It is easier to pinpoint the most beautiful cars in the market than the ugliest. The same applies to motorcycles. And while that's true, not all motorcycles that appear beautiful to one person are actually beautiful. The market is so full of weird bike builds. Some of which are quite fast and fun to ride.
Cruisers and tourers are the most challenged motorcycles in terms of beauty. These are usually reasonably practical, and curves don't really matter. The motorcycles featured here happen to be among the ugliest of ugly motorcycles. Some have great features, and some have even won trophies on race tracks. But they are not attractive at all.
8 Honda V45 Magna
On account of mercy, the Honda v45 Magna can stay off this list. Its attractive retro styling makes it look almost incredible. If it were about the best retro-styled motorcycles, the v45 would have been in the top five. The bike looks like a copy of a cruiser; Like Honda was trying to mimic a custom cruiser when making the v45 Magna.
Every aspect of this bike is excellent; the comfort, performance, and riding dynamics check out perfectly. But its massive rad and ugly pipes make it look like a collection of its parts. To make it even weirder, the v45 Magna was initially painted brown.
7 KTM 690
KTM has a long history in the automotive industry. The company has produced awesome two-wheelers that have been accepted quite well in the market. Bikes such as the Adventure 1190 and the 2021 1290 Super Adventure look pretty beautiful. Even with its successful modern models, KTM has failed and to built weird motorcycles in the past.
Such bikes include the 690. The RC8 could be here, but having a fun-to-ride personality saved it. Although the 690 is believed to be a wild off-road machine, it looks enormous and heavy and features a beak-like front.
6 Victory Vision
Some motorcycles are popular, but others are cult-builders. The latter perfectly fits in the Victory Vision description. The Vision, and generally all Victory motorcycles are pretty popular in North America. The Bike rides pretty well, and its owners adore it. But just because something is loved doesn't make it beautiful.
The Victory Vision looks as if its designer was practicing car designing in the early days of automobile inventions. It is so blunt; at first glance, any motorist would guess that the designer was afraid of beautiful edges.
5 Suzuki RE-5
Suzuki manufactured the RE-5 between 1974 and 1975. The bike was equipped with a single-rotor Wankel engine. These engines are lighter and smoother than piston engines, and they produce a lot of power from small displacements. Apart from its unusually powerful engine, the RE-5 was a conventional roadster characterized by peculiar styling cues made possible by Giorgetto Giugiaro, a legendary Italian industrial designer.
Despite all these, the RE-5 didn't receive a lot of love from the public. It wasn't pleasant, perhaps because each unit came with a free thermos flask attached to the headlight.
4 Honda Valkyrie Rune
The Valkyrie was a cruiser motorcycle manufactured by Honda between 1996 and 2003. This motorcycle was unique because it wasn't powered by the usual V-twin powerplant used on many cruiser motorcycles. It had a liquid-cooled, flat-six transplanted from Honda Gold Wing.
In 2003, Honda built a limited edition of the Valkyrie and called it Rune. This new model came with new features like a larger engine, styling, and weight. The Valkyrie Rune was ridiculously huge and heavy. Its rear fender alone was enough to weigh over 50lbs.
3 Ducati Multistrada 1100S
One brand that no one expects in a list like this is the Ducati. This company makes some of the most beautiful bikes globally. Almost all of its models are perfect, and those that are not are average. But then there's the Multistrada 1100S. Its engine is pretty smooth and rides fairly well.
The Multistrada 1100S is not the kind of bike a rider parks and stands aside to admire. Its fairing is so disappointing. Its bars tend to split in two halves when the bike turns.
2 Buell Thunderbolt S3T
Someone would want to ride the Buell Thunderbolt S3T to understand it. It is a sport-touring bike equipped with a modified Harley-Davidson Sportster engine. Buell designed the S3T with the pure intention of offering the ultimate riding fun. Its performance is excellent. Not many competitors can really come close to what the S3T can offer.
What this sport-touring motorcycle lacks are the looks. Buell is not famous for making beautiful two-wheelers, but the Thunderbolt S3T looks like it was built to be a constant reminder of that fact. It has a weird-looking colossal pipe and features a half-baked fairing that seems as old as the 1950s'.
1 BMW K1
When talking about ugly motorcycles, BMW is among the brands no one expects to see on the list. That is until the K1 appears. Even in the mid-1980s, this bike was ugly. Its best part was the futuristic design and incredible top speed.
The bike has been around for over thirty years, and its best-fitting description is ungraceful aging. Its body featured seven-piece glass fiber, making it pretty slippery through the air to give it a fantastic top speed of 150mph. The K1 was ugly inside and outside. Its bodywork made it impossible for it to stay cool, and sometimes it burned riders.