Car/bike Names what are the best? worst?

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 27 Jan 2018, 12:07 Can't let the thread dribble away into obscurity without one of these

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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

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

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Now hands up those of you who couldn't resist singing that :lol:
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bobins wrote: 13 Jun 2018, 13:23 Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

:-D

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


As I did when I saw them together :-D 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?
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 Jun 2018, 13:29 Go on, just for fun are there any other cars/bikes in Bohemian Rhapsody?
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Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Renault Clio, Renault Clio,
Renault clio, Renault Clio,
Renault Clio, Figaro - magnifico



Or perhaps....

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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

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Stood next to a couple of Leopards and a Panther today
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Not in the premier league of motorcycle best names, like the Velocette Venom, BSA Thunderbolt etc but not bad.

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Then there was the Douglas Dragonfly the last Douglas. I think, made in Bristol.
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One of my first cars was a Hillman Avenger nicknamed Blue Thunder until I painted it MF red
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doctle wrote: 08 Jun 2019, 09:47 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 :-D

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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! :-D

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.

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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.
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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:

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