Ugliest And Best Looking Motorcycles

The Gen 1 Ducati Multistrada.

 

Got to be the best looking motorcycle ever made.
I remember drooling over it on the front of the MCN when it first came out in the mid 90’s. Swore I would own one someday.
I currently have a red 996 in my garage and can’t see myself ever selling it.
Having said that I think the 1200 Thruxton runs it a close second.
I also have one of them in my garage!

 

My 1198SP.......



...and my '04 R1 which I part-exed for the 1198 and came to regret it. In fact, I went back to the dealer hoping to buy it back but it had gone.

 

I always liked the early F4 MV's, penned by Tamburini the same as the 916. Taking delivery of my 1000S, must be 20 years ago. Deffo fits into the category of 'should've kept it' Lol

 

This could possibly go either way depending on people's taste for spaceframes and creative engineering, but for me Ariel Motorcycles are ugly!

 

To me it still has to be the Manx 500

 

There's not much so far in this thread about the Ugly bikes. I suppose you may offend someone who might own that particular model you dislike? In the case I'm going to mention, if do have one, you will be Quids in as I'm told they are very rare and sought after. So I put my shout in for the MV F4 as a beautiful bike, but many years earlier when MV brought out their first 4 cylinder road bike, it wasn't exactly a looker, in fact it was nicknamed the Black Pig. That headlamp doesn't help I think. But they only built 127 examples hence their value if you happen to find one in a shed somewhere. Unlikely I know.

 

For me, it has to be the Z900 Kawasaki. I've always thought that this is the best bike ever to come out of Japan. My GS 750 came close, but this has always been the one bike I'd love to have.


In the pig ugly department, well for me the whole CCM range. I just can't understand anyone putting money down to buy any of the range. Well overpriced and for what, they look disgusting.

Then there's this pile of junk


Maybe I don't get it, I wouldn't want any of them, even for free.

 

OK, how about a Munch Mammut, never seen one in the metal thankfully.....



...and a modern contender. Far better to ride than to look at, or so I'm told.

 

The Fireblade of it's day.

 

Charley and Ewan have a lot to answer for. I'm not a fan either, but BMW sell them by the bucket load and of course they ain't cheap.

 

@Pegscraper Brace yourself

 

The bar end indicators are cool!

 

The RVF400 NC35 may not be up there with the 916, but it's close!

 

Well, I hope you will forgive me for putting forward two that I own myself, but I always liked the NS400 and I'm on my 2nd STRS.

 

Sorry, I meant to reply earlier but I fainted.

 

Another one which may cause a bit of debate.... but I think a Series 3 Lambretta, especially an SX200 with a nice paint scheme like this one, has real Italian elegance.

Or maybe that's just because I had one!

 

Blimey, quite a confession there ajc. Glad to see you grew a pair and progressed to a motorcycle!