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Poll: What's the best ever superbike?

Next week's MCN (out May 9) celebrates not only 25 years of World Superbikes, but 40 years since the Kawasaki Z1, and the two features have sparked regular office arguments about which is the best ever superbike. Is it the original Honda CB750, or Yamaha's R7, or Ducati's 916, or the first Blade, or a GSX-R750 or… and so it...

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COZ69

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COZ69 says:

EASY

The Blade nothing comes close

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 08:58)
joshcherry93

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joshcherry93 says:

MV

Got to be the MV, purely because its beautiful, the design for the time it was released was revolutionary, sure it may not be the quickest or best handling bike, but for a bike that was just plain gorgeous it has to be the MV.

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 09:35)
spondonste

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spondonste says:

Best sports bike

If you look at manufacturers of recent bikes they've often used the 2005/ 2006 GSXR1000 as the measurement stick for their own bikes. (The development of the BMW S1000RR used that bike as the basis of its development). The 916 was and still is a styling icon but its success on the track was partially due to a cc advantage over the 750cc japanese bikes it was racing against. The blade was a step advance but so many of them were crashed that maybe its front end handling might count slightly against it.

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 12:21)
billysollocks

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billysollocks says:

For me personally, the Z1 was the bike that really turned me onto bikes as a teenager. Ther's something about the whole look of it that is just"right". Wish I could afford one........

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 13:20)
RidgeRacerHRC

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RidgeRacerHRC says:

1992 fireblade

end of.

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 13:59)
rlf3

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rlf3 says:

Red Revolution

Has to be the GPZ900R, star of the Red Revolution.

This was the bike which really transformed the UJM from being a wild bucking bronco into a classy thoroughbred

Nothing since then has had anything like the influence the GPZ900R had on bike design

 

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 17:31)
Badco

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Badco says:

Best Superbike?

No contest, it simply has to be Kawasaki's GPz 900R!  This seminal machine was the first of the so-called superbikes, at the time, nobody was manufacturing a production bike which went as fast, accelerated as hard and handled so well.

Add to that the aggressive styling and paintwork which contributed to it's stunning appearance and it is no suprise that the motorcycle media of the day was reporting sold out situations at Kawasaki dealers.  No other bike since the advent of the 900R has had a model run of 1984 to 2003.

A few months after the 900R's release, it cleaned up at the 1984 Isle of Man Production TT, finishing first, second and fifth, these were bikes straight out of the crate.

No other so called superbike has equalled that particular feat nor had such a long model run. 

Let the good times roll!

Badco.

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 19:45)
DARMHA900SS

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DARMHA900SS says:

A very subjective question!

All the answers were “bike of the year” at one time.
To any individual, it’s got to be the super bike that made the most impact on him/her at the time they were learning to ride.
I am a huge Ducati fan and I should go for the iconic 916 but for me, it was the KAWASAKI Z900A4.
The last of the real Kawasaki 900’s.
My only regret is that I could only sit on them in the dealer show rooms and they had evolved into the Z1000 by the time I was able to buy one.
If I still lived in the UK now I would sell my soul (If I had one to sell) and get a Diamond Green KAWASAKI Z900A4, complete with four beautiful exhausts and be happy that I had MY ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE.
Not a patch on just about anything else you can mention that’s been built since. My Kawasaki ER6-n would run rings around it and that's only a 650 twin but like I said. It’s a subjective question, each to their own!!
 

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  • Posted 2 years ago (02 May 2012 21:13)
tris123

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tris123 says:

Fireblade

For me it's the Fireblade, it was the biggest step-up. The R1 and Gixer have both had their moments but they were basically just improved versions of the Fireblade. In fact the Fireblade should be the winner simply because of its superbly aggressive name.  916 is pretty but I want a bike that is reliable and doesn’t cost stupid money to service.

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  • Posted 2 years ago (03 May 2012 16:30)
Piglet2010

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Piglet2010 says:

Longest?

@ Badco – Nope. The Yamaha TW200 has been in production from 1987 to the present, with the only real change being a disc brake replacing the drum in front in 2001.

@ tris123 – Honda USA disagrees with you, since over here the bike is simply called the CBR1000RR sans Fireblade. : (
 

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  • Posted 2 years ago (04 May 2012 06:12)

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