Three $10,000 Sportbikes, ONE WINNER 

I've just sold my beautiful 1992 VFR 750 that I'd owned for over 30 years. I'd toured on it all over England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. A perfect sports tourer. However, at 75 years of age I felt the VFR was sadly getting too heavy for an old man. When I saw the new Daytona and had a test ride I fell in love with it. It's the grandchild of a VFR 750. It's a perfect sports tourer but not an outright sports bike. It's more comfortable than the VFR and is so light and easy to ride , either in the towns or the open countryside. I immediately bought one and couldn't be happier. On the downside it doesn't have that lovely exhaust note of a VFR or as bigger "boom" from the airbox, but what the heck. I recall saying to a Triumph engineer at the UK motorcycle show many, many years ago, why don't Triumph build a middleweight sports tourer using the 675 motor? No plans I was told. Well, anyway they eventually got round to it. I did consider the other bikes you deal with in your excellent test report, but as my first bike in 1965 was British, I thought that maybe my last one would be so also. Again thanks for the report. Finally, where was the test conducted? It looks very much like California Highway 74, a road I know well from living in CA in the 1980s.

I have one major complaint about almost all motorcycle reviews - please state your height and weight.... A comment on handling or comfort when the reviewer is 12 inches taller/shorter and 120 lbs heavier/lighter is very significant.

A mention of their service intervals would be cool to add to the comparison, things like valve adjustments and spark plugs. It’s a detail I consider when buying a bike.

The Triumph 660 looks like the original big bang R1. Kinda dig it.

Man that Suzuki is such a good looking bike. If it were 3 or 4 cylinders it would be a perfect bike.

Great review! After 2 months of research, watching reviews like this one and a lot of on-paper comparisons between GSX 8R, the R7, the Daytona 660, CBR 650R and Kawasaki ZX4RR , I decided on my personal winner bike.. and THEN I found this video right here which only confirmed my choice! I've scheduled a meeting with a local dealer for tommorrow and I will get the Suzuki GSX 8R. In my opinion, it is the best price-for-value bike and as a beginner I find those safety systems very important to me. In Europe the pricing on these bikes is a little different than in this video, here the Suzuki is actually the cheapest of these 3 bikes! I am 5'8'' and 154 lbs, I got on the Suzuki the other day and both my feet were almost flat on the ground - which is also very important to me.

Nice bikes and comparison. Parallel Twins at least the ones I've owned, are great for fuel mileage. My current '21 Ninja 650 just reached a record (for me) range of 233.3 miles on the trip meter from only a 4.0 gallon tank before needing to refuel. That's 233 miles of exploring the country backroads or riding the highways before refueling, allowing for great range (about 60 mpg average riding style) for a fun, relaxing ride while admiring the scenery. Lower revs, more torque can be great and speed isn't everything to a motorcycle's fun factor.

I recommend, as an additional way to pick a winner, to include a drag race from a stop or roll. Perhaps even from different gears to expose torque characteristics from the different manufacturers. Just a suggestion… Keep up the good work! 👍🏼

Give me the triple. Every time.

Watched so many reviews on these 3 recently and saw the R7 getting hammered as the engine gets a little longer in the tooth and middleweight audience favours a more comfortable seating position, but it's still the one I went for in the end. Looks play a big part, but also how plentiful parts are and how much documentation there is on maintenance. Wanted to push this bike not try to maximise trade in value. R7 makes a great platform, without much wasted on the things that get in the way like traction control.

R7 is best in the look department

The more time moves on, the more I see Kawasaki is the best of the Japanese big 4! Kawasski still build inline 4 engines. Parallrl twins have their place, but these are no effing middle weight supersport bikes. I ridd a Yamaha Yzf600r for commuting and touring!

Triumph for the looks and that triple engine. Just get the forks revalved and a nitron rear shock and you have the best bike.

Lol. The Yamaha is the light one, the Triumph's the powerful one, & the Suzuki's the fat one. Should have said the Suzuki is the torquey one but a nice review overall. Anyway, the GSX8R doesn't excel particularly as the Daytona's engine & the Yamaha's suspension are better, but as an all round everyday street package, it's the best of these three.

The RS660.

Test rode the cbr600rr and the zx6r yesterday. I'm going to put a deposit on a 2024 zx6r ASAP, it was incredible. The engine was so flexible and fun. Supersports aren't dead.

Great video, i will go with the Daytona 660, the other 2 are very underwhelming in my opinion

That Suzuki with a tune goes to 83 hp. Kind of want to see this again with all bikes tuned lol

would have loved to see a CBR650r in there as well

Really loving thay Suzuki engine in my v strom

Honda CBR650R for me

You can get the front resprung for your weight on any fixed fork. If that was the only complaint, i would get the Triumph and get the dealer to install heavier springs. Now you are the king of the pretend sport bikes!

This review has the most "yeahs" I've ever heard sounds like something out of Nemo with the seagulls 😂 "mine mine mine"

No Honda included ? Yes there are a few others missing as well .

I just like how the Daytona 660 looks and sounds the most. But I'd probably go for the suzuki. I'm not a fan of leaning over too much, but some fairings would be nice.

He y'all, I should probably stick with what has been the perfect bike for this returning 70yr old, after 50 years, a '98 Ninja 500. BUT, I have my heart set on the Triumph Daytona. The 660. The 675's are beautiful but likely too much bike for moi. Could you PLEASE do a video of you riding the new 660, aggressively? And how to avoid pulling an accidental wheelie?

i fell in love with the triple engine years ago and the crush didn't go away. so triple for me any day but that suspension is indeed a deal breaker... i guess i gotta try em...

Having said that, put a Gixxer or Honda or whatever fully adjustable fork and a good shock, the horsepower is the most difficult thing to get. (If you really want a good canyon carver)

I think my ‘18 triumph street triple that was ~9k is the perfect street bike for me

Interesting that the triumph got dinged for soft suspension - the street and speed triples are always known for their super stiff suspension even on the lower settings.

What a colorful review!

Well done. Very comprehensive review. 👍

SUZUKI GSX 8R !!!

Isn't Daytona producing 93.8 bhp ??? 🤔

Really cool that Timothée Chalamet could make it out there to test these bikes.

I'd take anyone of those!

Will you be putting the dyno test for the Daytona up as a separate video?

The Suzuki might be the best performance among the 3 but its styling to me is a deal breaker--IT IS NOT A SPORT BIKE!!😂😂

Cbr650r.

Why don’t they do vtwins instead of parallel twins? That would add a lot of character

Aprilia.

wheres kawa

Suzuki is like Toyota in bike brands. Suzuki bikes are good to ride, lasts long and easy to maintain but they are highly ignorant to the updates.

I have to say that I'm disappointed in how the Triumph faired. I would have thought the Daytona version (over the Trident) would have come with better suspension and brakes.

Isn't there a Kawasaki in this class??

"daytona is the most street oriented" bru the fucking suzuki is so upright like a naked

❤ Suzuki

I don’t even wanna watch the video to know Suzuki is the winner.

I am not sure that Suzuki is experiencing a media awakening or that it has designed a wonderful bike. There is almost a consensus on the superiority of the bike in general in RU-vid reviews.

What about CBR650R? Why was this not included in the comparison?

Motorcycling is just in deep trouble. Its become a luxury item. Rider numbers keep falling. Costs keep rising. These bikes represent a shot at reversing the trend. As it stands, nothing about bikes makes sense. They cost too much. The speed limits and stupid road rules make them license risk or state income - and on the race track very little at the GP or world superbike meshes with the real world. I hope this changes, but I'm not seeing anything work against the state of things.

Dude on that triumph needs to get his toes up on the pegs and pointed in. He’s going to catch his foot on the ground one day and it isn’t going to be fun for him.

I guess I am old. I will spend an extra grand and go for an MT 09.

Aprilia RS660!

Yamaha should go back to Piano making 😊

When I have more power and torque with my 2003 800cc honda....

Today on cycleworld we found out which of these bikes is the least lame.

Correct me if i am wrong but doenst have the suzuki 80hp?

I’d rather have a ZX4RR.

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My main issue is their looks. They look boring. Almost like gsxf looking. No longer a fully colour co ordinated colourful sports bikes but half faired commuters. Not saying they’re not good or even better than my 97 gsxr but they sure don’t come close in looks. Even the most powerful is 25hp down on an almost 30yr old bike.

Good review!

Excellent review and the right answer in my view.

**sporty bikes** not sport bikes

European regulations suck, these are middle weight sport bikes, but not actually supersport bikes... understandable, but also lame, IMO

Yall in the comments like gate keeping way too much lmao

The Suzuki has the best torque to weight ratio.

naked bike with fairings and clipons arent sportbikes :) cbr600rr or zx6r for me If i want a mid range sport tourer bike, my choice is CBR650R or Suzuki :)

What's lb ft and lb?

Suzuki surprised us all. It's the best of the bunch.

Can't believe people continue to praise the expensive and heavy Suzuki. My how times have changed.

ahhh the gay middle weight sports bike. them middle weights used to be fast! wtf happened?

Crap vs crap vs crap .. the winner is ..

whoever gets the girl, thats who wins

Weird how a 00 r6 would stomp these “sport bikes”😂

This is straight up Suzuki propaganda. They paid to have this shit made. The Daytona is far superior to anything in its class. It’s not even close. None of these other bikes have near the top end and the suspension on the 660 is actually pretty decent for what it is

85hp out of a 800cc bike??? but a GSXR 750 makes 130hp ... thats sad!

"sport bikes".

I been riding since 2003. I remember when a sportbije was wayyyyyy different than these pos twins that sound like shit and are slow but more inportantly sound like shit lol yes my generation is the one that made the insurance be so high sorry but not sorry

Gotta love a tRRRiple 🫠

Just because they are adding a second brake rotor a sport bike does not make.. stop playing!

None of these are 10,000 dollar bikes. They're at least 11,000 after taxes and fees and maybe even a little more. Then once you've done that, now you have to get rid of the awful intakes and exhausts and replace them with PROPER equipment and then sprnd even more fucking money tuning the bike to get it to what SHOULD'VE been there at delivery. In short, these bikes are all disgusting wastes of the universes potential, and your wallet, and time. "Emissions" and "noise" regulations have destroyed our vehicles and their potential. Now we're left with dogshit underpowered garbage.