2006 Super-sport Shoot-out Winners

Going through my regular dose of information about the latest superbikes, having no access to such machines in my home country, this is what has been bugging me lately.

Motorcycle USA SuperSport Shootout 2006 Results

Somehow a triumph winning a Supersport shootout just doesn't cut it. Yeah, it's great, it's small fast and everything. But look at the pedigree it's classmates have. This is all a figment of my imagination, having ridden none of these bikes, so you could take a couple of pinches of salt before swallowing any of it.

Here's what I think should have been the order of rankings. All bench-reviewing ofcourse.

No.6

IMHO, the Triumph Daytona 675 should be the last one in this shootout.



No.5

Number 5 should have been the Ducati 749s.



No.4

Number 4 should have been The Yamaha YZF-R6. Other bench racers argue it is the best 600 cc bike- yes, maybe in the looks department.
















No.3

This spot belongs to the Honda CBR 600 RR. Perfect streetbike for the not-too-extreme rider.















No.2

The Gixxer belongs in here. The GSX-R600 is bad. Not as bad-ass as MY winner of the bench shootout though.

















..And the winner -

And here's this years Bench-Racer's Winner of the Super sport shootout 2006, the very same that won almost all shootouts last year - the unholy and the most perfect streetbike, the Kawasaki Zx-6R 636 Ninja!
















Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with rumours that green ones are the fastest.


All images courtesy motorcycle-usa.


Cheers,
Manas Karekar.