Motorcycle Sport

The arduous task to test 50 motorcycles in two days

At the end of last week, days 13 and 14, happened on the proving ground of Pirelli, Sumaré, São Paulo State, the vote of motorcycles motorcycle of the year contest finalists of the Duas Rodas magazine.

The worlds largest motorcycle contest elects the best releases of the last 12 months, you must have at least three competitors in each category.  You can also participate in the "Bike of the year" from previous year and/or category most in demand, if the number of launches is not enough.

Picking up all the information from Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing

For the second consecutive year had the opportunity to join this select group of journalists who had a "difficult task" to test and vote in 50 different categories 12 bikes, in two days. "Difficult" because the level of the bikes is getting better, and in some categories it was difficult to appoint a winner.

The questions on which we have 5 to 10 notes were: engine, suspension, brake, Comfort, Manoeuvrability, Design and Cost-Benefit.  The latter weighed to improve or worsen the average of several of them.

Besides me, the jury was composed by Arthur boiler (Infomoto Agency), Celso Martinez, (Canal Nostalgia), Cicero (Duas Rodas magazine), Leandro Mello (Program Auto Sport/the Duas Rodas magazine), Roberto Demarco (newspaper O Globo) and Téo Mascarenhas (O Estado de Minas).  The public can also participate by voting via the magazines website.  The result will be announced on the evening of 24 October.  Stay tuned!

Here are the finalists:

Motor Scooter
Honda Biz 100
Honda Biz 125
Kasinski Win Eletrika

Street up to 150cc
Dafra Riva 150
Honda CG 150 Flex Fan
Suzuki GSR 150i

Street up to 300cc
Dafra Roadwin 250R
Dafra Next 250
Honda CBR 250R
Honda CB 300R
Yamaha Make 250 BlueFlex tip

Trail
Honda NX 400i Falco
Honda NXR 150 Bros
Honda XRE 300
Kasinski CRZ 150

Big trail up to 800cc
BMW G 650GS Backwoods
Honda NC 700X
Honda XL 700V Transalp
Kawasaki Versys 650 City
Yamaha XT 660Z Ténéré

Big trail up to 1200cc
BMW R 1200GS
Honda VFR 1200X Crosstourer
Kawasaki Versys 1000
Yamaha XT 1200Z Super Ténéré

Touring
Harley-Davidson Street Glide
Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Limited
Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide
Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing
Kawasaki Concours 14

Sport-touring
Honda CBR 600F
Honda VFR 1200F
Kawasaki Ninja 650
Kawasaki Ninja 1000
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R

Sport
BMW S 1000RR
Honda CBR 1000RR
MV Agusta F4
Yamaha YZF R1

Naked up to 800cc
BMW F 800R
Honda CB 600F Hornet
Kawasaki ER-6
Kasinski Comet 650 GT

Naked up to 1200cc
Honda CB 1000R
Kawasaki Z1000
MV Agusta Brutale 1090

Custom
Harley-Davidson Dyna Switchback 1600
Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 1600
Harley-Davidson Night Rod Special 1250
Suzuki Boulevard M800R
Suzuki Boulevard M1500R