Worst motorcycle of this decade?

beansbaxter · 12-02-2009, 08:27 PM

The first decade of this century has come and gone. Forget about the best bikes, and I ask what are your candidates for the worst motorcycles of the past decade?

To clarify, any motorcycle between 2000 to 2009.

Keep the brand bashing out of it - Let’s hear what you think and tell us why!

r6jon · 12-02-2009, 09:44 PM

ZX-10R cause well you know.

Really though got to be some Chinese Korean 625 I've never heard of.

jwfzr · 12-02-2009, 09:52 PM

The old Concours, old KLR, Ninja EX 500, Old VMAx. anything designed in the eighties.

Grantizzle · 12-02-2009, 09:56 PM

old KLR is the same as the new klr... the new one just has more plastics on it.

jwfzr · 12-02-2009, 10:01 PM

Ok, throw the new one in there as well. Gixxer pete loves his.

Jalharad · 12-02-2009, 10:06 PM

Katanas anybody? Granted they were first released in 1999, but made most of their "advancement" through 2005ish. If anything they loose just cause of looks...hell the Honda Ruckus looks better, and its just aluminum tubing!

jwfzr · 12-02-2009, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Jalharad

Katanas anybody? Granted they were first released in 1999, but made most of their "advancement" through 2005ish. If anything they win just cause of looks

Yes, but at least at one point this Katana won a supersport championship.

KevinD · 12-02-2009, 10:09 PM

I gotta agree with the Chinese crap...

KevinD

BPWilsonCBRF3 · 12-02-2009, 10:17 PM

I'd have to agree with the katanas, the newer ones look just like the older ones with those gawd awful turn signals. And i never did like the ninja 250's till they made em look like an actual sport bike, before it was just a souped up scooter

X9Firebolt · 12-02-2009, 10:17 PM

zuk gs500, lame ass entry level bike thats huge as hell. or any bike with the brand name 'baja'...

Rat · 12-02-2009, 10:20 PM

Honda Rune.

Actually, "any Harley" immediately popped into mind, but then I recalled all the other poser wannabe Jap cruiser POS's, so the list would have really been too long.

I settled on what I thought to be the most absurd, useless and completely overwrought abomination on 2 wheels.

Or maybe Brad Pitt's ridiculous little turd-sicle...

307T · 12-02-2009, 10:20 PM

BRAMMO Enertia.

Jalharad · 12-02-2009, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by BPWilsonCBRF3

I'd have to agree with the katanas, the newer ones look just like the older ones with those gawd awful turn signals. And i never did like the ninja 250's till they made em look like an actual sport bike, before it was just a souped up scooter

I have to say that the newer katana's (though not directly called that) the GSX650F are MUCH more improved. Having a liquid cooled engine, and a 2006 front design GSXR look to the fairing.

Performance wise...well....yeah....mine is 74 hp....pc3, pipe, airfilter....wooo

The biggest difference I was able to tell (i owned the 750 Katana, and now a 650F) is the balance of the bike, the 750 was WAY more top heavy, made it harder to handle at street speeds. Hwy speeds were much smoother then the 650F.

I had to laugh when i put the yoshi pipe on the 650F....yoshi pipe = 4lbs, stock = 20lbs...

varment · 12-02-2009, 10:21 PM

Any bike that I don't have..... just cause I don't have one....

Rippn · 12-02-2009, 10:36 PM

amazing... some of the benchmark classics got named here... unless it was to hack off yer friends, w/'em...
I'd SHURE agree... the china dirt nock offs... the koreon hyo's wern't half bad, considering the base price... and as an entry level...
FREE and clean, Ripp'n

ChrisMag · 12-02-2009, 11:14 PM

In terms of looks, I'd have to vote for the Ducati Multistrada. Even the EX500 was less fugly. At least it was a decent bike from a technical standpoint.

Oh... I think I have it...

465 lbs dry, air cooled (still, in 2001), and only 92hp at the crank (my 1992 GSXR750 made a 102 at the rear wheel). Talk about a turd...

thunderchicken · 12-02-2009, 11:19 PM

RF900,89GSXR-600 both fat and slow.

ChrisMag · 12-02-2009, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by thunderchicken

RF900,89GSXR-600 both fat and slow.

89 GSXR600? No such thing. There was one in 92 or 93'. It was literally a sleeved down water-cooled 750 though, and yes it was a pig.

beansbaxter · 12-02-2009, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by jwfzr

yes, but at least at one point this katana won a supersport championship.

breezebike · 12-02-2009, 11:30 PM

Buell Blast

Frame feels like it's made of rubber on a twisty road. Clunky gearbox. Gutless.


12-02-2009, 08:27 PM	#1
beansbaxter Joined: Sep 2004 From: Seattle, WA Blog Entries: 8 I Ride: ZX-10R	Worst motorcycle of this decade? The first decade of this century has come and gone. Forget about the best bikes, and I ask what are your candidates for the worst motorcycles of the past decade? To clarify, any motorcycle between 2000 to 2009. Keep the brand bashing out of it - Let’s hear what you think and tell us why! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 09:44 PM	#2
r6jon Peg Dragger Joined: Aug 2007 From: West Linn, Oregon I Ride: Dirty	ZX-10R cause well you know. Really though got to be some Chinese Korean 625 I've never heard of. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 09:52 PM	#3
jwfzr Two Wheel Art Joined: Oct 2004 From: Indy Valley North Blog Entries: 4 I Ride: cbr900rr	The old Concours, old KLR, Ninja EX 500, Old VMAx. anything designed in the eighties. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 09:56 PM	#4
Grantizzle Joined: Feb 2008 From: Mill Creek, Wa I Ride: slower than you with a bigger grin!	old KLR is the same as the new klr... the new one just has more plastics on it. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:01 PM	#5
jwfzr Two Wheel Art Joined: Oct 2004 From: Indy Valley North Blog Entries: 4 I Ride: cbr900rr	Ok, throw the new one in there as well. Gixxer pete loves his. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:06 PM	#6
Jalharad Shredder Joined: Jul 2007 From: Bellingham, Washington I Ride: like its the last chance ever!	Katanas anybody? Granted they were first released in 1999, but made most of their "advancement" through 2005ish. If anything they loose just cause of looks...hell the Honda Ruckus looks better, and its just aluminum tubing! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:09 PM	#8
KevinD Joined: Mar 2009 From: Spokane Valley I Ride: Suzuki Boulevard C90, Suzuki DRZ400E, My Wife's Scooter	I gotta agree with the Chinese crap... KevinD __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:17 PM	#9
BPWilsonCBRF3 Railer Joined: May 2009 From: Vancouver NOT BC, Washington NOT DC I Ride: 96 CBR600F3iRR, 06 CBR600RR Track Bike	I'd have to agree with the katanas, the newer ones look just like the older ones with those gawd awful turn signals. And i never did like the ninja 250's till they made em look like an actual sport bike, before it was just a souped up scooter __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:17 PM	#10
X9Firebolt Peg Dragger Joined: May 2009 From: talent, oregon I Ride: XB9r FirebolT	zuk gs500, lame ass entry level bike thats huge as hell. or any bike with the brand name 'baja'... __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:20 PM	#11
Rat Chicken Strips Joined: Oct 2007 From: .	Honda Rune. Actually, "any Harley" immediately popped into mind, but then I recalled all the other poser wannabe Jap cruiser POS's, so the list would have really been too long. I settled on what I thought to be the most absurd, useless and completely overwrought abomination on 2 wheels. Or maybe Brad Pitt's ridiculous little turd-sicle... __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:20 PM	#12
307T Shredder Joined: Jan 2007 From: Washington County I Ride: when the weather is nice	BRAMMO Enertia. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:21 PM	#14
varment Superbiker Joined: Apr 2009 From: Tri-city, Oregon Blog Entries: 1 I Ride: the Kessle run in 11 parsecs...	Any bike that I don't have..... just cause I don't have one.... __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 10:36 PM	#15
Rippn Human Race Qualifier FREE and clean Joined: Apr 2007 From: soap lake wa. I Ride: 00kaw12r, 97 tls1000, 96gsxr1260 turbo freakshow, kz1300gt, 88gsxr1100, 86gsxr750, 82gsx1100ez, 79kz1300, 75 ducati750gts, 72 gt550 cafe	amazing... some of the benchmark classics got named here... unless it was to hack off yer friends, w/'em... I'd SHURE agree... the china dirt nock offs... the koreon hyo's wern't half bad, considering the base price... and as an entry level... FREE and clean, Ripp'n __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 11:14 PM	#16
ChrisMag Peg Dragger Joined: Apr 2009 From: Portland, OR Blog Entries: 1 I Ride: 2011 Aprilia RSV4R APRC, 2009 KLR650	In terms of looks, I'd have to vote for the Ducati Multistrada. Even the EX500 was less fugly. At least it was a decent bike from a technical standpoint. Oh... I think I have it... 465 lbs dry, air cooled (still, in 2001), and only 92hp at the crank (my 1992 GSXR750 made a 102 at the rear wheel). Talk about a turd... __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


12-02-2009, 11:19 PM	#17
thunderchicken Endorsed Joined: Oct 2008 From: medford I Ride: 99 Super Hawk 996 ,88 Hurricane 1000(sold)	RF900,89GSXR-600 both fat and slow. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter Last edited by thunderchicken; 12-02-2009 at 11:22 PM.. Reason: wrong year


12-02-2009, 11:30 PM	#20
breezebike Pit Crew Joined: Mar 2008 From: Wenatchee, WA I Ride: for the leaning and the zooming.	Buell Blast Frame feels like it's made of rubber on a twisty road. Clunky gearbox. Gutless. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter

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