BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Over 40 plus years of riding bikes ive often thought it was strange to name an object. Car drivers seem to name their cars, my Dad had a 1960 VW camper called Bertha. It seems all RE Himilan owners name their bikes. I know we all love our RT bikes problem or not. So what do you call yours?

R1250RT - the bike

Shouldn't be Der Motorrad. Seeing it's German

Casbar wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:04 pm R1250RT - the bike

+1

Having 8 bikes in the garage, i can't just say "The Bike".

So they each have there own name. It also helps when having 2 SV650s and 2 Hayabusa.

The RT was so simple to name as its sound like it anyway when you say RT.

So mine is called "Artie"

OK. I named mine "Boris the Blue Bottle". My Himalayan was called "Gerti"

The Bike - the same as all the other bikes I've had over the years

Wallet, Wally, that is short for Bring My Wallet.

EasyRider wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:11 am Having 8 bikes in the garage, i can't just say "The Bike".

So they each have there own name. It also helps when having 2 SV650s and 2 Hayabusa.

The RT was so simple to name as its sound like it anyway when you say RT.

So mine is called "Artie"

I can see your point… the only bike I’ve ever named was the HondaMAC ST1100 which, after the first ride, I christened ‘Benny the Barge’ as it felt like I was trying to steer a narrowboat.
After a while I got used to it, and they can be chucked around very well, but the name stuck!