Have you named your Segway?

[ddabney]

At the risk of sounding frivolous, I will confess that I name important and much-loved possessions. As I pace the floor waiting for delivery, I'm leaning toward naming the new arrival "Andres", in honor of Andres Segovia.

Have others named their machines? What sorts of names seem to suit the personality of an HT?

[opti6600]

Ginger.

[Jeff Allen]

Banjo

[terryp]

Merlin

[KonaSegway]

Kikaha (Hawaiian for Glide)



Glide with Aloha
http://www.konasegway.com

[god1138]

Ginger.

I also refer to her as "sexy beast" because, well, she is.

When I discuss her with my wife, I refer to her as my "mistress".



My other car is a Segway!

[drucilla]

I'm thinking about calling mine "Junior, son of iBot"

What can I do, as just one person, to make the world a better place?..I can segway...

[GlideMaster]

<center>SeaHorse</center>



<center>The GlideMaster</center>
<center>http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/1267/gif/segway.gif</center>
<center>If You’re Not Graceful In Your Glide, You Must Just Be Out For A Ride. </center>

<center>Glide On</center>

[Private Pile]

Segs - the Wonderboy.

[geekfactory]

WINNER!!

:)

quote:Originally posted by drucilla

I'm thinking about calling mine "Junior, son of iBot"

What can I do, as just one person, to make the world a better place?..I can segway...

[MONTIE]

SAG-A-WAY

[Jon]

Stanley.

[Stan671]

quote:Originally posted by Jon
Stanley
Then, maybe I should call mine, Jon.

Stan Dobrowski

[Detrbear]

Per previous post, calling mine Seymour, because you're 8" taller when you're on it.

Bill

[Murray Fisher]

SegSeg

By Murray, of Walla Walla, (Washington State)

quote:Originally posted by ddabney

At the risk of sounding frivolous, I will confess that I name important and much-loved possessions. As I pace the floor waiting for delivery, I'm leaning toward naming the new arrival "Andres", in honor of Andres Segovia.

Have others named their machines? What sorts of names seem to suit the personality of an HT?


Murray Fisher

[toybuilder]

Trigger. :)

http://www.pasadenasegway.com/images/pictures/trigger2.jpg

http://www.pasadenasegway.com

Do not let yourself be forced into doing anything before you are ready.
— Wilbur Wright

[Nothlit]

Maybe I'm not qualified to answer since I don't actually own a Segway, but hey... ;)

If (when!) I get my HT, I think I'll name it Harvey, after the 6' 3.5" tall invisible bunny of Jimmy Stewart fame. :-)

[Sailor]

I've been flipping between Rebel, Igor, and Nouveau. But I'm going to wait a few more weeks before I decide on the final name.

If that damn Oakland law passes I'm likely going to stick with Rebel.

[Jon]

quote:Originally posted by Stan671

quote:Originally posted by Jon
Stanley
Then, maybe I should call mine, Jon.

Stan Dobrowski


I'd be honored.

[geekfactory]

Gigawatt. (As in 1.21.)

[GarySailor]

Bucko, Well she does buck at times...

[tgwoody]

Seggy1 and Seggy2, the twins

[Breathless]

Why are you all choosing male names? HT is the monogram of what famous beauty?? Thaaats right...Helen of Troy.

[mrleisure]

Nicky and Scratchy

One has a nick, the other some scratches. Makes it easy to tell them apart.

[Sailor]

Not to beat a dead horse... er thread ;) But I found this discussion rather interesting back in the day and wanted to resurrect it.

I finally settled on Nouveau - my segway is just too pretty to be called "igor".

Anyone else name theirs since April 2003[?]

[lwillis]

"Trusty" ;)

Les Willis
Looking for a glide

[Neelix]

Atalanta.

She was a female Argonaut who refused to marry. Finally she was persuaded to marry the man who could beat her in a footrace. I figured that the whole "Swift-Footed Atalanta" thing fit the Segway quite well.

-------------------------
Fear not, for even though I come from the Forbidden City, I surely do not agree with the rules.
Chris Knight

[Segway City]

Ginger, Fred, Barney, Boris, Natasha, George, Elroy, Archie, Veronica, Jughead.

[Sunday]

I'm going to name mine "Chewie." That way, I can hop on and say "Chewie! Get us out of here!." With all the growling the things do when in balance mode, it just seems logical.


Mark

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

[PoloAk]

Orixa (pronounced "or-ee-sha") is the intermediary deity in Afro-Cuban religion. My segway goes between me and the ground and I thought the name was nifty :)

Kelsey

"Half of the world has an IQ of less than average. Think about it. . ."

[Hauptagon]

quote:Originally posted by Sunday

I'm going to name mine "Chewie." That way, I can hop on and say "Chewie! Get us out of here!." With all the growling the things do when in balance mode, it just seems logical.


I like it!

Put me in with the 'Ginger' crowd.

-Justin

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams." -From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[MagiMike]

I call mine Segway Human (I) Transport...
And I try hard to stay away from the initials.
?Who in marketing made that decision?
( wearing trouble maker grin)

Mike in Houston TX.
Happy Thanksgiving
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_5_2.gif

[SegLegs]

Blue

[macgeek]

I was going to call mine "Mini Me" but snoopy has seem to stick. The day I picked it up I was telling everyone I was going to the "Daisy hill segway farm" to get it.

Jonathan


Segway - "Let's Roll"
Centaur - "Lets Roll on all fours"
www.segwaygeek.com

[Snowgod]

Issac, Jules, Walt, Robert, Winnifred, Anna Maria, Hyacinth and Blossom

Live Free and Glide

www.whitemountainjoyrides.com

[PD1]

Aunt Eileen


PD1

[segalicious]

I've named mine "Blubber." Hee hee. Because it's helped me lose some blubber.

[macgeek]

Well, Now That I named a Seg Snoopy, I had to come up with a name for my tricked out, pimped out seg... and that one?

The red baron


;)

Jonathan

[robochick84]

I have dubbed my P, Slate.

[Wallace]

ROVER it is!

[Desert_Seg]

Wallace....you missed an easy one. You should have named it Grommet!

Steven

[X-man]

First one was "Ole Paint" (painted the fenders blue), next one was "gitaround", #3 was "the other one" (had 3 at one time), and the new, solitary i180 is Seymour (l-ion batteries so I get to see more)

[pam]

My boss named mine - Sammy. Sammy Segway. He sits quietly in a corner of my office sucking up juice and is a happy camper.
Pam

[Socrates]

Since I was called Harry Potter by a child, my HT is named "broom".

[orgophile]

Seguilina.

[Tarkus]

180-tarkus

167-flyer

[singman]

"The Equalizer"

You maybe be the person I saw over by 35E and Pennsylvania earlier this week. Maybe we can get together and chat or glide. I live over by Como Park.

[Georgem]

I call my XT "the Brute," but have not yet come up with a suitable title for the P133.

[william collins]

Angelica
From the Comic Strips - Angelica is a naughty little girl and so is my Segway

[SegLegs]

Blue
Betty
Amber
Molly
Fred
Max (an XT of course!)
Lexi

[bystander]

Look at all the names!

At SegwayfesT, we're going to have to put a space on the name tags for "HT's name", as well as "Name" and "Segwaychat nickname".

Or maybe a second nametag (mini license plate?) for the HT with the HT's name, and a space for "glided by" for the rider!

[Sal]

Don't have a name for my 170 or 180, but my 167 is affectionately known as "The Beater."

-Sal

[gbrandwood]

Cedric (Junior)

[Tanner]

The Red Baron

Its not much of a name....

-Tanner

[J.Harvey88]

I think I'd name mine Augustus. Or the Roman Republic period cognomen, Celer, or Celera, meaning quick.

[god1138]

Since I decided upon a red i180, I figured I'd give her a sexy, beautiful name;
Ruby...

[macgeek]

The Red Baron

Its not much of a name....

-Tanner


Tanner is the Red baron the name of Your seg?

Jonathan

[S-Tip]

Roller

(Not too imaginative.)

[polo_pro]

Up to now, my Segway has just been how I commute to work. Hardly a notable task and certainly not worthy of being named. I mean, I've never named any of my cars that got me to and from work....why would I name my Segway?

But as I put the finishing touches on planning this trip down PCH at the end of the month, I'm thinking that my Segway needs a name. I'm asking my Segway to carry me hundreds of miles on this trip and haul a trailer full of over hundred pounds of batteries. Hmmm...I need a name that embodies the qualities of dedication, endurance, persistence and above all RELIABILITY. Also since my Segway is greyish, for some reason a donkey or mule comes to mind (especially since I gotta feed this thing every night, take care of the hooves once a week and take it for a nice long run once a month)!

That's it...I'll name it Eeyore (from Winney the Pooh)! Well, it's either that or "Gus". That's the only other mule/donkey character in popular culture that I could find during a quick search of the internet. If you folks know of other readily recognized mule/donkey characters, I'd love to hear them.

ps - Naming my Segway after a mule/donkey also has one additional benefit. If I end up having problems during the trip (or worse end up having to drag it and the trailer up a really steep hill), then I can start cussing it out as if it were my mule. Can you see it now? "DAMN IT EEYORE, GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND MOVE UP THIS HILL!" 8^) 8^) 8^)

Yup, without a doubt anyone watching something like that will figure I've gone around the bend, eh?

[Red Seg]

I've named my red Segway Jezebel. She is named after the 1938 Bette Davis/Henry Fonda movie in which Davis has the gall to wear a red dress to a New Orleans ball.

[semolina]

Mine is GOB...as in George Oscar Bluth from Arrested Development. I'm thinking about getting my bag embroidered with it...

[polo_pro]

Mine is GOB...as in George Oscar Bluth from Arrested Development. I'm thinking about getting my bag embroidered with it...
Check it out (and be ready to kick yourself in th pants...assuming you had the extra money)!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ARRESTED-DEVELOPMENT-GOBS-SCREEN-USED-SEGWAY-W-COA_W0QQitemZ140041753417QQihZ004QQcategoryZ47351Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[semolina]

Yeah, I was watching that auction on eBay and actually bid on it when it was still low!

[NovaScotian]

My i2 has been named: ROSIE.

After I got my i2 my neighbour calls me George:confused: When I asked why, she said; "You have more gadgets than Heinz has pickles! The Black thing you fly around on looks like something from the Jettsons" She named it Rosie, after the Jettson's robot.:D

Now you know the rest of the storie.;)

[cruiter]

All of our cars have been named so it was natural for the i2 to answer to some kind of call. He (gender male) is "Max" after an old Trooper LS. Could handle my moods and just about anywhere I took him.

Glide on Max !!!My i2 has been named: ROSIE.

After I got my i2 my neighbour calls me George:confused: When I asked why, she said; "You have more gadgets than Heinz has pickles! The Black thing you fly around on looks like something from the Jettsons" She named it Rosie, after the Jettson's robot.:D

Now you know the rest of the storie.;)

[KSagal]

After more than three years, I suppose I could finally name my E-167.

I often speak of the electronic parking stand as "Waiting for me like the lone ranger's horse", so maybe I could name it "Silver" but as a Roy Rogers fan when I was a kid, it would be "trigger".

Many people have seen me glide with both my kids on the platform with me, and since it has so much storage, I have joked about it being a segway station wagon...

I guess I just call it the "E" and the other one is still just the "i2"

[SEGsby]

My white i2's name is "Herbie". I don't know where to put the red and blue stripes or the number 53...

SEGsby

[Timezkware Tim]

Ginger.

On the day my team (NY METS) won the National League East Division for the first time in 18 years, I painted Ginger blue and orange (Mets colors), and made Mets logo hubcaps (see sig).

I often wear Mets gear while gliding. The beach bikepath is my highway.

My friends think I'm crackers. Not for having a Segway, but for being a Mets fan, lol.

Tim

[pam]

HA! We saw Herbie's progenitor at SegFest <G> On the Sunday ride, when we toured the car museum.
Pam


My white i2's name is "Herbie". I don't know where to put the red and blue stripes or the number 53...

SEGsby

[Gihgehls]

I like to call mine "Felicity" now, as a joke. I am a huge fan of the show Futurama, and that is what Zapp Brannigan calls his horse (which is male!) Everytime my segway stickshakes, tirechirps, or gives me excessive speed limiter, I always think of Zapp's voice saying "Careful, you'll spook Felicity!"

[bgreiner]

we have given names of american actresses and actors to our rental fleet:

Goldi, Whoopi, Alain, Marilyn, Grace, Dustin, Clint, Humphrey, Gina, John, Bette, Liz, James, Ronald, Kirk. (all i167,i170 models)

the XT's: dumbo & speedy

my i2 white: no name since nobody else is allowed to ride on MY machine

Names make inventory much easier than numbers and renters have fun in selecting a machine.

cheers

[Florida Ever-Glides]

We named our new gen 2 after the current tribe on Survivor:

'aitu'....I think it translates to: 'i2'

We're all survivors anyway....

[BrianG]

Zappa
(as in Frank)

[Florida Jim]

I don't really call it this much, but the only "pet" name I've given it is "Seggy". Real original, right?

[dalessiokid]

Harry !!! I Love Harry !!!

[BringOnI2]

Kyvago
The kids at the local skate park I often glide past named my Segway for me, because every time they see me they shout "Kyvago? Kyvago?!"

[SEGsby]

That's funny!

SEGsby

Kyvago
The kids at the local skate park I often glide past named my Segway for me, because every time they see me they shout "Kyvago? Kyvago?!"

[Desert_Seg]

Kyvago
The kids at the local skate park I often glide past named my Segway for me, because every time they see me they shout "Kyvago? Kyvago?!"

It's even funnier if you speak Spanish. "Que vago", pronounced erringly close to "Kyvago", means "how lazy". :D

Steven

[IcanGlide]

"Scrat"

Frank

[Jet]

Have others named their machines? What sorts of names seem to suit the personality of an HT?

No. We have never named inanimate objects. I could see us naming a cruising yacht if we owned one which is an accepted practice.

[SEGsby]

My Mom always named her new cars. I guess that's where I get the tradition of naming my vehicals.

I loved the 1964 red Mustang convertible she had.

SEGsby

[Jet]

My Mom always named her new cars. I guess that's where I get the tradition of naming my cars.

I loved the 1964 red Mustang convertible she had.

SEGsby
Not that many cars in my life growing up 8)

[Gail]

Mine is Obi-Wan - last name Kenobi


Gail

[dynk]

Since I just purchased my new i2, I have not come up with a name yet., but will do it soon.:)

I also have a habit of naming my cars my current one is "Mandy"

I just joined Segway Chat and looking forward to reading and responding more also.

[flyoguy]

The red one is called RED
The yellow one is called YELLOW

[polo_pro]

and my e167 is called SILVER! (Titanium was just too long a name...besides all my segways are named after steeds.)

[KSagal]

My e-167 is called my "E".

My other one, the i2, is called "the other one".

[Japple]

I named my X2 "Bumble Bee". Bumbling along waiting for the wings to grow.:D

[quade]

Segway i2, Black . . . I'm thinkin' about "Black Death".

Pretty sure that's going to be misinterpreted by quite a few people though. ;)

[DCTenor1]

: jaw drops :
Um. Yeah, might be misinterpreted... :)

I'm still looking for a name, but until then I have defaulted to Seggie.
It is a "he" though. That happened naturally. After a big crash at mile 85, my coworkers asked the next day how the Segway handled it. I said, "Oh, he's fine."
"It's a he?" they asked.
"I guess he is!"

[quade]

Well, at least one other person that frequents this web site ought to get the joke. "Black Death" has a special meaning to me and should also be shared by that other person. Let's see if he responds!

[Eric Payne]

Since Kamen developed the Seg under the code-name "Ginger," mine is Gilligan. "The Professor" and "The Skipper" just didn't seem to fit.

Eric Payne
Glendale, AZ

[SLong]

How 'bout "the Minnow", "Mr. Howell" or "Lovey"?

[quade]

How 'bout "the Minnow", "Mr. Howell" or "Lovey"?

Ahem . . . "Mary Ann" . . . who I always thought was way hotter than Ginger ever was. :D

[macgeek]

Well, at least one other person that frequents this web site ought to get the joke. "Black Death" has a special meaning to me and should also be shared by that other person. Let's see if he responds!
http://images.quizilla.com/S/Seasonsintheabyss/1046198738_ackdeathgr.jpg


Am I right?

Jonathan

[quade]

Nice find, but nope. Ain't got nothin' to do with cigarettes or the black plague either.

[macgeek]

http://www.bandster.us/rouge-gliders.jpg


Jonathan

[quade]

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we now have the basis for the vinyl decal that's going on my handlebar bag!

BTW, still not the responce I was looking for when it comes to "Black Death", but dude, that graphic idea is just awesome.

[KSagal]

I don't know about 'Black Death' as it does seem on the surface to be a dark image...

I do know that my favorite car of all time was my 1967 Dodge Polara, with the 440 engine, the wood planking on the sides, and the 6 foot plus set of texas long horns along the top of the windshield...

My name for that vehicle was the "beast". I have liscense plates to that regard... I did get a nasty letter from the state of Connecticut that said they do not allow for the sign of the devil on cars... Since the car had a large part from a cow on it, I was surprised at the reference...LOL

[quade]

Dang it Karl! You were the ONE and ONLY person in this whole dang group I thought would get the joke.

I would have thought that anyone (anyone), that had ever made more than a tandem jump (and even a few of them), would be familiar with the term.

The term goes WAAAAYYYYYYY back into at least the 70s and is still in wide-spread use today. Hell, ya can't make a CRW jump without the whole dang plane screaming it at the top of their lungs and that's -with- students on board! It's also frequently used by competition teams as an exit count.

Oh well, I can't tell the story any better than one of my mentors, Pat Works.

Here it is; http://www.afn.org/skydive/culture/bsbd.html

[segtownmst]

My truck is names george and my segway is Lenny. Ala Of Mice and Men.

[KSagal]

Quade,

There are several skydivers on this forum. I was also under the impression that "Black Death" had some roots in southeast asia and the Black Barets and special forces, but that is just my own recollection...

I do not recall that statement being common, and I have gone thru the tandem rating process as well. Deploying the tandem master's droge from the front position was interesting, and part of the tandem master training that I took... (THat might qualify?)

Maybe I am dating myself, as I stopped jumping 7 years ago when my son was born. My skydiving experiance spans the decade before that...

[quade]

There are several skydivers on this forum.

Really? I had no idea. Would love to chat with them!


I was also under the impression that "Black Death" had some roots in southeast asia and the Black Barets and special forces, but that is just my own recollection...

Nah. If somebody ever told you that they were a poser and talkin' out their bung. Pat Works is clearly -the- authority when it comes to stuff like that. He literally wrote the book on RW and was there from the start. Anybody from that time period (maybe just slightly before your time) would be intimately familiar with his work.


I do not recall that statement being common, and I have gone thru the tandem rating process as well. Deploying the tandem master's droge from the front position was interesting, and part of the tandem master training that I took... (THat might qualify?)

Maybe I am dating myself, as I stopped jumping 7 years ago when my son was born. My skydiving experiance spans the decade before that...
Well that's not -too- long ago. Our time in the sky would have overlapped. I bet we know some of the same folks. You being from the East Coast you must have known the folks at Skydive Chicago; Roger Nelson and that crowd.

[Mr_Laurenzano]

Boo Boo. Why?; Because they call me CRASH. If booboo could talk?
have a nice day.
Tony

[gbrandwood]

So that's where all the handlebars have gone. Dang pirates.

[KSagal]

Really? I had no idea. Would love to chat with them!


Nah. If somebody ever told you that they were a poser and talkin' out their bung. Pat Works is clearly -the- authority when it comes to stuff like that. He literally wrote the book on RW and was there from the start. Anybody from that time period (maybe just slightly before your time) would be intimately familiar with his work.


Well that's not -too- long ago. Our time in the sky would have overlapped. I bet we know some of the same folks. You being from the East Coast you must have known the folks at Skydive Chicago; Roger Nelson and that crowd.


LOL My concept of the country is different from yours. Most of the people I know do not consider Chicago as being on the east coast. I would guess it has to do with the 1400 miles or so of land between it and the Atlantic Ocean, or the fact that it is relatively in the middle of the contenent, or calls itself the mid west...

All that being said, I have traveled to the mid west and have jumped in many states, and have jumped at Roger Nelson's place an hour or two west of Chicago. I have also been to the convention in Quincy Ill. a few times... (I believe 92, 93, 94)

Not that it matters, I have also jumped in Europe, (Germany, Itally, Netherlands) and all along the east coast (by that I mean states that are near the Atlantic Ocean) and other places as well. The farthest west that I recall jumping is in Las Vegas.

This is really off topic. I stopped jumping before I bought my first segway, so they do not really overlap. They will in the future...

[Eric VonSlider]

BUT if i every do it will probably be something like "Lifesaver". I can go places and see things that I could never or would never walk. The cool thing is that at least for now, it's friendlier in places than my bike is.


Eric VonSlider

[Kemxt]

At Glide St. Louis Tours we named our segways after the show Gilligan's Island. Since the tour is 3 hours long.
Gilligan
Skipper
Thurston
Lovey
Ginger
Professor
Mary Ann
And since we have 8 segways
S.S. Minnow

[bentbiker]

Until I have a working parking stand for my i2, I've temporarily named mine "Eileen".

[jgbackes]

At Glide St. Louis Tours we named our segways after the show Gilligan's Island. Since the tour is 3 hours long.
Gilligan
Skipper
Thurston
Lovey
Ginger
Professor
Mary Ann
And since we have 8 segways
S.S. Minnow

You could also choose "guest stars" how about "Wrong-way feldmen"

[DCTenor1]

I'm still searching for a name that fits. After last week's tumble, I considered "Bruiser." But that's a bit too Biker Gang for me. I thought about "ZoomZoom," because that's what I do on it, but I decided instead to give that name to the little smiling man in my InfoKey. Right now I'm leaning toward "Steve," just because it is so ordinary as to be funny when applied to this gee-whiz piece of technology. The only problem I have with Steve is that I don't like how it sounds when I say, "I ride Steve for twenty minutes twice a day."

[jgbackes]

I think I like the "horse" names myself... Silver, Trigger, Ol' Paint... That's why I choose Ol' Red for my i180.

[polo_pro]

I'm still searching for a name that fits. After last week's tumble, I considered "Bruiser." But that's a bit too Biker Gang for me. I thought about "ZoomZoom," because that's what I do on it, but I decided instead to give that name to the little smiling man in my InfoKey. Right now I'm leaning toward "Steve," just because it is so ordinary as to be funny when applied to this gee-whiz piece of technology. The only problem I have with Steve is that I don't like how it sounds when I say, "I ride Steve for twenty minutes twice a day."

Stick with horse names...if you're named Steve (or your ride is named Steve) you are destine to play polo. Trust me. In the Bay Area, we're currently at seven Steve's and counting.

Of course, this makes it very amusing moments during the game. "Here Steve...take it" as you swing. Suddenly over half the people on the field look your way.

ps - Wait a minute...DC desperately needs polo players so they can field a team in Sept for Woz World Cup. Go ahead, name your segway Steve...and when he starts veering off towards green fields with other segways on it, you'll know why. He's looking for the pile of polo mallets so you can put one in your hand!

[Sharkie]

There's only one part of Seg polo I haven't figured out. How do you make your Segway drop those little "landmines" behind it?????

Jim

[SLong]

Oddly enough, I rented a horse named Steve once at the Half Moon Bay stables....wierd.
In polo, I agree, but it can work in your favor too. Just yell 'STEVE!!!' and it breaks their concentration for a moment. It has happened to me on occasion.

[Oreste]

I think "i2-D2" is an appropriate name for my Segway.

[stinggray]

"Red Neck" It's an XT

[william collins]

Mine is "ANGELICA" ..named after the bad little girl in the comics..heck I name all my toys Angelica ..there all bad

[SEGsby]

That's brilliant!

SEGsby

Until I have a working parking stand for my i2, I've temporarily named mine "Eileen".