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mv augusta f4 ( original version )
One of the best looking bikes ever made in my eyes.
I think there are some good looking modern bikes but they're hidden in the pack. Probably always been the same, it's pretty easy to look back and name a dozen great bikes but there were plenty from the same era we're happy to forget.
I do agree with you there are lots of jelly mould looking modern bikes though.
Surely the Hayabusa should be top of your list if you want a big fast bike.
Airhead
and .... my take away from today is that modern bikes look terrible, circa 2000 bikes looked a whole lot better, today there are so many concessions to aerodynamics it really spoils the look imho. even the duke sports bikes are nowhere near as nice as say the 996 or mv augusta f4 ( original version ) era bikes, the panigale on here recently looks stunning in the photos but in the flesh they look like they've hit a wall at 40mph and had the nose completely flattened, progress at the expense of beauty, you can't call a modern r1 or fireblade beautiful unlike the original foxeye that phil has or the early r1's
the multistrada looks like a fiat multipla with in effect two front ends stacked one on another, the only exception being the bmw 1000rr they've got the aero touches looking really nice, the vfr800 is another bike that has been completely ruined, they used to look great
i'm a sucker for a bit of speed so i think i'll persist with the larger capacity bikes and just get used to their unwieldy nature..... eventually, i hope