Author Topic: Best looking motorcycle (Read 4970 times)

JJ · « **Reply #90 on:** February 08, 2026, 05:59:27 AM »

Quote from: johnwesley on February 07, 2026, 07:54:37 PM

That’s my kind of bike there.

I agree as I have always admired the STONE and JACKAL models!!

kidsmoke · « **Reply #91 on:** February 09, 2026, 10:10:00 AM »

Quote from: JJ on February 08, 2026, 05:59:27 AM

I agree as I have always admired the STONE and JACKAL models!!

Love for the red headed stepchild of the family. Glad to see it.

IMHO. The original LeMans in Ice Blue is simply sublime. I acknowledge that my Guzzi bias likely affects my final vote, but so be it.

uncredited photo from the interwebs. My regards to the photog.

dguzzi · « **Reply #92 on:** February 10, 2026, 05:01:29 PM »

I'll add one but not likely I'm ever to see it in person...lust is lust !

michaell32 · « **Reply #93 on:** February 10, 2026, 05:12:09 PM »

The three bikes that stand out to me for best looking is the Buell xb12s in blue and gold; the 2005 gsxr750 in yellow; and the MV Augusta F4 in silver/red. I never rode the MV Augusta but I owned the GSXR and rode the Buell. Both were a lot of fun.

faffi · « **Reply #94 on:** February 11, 2026, 01:29:06 AM »

I think this thread makes a great case for why there are so many different motorcycles being made - taste and desire cannot really be debated.

SIR REAL ED · « **Reply #95 on:** February 11, 2026, 06:56:31 PM »

Quote from: faffi on February 11, 2026, 01:29:06 AM

I think this thread makes a great case for why there are so many different motorcycles being made - taste and desire cannot really be debated.

True enough. Neither can be debated, cause we're 100% right, and the other guy is 100% wrong!! Just like 2 + 2 = 4! True by definition!

Hopefully it will always be like that. Imagine a world where everywhere you go, all you meet are clones of yourself.

How would you find your bike in the parking lot when everyone is riding identical machines?

Huzo · « **Reply #96 on:** February 11, 2026, 08:48:08 PM »

Quote from: SIR REAL ED on February 11, 2026, 06:56:31 PM

True enough. Neither can be debated, cause we're 100% right, and the other guy is 100% wrong!! Just like 2 + 2 = 4! True by definition!

Hopefully it will always be like that. Imagine a world where everywhere you go, all you meet are clones of yourself.

How would you find your bike in the parking lot when everyone is riding identical machines?

Dunno…
Ask Perrazimx….

MikeP996 · « **Reply #97 on:** February 11, 2026, 08:57:54 PM »

A friend bought a Plymouth Superbird for exactly that reason - easy to find in a parking lot!! https://images.mecum.com/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_center,q_auto,w_1600,h_899/v1693237815/auctions/FL24/1098926/817405.jpg?

TN Mark · « **Reply #98 on:** February 11, 2026, 10:43:58 PM »

One of the reasons I bought gloss pearl white Victory Cross Country Tour
in March of 2013 is because nearly all those I knew and road with were
on black Harley’s.

I really don’t like group think and/or herd mentality.
That Victory still garners more positive attention than
any Harley CVO owner could ever hope for. I love it.

SIR REAL ED · « **Reply #99 on:** February 12, 2026, 07:00:41 AM »

Quote from: MikeP996 on February 11, 2026, 08:57:54 PM

A friend bought a Plymouth Superbird for exactly that reason - easy to find in a parking lot!! https://images.mecum.com/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_center,q_auto,w_1600,h_899/v1693237815/auctions/FL24/1098926/817405.jpg?

That is stunning!!!!

My grandmother used to zip tie a plastic flower to her car antenna to make it easy to find her car in the parking lot....

SIR REAL ED · « **Reply #100 on:** February 12, 2026, 07:03:47 AM »

Quote from: TN Mark on February 11, 2026, 10:43:58 PM

One of the reasons I bought gloss pearl white Victory Cross Country Tour
in March of 2013 is because nearly all those I knew and road with were
on black Harley’s.

I really don’t like group think and/or herd mentality.
That Victory still garners more positive attention than
any Harley CVO owner could ever hope for. I love it.

Victory's are awesome motorcycles. Everyone I know who owns one loves it.

IMO, one of, if not the best looking V-Twin engine ever made. And they are really low priced now!!

egschade · « **Reply #101 on:** February 12, 2026, 07:07:19 AM »

I'm partial to the Griso SE Tenni I owned...

TN Mark · « **Reply #102 on:** February 12, 2026, 07:09:39 AM »

Yes, Victory motorcycles are crazy low priced. People are worried about parts.
What parts, you never needed a Victory dealer for any regular maintenance item anyway.
No Victory service department ever made money on Victory repairs.

blackcat · « **Reply #103 on:** February 12, 2026, 09:02:03 AM »

Quote from: MikeP996 on February 11, 2026, 08:57:54 PM

A friend bought a Plymouth Superbird for exactly that reason - easy to find in a parking lot!! https://images.mecum.com/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_center,q_auto,w_1600,h_899/v1693237815/auctions/FL24/1098926/817405.jpg?

Funny how a car that sat mostly unsold in 1970 is worth so much money today.

MikeP996 · « **Reply #104 on:** February 12, 2026, 01:20:07 PM »

I sold a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere Street Hemi for 2500 bucks... Who knew?

faffi · « **Reply #105 on:** February 12, 2026, 02:35:22 PM »

Honda Hawk 650GT and VF1000R, Harley XLCR1000 and XR1000 are just a few bikes that sprung to mind that were difficult to sell as new, but are valuable today.

Huzo · « **Reply #106 on:** February 12, 2026, 04:32:14 PM »

This thread would have gone in a completely different direction if you’d asked for the most desireable motorcycle.
Desire constructs a conglomerate of each emotion and spits out an answer.
Here’s something we can all understand…
Here is an international Australian film star…

Here is a local newsreader…

If you asked anyone to define who is going to be the “best looking”, most would claim that #1 Margot, would take it out, but I contend that #2 Edwina is more “attractive”.
One gives a sense of unreachability yet the theoretically attainable seems more attractive.
Have you ever been in a venue and your eye is drawn to someone and you subconsciously form an opinion as to their attractiveness which may be not entirely complimentary..
Then you find out a bit later that they are asking after you with some level of intent and suddenly they appear more beautiful.
Now back to bikes..
For a bike to be “good looking”, it must be accessible, a proper fit for your needs and something you have a realistic chance to form a bond with.
So…
Best looking ?

Rather ordinary, fat in the wrong places, totally familiar in the dark and has never belonged to anyone else…
Oh and BTW..
That Norge photo is at 210,000 km.

Tkelly · « **Reply #107 on:** February 12, 2026, 04:54:04 PM »

Huzo your Norge is a beautiful bike especially loaded for a big ride.I rode a brown t3 for a few years and the ride made up for the look,you have the best of both worlds with your Norge.

Bulldog9 · « **Reply #108 on:** February 12, 2026, 05:05:48 PM »

I fell in love with this bike when I saw it in 1978 at the Yamaha Dealer down the street from my High School...... Made the dream come alive in 1986, had it painted Pearl white in 1990.

Huzo · « **Reply #109 on:** February 12, 2026, 05:14:31 PM »

There are only two obvious things that are not stock on my Norge..
The wheels and the pipe.
But what makes it special (to me) is this…

Dubrovnic

France

Como

England

Paris

Norway

Nordkapp

Australia
So in addition to the obvious gratuitous display of self engrandissment, there is a point here..
The best looking bike is the one you have the deepest attachment with..

Bulldog9 · « **Reply #110 on:** February 12, 2026, 05:17:16 PM »

Quote from: Huzo on February 12, 2026, 05:14:31 PM

There are only two obvious things that are not stock on my Norge..
The wheels and the pipe.
But what makes it special (to me) is this…

Dubrovnic

France

Como

England

Paris

Norway

Nordkapp

Australia
So in addition to the obvious gratuitous display of self engrandissment, there is a point here..
The best looking bike is the one you have the deepest attachment with..

Time to add the Americas to your list.....

Huzo · « **Reply #111 on:** February 12, 2026, 05:20:35 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog9 on February 12, 2026, 05:17:16 PM

Time to add the Americas to your list.....

Not just yet…
So far Europe trumps the ‘States…

Anyone on this forum can have this free of charge to tour Australia.

Bugger the ‘States, put a capital “A” in front of “US”…
Come to Paradise…A FREE V85 !
You can take it away if you insure it.

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Author Topic: Best looking motorcycle (Read 4970 times)