I noice when some riders refer to their bikes they refer to it as "her" even if a fat boy or road king.

"yeah, my new fat boy sounds goodI just put some new pipes on her"

"My Road King, she was acting up a bit"

wtf?

 

She's my b****!

 

Its the other love interest thing... much like a skanky fishing boat or hot rod/car/truck/boat/scoot...

Its your mistress, so to speak ... spend all yer money on her, take her everywhere with you, tell her ya love her (when its runnin good) and call her names when its not.

SB

 

My bike "Reveille" is androgynous.[8D]

 

It's an "IT"
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my motorcycle is the term of endearment I use .

 

my bikes are machines. Far as I know, machines don't have gender.

 

Mine is an it, as nice as "it" is.

 

Since I've been riding,......about 25 years,.....I'd always heard bikes with a square headlight were males,.....round headlights were females. Don't know why.

 

I go by the Nautical standard. The bike is a she, her name is Miss Hiss because of the snake theme. I say nautical standard because most pieces of machinery around ships, including the ship are refered to as "her". Like "She's a good ship", "She's sea worthy" or the "Ol' gray lady".

The female reference to ships comes from the old sailing days when ships were wood with dozens of black powder cannons. A sailor said something to the effect of ships of war are like ladies, it takes a lot of money to keep them in powder and paint (refering to make up), hence why vessels are called "she" or "her".

From that, I guess it just stuck with me.