The worst bike ever made - SV650.org

22-01-08, 09:27 PM

What is it?

I'm not talking just the last few years, but at least after the war.

Or maybe a top 10 of most hopeless bikes.

Have to be road bikes, not racers.

MT

Lissa · 22-01-08, 09:33 PM

Top 10 ugliest?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Uglie...es_Of_All_Time

Had to laugh at one entry

22-01-08, 09:33 PM

anything by OCC - lovely looking (if you like that sort of thing) but hideously impractical

22-01-08, 09:38 PM

Any CZ, XS250, late 70's early 80's Ducatis (Darmah etc), any Spanish built moped,

22-01-08, 09:42 PM

Pre-revolution harleys (basically, all of them except the v-rod derived stuff). More so if they've been customised to make them even more impractical than standard.

dizzyblonde · 22-01-08, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissa

Top 10 ugliest?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Uglie...es_Of_All_Time

Had to laugh at one entry

I gather that the person compiling this was a tractor fancier, the Buell is an improvement on the original Hardly dangerous machine

22-01-08, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissa

Top 10 ugliest?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Uglie...es_Of_All_Time

Had to laugh at one entry

Obviously written by an idiot!

Buell ugly!! never not in my eyes kick ass streetfighter

SV1000 UGLY WTF? ?

The honda rune and triumph rocket i like ok it might just be me im strange

22-01-08, 10:24 PM

Written by a Canuck who owns a "large capacity V-twin American motorcycle with a double barreled name", what do you expect?

Sid Squid · 22-01-08, 10:40 PM

CZs weren't so bad, rather rough and ready it's true, but pretty much unbreakable as long as it got oil put in it. Even handled OK ish, (by the standards of 1975ish), as they're strong, slow though and brakes not great, but not significantly poorer than contemporary bikes

Yamaha XS250/400 - Particularly the 250 which is the very same bike as the sincerely overweight, wobbly, stodgy 400 but with even less power. Everything breaks and rots, no really - everything. Utterly dreadful.

Honda CB500 - No, not the one you're thinking of. This one made in the seventies. Knackered in no time engine fitted with 18 yards of piddly thin and stretchy camchain, ponderous handling, pathetic spindly forks, the worst brakes imaginable and slooooooowwww. Truly dire, and that's when it's spanking new.

More to come when I can face the thoughts of them.

dizzyblonde · 22-01-08, 10:51 PM

well it did say bike....not motorcycle!!!

22-01-08, 09:27 PM	#1
empty Guest Posts: n/a	The worst bike ever made What is it? I'm not talking just the last few years, but at least after the war. Or maybe a top 10 of most hopeless bikes. Have to be road bikes, not racers. MT

22-01-08, 09:33 PM	#2
Lissa Just Ballast Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rugby, South Mids Group Posts: 4,381	Re: The worst bike ever made Top 10 ugliest? http://hubpages.com/hub/Top_10_Uglie...es_Of_All_Time Had to laugh at one entry __________________ If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old! I'd Rather Have Two Big Bangs Than Four Little Strokes

22-01-08, 09:33 PM	#3
maultin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The worst bike ever made anything by OCC - lovely looking (if you like that sort of thing) but hideously impractical

22-01-08, 09:38 PM	#4
Lozzo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The worst bike ever made Any CZ, XS250, late 70's early 80's Ducatis (Darmah etc), any Spanish built moped,

22-01-08, 09:42 PM	#5
orose Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The worst bike ever made Pre-revolution harleys (basically, all of them except the v-rod derived stuff). More so if they've been customised to make them even more impractical than standard.

22-01-08, 10:24 PM	#8
Lozzo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The worst bike ever made Written by a Canuck who owns a "large capacity V-twin American motorcycle with a double barreled name", what do you expect?

22-01-08, 10:40 PM	#9
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: The worst bike ever made CZs weren't so bad, rather rough and ready it's true, but pretty much unbreakable as long as it got oil put in it. Even handled OK ish, (by the standards of 1975ish), as they're strong, slow though and brakes not great, but not significantly poorer than contemporary bikes Yamaha XS250/400 - Particularly the 250 which is the very same bike as the sincerely overweight, wobbly, stodgy 400 but with even less power. Everything breaks and rots, no really - everything. Utterly dreadful. Honda CB500 - No, not the one you're thinking of. This one made in the seventies. Knackered in no time engine fitted with 18 yards of piddly thin and stretchy camchain, ponderous handling, pathetic spindly forks, the worst brakes imaginable and slooooooowwww. Truly dire, and that's when it's spanking new. More to come when I can face the thoughts of them. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

22-01-08, 10:51 PM	#10
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