Yamaha YZF-R1SP
Above the insane amounts of power this baby has – The special factory setup and plush special edition components make this bike the only Japanese bike I would ever consider owning.
Daytona 675
Such a sexy package, really ground breaking design. Shame its the small bore engine and not based on the 1050cc platform.
Ducati Desmosedici RR
Its sexy but probably such a collectors piece that its not viable to ride it. At $65,000 I would be too scared to ride it.
Ducati 1098S Superbike
This is just a perfect design – all the best things about bikes moulded in to one and then some things you just dream of… The single sided swing arm, the underseat exhaust, the lights, the angles, the trellis frame, the SOUND, the instruments… Just a perfect package. The tricolore is gorgeous but paying that much money for paint and carbon fibre is just not right. I think the 1098s is a good compromise.
Whilst I’m a bit over naked streetfighters, I think that the Ducati Monster S4Rs with a nice set of Termi’s would be where the action is at. The new Testastretta engine for the Monster means you are basically riding a detuned naked superbike – not some air-cooled rubbish like before.
Unfortunately Triumph just didn’t make the grade in the Street Fighter stakes – as much as I love the Speed Triple marque, the revised design which was insane in 2005, dated much too fast and the stubby tail just looks wrong with the beautiful sculpting of the front half of the bike.
Winner in my mind is the 2007 Duke 1098s SBK. Ducati is aiming at crucial issues which hurt them previously like maintenance costs and reliability and I think they’re on a winner…
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