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".

[heykenny]

It's all of the above, expensive,ugly, rare and FAAASSTTT!!!..  you want the perfect bike to  teach you how to stain a seat cover,this is it.

[Tombstone]

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.

Your right, it's the one bike I look forward to parking the Strom next to!   When I first saw the B-King in person I thought it must stand for "Bucking ugly-King"

[Baz]

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.

 

Ugliest? Hmmm, there is still that multistrada thingy, and that Honda Varadaro

[Desmo Demon]

and it's hideous.

+10,000.....my wife and I looked at two of them this past Saturday...The rear end of the new 'Busa is butt-ugly, also.  

[skater69]

I think the batman rear pipes are the ugliest part.  But yeah the Boss Hoss looking tank is bizarre too but then again I'd ride anything.....looks don't matter much....and for what it's worth.....I think Strom 650 looks GOOD!

[Tombstone]

I think the batman rear pipes are the ugliest part.  But yeah the Boss Hoss looking tank is bizarre too but then again I'd ride anything.....looks don't matter much....and for what it's worth.....I think Strom 650 looks GOOD!

Their not ugly when your riding em! (cause you can't seem em...)  

[Open Sore]

Just got one out of the box where I work.  It is one ugly ass m/c.  As stated already, I can't believe how wide the thing is.  And the plastic exhaust pipes-yeesh.  It is one of the oddest bikes I've ever seen.

[BusaSamurai]

  Went this past weekend and checked out the Bking and The 08 Busa .Neither one impressed me that much like the idea of  more power just don't see how the saddle bags would ride on either one . Ill stick with my 05 until I pull the trigger on a BMW as a second bike . Or maybe the FJR or maybe the  Kawi  etc etc etc .....need more money ...