Bikes that don't work

[Pickle]

worst bike ever ridden without a doubt had to be a mates Ducati 750 Paso & this is when they were new & I owned a GPZ 600 we swapped bikes & he didnt want to give me my bike back, open the throttle & all noise but no go, atrocious handling stood up in corners if you tried to brake. Only good thing about it was I got to hand it back eventually.

[Paul in NZ]

I don't have any issues with Harleys, though SOME of the owners need attitude adjustments...

Perhaps you should try riding one of the owners? A bit slippery on tight corners but you just grab a hold of a tassle and hang on...

[Edbear]

A friends 1990 "GSX 250 Across" pretty much takes the cake for me.
Full twist of the throttle in the lower gears just seems to make the engine noise louder.
Im not sure if his particular bike is a little fucked though due to high mileage.

Or maybe because you own a 'Busa....????

[avgas]

Every single CBR i rode felt like a heap. and sounded like a rattle gun.
Yes they do handle well, and have a smooth power response......but if i wanted that i'd also buy a breakfast cereal with an addional 500mg of paracetamol.
Its a shame really cos i pretty much like all the other honda's.

[MidnightMike]

I rode a gn250 once.....

[xwhatsit]

I rode this bike once... don't know if they're a very common bike here on KB, it was called an `Avanti'.

Absolutely no power. Bizarre control layout (go to twist the throttle and instead of going anywhere it would change gear instead). Horrible peg height, one peg either higher or in front of the other, no matter how much you adjusted it. Shitty little piss-arse saddle that each nut hung on either side of. Worse than a GN250; to get up a hill, you didn't need to drop just one gear, but 15 gears at least. Won't even try to explain the horrible suspension and narrow little tyres...

[Ixion]

Mut have ridden several hundred different bikes over half a century or so. Can't think of a single one that I didn't enjoy riding. Some impressed more than others to be sure. And not always the fast ones. Some you had to take on their terms,some needed more adjustment on my part than others, but I reckon every single one was fun.

[Skunk]

Worst bikes I ever rode were a Suzuki 250 'cruiser' (GS?) and a Honda Lead (yeah, right).

I tend to ride anything I can just to see what it's like, but not from bike shops. Just can't be bother with the 'How was that?", "You going to buy it now?" stuff.

VN800 was interesting. So too the R1100S. Either was my taste but both were much better than I expected.

[kro]

I'm in the same boat as Ixion, I've ridden a shitload of bikes, and just enjoyed the experience each one had to offer. Sure I've ridden bikes I didn't like, but I knew why, and it was always because of known defects on that particular machine, like a false neutral here, or a spongy front end there.... general maintenance stuff really.

[elle-f]

yep I too bought an XZ400 in the late 80s and it certainly was a piece of crap! i loved it though because it was mine *L* i wont be doing that again

[avgas]

go to twist the throttle and instead of going anywhere it would change gear instead

Yucky gripshift
I lost a race cos of that crap (wasnt my bike)

[zooter]

I haven't ridden many bikes but the GN250 thet lent me when my 1100 was in the shop was a hoot to ride. Not very fast but

[jeremysprite]

Rode an '88 GSXR250 once. Compared to the FXR it was old, ugly, heavy, and not too quick pickup. But man it sounded nice...

[Qkchk:Me]

The bike I was most dissapointed in was:

2006 Ducati 749

I was expecting something exciting but was rather disappointed (but I did just hop off my Busa, so that might have something to do with it) it did feel nice on the road but not enough power for me to buy it.......

The bike I had fun getting nowhere:

2005 GSX 250

Had no guts, could of walked faster but was so much fun to lanesplit with!

[FilthyLuka]

does dovers old lady count?