What's the most beautiful autobike you've ever seen?

With my eyes? A Millepercento ALBA

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Do concepts count?

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>>17228574
If they do then so does mine

>>17228540
>autobike
What did he mean by this?

I think the H2 looks really good. It looks like some futuristic space machine or water craft.

If you're into the whole faggoty style thing, then one of the ducatis is my answer

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>>17228574
lets hope so.

>>17228910
Meanwhile, in real life

Autobike? As in it will shift up and down as needed for you? This exists?
Not trolling, I dont know jack shit about motorcycles /o/ enlighten me, please.

>>17228965
>>17228673

Autobike is what the Japs call motorcycles.

Because of the prevalence of Jap bikes in the market, more and more people are calling them autobikes despite the fact autobike means something else in English

>>17228986
goddammit, thats just dumb.

>>17228986
Its like the chinese calling a computer an "electric brain"... ridiculous.

>>17229028
cars are called automobiles.
you don't call cars motormobiles?

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>>17228930
Would help if I uploaded the pic

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>>17228965
Honda makes a few DCT bikes, Aprilia makes a 850cc CVT motorcycle and there's probably more that I don't know about.

>>17228678
This is the only correct answer.

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it looks better in person

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Anything Shinya Kimura

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the NC, VFRf and CRFl platforms could have been goat for futuristic concepts, but they ended up being shite

>>17229038
But the first motorcycles were bicycles with a *gasp* motor slapped into it. Hence a motorized bicycle, motorbicycle, motorcycle

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either the honda cb1300 superfour or...

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>>17230160
the suzuki vx800

>>17228540
a ktm 690 smc, fooking aggresive, loud and obnoxious. first one i saw was my stepdads, he started it up; felt the rumble, watched the snow fall from surrounding trees then watched the exhaust change colour while melting the winter away.
the other is a SRAD 750 with the pillion cover and LED tailights.
these are GOD machines not these little frames with little engines, driven by hipsters to look cool.

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Brittan. I got to ride one too.

>>17230200
You're a liar.
If you rode one, you'd have pics, if not, what are the details about how you rode one.

>>17230236
I worked at transport world in invers briefly. When I say ride it was down an isle inside the museum.

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>>17230200
Agreed

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>>17230265

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>not loving your own unconditionally

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That price tho....

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How did Motorcyles escape the lunacy that is the modern design?
Less to fuck up or less restricting regulations?

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1955 Norton Manx

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>>17230321
did they?

>>17230316
>called a SuperSport
>is actually a sports tourer

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>>17230316
Not even the best looking Duc

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>>17230348
none of the new ones are

>>17230356
Have to agree
Somebody near where I live rides a yellow 999 (I think it's a 999S), and it's just so goddamn sexy

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>>17230356
I do enjoy the 999

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>>17230407
>>17230413

its that fusion of the old steel-tube frame look and the modern "Ferrari" esque with those holes in the rear cowl and pointy shapes i really like about that specific Ducati.

the 996 and 748 look nice too though.

>>17229040

I still can't get over the fact that Lanesplitters called this thing the "Akita Motorcycle"

Like, it looks cool, but it looks nothing like the Kaneda's bike

>>17230448

*Akira

>>17228678
My dad used to ride this bike and I was always so jealous.

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>>17230413

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this ZX9R has such a nice combination of early 2000s design with 90s paint-job

>>17228663
>Cruiserfag

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The old BSAs were always my favourite bikes aesthetically desu

>>17230078

Looks like hell on the groin

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>>17230651
it even has a special grill

>>17230677
>sit on grill
>mesh sinks and frame edges dig into groin
for what purpose?

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>>17228663
The "bikes" in akira are actually riced out giant scooters. Asians fucking love giant scooters.

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>>17228540
I'm a car guy through and through but adventure bikes make me want to hop on the saddle and drive to the world's end and back

pic related, probably my all time favorite

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>>17230710
when fully assembled it does have about 1 cm of padding above that

>>17228574
how do you even stop

>>17230325

My first bike. Same fairing setup too. 86 FZ750, the feels.

>>17229040
Cool bike but it's a shame it's auto only.

>>17228785

Is the perspective just weird or does this thing actually have a mono-handlebar?

>>17230413
Looks straight out of Ridge Racer.

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>>17230793
near the start and end there are clues that its not

>>17230785
Very slowly and with your knees gripping as tight as you can

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My first bike was a Chinese rip-off of this without the cowling and only 50cc.

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>no honda
ishigittydiggitydon't

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>>17231568

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>>17231568
>no honda
one's literally the post above

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100% serious. I want to buy and restore one purely on looks.

>dat popup

The Elites with the fixed headlights are also gorgeous. Two wheeled DeLoreans.

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>>17231689

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One day...

>>17230751

I think I just peed a little bit

>>17230751
/thread
just add machinegunner seat next to it

>>17232198
what am i looking at? seems like its 90% aftermarket stuff

>>17232220
Just looks like someone used used used copypaste a few too many times.

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>>17232205
that is incredible.

>>17232242

>Swiss chassis builder Egli have been crafting frames for over 100 years, but the Fritz W.1300– named after founding father Fritz Egli – is their first new bike for nearly 30 years. It features a Yamaha XJR1300 engine in an instantly recognisable steel frame with Öhlins suspension and Beringer brakes – and weighs some 32kg less than its standard engine donor.

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>>17232247
why is the swingarm so big and ugly? this is what a proper one looks like.

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>>17232252
what makes that impressive? he didnt even use a trellis frame.

something like this but not hideous gray

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>>17230732

There is an importer in seattle who had two of them fresh from Japan with roughly 30,000 miles on them a piece. I wanted one so bad but could not justify the $7000 + price tag. I went with the crf1000l. One can still dream though.

I go back and forth to Asia and Africa a few times a year. I've seen them going for $2500-4500 USD depending on age and mileage. A part of me wants to buy one, strip it, ship it and deal with gray bike status over here.

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>>17232267
those are nice bikes, but not at all the best looking ducati

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>>17232267

Not just borrowing dad's single owner, ridden on 3 continent 1980 900ss.

>>17230304
I'm not into motorcycles but when I see some like these it makes me want to ride one badly

>>17232345
Get into them then anon

Fun hobby

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>>17232357
I will when I get the funds to get one my dream bike is one of these bikes. I remember these weren't that expensive and then people started to over price them because "movietax"

>>17232259
"protection?"

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>>17228676
Look at this shit man...it's like a spacecraft of some kind

>>17228540
They should have made this on an f3 platform.

>>17232394
Used Ducati standards such as the monster can be had cheap. Find out service records and if it's due for a tune up. I bought a 1999 Ducati m750 for $3000 in 2007 because the dude couldn't stomach the first big service. It only had 5000 miles on it. I did end up spending $2000 on it in first month of ownership but I wanted new tires, new fluids and the full desmodromic valve service at SF bay area shop prices.

>>17228678

>Dat Gap

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The Ducati 748/916/996/998. the aesthetic per dollar value is great. $3200 got me pic related.

>>17233750
Didn't know they were that cheap used.

>>17233768
Wait around and you can find good deals occasionally. If you can perform your own maintenance they aren't expensive to own, used parts are common enough as well.

>>17233768
They're cheap used for the same reason all luxury cars are cheap.

the minute you take it to get it repaired by someone else you'll have to pay half the price of the bike to get it fixed.

>>17233838
Not interested in buying a bike, but I did always love the aesthetics of the turn of the century Ducs with the exposed subframe, aggressive cowl, and double lights.

If I bought a yellow 998 it would just sit in my house as art.

>>17233856
>the minute you take it to get it repaired by someone else
I'm not a normie.

>>17233883
That'd be a shame they're great to ride....for about 30 minutes.

>>17228910
This is the bike used in the ghost in the shell movie.

>>17232329
I've seen 3 different 1199 superlegerras out of 500. I still think I like the desmosedici best. I've seen at least 2 of them.

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No LS swaps yet? Weak.

>>17234000
No, because that's probably one of the worst looking bikes.

>>17233904
Ahhahahaha..... pussy.

I rode one of the AMA 996sps bikes we had to try 6 times to register at the DMV because it wasn't stickered for California and had no DOT approval over a 6 day 5 state motorcycle trip on the west coast. Infact the paperwork said not for street usage.

>>17234000
>1puglife filename

You got me, anon.

>>17233904
>>17234435
I've ridden since I was like 5.. I just prefer cars and don't care enough about riding to own a sport bike.
I'd still want an 998s as art though even if I never rode it.

It's not about saving the bike lol. I just don't care enough to ride.

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>>17228540

you should first cure your autoism

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KR-51 a cute.

i'll never have one seeing as I'm in australia however.

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>>17236153
These are supposed to hit the market sometime this year... KTM has an odd sense of market timing.

>>17230060
nice fedoramobile

>>17235776
Are you the Trabi aussie?

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Bimota DB8 SP and Mv Agusta F4RR.
I own the bimota and had the F4RR before that.

>>17233905
I know. the cars and the bikes were the only good parts about that movie.

>>17229998
Yaaas

I have a 96 kat

>>17233096
But I want that Ducati sport 1000 but those don't come cheap for what they are

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>>17228540
I wont call it beautiful but I saw it in person and it was different looking for sure

>>17236658

What the fuck

>>17236658
kinda look like the xenomorph from alien

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>>17228540