Are looks everything?

**Squid** · 20th July 2009, 18:55

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

-Indy

Too true. Thats why I like the look of my naked Gixxa sem fiddy. Huge round headlights on the front that look like bug eyes, too fat on the bum end, handle bars too low, exhaust too loud but I love it

**2wheeldrifter** · 20th July 2009, 18:55

When you already look this good.... a bike aren't going to help much,

if at all......

**AllanB** · 20th July 2009, 19:03

Of course it counts.

Pop into any Harley shop - the bikes are designed around the 'look' ditto every other brand that has a HD look-alike cruiser in their range.

Ducati - which bike caused such a uproar a few years ago as it was fuggly compared to it's predecessor 99something....

Triumph - bonnie - hmmm looks like a bonnie

Sport bikes - any - notice how they all look alike - and all look like XYZ'z race bikes.

Do you really want to be the guy riding the cow of a bike?

**AllanB** · 20th July 2009, 19:05

Originally Posted by Squid

Huge round headlights on the front that look like bug eyes, too fat on the bum end, handle bars too low, exhaust too loud

Weird - you just described an old girlfriend .......

**Mikkel** · 20th July 2009, 19:05

If it can make you go OOOOOH - both riding and looking at it - and it doesn't upset your hemorrhoids it's all good.

Who cares what you ride? Ride your own ride.

**Dean** · 20th July 2009, 19:11

Looks are shite, nothing, when buying a bike, its simple, my thesis:

When you are going 100kph into a oncoming cars path do you think the drivers going to pause for a half a second and think "that bikes a real looker".

Or when you are riding down the main road at 60kph past pathway onlookers, you cant see every detail of the bike, so what would you notice
A) scrathed paint and battered detail
B) POWAAAR the speed in which you are travelling, fast or slow.

When YOU are riding it can you
A) pop your head around the bike and admire the rear headlights and rear tyre etc
B) Feel the acceration the POWAAAR .
When you are riding it, looks dont benifet you in the safety side of things, the answer to all my situations raised is POAWARRR.

**crazyhorse** · 20th July 2009, 19:16

Motorcycling is about getting out there doing it - who gives what you ride or how you ride, so long as you are doing it - so buy what you want and have fun doing it

**jono035** · 20th July 2009, 19:45

Originally Posted by nallac

yip thats good advice....

Heyyyyyy come on now, that was a misquote

**retro asian** · 20th July 2009, 23:43

It can be a hard decision man.
Think about what the bike will be used for the most.

I ended up passing up on the best looking bike I could afford. It would've have made me Uber-cool, but it didn't really suit my needs -was too big, too loud, and a bit too old. Not the best for a daily commute.

However, I now love the sensible bike I chose...and maybe sometime in the future I will have a go of buying a big engine custom-pipes chopped-look impractical butt-flossing-pillion-seat super vibrating machine...

**Hiflyer** · 21st July 2009, 13:34

Originally Posted by Dean

Looks are shite, nothing, when buying a bike, its simple, my thesis:

When you are going 100kph into a oncoming cars path do you think the drivers going to pause for a half a second and think "that bikes a real looker".

Or when you are riding down the main road at 60kph past pathway onlookers, you cant see every detail of the bike, so what would you notice
A) scrathed paint and battered detail
B) POWAAAR the speed in which you are travelling, fast or slow.

When YOU are riding it can you
A) pop your head around the bike and admire the rear headlights and rear tyre etc
B) Feel the acceration the POWAAAR .
When you are riding it, looks dont benifet you in the safety side of things, the answer to all my situations raised is POAWARRR.

Do you never look at your bike when you walk up to it?

**SPman** · 21st July 2009, 14:01

Originally Posted by James Deuce

It's 99% how you look.

Well, that's you fucked then!

**James Deuce** · 21st July 2009, 14:33

You can talk, chicken head!

**Dean** · 21st July 2009, 17:56

Originally Posted by Hiflyer

Do you never look at your bike when you walk up to it?

Mate it depends on what kind of rider you are, do you sit and stare at your bike more than you ride it? I dont think you do i assume. I would rather ride my bike for 4 hours instead of sitting blazed steering at the darn thing. As said before when you are riding the bike you can have fun within legal speed limits in the twisties, no way in your mind are you noticing or thinking about how it looks. Your anticipating the next corner, so on and so forth.