And you thought the B-King was ugly

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#31 Unread post by Tennif Shoe »

Grey Thumper wrote:Hmmm, I feel slightly insulted that my bike isn't on the list; I always thought it was pretty ugly.

you wanted it so i say put thumper on the list of ugly, ooops i mean thumper's bike on the list of ugly
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#32 Unread post by Grey Thumper »

MZ33 wrote:Hey, I just realized: that's why you are Grey Thumper! :doh1:
Correctamundo! I'll stick with the name even if I change my bike though; I'd love to get a Moto Guzzi, but "White and Red Transverse V-Twin" isn't exactly catchy.

Back to the thread though, I always thought this bike was fairly ugly (not as bad as the CS though :lol: )

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Grey Thumper wrote:
MZ33 wrote:Hey, I just realized: that's why you are Grey Thumper! :doh1:
Correctamundo! I'll stick with the name even if I change my bike though; I'd love to get a Moto Guzzi, but "White and Red Transverse V-Twin" isn't exactly catchy.

Back to the thread though, I always thought this bike was fairly ugly (not as bad as the CS though :lol: )

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That is one strange looking bike. Is that also a BMW? I think I recognize that horizontally opposed twin. It is really cool, but I do wonder about really deep leaning turns. Not that I lean all that deep yet.

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#34 Unread post by Grey Thumper »

RhadamYgg wrote:That is one strange looking bike. Is that also a BMW? I think I recognize that horizontally opposed twin. It is really cool, but I do wonder about really deep leaning turns. Not that I lean all that deep yet.

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#35 Unread post by fireguzzi »

Those jugs are pretty high up. You would be doing some serious riding to scrape those things.

Rhadam....dude.....where the heck is your B king!?! Iv'e been waiting for pics long enough now!
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fireguzzi wrote:Those jugs are pretty high up. You would be doing some serious riding to scrape those things.

Rhadam....dude.....where the heck is your B king!?! Iv'e been waiting for pics long enough now!
It is coming tomorrow - so saith the dealer.

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#37 Unread post by XB08 »

I like the B-king, it needs to loose some weight but it a good bike. I like my bikes light.
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XB08 wrote:I like the B-king, it needs to loose some weight but it a good bike. I like my bikes light.
Let me tell you - pushing it back and forth in my driveway and my garage trying to get all the bikes in place and taking pictures.... We'll pushing my Ninja 250 in to the garage was like pushing a paperweight.

Everything I read about the B-King seems to indicate that the weight helps it in terms of road defects and ride quality and that once you are moving the weight is a lot less noticeable.

At least that's the rationalization I'm buying in to - since I already bought the bike!

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Grey Thumper wrote:
MZ33 wrote:Hey, I just realized: that's why you are Grey Thumper! :doh1:
Correctamundo! I'll stick with the name even if I change my bike though; I'd love to get a Moto Guzzi, but "White and Red Transverse V-Twin" isn't exactly catchy.

Back to the thread though, I always thought this bike was fairly ugly (not as bad as the CS though :lol: )

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That bike looks like it has a lazy eye! What a strange looking bike!

To be honest though, if someone wanted to give me one, I'd take an ugly Beemer any day :D . I don't think most of the ones mentioned are that bad (even Grey Thumper's), but THAT one fell all over the ugly-stick!
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#40 Unread post by roncg41677 »

To be fair, I just looked up a side view of the "rockster" and it really doesn't look bad either. Now I feel bad for making fun of it :( .
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