustico/media/Mobile%20Uploads/10603928_10204115270275856_355411750724960551_o_zps4gkfjicc.jpg.html)

When I had my T3 repainted, I "created" a new model -- named after the location of my family's Italian home.  My bike is now a "Cilento." 
Check the side cover.

Best,

Carlo
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: cruzziguzzi on August 11, 2015, 02:39:00 PM
Couldn't care less as long as I didn't live someplace like Big Bone Lick, Kan-tuck-ee.

More to the OP point - I'd be more concerned about living in the place that the Victory "Vegas" is named after than riding a cycle of coincidental monikers.

Todd.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: demills on August 11, 2015, 03:18:20 PM
Moto Guzzi has already had a bike named after a town in Missouri, of coarse like most places in MO. it's pronounced differently here than elsewhere, It's NevAda  with a long A in the middle.

As for my hometown the MG Independence would be alright, sounds like a better name than Stone,
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: ITSec on August 11, 2015, 03:24:40 PM
Quote from: cruzziguzzi on August 11, 2015, 02:39:00 PM
Couldn't care less as long as I didn't live someplace like Big Bone Lick, Kan-tuck-ee.

More to the OP point - I'd be more concerned about living in the place that the Victory "Vegas" is named after than riding a cycle of coincidental monikers.

Todd.

Las Vegas revised mottoes:

Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: canuguzzi on August 11, 2015, 03:54:31 PM
Named my driveway "gas the Guzzi", don't care what the city is named. :boozing:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: lorazepam on August 11, 2015, 04:24:37 PM
Quote from: Rough Edge racing on August 11, 2015, 11:17:43 AM
The new for 2016, 750 Shithole Sport
Sounds like this might be a popular model.  :boozing:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Guzzistajohn on August 11, 2015, 04:25:31 PM
Quote from: demills on August 11, 2015, 03:18:20 PM
Moto Guzzi has already had a bike named after a town in Missouri, of coarse like most places in MO. it's pronounced differently here than elsewhere, It's NevAda  with a long A in the middle.

As for my hometown the MG Independence would be alright, sounds like a better name than Stone,

NevAda, former home of the state hospital Whoopeee!   And the White Grill, one of the last remaining old road house hambuger joints!
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Triple Jim on August 11, 2015, 04:37:57 PM
Quote from: Carlo DeSantis on August 11, 2015, 02:18:46 PM
My bike is now a "Cliento." 

That's a beautiful Guzzi.  I don't mean to bearer of bad news, but the painter misspelled Cliento.   :grin:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: LowRyter on August 11, 2015, 04:39:00 PM
Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on August 11, 2015, 12:07:23 PM
Hey! Don't sully the name of Indiana by putting Ducati with it.. :evil:

sullied up

(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Ducati%20650%20Indiana.jpg)

Indiana wants me but I can't go back there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNM5g2ARGyY
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: cruzziguzzi on August 11, 2015, 05:10:38 PM
Option II:

You own the motorcycle and are professionally sentenced to live in Vegas... Change the bike's model name. Some options:

The Victory Pintos.
The Victory Sodom... or, Gomorrah if one prefers.
Victor Y Victoria?

Todd.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: segesta on August 11, 2015, 05:25:03 PM
There's an old joke about how you would never, ever find a car with a place name, in that place. And you know? They're right:
Monte Carlo, Torino, Milano, Firenze, Corsica, Monaco, Versailles, LeMans, Biarritz... All crappy American cars from the 1970s and 80s!

Of course, North American place names may be an exception (Tucson, Santa Fe, Denali come to mind).
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Testarossa on August 11, 2015, 05:49:25 PM
Change Stone to Boulder and I'm there.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Spuddy on August 11, 2015, 05:58:47 PM
I'm partial to the Moto Guzzi Ingomar...

Spud
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Triple Jim on August 11, 2015, 06:10:29 PM
Come to think of it, my bicycle is a Litespeed Firenze.  I had forgotten about that.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: rodekyll on August 11, 2015, 06:25:49 PM
Quote from: segesta on August 11, 2015, 05:25:03 PM
There's an old joke about how you would never, ever find a car with a place name, in that place. And you know? They're right:
Monte Carlo, Torino, Milano, Firenze, Corsica, Monaco, Versailles, LeMans, Biarritz... All crappy American cars from the 1970s and 80s!

Of course, North American place names may be an exception (Tucson, Santa Fe, Denali come to mind).

Denali, Yukon, Tundra, Chickaloon -- all good regional monikers, if you go for that sort of thing.  Beats the heck out of made-up mad-lib names.  But I'm of the opinion that you can't see the name plate or the color from the driver's seat, so if I like the features, the name doesn't really matter. 

... Unless it's got "Trump" in the name.  Then I would expect it would be loud, obnoxiously polluting, smell like uncorked sh*t and have really poor mileage, while being limited to only extreme right turns.  Plus, it would be so full of its own self that there wouldn't be room for passengers.  Yeah, I'd pass on a Trumpmobile.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Carlo DeSantis on August 11, 2015, 08:13:07 PM
Quote from: Triple Jim on August 11, 2015, 04:37:57 PM
That's a beautiful Guzzi.  I don't mean to bearer of bad news, but the painter misspelled Cliento.   :grin:

Thanks, TJ.  The only misspelling is due to my fat-fingered typing skills (or lack thereof)  :laugh:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: rocker59 on August 11, 2015, 08:22:20 PM
Quote from: segesta on August 11, 2015, 05:25:03 PM
There's an old joke about how you would never, ever find a car with a place name, in that place. And you know? They're right:
Monte Carlo, Torino, Milano, Firenze, Corsica, Monaco, Versailles, LeMans, Biarritz... All crappy American cars from the 1970s and 80s!

Of course, North American place names may be an exception (Tucson, Santa Fe, Denali come to mind).

Milano and American car?  Nah...

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/nnh09j15tnfa4tkucoao.jpg)
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: charlie b on August 11, 2015, 08:36:08 PM
Yep, seen plenty of Tucsons in Tucson and many Santa Fe's in Santa Fe.  Even had my Tundra above the timber line.  My Dodge Ram has yet to ram anything but I did see a ram while driving through the country while driving the Ram  :D

And the Element seems to be full of elements.

I'd rather everything just have numbers.  Dodge 2500.  Name of folks who founded the company and a number related (somewhat) to the load rating of the truck.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Moto Fugazzi on August 11, 2015, 09:36:09 PM
I have no problem buying Milwaukee brand tools (it's where I'm from). A Moto Guzzi "Milwaukee" just sounds weird.
Ken
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: cruzziguzzi on August 11, 2015, 10:07:23 PM
I was talking with my brother about this and other threads and he commented upon my fixation on Buick Rivieras in connection then we went into a direction of what we wouldn't own by name only and I said it was unlikely that I'd pass on anything for so trivial a reason.

Then, he reminded me of my reaction when he bought his daughter a Kia.

Nope, Can't be owning a K.I.A. No way, no how.

Todd.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: beetle on August 11, 2015, 11:55:19 PM
The Moto Guzzi 'Wagga Wagga' don't quite roll off the tongue. Too bad if you lived in Lick Hole Creek. Yes, that's a real place.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Rough Edge racing on August 12, 2015, 11:58:32 AM
Quote from: charlie b on August 11, 2015, 08:36:08 PM
Yep, seen plenty of Tucsons in Tucson and many Santa Fe's in Santa Fe.  Even had my Tundra above the timber line.  My Dodge Ram has yet to ram anything but I did see a ram while driving through the country while driving the Ram  :D

And the Element seems to be full of elements.

I'd rather everything just have numbers.  Dodge 2500.  Name of folks who founded the company and a number related (somewhat) to the load rating of the truck.

 Numbers are good... It's interesting that many Asian owned car companies give American model names to their vehicles.Obviously to cozy up to US buyers. Probably a Japanese vehicle named the Bataan wouldn't be a best seller. :laugh:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Gliderjohn on August 12, 2015, 12:29:19 PM
After attending JN Smith's funeral in SE OK, I would rename my Norge "Roughrider". Most of those Okie road surfaces suck. 
GliderJohn
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff?
Post by: Lannis on August 12, 2015, 01:44:19 PM
Quote from: Rough Edge racing on August 12, 2015, 11:58:32 AM
Numbers are good... It's interesting that many Asian owned car companies give American model names to their vehicles.Obviously to cozy up to US buyers. Probably a Japanese vehicle named the Bataan wouldn't be a best seller. :laugh:

Someone, somewhere, has got to explain the Subaru "Justy".

Lannis
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff?
Post by: Rough Edge racing on August 12, 2015, 02:11:25 PM
Quote from: Lannis on August 12, 2015, 01:44:19 PM
Someone, somewhere, has got to explain the Subaru "Justy".

Lannis

  I suppose it meant to appeal to younger buyers....Like the Nissan Juke....
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: jackson on August 12, 2015, 02:56:46 PM
If I lived in Intercourse, PA, it would probably be the deciding factor for NOT buying that particular model.   :grin:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Jurgen on August 12, 2015, 03:05:01 PM
Quote from: Carlo DeSantis on August 11, 2015, 02:18:46 PM
(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w4/CarloRustico/Mobile%20Uploads/10603928_10204115270275856_355411750724960551_o_zps4gkfjicc.jpg) (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/CarloRustico/media/Mobile%20Uploads/10603928_10204115270275856_355411750724960551_o_zps4gkfjicc.jpg.html)

When I had my T3 repainted, I "created" a new model -- named after the location of my family's Italian home.  My bike is now a "Cilento." 
Check the side cover.

Best,

Carlo, That is one fine looking bike!  Jurgen
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: LowRyter on August 12, 2015, 04:37:33 PM
Quote from: Rough Edge racing on August 12, 2015, 11:58:32 AM
Numbers are good... It's interesting that many Asian owned car companies give American model names to their vehicles.Obviously to cozy up to US buyers. Probably a Japanese vehicle named the Bataan wouldn't be a best seller. :laugh:

damn,  I hate myself for laughing when I read that.
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: drums4money on August 12, 2015, 06:42:35 PM
The 2016 Guzzi Tallulah.
Sweet!
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Carlo DeSantis on August 12, 2015, 06:49:59 PM
Quote from: Jurgen on August 12, 2015, 03:05:01 PM
Carlo, That is one fine looking bike!  Jurgen


Thanks, Jurgen.  She's my pride and joy.

Best,

Carlo
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on August 12, 2015, 07:08:18 PM
Nice ride, Carlo..  :thumb:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Muley on August 12, 2015, 09:55:25 PM
I just don't think "Jeffersonville" has a nice ring to it :sad:
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Carlo DeSantis on August 12, 2015, 10:20:57 PM
Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on August 12, 2015, 07:08:18 PM
Nice ride, Carlo..  :thumb:

Thanks, Chuck.

Best,

Carlo
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Scud on August 12, 2015, 11:24:41 PM
Maybe I'm alone here, but living in California, I think the Moto Guzzi California sounds sort of lame or awkward. If I were to get a cruiser, I'd consider it, but I'd probably strip the labels off it.

Now if I lived in Shafter, CA - I'd be willing to ride around on a Moto Guzzi Shafter.  :evil:

http://www.shafter.com/
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: Texas Turnip on August 13, 2015, 05:52:33 AM
Quote from: oldbike54 on August 12, 2015, 12:23:00 PM
There was a car ad , swear I saw it once , that went like this .

 Mom , girl of about 5 years age , and a toddler in a car seat in the back seat . 5 year old asks mom ,
"where did you get our names from mom?" "You were named after where you were conceived, why do you ask Dallas?" As the camera pans around to the toddler in the back seat , the 5 year old asks ,
"Well , I was just wondering where you came up with Electra ?" Brilliantly funny , probably banned  :laugh: Now , it may have been Concorde and some Chrysler car name , but you get the gist  :grin:

  Dusty

Dusty, Don't poke fun at me because my full name is Kenworth. My brother Ox (Oxnard, CA)

Tex
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: John Ulrich on August 13, 2015, 06:27:56 AM
Quote from: Texas Turnip on August 13, 2015, 05:52:33 AM
Dusty, Don't poke fun at me because my full name is Kenworth. My brother Ox (Oxnard, CA)

Tex

Better then being named after a ............toilet!
Title: Re: The bike you want is named after your city -- Cool, Don't Care, or Turnoff? NGC
Post by: El Pescador on August 13, 2015, 07:47:35 AM
Moto Guzzi Houston- Ugly as sin, leaks oil, and runs EXTREMELY hot.

Moto Guzzi Dallas - Beautiful plastic on the outside but ridiculously underpowered.