To me it lacks contrast and the front fairings need to be broken up some. The 1199R is more appealing somewhat with the added contrast of the gas tank. The Tri colors don't do it for me at all.
I'd end up painting one if I had it which would prolly get me lynched for messing with it
To me it lacks contrast and the front fairings need to be broken up some. The 1199R is more appealing somewhat with the added contrast of the gas tank. The Tri colors don't do it for me at all.
I'd end up painting one if I had it which would prolly get me lynched for messing with it
Ok been biting my tongue for a long time. But sorry can't with the ugly fat chick comment. I personally find the Panigale to look boring. It's the slab of plastic, single color look. Does absolutely nothing for me. What interested me about the Pani was the dash and configurability. But bottom line, I wasn't going to pay more for a dash and looks that didn't appeal to me.
Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, has done anything but admire my s1ks. The motorcycle uninitiated do least a double take on seeing the BMW roundel and one guy said "I thought BMW only made old man bikes". So in the looks department yalls perspective doesn't necessarily represent the world view
I just had to chime in on your last comment about nobody saying anything negative about the BMW. It's kinda like if you introduce some of your friends to your wife... if they think she's hot, they'll tell you, if they think she's ugly, they'll lie and say she's cute, or just not comment at all. What I'm getting at, is that the BMW is widely known to be a polorizing bike based on looks, and the people that like it will tell you, but unless a complete stranger is a total ass, they're not going to walk up and tell you your bike is ugly. Who does that?! The internet is plastered with comments calling out the BMW's headlight design as ugly, along with it's exhaust and the empty spot it leaves if you go full system (which is why they created a special lower faring for the HP4). That said, the engineer in me LOVES the BMW, but my eyeballs can't get past it's looks. Looks are always a personal preference thing though. Some people think mustangs look better than camaros and vice versa... good luck convincing one of them that the other looks better. There are also things that are accepted as generalities based on an overwhelmingly large prefence from the public... for example, not everyone loves the way Ferraris look, but most auto-enthusiasts would put them as one of the best looking. Same with Ducati, most reviewers and the general biking community would say it's one of the best looking. Not so of the BMW. But to each their own. This is obviously a Ducati forum full of biased owners
Itmis a matter of personal preferences. But the Shallow Hal went a bit over the top Lacking contrast? Now we are really talking about important issues with the Pani.
The best looking BMW in my honest and personal opinion is the HP2, not the HP4. And that is a fact.
Nah... I'll take your dash though... maybe... round Rev 8
I live in Philly. Tact ranks right up there with slim waistlines
Actually I said the dash + configuration options like EBC and finer tuning of TC interested me initially. But "character" + price + looks eliminated it.
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Err... um... try not to hate me but personally I think THIS is the sexiest bike out there
Now I will prolly pick up this in a few years
Sorry. The Pani just seems bland to me in the looks department. And my helmet doesn't have a mohawk / spikes / Hello Kitty on it
Err... um... try not to hate me but personally I think THIS is the sexiest bike out there
Sorry. The Pani just seems bland to me in the looks department. And my helmet doesn't have a mohawk / spikes / Hello Kitty on it
