What is the gender of your bike??

she of course. it would feel weird to say "i rode him hard today, and he liked it!". that just sound wrong.

'it' makes her sound like an inanimate object, and she is much more to me.
strangely, or maybe not so strangely, my wife calls hers 'she' as well...

So I asked her in a very nice way what she would like to be called...... after two hours of ranting I got my answer.... She!
Its fitting when you think about it:

Fun to ride for hours
Takes all your money
Keeps you from hanging at the pub
All your friends want to ride
That smell in the morning, like none other
When you get rough its more fun
You get to rough, your off in the meat wagon
Must have the nicest place to rest at night
Nothin else feels this good strapped between your legs

sounds like a she to me!!!!

Mine is cald Little Nell ,

thanx Joe, I though old Duke was too good to pass-up!

my wife, (a woman of uncommonly good tast), has borne my addiction to bikes through the years with patience and understanding. She has seen all sort of bikes come and go without much comment, or at most a condescending smile or two. Recently when I told her I was buying a KTM, she potiltely enquired "what sort?" to which, when I told her it was a SuperDuke, she fell about laughing...... Much as I love the bike, I am almost ashamed now to admit whats its called....It really is a daft name