Most unglamorous bike

Most unglamorous bike

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Pigeon

Original Poster:

18,535 posts

261 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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Seeing as we've got a "most unglamorous car" thread in General Gassing, I thought I'd start a "most unglamorous bike" thread...

Any advance on an MZ TS250?

Wacky Racer

39,785 posts

262 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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Original Honda CX500

BSA C11

Ariel 3

Panther 600cc "Sloper".(with sidecar).....

gRsf12

224 posts

255 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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Harlequin Bandit 12 - like that 'special edition' Polo a few years back, every panel a different colour.

More shunted than stunted.

Maybe it's got 'street cool'?

954 Girlie

11,876 posts

266 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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The CX500 gets my vote - the MAGGOT!! yukkety yak! uke:

beano500

20,854 posts

290 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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954 Girlie said:
The CX500 gets my vote - the MAGGOT!! yukkety yak! uke:


What about the Turbo version? Or the custom version?

barry sheene

1,524 posts

298 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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any scooter

or the horrid ER-5

a j

450 posts

264 months

Friday 30th April 2004
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barry sheene said:

or the horrid ER-5


I had a ER-5 as a loan bike where my 1st R6 went in for a service, looks of the ER wernt great agreed but i managed to stuff a ZX4 going through Kingston?

My vote is the Jelly mould CBR - i still cant believe i liked them!

rsvmilly

11,288 posts

256 months

Wednesday 5th May 2004
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Hey don't badmouth the ER5. I did my test on one so I'll always have fond memories of it [/ROSE TINTED SPECS]

clapham993

11,752 posts

258 months

Wednesday 5th May 2004
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Honda C50

veetwin

1,572 posts

272 months

Wednesday 5th May 2004
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Suzuki DR800 BIG in Camel colours?!?! Monster of a bike.

The BMW 1200GS is an oddity, even though it is a unbelievably capable machine.

Honda CB250 superdream.

Ducati Paso 907ie

Any 125cc+ Scooter/Commuter/Deau-vile mis-breed!! (sorry commuters)

BU5T4

185 posts

263 months

Thursday 6th May 2004
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954 Girlie said:
The CX500 gets my vote - the MAGGOT!! yukkety yak! uke:


They arent the nicest bike but I wouldnt say no to one especially since i'm driving an AR125 just now untill I can get enough cash together for a bandit.

I vote the GL 500 Silverwing

TonyOut

582 posts

257 months

Thursday 6th May 2004
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954 Girlie said:
The CX500 gets my vote - the MAGGOT!! yukkety yak! uke:


Oi, I had one of them.... Showing my age now

Badapple

2,265 posts

269 months

Thursday 6th May 2004
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AR50, I hate that bike

gary.b

66 posts

257 months

Thursday 6th May 2004
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Ducati 999 - just a joke!

feet

135 posts

255 months

Sunday 9th May 2004
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If we're talking outright glamour, I gotta say, I've got a mini-moto 47cc pocketbike. Went for a 40mph jolly round a local council estate on it, and ended up on my side in a puddle on the pavement. I reckon it would be pretty difficult to get less glamourous than that.

Sany

1 posts

254 months

Monday 17th May 2004
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Hmmm, come on now, aren't we forgeting something?
Oh yes, i do beleive the very old Honda CUBs are very unglamourous. And some other old scooters like the awfull 1997 Piaggio Zips.
And infact, 1993 - 1999 derbi Sendas, now listening to them.
Anything above those though cant be anywere near as bad! Come on, who would want to be on a bike that looked awfull, and sounded worse. Must feel sorry for 16 year olds!!
And the above bikes may not take your fancy, but some are nice bikes, and dreams to ride down the lovely roads of the channel islands. Top those!! I rest my case.

G-wizz

16 posts

255 months

Tuesday 18th May 2004
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Nothing compares to the Honda CH250 Spacey (?) - I rode one for a while a few years back (I was broke, it was free!) and it was a truly awful piece of kit. People stared at traffic lights. My friends still take the p*ss years later.

It's got to be the only bike that someone would give away for free and still think they got a good deal.

www.250ccbikes.com/thelist.htm & find CH250