The local Suzuki dealer has a B-King in its showroom ...

[Aaron]

and it's hideous.

The small, narrow headlight just doesn't work with the rest of the bike, which is very wide. The (fake) mufflers are awful. I see that aftermarket exhausts are already out there, but a new exhaust won't fix the front of the bike.

On top of it all, the seating position is surprisingly cramped. I'm 6' 3", with about a 33" inseam, and I really don't fit. My knees won't fit into the tank cutouts. Not at all what you'd expect from such massive motorcycle.

It's a neat concept, but I think it was botched.

[gritsngravy]

Busa power in a naked package = mission accomplished

Good looks belong on a woman, not a bike

Sounds like a bandit 1250 would be better for you

[highside]

Yeah, but it really didnt HAVE to be so amazingly ugly. They could have just made it simple and made a naked Busa, but they didn't.

[Scratch33]

Yeah, Suzuki had one available for look/see down at VIR earlier this year.  I sat on it, the ergo's were good but it looked worse than my Strom.  It's like some giant grabbed a muscle bike in the middle and squeezed.

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Yeah, but it really didnt HAVE to be so amazingly ugly. They could have just made it simple and made a naked Busa, but they didn't.

It's a Suzuki ... they had to keep the trademark ugly in the product or no one would buy one.  

I still regret selling my '03 Busa, but maybe a B-King is in my future.

[Kat-Rider]

I agree.  They are FUGLY.

[Ken]

Looks like someone rode a magnet through a junkyard.  

[rauchman]

I saw one at a dealership on Sat.  It's pretty big and bulbous looking.  I was surprised how wide the bike is.  Odd how this thing is more expensive than the Hayabusa.  It was "interesting" visually, but can't say I liked it.  I did dig the new Hayabusa though.  If I wasn't sure I'd kill myself on one, I'd get a Busa.

[kevin_stevens]

I just can't see "B-King" without completing "home of the Whopper" in my head.  

The new Honda CB1000R naked bike looks just as bad to me.

KeS

[BlueDevil]

It seems pointless to me to have all that power and no place to hide from the wind.

[FJRmgm]

and it's hideous.

+1 - the comment about dragging a magnet through a junk yard is pretty close.

Vstrom riders are glad Suzuki made it - takes the "ugliest bike" award away from the 'Strom.

[Dichotomous]

maybe suzuki REALLY only made this to remind people that the busa isnt THAT ugly, "cause look, next to THIS thing its gorgeous!"

[s boy]

it is exactly as ugly as a bmw k1200r... only... faster, better built, much less expensive, and a wider base of support in the USA.  

[s boy]

oh yea... just got the february 'rider' mag... pretty decent review on the b-king.

[motomodo]

I am repulsed, yet I can't look away....

[s boy]

I am repulsed, yet I can't look away....

a good way to put it - btw, welcome! we just got back from monmouth county NJ last night... we spent a week up in fair haven for the holidays (wife's family).

[Baz]

Yeah, Suzuki had one available for look/see down at VIR earlier this year.  I sat on it, the ergo's were good but it looked worse than my Strom.  It's like some giant grabbed a muscle bike in the middle and squeezed.

Hmmmmm, it can't be THAT ugly can it??????

[GoneRacin]

Dont know if its uglier than a strom, But its one ugly bike. I sat on a b King at the Suzuki dealer in OKC during the christmas holiday. It is just too ugly for me to take it serious. Just hideous

[Baz]

I sat on one at our local bike show, I can't see myself owning one. It does have the base of a nice ST machine with some added plastic though. Who knows.

They also had one with aftermarket two brothers pipes on it, and it was a huge improvement in the looks dept, but my honest opinion is that the machine looks dated already.

[CLAY]

I too sat on one last week at the dealer.  I thought it looked great, bit I too was amazed at the width of the "tank" business.  Wow.  It fell off my list of "cool bikes to own".