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APRILIA RSV4 FACTORY Stylish, compact and beautifully engineered, Aprilia’s 180bhp RSV4 was one of the most eagerly awaited bikes of 2009. And with a blend of sweet handling, V4 character and stunning top-end speed, it proved well worth the wait. Photo: Milagro (Riders for Health)
	HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHRC ROAD KING CLASSIC For long-distance comfort and cool, few bikes come close to matching the latest version of Harley’s Road King Classic, which keeps the standard Road King’s torquey 1584cc V-twin engine and adds two-tone paint, white-wall tyres and leather panniers. Photo: Double Red (Riders for Health)
TRIUMPH DAYTONA 675 The sole triple among the Japanese fours in the fiercely competitive middleweight super-sports class, Triumph’s Daytona was updated for 2009 with an even more exhilarating blend of speed, flexibility, chassis quality and character. Photo: Critchell/Bryant (Riders for Health)
	MOTO GUZZI V7 CAFÉ CLASSIC With its clip-on handlebars, traditional light-green paintwork and unmistakable transverse V-twin engine, Guzzi’s Café Classic is inspired by the Italian firm’s legendary V7 Sport of the early 1970s — and provides entertaining performance as well as style. Photo: Milagro (Riders for Health)
YAMAHA YZF-R1 Eleven years after the R1’s launch, Yamaha revamped its four-cylinder flagship's 998cc engine with a crossplane crankshaft like that of Valentino Rossi’s YZR-M1. Result: improved throttle control, more speed and an unmistakable exhaust note. Photo: Barbanti/Barshon/Kirn (Riders for Health)
	DUCATI 1198S When Ducati updated the stunning 1098 with a larger capacity V-twin engine to create the 1198, the result was spectacular. The S version was better still, incorporating not only Ohlins suspension and carbon-fibre parts but also MotoGP-style traction control. Photo: Milagro (Riders for Health)
ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET CLASSIC Still based on the original 350cc Bullet that was built in Britain in the 1950s, the latest, Indian-built Classic is a comprehensively modernised machine whose 500cc engine incorporates fuel-injection and gives greatly increased performance. Photo: James Adam Bolton, © Roland Brown
	KTM 990 SUPERMOTO T The Supermoto T marked a change of tactics for KTM: a move away from the Austrian firm’s hardcore image to create a 999cc V-twin that matched the familiar performance, handling ability and entertainment factor with a new-found comfort and versatility. Photo: Redeye/Peuker (Riders for Health)