Which manufacturer has the best bike range?

In next week’s MCN, technical expert Kevin Ash discusses how Kawasaki has methodically rejuvenated its range of bikes, so that it now has an impressive model in almost every category.

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So if you were to rate each of the major manufacturers’ ranges, who would come out top? Here’s a quick summary of how they stack up – there wasn’t space to include all the bikes in all the ranges, so feel free to point out ones we should have put in.

MCN’s road testers have also rated what they think is the top three in each category – marked in red. Where we’ve yet to conduct a group test (eg 600s and 1000s), we’ve taken our best guess.  

So what do you think? Which manufacturer most needs to invest in their R&D department?

Read Kevin Ash’s verdict in MCN next Wednesday, out January 19. 

	Honda	Kawasaki	Yamaha	Suzuki	Triumph	BMW	Ducati
Superbike	Blade	ZX-10R	R1	GSX-R1000	–	S1000RR	1198
Supersport 600	CBR600RR	ZX-6R	R6	GSX-R600	675	–	–
Big tourer	Pan European	1400 GTR	FJR1300	–	–	K1300GT	–
Sports tourer	VFR1200F	Z1000SX Tourer	Fazer 1000	GSX1250FA	Sprint GT	R1200RT	–
Cruiser	Fury	VN1700	XV1900	M1500	Thunder bird	–	Diavel
Big naked	CB1000R	Z1000	FZ1	B-King	Speed Triple	K1300R	Streetfighter
125	CBR125R	KLX125	YZF-R125	DR125	–	–	–
Beginner	CBR250R	Ninja 250R	XJ6	Gladius	Street Triple	F650GS	Monster 696
Big adventure bike	Varadero	–	Super Tenere		Tiger 800	R1200GS	Multistrada
Middleweight naked	Hornet	ER-6n	XJ6	Bandit 650	Street Triple	F800R	Monster 796