sports bikes have fallen through the floor since the financial crisis began three years ago, but with nothing new to offer, it's hard to see Honda's latest machine doing much to reverse that trend. With sub 10,000 mile 2007-spec CBR600RRs on the market

HERE ARE the first shots of Honda's 2010 CBR600RRIt's reported the bike will stay in similar specification to this year's model, ableit colour changes and the odd cosmetic tweak.Eoropean prices for the new machine: The 2010 CBR600 RR will cost Euro

intakes beneath, in comes a new central air intake splitting a pair of lamps that make the CBR600RR nothing if not distinctive.Behind that bold new look, though, the changes are less radical. As the bike's Large Development Project Leader Hirofumi Fukunaga

SUZUKI UK has announced the 2011 GSX-R600 will retail in the UK for £8799, including 20% VAT.For comparison, the GSX-R's main rivals are priced (pre-VAT rise) at:Honda CBR600RR £8405 (£9055 with ABS)Kawasaki ZX-6R £8299Yamaha YZF-R6 £8999

IT'S BACK! We've secured images of Honda's 2011 CBR600F - the real world sports 600 that's dominated the middleweight sportsbike class for the last 23 years.Featuring a 16-valve engine, producing around 120bhp at 12,000rpm, the subtly-styled CBR

,999 and will be available in December 2011.Triumph's Street Triple retails for £6849, the Street Triple R for £7549. The Daytona 675 retails for £8499 and the Daytona 675R for £9999.A 2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 retails for £9,500, GSX-R600 £8799, Honda CBR600RR £8405 (£9055

-to-be-replaced CBR600RR is already £9400, but so far the £10k mark (ok, £1 short of it) has been the domain of bikes that shuffle towards the exotic end of the market – Triumph's Daytona 675R and MV's F3 both have the same £9999 sticker. The non-ABS version is £1000

for supersports 600 machines at the moment, not only in the UK but throughout Europe and America, too. Honda hasn't updated its CBR600RR since a few tiny tweaks and the addition of an ABS option back in 2009, and most of the bike has been unchanged since 2007

OFFICIAL HONDA dealers across the UK are offering a host of incentives to entice new bike buyers, which come to an end on 31 December 2010.Get the CBR1000RR Fireblade or super-naked CB1000R with 0% APR finance, as well as the CBR600RR and CB600F

THIS could be the bike that a new generation of riders will one day look back at with misty-eyed memories of their youth – the first sports bike developed specifically to cater to the new “A2” European licence rules that come into force on January