Honda CBR1000RR vs Kawi ZX-10R vs Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs Yamaha YZF-R1  Comparison from 2009  Shootout Test
When setting out to recreate the new Gixxer Thou, Suzuki reversed usual priorities in that engine design would follow the chassis, so-to-speak, complementing and enhancing “close-to-ideal” chassis dimensions. Suzuki worked diligently to ensure that the new chassis would allow [...]

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Honda CBR1000RR vs Kawi ZX-10R vs Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs Yamaha YZF-R1  Comparison from 2009  Shootout Test
Like so many of the categories in this contest of highly competent contemporaries, we’re basically splitting hairs here. All four bikes run 6-speed trannies and all four transmit power to the rear wheel via some proprietary form of a [...]

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Honda CBR1000RR vs Kawi ZX-10R vs Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs Yamaha YZF-R1  Comparison from 2009  Shootout Test

We were expecting Yamaha’s new cross-plane crankshaft design to offer significant benefits in this critical category, but not all our testers were blown away by it. “I can’t say I really felt any difference from the cross-plane crank on the [...]

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After, I delivered reviews best Japanese motors in 600cc class in The Best 600CC Motorcycle; 2009 Racetrack Shootout Result by motorcycle.com team. Now I deliver reviews about the best Japanese motor in 1000 cc class.  Place and method of test used is the same as the place and test methods that have been used in [...]

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Motorcycle.com Test RideTeam has conducted performance testing of the best 600 cc motorcycle. Testing is done on the Yamaha YZF-R6, Honda CBR600RR, Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki zx-6R. This test was conducted in the environs in the everyday - streets, freeways, canyons, parking lots places where most race-bred middleweights will spend the majority of their [...]

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