Possible Club names

pietenpol2002 · Post by **pietenpol2002** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:12 pm

My son and I have named our project bike "BOB" which is an acronym for Bean Oil Burner. However, it lends itself better to naming an individual bike as opposed to a club name.

Ron

Post by **Stuart** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:14 pm

I still like the 'DOG' MC one the best

I can picture a patch with a crafty/cunning old dog fox riding along on his bike, a big satisfied grin on his face because of how little it's costing him

When we'd ride out it would be as a 'Pack of DOG's'.
I can't imagine myself with a tortoise patch, no matter how good the idea is. "Look

" An interested spectator might say," There goes a herd (flock?) of Tortoise's". Nah

Cockney Bob · Post by **Cockney Bob** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:04 pm

A group of tortoises is called a bale and that can work on several levels as I sometimes get baleful when My bike plays up.
Bob

Dragon · Post by **Dragon** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:58 pm

Hi Stuart
great idea ..this will cause some head scratching I am sure..I thought of this one...the" oily clankers club."
hope to see you all on saturday.. and that the weather improves.
regards Dragon

oilburner · Post by **oilburner** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:01 pm

Cockney Bob · Post by **Cockney Bob** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:23 pm

Good artwork looks like we have a name and a logo then
Bob

Post by **Stuart** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:27 pm

Hey, very good Avery

Did you draw that yourself? I was looking at some books on how to draw a dog but kinda gave up. I did draw a motorcycle coming diagonally along but only in pencil so far. As it happens there was a nice picture of a dog in the paper today, right angle and everything. Maybe I could superimpose that on my effort? lol.
And the flag, great for me but you?

The Bulldog is a mean looking beast eh? The way to go I think

Diesel Graham · Post by **Diesel Graham** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:59 pm

Could also be the under 60's club (as in mph)
or "0-60 whenever!"

SANGLASMICK · Post by **SANGLASMICK** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:10 am

How about The DERVils own" (DERV:- Diesel Engined Road Vehicle).
Maybe pushing it a bit! Like the Logo though maybe a bit more international given the broad spread of countries represented in the Forum.

Post by **Dan J** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:56 pm

I'm inclined to think the De Lorean Motor Company will not be suing

johnfireball · Post by **johnfireball** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:02 pm

Hi,
nice logo with the dog. How about a choice of backing flag for us foreigners?
John.

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:33 pm

I know there were a few of us jokingly refering to ourselves as DOG's in the pub at the rally

but not everyone was keen. Jury still out there maybe or time for a vote on the options?
Anyway..... John suggested a good motto for the club while we were talking over a drink.

"Per cogo, non per mico". Closest translation is "By compression, not by spark".

I don't know about you but I thought that was pretty good.

oilburner · Post by **oilburner** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:16 am

Sparkless Motorcycle Owners Group

Hmmm, maybe not politically correct these days.....

oilburner · Post by **oilburner** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:26 am

I think we should keep our thinking hats on for a while yet. Eventually the right name will pop up. "DOG", which was part of my first post for name suggestions, is probably not a good choice since it does not contain a reference to motorcycle or motor bike. As an aside, there are mountain bikes with the name "diesel", so adding the word bike might not be sufficient either. Dan J's suggestion of DMC with a catchy graphic is my choice from the suggestions thus far.

My $.02 CDN.

PS Read about the rally with envy... guess we've got to get the North America rally going.

sbrumby · Post by **sbrumby** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:14 am

I agree with oilburner my choise would be DMC and as the most famous thing about the De Lorean was it was used in the ( Back to the future ) movies, back to the future is what we are about as old Rudolf invented it a long time ago & it is only now we are begining to be taken seriously.

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:39 pm

Apologies for stating this thread up again but...
I'm wondering if we could come to a conclusion on this so that perhaps I could get some patches run off or something in time? I think it's getting to the point where we band of 'Desperados' could atleast be strung togther by a common 'Patch' even if the admin side of things would be minimal.
These things can all too easily get political and I think it would be wrong, at this stage of the game anyway, to be fractious. To that degree I'm prepared to support the DMC tag. It doesn't quite put a smile on my face like the 'DOG' tag did, (there we go again

) but it's straight to the point and solid sounding I think. Something for the future.
Any ideas of how to put it to a vote? Guess we could do it on the thread in public or I could accept them by PM?

oldbmw · Post by **oldbmw** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:01 am

Post deleted by request, apparently in my innocence i used a non PC term for a badge

oilburner · Post by **oilburner** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:21 am

On a related note, I suspect most of us have "been there, done that" with clubs and organizations. In my opinion, especially in the internet age, a virtual club is the way to go. There are no dues, and everyone is a "president". A successful one that comes to mind is the IBMWR, Internet BMW Riders which has been around since 1992 and has about 1500 subscribers to its forum. There is a website, with event listings, tech articles, a market place etc. and goodies such as T-Shirts, pins, patches, decals, etc. Perhaps some ideas can be gotten from their site.

http://ibmwr.org/

Regarding a patch. From experience with a vintage m/c club, the simplest way is for one or two members to purchase the patches and make them available for sale for cost plus a small markup which can be used to pay for the web servers, etc.

The main idea is to minimize the effort of running the club so that it mostly runs itself. Otherwise the volunteers will suffer burnout and the club will eventually fold.

My $.02

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:50 am

Avery, I think that's the way to go mate. Keep it simple. Personally I like the idea of sporting a patch of some kind. Always good when you meet up

Cockney Bob · Post by **Cockney Bob** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:30 pm

We need the T shirts I have my Lonely Bob one for the Enfield club and I have my I love the smell of Diesel in the morning but we need some for the club we exclusive band of Bikers.
Bob

Anorak_ian · Post by **Anorak_ian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:56 am

Hi guys, I'm sure the name DMC is in use, also there is a difference between mc and mcc.
The name Dogs riders club (Dogsrc) is in existence, but I can find no results for dogsmc or dogsmcc.
I like the name Dogs or Oilers-mcc / Oilers-rc, as there is loads of scope for pictures for tee shirts and club logos etc, where as dmc is a failed sports car connected with scandal.
Are we talking tee shirts or jacket logos?

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:59 pm

Yeah, Palace15 just told me that if we go the MC route we're gonna be outlaws. But I've seen other clubs use that.
Would like to get some patches made to start with but I've not got the time of late. Give it time, we'll see

Anorak_ian · Post by **Anorak_ian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:18 pm

It would have to be side patches as back patches have been banned.

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:16 pm

Banned? By who and where? That's like a red rag mate! lol

Cockney Bob · Post by **Cockney Bob** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:28 pm

I think you might get a lot of hairy arsed Hells angels up your bum if you wear one Stuart.
Bob

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:44 pm

lol, T shirts and arm patches it is then

Bet the HOG lot don't get that kinda hassle. There again, I guess they just get laughed at.

Anorak_ian · Post by **Anorak_ian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:46 pm

Here is a very informative site on this kind of stuff.
http://www.ukbikeforum.com/html/bike_clubs.shtml

Note front and side patches would be fine for a mcc club

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:52 pm

Cheers Mate, very informative

.......Well reading that I can see there's faint hope of keeping politics out of any club, lol.

Anorak_ian · Post by **Anorak_ian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:25 pm

Politics in clubs are rife. I used to be a diving officer of a scuba club and there was more politics than diving.

sbrumby · Post by **sbrumby** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:31 pm

Just a few points, are you talking about a name for a British club or are you thinking bigger? I have just got back from the VJMC rally at Uttoxeter ,68 clubs displaying, some clubs had their own marquee, the goldstar club celebrating 50 years had 50 bikes, the RD aircooled club had a band last night in their marquee. I on the other hand was the only diesel there. So my point is this if you are only talking Bat and Ball once a year you can pick any name it wont matter as 20 enfields and 20 spectaters once a year wont be worth sewing anything on.

DieselBike.net

Possible Club names

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