Pros: Cons: Full Review: World Superbikes was simply massive in this country in 1995. While GPs were dominated by Mick Doohan and turning into a predictable procession, WSB was tough, gnarly racing and incredible to watch. Carl Fogarty smashed

Power: 104bhp Weight: 217kg Fuel capacity: 19L Full Review: This is an SP5 - the best of the bunch. The Italian tradition of rule-bending began and the 851 grew to 888cc to ensure that Ducati wouldn’t have to try too hard to win, they took 17 out

, Cadwell Park and Almeria, and not much went past me. In fact, it out-dragged a flat-out 1098 Ducati on the back straight at Almeria. Weaknesses: Light, nimble, neutral-handling on the correct tyres (Bridgestone BT 016's or Pirelli SuperCorsa Pro's work

Pros: Cons: Top speed: 141mph Engine capacity: 999cc Weight: 191kg Seat height: 865mm Fuel capacity: 19L Full Review: With the old engine the KTM was a fairly bonkers machine, now it’s even sillier. It’s almost impossible not to wheeile the 990SM

is the Ducati 1098R of the supermoto world. When it entered the supermoto scene in 2006, rather than follow the traditional route of a big single cylinder machine Aprilia built a unique (in moto) terms 549cc V-twin. A controversial move, but one that has

sense to behave revs and speed critical, but the bike behaved perfectly. I do have a criticism though, the angle of the dash was such that in strong sunlight (much like the Ducati 1098 I rode a few weeks prior) rendered the information hard to see. My

of an Italian Ducati or MV but having owned a 1098 prior to this i can safely say i am over the feel the V-Twin gave me and i'm relishing the years ahead with a truly outstanding piece of machinery. cherub1: Insanity on 2 wheels Strengths: That engine! Turbine

it very favourably with the new Ducati 1098, 848 and new KTM RC8. A real world bike for the road. Maybe so, but they gave them all back at the end of the day, they should try owning one. I've never seen a mag do a long term test and I know why

braking we did at the Salzburgring but even at lower speeds I was less than impressed with the feel of the brakes. It might just be that bikes such as Ducati's 1098 and Honda's Fireblade have moved the game on another step when it comes to braking