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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:57 AM
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Ok, Kind of a dumb question here, but I'm stuck and this is where I always turn for help with my bike. For those who don't know, I am currently having my Rocker-C turned into a fully custom chopper. I was thinking I'd like to name the bike and have it stiched into the seat. I was really wanting to go with Athena (Goddess of Warfare) since the customization is a present to myself for my current deployment in Afghanistan. The problem is that Big Bear has a bike already named Athena and I figured it might come off as a ripoff or something. The only other one I saw fitting was Ares (God of War), but obviously that's a male name. I think it's pretty typical for a guy to name his bike after a female. At least I've always referred to my cars and bikes as "she" So, should I go with Athena and say **** it that Big Bear has it, go with Ares, or maybe there's a better one someone can come up with? I appreciate the input.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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Delilah. Just don't cut your hair...
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:18 AM
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Delilah. Just don't cut your hair...
I don't think the military would like that too much.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:19 AM
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Another one I saw was Alala, Spirit of the war cry
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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Thanks for your service...!!! I think you should go with "The Great Satan" because thats what they call americans over there. Possibly write it on the seat in Arabic.

Be safe...!!!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:38 AM
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Odin, associated with wisdom, war, battle and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Port City Hog
Thanks for your service...!!! I think you should go with "The Great Satan" because thats what they call americans over there. Possibly write it on the seat in Arabic.

Be safe...!!!
Haha good idea, or Infidel. The language here is actually Dari and Pastun, close enough though. I'm sure it'd look cool but I'd probably go with something I can actually pronounce
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:51 AM
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The best names are the ones that they get naturally. My cars always get names, but they earn them one way or another (years ago, my employees christened an old rusty Datsun pickup truck of mine "old herpes" because they said there was no cure for it).

I just finished my first HD project and a co-worker asked me if it had a name yet. Sadly, I had to tell him it was too early. That very night, I went on this forum and someone had responded to a post saying it looked "****".

Now it has a name. If the weather holds, it looks like I'll be taking **** out for a ride this weekend.

Ride yours around for a while and I'm sure its name will come in due time. Good luck!
 
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Originally Posted by ofishbein
The best names are the ones that they get naturally. My cars always get names, but they earn them one way or another (years ago, my employees christened an old rusty Datsun pickup truck of mine "old herpes" because they said there was no cure for it).

I just finished my first HD project and a co-worker asked me if it had a name yet. Sadly, I had to tell him it was too early. That very night, I went on this forum and someone had responded to a post saying it looked "****".

Now it has a name. If the weather holds, it looks like I'll be taking **** out for a ride this weekend.

Ride yours around for a while and I'm sure its name will come in due time. Good luck!
Yeah, I've had the bike 3yrs in April. Just never came up with a name for it but since I'm having all this work done I figured it'd be a good time to do it.
 
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