Modern Buddy

Do y'all give your scooters a name? Was trying to think of a fun name for my Pamplona, then while listening to the B-52's..... :

All of a sudden your mood changes and your face looks like a cake left out in the rain
Is your name MacArthur Parker? Or is it Reba?

So - Reba it is.....


Robb

I have been thinking of a name, but nothing strikes me yet. Will probably use a name from a favorite song. Oh it just hit me.
Rebirtha

My Bud I normally refer to as "my Bud"... "The Green Hornet" is just the crime-fighting alter-ego.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11175838@N08/2356699010/

I named my scooter buddy, but people at work say it's the orange basketball rolling down the street at 40mph.

I named mine Oliver. I think there's another modern buddy member that named his Italia Oliver too.

Ours are all named with adjectives that sound like names

Preemy: The primavera
Breaky: (because it breaks a lot) The Honda CB350F
Phoebe: (because it's feeble): the Vespa 150
Holly: (because it hauls) the trailer.

We had a Sprint named Lola that defied the convention, and our Honda CR-V is Kira-Kira-san because it (maybe) roughly translates to "Green" and "shiny" in Japanese. And Kira from Black Flag.

Bb.

Fritz - black Buddy 125 named after my scottiedog because it's so stout and compact yet very peppy

Creamsicle - honda CHF50 because it's cream/orange colored, basic, and reliable.

Jerry

since my shiny new pamplona is spanish, i thought it deserved a spanish name.

i've temporarily settled on "el imán de pollitos"

or its nickname of just "el imán"

KRUSTYburger wrote:My Bud I normally refer to as "my Bud"... "The Green Hornet" is just the crime-fighting alter-ego.

I have not named my scooter. I like KRUSTYburger’s name, the Green Hornet, because it gives a nod to the Vespa (the wasp).

KRUSTYburger: where did you get your license plate holder. I am having a difficult time finding a correctly sized license plate holder for a Maryland motorcycle plate that has the screw holes correctly positioned for the Buddy. I have purchased a few license plate holders but they were either the wrong size for the Maryland motorcycle license plate or holes in the license plate holder did not line up with the Buddy’s license plate mounting holes. I also like your Italian flag license plate screws. I have both those and the matching Italian flag valve stem caps.

skiwebster wrote: i've temporarily settled on "el imán de pollitos"

since my shiny new pamplona is spanish

I also like your Italian flag license plate screws. I have both those and the matching Italian flag valve stem caps.

You guys do realize your scooters came from the Republic of China, right? That little decal doesn't make it European.

Not saying that European bikes are "better" or anything (Ever ride a Serveta?) but let's just not forget what we have here. : )

My Vespa is named Audrey and my wife's pink Buddy is named Pegasus.

illnoise wrote:You guys do realize your scooters came from the Republic of China, right? That little decal doesn't make it European.

As with many, many things in my life, I create my own view of reality. That is why I also adamantly believe that drinking green beer on St. Patrick’s Day makes me Irish.

skiwebster wrote: i've temporarily settled on "el imán de pollitos"

That's funny !

Mine's name is Bella, cause she is just so darn beautiful.

Buddy Love is what I went with. Well for an official name, I also call him scoot scoot (as in "hey scoot scoot" when walking into the garage) I settled on this name because I love my buddy!! I also think it was the guy in the Wedding Singer but I could be wrong.
We're still working on a name for the Stella

I realize my scoot is from TAIWAN... But it is "Series Italia." It has the friggin flag on the plaque! I had to get the ACCESSORIES TO MATCH, um like, DUH!

To anwer the question about the license plate frame, I had it made at autotags4u:

http://www.autotags4u.com/motorcycle-li ... frames.htm

You can have it say whatever you like. As far as fitting the actual plate, I'm not really sure. I thought all state-issued motorcycle license plates were the same size... I still have a temp cuz the post office skrewed me over AGAIN!!! I'll go over to my dad's tomorrow to see if his plate fits in my frame.

Buddy Love is from the Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy. Being one of the first to get a Rattler110 my name was easy... Bucky.

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

Might be a name for someone's scoot.

my scoot has no name. I always refer to it as My Buddy...which then makes me sing those terrible commercials from the 80's.

Aeolus - ruler of the 4 winds in Greek mythology. My sailboat (years past) had the same name and I think it's fitting to give it to my Buddy since I feel I can go anywhere on my scooter!

KRUSTYburger wrote:I realize my scoot is from TAIWAN... But it is "Series Italia." It has the friggin flag on the plaque! I had to get the ACCESSORIES TO MATCH, um like, DUH!

Hey, I like 'em. I told the person who commented on your flickr page to chill out with that stuff. So serious.

I mean, I have Union Jack riding gloves and I'm not British, nor is my scoot... I'm not even a hardcore Anglophile...

Plus, the Taiwanese flag—just not so cool.

This is my first "She" vehicle and decided to go with Skeeter. Corsair was content to refer to his simply as Scooter, so I thought it made a good pairing. (Some may get the Muppet Show reference here).

Yeah, sorry, didn't mean to start a war or anything, I just thought it was sort of funny that we're all actually sort of buying into the facade that they're european scooters. The dude on flickr was a friend of mine that maybe took it a little too seriously, sorry 'bout that.

And the PRC flag is pretty freaking sweet, actually, I need a sticker for my Blur. : )

Chinese separatism is hot right now! Hotter than Europe! Be proud of your Taiwanese scooter!

Bb.

lojical1 wrote:This is my first "She" vehicle and decided to go with Skeeter. Corsair was content to refer to his simply as Scooter, so I thought it made a good pairing. (Some may get the Muppet Show reference here).

You had me at Skeeter, hon!

I have an Italia and I am a huge Nintendo fan. I've played Mario games since 1984, so the name I was destined to give my scoot was obvious for me: Yoshi

Mine's is My Little Pony- and it has that written on the top case, and My Little Pony stickers all over it. It works quite well as a theft detourent. Plus it makes it look friendlier.

In reference to all the single cyclinder bikes of the past..."Thumper"

Wow, just posted on the "best scooter" discussion, but here are my choices.

I just bought an Italia but am going with very American names... allusions. Please help me decide...and I've decided my beautiful Italia is most definitely a she:

1. Hep or Heppy (for BOTH Audrey AND Kate...but mostly Kate)
2. Scout (as in Scout Finch of "To Kill a Mockingbird."). My cat is also named Scout, and I usually call him (named HIM that when I thought HE was a SHE) Scouter, pronounced "scooter," GET IT???

Thanks for your input!

sargelee71 wrote:Wow, just posted on the "best scooter" discussion, but here are my choices.

I just bought an Italia but am going with very American names... allusions. Please help me decide...and I've decided my beautiful Italia is most definitely a she:

1. Hep or Heppy (for BOTH Audrey AND Kate...but mostly Kate)
2. Scout (as in Scout Finch of "To Kill a Mockingbird."). My cat is also named Scout, and I usually call him (named HIM that when I thought HE was a SHE) Scouter, pronounced "scooter," GET IT???

Thanks for your input!

Definitely "SCOUT"...so many relevant uses for a Scooter...

Scout the Scooter...maybe an "SS" decal

Well ... since my Buddy is red, it's my first scooter and I'm a Star Wars fan ... I'm thinking about going with Red Leader.

Orange Guy wrote:Well ... since my Buddy is red, it's my first scooter and I'm a Star Wars fan ... I'm thinking about going with Red Leader.

haha... that's pretty good

Orange Guy wrote:Well ... since my Buddy is red, it's my first scooter and I'm a Star Wars fan ... I'm thinking about going with Red Leader.

And you can join the Jedi Knights Scooter Club !!

Robb

Christy wrote:my scoot has no name. I always refer to it as My Buddy...which then makes me sing those terrible commercials from the 80's.

Everytime I look at the decal that song pops into my head ARGH!

i'd do Red 5 personally.

brimstone wrote:i'd do Red 5 personally.

Cuz you have the hots for Mark Hamill?

Pita1963 wrote:And you can join the Jedi Knights Scooter Club !!

I have no idea what or who they are. Even after nosing around the sites a bit ... still no clue.

Max is the name of my new Blur.

Orange Guy wrote:

brimstone wrote:i'd do Red 5 personally.

Cuz you have the hots for Mark Hamill?

ummm...that's gross.

but who didn't want to be luke skywalker as a kid.

Audre

These things happen of their own accord it seems sometimes.
Flying down the country roads, honking at horses, on a sunny day...."Audre"

I rather the association go to Audre Lordes before Hepburn.

Alix B wrote:Audre

These things happen of their own accord it seems sometimes.
Flying down the country roads, honking at horses, on a sunny day...."Audre"

I rather the association go to Audre Lordes before Hepburn.

Ha! That's great--Audre for Lourde is awesome. A total badass rockin' poet who calls it like she sees it.

Thanks for the suggestion--comment!

"Ted" Theodore Logan

Christy wrote:my scoot has no name. I always refer to it as My Buddy...which then makes me sing those terrible commercials from the 80's.

LMAO
I love this, before I even got my buddy I was singing this song. It's so true though. "my buddy, my buddy where ever it goes..."

hehehe

My Buddy's name is Sunny, named after my sailboat (its a sunfish), and my sailboats name is buddy!

Turd Ferguson

Rudy the Mint Menace

toddrw2251 wrote:"Ted" Theodore Logan

LOL, do you have a friend with a bud named Bill S. Preston Esq.?

I pick my Buddy 125 up on Saturday and I have already decided on "La Poderosa" or "The Mighty One"
Some of you may know that is the name of the Norton 500 Che Guevara rode across Latin America with Alberto Granado in his younger days.
Motorcycle Diaries for some of you.
Sweet sweet marxism.
Gotta love the young Che.

I feel so... unliterary and unwitty. My Sunset 50's name is Daisy.

Judging by the way she treats me, I'd say she's happy with it.

Penelope!!! I've always named my hubby's motorcycles, but I couldn't think of a name for my Buddy...??? He immediately suggested "Penelope", and I loved it!