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do you name your Steed?
« on: December 12, 2014, 04:17:34 PM »
So i am thinking about having a name for my little beastie.


I have asked the kids to help me but they keep coming up with bizaare kiddie type names that are about three paragraphs long.

Feel free to help me name my bike...... she ( i have taken to considering her a female ) is blue, not so young but a steady work horse.

Also feel free to put the name you (or someone else) chose for your STeed.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2014, 04:53:30 PM »
So far in over eight years mine hasn't been named though I use "She" and a few other female pronouns plus "It" quite often.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2014, 04:55:36 PM »
The official Honda colour for my bike is Sienna Gold, so since sienna is a brown colour I've called mine Golden Brown, as in the Stranglers song (yeah I know the song is about heroin but riding the ST is sort of addicitve therefore it's sort of appropriate). Since yours is blue you could call it Blue STeel. Pretty obvious and someone else may have used it, maybe someone else will chime in with some other suggestion.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2014, 06:40:46 PM »
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RHONDA
Not only does it have the R- Honda but from the Beach boys ;Help me Ronda.

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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2014, 06:42:26 PM »
Nope, nor my other bike or any of my cars or any of my trailers or even my pushbikes . . Not even my house . . Apart from Number 5 . . My partner has a name but she came with it already in use . . 😊
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2014, 07:28:43 PM »
wtf
 

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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2014, 08:00:53 PM »
You name your bike "WTF" ?
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2014, 08:07:54 PM »
too many weird things happen.last night a wolf spider took up residence to appear on the speedo at 120k in the morning.
 

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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2014, 08:17:32 PM »
Shadowfax - after Gandalf's white horse in Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings."
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2014, 08:37:20 PM »
too many weird things happen.last night a wolf spider took up residence to appear on the speedo at 120k in the morning.

Had that happen in my car . . It ran up the inside of the windscreen and disapeared somewhere above my head . . That was bad enough . . Quick braking out the door  . . Torch . . Hunting . . No joy . . Scary ride the rest of the way home . .
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2014, 09:30:11 PM »
Pan the cruise missile.  (as in Peter Pan) takes me away on wild adventures.  :grin
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2014, 10:07:36 PM »
Spalding ..... from the Madagascar movie when the zebra turns around and says "shut up Spalding" (Castaway play on words) as it groans on hot days and after a ride and often the three of us will hear it and yell out in unison ... "shut up Spalding".
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2014, 12:48:59 AM »
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HE is named STranger, :grin
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2014, 04:37:37 AM »
As in "STranger than fiction"?
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2014, 05:13:49 AM »
Ours is STig......not from Top Gear  :Stirpot


STig is an old Norse boys name meaning "the wanderer".....fitting for a Sports Tourning bike we think  :like


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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2014, 07:10:25 AM »
I'm still deciding, and since I'm not a fan of bling I'm a bit reluctant.

However, my kids would like to see my ST called "Red Dwarf" but I'm not sure which character that would make me!.    I'm leaning towards "RedRunner" a play on RoadRunner, with the accompanying graphic.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2014, 08:04:28 AM »
Mine is not very original. Ruby.


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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2014, 08:18:59 AM »
My ST goes by the name Black Caviar  :grin
My old ST was called Big Red but was often called Heinz
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2014, 09:46:03 AM »
Mine is not very original. Ruby.


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There's a few Rubys around, mine included.  But mostly when I want to address her it's less of a name that comes to mind and more likely a term of disapproval or affection.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2014, 10:43:14 AM »
Wyvern is my proud red dragon.





And amazingly, I found a wood-carved statue of a Wyvern dragon for $20 in the Gong's Gumtree ads, cleaned it up and applied some red stain and Buzzingah!!! I have an actual Wyvern and an icon representing my local footy team the ST.George/Illawarra Dragons.
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And BTW Mother Terese thinks Wyvern the STatue is gruesome and scary - but what can I say - a dragon STatue is always goin 2 b intimidatin' ain't it? Unlike Wyvern the STeed that's STable, SToic and STylish.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2014, 12:07:06 PM »
My ST1300 is known as "Patch", due the one mismatching colour mirror pod
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2014, 12:18:57 PM »
Nice Dragon, Gregory . .
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2014, 08:28:52 PM »
Therapy  :runyay
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2014, 05:16:34 AM »
Nice Dragon, Gregory . .
Thnx Terry, Wyvern the STeed reckons he's alright 2 tho!

Zev, that's one heck of a STeed u have there - unusual shade of red called ???, custom seat, blade pegs - looks gr8.
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Re: do you name your Steed?
« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2014, 07:12:41 AM »
thanks Greg, the color is OEM, the seat is Sargent and the blades are MCL. many other additions as well. 
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