The 'Motorcycles that never should have been built' thread.
 

I'll start.

Custom Chopper 103ci Hotrod softtail - $14000 (Aberdeen)

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anything with the name "BUELL" written on the tank.

Hey, now...

Just to be snarky I would say "Victory" but I too once owned a V92C. :D An '01, as a matter of fact.

i owned a 97 cyclone. it taught me to hate.

Oh, here's a nice thread CHOCK FULL of 2-wheeled abortions:

Ugly and Funny Bikes... the "Short Bus" of pic threads.. - The Jockey Journal Board

Hey kid's, drugs and bikes don't mix.
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Kevin Schwantz replica!

Ummm yeah. Google 1190RS why don't ya.

I'm a biker and THAT is ugly!

Suzuki TM400

heh heh. That's the first thing I thought, too.

I remember being in Jamaica, and seeing kids with hand made CBR stickers on their bicycles.

I nominate the Ducati Apollo for this thread.

my victory was big and heavy and slow. but it got there.


the ****ing buell product couldn't go 300 miles without a part falling off.

Turbo Ninja......had a habit of coming on boost in a corner. Instant pancake.

i was going to put these in another thread, but thought i would post them here.

thought these were pretty awesome.

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I have mixed feelings about the Roadog:

http://static.neatorama.com/images/2006-08/roadog.jpg

there is a twenty-thirty year cycle before something can be called retro. moto guzzi is currently making retro cool versions of their bikes from the 80s. unfortunately their bikes from the 80s looked like crap. so we are seeing recycled crap style.

I'm contractually obligated to be loyal to Suzuki and now, Kawasaki. So without any justification, everything else :)

Any of the Confederate nonsense.

Royal Enfield Bullet

I never really wanted to find out, but now I know what a swingarm enema looks like. :eek:

Those just tell me that the custom motorcycle world has well and truly run out of ideas.

that coffee can toilet idea seems pretty innovative.

Ebr
 

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I've actually seen this 'bike' in person - pretty crazy, crude and innovative considering it was built from mostly chevy drivetrain stuff. Looks bigger in person.

I see no problems here:

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KT

To be fair, that never made it to production........and it falls into that so ugly it's kinda cute category

Anything Paul Jr Designs built:p


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KTM. Looks like a motorcycle had sex with an anteater.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1359157475.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1359158762.jpg

Same for the Moto guzzi with the same engine. god-awful ugly design.

Don't forget the Multistrada. The fairing is formed in colored plastic, supposedly because it's so ugly they couldn't find paint to stick onto it.

Them's fighting words in my wife's home town of Panipat, India.