80’s TV Motorcycles

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theres no doubt that theres some fab motorcycles under all this shite they bolt on to them but personally i just dont get it at all ..the top ten best selling naked street bikes to me just look beyond awful
in terms of syling any of these would get a free pass into a 80s sci fi film ...

https://www.thebikemarket.co.uk/top-ten/naked-bikes
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You mean you don't like the sci-fi squashed insect look?


eerrr nor do I
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Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:01 pm You mean you don't like the sci-fi squashed insect look?


eerrr nor do I
I like this subject, because I've always been interested in motorcycle design. It's partly 'the shock of the new'. Take the Ducati 749 / 999 when it arrived in about 2003. Pierre Terblanche's design was almost universally slated, especially by those who rightly revered the beautiful 916/996/998 shape. Two circular headlamps one above the other, a very different dash layout and lots of mid-lower side fairing bodywork.

Time has been kind to it and it is now becoming sought after and popular. I was one of those who initially reacted against the 749/999, but I've owned and loved a 749S which I even remember creeping out to the workshop one night to take another look at it! It's surprising what radical design you can become accustomed to with time.
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Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:01 pm You mean you don't like the sci-fi squashed insect look?


eerrr nor do I
Neither do I.

That Triumph Street Triple looks awful with its praying mantis head sticking out.

Here’s the latest offering from Kawasaki;
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Re: 80’s TV Motorcycles

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daveuprite wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:21 pm
Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:01 pm You mean you don't like the sci-fi squashed insect look?


eerrr nor do I
I like this subject, because I've always been interested in motorcycle design. It's partly 'the shock of the new'. Take the Ducati 749 / 999 when it arrived in about 2003. Pierre Terblanche's design was almost universally slated, especially by those who rightly revered the beautiful 916/996/998 shape. Two circular headlamps one above the other, a very different dash layout and lots of mid-lower side fairing bodywork.

Time has been kind to it and it is now becoming sought after and popular. I was one of those who initially reacted against the 749/999, but I've owned and loved a 749S which I even remember creeping out to the workshop one night to take another look at it! It's surprising what radical design you can become accustomed to with time.
they were really pretty ..you can always argue about the single sided swingarm ..but it sure was neat

them transfprmer bikes i swear you could steal it run in the back of a milkfloat ..park it back and theowner wouldnt notice :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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minkyhead wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:32 pm theres no doubt that theres some fab motorcycles under all this shite they bolt on to them but personally i just dont get it at all ..the top ten best selling naked street bikes to me just look beyond awful
in terms of syling any of these would get a free pass into a 80s sci fi film ...

https://www.thebikemarket.co.uk/top-ten/naked-bikes
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