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
80’s TV Motorcycles
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Re: 80’s TV Motorcycles
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.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
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.
Re: 80’s TV Motorcycles
Neither do I.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
That Triumph Street Triple looks awful with its praying mantis head sticking out.
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Re: 80’s TV Motorcycles
they were really pretty ..you can always argue about the single sided swingarm ..but it sure was neatdaveuprite wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:21 pmI 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.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
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.
them transfprmer bikes i swear you could steal it run in the back of a milkfloat ..park it back and theowner wouldnt notice
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Re: 80’s TV Motorcycles
Yes, I think they have all been heavily influenced by Marvel comics film adaptations, its not about wanting to be a famous racer these days, its about wanting to be a super-herominkyhead 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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