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SteveC#222

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It's all in a name....
« on: July 15, 2016, 05:03:52 PM »
Coming home this evening I saw one of the rarest sights in motorcycling!!....A Herd of Water Buffaloes!! :o.....

....in other words about 10 immaculate Suzuki GT750's - AKA 'The Water Buffalo' or 'The Kettle' - one after another.. I'm sure many of us are old enough to remember those!! ;)

It got me thinking, any other collective names for groups of particular bikes we can think of? ( mercyless Mickey taking actively encouraged!)

I'll start the ball rolling...how about..

A Fester of Plastic Maggots? ( CX500)..off you go...
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manxie

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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2016, 05:13:25 PM »
Ah, the Kettle, never had one but would love one!!

http://rocket-garage.blogspot.com/2016/06/suzuki-gt-750-wasserbuffel.html

I have an MZ ES250/2, I think they named them "iron pig"  or "the TV lamp" due to its lovely headlamp design :(
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2016, 06:41:39 PM »
Ok Steve, You started this ball rolling... Here are some collective nouns / phrases .... and yes, tongue is firmly in cheek  !!
 A "boring normality" of Honda's  ... Enough said ...
 A "mortgage" of Bimota's ...
 An "expedition" of Tenere's ... Just for you Steve ...
 A "museum" of Royal Enfields ... Not missing out Tim ...
 An "asylum" of CCM's ... You really must be mad ... I was once ..!!!
 A "vanity-box" of Harley-Davidson's ... Only if complete with hand-tooled leather tool-roll nailed to front mudguard ( not fender!)
 And finally... A "catwalk" of Ducati's ... along with matching male models, dressed in branded one-piece leather cat-suits !!!
Now gentlemen, remember this mickey taking was encouraged... Regards, Tony
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2016, 08:19:45 AM »
Hee hee, some good ones on that last post Tony. You really need to get more   ;) ;) ;)  I know the common knick name for the CX was plastic maggot but I once heard someone say it reminded him of a squatting frog. Since that day (many moons ago) that's all I can think of whenever I see one or even hear them mentioned
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2016, 08:41:23 AM »
Always fancied a GT750, once saw an amazing one with a tuned engine in a Harris frame
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SteveC#222

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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2016, 09:01:35 AM »
I think you'll find Tony that the collective name for Harleys is either a 'Sterness or Suffering of Harleys'

I mean, when was the last time you saw a Harley rider look happy?....mind you it's hard to tell behind the obligatory shades and beard! ;)
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2016, 08:30:36 AM »
How about a breakdown of Jawas, and a ding of MZ's?  ;D
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2016, 09:55:11 AM »
A "(mid-life) crisis" of adventure bikes?
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2016, 08:41:59 PM »
I would like to add;

A pipe-smoker of BMWs (and no I don't)
A chiropractor of sports bikes
A punk of rat bikes

The only self generated term I know of is that Goldwing owners refer to their rallies as wing-dings.

Ian
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2016, 09:36:04 PM »
a pride of kats,,,,

(actually, thats not mine, the katana club owners club mag is called the pride.)
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SteveC#222

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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2016, 10:09:19 PM »
I was thinking

...a rattle of Cossacks..

.......a haze of MZ's.....

..........a fog of Jawas....

.........a styling* of Scooters ....

(* I can't think of any other hair drier jokes!)
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2016, 10:15:39 PM »
a coop of bantams?
a nightmare of superdreams?
a nursery of cubs?
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2016, 10:18:34 PM »
a 'squeezing' of le-mans?

a 'do yer think' of jotas,,,,,,,,,,, say it.....?

a 'what the' of exups, (but only in yorkshire)


i'll get mi coat......
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Steve Lake

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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2016, 09:41:21 PM »
a thunder of thumpers
a skip of C90's
an armoury of Enfield





Nurse.... bring my tablets please.....
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Re: It's all in a name....
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2016, 09:51:12 PM »
Very good, keep up the good work  :D
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