Comments on: The Best Looking Retro Standard (News)

By: Lampell

Lampell — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:39:30 +0000

I guess I must like retrospect as it would seem I have owned just about every bike mentioned. I owned the Kawi WS 650 before the Bonneville came out and then shifted to the Bonneville. In retrospect the Kawi was a better looking bike with more character. My least favorite of the bikes mentioned is the Ducati, GT. it doesn’t handle that well even for a retro, most people (non bikers) didn’t even know it was a retro so no conversation value. Bit bulbous looking from the rear end. I also owned a Triumph Scramblers, good looking bike, but it didnt have the soft suspension I thought a scramblers should have. I currently own a 2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic which has a lot of character and also is good looking. Feels much heavier than it looks but is stable. Don’t buy this bike as your only bike since you won’t be able to keep up with ur friends:)

By: SquidGeez

SquidGeez — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:58:34 +0000

They left out the best-looking of all which is the Triumph T100 not the plain-jane Bonneville. Too bad the only mid-control Sportsters left are too slammed (SuperLow) or modernized (XR1000) in their styling to be considered “retro standards” anymore. The Sportster started out as a standard back when a cruiser was a ship, and traditional-style models which were true standards have been either the best-looking bikes of that entire genre (during those years the Bonneville was out of production) or at least the runner up for some 50 years.

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By: SteveW

SteveW — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:51:53 +0000

Though it would be the bike I would be the least likely to buy and own, the Enfield appeals to my aesthetic sense the most.

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By: SteveW

SteveW — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:47:57 +0000

Though it would be the bike I’d be the least likely to buy and own, the Enfield appeals to my asthetice sense the most.

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By: Reed

Reed — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:44:48 +0000

I’ll take the Honda CB1100. As an owner of a new ’69 CB750 K0 while in college (a LONG time ago), the CB110 is a perfect modern equivalent of it.

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By: Cowboy

Cowboy — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:15:37 +0000

My god, that Moto Guzzi is gorgeous!!!!!!

This, from a Triumph onwer – although a former Guzzi (850 T-3 and Le Mans)owner.

I think I will have to buy one.

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By: Lucky

Lucky — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:07:08 +0000

Triumph is doing something right and their sales figures show it. Every year I look at the new models and say “Closer, but not yet.” This year, all their retro models are darned close to the mark.

The biggest lacking item is still style. Every year at the Concours, I marvel at the old bikes with their perfect paint hues, perfect color coordination, and medalions that are works of art. I know it saves $25 per bike to cut these corners, but the loss is much greater.

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By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:40:12 +0000

Royal Enfield and Kawasaki hands down.

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By: Wilson R

Wilson R — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:12:41 +0000

So sad.

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By: Artem

Artem — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:48:17 +0000

You have to do it without thinking about money..
Newertheless. Just IMHO from my childhood.
BMW have to be white coloured with huge fuel tank ( as i remembered them in my child youth). Test drivers brought their grandmothers to home on their back seats to the grandmother villages (that was the funniest thing at all).
Honda CB 750 was cool at all. With dark gold metallic fuel tank.
Just my youth memories.
USSR
1974-1975

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