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Model(s) covered: 2003 Ducati 749, 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 600, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R
There was a time not long ago when the middleweight sportbike class was a good place for newbies to cut their teeth. But for 2003, with quarter-miles times that would embarrass any supercar you'd care to mention, top speeds that reach upward of 160 miles per, and racetrack lap times that would scare a full-blown superbike from barely more than a decade ago, the bikes gathered here have limits that only the experienced can exploit.
Give credit to the weary-eyed engineers who have been staring at flickering CRTs and poring over reams of data.
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L'ora della verità: 14 sportive alla frusta (Motocorse.com)
Model(s) covered: 2003 Ducati 749 S, 2003 Ducati 999, 2003 Ducati 999 S, 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR, 2003 Honda CBR 954 RR Fireblade, 2003 Triumph Daytona 600, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 600, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 750, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R1, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6RR, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-9R
Qual è la domanda che più spesso viene posta ai tester, specie se prova moto sportive? Semplice: gli appassionati vogliono sapere sempre e solo quale sia la moto migliore. Domanda suscettibile di mille risposte e quindi condizionata da diversi aspetti. In un mondo dove la passione è il propellente principale, è ben difficile fornire giudizi acritici, senza farsi prendere la mano da elementi personali come il gusto ed il piacere di guidare una moto invece che un'altra.
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Model(s) covered: 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R
It's nightime and the sight of headlights pointing skyward is a sure-fire tip to the Johnny Law that someone's not following the rules of the road. In preparation for a full-throttle blast, I crouch forward in what becomes a vain attempt to keep the front wheel on the ground.
I get on it, hard, and the front end inexorably rises toward my face as the tach hits 10 grand. There's still 5500 rpm of playtime left in the powerband, but I have to roll off slightly to keep from flipping over backward.
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