Car/bike Names what are the best? worst?

[Stickyfinger]

Can't let the thread dribble away into obscurity without one of these

Spoiler: show

Regards neil

Don't tell them Pike !

[NewcastleFalcon]

Slightly amended the title just because BSA came up with some terrific names for their machines.

..and today hit the jackpot

A Thunderbolt and a Lightning standing next to each other outside the co-op!

No camera to record the event

Regards Neil

[bobins]

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico



Now hands up those of you who couldn't resist singing that

[NewcastleFalcon]

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico



Now hands up those of you who couldn't resist singing that

As I did when I saw them together Just imagine if they had been standing next to a Nissan Figaro...er...which co-incidentally I spotted outside Marks and Spencer!

Go on, just for fun are there any other cars/bikes in Bohemian Rhapsody?
Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Go on, just for fun are there any other cars/bikes in Bohemian Rhapsody?
Regards Neil

No espace from reality


Renault Espace rear 20080930 [Attribution], by Rudolf Stricker, from Wikimedia Commons

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

There's bound to be more!

Regards Neil

[bobins]

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Renault Clio, Renault Clio,
Renault clio, Renault Clio,
Renault Clio, Figaro - magnifico



Or perhaps....

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, Aygo
A little high, little low

Toyota Aygo - Toyota.co.uk, fair use

[bobins]

I see a little silhouetto of Megane
Shake that ass, shake that ass, will you drive a Renault Twingo
Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening, me
Renault Clio, Renault Clio,
Renault clio, Renault Clio,
Renault Clio, Figaro - magnifico

[NewcastleFalcon]

Stood next to a couple of Leopards and a Panther today

nf own work

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Not in the premier league of motorcycle best names, like the Velocette Venom, BSA Thunderbolt etc but not bad.

The Royal Enfield Constellation featured recently on "Bangers and Cash" on UKTV.

screenshot

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Then there was the Douglas Dragonfly the last Douglas. I think, made in Bristol.

[doctle]

One of my first cars was a Hillman Avenger nicknamed Blue Thunder until I painted it MF red

[NewcastleFalcon]

One of my first cars was a Hillman Avenger nicknamed Blue Thunder until I painted it MF red

Now if you add "Tiger" to Hillman Avenger you get this fearsome beast



Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Douglas Dragonfly Gibbo......not that successful a machine, maybe suggests wafting around the countryside in a leisurely manner while the spirit of the age was moving towards hurling from cafe to cafe at the greatest possible speed. Maybe the Douglas Dominator or some other less placid name might have sold more!

Its tag line according to wiki to stress its riding comfort was "equal to a car's" which if that is the feature you are going for the "Dragonfly" name maybe conjures up that sort of feeling.


Douglas Dragonfly 664
Terry Whalebone [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Avenger has also appeared in the "Limited Edition" thread with its "sunshine" and "top hat" offerings.

I did manage to photograph a "Tiger" first hand, made a little more special by being in an "upstairs" showroom.
Its next to another rootes-group offering. Now if that was A Sunbeam Stilletto which it probably isn't that would be a more than worthy entry to the FCF selection of best car/bike names. Can't beat a bit of aliteration.

nf own work

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I remember owning a Messerschmitt KR200 and being chased down the A41 from Aylesbury to Tring by a Triumph Spitfire!
I lost!!
However it reminds me of the first aggresive motoring Tiger on the road: