Naming your Scooter

olivemusic · Post by **olivemusic** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:46 am

chrissolo48 wrote:
I think my favorites are Bacall, Apollo and Gilligan. At least I've narrowed it down to 3.

My vote is for Apollo! I've got an Apollo of my own... so I guess I'm partial.

MalindaKay · Post by **MalindaKay** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:41 am

I ordered my Buddy a couple days ago. It's blue, so I think I'll name her Robin since the color is a "robin's egg blue." It just seems a little unoriginal though. What do you guys think?

bfreed · Post by **bfreed** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:16 am

MalindaKay wrote:I ordered my Buddy a couple days ago. It's blue, so I think I'll name her Robin since the color is a "robin's egg blue." It just seems a little unoriginal though. What do you guys think?

Does anyone sell a Batman riding jacket? That'd be fun

chrissolo48 · Post by **chrissolo48** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:01 pm

Hey Olive - Great dog!

avogel · Post by **avogel** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:49 pm

I named my buddy Irene, one night I was locking her up and had the Tom Waits song in my head. She doesn't seem to mind.

alienmeatsack · Post by **alienmeatsack** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:25 pm

I'm having a really hard time naming my Stella. I mean, she already has a great name! But I feel like I owe her something more personal than just Stella since well, she's got a personality beyond that.

The Buddy's seem to have so much more possibilities for naming, and you guys have some great names for yours! So hopefully something will come to me for my Stella soon.

marsturm · Post by **marsturm** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:40 am

I've named my Pamplona, Pequena. This is Spanish, feminine form, for little or small.

amanda_c · Post by **amanda_c** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:23 am

I named my Saint-Tropez Zéphyrine. It's French, and it means "a gentle breeze" or "breeze from the west". I call her Zeffy for short.

sargelee71 · Post by **sargelee71** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:13 am

After almost two months, I've finally decided on a name for my SI: Olivia. For short, I also call her Livvy.

gymnation · Post by **gymnation** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:56 am

Mine is called 'Om', as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om, because that's the sound she makes as I accelerate out of a corner. Came to me one crisp spring morning as I rode to work in meditative silence. My purring path to enlightenment.

SANTRO-PEY · Post by **SANTRO-PEY** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:58 pm

I have also been tossing around names for My St Tropez. I was thinking about Azura. It means Sky Blue. Not totally sold on it yet.

Oceanicluv · Post by **Oceanicluv** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:04 am

I am going to name my bud, a St Tropez, The Blue Raja. If anyone has seen Mystery Men with Ben Stiller it'll make sense. I'm was going to shorten it. But I'm not sold on it. Any suggestions????

tdaley26 · Post by **tdaley26** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:30 am

My scoot is "El Diablo"............

Name was given in jest by my niece, but I like it!!!!

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:28 pm

She will be either Imogene or something equally splendid. My Kia Sportage is named Sophy, so I'm trying to keep the family names from the same country...

alienmeatsack · Post by **alienmeatsack** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:06 pm

I'm still trying to decide... the name Bamboo keeps coming up in my head.

I read somewhere that bamboo is India's "green gold". And since Stella was made in india and she's avocado (or bamboo) green.

Usually when I am naming something or a dog or cat, once I get a name stuck in my head, I end up using it.

And I am ready for a name to stick. Anyone think I am crazy? Wait, don't answer that

BladeGirl · Post by **BladeGirl** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:23 pm

Just got a sea foam green Buddy 50. The only color left. It's not easy being green. So I named her Kermit. Seriously, though, I love her!

krysbrezinski · Post by **krysbrezinski** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:42 pm

BladeGirl wrote:Just got a sea foam green Buddy 50. The only color left. It's not easy being green. So I named her Kermit. Seriously, though, I love her!

Haha, I have a seafoam green 50, too! I love the colour--I was also contemplating the pepto-bismol pink, but the white upholstry in a dusty town like Boise would not have been easy to maintain.

I think the green is beautiful, though--but then, I'm a fan of more retro style choices.

I was deciding between the names Dexter and Ronnie. By popular choice, I guess it's Ronnie, although we've been referring to it as "the Buddy" more often than not.

krly82 · Post by **krly82** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:00 am

while looking through all these posts, i had to call my husband and get his input. we decided on lil' harry. the reason being that i named my first car harry (after my grandpa. . . weird, i know) and had a super cute license plate. i'm getting a shortened version of the license plate for my buddy, so i'm naming him lil' harry. i love it!
. . . now all i need is for lil' harry to show up. hopefully next week (crossing fingers)

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:44 am

I'm thinking of naming my Blur after one of the characters in Trainspotting. Renton, Spud, Sick Boy or Begbie. Haven't decided yet.

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:14 pm

I just picked up my Italia yesterday. Photography is a hobby of mine, so I decided to name mine Paparazzo, after the scooter-riding photographer in La Dolce Vita.

butero · Post by **butero** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:04 am

I've dubbed my Buddy Joanna Scootsom in honor of the one and only Joanna Newsom.

anndelise · Post by **anndelise** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:40 am

"The Bug" keeps popping into my head
along with the song that goes "sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug..."
But I'm not sure about the conotations..it'd be kinda like naming a scooter "Roadkill"...

I've been trying to find alternatives
It'll be taking me into and out of town for pick up and delivery of smallish items and groceries and such...so I was thinking maybe "The Curr" shortened for "courier"; "Dee" shortened for 'delivery'..or DV; or even "BB" short for 'beetle bug' or 'buddy bug' (but not 'buggy buddy'..which would be another roadkillish name

...notice a pattern yet??)

mo1981 · Post by **mo1981** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:12 am

I named my Italia, "Hulk". Thinking about how to incorporate some purple in there somewhere...

BiscuitHead · Post by **BiscuitHead** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:17 am

I wanted to name my Blur "Widow Maker" My wife wasn't too amused...

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:52 am

mo1981 wrote:I named my Italia, "Hulk". Thinking about how to incorporate some purple in there somewhere...

Hey mo, I just got a cool metal Hulk "puzzle" thing... It's basically a big keychain with one of those brain-teaser-type rings on it. It's pretty hard core and was like 3 bucks or something. I'll try to get a pic so you know what I'm talking about. The reason I bring it up is cuz I was gonna put it on my Bud's rear fender, but then I also have a transformers autobots logo, so I can't very well do both now can I? Man, not only would I be transmitting the nerd vibes full-force, but also the "indecisive mess" vibes... I guess I'll have to save Hulk for something else. Anyways, they had 'em @ Wal-mart so if you're interested, they look pretty cool. Also available: Wolverine, Silver Surfer, Venom, Spider Man, and that sand guy (why would anyone pick him over all the other cool ones?). Holy crap, I can't believe I just wrote all that. sorry.

Smuddpie · Post by **Smuddpie** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:35 am

Man, you guys must not have had a little brother who never missed an episode of the Dukes of Hazzard. I always think of Rosco P. Coltrane, "10-4, little fat buddy!" and he was always in hot pursuit. Of course the "buddy" he was referring to was Boss Hogg, which would be kinda funny. But then I think it's funny to wear my Harley jacket on my Buddy.

His dog's name was Flash....

I have the Pamplona, and so far it's been "the little tomato" or "mi poco tomate." The huge tomato fight held every year is called "La Tomatina" but it's not in Pamplona. I also considered "el toro" or the matador (you know, the running of the bulls and all.) Scarlet? The Hot Tamale?

For a pink, how about the ultimate diva, Marilyn?

I like Trigger!

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:16 pm

While I first thought Imogene a splendid moniker...I have since thought of others:

Yellow Submarine (in honor of my favorite boy band)
Flower
Sunny
Daisy

I know, I know...there's a theme here...given that she will soon be solid yellow as opposedto her original Italia green, I'm keeping in tone with her happiness...

Happiness.

I have found her name!

She will be known as Happiness. Happy for short.

Bunny's Happiness.

Life is good.

itzhak37 · Post by **itzhak37** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:32 pm

I just got my Buddy Italia and because I figured that all of the go-to names for a green scooter were already taken, I decided to name it Eva (but pronounced Ava). My rationale is that riding my Buddy makes me feel like a badass... kind of like James Bond... whose love interest in Casino Royale is actually named Eva... Green. Eva Green.

*sigh* So pretty.

Even without having to stretch the rationale, the name Eva really seems to suit my Buddy. She and I make a stellar team.

msdallas2008 · Post by **msdallas2008** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:27 am

My Pamplona's name is Betsy. I wanted to name her Betty from Accounting, but that's just a tad bit too long.

dsmith65 · Post by **dsmith65** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:06 pm

After a couple weeks of having my Italia, I decided to name her Sophia.

R.McLeod · Post by **R.McLeod** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:55 pm

I named Mine Basil.
Short for Basilisk War Droid:
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The scooter of the future.
Go ahead SUV, cut me off. See what happens.

PeterC · Post by **PeterC** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:10 pm

I named my green Stella, Stella Verdi (what else?), and my red Vespa P200E, Bella, short for K. Bella Macchina!

scootergirlnm · Post by **scootergirlnm** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:49 pm

My buddy ended up as Etienne (pronounced ay-TYEN) french for Stephen..........it just came to me one day. I always knew he was a boy and Etienne just popped into my head.

cdubs8600 · Post by **cdubs8600** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:19 am

Her name is Luci. Short for Lucifer

Philio81 · Post by **Philio81** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:24 pm

Sometimes I think my scoot could go by "Duncan". Not sure why - just kind of like it...
Many great names here - I think "Pauly" is good too (maybe a lt. blue bias here...)

Orange Crush · Post by **Orange Crush** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:35 pm

My tangerine buddy is 'Alice.' Can't remember why, but that's who she is...

gvslim · Post by **gvslim** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:44 pm

I named mine Big Red!

7eregrine · Post by **7eregrine** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:40 pm

BiscuitHead wrote:I wanted to name my Blur "Widow Maker" My wife wasn't too amused...

Can ya' blame her?!?! lol

The cries of sadness never heard
Fall deaf upon my ears
The stench of madness, raging wars
I've seen a million years
The smell of sorrow fills the fields
And lingers in the sky
The littered ground will swallow down
The souls that fill my eyes

I'm the WidowMaker
I'm the Lord of the Wings
I'm the WidowMaker

7eregrine · Post by **7eregrine** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:50 pm

ROADRUNNER!

I am going to paint my front fender purple and gets some sticker letters to put "MEEP MEEP" on the front shield thing.

Any suggestions from the peanut gallery to make her look more like the RoadRunner?!?

slinky · Post by **slinky** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:41 pm

Tee-eye-double guh-er.
The wonderful thing about Tigger
is Tigger's a wonderful thing...Full of fun fun fun!

Ok this is my random insane act for the day.

qmisty · Post by **qmisty** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:12 pm

I call mine PINKY!

Vic · Post by **Vic** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:01 am

I hope this won't be offensive to anyone, remember people have different tastes.

I have the sunset orange and brown Buddy. I think it is a really ugly color combination. But, I know that the Buddys are well made and thus have a good heart.

So, I have named my Buddy Charlie Brown. I put a pumpkin face on the front of him and say that he is masquerading as The Great Pumpkin.

Of course Chuck is currently undergoing major surgery in a friend's garage and they are searching for a new part after only 2k miles (my chi scoot lasted nearly 4k miles!).

Cheers,
-v

black sunshine · Post by **black sunshine** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:26 pm

finally decided on mine the other day . . . i'm naming her Tsubaki, after a character in one of my favorite anime, Soul Eater . . .

she's the character in the back. basically, in this anime there are meisters and weapons who work in a pair. her meister is Black Star - my dj name is black Sunshine - so i figure it fits! i won't officially name her till i get my black panels though. at which point i will break a bottle of champagne across the front and christen her proper (ok maybe not a good idea) . . .

chromebroom · Post by **chromebroom** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:39 pm

jfrost2 wrote:In taiwanese, we say Motobi (Mo-to-bye) to represent a motorcycle/scooter.

Might be a name for someone's scoot.

That is a perfect name for my HD Road King. Always have (Mo-to-bye) the bike was the cheapest thing, it all the rest that is putting me in the poor house. What is the Taiwanese word for "always" link that with Motobi and that will be my scoots new name. Thank you and if you don't mind I will now christen my scoot with that name.

Cheshire · Post by **Cheshire** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:27 pm

After much internal debate, I've finally decided on a name for my scooter.
The debate had boiled down to 2 possibilities: Imbri (Xanth nightmare horse) and My Little Kelpie (twisted variant of my little pony). I was heavily leaning towards Kelpie, but the water aspect was making me a little nervous.

Then the proper name hit me like a skillet upside the head, and so:
Scooter, I call thee Púca.

Yes, the old Irish faerie nightmare horse.

ageekgirl · Post by **ageekgirl** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:27 am

Be careful in naming your ride. I figure naming the ride is like naming cats. If you name it after a hellion like Mungojerry you end up getting the behavior you expect from the name.

bounce · Post by **bounce** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:30 am

mine is named pepe!

Cheshire · Post by **Cheshire** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:22 am

ageekgirl wrote:Be careful in naming your ride. I figure naming the ride is like naming cats. If you name it after a hellion like Mungojerry you end up getting the behavior you expect from the name.

Yeah, that's what was steering me away from "Kelpie". I can deal with Púca.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:35 am

I'm not in the habit of naming any of my vehicles ... unless they don't start. Then they are very quickly called virtually every four letter name in the book.

Rob

gcrepe · Post by **gcrepe** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:14 am

Love hearing all the names. I was told that our Scooter should be named after a female, but after sitting with it for a couple days----I thought our Scooter was a male.

He's named Totti ---- for Francesco Totti, AS Roma's Capitano!
And my not-so-secret-crush........

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