My picks for the 10 ugliest motocross bikes ever

tblazier
Profile picture for user tblazier
Posts
8780
Joined
7/20/2011
Location
Leesburg, VA US
tblazier
Edited Date/Time 2/27/2021 4:46pm
12
9
|
McG194
Profile picture for user McG194
Posts
3411
Joined
9/7/2017
Location
Palm Coast, FL US
McG194 2/25/2021 9:37am
2/25/2021 9:37am
This had to be at least number 11.







11
20
ccullins
Profile picture for user ccullins
Posts
301
Joined
11/24/2016
Location
Riverside, CA US
ccullins 2/25/2021 9:52am
2/25/2021 9:52am Edited Date/Time 2/25/2021 9:53am
The first two comments totally crack me up. I had a 91 mint KTM 300 and my son is currently racing a pink TM. I think they both have such odd colors that they are really cool!


33
Tim507
Profile picture for user Tim507
Posts
3144
Joined
6/8/2010
Location
Oregon City, OR US
Tim507 2/25/2021 9:59am
2/25/2021 9:59am
Looking at the OP post as presented #1 2001 Husaberg, it was a ripper #2 had this in a 125 and a 250, loved that bike, #4 Another great bike and I still have it #6 Another bike that ripped! #8 84 or so KTM really didn't like this bike. Ugly never really entered my mind on any of these that I owned.
2

The Shop

See All »
tuttle425
Profile picture for user tuttle425
Posts
1702
Joined
8/5/2020
Location
Prairie Village, KS US
tuttle425 2/25/2021 10:14am
2/25/2021 10:14am
The first few years the KTM's went orange/butterscotch are at the top of my list.

2
4
Kevin852
Profile picture for user Kevin852
Posts
285
Joined
9/27/2018
Location
Apple Valley, CA US
Kevin852 2/25/2021 10:21am
2/25/2021 10:21am
ccullins wrote:
The first two comments totally crack me up. I had a 91 mint KTM 300 and my son is currently racing a pink TM. I think...
The first two comments totally crack me up. I had a 91 mint KTM 300 and my son is currently racing a pink TM. I think they both have such odd colors that they are really cool!


Hahaha.... this was the first thing I thought of when I saw this post.
AH387
Profile picture for user AH387
Posts
1337
Joined
8/29/2019
Location
Bridgeville, PA US
AH387 2/25/2021 10:24am
2/25/2021 10:24am
1991 RM needs removed from the list, immediately lol.
23
1
Robbirob25
Profile picture for user Robbirob25
Posts
389
Joined
11/19/2007
Location
Fort Wayne, IN US
Robbirob25 2/25/2021 10:32am
2/25/2021 10:32am
AH387 wrote:
1991 RM needs removed from the list, immediately lol.
100%!!! THIS!!!!
7
1
racerhansen 2/25/2021 10:49am
2/25/2021 10:49am
So many cool looking bikes in that list. To me the 2000 Husaberg was one of the coolest looking dirtbikes ever made. I really want to own one. It’s a shame that it’s almost impossible to find one in good shape and with the babyblue tank intact
yak651
Profile picture for user yak651
Posts
6683
Joined
8/26/2006
Location
Appleton, WI US
Fantasy
214th
yak651 2/25/2021 10:59am
2/25/2021 10:59am
AH387 wrote:
1991 RM needs removed from the list, immediately lol.
No kidding, this bike is beautiful

30
2
BobPA
Profile picture for user BobPA
Posts
8027
Joined
10/31/2013
Location
PA US
BobPA 2/25/2021 11:00am
2/25/2021 11:00am
AH387 wrote:
1991 RM needs removed from the list, immediately lol.
yak651 wrote:
No kidding, this bike is beautiful [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/25/480343/s1200_9518862007_7a424566b7_b.jpg[/img]
No kidding, this bike is beautiful

That thing is hideous
22
22
byke
Profile picture for user byke
Posts
1423
Joined
8/12/2015
Location
Auburn, CA US
byke 2/25/2021 11:07am
2/25/2021 11:07am
The bone stock 1992 RM250 was a hot bike. I remember at the time that we laughed it a little bit, but we got over that fast and really started to like it. All the colors on bikes and gear and graphics were blowing up in '92 and that bike was the peak of it. I love it to this day.
4
ATKpilot99
Profile picture for user ATKpilot99
Posts
9806
Joined
4/13/2010
Location
Lake Geneva, WI US
ATKpilot99 2/25/2021 11:29am
2/25/2021 11:29am
I'm at work and haven't watched the video yet but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If we're talking about the graphics and seat cover of the 91 RM I agree , ugly . But I love the bodywork of the 89 - 92 RMs . Honorable mention on this list to the 79 RMs with their duckbill fenders...sorry mud guards
1
4
TJ 755
Profile picture for user TJ 755
Posts
1894
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
North Bend, WA US
TJ 755 2/25/2021 11:45am
2/25/2021 11:45am
82 YZ250 was straight fuggly AF
2
ATKpilot99
Profile picture for user ATKpilot99
Posts
9806
Joined
4/13/2010
Location
Lake Geneva, WI US
ATKpilot99 2/25/2021 11:46am
2/25/2021 11:46am
TJ 755 wrote:
82 YZ250 was straight fuggly AF
See now I like all the 82 yzs
TJ 755
Profile picture for user TJ 755
Posts
1894
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
North Bend, WA US
TJ 755 2/25/2021 11:48am
2/25/2021 11:48am
life long Yami guy starting with my first one in 74. The 10-13 sucked too so theres that
2
GrapeApe
Profile picture for user GrapeApe
Posts
6988
Joined
6/7/2010
Location
Mc Kinney, TX US
Fantasy
760th
GrapeApe 2/25/2021 11:50am
2/25/2021 11:50am
AH387 wrote:
1991 RM needs removed from the list, immediately lol.
yak651 wrote:
No kidding, this bike is beautiful [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/25/480343/s1200_9518862007_7a424566b7_b.jpg[/img]
No kidding, this bike is beautiful

BobPA wrote:
That thing is hideous
You take that back right now!

I loved the '91 and '92 once the side panel and fender graphics were removed, which most people did before leaving the dealership.

3
2

Pit Row

See All »
CantPickaName 2/25/2021 12:02pm
2/25/2021 12:02pm
blazier, growing up in the same era...I love your content. Really.

That said, just a request for more of a "blog post" type format. I'd love to scroll through and check out all the images and the rankings and chuckle and reminisce...but watching a 30m video makes that tough.

but again, thanks for all of your posts - really dig them!
8
philG
Profile picture for user philG
Posts
9706
Joined
5/12/2012
Location
GB
philG 2/25/2021 1:11pm
2/25/2021 1:11pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I'm at work and haven't watched the video yet but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If we're talking about the graphics and seat...
I'm at work and haven't watched the video yet but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If we're talking about the graphics and seat cover of the 91 RM I agree , ugly . But I love the bodywork of the 89 - 92 RMs . Honorable mention on this list to the 79 RMs with their duckbill fenders...sorry mud guards
Everyone has rose tinted hindsight on the RM's.. at the time is was WTF were they thinking... 'Bold New Graphics' that you had to take off to race the thing

Dumb Shit right there.
3
3
ATKpilot99
Profile picture for user ATKpilot99
Posts
9806
Joined
4/13/2010
Location
Lake Geneva, WI US
ATKpilot99 2/25/2021 3:12pm
2/25/2021 3:12pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I'm at work and haven't watched the video yet but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If we're talking about the graphics and seat...
I'm at work and haven't watched the video yet but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If we're talking about the graphics and seat cover of the 91 RM I agree , ugly . But I love the bodywork of the 89 - 92 RMs . Honorable mention on this list to the 79 RMs with their duckbill fenders...sorry mud guards
philG wrote:
Everyone has rose tinted hindsight on the RM's.. at the time is was WTF were they thinking... 'Bold New Graphics' that you had to take off...
Everyone has rose tinted hindsight on the RM's.. at the time is was WTF were they thinking... 'Bold New Graphics' that you had to take off to race the thing

Dumb Shit right there.
Yeah I bought a 92 rm 125 used years ago that still had the original seat cover and that was the first thing I changed lol.
1
lostboy819
Profile picture for user lostboy819
Posts
11509
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Somewhere, CO US
Fantasy
1442nd
lostboy819 2/25/2021 3:46pm
2/25/2021 3:46pm
Anything orange, old Can ams and new KTMs. SickSick
3
3
tblazier
Profile picture for user tblazier
Posts
8780
Joined
7/20/2011
Location
Leesburg, VA US
tblazier 2/25/2021 3:52pm
2/25/2021 3:52pm
CantPickaName wrote:
blazier, growing up in the same era...I love your content. Really. That said, just a request for more of a "blog post" type format. I'd love...
blazier, growing up in the same era...I love your content. Really.

That said, just a request for more of a "blog post" type format. I'd love to scroll through and check out all the images and the rankings and chuckle and reminisce...but watching a 30m video makes that tough.

but again, thanks for all of your posts - really dig them!
I do exactly that over at PulpMX.com. Most of my videos have a written companion article over there if you would like to check them out.
6
Gordon Lightfoot 2/25/2021 4:35pm
2/25/2021 4:35pm
How could the '81 Hondas not be on this list? Like most of the "transition" bikes of that era, the manufacturers made lots of stumbles in the looks department, and things didn't get cleaned up from a cosmetic point of view until the mid-80's. The "swayback" '80 Maicos were grotesque, and the numberplate mounted radiators of the early waterpumper Yamahas were a joke.

And I agree with racerhansen that the Husaburg was a thing of beauty - even if it wasn't, that it was basically a coach built bike blazing new trails means it was owed a lot of respect.

Finally, in stock trim the Aprilia was truly butt-ugly, but if you remove the front fender/ number plate monstrosity and the flappy side plates, it actually doesn't look bad. The trick ladderbar frame was pretty cool and the rest of the design reflected some Italian fashion integrated into and around the very functional V-2 engine package. Here's one with a '98 XR 400 front fender and old school, Maico style side plates - and some old geezer riding it...


3
aeffertz
Profile picture for user aeffertz
Posts
9274
Joined
7/16/2015
Location
Eau Claire, WI US
aeffertz 2/25/2021 4:38pm
2/25/2021 4:38pm
tblazier wrote:
I do exactly that over at PulpMX.com. Most of my videos have a written companion article over there if you would like to check them out.
I do exactly that over at PulpMX.com. Most of my videos have a written companion article over there if you would like to check them out.
Just a heads up, your signature link to your website is missing the ‘T’ on vault and the link is dead. Wink
1
Stumps
Profile picture for user Stumps
Posts
12
Joined
2/25/2021
Location
AU
Stumps 2/25/2021 4:45pm
2/25/2021 4:45pm
Never cared much for the RM’s back when they were new, but the oversized shrouds have a certain appeal
these days

10
1
skeef
Profile picture for user skeef
Posts
1208
Joined
7/18/2018
Location
AZ US
Fantasy
1421st
skeef 2/25/2021 4:58pm
2/25/2021 4:58pm
I consider myself a "Yamaha Guy" But these were ugggly 2011 Yz450f
15
6
rohleder644
Profile picture for user rohleder644
Posts
1053
Joined
1/18/2011
Location
Lee’s Summit, MO US
rohleder644 2/25/2021 6:05pm
2/25/2021 6:05pm
You can put the current generation of husky on that list for me. Which is a shame because I love the bikes.
1
2

Post a reply to: My picks for the 10 ugliest motocross bikes ever