It's been quiet, SO ... What's the ugliest motorcycle??

MikeH1A · Post by **MikeH1A** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:26 am

Mid-winter frivolity - it's cold, wet and boring down here at the moment.

I'll start it off with a vote for the BMW K1

(Oh, you can't vote for a Suzuki

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Zunspec4 · Post by **Zunspec4** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:18 am

The Munch Mammouth, I know they fetch very high prices but they are as ugly as a very ugly thing

Post by **oldjapanesebikes** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:55 am

Can-Am Spyder, or just about any Victory.

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:50 am

Harley,, any Harley, Lane approves this message...

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:54 am

Suzsmokeyallan wrote:Harley,, any Harley, Lane approves this message...

Heartily. But the ugliest motorcycle I ever saw was an Amazonas. It was a two-wheeler, built in Brazil around a VW Beetle engine. It was a production bike, but not for long. Jay Gleason got a whopping 14.5 second quarter mile out of the contraption, if I'm not mistaken. It wasn't fast...

Lane

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:14 am

That's an easy one for me. Honda Dream series. YUK! Should have been named the Honda Nightmare.
Almost as bad was the Japanese copy of the BMW -- the now extinct Marusho.

djfisher22 · Post by **djfisher22** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:16 am

Zunspec4 wrote:The Munch Mammouth, I know they fetch very high prices but they are as ugly as a very ugly thing

Speak of the devil.

I just saw my first Munch Mammoth in the flesh at Mid Ohio last week. It is a behemoth!

markj · Post by **markj** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:11 pm

I'll second the honda dream. The front end on that bike is butt ugly.

Here's a worthy one; The Honda Pacific coast(A giant motor scooter)

djfisher22 · Post by **djfisher22** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:18 pm

markj wrote:I'll second the honda dream. The front end on that bike is butt ugly

Uglier than this?

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:24 pm

The Munch Mammoth was built to such an excess in it's day, that there is a majestic quality to it, that survives to this day. It has been, and always will be at the top of my list of desirable bikes. That machine continued to be built in various forms, but very close to the original in DJ's photo, even with most having the big drum brake. He died about a year ago, and had built about 450 units till then, and had ventured into the modern era with his 280 HP, Cosworth powered monster in 2000. Even at 135 thousand asking price, he couldn't break even, so he pulled the program, and built the mighty Mammoth to his dying day. The rest of you guys must be thinking of something else that is truly ugly. Cheers.
Fred

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:34 pm

Fred is right. The Munch is so oversized, over designed, over.. everything that it's gone beyond ugly and come back around the other side. It's an amazing piece of design - especially for the time.

Check out the front brake or the magnesium headlamp shell or the rear end which is also cast magnesium. or the drive chain enclosure.

That's a piece of art. OK so it's an acquired taste, but it's still a piece of art.

I'm not sure there are any ugly motorcycles, but some of the "cafe Race" CB350/360 twins with black rims, checkers and 59 stickers are getting pretty close.

MikeH1A · Post by **MikeH1A** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:43 am

You guys are way too polite. That Munch is an unbelieveably aesthetically challenged piece of (VERY solid) iron. If it is a work of art, then it was dreamed up by Salvador Dali

I've never seen one before but man that is a talking piece alright.

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:19 am

What's not to love about it. Designed at a time when 4 cylinder bikes were basically not an option. He stuffed an NSU TT motor in and then started to make it into a manufactured product rather than a one off special.

The design and engineering is amazing for the time. the castings alone are out of this world. Who among us would have that sort of vision and drive?

Sure it's a bit chubby, but big girls offer more to love - or something like that.

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:29 am

Thanks for the back-up, Richard. You're a scholar and a gentleman, and a discriminating motorcyclist. If I had the price of admission, I would seek one of those beauties out, and convince the owner to part with it. Sadly, that won't be any day soon. Cheers.
Fred

djfisher22 · Post by **djfisher22** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:28 am

Buffalo-guy wrote:Thanks for the back-up, Richard. You're a scholar and a gentleman, and a discriminating motorcyclist. If I had the price of admission, I would seek one of those beauties out, and convince the owner to part with it. Sadly, that won't be any day soon. Cheers.
Fred

That one was only $75,000. The mammoth was quite impressive in person. If I had a whole bunch of money burning a hole in my pocket I could see that sitting in my 10 car fantasy garage.Right next to my wife, Zoe Deschanel.