Modern Vespa

When I got my first scooter, an LX 50, my friends joked about getting a Hog, which it wasn't, so I named it Piglet. I have since replaced Piglet with a PX 150 which is why I have been checking out the NSM side lately. Gotta say, there is a lot of useful information on here!

I like

I sometimes refer to my bike as "pig".

"the pig runs good"

"I need to get some oil for the pig"

you get the idea

"squeal like a pig"

My last name is Killough, which no one can pronounce. Spelled Killo, it's easy. Or for those in Louisiana - Killeaux.

mine came from an old joke I had with my friends - during the early days of online computer gaming some people had really long user names before character limits got tighter across the board. My username-in-humor was going to be "Xantu the small but nefarious South American treefrog". Which was, of course, too long for any online service, so we abbreviated it.

Ya gotta admit they kinda look like a pig from the front..........wide with a short snout.

I should start by introducing myself as I'm relatively new to the vintage bike scene. I bought a new GTS 250 in '06 and, while not a regular contributor to the modern board, have been a fairly consistent lurker. After attending our club rally this year in the mountains, and being dosed with 2T scent for three days, I took the plunge and purchased a stock 76 Serveta Jet 200 which had been imported locally when new. It is a fairly standard mustard. So, where did redbike come from?

My first pedal bike as a child was red, and while I had many other such bikes over the years of differing colors, red has always been my go-to shade, if given the chance. I've had three red scoots/motorcycles since. Hence, redbike.

I used to teach people to fly airplanes. My title was "certified Flight Instructor". Or "CFI" for short. Then since that name is always taken I settled on "sea F eye"....

Merry Christmas.

Name's Bob. My Spanish wife calls me Bobo ("idiot" in spanish).

Love it. Wives can be so cruel

I got "Shaggy" many years ago cos when my side burns grow i've been told that i look like Shaggy off of Scooby-Doo.

Sideburns FTW!

Kamesya Japan is were I was living when I jot my first Vespa, the Kameseya name was taken on ebay so I fixed it with the spelling Kamaseya. I've been using it ever sense.

Cancer survivor and long boarder and snow boarder. A soul soul surfer does this for the zen of it and does not care what anyone else thinks as Zumajoe can attest. I wanted SoulSurfer but it was taken.

Just my first name.

well...

i once went to the bakkery to get a loaf of bread, while i was there i was thinking i needed more bread but they can't be fitted under my pet carrier.
so i scooted back home and get the cager, when i stopped at the traffic light someone drove into my rear bumper and i tought i had a wiplash.

so we went to the hospital te get it checked out, after some testing a nurse came in.
i happend to know her from school, we started talking and she was telling me how her dad(old friend of my dad) got sick and died etc.
then the doctor came in and looked at the Xrays and he said my neck is fine and i just needed some pain killers.

after that we went to the police station and fill in our papers.
after that we went to search for something to eat, we went to the mcD's and then i realised i still needed some bread so i hurried to get a few loafs at the bakkery.



wel this story has actually nothing to do with how i got my nickname but i got my nickname from the cars/scooters i ride, i drive with "sleepers", cars and scooters where nobody at the red lights suspects i can get away THAT fast

ps : yes i'm a clown, i like laughing an telling BS stories to get the WTF reactions

You got me sleeper.. about 1/2 way I was like WTF? Buaahahaa... I like your style!

i know, everybody likes me, except everybody that does'nt...

i can tell you a story about that if you want...

I live in Boca Raton. Raton is Spanish for Rat (Boca Raton = mouth of the rat). One of my favorite rides is my 67 GT rat. It's not one of those "oh let's matte black it and make it look like a rat bike" It's a beat up, paint peeling, dented, up scooter that Bocette said "you bought THAT piece of crap?" that has been heavily modified and is now a street racer.



I am the Rat Man...Goo Goo Cachoo!

I was born with mine.

ScooterRaton,
That might just be the coolest fender crest ever dude! Longboards as in surfboards or skateboards?
Longboarding Ohio Style

Yeah, I'm liking that flying Raton
too!

i've just registered here, so hello everyone

my name LIBERIDE, it's came from LIBERATE + RIDE

Hi Liberide,
..and welcome to the forum!

Started off as my aunts email address and i just liked the sound of it so after her death i took it as my own. The other i have been known to use in different places is Dirty Den. Ex sister in law started that one we lived n the same street and I was Dirty Den from down the glen and brother in law was Filthy Phil from up the hill.

As for wives being cruel Bobo I named the ex wife Atilla the Mum!

Got to love names

Fabio is my first name, 09 my wife's birthday, 22 my birthday
And just out of curiosity WTF with people posting in other languages

Solo inglese per favore

ehh.. he was misplace the post and arent to good explaining mechanical stuff in english, so i am sorry for that mate

Take it easy mate.

You are right mate, a little bit on the rude side. My apology to all
Fabio

mine is a combination of my dad myself my grandfather and sons name

rogger+rogger+david+david= roggerdavid²

It was my username starting with Prodigy back in 1988 or so

JimH......Jim Hamilton.

I always wanted to be Jim. When I lived is Scotland folk would call me Jimmy. My family called me James.

I came to america and changed my identity

Cheers

Nothing special- my name
arpark= Aric Parker

I'm a longboarder/snowboarder geezer and a cancer survivor. The soul surfer surfs for the "zen" of it and really doesn't give a shit of other people's opinions of them being too "old".

The movie inspired me for that handle. My Corvette license plate also reads SOULSRFR so if you ever see a yellow Vette with that plate, wave and say hi.

Sound like a cool "old" dude to me SoulSurfer. What year of Corvette?

im a soulless ginger and i ride a gts

AKA Jason Statham.

Bye, Jason.

(Your offense was not insulting me, but registering a sock puppet account to do so).

Sara, because Sara Alexandra Dominique is tooooo long

Using your real name is old school. I like it. The user tag or handle nicknames are some kind of weird hold over from the myspace people I think.