Worst bike ever ridden

[Coldkiwi]

worst for me was a 2002 GS1200SS loaner from Holeshot. Poorly built, vibrated like forty bastards, poo's suspension/tyres, far too heavy and sinfully ugly. Old bikes I can understand being crap, but modern Japanese machinery?? no excuse!

[MSTRS:Me]

The Villiers was a bit of a non-bike really when alls said & done. My worst bike would have to been the '66 650 Triumph Saint, pre-unit g/box, driven by a chain thru a clutch that would NEVER stay attached. Those individual needle rollers I will never forget. In saying that tho, when it went long enough it did go pretty well. Had 20thou pistons in a 60thou o/size bore - still did 90mph tapped out.

[Dodgyiti]

worst for me was a 2002 GS1200SS loaner from Holeshot. Poorly built, vibrated like forty bastards, poo's suspension/tyres, far too heavy and sinfully ugly. Old bikes I can understand being crap, but modern Japanese machinery?? no excuse!

I rode a 2002 demonstrator [ pun intended] from said bike shop. Perhaps it was the same one?
And yep, it was a bucket of
True- it's the 21st century, no excuses from the mighty nippon, haven't they had enough time copying every one else yet to get it right??

[WINJA]

1998 fireblade, what a hunk of shit ,it went back to the dealership 6 times or so for various problems ,there were runs in the paint on the front guard and rust where the flange was welded onto the flange.the bike was so slow that a 2 up 98 zx9 would eat it, hence the reason i promptly traded it on a 98 zx9. and the worst problem was the bike cutting out mid corner when ridden hard.ill never get another honda , shame really usually you buy new bikes so they dont break down. honda

[marty]

winjas boyfriend. even worse than my xs250!

[MSTRS:Me]

1998 fireblade, what a hunk of shit ,it went back to the dealership 6 times or so for various problems ,there were runs in the paint on the front guard and rust where the flange was welded onto the flange.the bike was so slow that a 2 up 98 zx9 would eat it, hence the reason i promptly traded it on a 98 zx9. and the worst problem was the bike cutting out mid corner when ridden hard.ill never get another honda , shame really usually you buy new bikes so they dont break down. honda

Just goes to show that Mr Honda is not God (but Mr Suzuki might be) GSXR's have a well deserved rep for strength & reliability

[Biff]

Just goes to show that Mr Honda is not God (but Mr Suzuki might be) GSXR's have a well deserved rep for strength & reliability

[vifferman]

Some Yamaha trailbike (probably an early 70s 125) that a friend of mine bought, and the bloody thing would never run right, despite all the things I tried to do to fix it. It coughed and spluttered and misfired and backfired and was a total heap'o'crap.

[MSTRS:Me]

There's always one eh?? Damn I hate one-eyed rednecks. Now, about that GSXR...... :love2:

[Skunk]

All the ones with more (or less) than two wheels.

[avgas]

anybike is better than no bike i suppose though.
But why did they make the goldwing?????

[Biff]

There's always one eh?? Damn I hate one-eyed rednecks. Now, about that GSXR...... :love2:

Fair dinkum - respect where repect is due etc etc

[Storm]

mmmm GSX mmmm

[Paul in NZ]

The Villiers was a bit of a non-bike really when alls said & done. My worst bike would have to been the '66 650 Triumph Saint, pre-unit g/box, driven by a chain thru a clutch that would NEVER stay attached. Those individual needle rollers I will never forget. In saying that tho, when it went long enough it did go pretty well. Had 20thou pistons in a 60thou o/size bore - still did 90mph tapped out.

Thats odd.....

a '66 Saint was a unit construction motor running a duplex primary chain.

I have never had a triumph clutch detatch itself. In fact a special puller is required to do the job. Mind you... With "20thou pistons in a 60thou o/size bore" god knows what other horrors had been done to the poor thing. Hardly makes it a bad bike though.... Dontcha think?

Paul N

[Motu]

Yeah,the Saint was the cop bike with a white tank.I've had Triumphs...and others (that G9 again!) where I've had to yank the barrels off past the wear lip on the bottom of the bore.I've still got all the pullers needed for a Triumph twin,clutch,crank gear and the tool to pull off and instal the cam gears.You could get several oversizes of the crowded clutch rollers,instal with gease and they stay in place no worries - wipe the excess grease on your jeans to get that shiny look...