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@Ziggy.
I researched this for one of my projects and the reason 'we' have a tendency to refer to our vehicles/bikes/boats as female is because during the 17th century, the ships used for trading were made from 'female' timber because of its more favourable properties. Because of this, this lead to the owners of the ships referring to their vessels as 'she'.
I totally agree though, referring to bikes as 'she' is gross and slightly odd/weird if you consider that the verb you use to describe using your bike is 'ride'.
"I'll be back in an hour mum, I'm just going to go and ride Erika really hard so I can improve my stamina in readiness for next summer."