Originally Posted by suren

I wonder if anyone has noticed the litre class shootouts of the various magazines ! And all the magazines seem to be totally contradicting each other this year !
Have a look at this, Motorcycle.com says the CBR is still the best and the 09 R1 is the last !!!

2009 Literbike Shootout - Motorcycle.com

But just over the atlantic Michael Neeves says that the 09 gsxr is slower than the R1 by more than 2 secs ! and says 09 R1 is the best.
The road test :

The track test :


Funny !