The Naming of motorcycles is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a motorcycle must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a motorcycle must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
apologies to T.S. Elliot
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| Ferguson von Doodlebug and the Sir Ronnie Corbett |
Do you think, they have a secret name for themselves, too?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they do. One of mine used to be called "start you bastard."
ReplyDeleteI had an MZ-125 called "Oh no, not again, you lump of cast-iron shite!" and "So I suppose I'm going to have push you all the way home again, you bastard!". I suppose its third (secret) name was something along the same lines in East German.
ReplyDeleteWith my interests in the Classics, I think I might have called them Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather, Edgar, was a classicist too - he called his racing Rudge 'Barney'. Later, through his friendship with Walter Moore who had been at Norton, he was asked to ride the new NSU, which he christened 'Ychiffani' - although I have never been able to find out why.
Nikos old sport!
ReplyDeleteThey must indeed have names but you must tell us the origins of them.
My Triple does not have a name yet but I was rather un-PC with my CBR1100xx. Her name was Grace Jones, because she was a Blackbird. Sigh...
How could you call a BMW after someone so quintessentially British? The little single-cylinder jobbie should be Adolf....he only had one!
ReplyDeleteThere is an old Lithuanian proverb which is difficult to translate but says: "knowing a child's name does not make you its father."
ReplyDeleteMine has a secret name for me
ReplyDelete"master with fat arse"
Dear Nikos:
ReplyDeleteIf there is a joke hidden in these two names, it thoroughly escapes me. I think the two you have picked are a might formal, unless they refer to famous British circus midgets, or something.
I have developed a theme for the name of my current motorcycle and for future rides. Considering all of them will bust my balls sooner or later, I have named them accordingly. My first BMW was "Blue Balls." The current one is "Fire Balls." The next one will be "Steel Balls."
I would be happy to develop a theme for you, if you wish, should you decide you want racier monikers for future bikes.
I was be shaking you hand in the madness of a BMW Rally, in Bloomsburg, Pa — in eight days.
I am beside myself with anticipation.
When you come, could you bring me a few packets of Boots Cough Lozenges. (The orange in colour kind.) I will be happy to repay your kindness with highly devalued American dollars.
Fondest regards,
Jack/Reep
Twisated Roads
Jack
ReplyDeleteI would welcome a theme - I'll have my analyst's report mailed over to you.
I will also visit Boots tomorrow - it's always a pleasure to see the pretty Cheshire lasses who work there.
N
My own theme is based on three names: "What now", "now what", and "how bloody much"
ReplyDeleteGood names! If you could think of one (or three) to name my yoga mat, I would be very grateful.
ReplyDeleteThought you would have gone for tou psilou & tis kondis which sums up the tall and short of it all.
ReplyDeleteAm I not a lucky one ;O) lovely present ;)
ReplyDeleteMrs. Nikos