Ugly Asian Naked Bikes

[Hillbilly]

OK, seeing as so many were offended by the Ugly Italian Naked Bike poll, here's a chance to "get even". Below are the upcoming naked "uglies" from 4 manufacturers for 2008, with one current model. That's what we'll start with.

[Eurodave]

Yuck,yech, eeoo,puke,vomit, :sick: Seems to me theyre all trying way too hard & they all look the same, but then, my heads still in the 70,s when REAL BIKES like Kwaka 900's,CB750's & GS750's ruled :not:

[Ralph]

Never thought I'd say it but I like the look of the Honda :yes:

[deanohit]

Well, I've always liked the Z1000, but not in that white, Honda have made a nice looking bike with the CB1000R, very aggressive, same with the Hyosung GT650X.
My favorite is the MT-03, mainly because I'm a single fan and it looks different. =)

That just leaves the B-King, which is let down hugely by those exausts. =(

[James Deuce]

The MT-03 is very cool and the Hyosung is hot! The B-King needs exhausts but apart from that is nicely butch.

The other two need to go in a skip. After being torched.

[tri boy]

The "Transformer Generation" have control of the sketch pad. Be afraid.:sick::puke:

[imdying]

They're all ugly... Itai, Japanese, Korean... they've all lost the plot. Best looking bikes came from 1993, CBR900RR, RGV250, ZXR750... classic shapes that look as good in the flesh as they did in the mags.

One thing I've noticed (and noted on here before) is that the new bikes almost always photograph crap... you've really got to see them in the flesh before condemning them.

[jrandom]

When it comes to naked bike design, I think that this will be known as the decade of the copycats.

:yawn:

They all look the same. The Italians and the Jappas.

I look at the photos and I hear the echo in my mind of endless board meetings with hapless designers being told, "Make it look like that MV Aug... Agoo... that Italian thing that sells well!"

Triumph were on the right track with the Thruxton. I'd love it if one of the Jap brands came out with a tight and tidy cafe racer.

[007XX]

Yep, I'd agree with you Dan.

I feel a little disappointed by the Suzuki design...They came out so very agressively on top with the SV's design in 2003, but haven't really done anything Avant Guarde since...:no:

I'm not at all fond of the new exhaust triangualr shape thingy either...find it quite ugly actually...

However, I think that Honda has managed to make it flow somehow in a nicer fashion than the other brands version...

I'm definitely getting a bike with a fairing next...:yes: (675 Daytona :drool:)

[hospitalfood]

so many modern bikes look like 80's Transformers.

[BevanPT]

I liked the look of the Yamaha MT-01, but the 03 is pretty ugly. The Suzuki BBKing was on display at Big Boys Toys and in the flesh it actually looks pretty good. Personal opinions of course and we all know everyone has different tastes.

[NZsarge]

I liked the look of the Yamaha MT-01, but the 03 is pretty ugly. The Suzuki BBKing was on display at Big Boys Toys and in the flesh it actually looks pretty good. Personal opinions of course and we all know everyone has different tastes.

Yeah I likes the MT-01 too apart from the headlight, would have been better if Yamaha had stuck a FZ1N headlight on it.

[Drum]

The exhaust designers are having a shocker!
The yammie isn't too bad though, and I'd have the Zed with a custom can.

[darkwolf]

How have there been so many votes for anything other than the hyosung - I mean look at it.... Ewwwwwww.

[Cajun]

people don't like the look of the bking )c:<
I still so want one. but will a bit different by time i finshed doing what i want

[James Deuce]

How have there been so many votes for anything other than the hyosung - I mean look at it.... Ewwwwwww.

I'd buy it, quite happily.

[imdying]

How have there been so many votes for anything other than the hyosung - I mean look at it.... Ewwwwwww.You can make a lot of allowances for a bike that costs little more than a packet of crisps :yes:

[marioc]

Honda is yum,Z1000 also

[James Deuce]

You can make a lot of allowances for a bike that costs little more than a packet of crisps :yes:

Exactly. $3k of Ohlins bits and $200 in brake lines & pads and you would've bought a stock SV650 with the total expenditure. I know what I'd rather have.

[imdying]

I'm not sure it'll be thaaaat cheap, but it sure ain't 30k :D

[James Deuce]

I'm not sure it'll be thaaaat cheap, but it sure ain't 30k :D

It is. I've done the pricing.

[McDuck]

I actualy dont mind the naked bike look, they could do a lot worse IMHO

[imdying]

It is. I've done the pricing.You've yet to convince me... I can buy a brand new SV650 for $9995 plus orc (http://motorcycletrader.co.nz/UsedItemDetails.aspx?N=4294967095+4294967018+0&item=10222&sid=1165D681E6C5). Therefore, you're telling me that I'm going to be able to guy the GT650X for $6795 (9995 - 3000- 200) when the GT650R is $9995. Not gonna happen :no: I'd even hazard a guess that they'll try and get $9995 for the X model too.

[James Deuce]

You've yet to convince me... I can buy a brand new SV650 for $9995 plus orc (http://motorcycletrader.co.nz/UsedItemDetails.aspx?N=4294967095+4294967018+0&item=10222&sid=1165D681E6C5). Therefore, you're telling me that I'm going to be able to guy the GT650X for $6795 (9995 - 3000- 200) when the GT650R is $9995. Not gonna happen :no: I'd even hazard a guess that they'll try and get $9995 for the X model too.

Urgh, when did the SV drop to real world prices?

[Drew]

The B king looks fuckin evil!!!

Cant wait for the MT-OS though.

[imdying]

Urgh, when did the SV drop to real world prices?You can twist their arms any month of the year :yes:

[EJK]

omg why did you put up the Z1000 on the list?! you mean mean boy! lol

[Scouse]

The only decent looking nekid jappa is the Kawasaki ZRX1200R

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc118/frotle_2007/IMG_0007.jpg

[SVboy]

I so wanted to like the MT03 but but but I .......waaaaaaaah! And all those exausts...do EURO3 regs have a " must be gruesome" clause in there?

[98tls]

In 30 odd years of riding bikes i have never seen anything as ugly as the B-King,i often pondered how they could build something as ugly as a Busa but compared to that gathering of everything ugly the busa looks like a princess.

[carver]

the Z 1000 looks cool in black, the MT03 is cool, despite being a yamaha

[dipshit]

I just don't get this whole naked "street fighter" look. Apart from the Hyosung, (which looks a bit like a Ducati)... all the rest look totally wank to me.

It's like they are designing them for 15 year-old adolescents that pull themselves too much.

[Pwalo]

It's surprising how much they look like the Euro counterparts except using beam or convential frames and IL4s (Mr Korea excepted).

They must use the same stylists, surely.

[EJK]

the Z 1000 looks cool in black, the MT03 is cool, despite being a yamaha

See? See? he agrees! lol
Z1000 deserves to be removed from this thread lol

[carver]

See? See? he agrees! lol
Z1000 deserves to be removed from this thread lol

haha..beat this!
a few years ago

on a burgman 250,2 up leaving hamilton, wearing a open face helmet
enjoying a pie which rested on the glove box, and a bottle of charlies orange juice, which also sat in the open glove box, at 70-100 kph!

yes, the z is a cool bike!