IT’S weird, when you think about it, that bikes are so heavily defined by their engine capacities. People will talk about a ‘1000,’ a ‘600’ or a ‘250’ with no further definition even though the capacity alone arguably has little to do with a bike’s style, performance or ability.
This top 10 600s list could easily have been nothing more than a line-up of recent supersports machines. Instead we've tried to make it an all-encompassing tome of bikes ranging from cruisers to dual-sports, with one, two, three or four cylinders and performance from blistering to pedestrian.
So we’ve been harsh. If it’s not within a handful of cc’s of the 600cc mark, it’s out – and that includes stuff like SV650s and Daytona 675s as well as a host of older 500cc and 550cc machines that might otherwise have been worthy of consideration. You’re sure to disagree with some of our choices. Feel free to do so in the comments below.