Adams put each bike on MO ’s digital scales – tanks fully fueled – to get curb weights prior to our testing.įrom a torque perspective, the bikes with the biggest and smallest engines (Kawasaki and Triumph, respectively) both show nearly flawless torque curves while the others experience dips along the way. Speaking of engines, each of these bikes spun the dyno drum at Mickey Cohen Motorsports to get rear-wheel power and torque numbers, and Mr. Freeway droning and normal riding is par for the course, too, so we got a good idea of how the engines fare during the everyday humdrum.
The asphalt was often twisty, but also characteristically bumpy in spots, giving the suspension and chassis components a nice workout.
#Quickshift on street bikwe series#
Like we did with the middleweight twins, your esteemed trio of John Burns, Ryan Adams, and I spent a few days riding all six bikes through one of our favorite testing loops through a series of SoCal’s famous back roads. In all honesty, its inclusion wouldn’t have made an impact on the overall winner, but we’re getting a bit ahead of ourselves. Unfortunately, one couldn’t be provided for us in time. And before any Suzuki fanboys (or girls) grill us, yes, we extended an invitation for the GSX-S750. What you get from the BMW F900R, Ducati Monster, Kawasaki Z900, KTM 890 Duke, Triumph Street Triple R, and Yamaha MT-09 are six of the hottest bikes in the sub-1000cc category today, and a nice step up from the middleweights we recently tested. Nonetheless, what we have here is another sextet. We just didn’t think it would be so soon after our last one. Next in the crosshairs was a test you and us alike have wanted to put together for a long time. This time, however, you, the readers, wanted more. Big tests like these take a lot out of us. Normally your humble MO staff phones it in after a test of this magnitude. Two months ago we brought together six middleweight naked bikes – the Aprilia Tuono 660, Honda CB650R, Kawasaki Z650, Suzuki SV650, Triumph Trident 660, and Yamaha MT-07 – for a good old fashioned shootout – with the Triumph coming out on top. For those of us still with a desire for naked bike fun, but at a slightly more moderate pace, we bring you the assembly of motorcycling you see before you.īattle Royale: 7-Way Heavyweight Naked Bike Shootout – StreetĢ021 MO Middleweight Naked Bike Shootout – Six Bikes!Ģ021 Lightweight Naked Bike Shootout Smackdown Comparo Review They’re too big, too fast, too powerful, with too much electronics, and too much of a price tag. Maybe the OEMs have figured out that those big beasts in the upper echelons of naked bike performance are just too much for the more sensible among us. Photos by: Evans Brasfield Video by: Sean Maticĭon’t look now, but the field of naked bikes slotting in just below the 1000cc mark is starting to rise – and we’re all the better for it.
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