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What's The Ugliest Motorcycle You've Ever Seen?

Started by NorDog, June 10, 2011, 02:47:37 PM

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Mhanis

I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat.

Pete Townshend

2009 M1100 72,000+ miles- and climbing
2015 Suzuki TU250X 13,000+ miles GONE!

MadDuck

Suzuki B King.  I could see how it could be forgotten.
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

DucHead

B-King with aftermarket pipes looks just fine.  'Busas with the stickers removed and a few mods make great sport-tourers. 
'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"

corey

Quote from: DucHead on June 14, 2011, 04:43:35 AM
'Busas with the stickers removed and a few mods make great sport-tourers. 

Like the run-it-into-a-brick-wall mod.
When all the land lays in ruin... And burnination has forsaken the countryside... Only one guy will remain... My money's on...

ducatiz

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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

DucHead

'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"

brix821

GUNS OF BRIXTON

akmnstr

A custom KLR


Actually I find beauty in its' functional ugliness.
"you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas!!" Davey Crockett & AKmnstr

"An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."
Charles Darwin

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ducatiz

Quote from: akmnstr on June 14, 2011, 12:59:14 PM
A custom KLR


Actually I find beauty in its' functional ugliness.

I don't think it's ugly at all, and I agree it is highly functional...

probably a little better made than the (Italian) bike it copies:

Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Bill in OKC

Quote from: ducatiz on June 13, 2011, 06:21:18 PM
Say what you will -- the mantra has a 7 or 8 gallon tank!

It is hideous but I bet that tank is made out of steel!  lol
'07 S4Rs  '02 RSVR  '75 GT550  '13 FXSB  '74 H1E  '71 CB750

ducatiz

Quote from: Bill in OKC on June 14, 2011, 01:28:34 PM
It is hideous but I bet that tank is made out of steel!  lol

It's not, it's nylon.  And I have one guy on my list with a Mantra and his tank is starting to deform.   [thumbsdown]
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Bill in OKC

That really sucks.  Those tanks wont be as easy to come by as a Monster tank either :(
'07 S4Rs  '02 RSVR  '75 GT550  '13 FXSB  '74 H1E  '71 CB750

NorDog

A man in passion rides a mad horse. -- Ben Franklin


MadDuck

Quote from: NorDog on June 14, 2011, 02:55:24 PM


That was the other one I was going to mention. How that got through the design dept. I'll never understand.   [puke]
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

Mhanis

Quote from: MadDuck on June 15, 2011, 08:42:04 PM
That was the other one I was going to mention. How that got through the design dept. I'll never understand.   [puke]


Likely the design department DESIGNED it; thats how it got through. Unfortunately design departments are as fallible as the rest of us.



I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat.

Pete Townshend

2009 M1100 72,000+ miles- and climbing
2015 Suzuki TU250X 13,000+ miles GONE!