Harley is always a beautifully designed bike, even if one tears it down to nothing to fix. They kept the engine as a showpiece and built around it.
I have a couple of BMW bikes now and once you pull off all the plastic, they have to be the ugliest looking things ever created. So much "beautiful" (ugh!) German tech is covered up as an afterthought. It's a complete rats nest of plastic stuff under there, and some of it heats and warps and then they don't run so good either (Damhik!) - even to the point of needing a flatbed hauler.
Okay, I'll add a friend's Gold Wing into the ugliest thing ever too once the plastic is off them.
SG