Ace wrote:

> Watching[1] a Grand Designs on TV, where the guy has put a 916 on the
> wall of his living room. Nothing wrong with that, of course, and the
> presenter's question "but is it art?" has such an obvious answer it's
> not worth worrying about, but then I commented to Jude "well, of
> course it is; after all it's the most beautiful motorcycle ever
> built... apart from the Black Lightning, of course".
>
> Which lead me to wonder - are there any other genuine contenders for
> the award? Forget function, and obviously (IMO) forget any of the gash
> 'custom' ****, i.e. only real production(-ish) bikes, ahich other
> bikes are really up there in the pure asethitic sense? What says the
> font?
>
>
> [1] For "Jude has it on so I see it too" values thereof.

RC30 for me.

Maybe if I ever win enough money I'll buy an immaculate one and mount
it on the front room wall, and have another two in the garage for road
and track use.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Black Shadow

I prefer the Black Prince, but its a matter of personal taste.
I let one slip through my fingers in Joburg in the late 70s at a
stupidly low price of R3600 by todays inflated standards.
Around 1700 quid at the then current exchange rate, it was
just another SOB that few people would want..

20/20 hindsight ........

--
01Y CBR600F
78 Honda 400/4 in black
98 Yamaha YP250 Majesty

Alex Ferrier wrote:

> and bizarrely, this:
>
> http://moto-atv-scutere.anunturi-aut...rez-honda-vf50
> 0-f2-298740.html
>
> Never been a Honda fan. But the VF500f2 is, I think, one of the
> prettiest motorcycles that the Japanese have ever made. Particularly
> the red, white and black ones.

I'll have to agree with you there, and they rode beautifully as well.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

Ace ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>
> Forget function, and obviously (IMO) forget any of the gash
> 'custom' ****, i.e. only real production(-ish) bikes, ahich other
> bikes are really up there in the pure asethitic sense?

Morbidelli V8
BMW K1
Buell RR1000
Kawasaki Versys
KTM RC8

Gorgeous, one and all.

I wouldn't say no to a Bimota Tesi 3D. Looks like an evil preying
mantis.

--
ogden

gsxr1000 - the gentleman's sports-tourer
ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ace
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes

>Which lead me to wonder - are there any other genuine contenders for
>the award? Forget function, and obviously (IMO) forget any of the gash
>'custom' ****, i.e. only real production(-ish) bikes, ahich other
>bikes are really up there in the pure asethitic sense? What says the
>font?
>

I think these are lovely:

http://www.600rr.net/gallery/files/1...motousa_fl.jpg


--
Mark Roberts

Ace <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):
> Which lead me to wonder - are there any other genuine contenders for
> the award? Forget function, and obviously (IMO) forget any of the gash
> 'custom' ****, i.e. only real production(-ish) bikes, ahich other
> bikes are really up there in the pure asethitic sense? What says the
> font?

I normally don't like the old Brit stuff but they have one of his bikes at
the Imperial War Museum and I was impressed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La...uperior_gif.gi
f
--
Jeremy
Ireland
FJR1300ABS
GSX-R750K7
VF500F2F

ogden wrote:

> Kawasaki Versys

Pay me enough and I'll sell you mine. I'll even help mount it on your
wall.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

Lozzo ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>
> ogden wrote:
>
> > Kawasaki Versys
>
> Pay me enough and I'll sell you mine. I'll even help mount it on your
> wall.

Only if you throw in a free Morbidelli.

--
ogden

gsxr1000 - the gentleman's sports-tourer
ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

ogden wrote:
> Ace ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>>
>> Forget function, and obviously (IMO) forget any of the gash
>> 'custom' ****, i.e. only real production(-ish) bikes, ahich other
>> bikes are really up there in the pure asethitic sense?
>
> Morbidelli V8
> BMW K1
> Buell RR1000
> Kawasaki Versys
> KTM RC8
>
> Gorgeous, one and all.
>
> I wouldn't say no to a Bimota Tesi 3D. Looks like an evil preying
> mantis.

For me it's the 900SS
http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk...cati_900ss.jpg

--
Hog

On 31/05/2011 21:16, boots wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2011 22:00:39 +0200 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Ace says:
>
>> Which lead me to wonder - are there any other genuine contenders for
>> the award?
>
> 1969 Bonneville
> http://triumphmotorcycles.typepad.co...f9d8970b-800wi
>

Nice, but I prefer this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siwilso...in/photostream

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/Simon