Modern Vespa

Mine's Marcello. My son's is Sophia

I'm not much for naming things, or referring to boats, cars, or any inanimate object as "she" or "he". But that said, my GT has been a "she" since I first laid eyes on her. I think she does need a name, but I haven't picked one out yet.

She's a Dragon Red GTS 250ie and her name is Holly Golightly....it was love at first sight

My GTS is Eve il Temptress. She's my first scoot, thus Eve, and the rest speaks for itself.

My P200 is Babs. 'cuz that's how she sounds.

The Bmw
The Suzuki
The Honda
Mr. Mopes (the moped)
The Cutdown
The Racebike
The Two Yamahas
The RM370
It looks like only the moped got a name, and it wasn't terribly original. I suppose if I had 9 girlfriends, I would call them all Honey or some other pet name just to avoid confusion. It's hard to get emotionally attached when they aren't around very long. The bikes, that is. I think I'm on to something about my character here.

Gizmo!

The Red Hornet

I recently named my GT200 "Francesca," after Meryl Streep's character in "Bridges of Madison County." I am currently looking for a good artist who can paint a nice moniker on the right rear engine cowling.

Not very imaginative, but I can blame my husband for it:
"Miss Vespa."

very un-original just Scooter

My scooter is called "The Scooter" or the "the Vespa."

My guitar is called "The Guitar."
(Yup, guitarists often name their guitars.)

My Kayak is called "The Kayak."
(I don't know if any paddelers name their little boats, as a rule.)

OK, no points for imagination here but at least I know of which item I am referring to. Also, as I seem to immune to almost any acquisition syndromes, I only have one of each anyway.

On the other hand, both of my daughters have names and I keep getting them wrong. Same with the four cats.
Go figure.

There are a couple of other threads on scooter names. Here's one: What's In A Name

Marsupial....because it's fast!

My BV250 "The Bolt"
My motofino chinese scoot is "Zippy the turtle scooter" I just call it zippy
My vento chinese scoot is called "Antzilla" cos it looks like giant ant.
My husband and I haven't named his Aprilia scarabeo 250 yet.....

My scooter is called "my scooter."

My bicycles are known as "the black bike" (aka "the fixie"), "the silver bike" (which my girlfriend refers to as "your buddy" but I sometimes call "the mutt"), and "the blue bike."

My girlfriend is known as "girlfriend." We generally address each other "Hey, you."

Way back when I owned two Saab stories in a row, the first was Olav and the second was Gustav. They lived short troubled lives. Afterwards my cars were known, one after the other, as "my car." Less trouble, longer lives. QED, no more personification.

gotta have a good Italian name...

Lucia is mine!

I haven't named my Vespa yet, other than "The Vespa". I have only had it for two weeks.

My kayak is RiverYak. My Jeep was JeepYak(I sold it). VespaYak just doesn't work.

Donatello

some very druk boys decided that their favorite thing that was green was ninja turtles, and their favorite ninja turtle was donatello.
so there you have it.

That is a great way to name anyting! I'll have to get drunk and brainstorm on my favorite things that are light blue (Aurora blue)... If I ever have a kid, I'll use the same method, perhaps!

Bella Mezza...or half beautiful. She's not looked the same since I dropped her

GTS= "The new one"

GTR= "The old one".

The guys ast work call mine Flame. The got the name from the song "Cow Patty" It was the name of her moped.

I haven't officially named my GTS, but I'm thinking about Principessa. What do you think? Probably not all that original but it is Italian.

Mine is called peejex or px for the friends

My GT = Grace
My Atlantic = Pavarotti (though it's been referred to as, "the bat bike")

Every vehicle I have ever owned has been called Nellie Belle; in honor of Pat Brady's Jeep from the Roy Roger's TV show. Tempermental, but also loyal!

My best friend and soul brother from Champaign, Illinois, Herman Jones, used to call his disaster of a car, a 1970 Ford Torino with a non-secured front seat Nellie Belle, too. If you floored the damn thing, the driver's seat fell backwards and you lost contact with the road. You wound up looking at the ceiling of the freaking Ford from the back seat. It was hilarious! Every bus driver at MTD in Champaign, Illinois in the mid 70's knew and loved that car! He had a 2 by 4 to prop the seat up! If you made it to your relief, you had good reason to party after your shift was over!

It just kind of stuck with me through the years...

Hi, there. Just got my LX 150 on Sunday. His name is Paolo. All the baby name sites tell me it's the Italian form of Paul and that it means "small" or "little." Seemed appropriate.

This is my first scooter, by the way, and I'm totally in love with it already.

Hey Cookout welcome to the site! I like your username, I enjoy a good cookout.
Congrats on the new LX, it sure is a nice color. Enjoy the ride, and be safe, Beale.

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Isabella! She's a-beautiful!

'great to see the Hohn bridge (I always called it the Meyer bridge or, when I lived there, the bridge to nowhere) great shot.

i call mine 'et4.'



i'll be appearing all week!

Mine is also Isabella, after my favorite Italian woman, Ms. Rossellini.

My scooter's name is Scarlet. The name popped into my head the first time I saw her. I always liked Scarlet and I don't see it used often enough. A classic name for a classic bike, even if it is a modern LX and not a true classic.

After I put some engine mods in her, I'm going to change the name to Scarlet-X. The "X" at the end being in part from Racer X in Speed Racer and from the Lambretta Special X. Some pop/sub culture cross pollination going on in the name.

-Jeff

Hey, give it time. Every "classic" model out there was modern when they were first born.

Ok my partner hated the name Principessa so now I'm thinking Benito.

Mine's is Apollo

Currently, it's Red Shift. I think it's going to be renamed in the near future, but I don't want to give anything away.

It's been Sophia since I bought her, but since the make over I've been thinking of calling it Woodie. What do you folks think?

Awesome looking scooter! I think Woodie is a great choice for a name, Beale.

I kinda like Sophia the Country Sedan for benjimen1's scoot over woodie. Nice work on her (how do you maintain that?). Is there a "Country sedan" logo on each side of her?

My scoot has been Ingrid since I've had her.