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Title: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 25, 2009, 10:34:57 PM
OK, just because I am sitting around, bored off my ass- drinking some In-bev Light, surfing the net, and losing to sniping bitches on E-Bay, I thought I'd ask how everyone came up with their screen names, and also how they came up with their race numbers.

"Skiandclimb" -Used to be a snow skiing instructor (PSIA) and rock climbing instructor....way long ago!

"730" -It's my wedding anniversary.  My old # was 364....like the old Dunlop D364. Dammit- I just dated myself. :biggrin:


So- post up, kids.  :cheers:

-Ski
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: GIGOLO on February 26, 2009, 12:10:58 AM
Gigolo has been my nickname since I was in grade school, even before I knew what it meant.  Its a play off my last name.  My number last year was 428 thats my wifes b-day, all of my kids, and wife were born on the 28th, and I wanted that number this year, but a fellow hairy paisan wont give it up.  This year its 32 cause that was the lowest number.  I was tired of fitting three numbers on my bike.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tug296 on February 26, 2009, 01:24:51 AM
Sitting around bored.

I've been a Tugboat Captain for many years.

#96, born the 6th. day of the 9th. month, slightly backwards but close enough.

Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tug296 on February 26, 2009, 02:03:46 AM
Had to have a #2 in front of 96 for CCS, previous #'s
9, 6, 143, 43, 155, 55, permission from Roger Rieman for US Endurance, {RIP} and 299 at Daytona once when some dude from GP region pre-entered before me, even though it was my region they said?

Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Scotty Ryan on February 26, 2009, 03:12:24 AM
My Screen name is my name - and my CCS racing # this season is 61 in both CCS and ASRA... I got tired of having to change my number from one to another for each different class. Eric said that they had 61 available - So I said OKIE.....

I run 61 in CCS/ASRA - 63 in CRA - 61 or 63 in WERA? and 24 in AMA....

I have had allot of numbers over the years  in CCS - 727(that was my AMA Supercross number) 72 - 106 - and 61.

AMA has been - 727 - 106 and 24

Wera has been - 727 - 99 and 61

CRA - 63

I think that's it.....
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tzracer on February 26, 2009, 08:18:37 AM
Quote from: Scotty Ryan on February 26, 2009, 03:12:24 AM
My Screen name is my name -

Except on the weekends you use the stage name Mehgan.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: stickboy274 on February 26, 2009, 08:51:07 AM
I used to be 150lbs dressed. At 6'2" that makes you look like a stick. 274 has been my race number since 95. I was 272 for a weekend, and then got bumped because the 272 dood came back for one event. I don't think I've seen him since then.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: gpz11 on February 26, 2009, 09:00:26 AM
Mine is because it was my first "big" bike, a '82 GPz1100 and my number is the year I started road racing.

Holy crap, I've been abusing myself for 10 years now!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Gixxerblade on February 26, 2009, 09:16:39 AM
Mine is because I used to own a horse that was named Blade that was as fast as a Gixxer. #33 is because 3 is my lucky number.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: funsizeracing on February 26, 2009, 10:29:29 AM
I'm 4'10" tall so #410.

Funsizeracing comes from those little bite-size snickers bars.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Jeff on February 26, 2009, 11:17:25 AM
On most forums I'm "JeF4y" as one of my first bikes was an F4 which I loved dearly and my name being "Jeffery", a guy named PhuzzyGnu nicknamed me and it stuck.

#42 is a funny story...  I wrote in and said I wanted the LOWEST ODD NUMBER available.  They gave me 42.  I'm not sure if someone thought that was odd (as in unusual) or if it was a good joke, but since it is the answer to life and the universe, I kept it as my own...
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Cowboy 6 on February 26, 2009, 11:41:08 AM
Cowboy 6 was my call sign during my deployment in Iraq. A ton of people didn't even know my real name so it stuck.  122 is from the Bible, Book of Romans chapter 12 verse 2:
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: Cowboy 6 on February 26, 2009, 11:41:08 AM
Cowboy 6 was my call sign during my deployment in Iraq. A ton of people didn't even know my real name so it stuck.  122 is from the Bible, Book of Romans chapter 12 verse 2:
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

That's awesome!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Sobottka on February 26, 2009, 01:12:03 PM
I was feeling especially creative with my screen name ::) ... 49 is what ccs gave me.
My first number, 584, was my first BMX # 
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 01:19:55 PM
Sobottka- is your avatar the old Fish Bone logo?!?!?

"U.G.L.Y. you ain't got no alibi!"  Whoa...I just had a Ska era flashback!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Sobottka on February 26, 2009, 01:44:44 PM
gotta love fishbone! enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KA9J6lMVmo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZM4E6CrRD4
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: bel-biv on February 26, 2009, 03:00:19 PM
My last name rhymes with Devoe - and anyone alive in 1989 knows that Bel-Biv-Devoe was money
Someone called me Bel-Biv one day and it stuck

176?
my daughter was born on the 17th
my son was born on the 6th
my dad's pro race number was 76

it just works
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Super Dave on February 26, 2009, 03:04:01 PM
Quote from: funsizeracing on February 26, 2009, 10:29:29 AM
I'm 4'10" tall so #410.
Liar...
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Super Dave on February 26, 2009, 03:05:25 PM
My number, #26, is the age I'll be this year...   :biggrin:

And Super Dave got tagged on me after my third weekend of racing.  I fell down a few times, and I kept going.  Like the Super Dave from the Showtime show Bizzare.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: spyderchick on February 26, 2009, 03:38:14 PM
The biz is Spyder, and I'm a chick. Peeps who didn't know my name when I started would ask around for "that Spyder chick".

Damn, people are so clever. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: backMARKr on February 26, 2009, 03:59:46 PM
Quote from: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 01:19:55 PM
Whoa...I just had a Ska era flashback!

It's a plaid, plaid world....
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 05:10:15 PM
Quote from: backMARKr on February 26, 2009, 03:59:46 PM
It's a plaid, plaid world....

Reminds me of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones album covers! lol
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Mark Bernard on February 26, 2009, 05:28:54 PM
Buell.... Duh!     391... don't mean shit!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Super Dave on February 26, 2009, 05:47:51 PM
Quote from: Buell_391 on February 26, 2009, 05:28:54 PM
Buell.... Duh!     391... don't mean shit!
I thought it was the long stroke 383 Challenger engine.  LOL!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: GSXR RACER MIKE on February 26, 2009, 05:48:41 PM
A combination of my name and all I've ever raced have been GSXR's (3 of them). My 1st race number was randomly issued # 214 when I started racing back in '96. My switch to #58 came when I didn't want to deal with a 3 digit number anymore on the ever reducing tail sections, the lowest 2 digit number available at that time was #58 and I've just kept it.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Mark Bernard on February 26, 2009, 07:46:14 PM
Quote from: Super Dave on February 26, 2009, 05:47:51 PM
I thought it was the long stroke 383 Challenger engine.  LOL!

Ok.... I will go with that! lmao
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: dylanfan53 on February 26, 2009, 09:19:33 PM
dylanfan53, because I got tired of all the crappy bands out there and ended up listening to Dylan almost exclusively.  The older he gets the better I like his stuff. It scares my family, but I understand the lyrics.   :ahhh:

There's a certain innocent and plangent sonority in the timbre of his voice that touches us all.  I know it needs no further explanation. 

:lmao:

Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: vnvbandit on February 26, 2009, 09:23:46 PM
When I rode to Sturgis in 1990 (5000 miles in 3 weeks) Blazing sun, dark sun glasses equaled a deep tan with white "raccoon eyes" Got the Bandit nickname from that. "vnv" Vietnam Veteran and 868 is my son's old race number
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Burt Munro on February 26, 2009, 11:25:37 PM
Quote from: dylanfan53 on February 26, 2009, 09:19:33 PM
 
plangent 


Ok.... I admit.  I had to look it up.

plan⋅gent   /ˈplændʒənt/  Show Spelled Pronunciation [plan-juhnt]  Show IPA
–adjective resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Helmsman on February 26, 2009, 11:32:54 PM
helmsman, well my first car was a shitbox Buick Park Avenue, leading to my friends calling it a boat.  Soon after i signed up for something online i picked helmsman since i was driving a boat.  It is rarely taken on forums, so i just keep using it because then i always remember what my sign on is!

187- I bought my first race bike used, it had 187 on it.  So i asked the guy i bought it from if he was going to use that number the next year, he said no, so i just applied for that number since it was all ready on the bike.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 11:37:54 PM
Quote from: Helmsman on February 26, 2009, 11:32:54 PM
187- I bought my first race bike used, it had 187 on it.  So i asked the guy i bought it from if he was going to use that number the next year, he said no, so i just applied for that number since it was all ready on the bike.

That is quite honestly- the laziest number ever created....I friggin love it! +1 on your karma!!!!!!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: 2old2fat2slow on February 27, 2009, 07:46:17 AM
My name is the reason I don't race. Mom and I are the  pit crew for our son. His # is 420. He picked it because he was a huge stoner before he turned his life over to God .We just renew the number because it is his now.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: dylanfan53 on February 27, 2009, 07:54:37 AM
Quote from: Burt Munro on February 26, 2009, 11:25:37 PM
Ok.... I admit.  I had to look it up.

plan⋅gent   /ˈplændʒənt/  Show Spelled Pronunciation [plan-juhnt]  Show IPA
–adjective resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell.

Made ya look...  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: backMARKr on February 27, 2009, 11:35:33 AM
525....Becky's Birthday (wife).

screen --- combination of my name and often my position on track -- seemed clever at the time.

( Weaver, as soon as you get a racebike and come out and play you can make fun of my abilities or lack thereof. the offer still stands, I will even LEND you a bike :biggrin:)
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Rick Johnson 29 on February 27, 2009, 12:49:19 PM
Nothing special about my #29 it is my number when I ride with Nesba
so I was lucky to keep it when I started racing last year.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Eric Kelcher on February 27, 2009, 03:07:07 PM
Well this should be a lesson to everyone, take your time doing paperwork send it in in advance of race if possible.

Where it asked for number and had little boxes I put my telephone number, 908.

Later my team makes got 772 and 771. We ran 77 for endurance and then next year my bike ended up as endurance bike and I ended up with 77 for my sprint number.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Jason748 on February 27, 2009, 03:26:21 PM
My screen name = MY first name.... and I'm if you haven't guess, I'm really a Ducati guy...

My number, well back when I got back into racing I was out at Loudon getting my license and 283 looked like a good number, then I ran it for a couple of years, then in 07, I request a 2 digit number that had a 2, 8, or 3 because I had a stock pile of those numbers, and got 82.  This year I'll also be running CRA, and have requested either 882 or 822, but we shall see..
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: backMARKr on February 27, 2009, 04:03:09 PM
Quote from: Jason748 on February 27, 2009, 03:26:21 PM
My screen name = MY first name.... and I'm if you haven't guess, I'm really a Ducati guy...

My number, well back when I got back into racing I was out at Loudon getting my license and 283 looked like a good number, then I ran it for a couple of years, then in 07, I request a 2 digit number that had a 2, 8, or 3 because I had a stock pile of those numbers, and got 82.  This year I'll also be running CRA, and have requested either 882 or 822, but we shall see..

"Bartlett cannot be trusted!" :biggrin:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: funsizeracing on February 27, 2009, 04:26:06 PM
Quote from: Super Dave on February 26, 2009, 03:04:01 PM
Liar...

O, and apparently I only have 4 toes on each foot.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: racer52 on February 27, 2009, 04:27:24 PM
I tried for 525 my birthday, Mark has that so they gave me 52, I like the two numbers they fit nicely on the bike
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Helmsman on February 27, 2009, 06:11:18 PM
Quote from: skiandclimb on February 26, 2009, 11:37:54 PM
That is quite honestly- the laziest number ever created....I friggin love it! +1 on your karma!!!!!!

Lol, thanks!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Super Dave on February 27, 2009, 06:19:00 PM
Quote from: funsizeracing on February 27, 2009, 04:26:06 PM
O, and apparently I only have 4 toes on each foot.
Yup, 4 toes on each foot when one should have 10 total toes. 


You're a good sport.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: DakotaCBR on February 27, 2009, 06:46:07 PM
Screen name because when I was 18 and naive I joined the cbr600rr.com forum and had no idea what a handle was supposed to be comprised of. I could only think of the two vehicles that I owned to make a screen name - a Dodge Dakota and a CBR600RR. By the way, the cbr600rr.com forum was one of my biggest influences to try racing (ahem.... Jeff and Jason...)

The number 308 is my favorite rifle round. I requested 45, 308, and 223 in that order.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: RoyHefner on February 28, 2009, 11:35:53 AM
I was a pilot in the Air Force when I first started racing.  In my squadron at that time, each pilot was assigned an individual number to use along with our common squadron radio callsign when flying.  My assigned number was 63.  When I applied for my first race license, I tried to get 63, but it wasn't available, and I got 163 as a second choice.  163 has been my number ever since.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: cbr600_mj on February 28, 2009, 05:52:09 PM
Mine is just cbr600_mj my ride and my initials. And my number 55 I always liked. It was my summer leage hockey number back in the day.

More interesting is the Swampthing on my leathers. That name was given to me by the great K3.

Not too long ago I started doing track days and with STT at Putnam I was too scared to make turn 5.

I had just painted my track bike and did not want to ditch it. So I went straight....all the way into the ravine!

One of the track people stopped by and radioed that I was ok and said by the looks of things," He ain't goin nowhere!" LOL

It was 85 drgrees and I was up to my calfs in mud and water. I almost passed out trying to get the bike out but I could not to it. When the session was over they came to get me out.

I decided to go to a more novice instruction class there and K 3 was the instructor of it.

When I showed up all muddy he said well if it aint SWAMPTHING!  LOLOLOLOL

And I just though it was cool and a funny name so I just kept it.

: )

Mike
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skiandclimb on February 28, 2009, 07:36:01 PM
Swampthing is badass! Id make it your screen name!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Fast4fun on March 01, 2009, 12:14:27 PM
Mine is fairly obvious. Of all the sports I've played, racing is the most fun by far. If I didn't enjoy it so much I'd never put up with such headaches. My number is equally obvious. I'm one of the first fools to race a triumph so I took the number. That way, if you couldn't tell by looking, the number would be the first clue as to what that awesome sounding machine was in middleweight.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tug296 on March 02, 2009, 11:12:14 PM
Forgot my first Roadracing #'s, 86 & 186, first year with CCS, 1984.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: barb_arah on March 04, 2009, 01:41:52 PM
Well...it's a play on my first name, maybe not the most creative thing, but it works.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Supergirl on March 05, 2009, 04:25:10 PM
My nick is almost 10 years old now, which now makes me a SuperGranny or so.

I got it after making some donuts on the street. Apparently, ladies haven't done it before me. Someone said "you really are a Supergirl" and it stuck.

This will be my first year racing, but for the track days I picked #56 because when typed in many fonts it looks like SG (SG == SuperGirl/Granny) huh? When applying for the CCS license I asked for #56 and got it!

WooHoo! :-)
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: GIGOLO on March 05, 2009, 07:29:33 PM
Quote from: Supergirl on March 05, 2009, 04:25:10 PM


I got it after making some donuts on the street.

Umm,  you would be my #1 best friend at the track if you made donuts in the morning, I'd pay for warm donuts in the morning anyday.  I also would venture to guess that you would be alot of peoples hero if you did that.  Homemade donuts are the shit.  Damnit now I want donuts :wah:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: jigs on March 05, 2009, 07:35:21 PM
I got my nick name from some riding buddys of mine back in the mid-80's.....for some reason,which I still really don't know the correlation,they started calling me Jigs Casey,who was a ficticious Steven Wright character,the comedian.My nunber 461,I was born on the 14th of 1961.....so I just took the 4 and 61.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Super Dave on March 05, 2009, 07:59:57 PM
Quote from: jigs on March 05, 2009, 07:35:21 PM
who was a ficticious Steven Wright character,the comedian...
I remember Bucky Goldstein, but not Jigs. 
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Supergirl on March 05, 2009, 08:10:31 PM
Quote from: GIGOLO on March 05, 2009, 07:29:33 PM
Umm,  you would be my #1 best friend at the track if you made donuts in the morning, I'd pay for warm donuts in the morning anyday.  I also would venture to guess that you would be alot of peoples hero if you did that.  Homemade donuts are the shit.  Damnit now I want donuts :wah:

I bet M.G. makes donuts.

mine taste like rubber :(



*mine be the first...
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Grashopr on March 05, 2009, 09:01:57 PM
Grashopr is short for Grasshopper, which is what I've been called forever, which comes from my business Grasshopper Custom Paint.  303 is my daughters birthday March 3, 2003.   

Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: chaplain220 on March 06, 2009, 08:55:38 AM
I figured the higher the number the faster you'd go, so I grabbed 220, obviously that plan did not work... chaplain, cause I'm on a mission from God, (at least that's what I tell myself each time they are cutting my leathers off in the emergency room), and #220 is for Galatians 2:20, which is the Bible verse that has given me hope through a violent career and some tough times. 
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: GIGOLO on March 06, 2009, 02:04:53 PM
Quote from: Supergirl on March 05, 2009, 08:10:31 PM
mine taste like rubber :(

Oh, I thought I was gonna get warm donuts to eat in the morning.................................oh well :whine:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: RuschRacing23 on March 06, 2009, 02:44:06 PM
CSBRacing is for Christian Sportbike Racing which is the wonderful ministry team I ride for. Art and Joe (Chaplain 220 and Cowboy 6) are also a part of this team. My number is #316 or # 3:16 for the bible verse John 3:16 "For God so love the world he gave his only begotten son so that those who believe would not perish but have eternal life" which helps me keep faith in some moments of hardship. Our goal as a team is to have at least one rider in every region running the #3:16 as its part of our teams "slogans"  :thumb:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: barb_arah on March 06, 2009, 04:59:19 PM
Time to make the donuts? 
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 11, 2009, 12:28:58 AM
CATMAN was a youthful knickname during the 1960's and 1970 while racing Arctic Cat snowmobiles fairly sucessfully.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 11, 2009, 12:30:14 AM
Quote from: CATMAN on March 11, 2009, 12:28:58 AM
CATMAN was a youthful knickname during the 1960's and 1970s while racing Arctic Cat snowmobiles fairly sucessfully.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Doctor on March 11, 2009, 12:46:55 AM
resuscit8u is what I do for a living at my day job- I resuscitate you.

892 is because of Jim Rodefer Jr. One of my best friends, and happens to be one of my racers as well. After a season of watching him race for me I decided that I had to race as well, and chose the number following his. He is 891, so I am 892.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: skipper08 on March 11, 2009, 02:13:04 PM
Skipper is the caracter from madascar, one of the penguins. everyone says that my personality is just like him and like one of the other penguins called rico (a crazy fuk)

300 is just a number i picked and it brought me good luck in 08 and so far so good in my 09 season.
i carry 14 in the front in little since thats my dad number.

also the 300 is the sparta 300 so...... yeah lol
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 11, 2009, 04:04:37 PM
Quote from: resuscit8u on March 11, 2009, 12:46:55 AM
resuscit8u is what I do for a living at my day job- I resuscitate you.

892 is because of Jim Rodefer Jr. One of my best friends, and happens to be one of my racers as well. After a season of watching him race for me I decided that I had to race as well, and chose the number following his. He is 891, so I am 892.

Well there ya go!What are friends for?! A noble job you do resucit8
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Over-ReActor on March 12, 2009, 02:25:39 AM
Not that any of you give a shit, but I got my name from Mad Brad from the the Wera bbs. It kind of stuck with me. He got band from there cause he was smart and volatile. I use the name for the same reason.  Except I'm volatile, stupid and banned from there.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 12, 2009, 08:35:09 AM
Quote from: Over-ReActor on March 12, 2009, 02:25:39 AM
Not that any of you give a shit, but I got my name from Mad Brad from the the Wera bbs. It kind of stuck with me. He got band from there cause he was smart and volatile. I use the name for the same reason.  Except I'm volatile, stupid and banned from there.

Welcome to the (likely)fastest growing club in Motorcycling!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: P_M on March 12, 2009, 01:55:09 PM
This should be easy..

My screen name is my initials.  Not very original, but what the heck.. I think it was late and I was tired when I signed up..

Uh, I really dont' have a number, since I'm not racing.. But the hat thing came from the racers, passing messages to 'that black hat guy' though the MAARC crew..  So the racers named me.
Title: Because you are not afraid to live...
Post by: Xpat2b on March 12, 2009, 02:45:36 PM
My screen name (which is also my web domain name) started out as a comment made in jest...

During my first CCS/ASRA race event at Daytona several years ago, the weather was very hot. As I wandered throughout the paddock, I found myself [quite pleasantly] surrounded by skin and leather as racers returned from the track and unzipped their leathers (way, way down low) to cool off. [Sidebar: I don't understand why anyone in their right mind would race in 90+ degree weather in direct sun wearing black leathers!]  Anyway, I said to someone jokingly, Mmmmmm...."skinandleather"....that sounds like a name for a web site...LOL!   

Kidding aside, today the web site aims to celebrate your fine physiques and passion for racing, and hopefully capture some  memories for you while you and your crews are taking care of the important stuff!  It is a joy to watch you, and the pictures give me a vehicle to better understand what you do and why you do it. It is fascinating, inspirational, entertaining, and a lot of fun. 

I honestly tried to think of a traditional domain name but finally decided to keep the risque name because it could be easily remembered and every possible other normal domain name for a photography web site was taken!!! 

On the positive side, the unique name probably attracts more traffic to the site which brings racers, CCS/ASRA, and the sport of motorcycle racing additional international exposure...we have received hits from 22 countries within the past year, including:

United States (US)
United Kingdom (GB)   
Canada (CA)   
Italy (IT)   
Germany (DE)   
France (FR)   
Spain (ES)   
Pakistan (PK)   
Switzerland (CH)   
Denmark (DK)   
Romania (RO)   
Croatia (HR)   
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Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: xb9racer on March 12, 2009, 08:09:34 PM
I race a XB12R. Pretty creative, huh? :err:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: truckstop on March 12, 2009, 10:16:26 PM
The origins of truckstop is too long and boring to go into, but I use it on on all the moto boards for consistency, and because it's gender neutral so as to avoid any unwanted leg-humping. Truckstop as a nickname conjures up the mental image of a big sweaty guy in a stained wife beater and pork chop side burns... or so I have been told when peeps find out I'm a chick.

I've had a different number every year. I keep going for 31 which would be the mirror of my husband's 13. My First number was 131, then requested the lowest available 2 digit number so they gave me 27 which bugged me since I'm no Casey Stoner. This year I requested and got 24 which has been my favorite number for many years. My birthday is on the 24th, so is the hub's, when I was young I always thought 24 was the best age. (Old enough to be taken seriously yet still young) I moved to Germany on my 24th birthday.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Ducati23 on March 17, 2009, 04:07:45 PM
My bikes are Ducati's, probably because I own a dealership and 23 is my number. Why make things complicated...
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tstruyk on March 18, 2009, 01:02:30 AM
I'll have to break this down like a fraction... tst ru yk

tst = Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (rhodanese), also known as TST, is a human gene.

The product of this gene is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that is encoded by the nucleus. It may play roles in cyanide detoxification, the formation of iron-sulfur proteins, and the modification of sulfur-containing enzymes. The gene product contains two highly conservative domains (rhodanese homology domains), suggesting these domains have a common evolutionary origin.

ru = Ruthenium is a chemical element that has the symbol Ru and atomic number 44. A rare transition metal of the platinum group of the periodic table, ruthenium is found associated with platinum ores and used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys.

YK = A yūgen gaisha or yūgen kaisha (Jp. lit. "limited company," abbreviated in English as Y.K. or by wasei-eigo Co., Ltd.) is a form of business organization in Japan.

Yugen gaisha are based on the German GmbH and were implemented in Japan in the Limited Company Act of 1940. Companies Act, implemented on May 1, 2006, replaced the yugen gaisha with a new form of company called gōdō gaisha, based upon the American limited liability company. Following the implementation, no new YKs were allowed in Japan, but pre-existing YKs were allowed to continue their operations as kabushiki gaisha under special rules.

Whether the term is pronounced as yūgen gaisha or yūgen kaisha is up to the local dialect, or up to the company's preference when it is part of the company's name. While it is pronounced yūgen gaisha in standard Japanese, the alphabetic abbreviation is always Y.K. by standard.


So to sum up... I am a Japanese based business plan that is involved with human gene's that detoxify cyanide with the use of rare metals...

but Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase, Ruthenium, yūgen kaisha was just too much to fit for a screen name...

is it April yet??????

:biggrin:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Sobottka on March 18, 2009, 08:07:51 AM
Quote from: tstruyk on March 18, 2009, 01:02:30 AM
I'll have to break this down like a fraction... tst ru yk

tst = Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (rhodanese), also known as TST, is a human gene.

The product of this gene is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that is encoded by the nucleus. It may play roles in cyanide detoxification, the formation of iron-sulfur proteins, and the modification of sulfur-containing enzymes. The gene product contains two highly conservative domains (rhodanese homology domains), suggesting these domains have a common evolutionary origin.

ru = Ruthenium is a chemical element that has the symbol Ru and atomic number 44. A rare transition metal of the platinum group of the periodic table, ruthenium is found associated with platinum ores and used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys.

YK = A yūgen gaisha or yūgen kaisha (Jp. lit. "limited company," abbreviated in English as Y.K. or by wasei-eigo Co., Ltd.) is a form of business organization in Japan.

Yugen gaisha are based on the German GmbH and were implemented in Japan in the Limited Company Act of 1940. Companies Act, implemented on May 1, 2006, replaced the yugen gaisha with a new form of company called gōdō gaisha, based upon the American limited liability company. Following the implementation, no new YKs were allowed in Japan, but pre-existing YKs were allowed to continue their operations as kabushiki gaisha under special rules.

Whether the term is pronounced as yūgen gaisha or yūgen kaisha is up to the local dialect, or up to the company's preference when it is part of the company's name. While it is pronounced yūgen gaisha in standard Japanese, the alphabetic abbreviation is always Y.K. by standard.


So to sum up... I am a Japanese based business plan that is involved with human gene's that detoxify cyanide with the use of rare metals...

but Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase, Ruthenium, yūgen kaisha was just too much to fit for a screen name...

is it April yet??????

:biggrin:
oowwww!!   my brain hurts now....seriously! 
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Ducati23 on March 18, 2009, 10:39:25 AM
Why not simply TIMMY!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tstruyk on March 18, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
why would I use something as boring as my name???   ::)
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: backMARKr on March 18, 2009, 04:08:27 PM
Quote from: tstruyk on March 18, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
why would I use something as boring as my name???   ::)

Why does everything have to be an argument with you? :err:

Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: tstruyk on March 19, 2009, 12:42:36 AM
Dont be mad at me because youre in a bad relationship!   :ass:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Court Jester on March 19, 2009, 06:13:49 PM
Screen name's because I'm more of a goof off than anything else, always joking around, and seldom take much of anything too seriously
#469 because I'm a perv and for 69.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Mike829 on March 19, 2009, 09:26:28 PM
My number is the f-16 i crewed for 2 years in germany, 90-0829.  the screen name is self explanatory.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Over-ReActor on March 24, 2009, 11:11:09 PM
My screen name was handed down to me from a God that I don't believe in.

Seriously, my friend "Mad Brad" from the Wera bbs gave it to me. He thought that I might have over reacted to some things once in awhile.

I'm telling you all right goddamn now that that shit never happened.
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 25, 2009, 08:01:08 PM
Quote from: Court Jester on March 19, 2009, 06:13:49 PM
Screen name's because I'm more of a goof off than anything else, always joking around, and seldom take much of anything too seriously
#469 because I'm a perv and for 69.

I KNEW ALL THAT! How's it goin Mike- Looks like I can do a couple trackdays this year finally. The shoulder came around finally- Started a spray foam insulation company and I hope it keeps us plenty busy ! -
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: Court Jester on March 31, 2009, 11:28:14 AM
Quote from: CATMAN on March 25, 2009, 08:01:08 PMI KNEW ALL THAT! How's it goin Mike- Looks like I can do a couple trackdays this year finally. The shoulder came around finally- Started a spray foam insulation company and I hope it keeps us plenty busy ! -



All's been getting better. I had a bit of a tire sliding mishap a bit ago and got a pretty narly concussion with some memory issues involved, 15 stitches on my head, a good pit of road rash, and a broken shoulder. In the process of moving to Iowa and selling the house in Wisconsin and sold 3 of the 6 bikes. Not sure if I’ll be able to race this year. If I do it will be later in the year. If I can’t get freed up enough to race I’d at least like to try to squeeze in a track day or two. Hit me up on when and where you’ll be trackdaying at and if all goes well I may be able to swing out for at least one day.  
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on March 31, 2009, 11:45:19 PM
Quote from: Court Jester on March 31, 2009, 11:28:14 AM
All's been getting better. I had a bit of a tire sliding mishap a bit ago and got a pretty narly concussion with some memory issues involved, 15 stitches on my head, a good pit of road rash, and a broken shoulder. In the process of moving to Iowa and selling the house in Wisconsin and sold 3 of the 6 bikes. Not sure if I’ll be able to race this year. If I do it will be later in the year. If I can’t get freed up enough to race I’d at least like to try to squeeze in a track day or two. Hit me up on when and where you’ll be trackdaying at and if all goes well I may be able to swing out for at least one day. 

DAYMN Mike- I am in NJ - want to see our new track- new jersey motorsports park- so do I - I started this business recently and am a bit overwhelmed with the responses. I am the Doctor of GREEN things now, and sure would like to see you at a track sometime, hope all goes better "down the road." .With all this free time the last 3 seasons, I been looking around for some "green"-things to fill my future with! Get better and yea, I sure would like to visit the mid-west trackdaymag.com  folks-  K3,spidey, and many more-
Looks like I am smitin' well during my few weeks back here- It's great to feel missed .!
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on April 15, 2009, 08:26:25 AM
+1 to get you back on track,Mike-  :cheers:
Title: Re: Whats your screen name & # all about?
Post by: catman on April 15, 2009, 08:29:19 AM
Quote from: CATMAN on April 15, 2009, 08:26:25 AM
+1 to get you back on track,Mike-  :cheers:

And Doctor Energy Smart is the fastest growing business I have ever seen! The world is going green and the Doctor is being trademarked! A greener planet,one house at a time! I intend to race again with better funds.........