Most Disappointing Bike And Why?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Baldyboy, May 8, 2014.

  1. I love Guzzis I have 2 and only 1 duc (for now)

    Comfysofa does have a point the new Cali is a munter! (it seems to have been well received by the press mind)

    Really surprised by the antipathy towards Mandello's mk, they are totally different animals though

    The equivalent of the quote

    Ducati making mechanics out of riders since 1926

    Moto Guzzi just like a Ducati but the bike and rider are 50lbs heavier
     
  2. Heh - just playful banter - everyone likes their own style of bike. Ive always tended to like newer versions of whatever is out...eg I like the new hypers but theyre too expensive for what they are and im happy with the look of mine...as ive said I still thing the ducati engine looks like it came out of a lawnmower...moreso the aircooled that is....
     
  3. I'd quite like a Testastretta engine in my lawnmower. Until it came to paying the servicing bill, that is.
     
  4. V8 engine in a moto guzzi
     
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  5. Moto Guzzi tractor with the engine used in the early models so your Testastretta wouldn't be the first

    guzzi tractor.jpg
     
  6. to be honest i love Guzzi's and would have a MK1 Le mans anyday

    le mans.jpg
     
  7. For the longest time, this bike was the very definition of "beautiful" to me:

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    Even years later, I think it's gorgeous ... though times (and my tastes) have changed.
     
  8. I completely agree, I love them.
     
  9. 'Sofa, it looks bloody awful to me. Like a fuglystrada with it's knickers down. And those chicken strips need sorting...
     
  10. Working the strips out - its my work hack. Theres not much left on there anyway. Its definitely a taste thing as everything ive seen picwise that you've put up on most threads is lacking in it!!:)

    Seriously I must add that I don't really feel like going over on the hyper with just a pair of draggin jeans on. Plus I cant be arsed to put a full set of racing leathers on to do 10 miles...

    RSV4 is scrubbed in though....although not much at the moment as the last time I got jiggy with it was at the last TT...
     
    #110 comfysofa, May 15, 2014
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  11. I have never been disappointed with any of my bikes.Even my first old knacker I got when I was 11yrs old DT175 was a lot of fun and used to outrun the cops chasing us along the fields.Then it just got better and better.

    YZ125
    CR250
    KX500
    Ducati996BP
    Ducati916SPS (996 c.c)
     
  12. Yay! I knew you'd get there in the end.
     
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  13. :) No offence Doodle but everyone else in the world ( 'cept maybe the Sudan , maybe there you get the death sentence for not buying a Harley ) has known this for ever
     
  14. Oh, I knew that. This was in comparison to "normal" Harley standards :upyeah:
     
  15. I have a 125 two smoker they are so good but the power range i so hard to work with
     
  16. Buell XB12S - bought and sold within 3 months. Agricultural, unreliable, uninspiring.
     
  17. 2012 Panagale standard. Broke down in week 2. Smoke issue. Clutch jammed when hot. Exhaust/ Engine covers too hot. Hated it. Went back to an RSV4 Factory.
     
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  18. 749. It was quite simply a bloody awful bike to ride.. Horrific.
     
  19. Jesus I thought it was only me, had my fannygale for 6 months and traded it in for my 2nd RSV4 factory
     
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  20. Desmosedici. It was never out the dealer.

    Rebuilt engine
    Replacement engine
    Carbon turning green

    Dream bike turned nightmare
     
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