If the bike is form the 60's the French seem to make the most attractive, in the 70's-80's all Italian all the time, There was very little made starting in the late 80's to early 2000's that was attractive companies were playing with different materials and we started the stripped down/industrial look. It's now 2020 and just about every mass produced bike is ugly (looking at you Dogma) even if they're "better", but we have a larger selection of boutique brands that are building attractive bikes. There have always been custom makers doing nice stuff and right now the Americans seem to be dominating that game no matter the material but there are a couple German builders out there I like (Nua).
There are excellent bikes from every where and my list leaves out the Japanese, they build great bikes and have for a long time but like a Camry or and Accord there great but lack something.
Porsche>Ferrari all day and twice on Sunday
VW>Peugeot/Citroen all day and twice on Sunday
Last edited by Germany_chris; 07-24-20 at 05:19 AM.