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Ugliest motorcycle ever made?.

Ugliest motorcycle ever made?.

Jay-Dee
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 21 Jun 2020 11:26 AM
And another of his GT750s:

Put a bit better looking bikini fairing on that and it would be very cool.

Jay-Dee
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 21 Jun 2020 10:57 AM
Take a reasonably ugly 2-stroke and make it uglier:
https://silodrome.com/suzuki-gt750/

Quoting paulybronco on 22 Jun 2020 01:14 AM
Would own that no issues

Again, a slightly less weird looking fairing and that's a cracker.

Far Canal
4 years ago

For a 1930 motorcycle you could argue this Henderson was ahead of it's time. Wonder if the guy who designed it is the grandfather of whoever designed the ugly Victory Vision bagger.

Neale
4 years ago

Quoting Slowen down on 21 Jun 2020 04:33 AM
Paul Hallam came from good a pedigree, his dad worked with Brabham and Repco back in he day so I guess he was destined for engineering greatness.
Neil Btitten was another and there is a great doco on him and how he built he bike in his shed including pouring his own engine cases etc, worth a look.
Some thought the bike was ugly but many thought it was awsome including me.
First bike to have ground effects if I remember right?
Fuck did it go.

I watched the Britten race at one of the last Easter races at Bathurst.
Going up mountain straight it was walking past the Australian factory works fzr 1000’s in the arai 500 event.
Mad bit of gear.

Slowen down
4 years ago

Quoting Slowen down on 21 Jun 2020 04:33 AM
Paul Hallam came from good a pedigree, his dad worked with Brabham and Repco back in he day so I guess he was destined for engineering greatness.
Neil Btitten was another and there is a great doco on him and how he built he bike in his shed including pouring his own engine cases etc, worth a look.
Some thought the bike was ugly but many thought it was awsome including me.
First bike to have ground effects if I remember right?
Fuck did it go.

Quoting Neale on 22 Jun 2020 08:44 AM
I watched the Britten race at one of the last Easter races at Bathurst.
Going up mountain straight it was walking past the Australian factory works fzr 1000’s in the arai 500 event.
Mad bit of gear.

If I remember right Andrew Stroud was riding it and he cracked and held a wheelstand all the way up mountain straight and was toying with all the other bikes.
Was in the pits that meet and was amazed at the team clutch starting it on a 5 ft wide set of rollers being run by the back wheel of a car.
Cool shit.
Still got an Arai 500 patch in he garage somewhere.

HOG63
4 years ago

Kettenkrad?

paulybronco
4 years ago

Quoting Far Canal on 22 Jun 2020 07:03 AM
For a 1930 motorcycle you could argue this Henderson was ahead of it's time. Wonder if the guy who designed it is the grandfather of whoever designed the ugly Victory Vision bagger.

And i would own that in a heartbeat, art deco kinda look

RossW
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 22 Jun 2020 12:59 PM
Kettenkrad?

I reckon you have achieved the impossible, found something that corners worse than a stretched and lowered bagger.

steelo
4 years ago

Better or worse Ross?

Far Canal
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 22 Jun 2020 12:59 PM
Kettenkrad?

Quoting RossW on 23 Jun 2020 06:34 AM
I reckon you have achieved the impossible, found something that corners worse than a stretched and lowered bagger.

Looks like a very suitable bike for M$B

Humbug
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 22 Jun 2020 12:59 PM
Kettenkrad?

Quoting RossW on 23 Jun 2020 06:34 AM
I reckon you have achieved the impossible, found something that corners worse than a stretched and lowered bagger.

Quoting Far Canal on 23 Jun 2020 06:40 AM
Looks like a very suitable bike for M$B

Ha ha ha good one

RossW
4 years ago

Quoting steelo on 23 Jun 2020 06:36 AM
Better or worse Ross?

Don't know, but a Cholo Kettenkraftrad would be a weird project.

beaglebasher
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 22 Jun 2020 12:59 PM
Kettenkrad?

Not entirely convinced that contraption qualifies as a motorbike.

Far Canal
4 years ago

Quoting HOG63 on 22 Jun 2020 12:59 PM
Kettenkrad?

Quoting beaglebasher on 23 Jun 2020 08:36 AMedited: 23 Jun 2020 08:42 AM
Not entirely convinced that contraption qualifies as a motorbike.

Neither am I BB.
It is hard to imagine that turning the handlebars would make any difference to where those tracks wanted to go.
Wonder where the rider/driver actually sits too?
It would be interesting to see a review of this machine when it was first released.
Looks like it should have guns as well.
I would like one in the shed very much.

Far Canal
4 years ago

Interesting shot James.
So riders lower half of body is inside the contraption.
Wonder if the guy on the back is somehow helping to control the tracks?. Or maybe he is ready to leap clear of the thing.
Modern quad bikes are soon to be banned due to rollover deaths.
Would not fancy ones chances of survival rolling the above machine.

beaglebasher
4 years ago

I reckon these machines were designed for people with no legs.
The dude on the back is only there to help the driver get on and off.

HOG63
4 years ago

Slight turning of the handlebars does in fact steer it. But tight turns are achieved by when turning the bars hard causing the tracks on opposite side to brake. Just like a tank.

Far Canal
4 years ago

Quoting Vic on 21 Jun 2020 10:32 AM
Has to be said …

And the worse looking Bimota ever produced

Well, not so sure about that, this Bimota is rather confronting to the eye.

steelo
4 years ago

I love that FC!!

paulybronco
4 years ago

Quoting steelo on 24 Jun 2020 10:16 AM
I love that FC!!

Iconic bike...love it a moving piece of art

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