…The fact that you can pull up the front end at 120 mph and rail through the sweepers like a racebike are just really big bonuses to the R1's appeal. 2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R Highs & Lows Highs Dyno numbers and pulse rates! Pint-size literbike Scrappy personality Lows Too-tall gearing Style points Chances…

" 2004 Superbike Smackdown Street-legal Superbikes Go At It On The Road Although 600cc supersport machines continue to be the sales leader among sporting streetbikes, 2004 is undoubtedly the year of the Literbikes. Three exciting fresh-sheet designs have emerged this year to rival the class overlord…

…a great leap forward in the open-class, and I was amazed that I could loft the front wheel at 80 mph with some clutch-popping in second gear. The 2004 edition, now with a claimed 20 more horsepower than the '00 model, can perform the same task simply by twisting hard on the throttle! But there's much…

…polished to Honda's typical high standards. The CBR, with so many of the rough edges shaved off, would get our vote as the Least Exciting Superbike of 2004. We're not sure how Honda can build a 150-hp race-bred machine and make it feel as if a dozen ponies slept in on the day of the stampede. The RR will…

…second only to the Honda when it comes to smooth power delivery up till about 9000 rpm, anyway. From there it's freakin'-awesome wheelie-popping fun!"" 2004 Honda CBR1000RR Highs & Lows Highs Refinement Easy to ride fast Billet-like stability Lows Least exciting superbike Jenny Craig candidate Where’s…

…got down to business. We swapped the Diablos for a set of race-compound Dragon Supercorsas, a ""super soft"" (SC1) front and a ""soft"" (SC2) rear. 2004 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Highs & Lows Highs Super-accessible power Street-appropriate gearing Race-proven package Lows Long in tooth Least pretty (but a good…

…street machine than before. That's high praise considering the previous version pounded its rivals into submission during our Superbike Smackdown in 2004 , then narrowly lost to the factory-fresh GSX-R1000 in our 2005 comparo . With this kind of success, one might expect Kawasaki to make some minor updates…

…though, so it doesn't really catch you off guard. The handlebars can get a little flighty though, although not as bad as the Ducati."" The Kawasaki ZX10 quarter-mile time of 10.05 seconds at a speed of 140.5 mph is third-best behind the Honda and Suzuki. Its trap speed, however, is the second fastest…

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