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BIKES:  2009 Supersport Shootout VII
Written by: Steve Atlas
MotorcycleUSA.com   http://www.motorcycleusa.com
06/03/2009
Eugene, OR
 
Say hello to the Class of 2009! (Clockwise from left to right) Suzuki GSX-R600, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Ducati 848, Triumph Daytona 675, Yamaha YZF-R6 and Honda CBR600RR. (Photo: Motorcycle-usa.com) ยป More Photos

Darwinist Domination

Competition drives the world we live in. Stop for a second and take a look around – it’s easy to see how our daily lives are directly affected by the survival of the fittest theory. Be it retail sales, automotive industry, mortgage companies … just about everything. The strong thrive and the weak die; it’s Darwin’s natural selection and has been this way since the days of the dinosaurs. In our kingdom of two wheels this is no more apparent than our annual large-scale shootouts. They are knockdown, in-your-face, drag ‘em out competitions, clearly ranking today’s latest sportbikes from first to last – no sissy stuff here folks. And for 2009 we have pulled out all the stops, shredded 48 Michelin tires and broke the bank (doing our best to support the world’s economy), to bring you the biggest and best Supersport Shootout – ever!

Check out the Supersport Shootout video for a quick peek summary of the test and make sure to watch the individual motorcycle
video reviews on each model page as well. You get to see and hear the bikes in action and hear what our test riders had to say about each bike on some of our sickest sportbike videos to date.

Big money makes for big players and high supersport stakes. All six of this year’s top middleweight sportbikes showed up in force on the track, complete with full-factory support (for the most part...) for two full days of racetrack exploitation: Day 1 at the uber-faster Willow Springs and Day 2 at the tight and technical Streets of Willow. Add extensive street mileage, quarter-mile and top speed performance testing at Honda's top secret HPCC center in the Mojave Desert, plus the always imperative dyno and weight numbers, allowing us to give you thorough breakdown of each and every machine; all at the hands of six vastly qualified test riders.

Visit Motorcycle-usa.com for the rest of this story.
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