Comments on: The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 15

By: bettina

bettina — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:18:58 +0000

I want to know too who comes up with all these names, some of the names are really fascinating. I like the Honda Wave.

By: Anil

Anil — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:48:10 +0000

I like Patience and Wrong-Way for car names. I had a few of mine that I wrong but deleted here. They weren’t as clever as those!

By: Mark H

Mark H — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:37:09 +0000

In Asia and Africa in particular, motor bikes seem to be like small cars in their capacity to carry entire families, small farmyards of animals or large items. Yet everyone sees it as perfectly normal. I do like your list of marketing words that make them sound so inspiring to ride.

By: Barbara @ Hole n The Donut Travels

Barbara @ Hole n The Donut Travels — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:15:36 +0000

Wha a hoot! I actually captured a photo of a motorbike with six – count ‘em, SIX – full size dinng room chairs strapped to the back, as the driver weaved back and forth through a crush of traffic on a major roadway. Suzuki Carry-Anything – you may be on to something there.

By: JoAnna

JoAnna — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:51:09 +0000

I don’t … but my husband does, and it has a vanity plate which reads “Pki Pki.” That is, “piki piki,” the word for “motorcycle” in Swahili. Vanity plates … another extension of that personality.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:37:04 +0000

@JoAnna – ha! It’s like Pimp my motorbike ride! Yes – a vehicle wethre it’s two wheels or 4 is really an extension of the person’s personality! Do you have your own motorbike?

By: JoAnna

JoAnna — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:27:21 +0000

Everyone seems to ride the same Nissan van in Kenya, but they’re all decked out with stickers and decals. Some of them were so funny ~ it’s so funny what a vehicle can tell you … whether it’s got a fancy name or not!