Best looking bikes
 

What are your opinions of the best looking current bikes:
Buell Lightning

i think the Buell has decent styling, but they always looked too tall with a little too short of a wheelbase. The proportions aren't quite right for me...

Love there little catch phrase. "own the corners". that really appeals to me.

i LOVE the kawi z1000 .....i love the euro streetfighter look

I'm an R1 guy myself.

Cruisers - Rune

Streetfighters - Triumph Speed Triple, so ugly it's beautiful

Standards - they're all equally boring in appearance

Enduros - Any of the Beemers.

Sportbikes - pretty much all look the same, but I am partial to the Ducati

The Ducati Monster and the Triumph Speedmaster.

And of course, Nortons!

The Aprilia Tuono and any 916-series Ducati

fond of Honda CBRs

Ditto the Duc's.

I too think that the Buell looks to tall and too short.

Duc's and Gixxer's

http://yamaha-motor.com/products/mcy...SLV_1_1734.jpg

2004 Yamaha R1. 180 horses!

The Rune, off the line is ass ugly. i've seen some that were modified that look nice but let indian keep the big fenders, and let kawa be the chief rip off.

I heard it's a sweet ride... butterface

I'm a sucker for the naked and near naked Japanese bikes - the Bandits and Fazers being two of the nicer examples.

From a looks perspects the striaght fours tend to look better than the twins like the SV.

+1 for the 2004 R1

That bike looks fast just sitting there...

NOTE: 180 HP at the ENGINE. It will be considerably less at the REARWHEEL. Still a FAST bike...

I like the Rune as a cruiser simply because it is the sole cruiser to challenge the accepted conventions of cruiser aesthetics. Every cruiser looks like every other cruiser these days, with the exception of how much chrome is piled on. The Rune is at least different. I also thinks the trailing link springer front is gorgeous thing of engineering beauty.

+2 the R1...but the R6 is a pretty sweet package as well....

KTM Duke II

The ultimate hooligan bike

The meanest thing around... Suzuki Hayabusa, even looks like some weird japenese monster.

I think it looks kind of cool, in a "sprung to life from a cartoon" kind of way.

Like the looks of the Yamaha VMX1200, as well.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Voxan in the flesh, either.

Ducati 916/996 in Black is THE SEXIEST BIKE ON THE PLANET.

And the Cagiva Mito Evo is the kiddies version - same basic shape, but only a 12/33bhp 125cc engine. All the looks, and none of the go.

my fav's are definetely ducati !!! 996 pwnz imo :] and equaly with ducati i would put the Hayabusa

my second favourite is kawasaki zx7r

On another note, Theres always arlen ness customs and West coast choppers. Except there bikes seem to be more or less the same. Havent really seen alot , but from what i have i like em. Specialy arlen ness

i´m quite surprised no ones mentioned this puppy (even though its just a concept).

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/large/1581-4.jpg

i think its the sexiest thing ever.

Thats not a motorbike though.

Motorbike = 2 wheels.

That monster has 4 wheels, so its more like a naked car with handlebars. Still cool though.

new Z1000 for standards,
GSXR1k for sports
Vulcan Drifter for cruisers
KTM duke for offroad/dual sport
and no scooters look good! That sums up all two wheeled vehicles :)

If you want to talk custom stuff, Billy Lane and Indian Larry are incredible builders. I personally think Lane builds the most incredibly cool bikes around (the Psychobilly Cadillac is unbelievable), and Indian Larry wrote the book on "Ol' Skool".

There are a ton of great builders out there that are doing amazing stuff and getting little to no press when compared to Jesse James and OCC. The two I mentioned above are getting some good exposure on cable, but nowhere near enough.

Guys like Horton what writes for Chopper Underground, Hackasaw of Gobster Mirage, xsspeed, Voodoo Choppers. These guys are doing incredible stuff and getting little to no press.

BMW R 1200C
I've wanted one ever since it was in Tomorrow Never Dies (I think?)

RC51

Roger Bourgette (sp?) is one hell of a builder too, all his bikes oilcool through the frame, it's quite awsome. =)

I think he's got the coolest styled bikes on the planet, although, Jesse James and Billy Lanes bikes are amazing too.

here is the bourget bike list

http://www.bourgets.com/pages/msrp.html

And they all look the same...

My fav is Honda CBR900RR Fireblade

Ducati Monster :D

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the sexiest bike i've ever seen.... but i would love to own one. The MV Agusta F-4 AGO is a favorite of mine.

http://www.mvagustausa.com/2003mvagu...leftsideLG.jpg

I would gladly turn in my suzuki to have one. aside from it being faster than hell, some of the more stylish features include independant exhaust pipes for each cylinder...

http://www.mvagustausa.com/2003mvagu...GO_10_1024.jpg

interchangable transmision without having to remove the engine is another fine option for those serious racers out there. since each bike is dynoed at the factory and goes through a break in period you can giver her hell from the word go and unleash the 140+ horse power killing yourself at speeds of over 175mph. and to top it off you can always remember this... the companies goal is to build a Ferrari on two wheels

Here's another vote for Ducati.

http://hayabusa.bikepics.com/apr-mot...pics-23208.jpg

1999 Aprilia Moto 6.5

Odd to see 4-4 exhaust on a sportbike. You get better scavenging in a 4-2 or 4-1 system.

ducati monster s4!

the Buell just looks too bare to me, i like the new R1 though.. i want to get a crotch rocket by next summer

Yamaha R1

i've always liked the look of the V-rod, the kinda "exo-skeleton" framework

http://www.rmh-d.com/images/new_mc/2004/VRSCA_16_13.jpg

I think the Honda VTX 1800 utterly magnificent. I want one SOOO bad. (Anyone wanna gimme $13k so I can get one?) The only thing I dont like about the VTX (and this is something that exists on a lot of bikes these days) is the exhaust is only on one side. I want DUAL PIPES, if only for aesthetic balance.

I love the black/grey scheme.

Gotta vote for the Ducatis as far as dreaming goes. Realistically the R1s are pretty damn sweet.

I love the look of the Rune, but it's a little pricey for me right now. I agree with Sion, the VTX 1800 is my next bike for sure. Was out looking at them today, and will have one for next season.

I like the vrod w/o the solid wheels... otherwise it's either Aprilia or Ducatti for the coolest bikes

Nothing mentiond holds a candle to this

http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/ima...l_diablo/a.gif

http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/ima...l_diablo/b.gif

http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/ima...l_diablo/c.gif

http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/ima...l_diablo/e.gif

http://www.westcoastchoppers.com/ima...l_diablo/f.gif

Wow, that's the first time I've seen West Coast Chopper's completed El Diablo II! Very nice!

I don't think I'd ever want to own a custom chopper, but man they're nice to look at and drool over! :)

Why, oh why, did they have to make it a freakin' Slushtail?

because it's "cool" and "badass", dude
and
it's the popular chopper thing to do, you know, choppers are supposed to be comfortable, duh

Good point. I can see making a Slushtail chopper out of something that never was meant to be a Slushy, like a swingarm UJM, just for the novelty factor. That would be cool, because it would represent some serious fab and redesign work. Grabbing a Paughco/Santee/Jaffee/whatever Slushtail off the rack (I don't care how much fru-fru downtube work you do) ain't sick in a good way. It's just blah.

Chops should be rigid, unless your doing a Bay-area swing-arm (or something similar) as a period Kustom.

Comfortable, my arse...

personally i love the old school kind of choppers. go google indian larry. he makes sick bikes.

Another vote for the Duck. 916-998, not the new 999.

harleys are the best dont let them foool you

Cruisers:

WCC rocks...
Harley: Softail Heritage
for more accessible: Yamaha V-Star 1100 Silverado

Sport:

Speed - Suzuki GSX-R 1000
Looks - Ducati 998 or Yamaha R1

Lov the R1 In blue, but I have really been liking the KTM street bikes intresting look too! Can't seem to find any good links to a page of the street KTMs. The lastest cycleworld had a real good article!

I personnally like the look of my Suzuki TL1000R, although the new R1 is sweet too.

For radically designed choppers, I love the look of Billy Lane's bikes, and his rear hubless wheel is probably my favorite. I'm very much in love with that hubless rear wheel! :love:

I think I like the look of the Psycho Billy Cadillac more than the Camel. It just seems to flow a little nicer.


Psycho Billy Cadillac
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Camel Bike
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For old school choppers, definitely Indian Larry. His Wild Child bike is simply beautiful.

damn, I cant believe no one threw out the V-5....


http://www2.plala.or.jp/no-23/rc211v-3.jpg
http://www2.plala.or.jp/no-23/rc211v-1.jpg
*drool* if honda doesnt make a road going version of these, I'll shoot someone...
http://www.bikernet.co.za/library/mo...es/honda-2.jpg

http://www.mcsiden.com/images/valentino-rossi3.jpg