Which is exactly how I came up with a name for my latest chopper. 'Impulse' because so far everything I've done has been an impulse born of hours of sitting and looking at it. Suddenly, impulsively, I come up with an idea and go back to work. 'Impulse'. Fancy gold script on a black fuel tank? I like it!
You guys know what I'm talking about, as I would expect experienced builders like yourselves would know.
Yes, and I intend to paint the entire bike flat black, which no chrome or unfinished metal - like a stealth bike. It's my test bike anyway, so she aint gotta be pretty.
You can't seriously be totally unaware of how incredibly racist that sounds. It's your bike and I suppose you can call it what you like, but there is no way of explaining it that it won't still sound racist. It would be like me saying a racial slur and saying I don't mean it that way. It kinda doesn't matter how something is intended when it has those kind of negative connotations.
Yes, I am aware of it, but that's not the meaning behind it. People are usually too quick to judge before they have facts and that is usually not my problem. Besides, I don't have a nameplate for it, just written down in my travel and maintenance log.
Wow. Its not your problem if people get offended because you call your bike something that has definite racist connotations? Ok so you don't have a nameplate for it. But you don't care what anyone on this forum thinks? As I said before, you can call your bike what you want, but I don't think anyone on this forum wants to hear it being said. I know I certainly don't.
That is why there are word censors on here. Besides, if something that sounds derogatory to you but has been shown to mean something else, offends you then I think you allow your emotions to be easily bruised. One persons opinion is also not the holy grail of truth either. As an offensive name, I think it is quite sexy and vulgar representing the purpose of the bike I built the name for - a test bike that I intend to run into the ground. It isn't a bike that is beautiful, or adorned, totally utilitarian, and meant to be abused for the sake of learning and experience. So, the bike truly is a b$$tch, and it's blackness has nothing to do with the color of someones skin. Anyway, back to work. I didn't know this would mean so much to people.
