…for ?09 but is otherwise unchanged. As is last-year?s runner-up, the potent 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R.?For this Superbike Smackdown liter-class comparison Motorcycle USA brings back our old school-approach by separating the vastly different environments of street and racetrack. Our track test took place…

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…lacks the agility and horsepower for the serious racer." "Honda has built what is arguably the easiest open-class bike to ride in the history of 1000cc bikes, yet it doesn't win on the performance sheets," Hutchison sums up. "The suspension is spot-on and the CBR's uncanny ability to stay planted makes…

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…clean-sheet model in the fifth year. Like dorm-room coeds, Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha have settled in on identical cycles, while Suzuki's 600cc and 1000cc Gixxers are one year off-kilter behind the others. This schedule is advantageous in new-model years, but it also has the effect of looking like Suzuki's…

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…: 10.53 seconds @ 137.5 mph 60 to 100 mph Roll On (fourth gear): 4.81 secondsAverage MPG: 29.61Top Speed: 186 mphOf all the motorcycles in this comparison perhaps the most anticipated was the new Yamaha YZF-R1. MCUSA Executive Editor, Steve Atlas, couldn?t stop blabbing about how cool it sounds and…

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…the showroom floor and see how equal this matchup really is! (Read the Motorcycle USA's Daytona SportBike Comparison, but don't forget to check out the accompanying?Daytona SportBike Comparison Video above.) Recent Sportbike ReviewsMore Sportbike Reviews Related?Daytona Sportbike?Articles AMA Pro Road…

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…of BMW Motorrad USA. And by competition, he refers not to the exotic Ducati and Aprilia sportbikes you may think, but the run-of-the-mill Japanese 1000cc sportbikes; the affordable bikes of the bunch. Which, depending on where their prices fall for 2010, should have the base?S1000RR coming into American…

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…Beach. The name Rat Rocket is apropo because the bike looks like it could really fly. I wandered awhile adrift in the creative world of the Over 1000cc Super Radical class. Sure, I concede that these bikes aren't meant to be everyday riders, and the most miles some of them probably see is the short…

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…ongoing debate arises: What size Inline-Four Supersport machine is the best? Is it a nimble-handling 600, Mr. Versatile 750, or an arm-wrenching 1000cc monster? Undoubtedly, everyone has their own opinion..."My 600cc rules the tight and twisty stuff, no one can keep up with me in the corners," says…

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…subjective category, Buell?s 1125R finishes on top of our DMG sportbike comparison. It may not have been the top pick for everyone, but the numbers don?t lie ? just try not to be seen on it in public.But, in reality, this comparison dives much deeper than just the motorcycles. It isn?t solely about the…

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…,? says Motorcycle USA Road Test editor Adam Waheed. ?Acceleration on the VMAX is pretty much the gnarliest thing I?ve ever experienced. I mean a 1000cc sportbike is pretty fast but the VMAX gearing is so high and there?s so much power down low, you gotta hold on for dear life.? Yamaha?s sportbike-derrived…

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