Ten Best Bikes, Worldwide
TEN BEST BIKES, WORLDWIDE
What other magazine editors think
Jaime Alguersuari, Editor, Solo Moto, Spain:
BIKE OF THE YEAR: Honda CBR900RR BEST SUPERBIKE: Yamaha FZR 1000 • BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Triumph Trident 900 • BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Honda CB750 (the European cousin of the 750 Nighthawk, with upgraded shocks, dual front brakes and different fuel tank than seen on the U.S. version). BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBRÔOOF2 • BEST UNDER-SOOcc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GS500E • BEST TOURING BIKE: Honda ST1 100• BEST STANDARD: Kawasaki Zephyr 750 BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Honda 750 Africa Twin (a hotted-up TransAlp)• BEST ENDURO BIKE: Husaberg MC5O1 • BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Honda CR250.
Bruce Reeve, Editor, Cycle Canada, Canada:
BEST SUPERBIKE: Honda CBR900RR • BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Ducati 900SS • BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Honda VFR75O • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST UNDER-SOOcc STREETBIKE: Kawasaki EX500 BEST TOLLRNG BIKE: Honda Gold Wing. BEST STANDARD: Kawasaki ZR! 100' BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Suzuki TS200RM (a street-legal two-stroke) • BEST ENDURO BIKE: KTM 300 • BEST MOTOCROSS B!KE: Kawasaki KX250.
Enzo Caniatti, Editor, Tuttomoto, Italy:
BIKE OF THE YEAR: Honda CBR900RR `BEST SUPERBIKE: Ducati 888SP4/S' BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Yamaha Diversion (sold in the U.S. as the Seca II)' BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Honda CB750 • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Aprilia Pegaso 650AE (a supermotard-style bike powered by a four-stroke Single)• BEST UNDER 500cc STREETBIKE: Kawasaki ZX-R400 (sort of a downsized ZX-7)' BEST TOURING BIKE: BMW Ki bOLT' BEST STANDARD: BMW R100R • BEST3 DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Cagiva Elefant 900 (a Ducati 900-powered Paris-Dakar replica). BEST ENDURO BIKE: Gilera RC600R (this relates to a difference in nomenclature-to most Europeans, an enduro bike is a dual-purpose machine)' BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Suzuki RM125.
Ken Wootton, Editor, Australian Motorcycle News, Australia:
BEST SUPERBIKE: Honda CBR900RR ` BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Kawasaki ZX-1 1 • BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Honda VFR75O • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST UNDER-500cc STREETBIKE: Honda NSR25O (a two-stroke sportbike)• BEST TOURING BIKE: BMW Ki 100LT • BEST STANDARD BIKE: Triumph Trident 900 • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: BMW R100GS • BEST ENDURO BIKE: Husqvarna 610TE BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Honda CR250.
Vitor Sousa, Editor, Motociclismo, Portugal:
BEST 5UPERBIKE: Honda CBR900RR• BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Bimota Furano • BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GSX-R750 • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST UNDER-SOOcc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GS500E • BEST TOURING BIKE: BMW Ki 100LT • BEST STANDARD: Honda CB750/Yamaha Seca II • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Honda NX650 . BEST ENDURO BIKE: Husaberg 350 BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Honda CR250.
Rupert Paul, Editor, Performance Bikes, England:
-~ ---~--`-----~--BEST SUPERBIKE: Honda CBR900RR . BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Kawasaki ZX-1 1 • BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GSX-R750 • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST LTNDER-500cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR400RR (see The Untouchables," CW, September, 1990). BEST TOURING BIKE: Kawasaki ZX-1 1 • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Suzuki DR65OS.
Ken Nemoto, Editor, Rider's Club, Japan:
BIKE OF THE YEAR: Honda NR750• BEST SUPERBIKE: Ducati 851 Strada BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Honda CBR900RR BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GSX-R750 • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 BEST UNDER-SOOcc STREETBIKE: Yamaha SRV25O (a V-Twin-powered retrobike available only in Japan). BEST TOURING BIKE: BMW K! 100LT • BEST STANDARD: Kawasaki ZR! 100 • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Honda TransAlp• BEST ENDURO BIKE: Kawasaki KDX200 • BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Kawasaki KX250.
Edwin Venema, Editor, Motor, Holland:
BEST SUPERBIKE: Ducati 851 Strada • BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: BMW R100R BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GSX-R750 • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST UNDER-SOOcc STREETBIKE: Kawasaki ZX-R400 • BEST TOURING BiKE: BMW KI 100LT • BEST STANDARD BIKE: Yamaha Diversion • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Cagiva Elefant 900 • BEST ENDURO BIKE: Husaberg 350 • BEST MOTOCROSS BIKE: Yamaha YZ250.
Knut Briel, Editor, Motorrad Reisen & Sport, Germany:
BEST SUPERBIKE: Honda CBR900RR' BEST OPEN-CLASS STREETBIKE: Kawasaki ZR1 100 BEST 750cc STREETBIKE: Honda VFR75O • BEST 600cc STREETBIKE: Honda CBR600F2 • BEST UNDER-500cc STREETBIKE: Suzuki GS500E • BEST TOURING BIKE: Honda ST1 100 ABS/TCS • BEST STANDARD: BMW R100R • BEST DUAL-PURPOSE BIKE: Yamaha XT600E • BEST ENDURO BIKE: KTM 600LC4.
