... SERENITY.

It was a dark horse candidate all along, but in the limited time I've had and ridden the bike the name has surged steadily through the pack, overtaking and displacing one early contender after another.

The bike makes me happy and steadies me.  It helps me clear my mind as I ride.  I can focus on the smooth ride, easy cranking, and general feeling of solidity and well-madeness of the unit, and life's cares and worries fall away.  

It's also a nod to one of my favorite TV programs, Firefly (which also spawned a movie named Serenity).  Serenity was the spaceship around which much of the action centered and, in some ways, was as much a member of the cast as the humans who inhabited her.  The owner/captain always had a special fondness for the ship, as I am sure I will for my bike.

For all that I liked Trooper early on, it just didn't sing to me once I had ridden the bike.  And neither Clyde nor Mack quite fit, either.

Huck and Rod, thanks for playing.  Discovery, Voyager, Endeavor, and all the other names of vessels of exploration, you made a good run at the title.  Davis, Pudge, Telemachus, and Telegonus, you were clever but perhaps just a shade (or more) too artful.  Chief, Chester, and Cincinatti, you are good names, just not right for these circumstances.

Lastly, a late entry to the field, Bottle Rocket, had momentary appeal but- like so many small pyrotechnics- kind of fizzled.