They just keep getting uglier

[JEREMY JOCK]

As far as newer styled bikes go, I think the RC8 is a mean looking machine.

[drduimstra]

Love the look of that KTM bike

[tt_four]

I do like the KTM as well. That last Aprilia though, I just don't understand the headlight/flyscreen. Not saying it's bad, because everyone has their tastes in italian bikes, I just straight up don't understand it. It looks like something you'd see on a hyosung or some other random brand that was 'trying something new' and failed. That CBR doesn't look bad either. I like that model more when it's in light colors like that as opposed to some of the other colors I've seen it.

[tt_four]

I almost forgot, another one of the best looking japanese bikes ever. Not sure of the exact years, but it was right around the early 2000s.

[cssprophet]

Talking about the modern designs of tail sections and how non-functional they are seems, to me, akin to complaining that there's no room in a Z06 for your kids. Get some luggage, or ride a bike more appropriate for your needs.

[johnny ro]

I like looks of new ninja 650. Clean, trim, modern, lithe.

Blackbird.

I like the RF900 in pictures but in person its like a cow, sorta.

GPZ750 1984 is still a very pretty bike.

Original Katanas.

Moving back in time, NSU with hammered aluminum fairing.  Museum piece.

 

[tt_four]

The katanas from the early 80s with that flat windscreen? Those things were awesome

[lopee]

If we are talking about our next bike that we are going to purchase, im not rich.





Well, the TZ500 is probably out of my range, but the rd can be a nice project!

The katanas from the early 80s with that flat windscreen? Those things were awesome

LOL "Can O Tuna"

[Homer]

Teh hotness. 

[SAFE-T]

The newest R6 looks great, but it's hard to get this kind of angular styling right. Kawasaki seems to do the worst job of it...

http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/Images/2009-YZF-R6-static-09_prv_tcm26-271719.jpg

[utgunslinger13]

The black on black is the only newer R6 I like.

[tt_four]

That R6 is the bike that started this thread! The side profile isn't bad. The tail is a little flat for my tastes, but I'm perfectly capable of accepting a tail that's not to my liking. I hate those diagonal side panels they have, the part that actually says "R6" in the picture. They're not bad in a solid color because they blend in, and they're not even that bad in this picture because they're blended in with the upper fairing, but for a while yamaha was making them with that stripe as a completely different color than the rest of the body work and it made no sense. This is one of the situations where pictures don't do it justice. I don't think anything of it when I see pictures of it, but the nose of that bike just ruins everything for me. When you see it in person there's nothing about the nose that flows, it's just too much forced style. I don't know.




On the other hand, I felt I should mention that the current cbr1000rrs don't look all that bad either. I'm not much of one for the snubbed nose. It doesn't look anything like any CBR1000 they've made of the past past 15+ years, and I'm really curious what they were trying to do with it. In general it's no where near as nice looking as the past generation cbr1000rr, but I felt that I should throw it in there that it's 'not all that bad' as far as current bikes go, but it still looks less desirable than the last generation, so it still fits under the title of the thread.

On a side note, I saw a picture of that first generation R6, the one that's usually pearl white, red, and matte black, only instead of the red it was a pearl blue, and it was gorgeous!

[Jabilli]

Incredibly late reply to 007brendan (sorry I missed it),
The function of having a place for a passenger to sit   ;-p

I believe the huge cowl-type tails on the late 90s GSXR's and TL1000/R's served the function of directing air flow so theres less turbulance...I'd guess really only minimally at incredibly high speeds. You could argue that with a more slipstreamed bike that the reduced turbulence would give the bike behind you less draft? I'm throwing out silly ideas... Maybe a mouse fart in a hurricanes difference if you asked me.

[tt_four]

As far as Kan-a-tuna... I believe this is the bike that encouraged that name, and then the last model just stuck with it....



I'm assuming these were the bikes Johnny Ro was talking about, which still look amazing after 30 years....

[DoD#i]

Have a big butt that's at least useful:



If the gas tank wasn't so freaking small, I'd probably own one already. The short range put me off. I test rode one when they were new, and was awfully tempted, though it was a big chunk of change for me at the time. I still keep an eye on the classifieds for what's available locally, but haven't bit yet.

[tt_four]

If I spent a big of time commuting on the highway and worked somewhere that was a little more open as far as traffic goes I could possibly be interested in something like that. Otherwise it just seems like twice as much bike as I'd ever want.