Per Lee's request, here is my story regaling the christening of Blue Pacific. I also call her "Blue" for short. And if people haven't noticed it by now, she and I share the same initials: BP (as does British Petroleum, but there's no connection). I bought my '89 PC just about a year ago. I fell in love with her the instant I saw her custom blue/purple paint. Her previous owner had a license plate frame that proclaimed her to be "Poulsbo's fastest blueberry" (Poulsbo is a scandanavian town on the west shore of Puget Sound in Washington State). I considered naming her "Blueberry", but my wife, Karin, said that it made her think of something small and round. Some other names that came to mind were: "Blue Angel", "Blue Flash", "Blue Thunder", "The Blues", and "Ol' Blue". None of those names jumped out as being THE ONE. I waited awhile, and took the bike out for several rides. Then on one crisp winter day, as I was riding along the hillsides above the blue Puget Sound, the phrase "across the blue Pacific" popped into my head. I don't know why I was thinking that (perhaps I was just cold and daydreaming about some south sea island), but I new instantly that Blue Pacific now had her name. She now wears her name with pride, as you can see in these pictures from TGPCHPCMY2KMR: http://www.users.qwest.net/~bpickett/TGPC6_BluePacific.jpg  http://www.users.qwest.net/~bpickett/TGPC08_BPTail.jpg
Bruce Pickett
Federal Way, WA
'89 PC800 "Blue Pacific"
http://www.users.uswest.net/~bpickett/Blue.html >

PS - Here are some suggestions for PC names that I haven't seen yet.
For 89:
AWB "Average White Bike" (takeoff of the '70s rock group "Average White Band")
AWSOP - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (by Procol Harem)
Minnie Pearl
Pacific Pearl
Pearl Before Swine (useful for riding in front of some Hogs)
Pearl of Great Price (especially good for a Utah bike)
Polarbear
Ptarmigan
Snowshoe Hare
Space Shuttle (Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour)
White Album (by the Beatles)
White Bird (by Its A Beautiful Day)
White Rabbit (by Jefferson Airplane)
White Room (by Cream)
White Satin (from "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues)

For 90:
Raspberry Beret (by the artist formally know as, and once again known as, Prince)
Ruby Tuesday (by the Rolling Stones)
Red Red Wine (by Neil Diamond, remake by UB40)

For 94/5:
B-2 Spirit (stealth bomber)
Black Dog (by Led Zepplin)
Black Magic Woman (by Santana)
F-117A Nighthawk (stealth fighter)
Long Tall Woman in a Black Dress (by the Hollies)
Midnight Special (by Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Obsidian
Paint It Black (by the Rolling Stones)
SR-71 Blackbird
Umbra

For 96/7/8:
Crimson In Clover (by Tommy James)
Crimson Tide
Ramblin Rose
Red Bull
Red Octopus (by Jefferson Starship)
Red Tide

Any year:
Conquistador (by Procol Harem)
Free Bird (by Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Magic Carpet (from "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf)
Ramble On (by Led Zepplin)
Ramblin Man (by Allman Brothers)
Roundabout (by Yes)

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