+1 on "the bike will name itself".
Mine is named "Tipper" since, on more than one occasion, she has tried to fall over. For example, I was moving her a bit forward one time due to parking too far back in the garage, the kickstand barely touched the floor pad I have to protect my epoxy floor as I was pushing forward and up it sprang and over the bike went since I was a little off-balance and somewhat behind the bike, pushing from the side. No damage or anything, she fell on me, really. I protected her from the floor and any damage.
I think another member on here named his bike "Dot" since there was a spot on the tank or something that he couldn't clean off or get rid of.