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(Positive Side) What is the best looking bike out there?
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:59 am
by RhadamYgg
Past, concept, current, etc(?) - whatever. What do you think is the best looking motorcycle.
Cruiser:
Honda Rune Valkyrie (I already know that isn't high on most people's list)
Sport Bike:
2009 Kawasaki ZX-10R with that freaky electric blue pain (Candy Surf Blue)
Naked Sport Bike:
Suzuki B-King or Honda 919
Sport Tourer:
FJR1300
Full Dress Tourer:
????? None really appeal to me. I'd take them all, no doubt, but none strikes me as particularly good looking.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:30 pm
by fireguzzi
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:05 pm
by RhadamYgg
Ughhh I don't know about the crossbones. It is certainly the toughest looking bike, that's for sure.
That Daytona 675 is a great looking bike. Same for the Interceptor.
I like 90% of the HD, but the small windscreen strikes me as wrong. I'd probably get an aftermarket full windscreen.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:15 pm
by fireguzzi
The short windscreen is exactly what I like about that particular HD. The other windscreens like on the road king looks so generic.
I gotta admit though, it took a long time before it grew on me. I used to think it looked awkward and wrong.
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:19 pm
by jstark47
I saw a 2009 Triumph Street Triple R in the matte black finish on the showroom floor the other day. I probably wouldn't give a picture on a website a second look, but in person it was just hot looking.
In recent history, the Triumph Thunderbird Sports of the late nineties were beautiful.
....and most beautiful sport tourer? Moto Guzzi Norge. In red. Pure sex!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:49 pm
by TEvo
Cruiser:
current generation (2009+) Yamaha V-Max
Sport Bike:
Ducati Desmosedici RR
Naked Sport Bike:
Ducati StreetFighter S
Sport Tourer:
Kawasaki Concours 14
Full Dress Tourer:
BMW K1200LT
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:38 pm
by RhadamYgg
jstark47 wrote:I saw a 2009 Triumph Street Triple R in the matte black finish on the showroom floor the other day. I probably wouldn't give a picture on a website a second look, but in person it was just hot looking.
In recent history, the Triumph Thunderbird Sports of the late nineties were beautiful.
....and most beautiful sport tourer? Moto Guzzi Norge. In red. Pure sex!
I searched images on google, the Moto Guzzi Norge is nice. Triumph Thunderbird Sports ... Well it looks like a motorcycle. It doesn't pull me one way or another.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:43 pm
by RhadamYgg
fireguzzi wrote:The short windscreen is exactly what I like about that particular HD. The other windscreens like on the road king looks so generic.
I gotta admit though, it took a long time before it grew on me. I used to think it looked awkward and wrong.
I can say one thing about that windscreen - I always know when I see that bike. It is instantly recognizable - or at any rate - any bike with that upper fairing and windscreen.
RhadamYgg
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:54 pm
by RhadamYgg
TEvo wrote:Cruiser:
current generation (2009+) Yamaha V-Max
Sport Bike:
Ducati Desmosedici RR
Naked Sport Bike:
Ducati StreetFighter S
Sport Tourer:
Kawasaki Concours 14
Full Dress Tourer:
BMW K1200LT
It funny, you'd think that liking the B-King I'd like the V-Max, but it just doesn't do it for me - who knows why? I can't say.
The Ducati's all seem to have a different look about them. Definitely cool. You made me go out to Ducati's website... I keep looking at the Sportclassic Sport 1000 S.
I really like that windscreen and fairing combination. Too bad it looks too sporty of a posture for me to ride for significant amounts of time...
RhadamYgg
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:18 pm
by JC Viper
The 1098 is a good looking bike as well as the Buell 1125CR and Moto Guzzi's V7 Cafe (which will not be coming to the US).