What do you get when you gather together the best middle-weight motorcycles on the roads today?
The SuperSport Shootout!
Representing the Euro contingent, as well as the twin- and three-cylinder engines, are the 2011 Ducati 848Evo and the 2011 Triumph Daytona 675R.
(Sadly, the new 2011 MV Agusta F3 was as unavailable to Moto-USA, who hosted the Shootout, as it is the rest of the riding public.)
Hailing from the other side of the globe, are the 2011 Japanese fours: Honda's CBR600rr, the Kawasaki ZX-6R, Yamaha's R6, and the newly revised Suzuki GSX-R600. Crashing the party, because it can, is the Suzuki GSX-R750.
And someday, somehow, maybe I will understand why an American company cannot produce a sportbike.
But my native woes and digression aside (I will never forgive Harley Davidson for killing Buell), the contest was fierce and the bikes represented some of the most dynamic, advanced, and feloniously fast machines available to the ordinary street rider.
So, how did the European motos fare against their Asian counterparts? Click here and find out.
Spoiler Alert: Quite well! Although if you ride a bike from England or the Continent, you already know that. No spoiler at all!
Cheers!
The SuperSport Shootout!
Representing the Euro contingent, as well as the twin- and three-cylinder engines, are the 2011 Ducati 848Evo and the 2011 Triumph Daytona 675R.
(Sadly, the new 2011 MV Agusta F3 was as unavailable to Moto-USA, who hosted the Shootout, as it is the rest of the riding public.)
Hailing from the other side of the globe, are the 2011 Japanese fours: Honda's CBR600rr, the Kawasaki ZX-6R, Yamaha's R6, and the newly revised Suzuki GSX-R600. Crashing the party, because it can, is the Suzuki GSX-R750.
And someday, somehow, maybe I will understand why an American company cannot produce a sportbike.
But my native woes and digression aside (I will never forgive Harley Davidson for killing Buell), the contest was fierce and the bikes represented some of the most dynamic, advanced, and feloniously fast machines available to the ordinary street rider.
So, how did the European motos fare against their Asian counterparts? Click here and find out.
Spoiler Alert: Quite well! Although if you ride a bike from England or the Continent, you already know that. No spoiler at all!
Cheers!