If you name your motorcycle, what is that name?
Hmm! What a soulless bunch we may seem. Not naming a motorcycle because it’s a machine. Wow!
I have a different philosophy. All my bike are a collaboration of peoples effort. A little bit of everyone who has worked or owned my bikes has in one form or another left a little or themselves in or on the bike.
My 1980 3CL, calls herself Beatrix. I did not name her. She told me. We were on our relocation run. I’d only just taken ownership over her, having ridden her the great distance from Sussex to Kent, I’d fallen ill. Ten days later, we left for Bremerhaven. Riding through the Netherlands, she told me she was Beatrix.
Was it subliminal, the old queen was Beatrix. Anyway, I looked it up that evening, Beatrix.
Meaning:
Dispatched to Spain where she was, treated brutally, but thankfully, given a new lease of life by, allegedly, Grant Duguid, well, whoever restored her did a good job. She was Blessed.
She was shipped to the UK where she spent many years in a private collection, near unused and then a smaller collection with slight use. Until I was able to take over.
Within two weeks we had crossed a little of France, Belgium and the Netherlands and on into Germany. Since that first summer, we have crossed into France again and visited Italy and back to Germany again. ‘She’ brings me joy.
We will do more before we return to Spain once this posting is over.
I’m think Beatrix is fitting. She knows what I want to do with her.
Travel.
Others in the garage; Slug, The Little Red Dragon, Her Awesomeship, Grace, Little Beast, Lurch and The Princess.
Hmm! What a soulless bunch we may seem. Not naming a motorcycle because it’s a machine. Wow!
I have a different philosophy. All my bike are a collaboration of peoples effort. A little bit of everyone who has worked or owned my bikes has in one form or another left a little or themselves in or on the bike.
My 1980 3CL, calls herself Beatrix. I did not name her. She told me. We were on our relocation run. I’d only just taken ownership over her, having ridden her the great distance from Sussex to Kent, I’d fallen ill. Ten days later, we left for Bremerhaven. Riding through the Netherlands, she told me she was Beatrix.
Was it subliminal, the old queen was Beatrix. Anyway, I looked it up that evening, Beatrix.
Meaning:
- Voyager, Traveler: The primary meaning is derived from the Latin word "viatrix," meaning female voyager or traveller. This meaning is also associated with the Latin word "viator," which means traveller.
- Blessed: The name's spelling has also been influenced by the Latin word "beatus," meaning blessed.
- Bringer of joy: The name is also linked to the idea of bringing joy or happiness.
Dispatched to Spain where she was, treated brutally, but thankfully, given a new lease of life by, allegedly, Grant Duguid, well, whoever restored her did a good job. She was Blessed.
She was shipped to the UK where she spent many years in a private collection, near unused and then a smaller collection with slight use. Until I was able to take over.
Within two weeks we had crossed a little of France, Belgium and the Netherlands and on into Germany. Since that first summer, we have crossed into France again and visited Italy and back to Germany again. ‘She’ brings me joy.
We will do more before we return to Spain once this posting is over.
I’m think Beatrix is fitting. She knows what I want to do with her.
Travel.
Others in the garage; Slug, The Little Red Dragon, Her Awesomeship, Grace, Little Beast, Lurch and The Princess.
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