I nominate Honda Interceptor
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6678/automotorcycleshondahonxn6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
What a great name, bitten from aviation. It rules.
Any contenders?
Honda Fireblade
Honda Firestorm
Yamaha Thunder Cat
Yamaha Thunder Ace
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Outside of that, Wraith. Unlike bikes such as the "Interceptor" and "Thunder Cat", which do not really have a resemblance to their namesake, the Confederate Wraith looks like the soul-sucking undead beast she's named after...and is.
I do have to say that the Thunder Cat is the one step below the Wraith because everyone knows Thunder Cats kick bitchin ass.
Thunder Cats hoooooooo!!
The 'Wratih' is a seriously f%$king awesome looking bike and definitely matches it's name :thumb: Tomohawk is a good name too but not for the bike it is assigned, i'd go with something like HoLyFuCk!!!!!500 for that :laugh:
Sorry guys, I gotta give this one to Mak.
Wraith has it. :thumb:
What about the Ducati Monster? Too tame of a bike to really be a "monster"? What about the S4Rs? Too pretty?
How about the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV? From what I've heard it made you feel like you were going that fast back in the day, and it did it while snarling and spitting and screaming the whole way.
What about anything with Supermotard in it? It sounds like it's super retarded, which is how it makes you ride... or so I hear. :thumb:
Monster? Eh... Better than most bike names, but Wraith still wins.
Well the S4R Monster is a pretty tame bike in comparison with Japanese, and even some American, equivelents, but it is a better name than most. The 600 may as well have been called the Fluffy, though.
Besides, Monster doesn't suit the bike as well as Wraith suits the Wraith.
for a comparo...
(http://www.bikez.com/pictures/ducati/2005/21570_0_1_2_monster%20s4r_Image%20credits%20-%20Ducati.jpg)
...vs...
(http://www.execupundit.com/uploaded_images/confederate-wraith-motorcycle-799004.gif)
...it's a shame there are no good pics of the Wraith online. Oh, and fans, go check out Confederate's site. The B120 is out.
Yea, GS500 ... yea that rules O0 .
Cool.
Srinath.
the old GSX-R 1100 was nicknamed the "widowmaker". I dunno if that counts though....
Cagiva X Raptor. :thumb:
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Thumbnails%20A/cagiva%20x%20raptor_small.jpg)
Or Maybe the Munch Mammoths?
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Thumbnails/Munch%202000%20%205_small.jpg)
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20%20A/munch%20mammoth.jpg)
C'mon, what about the katana?
(http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/images/jt_katana.jpg) (http://www.suzuki-bikes.com/images/bikes/2006/Suzuki-Katana-600.jpg)
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(http://de.phonerev.com/ip/i/mobile/sanyo_katana.jpg)
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Katana!?!??!?!?!? Great name, POS bike :cookoo: I love the S4RS but compared to the Wraith it's a flaming ball of Tard :icon_razz: :laugh: :laugh: Ummmm don't recall a M600 ever being made 620 and 695 but not 600 :icon_confused:
I'm sorry, you're all wrong...the greatest name ever bestowed a motorcycle was the Black Shadow...
Second to that would be the Bonnieville.
No other motorcycle has set the world on its ear than those two setting world speed records at the Bonnieville salt flats.
And, the 600 Monster was imported for one year.
Anybody remember the Kawasaki 650 Specter?
No no no, the Norton Commando is where it's at.
(http://www.freewebs.com/kartsoneng/DSCN0266small.jpg)
While a GREAT motorcycle, the name lacks that dark, forboding and sinister theme.
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on April 25, 2007, 08:23:48 AM
No no no, the Norton Commando is where it's at.
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Right and when you're calling someone from the middle of nowehere, it sounds very much like Not run, come and tow O0
Cool.
Srinath.
While all those bikes may be cool and have cool names... Wraith still has a cooler name.
Sorry... :dunno_white:
Cursed as I am with 40+ years of riding experience and memory, I should point out that the name "Interceptor" was used as late as the '60s on "Royal Enfield" motorcycles. You want an off the wall name, grasshopper?.......tell people that you ride a "Thruxton Velocette" Say wot? Or a Matchless P-11. An obscure '60s sport bike......a "Metralla"
Super Hawk 996 is the coolest name ever. Witness. . .
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/jaked1166/jardine-4.jpg)
Either that or Black Shadow. Or Brutale.
+2 on Commando and especially, Thruxton. Also props to any company named Triumph. British names are just plain cool, thats it.
I think hayabusa is pretty cool. Definitely not the coolest, though...hahaha
I know it's not the technical name, but the Yamaha RD's were known as "monster killers" because of their supposed ability to smoke the larger kawi's and honda's of the day. Someday I will own a wicked cafe'd out RD350. Right now I have sitting in the garage the YCS1 180. The YC series was the predecessor to the RD series of bikes. tons of fun.
I'm also partial to the Suzuki T500's which were called the "The Titan". Mainly because the name reminds me of an awesome Nebula song called 'Sonic Titan'. Ask Jughead more about the T500's.
I'm also with Scratch and others that the Vincent Black Shadow has to be one of the coolest named bikes ever.
Oh, and not that it's a nickname, but I've always like Bultaco's just for the name.
Jake
boulevard c50 ;)
Quote from: jake42 on April 25, 2007, 06:40:50 PM
I know it's not the technical name, but the Yamaha RD's were known as "monster killers" because of their supposed ability to smoke the larger kawi's and honda's of the day. Someday I will own a wicked cafe'd out RD350. Right now I have sitting in the garage the YCS1 180. The YC series was the predecessor to the RD series of bikes. tons of fun.
I'm also partial to the Suzuki T500's which were called the "The Titan". Mainly because the name reminds me of an awesome Nebula song called 'Sonic Titan'. Ask Jughead more about the T500's.
I'm also with Scratch and others that the Vincent Black Shadow has to be one of the coolest named bikes ever.
Oh, and not that it's a nickname, but I've always like Bultaco's just for the name.
Jake
Or the Coolest of the Cool the 68 Cobra. :thumb:
(http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1968/1968_T500_450.jpg)
The Cobra was King of the Hill until 1969 when the Kawasaki Mach III Came out.
Don't forget the Manx
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/NortonManx%2CBj.1954.jpg/800px-NortonManx%2CBj.1954.jpg)
That Manx is a sweet looking bike :thumb: :thumb:
Manx and the new Triumph Thruxton look very similar. Speaking of the Thruxton, since I've been having electrical issues with the GS and have been getting frustrated, the wife and I were looking at different bikes. She loves the Thruxton and even suggested I go to the bank and see if I can swing the financing. She is the coolest.
Jake
i'm partial to the triumph blackbirds when it comes to old bikes...
(http://home.ama-cycle.org/membersonly/museum/images/b65/classic_600.jpg)
my dad's friend has one. i think it's his passion for them that influenced my preference, the way he talks about it. The admiration and love for a machine that, if he walks up to it and there ISN'T an oil spot under it, he knows something's wrong.
No love for the ol Fazer??? Very star trek sounding, kinda ghey bike
Quote from: jake42 on April 25, 2007, 06:40:50 PM
Oh, and not that it's a nickname, but I've always like Bultaco's just for the name.
Jake
Ah yes, Bultaco.......the Metralla, the Alpine, the Matador, the Sherpa......all excellent tools for the job they were designed for.
Other cool names, Norton Manx +1, Norton Commando +!,
Norton Atlas, Triumph Trophy, BSA Spitfire, BSA Lightning, BSA Thunderbolt (all WWII fighter names), BSA Gold Star,
BSA Victor,.......Brit bike names, IMO, just
sound and roll off the tongue the best.
+1 Vincent Black Shadow