Sorry to harp on semantics, but I don't feel like motorcycling is a "sport". Sure guys race, but after watching the ridiculous 750cc I4's compete against 1000cc V-twins, racing became only a tense commercial for me, and the commercial is being paid for by a name that rhymes with "Fonda".
But I'm picky about "sports." Golf is not really a sport IMO, but golf may be #1 on your list of sports.
Motorcycling is a pastime, a hobby, or if you must get Harley-Davidson about it, a "Lifestyle." Everyone has a different idea about the perfect bike. Some value appearance, some value laptimes or dyno-charts, some value a blue-collar projection of false machismo...
There is no penultimate #1 bike. Look at all the hate-mail generated whenever a magazine picks a stupid bike-of-the-year!
If I could only have one bike in my garage right now, it would be the red 2002 Ninja 500R, or an '04 with the orange-stickers removed.
The perfect bike is the one in your garage right now. Otherwise, why'd you buy it?
-CCinC
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