Okay, so it’s mundane & pointless, but I’m bursting with pride for my new possesion and sadly living far away from my regular motorcycling crowd, whose ears I’d normally fill. Please bear with my gushing.
I finally got my hands on the bike of my dreams and am now the extremely proud owner of a brand-new butter-yellow Ducati 748 Biposto. This bike is a BLAST! From its indecent good looks and its raspy sound to its cornering capabilities.
People (and we’re talking otherwise reserved Germans here) approach me in the street to tell me how good it looks, it’s amazing. The sound - throaty bass-notes from the exhaust, rattling clutch (hey, it’s Italian - it’s supposed to sound that way!) and slurping from the air intake - it’s sexy in the most unsubtle way. Sigh!
Right, the challenge is: I’ve yet to come up with a name for her - and I quickly realized that the Dopers would be just the right kind of crazies to help me here.
One ground rule: Gender specific names MUST be female - this bike is definitely of the fairer sex. Oh, and “Belladonna” is taken, it was the name of my old bike, although it would fit the new one quite nicely.
Suggestions, anyone ?
I’ll paint the name on the right exhaust (or have someone with a safer hand paint it for me) and post a photo on the net. Likewise, whoever thinks up the winning name is offered a back seat ride to any destination within a 200 km radius from Hamburg - your legs will cramp long before 200 kms, anyway.
Right, a couple of hours daylight still left and the roads look dry - I’m off.
One very happy S. Norman
