"What is the World's Ugliest Bike"

Is that the correct spelling Puch it should be puke cause it makes me feel sick ! The CX500 is a flipping gem compared to that ! It must've been designed by that nutter that they arrested this week over there (the sick deranged man) cheers Dave.

Here's the reading of the add in The Sunday Times "COLLECTABLE"HONDA CX500 x 2. 80&81 (post vintage) liquid cooled Vee twins,shaft drive 1 licenced plus heaps of spares manuals complete,both $1600 ONO ph no etc . Now you would think ugly or not a bloody bargain . Lucky for me its not next door or I'd have to eat humble pie & add them to my "Collection" Hardy bloody har , maybe I should ring him & tell him I'll get them but they've got to both be full of gas! Cheers Dave

I've nothing to say other than over my dead body ! The only Honda I would like is the CBR600RR anyway .Its funny I.m listening to Mythbusters right now , so it's confirmed , the CX500 is a dog it's ugly but it may not be the ugliest ! That Puke definately took that award cheers Dave.

Matt, were you at this guys house when you took that?

cx 500 can look good but all bikes can if modified accept the boss hog unless you turn it into a car!Ha here is a cx I like

You guys astound me. The CX500 may not be the worlds prettiest bike, but it ain't that ugly either. especially that cafe'd one that mattb just posted.
Now, if you want to look for an ugly shaft drive v-twin I can't believe you leave out the Moto Guzzi Californian - that is truly ugly.
Mick.

I must confess I actually like it. When buying my previous bike on a really tight budget (I had $700, a mate offered to loan me that much again) I was tossing up between a CX and a Kawasaki GT550. I couldn't find a CX but found a GT (which blew up eight months later!). Since that time I have looked with longing at the CX. Kind of the poor man's Guzzi, with the life-span of a BMW. I would buy one if I was looking for a second bike. It's related to point I'd often make to a Ducati mate who bags such bikes - and Japanese bikes in general - as having no character. If what he means is that it lacks 'personality', like the cool Italian tourist who charms the ladies, then sure he is right; but 'character' also has the sense of a man who's humble but reliable and upright, a sense of the word which I think denotes something far deeper. Of course it might be true that such a man also has a face like a frying pan!