That Honda Vadero is no worse looking than the Suzuki V-Stroms.
My top ten Ugliest Bikes:
10. Suzuki GS1150ES (Cyclops)- take a bike with a dragracing stance and put a windjammer on it. This isn't that bad (but close).
9. Kawasaki 454 LTD - take the stretched out chopper look and squeeze it into a short wheelbase. It makes for a bike that looks taller than it is long.
8. Suzuki Madura - take the V65 Magna, and melt it. Give it spoked wheels, a monoshock, and mufflers that look like the flash's winglets done in chrome. huooooo...., (shivers)
7. Suzuki RE5 - rotary engines should be underneath hoods, not under gas tanks. No Truimph triple ever looked THIS industrial.
6. BMW RBMW1200C - Germans understand cruisers like Americans understand leiderhosen.
5. Rokon Trailbreaker 2wd motorcycle: great if you like Tonka; if you like sleek... not so much.
Rokon Pictures. Trail-Breaker, Ranger, Nethercutt, Scout motorcycles.
4. Munch Mammot - Words do not do it justice:
AHRMA Races at Barber Motorsports Park Oct 2004 Photo Gallery by Corey Levenson at pbase.com
3. Boss Hoss - great idea, horribly disproportioned.
2. Amazonas (with the fairing)- forgiving the 1600cc VW motor that only makes 65hp, it's just ugly. A Boss Hoss without the big buck finish, and any attempt at style.
1. Ducati Multistrada - the only UGLY Ducati ever made, it is the polar opposite of the 916. I think the fairing was made by Oreck vacuums. Or maybe it was a a snowmobile? Amazing the Hypermotard lurks underneath. Multistrada might mean something cool in Italian, but it even sounds ugly.
I know it's a great bike to ride. But I want to look at it too.
If you have one, sorry. Just my opinion.