How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? - Page 4 - SV650.org

11-02-09, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philbut

I like the bussa in the background though

+1 - Anyone else notice the back wheel on the Busa? Looks spokeless..... I like it.

Agree with all regarding the choice of colour... must have been a bargain buy...

dizzyblonde · 11-02-09, 11:18 AM

*waits for Greek to have a peep and announce....its still a bit **** innit*

11-02-09, 11:39 AM

That's ACE!!!!!! Just need to be a different colour scheme. Then again I like supermoto's

11-02-09, 11:50 AM

bad paintjob aside, that looks like a fun bike

11-02-09, 12:18 PM

Dare i say it... i actually like it.

11-02-09, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichT

+1 - Anyone else notice the back wheel on the Busa? Looks spokeless..... I like it.

Agree with all regarding the choice of colour... must have been a bargain buy...

yep seen the busa before. IIRC its a plastic or somthing that keeps the hub connected to the rim.

i think the idea was taken from harleys

and then like this.....
but this is very bling and costs $150,000

11-02-09, 01:00 PM

In gloss black it'd look quite good. The colour scheme is rather feminine, but it's not that bad IMO.

EDIT: GF says she likes it. Proof, if it were needed that unlike the SV, the Gladys really is a girl's bike.

yorkie_chris · 11-02-09, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rictus01

OK the colour is er........challenging, but the longer forks, spoked wheels and shorten tail give it a sort of supermoto look which works well I think.

Like most bikes I tend to look beyond what the factory kicks out, and use that as a base to start from.

Cheers Mark

What's the point of making SV like a supermoto though, it's too heavy.

Nah. Might look the part but totally pointless.

northwind · 12-02-09, 01:07 AM

It's not quite right but it wouldn't take an awful lot to make it good... Apparently part of the brief was for it to be a bolt-on bike, so no totally custom exhausts etc, and it still had to be recognisable as a gladius. So within that I think it's OK.

12-02-09, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

not that bad IMO, better than the standard bike I think (not the colour, the styling)

Indeed, change the colour and it might be a nice bike!

11-02-09, 11:18 AM	#32
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11-02-09, 11:39 AM	#33
vardypeeps Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? That's ACE!!!!!! Just need to be a different colour scheme. Then again I like supermoto's

11-02-09, 11:50 AM	#34
Alpinestarhero Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? bad paintjob aside, that looks like a fun bike

11-02-09, 12:18 PM	#35
Magnum Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? Dare i say it... i actually like it.

11-02-09, 01:00 PM	#37
Ceri JC Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? In gloss black it'd look quite good. The colour scheme is rather feminine, but it's not that bad IMO. EDIT: GF says she likes it. Proof, if it were needed that unlike the SV, the Gladys really is a girl's bike. Last edited by Ceri JC; 11-02-09 at 02:46 PM.

12-02-09, 01:07 AM	#39
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: How do you make an ugly bike even uglier? It's not quite right but it wouldn't take an awful lot to make it good... Apparently part of the brief was for it to be a bolt-on bike, so no totally custom exhausts etc, and it still had to be recognisable as a gladius. So within that I think it's OK. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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