Top 5 Handling Bikes for 2008
 

Thought you guys would find this interesting:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...andling-bikes/


Results not as expected.

That is interesting. I'd like to see lap times vs. sportbikes though. I guarantee you the sportbikes crush those bikes' lap times. But that's what happens when you do a blanket survey and don't categorize them. In the end, I know my bike is one of the best handling sportbikes, and that's all I care about.

and I'm intrested in what they used to "rate" them... I mean is it just the authors preference? or a tangeable rating system?

Yeah, but lap times aren't really relevant since there's more to lap times than just handling.

160hp bike ought to beat a 100hp bike regardless of handling.


Then again, I saw my buddy on the motard rip many a liter bike in everything but the straights at Nashville Super Speedway.

Click on the link to see the entire article including criteria:

http://issuu.com/motorcyclenews/docs...fd&layout=grey

Give me big wide bars, and I'll show you an agile, fun bike. :idk: Seems like a common theme among those bikes.

The motard makes sense, those things can fly through the corners.

sounded like anonymous voting. but seriously, speed four? the street trip only [i]just[/] got a halfway decent suspension. i dont buy it

Street triple is for suckers. Speed Triple FTW.




Good list. I'd ride 3 of those 5.

i agree with you on this one, however the speed trip wasnt listed