The UGLIEST Motorcycle from every manufacturer 

I completely forgot Royal Enfield. Man the Himalayan is bad. Yeah I'm gonna give it to the Himalayan

Alternative title: "I hate sport touring bikes and touring bikes in general"

You are the perfect example of how beauty (and ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder.

The reason that the Aprilia Moto 6.5 looks unique when compared to Aprilia’s other bikes is because it was a one off outsourced design by Philippe Stark. He was a popular French industrial designer during that era and he was given design exercises far afield from his usual endeavors so Aprilia had him design a ‘city bike’.

That gold and silver Aprila is absolutely stunning. Really amazing design lines for the time (manufacturing must have been incredibly hard). I'd love to buy a second hand one.

I am glad to see so many standing up for the Aprilia. Count me as one of them. The Moto is gorgeous!

I consider almost half of these to be beautiful designs. In fact, I'd love to have access to one of them rather than to a generic modern style.

Watching this and i own a 13 year old kawasaki versys 1st gen, bought it new and been using it for everyday for commute. Got to say that it is an ugly looking motorcycle but after serving some 100k++ miles it proves to be the most reliable and cost effective motorcycle i have ever own and heard of. What an experience

Busa is a unique case. It had a very strange design since day 1. It's design was moulded by wind tunnel testings. But it also has a timeless design, it's strange so it never gets old.

I actually dig the honda pacific coast design, kinda looks like something from Akira but I think not many love that kind of design

An ugly bike is better than no bike at all 😜

The Road Glide and the Indian Challenger are both functionally great bikes, but the fairings absolutely look like afterthoughts. Not a fan of the jam-packed engine bay in the Challenger either. Looks like something GM would do.

1975 Suzuki RE5 Rotary - Aaargh ! What is that between your legs ?

The MV 600 lead to the most beautiful bikes ever, let me explain. A guy young called Massimo Tambourini owned one, he loved the engine but hated everything else. So he decided to change it. He later went on to be known for being the TA from the famous brand BIMOTA. Then he left his partners and joined the Cagiva Reasearch Center, racking up a few more designs such as the Ducati 916, The Mito and finally the MV Agusta F4.

what is he talking about?😂 most of those motorcycles are great looking. loved the square lamps on the agusta

If you don't have a motorcycle, all of the bikes up there is a beauty.

0:46 I feel like crying to bed after seeing that bike, its basically the cancer stage 4 of motorcycling

You were way off base on the Aprilia. That bike was designed by Philippe Stark. It's a design classic for sure.

The PC800 is a beautiful masterpiece!!!! 😂 I can see how someone would feel it’s ugly…Im obsessed with finding one. I think they are gorgeous and so retro/futuristic.

9:15 I was sitting at a light in Vancouver in about 1979. A noise came up beside me. It was a HD model of some desperate alphabetical scrabble mistake. The rider was a long haired bearded hippy and his Ol' Lady perched on the back was a Twiggy look alike. The bike was loaded down with camping gear. It was mildly chopped with an extended springer fork. Buddy asked me if this was the road to the ferry terminal. I said it was. He thanked me and we pulled away as the light turned green. The bike was rust from top to bottom, fender to fender and rim to rim. Even the spokes were rusty. It had mud and dirt and shit on every surface. But it ran and sounded great. Rat Rod wasn't a thing back then. But if there was, this bike was the poster child. Best looking ugly bike I've ever seen.

If you think you have bad taste just remember someone looked at these motorcycles and thought “yes, I’m gonna spend my next paycheque on that machine!”

The KTM thing reminds me of "Spy vs Spy" 😀

The strange fact is that : i love all the bikes you showed they are awesome...and feels unique

Bro doesn't know the taste of beauty.. He will choose vespa over h2r

Every motorcycle is a master piece . Once a biker always a biker 🔥

That Aprilia looks cool.

That aprilla is just gorgeous, really gorgeous.

Thank god I’m not the only one which thinks the KTM 690 is horrendous, the amount of these bikes being listed in my area is mind blowing!

Guess it's a compliment to the guys behind Johnny Quest, that you thought it was 30 years newer than it was! I'm 63 and it was my favorite cartoon show as a kid. Way ahead of its time, like Star Trek.

Basically you hate tourers, baggers and cruisers. 😄

Frankly the Aprilla (the weird yellow model) is artistic. I would get that bike, if I wanted a small stylish run around moto.

Calling the k1600 the ugliest BMW is crazy when you look at what they were cranking out in the 00’s. The R1200C and the 1150RT are far worse

In motorcycles ,"Naked" used to mean exposed engines without cowlings and covers, now, it literally means ugly.

I realize this list is subjective & the opinion of the poster, but we can all agree there are ugly motorcycles throughout the years. Some designs were influenced by trends at the time like skirted fenders, multiple exhaust pipes, engines hidden by extensive bodywork, etc. We can also agree 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and some designs are timeless. My favorite is the Honda Nighthawk S 700 particularly the '84-'85 model years.

When the Multistrada came out, I won't lie, I wasn't a huge fan, BUT years later, I came across a 2008 1100S for a deal I couldn't pass up. And I must say, all polished and cleaned up in my garage, it's a beautiful machine. Being over a decade old, it still looks current in its design. Plus, it's a great bike!

Ok, I own and love my 2nd gen Versys 650. I can’t see it when I am riding it.🙂 No mention of BMW R1200 C? Or the Speed Triples with the goofy headlights sticking out?

I can't believe you went with the K1600 rather than the R1200CL. But watching more of the video I see you just don't like touring bikes. Almost every one of these is either touring oriented, or you don't like the headlight. Or both.

As a former owner of a Ducati DS1100, I totally agree of how awkward that design is. Great bike but underpowered according today's standards, and with a low maintenance cost - bear with me that's strange for Ducatis - people often mistook mine for a 600!!! Still, some think of it as an acquired taste, like Roquefort cheese. Man, I still regret selling it.

I own a 2007 1100 Multistrada that on the moment shows 70k km on the clock. It may be - or more likely may be not - your cup of tea, but I can tell you, if you love to ride, that thing is simply amazing. So versatile and fun, it's a real joy to ride. Just to give you an idea, in 2019 I bought a 2018 Tracer to replace it, after a few month I loved them both and the Tracer was for sure a great bike, but I ultimately ended up selling it because when you ride it for real, the Tracer isn't simply as good as the old Multi.

The Jonny Quest you watched in the ‘90s was probably the modern reboot, “The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.” Some episodes even had CGI in a VR world.

I once heard a k1600 rider describe the bike as "it looks so bad that in the end you will fall in love with it"

No mention of that awful looking Nikken from Yamaha?

At the KTM supermoto I lost it… That was my dream bike, owned the duke 690 eventually and, man, that single is a gem

I was glad to finally see someone call out BMW's ugly styling. I would extend it past the K series to the R series also, with the jagged fairings and headlight design. It looks like a kid's toy Transformer. I hope they get back to some clean lines again, and soon.

I'm also riding a Triumph and I always notice that Triumph is quite an acquired taste (except for the retro bikes and cruisers since they're just awesome). I only bought my Tiger 900 because when I sat on it and test rode it it just felt amazing... hated the looks back then and now I really think it's rather pretty ^^'

The Aprilia Moto 650 has very fluid lines that flow freely from front to rear. And the Harley JD Rye transforms into a stunner at 3 a.m. after finishing off a quart of JD. 😍

I think that Aprilia is Gorgeous! I would take one on looks alone. It reminds me of apples design language in the early 2010s

Half these people seem to forget it's supposed to be a video about the ugliest bike from every manufacturer. No exceptions. So if there's a bike you really disagree with being considered ugly on this list, it just means that manufacturer had god tier design if you struggle to consider their worst looking bikes ugly

The Multistrada is an abomination on wheels and the Honda Valkirie Rune is something beyond comprehension .

Since the old Chief is on the list it should be noted that no vintage (British) 500-850 cc BSAs, Nortons, Triumphs, Royal Enfields, Velocettes, Matchless, Vincent, or Ariels are on the “ugly” list.

I have always liked the multistrada first gen :)

Wth man that bmw k series are just gorgeous when you were saying ugly to that night edition in background i swear it felt like your gone insane

What about the Honda CX 500 known as the Plastic Maggot. I rode one as a Dispatch Rider, very comfortable.

No hay motos feas... cada una tiene su belleza única que la hace especial... tu video es muy subjetivo... y solo justifica tu punto de vista... Todas las motos en este video son HERMOSASSS!!! Saludos desde Uruguay!!🇺🇾

Imagine putting your bike's short walk around video on RU-vid then it gets shared on this list

Honda DN wasn't that bad. It got use in as a cool bike for a TV show in Kamen Rider Decade. Though I am surprise that older gen Suzuki Katana didn't got in the list.

I own that Ducati, besides the expensive service it's a really great bike and very cheap, since it's ugly. One fun fact most wouldn't know is that the geometry and hardware is identical with the Hypermotard, which goes for a shit ton of money

I love the Ariel/Honda comparison, that's when you know someone does look into history and likes bikes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I totally agree with you; our tastes coincide. IMHO there seem to be contests running in both moto as well as automotive design to make the ugliest machines ever made. I have wondered if a lot of design has been influenced by some of the graphic art in Japanese manga - all that spiky hair and angular everything. Perhaps I'm just a wet blanket on modern taste. (I still think a 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint is the prettiest Alfa ever made.) And why is it that many of the flagship cars and SUVs of today have to have those enormous teeth, like some horrifying, monster fish that lives at the bottom of the Mariana Trench? What happened to fluid lines, proportion, or even a union of form and function like your Triumph 500?

The Pacific Coast, was for people that don't ride, wanted a motorcycle, but without being "a motorcyclist". It was a smart, comfortable, useful design that appealed to bean counters, NASA scientists, and real estate agents. On the Pacific Coast, no one saw you as a rider with a bad attitude, nor a speed freak, nor a 50 to 60 year old "touring" guy to accomplish his bucket list, across the United States. For its day, it was a very thoughtfull, non threatening way, for people to ride. Remember, this is during the same age, as all computers being beige.

I got a 2008 Versys 650, it looks horrible if you stand in front of it or look at the front from a certain angle... but the side an rear view is great. Never bought a bike by to looks, the versys is my swiss knife or do everyrhing bike, plus its fuel efficent. I absolutly love it. Expect that fugly headlight.

Interesting that you chose the BMW 1600 over the r1150r or r1150c. But I guess there are a lot to choose from with BMW. Personally, I think the new r1250rt is uglier than the 1600.

The Pan America should have definitely been at the top of thr list lol.

Agreed, the stupid trend in touring bikes is to make a huge gap between the fender and the fairing. Its super ugly, they just need to make a larger lower fairing. Will probably help with gas mileage too. These are touring/adv bikes, its not like they need a foot of travel in the suspension. Not sure why designers never figured this out.

Oh yeah, KTM excels in awkward; like beginner origami. But I love the Aprilia 6.5... I think it's stand-out-from-the-crowd flowingly gorgeous. But then, I love the Bus too for its (voluptuous) curves. It's a shame about the Triumph Trophy 1200. Not sure what they were thinking there. I own a 2014 Sprint GT and I think it's a handsome fellow. Nearly as good-looking as the old Honda Super Blackbird, which is timeless to me.

To be fair, I guess the Yamaha was never considered to be their Halo-model ... a cheap commuter, so f... the looks. And for the BMWs: The BMW F 650 CS Scarver and ALL 1150s have those 'drop dead looks'.

The Aprilllia‘s lines are sooo smooth it should be in an ice-cream commercial

I only agree with your choice for Ducati. You’ve just inspired me to make a RU-vid video of my own so that people can actually behold true horror.

I feel like you’ve majorly overlooked the Suzuki Boulevard lineup, specifically the M109R, that thing is awful. Honda Valkyrie Rune is an abomination as well

I thought you might include the Cagiva Gran Canyon, I got one ten years ago super cheap because it was considered such an ugly duckling at the time, I didn't care too much because I'd ridden one and they are awesome to ride, great sound and feel, it is a slightly weird looking design when you get off it I must concede. Not nearly as bad as that travesty of a Multistrada though. But hey, from the sounds of it, the multi rides bloomin' great also.

Regarding the Yamaha bike here, I would have to say that most 125cc or lower commuter bikes in Asia look like that (regardless of the brand). You need to look at the similar offerings of Honda and Suzuki too in that category.

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Hey I have ridden two of these bikes, the Honda Pacific Coast 800 and Aprilia Moto 6.5! I bought the Aprilia as my first big bike and almost bought the Pacific Coast. I love both the bikes and would actually consider buying the Pacific Coast now if it's still in production. Smooth and very practical for touring. As for the Moto 6.5, I love it so much that I have decided to do it up. Can't wait to get it out on the road again, the big thumper is simply superb for hilly roads.

Harley have cornered the market on this one.

That ugly bikes that this man says has own unique designs, and that uniqueness made them perfect

Man that KTM 690 really takes the cake. How did that get past focus groups? Also, I think I know why sport tourers are ugly. They’re trying to make a big, comfy, stable bike seem small, aggressive, and maneuverable. End up with a “lipstick on a pig” situation where they just cram a huge 4banger in it to make it fast and call it “sporty”, and then try to hide all of the toury stuff behind a sport bike look and it just doesn’t hide well.

Everything this guy said in this video is discredited by the statement that “Yamaha makes beautiful motorcycles today.” No, they don’t. Most of their bikes are transformer-looking plastic pieces of crap. The XSR series is also the ugliest retro bike on the market. If they got the Ducati design team, it was the guys who came up with the multistrada.

BMW has made a lot of ugly bikes, especially the newer ones, but by far the ugliest was the 1991 K1. For Honda, It is without a doubt the 2017 and up Rebels. I mean, there is ugly, and then there is UGLY. And the 2017 and up Rebels are without a doubt the UGLIEST motorcycles I have ever seen in the U.S. What the hell were they thinking? Yes, the Madura was not a pretty bike, but when it comes to downright ugly, that has to go to the early '80s Katana. That is what today is known as the Harley Road Glide, and that fairing is ugly. But the same bike with the Street Glide fairing on it is gorgeous. So it's just the fairing. To me (and I own a 1989 FXRS Low Rider) all older Harleys are beautiful. The Pan America and the Sportster are hideous. And Harley had ruined so many bikes by dipping the whole bike in matte black paint. I like bright shiny paint and chrome. Matte black looks like primer to me. It's just a big black blob. You can't see the lines. The Sportster Iron models are ridiculous looking. The ugliest Yamaha would have to be the early '80s Vision 550, or the early 90s GTS1000 with the RADD front end. The ugliest Kawasaki has to be the Vulcan S, which is a close second behind the 2017 and up Honda Rebels. I like all the old original Indians. The first Indians that Polaris came out with were. They strongly resembled the original Chief, with that big full front fender. Then came the Scout, which looked like some kind of industrial machine. Super ugly. Then they totally destroyed the Chief, they don't even have that beautiful front fender anymore. And they have started the YBOB thing (Yet Another Blacked Out Bike) The blacked out fad has gone far enough. It needs to go away, and go away NOW. That Triumph looks a lot like a Buell, all of which were ridiculously ugly. But besides the bikes I mentioned above, perhaps the ugliest bikes of all is every single crotch rocket ever made. Every one of them is disgustingly ugly. These bikes started in 1985, with the Suzuki GSXR, and the Kawasaki Ninja 600 and 900, and they have been getting uglier and uglier ever since. Not to mention the are virtually unrideable with bars that feel like they are attached to the front axle and footpegs where the rear turn signals should be. Basically, 99% of the time, the newer a bike is, the uglier it is.

At least I know after one of your videos that there is absolutely no reason to ever click on you again, thank you.

One man’s ugly is another man’s beast.

Ok, I disagree for the Triumph because you have to place it on its time, and it was not so bad. About BMW, I think the K1 was uggliest than the K1600. But, it is a question of taste and color !

The Honda PC800 Pacific Coast was a beautifully styled tourer for its time and its sculpted lines are still easy on the eye - particularly to the non-riders who don't find it “intimidating”. Another aerodynamic design was/is the H-D Road Glide. Its “shark-nosed” fairing made it a great long distance tourer that was easy to do “Iron-bottom” (1K miles or more) runs on. Ironically, many non-riders would mistakenly refer to my two CVO Road Glide Limiteds (FLTRUSE) as “Gold Wings”. I generally agree with you on the “sport tourers” and their styling over the past several years. When I finally broke down and got an actual “Gold Wing” it was a 2018 model year, the one where Honda unfortunately decided to go “Sport Touring”. Yes it was ugly and its fairing was next to useless - I wish Vetter was still around so I could have replaced it with a more effective one. Lastly, Indian's Chief Vintage valanced fenders flow along with the rest of the traditional lines of that bike, recreating the characteristic charm of the 1930's era American motorcycles. Of course I've only been a rider for 60 years - so whadda I know?

In my previous job, I walked across a bike park where TWO of Ducati Multistradas were parked. Two! Just a meter or two apart. Oh dear Lord!

When you talk about Design(!), you must consider other aspects as "I don't like it". The Augusta with the square lamp and the yellow/silver Aprillia are good examples. Both designs are outstanding, and both will find their place in the best museums of this world.

You pretty much nailed that list. But I think the Aprilia Moto 6.5 is a very pretty if not unusual bike. 👍

I gotta disagree on the K1600-series BMWs... to me, by far, BMW's most egregious styling and design fubar was the early 2000s (roughly 2004) R1200ST. Google it to see of what I speak. This monstrosity had vertically stacked headlights that would have scared children if they saw it coming at them. Otherwise a fine bike, like all BMW boxers, but this was a hideous styling exercise gone all wrong. IMO, today's K1600s are fine art, by comparison. Love the video, though!

I always saw the HPC as a cross between a motorcycle and a scooter. It came out when Honda and others were making some big scooters, so it was the next step up for scooter riders.

As soon as he mentioned yammie noob it all made sense...

In my opinion this review is actually an personal choice review where narrator is talking about his likes and dislikes. Most of the bikes in list are not that ugly of their age of time. Please check heromoto and bajaj motorcycles they have ugliest bikes.

Normally I hate people like you with their subjective criticism. But Dude! you totally and with 100% accuracy nailed each one of these😂 Your descriptions were so spot on! I’m only halfway through at this point, & I’ve laughed myself off the couch! The descriptions- wow! “ looks like somebody put a balloon inside of a sport bike and blew it up and then nailed a scooter rear end onto it”, haha !! or that MV with the square headlight. Odd looking yes,, but then you come paste some meme of an old halogen Home Depot work lamp.. lmao 🤣 😆 fkg perfect son!! The soda sprayed right out of my mouth! Great job!!

Thanks for the good laugh on this Saturday morning!!!! The UGLY bikes and the commentary had me laughing !!!

Dude you’re crazy this Aprilia is so well designed

"Hayabusa" Ok you officially cannot comment on bike beauty

I was about to complain about the absence of a KTM, but no. In this carnival of inflamed baboon's arses, there it is. Quite right!

the YAMAHA looks like what every uber eats driver rides in mexico

Some motorcycle ur describing is having unique designs. Their are motorcycles with narrow tires which focuses on milage their are motorcycles with narrow tires getting 60km per liter milage to maybe 90km per liter milage.

That Ducati makes the Buell Blast look like a $1M superbike!

Yup, generally agree w most of your picks but I have a few alternative suggestions: - BMW: The K1. Nuff said. - KTM: the 1st gen Duke. Compared to that, the Adventure is a real improvement. As for Ducati, reminds me how on one show where they walked around a big used-bike dealership, the host asked the salesman "Is that old Multi yours or did you just take it in commission?" - "In fact, it belongs to us." - "Now forever." xD

JUST clicked.. is the Honda the CTS-700N, right? Has to be.

Honda Pacific Coast was an Acura, designed by car engineers to get "non motorcycle people" into motorcycles. A 600cc scooter.