Why do we call you that?! What does your username mean?

BigArn · 03-25-2008, 1:31 PM

Need to go on a diet.
My middle name is Arnold, so I've been called Arn for some time now.
Put them both together and you get BigArn.

blackbirdjoc · 03-30-2008, 3:39 PM

i ride a blackbird and my nickname is joc

tuareg · 04-01-2008, 12:17 PM

Tuareg (nomads native to African deserts): I grew up in several different countries and have been fortunate enough to have ridden motorcycles in parts of Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America! Hence the name.

Domn8or · 04-01-2008, 3:23 PM

Domn8or cause it is a cool name and can mean many things.

I also am always the leader of Bike, sled rides.

Seems like few have been able to keep up also...

scooter02 · 04-04-2008, 8:13 PM

Well after getting T-BONED on my 05 ST1300 in Oct. 07 by a car I had 2 fractured bones in by left foot and one in my left leg and couldnt walk very well. So at work I just scooted around on my desk chair and everyone called me sooter so it stuck and the 02 is the year of my CBRXX.

XXDAD · 04-06-2008, 1:39 AM

I am a dad and I want my children to drive birds.....all five of them!!!

PiAnt · 04-10-2008, 11:24 AM

พี่ (read Pee) means older (brother or sister) and Ant has always been my nickname (Anthony).

4mrVtwinGuy · 04-17-2008, 11:59 AM

I've been Vtwin_Guy on the web for a while because I had a 1500 Vulcan and then a Harley Fatboy but last year I sold it and I dont think I want another cruiser. Hence the new name former VtwinGuy.

Jambo · 04-20-2008, 9:39 AM

JAMBO - I was given the nickname of Jambo the gorrilla by my mates at the Gym and it stuck, sometimes I am refferred to as the SILVERBACK

Rage35 · 04-20-2008, 10:03 AM

My friend gave me the name Roy Rage (Roid Rage) because I can bench press 350 lbs. "Rage" stuck and 35 is from my high school baseball number.

Jambo · 04-20-2008, 1:39 PM

Hi Rage35, I am travelling to Vegas from the UK to watch the Mr. Olympia BodyBuilding contest in September, I wanted to go for a few years and because I am not competing this year myself, I decided I would comer over and watch the show. Thats part of the reason I bought a XX as my first bike as everything else felt too small. Are you still working out?

Rage35 · 04-20-2008, 5:45 PM

Hey Jambo, I still lift, but not like I use to. I still workout heavy but need more recoop time.

chalky · 04-27-2008, 4:26 AM

Broke my arm playing soccer last year and the kids at school started calling me chalky bones which was shortened to chalky.
I am also a teacher who were refered to as ckalkies in my younger days, so it works both ways

BUNKMUFFIN · 04-28-2008, 6:47 PM

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Originally Posted by slinger5150

Last name is Huntzinger. friends used to call me Slinger. 5150= police code for an insane person. Gotta be somewhat insane to ride these bikes, so Slinger5150.

Police code in my part of the world for insane person is "M I" Mentally Ill or to be very kind "EDP" Emotionally disturbed Person.
I just say they are F%*&@!g nuts.
Toronto

Sandsquidxx · 04-28-2008, 9:09 PM

US Navy sailors are called squids by the other services. Our unit got sent to northern Iraq to releave an Army Unit, since there was no water out in the desert they just started calling us Sandsquids

Bornagain · 05-01-2008, 9:52 AM

I was away from bikes for close on 40 years and decided I was going to ride again and was told I was a 'bornagain biker'.

Bannord · 05-12-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Aurora

Aurora

This is because I fly for a living. Spent a bunch of time above 50,000 feet above sea level. The Autobahn, I mean Nevada is a great place to ride with Area 51 and all.

As such I was hoping Honda would come out with a replacement for the Blackbird. Since Honda used the SR-71's name for their fastest bike the CBR1100XX, I was hoping the replacement would be called the CBR1600XX Aurora.

I guess Honda couldn't perfect the plasma gas generator to cut down on parasitic drag. We will have to wait one more year for Honda to release the 400 mph (restricted to 185 mph) Aurora.

Do you fly the Aurora?

My name is urBAN NORDling...

JExpress · 05-19-2008, 1:11 AM

J is my initial and Express was added by some mates in reference to the various adventures I had with the ladies on a large trekking tour around Europe several years ago...all aboard!

DragonXX · 05-19-2008, 2:44 AM

I was born in the year of the Dragon (1964) and my name literally translates into "Born of the Dragon"

StarvinMarvyn · 05-19-2008, 8:20 AM

My name's Marvyn... A while back one of my friends called me Starvin Marvyn and it has stuck ever since.

There is a reason for the "Starvin" part, but there are very few who know, excl. GF, so don't want to go into that. Nothing to do with food BTW

SR71 · 05-19-2008, 8:39 AM

The name says it all.

canuck · 05-19-2008, 8:34 PM

I am Canadian. Have no idea where we Canadians got the name Canuck, but I thought I would use it.

Para045 · 05-19-2008, 8:44 PM

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Originally Posted by canuck

I am Canadian. Have no idea where we Canadians got the name Canuck, but I thought I would use it.

A couple of idea's when you Google it

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The earliest recorded use of the term Canuck, sometimes spelled Kanuk, was in 1835. Similar terms such as Cannakers or Canukers were in use in the 1840s. The term was first used in lumber camps in Maine to refer to French Canadian loggers working in the Maine woods. It was used to distinguish them from other Canadians. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1970) suggests it was "possibly a corruption of Connaught, a name originally applied by the French Canadians to the Irish immigrants." This seems unlikely.
The usage had spread by 1850 to mean all Canadians, sometimes used as a derogatory term. Canadians generally use it with pride or light-heartedly. "Johnny Canuck" is a personification of Canada, dating from 1902, just as "Uncle Sam" personifies the U.S. There is at least one hockey team calling itself the Canucks.
The term "kanakas" meaning Hawaiian islanders is probably not related, although some authorities suggest there might be a relation. There is also the term cañada (note the tilde over the n), a Spanish word meaning a glen or small dale between two mountains, presumably also not related.

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Many moons ago , in Canada's formative years when fur trading was all the rage,the fur trading companies searched for any bodythey could hire who weild a beaver trap. In the far west of Canada at the time,there wernt a lot of crowds. There wwere several Hawaiin Islanders who came to the western shoresin search of, well , we dont know what-- but it sure as hell wasnt'' nicer weather'' . They worked out just fine. The Hawaiian word for ''Hawaiin person'' is ''. ,KANAKA'' Also, a ''KANAKAHANA'' is a worker. Still more''KANAKA'E'' is a foreigner. There is also a creek in Maple Ridge, a suburb of Vancouver, Not sure how that came about .Anyway, soon the word KANAKA was used to describe these workers. Or in another version of history, all the people already living here were deemed by them to be ''Kanaka's '', as in ''foreigners''.
As with all word it soon become shortened and obliterated and KANAKA eventually became'' Canuck'' , probably because some idiot who worked for the CBC said it wrong once (kidding).
So there you have it fellow Kanakas. Aloha.
Man I gotta leasrn how to paste. Anyways that is the story.

canuck · 05-19-2008, 10:51 PM

Thanks for the info Para, you went to a lot of work.

The one thing I can agree with for sure is no Haiwaien ever came to Canada for better weather!!

Para045 · 05-20-2008, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by canuck

Thanks for the info Para, you went to a lot of work.

The one thing I can agree with for sure is no Haiwaien ever came to Canada for better weather!!

Yeah I can imagine them freezing their "coconuts" off in winter

TR1Hemi · 05-20-2008, 7:13 AM

Well lets see, my initials are T.R. I had a boss that used to call me TR1. Then when I got my Hemi Ram, I joined HemiTruckClub.com where I am the Electrical and Wiring consultant, and came up with TR1Hemi, think I might change my handle in here to TR1XX. I just got my 9000 mile 2002 XX 2 days ago.