I have always refers to my bike as a "she" rather than an "it". A friend finally got curious and asked why that was. This was my explanation.... I have to get new rubbers all the time. I ended up spending all my money on her. She gets wet quite frequently, sometimes with me on her and sometimes all by herself. She likes to be ridden hard. She is loud and obnoxious. She is mostly only a one rider type bike but will occasionally go two up.