cracked up!!!!! (picture heavy)

[slipperymongoose]

You must be. I see em fine on the iPhone. Nah we need an australian name for it, and not a drop kick one either need a good one, native words considered too.

[jacob_ns]

Weird, I can see them in Firefox but not in Chrome.

[pave_spectre]

You must be. I see em fine on the iPhone. Nah we need an australian name for it, and not a drop kick one either need a good one, native words considered too.

Taipan

[slipperymongoose]

Hmmmmmmm deadly. I like it but I think we can do better.

[Big Rich]

I hate to sound like a "negative nelly" or "debby downer", but shouldn't a bike be built before it is named?

That being said, Taipan sounds too much like Taiwan (see "cheap build quality") or worse Tampon.

[mister]

Taipan is an Australian snake. Friggin deadly too I can tell you. It means, Big Boss.

Problem with Abo words is they all sound stupid.... whateverpilly, somethingthemattatta, Googeewoodgeedo, etc.

And rich, we aren't naming a bike we're creating a Brand Name, like Suzuki, Honda, etc., but we aren't naming after someone's last name. We are creating a name that sounds good without heaps of marketing to tell people it's good.

Another option is place names. Like the Cortina was named after a place in Italy... a place that denotes fun and stuff. Obviously, names like Gold Coast and Airlie Beach cannot be the name of a vehicle. But most Aussie places are named after British explorers or British towns.

Jabiru aircraft. Don't know how you feel riding a Waratah, or a Tugun, or a Coogee, or a Tumbulgum, or a Tooloom, or a...?

Interestingly, if you see the docco "Twist of The Throttle" it covers how bike brands like Ducati, Bimota, etc., originally started.

Michael

[slipperymongoose]

What about maloo?? Thats a good name. But yeah there isn't too much, I've been trying to get hold of twist of the wrist 1 & 2 but so far no good. And building the bike comes last here gotta nut out the rest of the stuff first. Like wheel types and sizes etc. See I'm crap at naming stuff but when a good one comes along I'll go with that, oh yeah bike is patent pending and copyrighted by myself and mister lol.

[mister]

Twist of the Throttle is a Docco.... twist of tthe Wrist is a "motorcycle how to ride product" - Aussie, I may have a spare copy laying around I'll bring it when next we ride 

I like to take first and last half of words and joining them together to see what you get. Such as...

Hemto - from the above sentence "joining them together to see"
Kefi - I like to take first and last half

Okay, aside from the name... a vtwin 500? Hmmm.... can you think of any current vtwin 500s anywhere?

Michael

[slipperymongoose]

There I go not reading the post properly, I bridged a mental gap without thinking, sweet cheers. As for the v twin 500 no one has it as far as I can tell in my limited knowledge that's why I picked it. Possible selling point I Rekkon, like hummer. 'like nothing else'. Closest I can think of is the hyosung 250, and 650 twins, also the Vtr 250, of course the sv650. Right now off the top of my head I can't think of others. But yeah never heard of a 500 v twin. Hey do we go air cooled or water cooled engine too, that's a biggie.

[Big Rich]

Use the Hyosung 650 engine as a prototype and re sleeve it for smaller pistons......

[slipperymongoose]

Good idea bit gotta run it past mister I'd like a bespoke engine.

[Oracle]

I'm thinkin the the Ryoma Tengu!! A sport vtwin 500 with 70hp or more up. Sub 400 lbs. Adjustable everything.

[slipperymongoose]

Is that a real bike or a suggestion?

[mister]

Is that a real bike or a suggestion?

Tengu: Tengu (天狗?, "heavenly dogs") are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, and literature. They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is practically the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.
Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi.

Ryoma: Beside being a japanese name, Ryoma Echizen (越前 リョーマ Echizen Ryōma?) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga and anime series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi.

The idea being, the brand would be Ryoma (a Japanese sounding bike, thus likely to have high build standards in the minds of the buyer). The model would be the Tengu - spirit of the mountains.

@Aussie: I am thinking the bike would likely need to be a 650 vtwin either from the SV or Hyosung and need to be resleeved down to a 500 - that's about as bespoked as I reckon would be justifiable for someone to buy.

Michael

[slipperymongoose]

Ok so water cooled twin with a Japanese name that sounds tough and reliable. How much is this bike gonna cost new?

[slipperymongoose]

Might need to move this to projects lol. And have a production strategy meeting and planning meeting to but the details out.