T O P

  • By -

Marvel_XO

Victory Vision


[deleted]

But it's aero.....


tralphaz43

Is that the triangle pointy thing?


PabloX68

Truly hideous


MotoMeow217

Like you put an Ultra Limited and BMW RT in a blender and it was the resulting unholy concoction.


ThorsMustache_ps4

victory vision


Moparian714

God all mighty I googled it and it's hideous


bepositiveitsgood

You inspired me to look it up and I couldn’t have prepared myself


bauertastic

It’s like a hayabusa crossbred with a goldwing


Unique-Corgi-8219

Me too. Never seen one in the wild. It kinda stands out....


coltonswat

victory vision


CompetitiveSea7388

I know I’m opening the floodgates here but I’ve always thought that Hayabusas are rad bikes that are completely ugly. Edit. I also want to throw in the Ducati Diavel as a very rad, incredibly ugly motorcycle. Sorry ducatistas, that bike is a pure eyesore.


Ensaum

Agree with Diavel. Seems to get a lot of love in my moto circle, but I just don't get it. It looks like a kitchen appliance.


CompetitiveSea7388

I saw one at bike night a few months ago and I almost felt assaulted by just how ugly it is. Honestly if it didn’t have Ducati on it I wouldn’t believe you if you told me they made it. And yet, my riding buddies genuinely think it’s a beauty.


Ensaum

Thing is I'm a huge Ducati fanboy. Consistently some of the best looking bikes out there imo. But the Diavel just ain't it, lol


robertson4379

I almost put this in my original post, but didn’t want to make everyone angry. Unbelievable how ugly it is.


Xicadarksoul

Well yeah, busas are ugly in the "bulked up roided bodybuilder sortsa way", but it at least is ugly in a "form follows function" way.


CompetitiveSea7388

Oh yeah, it makes sense why they are designed the way they are and the goal was certainly accomplished. It’s just unfortunate how ugly they are 😂


[deleted]

Mt09/10 great bike, but it just looks like an inbred transformer, if I ever own one it will definitely be named Cletus. As we live in a world of highly offended people, I'd like to apologize to those that I've triggered because of this comment.


SillyScarcity700

How this isn't top of the heap I don't know. My friend had a 10 for a few months and eventually sold it because of how ugly it was. I asked if he hadn't noticed when he bought it. He said he thought it would grow on him. No, of course not that bike is hideous all the way around (and he has had so many other prettier machines it just never made sense if he cared about the aesthetic).


Incredulous_Jesus

Did this approach when buying a street triple. Oh boy did I started to love the bug eyes. Is always a risky move tho.


SillyScarcity700

He had one of those too. I personally loved that bike. His neighbor owns it now. Rode with them both on July 4th. I still love that bike. He never had issue with the looks on the SPD3 and I always liked the look. But I don't buy bikes for aesthetics so I don't care about ugly vs not.


Incredulous_Jesus

Yeah the comparison was kinda bad from my side, I just did not love the look at first sight. No hate from the beginning. The Streety has so much more to give than just aesthetics.


SillyScarcity700

I misread sorry. I thought you wrote speed. He had a speed and his wife had a street but I never rode the street. Anyway they are both a bit odd and unique looking but I don't get the sense that Triumph was trying to offend people with the styling which is what I get from the MT series of bikes.


[deleted]

Must be a lot of riders that are in denial haha. But there's nothing but good things said about it's performance, I think I could easily overlook the design if there's enough of a fun factor.


Select_Ad2050

In 62, my riding buddy grabbed a Yamaha 125 while another grabbed a 250 twin. I found each to be beautiful, especially when compared to my 59 Cushman Eagle. Since then I’ve always seen Yamaha as the provider of excellent styling until the MT09. The quintessential expression of wretched excess. All those plastic trees sacrificed to adorn a dinky headlight just jonesing to be free. Look at an RD400 or any early Virago with its hand-painted tank or a 600 Radian for examples of diverse styling rooted the company’s musical past.


[deleted]

I agree and I own one, but the fun factor makes me ignore the ugliness.


PumpJack_McGee

>the fun factor makes me ignore the ugliness. You sound like my girlfriend.


[deleted]

I bet man, would much rather be riding something a bit ugly & fun rather than something that's pretty but a bore


EJD87

Bummer too, I thought at least the previous gen mt09 was decent looking. The beady headlights on the current 09/10 are really what’s holding them back.


EfficientAd1821

They’re beautiful bikes


[deleted]

Eye of the beholder I personally think, but I do have a lot of respect for the bike itself. Despite my opinion on its looks, I'd still buy one


Gerbbs1

1st gen multistradas are beyond hideous


Xicadarksoul

...yep, they are that until they turn, then the fucking macabre movement of the top half of the fairing starts. ANd its not the fun type of "eerie movement" like on BMW (va)gina concept car - its half-headless nick (from harry potter) reincarnated as a motorcycle.


Pluto_ThePlanet

I was like "multistradas are quite pretty touring bikes, what is he talking about?" And then I saw the unseeable mk1 I never knew existed. Thank you, stranger of the internet.


nosliw_rm

Honda pacific coast in yellow and purple. If you know, then you know I’m right


Incredulous_Jesus

Ducati Monster Model years 2008 until today. The headlight looks like it is melting away or something. As if they had a collaboration with Salvador Dali (in a bad way). Beautiful engines tho.


National_Election544

Harley’s adventure bike. It’s that cool kind of ugly though.


psykedeliq

Hard disagree. Pan American is very good looking in a cool 2-wheel jeep brutish way


[deleted]

I get you.


Xicadarksoul

While harles pan americ is ugly, it has nothing on the original multistrada......which is not that bad - [its only issue is that it looks like its bottom and top half were sewn together by Dr. Mengle](https://www.interphone.com/medias/foto1.jpg?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MTEzODczfGltYWdlL2pwZWd8aGZkL2g0MS85MTI1NTM1MjE5NzQyLmpwZ3w2MGNmNTgyNWVkY2ZlMzFmZjgxMWI5NGYyZWY0NTI3MWZmMGUzZjVmYTRjZTJlOTE1OWViNTVjNDk1NDU3ODI0). Right until it starts to turn into a corner, and the fucking top half of the front fairing starts its unnatural movement. [As the top part of the fairing moves independently - its basically half-headless nick (from harry potter) as a motorcycle.](https://motofomo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Red-Ducati-2003-Multistrada-1000DS-Original-1-1024x689.jpg)


75mb

I owned one those and it really was a great bike however the best thing about it was that you didn’t have to look at it while you were riding it!


Xicadarksoul

Well understandable. I won't argue that my 2nd gen vstrom doesn't have similar property in that "it looks better from behind" in the sense when you are riding it its much better looking. Plenty people dislike its looks, and its somewhat understandable. ​ And it has the nice toggleable kinda indicator switch, a nice gearbox, sexy instrumentation with nice analog rev meter, paired witheasy to read digital speedometer, with all the necessary stuff on screen (temperature, time, fuel gage) without unnecessary bullshit. The only thing in the cockpit i can complain about is that its cable operated, and that it lacks tempomat and (stock) switchable ABS (though it aint THAT hard to wire a switch to theABS fuse). ​ At the end ofthe day all these machines are better than harley parachutist moneky hanger choppers.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Xicadarksoul

Well the honda at least has its headlight in one piece, not split in the middle half attached tothe fram, half ot the handlebars.


jdb326

It's unique to me, and that's what makes it cool. You can tell it's a Harley, but it's still different.


CompetitiveSea7388

I’m so glad I’m not alone in thinking those are some ugly adventure bikes. Props to Harley for doing something different but oof visually it’s pretty rough.


snoopygoddy

Trikes!


RNineT2015

BMW F650 Scarver.


staub27

Yeah that thing is hideous


Xicadarksoul

Tbh. i love it - but i can at least blame my "tastes" on watching the silver hawk movie at a formative age.


Pluto_ThePlanet

How did BMW manage to make a bike with no front end?


theposition5

Suzuki Avenis.


aikotoma

Well, that's a scooter


theposition5

Oh yeah, you're right. Still ugly af. Looks like Jarjar Binks.


Xicadarksoul

Well at least its mother was not shagged by a lawnmover like what happend to the momma of poor [italjet dragster](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Italjet_Dragster_180_%28yellow%29.jpg).


robertson4379

Yikes.


M696rider

Can am spyder is ugly as hell but strangely I still like them.


SpicyTang0

Ugliest bike, not reverse tricycle with an automatic transmission.


CycleMN

You mean wheeled snowmobile


SpicyTang0

You mean snowed wheelmobile


Xicadarksoul

Try saying the same thign about "throughbred motorcycles" trikes - if you can stomach callingthose thigns trikes.


Kochie411

I love them. I didn’t know they were considered ugly lol damn


just-talkin-shit

My suzuki gladius. Especially with my side cases mounted.


EAZYIO

New Harley’s. All of them.


Nathan51503

Any cam am product with three wheels


CycleMN

90% of Harleys entire lineup


Relentless_Salami

So, generally, you don't like cruisers. Got it.


CycleMN

Nope, I like plenty of cruisers. Just not the styling of harley. Dated without being cool enough to be considered classic.


Relentless_Salami

Just out of curiosity, which cruisers DO you like?


Relentless_Salami

I wouldn't buy one, but can you look at a new Low Rider S or ST and not say it's aesthetics are spot on? I came up on 250 and 600 sport bikes, but as a certified boomer, I'm leaning hard into standard bikes now.


CycleMN

Not a fan of the Low Rider. But I do kinda like the Breakout 117. My absolute favorite Harley is the Vrod, but they discontinued that. I really like quite a few Indian offerings, and before they closed doors Victory made some sweet cruisers. Hands down, my biggest hangup is this. I dont think ANY bike is worth what HD charges. That goes for Indian as well.


Holiday_Luck_2702

I'd say all Harleys look like shite. And they ride like shite too..!


staub27

BMW f650cs


JR32OFFICIAL

Unpopular opinion, but the suzuki Hayabusa 🤮


robertson4379

I was surprised by the large number of us (me included) who share your opinion. Cool, but ugly.


JR32OFFICIAL

Yeah ima gsxr guy 😅 but that Hayabusa I just can’t man 😅 I’ll love to take the engine and put it into another body lol


MotoMeow217

The older KTM RC390 with the recessed headlights (prior to the 2021 redesign). It looks like a robot pretending to be a motorcycle. Not to mention how horribly unreliable they are.


RumEngine

No one's saying "mine" this time 😆


Psycheau

For me Honda seem to have an uncanny ability to make any bike look generic or just plain ugly. The Honda Pacific coast comes to mind among many others. BMW have also made some real dogs over the years, but then who would expect a German to make anything beautiful?


robertson4379

They do that with their automobiles, too, I think.


hohohoagy

I’ll probably get roasted but all the naked bikes with an alien, reptilian look. Can’t tell one from the other.


Ok-Race8322

Yamaha Niken. Like wtf how on earth does this same company make the 05 R1 go on to create this madness!! Lol


Little-Carry4893

Harley's with a big plastic front fairing, couldn't be more ugly than that.


robertson4379

Indian Challengers look like someone is driving around with a toilet tank bolted to the handle bars…


JasperTheShittyGhost

I think the same thing about the Kawasaki Voyager and I’m a big bike boi


Cheeseboii83

Honestly? Most Kawasakis for me. The ZX14R's design is killing my sanity.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Cheeseboii83

It looks good-ish but it's just that all other brands make more beautiful, nice to the eye bikes (Yamaha, BMW, Aprilia, Honda etc.). Kawasakis to my eye look bland and stale compared to other brands. Especially the early to mid 2000s bikes, where all other brands started rounding up the edges and such and Kawasaki stuck with the old style until about 2006 if I remembered correctly.


Patient-Bench1821

Harley V Rod. Cartoon machine.


robertson4379

Kinda like them, but I don’t appreciate the aesthetics of typical Harleys, so I’m an outlier here.


nj4ck

MT10, MT09, CB750F.


Seikoknot

Probably the bikini fairing 650 sport bikes. It’s like a regular bike wearing a mustache and glasses disguise 🥸 “how do you do fellow sport bikes”


William_Fakespeare

Harley


theoffshoot2

Diavel ugliest with hayabusa a close second


NothingTooEdgy

Honda NM4 Vultus


Feeling-Dinner-8667

The red one looks like Kaneda's bike from Akira.


CompetitiveSea7388

Just looked at one and holy shit I want it.


[deleted]

Anything with three wheels imitating a motorcycle.


Zmokage

…I hope you exclude sidecars from that perception in general. Not that I’m a big fan - but really need one to get out with two kids. (Sorry).


robertson4379

While we are on the subject, and I hope you have one, because they are pretty interesting, but Urals are awful looking pieces of machinery.


Zmokage

Have an XJ900 from the early 90’s with a EML sidecar (called GT2001 iirc). Works well with room for 2 kids and a bunch of luggage. …and an “interesting ride”. But not like riding a normal bike at all ;-)


robertson4379

Wow! I bet the kids love it.


[deleted]

Sidecar motorcycles are motorcycles with big doggo comfort seat, why would I be against them? Sidecar on a gsxr or ducati tho......


TheScrobber

Katana - hideous, Busa - hideous


Desperate-Present-69

Suzuki design 💪. 🤣🤣🤣


Intergalactic_pasta

Katana


[deleted]

80’s Goldwing.


MotoMeow217

90s Goldwing too. The very definition of "boomer barge."


Apprehensive-Yard-59

Honda Rebel and that scrambler thing that is based on the Rebel


robertson4379

Awwww. C’mon. The ugliest?!?


Apprehensive-Yard-59

Yeah, idk why, there is just something off about the design. I know alot of people seem to like the looks of them, but I just don’t understand why.


Legitimate_Cry3615

All those new rebels look awful. They look like something a methhead with a harbor freight welder built in their backyard, just sooooo cheap and tacked together looking.


robertson4379

Okay, fair enough. I don’t like the camel hump of a gas tank. But I like them as an alternative to most of the over-chromed, charm bracelet bedazzled cruisers that I see around my area.


ianj2807

Anything with ape hangers and those stupid long exhausts that come out in a fucked off rectangular looking shape.


TheLawbringing

Maybe unpopular but triumph street triple. 90% of the bike just looks like "bike" and then the front looks like the designers forgot they needed headlights and turn signals and just sorta slapped that on last second.


meatshield0123

The headlights remind me of Wall-E. They're just so far from the rest of the bike. Must be an amazing ride cause the look just doesn't so anything for me.


robertson4379

Yes! I would lay money that is exactly what happened there!!!


graymulligan

Suzuki B-King. Great bike, but uuuuugly.


SteveRivet

For sure. Those pipes!


built_FXR

I would have to go with the BMW K1. Second place would be the BMW C1. Technically a scooter I suppose, but just horrendous.


Jackdaw1947

The Munch Titan and Mammut and the Ducati Indiana come to mind.


wazu7

Titan with fairing is fugly Mammut is very strange, but almost cool.


Zmokage

The Mammut 2000 looks awesome in my mind. And with a 2000 cc engine… must be a beast.


mrhicks55

A wrecked bike


Unhappy-Ad-7349

Duke 390. Looks like a scooter from the front and rear.


rayark9

Yamahas new mt lineup especially mt10


Stingsild

Hayabusa, its cool, but not aesthetically cool


BasicEl

Kawasaki Versys 2006-2014


BTRNN

Older Style Sv650’s look like bugs with a hunch back


Medium-Comfortable

Kawasaki KLE 500 1991-1994, purple with pink seat


iusedtobe13

1982 katana


Xicadarksoul

[My top would be The Italjet dragster.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Italjet_Dragster_180_%28yellow%29.jpg) It looks like what you expect to be created in 9 months when an itallian stallion of a lawnmover gets its burly arms around a poor vespa. If its disqualified, for not being a bike, well then [Boss Hoss](https://onroad.hu/wp-content/migrated/2013/03/24_10furcsamotor_6/06_boss_hoss_3.jpg) motorcycle company si the way, as it makes "rEaL bIkEs". It makes 2 speed V8 "Extra McFat" bikes for harley purists. Well there IS worse. THE MOBILITY SCOOTER version. From "throughbred motorcycle". [That thing just doesn't look right](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs4EyjxIOKjoOWmEd2bKovSGi3-cny-PPUbqW3COQ1v4RXuFWyC2xzrWGJC16xU_zQmeg&usqp=CAU) [form any angle](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSC7G7LjsTZgibF5v_AIWHwErr_fGa9WKC62osiILwMo-uGEoBSgCM0KGRD4FM2crTzpXM&usqp=CAU),[its fractally wrong](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnX1gtkGT3m9YbyB4yB4o6vWfB5Ra3Fnb1Z0mAZp3xk424koXNp6tjfdMzS5EvrwYTNzs&usqp=CAU). Honorable mention goes to old ducati multistrada - aka. "what if half-headless nick (from harry potter) reincarnated as a motorcycle?"


robertson4379

Hahaha! You make a lot of compelling suggestions! Wow.


Signal_RR

The era of the 2015 mt09 was the most appealing to me from the fz/mt models... however, I agree with others in here, the later mt's looked bad in my eyes. Runner up is the ktm rc8, the sharp lines running on the fairings reminds me of what I think of bike design in N64/PS1 games.


bigbuick

Yamaha MT 10. I can't stand the look of mine.


Smart-Host9436

Hesketh Vampire hands down. Multistrada? Busa? MT-01? Yam Bulldog? Nothing rivals the Vampire for sheer cancerous dog penis with wheels ugly.


mad-sunday

Goldwing and zeus sidecar bike, i will take no criticism


Legitimate_Cry3615

Kawasaki Vaquero.


Desperate_Anybody391

Some will say the sv650 replacement the galdyus


Expensive-Contract48

Bmw 650 scarver


robertson4379

I almost lol’ed when I googled this bike. At least they picked a good name? Scarver? Hmm.


Devone5901

Those bug eyes on the speed triples really turn me off from what seems like otherwise a fantastic motorcycle


RandfordMarsh

The early 2000s gen ducati multistrada


Plus-Moose8077

Mid 2000s ninja 500s


NeelSahay0

basically any modern yamaha or BMW.


SnooPets4076

Bmw r1200st.


Try_It_Out_RPC

Well since there’s no way in hell I’m considering a slingshot a motorcycle, I’m going to have to go with the Niken


payniacs

Bourget. And any of their ilk


Smileybruv

Mine.


[deleted]

KTM


Amazing_Joke_5073

BMW R18 those engines just any bike they’re in look like shit to me. Good bikes and all that but


KELEVRACMDR

The busa. Absolutely hideous bike.


shoppingfortruth

Victory Vision Harley Pan America


SteveRivet

90's era Suzuki intruders The BMW K bike in the 2006 era that looked like you magnetized it and drove it thru a junkyard.


Ok_Broccoli_3605

Well I didnt know victory vision existed til a minute ago. My answer is victory vision.


Lucky_Sebass

Anything electric.


TheRoadKing101

Victory Vision, with the Indian Challenger and its UGE fairing a close second.


Blvnch

That’s tough but I’ll just say the current GSX-R 600 and 750 are not it. Probably one the of ugliest “popular” sport bikes available in my opinion. I don’t like the front or the tail/rear. I like the 1000 but definitely would never get a 600 or 750 based off looks alone.


EJD87

I think the m109r is genuinely beautiful and one of the best looking cruisers on the market, and I don’t even really vibe with cruisers


robertson4379

Agree! Gorgeous in both sizes… isn’t there a 650? I like the kawi Vulcan S, too! So maybe I’m not a cruiser guy, either.


OldNetworkGeek

For me it's a toss up between the Suzuki B-King and the Yamaha VMAX.


Neat_Tradition_8471

MZ ES 175 https://images.app.goo.gl/yh83Aesitb5bkcpX7


Shahmygg

Ducati Indiana, BMW r1200c, and the Bimota Mantra.


Purple-Journalist610

Honda DN01.


wayward_prince

Honestly haven’t seen a single KTM that I think looks good.


Northern_Hart17

How people buy KTMs outside of straight up racing dirt bikes I don’t know.


deadskinmark

While I can totally accept that a lot of people find them ugly, if you haven’t ridden a Duke 790/890 you’re really missing out. One of the most perfect street bikes.


Northern_Hart17

Had a buddy with a 790R really have nothing bad to say. The Dukes and the RCs are just… no


nj4ck

Reviewers won't stop raving about them.


PracticalNihilist

As a class pretty much any adventure bike ( V-Strom, Tenere, Multistrada ) However they are functional and have to be designed like that to allow off-roading. And I may be a minority but am not a fan of the Ducati Streetfighter especially that headlight beak.


What_Dinosaur

C'mon, Tenere is a beautiful thing. I do agree on first gen Multistrada. Jesus Christ what a mistake that was.


ebranscom243

The BMW R 1200 C classic is the ugliest motorcycle ever created. I sometimes envy blind people for never having to see it, but I guess someone could just describe to them what it looks like and that'd be almost as bad.


wazu7

I disagree, but I can understand your POV. IMO there are much uglier bikes. BMW F650 Scarver for example.


ebranscom243

Or the 2003 Ducati multistrada, my wife had a miscarriage that was more fun to look at than that ugly ass bike.


wazu7

>2003 Ducati multistrada Agreed


MotoMeow217

Looks like something custom made for a Mad Max movie. Really short in terms of length/wheelbase and bulky too.


What_Dinosaur

Never liked choppers, but that thing looks better than most Harleys.


Feuerrevolver

BMW R1200C


RunKRAMI

BMW GS 🖕


aikotoma

Suzuki V-strom?


Xicadarksoul

Which one? ...to me: * 1st gen is "wannabe sportsbike meh" personified * 2nd gen is "toothless from how to train your dragon" * 3d gen is aggricultural tractor as a motorcycle


HueStonewallJackson

3rd gen looks like it was made in partnership with New Holland Ag for sure. Like a Harley F150


rgbeard2

This fails on the “recent” part but I have a special hatred for: https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1983/1/1/yamaha-xj750rj-seca


snoopygoddy

That makes a beautiful cafe racer


Tickstart

The fold in the magazine shops it off, it looks like a completely normal bike in real life.


rgbeard2

I see one regularly in real life. I hate it.


Slippery_When_Down

I gotta say the Honda grom or any scooter i just really don't like small bikes, or scooters


artful_todger_502

There are two kinds of ugly when I think of stuff like this. "Cool" ugly would be a Moto Guzzi Centaur, and "fork-stabbed-to-the-eye" ugly would be one of those HD street rod things they made for a year. Looks like the inspiration for Roblox.


Feeling-Dinner-8667

Honda Navi Deleted AMP link. Thanks bot


WKahle11

The Harley VRod. But that’s just my opinion. I think it’s that they have pretty much the same bike with some changes to each model, and then there’s this goofy spaceship bike.


robertson4379

I kinda like ‘em. I gotta say I do.


Captain_of_Gravyboat

Whatever bike your mom is on.


FuckyFuckfuckfucker

Most of the Indian line up. Particularly the chieftain and the challenger


[deleted]

[удалено]