What does your forum Name mean or represent?

[gravedigger8]

I got "gravedigger8" from a sgt. in the Army because of the equipment i operated, he said "i dug the graves the infantry die in."

[rickardracing]

I was asked this question at maintenance day. Ok, try not to roll your eyes. Rickard is my last name. Racing........when my two boys were younger we were really into rc cars. Not those silly Radio Shack kind, but high end kit type. We competitively raced them for years traveling all over Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. We raced every single weekend. Outdoors was on asphalt road course, indoors was on ozite carpet. We had a blast. Cost ol' dad lots of money. So there you have it rickardracing.

[Dragonslayer]

When I was 16 I was involved in a life changing motorcycle car 150 mph combined impact head on collision. After being extracted from the top of a dogwood tree there was three months in a coma. 1 1/2 years in traction then three years in a wheel chair. During that time the Doctors were telling me to resign myself to spending the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Being depressed over my circumstances my Mom would encourage me by saying " Don't let this Dragon slay you, you be the Dragonslayer"

 

After much intestinal fortitude, physical therapy and determination I did finally climb out of that wheelchair. Living through that experience I learned to understand how any adversity can be overcome when you set your mind to it. Since then I can not think of anything I really wanted I did not achieve.

 

I learned to love to solve problems or slay dragons as I refer to it. My profession as facility manager is very much about solving problems and Dragonslaying

 

I didn't ride for 36 years after that accident but, When I did climb back on and ride again it was on my 86 mk2 Venture Royale. That experience once again changed my life and I became to realize that directly and indirectly, even over the 36 years that I didn't ride motorcycling has defined my life.

 

So the name stuck.

Edited July 3, 2016 by Dragonslayer

[wrnchjox]

back a lot more than 20 years ago i was placed in charge of training the new young mechanics the company hired (seems i had the patience for the job). the group i had trailing me most of the time became known as the wrench jocks,so i just condensed it a little and used it as an email tag and have ever since.

[slowrollwv]

When I got my bike I had not ridden a bike in 18 years so I took it easy and slow for a while to get use to it. Then the wife went for a ride with me and when we stopped there was some gravel and my feet went out from under me and the bike rolled over on the crash bars and we went for a tumble. She gets up and looked at me and said well that was a slow roll and the name stuck.

[sleepy2]

Back in my 20's I used to be only one with a vehicle and I got volunteered to be designated driver everywhere and one day we tried to go to Toronto and

made it halfway there and I dosed off making us drive along the shoulder for 4 miles before I woke and decided to stop in Kitchener Ontario. A couple in the car wanted to wake me but someone stopped them and everything turned out fine and the name stuck.

Phantom Wife (Beverly) got here name from my fellow Ontario friends here because whenever I was supposed to bring her to any event she had an excuse and after the first couple years nobody believed I was married or that she even existed at all.I did show up with her one day but they still didn't believe she was my wife(some guesses were my neighbor or I rented here). But Marcarl showed up at my house with Wizzard765 one day they were ridding around and met her here. Marcarl still joked about it though. So the name stuck so I got Jaybird to pinstripe it on the trunk so all could see.

[ragtop69gs]

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Says it all! [emoji621]

 

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[Venture n Dixie]

Promoting tourism for my home state.

[Guest Jamsie]

Jamsie , from the Deacon Blue song( my fav band ) , " You were a good man Jamsie "

[bluestar99]

My motorcycle is a blue 99 venture yamaha "star".

[Dragonslayer]

My real name is ECK........My father said a bird pooped on a rock and the sun hatched me, and my mother yelled ..... Eeeeeecccccckkkk!

 

Eck,

I mean no disrespect to your name but, I do believe yours is one of the most unusual last names I have ever heard. I was always curious what culture that name comes from and what it means. I mean the real origin not the one your daddy told you.

[Dragonslayer]

Given to me in 1973 by the Prez of a outlaw club because I wouldn't go with the Hardley or nothing. I think they kept me and my Yamaha around because I could keep them Hardleys running.

 

Yammer you never stop amazing me from outlaw motorcycle gang to prison guard to bear bait. No wonder the warden don't want you leaving the house.

[Patmac6075]

patmac is a contraction of my very Irish name...Pat McDonough....6075 was my MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) while in The United States Marine Corps....Cryogenic Technician.

It always seemed like patmac was a username that had been taken and the computer alternatives always had some sort of number added to it....I've always used patmac6075 as a first choice, because it's always available!

[cecdoo]

Eck,

I mean no disrespect to your name but, I do believe yours is one of the most unusual last names I have ever heard. I was always curious what culture that name comes from and what it means. I mean the real origin not the one your daddy told you.

 

If you think thats an unusual Last name, you are really in for a surprise:big-grin-emoticon:

 

Craig

[Dragonslayer]

If you think thats an unusual Last name, you are really in for a surprise:big-grin-emoticon:

 

Craig

You mean that's his first name.

[Dragonslayer]

You mean that's his first name.

 

How did I not know that?

[Kirby]

When I first signed on this site I was "Crazy Frog" because of a video on YouTube which I liked . After awhile it got old so I changed it after about the first year to "Travelin' Man" from a song long ago and the fact that I put 23,000 miles on the RSV the first year. Well, I don't get to travel as much as I used to so a couple of years ago I said to heck with the name chaging. I told myself if Eck can use his own name , so can I. Thank you sir! Now I don't have to change anymore.

[mirider]

Born and lived my entire life in Michigan (mi) and ride every chance I can get.......hence mirider [emoji1303]

[Eck]

ECK is my first name, not my last name. In my 64 years of life, I have met only 3 people with the LAST name being ECK. I have YET to meet anyone or know of anyone else in this world with the first name being ECK.

 

Yes my name is different and I grew up in a life being teased the same as the boy named SUE.

Over the years I have grown to accept my name and I am proud and honored to carry it.

 

How was I named ECK you ask?

Truthfully; My (fathers side) / grandfathers name was Edgar. As he was growing up someone by accident called him ECK. All his friends laughed. Since that day, he lived till his death being called ECK.

When I was born, my Mother and Father named me after my grandfathers nick name............ECK.

 

You can call me ECK or anything you wish for it does NOT bother me whatsoever anymore what I am called. I could care less what anyone calls me, but I do wish to be called a friend to anyone and everyone who knows me and with those I have never met. If you need something, anything, just ask me and I will do whatever I can in my power to help you, however, just like you, I never want to be taken advantage of either.

 

Eck

 

 

[zagger]

I like to spend my time zigging and zagging on the small back roads of Wisconsin.

zagger

[bluestar99]

Hey Cow Puc. How did Tippy get her name?

[Yama Mama]

YAMA MAMA, Let's see, we ride a Yamaha RSV and I am a Mama, who would of thought. But now the real issue here is I should of called my self Highway Peg, because my name is Peggy. Thought of it too late.

Yama Mama

[Freebird]

LOL....Highway Peg....now that is pretty darn cool.

[Yama Mama]

LOL....Highway Peg....now that is pretty darn cool.

 

I know but it is too late, all my towels are monogrammed .

 

Yama Mama

[cowpuc]

Hey Cow Puc. How did Tippy get her name?

 

Long story shortened by a copy/paste from answering that one before Ron:

 

Back in the late 80's I salvaged my first Venture,, an 84 Blonde Royale (whose side covers can be seen on 1st Gen #5 known as "Tweeks" with close to a million miles on em).. Bought it to take my kids cross country touring (was doing a lot of it on Dual Sports and stuff but needed KID time - grabbed an "estate sale special") to get some one on one with em.. Two oldest were already riding, used to camping (deer woods) and loved the outdoors.. Took my time with em around Michigan on the 84,, starting with the two oldest (7 and 8 year old daughters).. They named that great big beautiful blonde girl "Big Girl", which instantly became B G, which soon became BEEG - crazy world raising kids.

Next summer I announced that I was looking for a rider to go out west on a motorcycle trip,, 1st born has always been the timid one, a precious little girl just a little timid,, always liked to let her younger sister "test the waters" before she would bite.. Looked at the 2nd born and teasingly said your too little,, still remember the look on her face

 

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We packed up, headed west, my 8 year old, always the brave one of the bunch,, little crazy like her dad, daughter of mine and I. As we cuddled up in a tent under the stars on the rim of the Grand Canyon we got chatting about biker life.. One of the things we talked about was weird biker names we had heard mentioned along the path.. She was really intriqued by those colorful names she had heard.. We decided we needed biker names and talked about "finding" them before the trip was over...

One of the weird things that always seems to happen to me when I am touring has to do with cows.. I always manage to find and step in cow manurehttp://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/images/smilies/bs.gif when we camp - still happens to this very day!! My daughter always laughed at me shaking the stuff off my tennis shoes.. Our kids were never allowed to swear, even "questionable" words like poop or crap were not allowed as youngsters (think thats bad - they were even forced to call adult neighbors by Mr. or Mrs. - addressing an adult by a first name was a no-no around our home).. My daughter had a "lisp" back than,, it was on more than one occasion that she pointed and yelled "dont step in the cow pucky daddy",, somehow I could never miss all of it... As a result, she figured I had earned the name of Cowpuc and it stuck

 

One of the problems we had while crossing AZ headed toward Needles while on that trip was keeping a hat on her little head... I wasnt about to force her to wear her helmet in that heat (+115) but she had really really fine hair that absolutely had to have a cap of some kind.. We finally managed to figure out that one of my caps on backwards with a couple rubber bands poked thru it and wrapped under her chin worked!! I named her "Cappie" - that stuck too..

Other kids all wanted "biker" names but each understood the "biker code" = they had to "earn" their names,, 3 days of touring or more... Now Tip and I have an "Awawhoo" (1st born - woke up out in North Dakota with her singing to the Morning Doves), "Cappie" who you have met, "P-Dog" - son LOVED looking for and playing with Prairie Dogs out in South Dakota, "TOTR" (pronounced Totter), last born LOVES the Tunnel Of Trees up in Northern Michigan = Tunnel Of Trees Rider and TIP,, that Tippy earned her name after the kids were grown,, she stayed home many many times and watched over three little kids while the 4th one was out chasing around the country with ol Puc... She has been, still is and will forever be my "Treasure In Person"..

 

Many years ago my oldest daughter had a shirt made for me for my Birthday.. I only wear it for very special occasions cause it means a lot to me .. She has taken it and added the shoulder patches as my youngest and Tippy earned their names.. You will notice the name "K-Puck" on the back,, a result of a young girl not wanting anyone to think of her pappa as poop.. Later in life she offered to change it but,, aint no way,,, aint no how.....