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REVEALS HER TOP 3 SUPERBIKES

Motorcycle blogger and Bikesure ambassador UsernameKate, AKA Kate Ralph, works for BMW and gets access to some of the best bikes money can buy. Here she provides the lowdown on her favourite three superbikes.

1. Ducati Panigale 1299 S Anniversario

I think I need to kick this list off with a little spice, a little Italian exotica, which leads me to the Ducati Panigale 1299 S Anniversario.

The fi rst in my list of my top three superbikes has to be a motorcycle I saw for the fi rst time while working at my local Ducati franchise. It was here I fi rst saw the Ducati Panigale 1299 S Anniversario in all its glory. This magnifi cent machine was produced in 2016 as a limited edition model with only 500 produced worldwide.

Something about this bike made me fall in love! A Panigale is a piece of art as it is, but the black, red and white body work combined with the light gold wheels and Akrapovic underslung exhaust totally enamoured me.

2. BMW M1000RR Competition Package

As a frequent rider of the newest generation S1000RR, I think BMW stepped it up a level when they launched the M1000RR. Although these bikes aren’t limited in number, there is something spectacular about them.

There are many things I love about the M1000RR Competition Package. I love the way its carbon glistens under showroom lights, its aggressive looking wings, its bold and obnoxious asymmetrical colour scheme and of course, its uprated titanium internals give it more power, more torque and of course, less weight.

3. Suzuki Team Classic RG500

Despite the Suzuki Team Classics RG500 being around 35-years-old, it’s still considered an absolute force to be reckoned with.

We managed to see an appearance of this bike in 2018 and 2019 at the Isle of Man Classic TT where it was ridden by racer Danny Webb.

Unfortunately, after a blown head gasket, the bike had to retire early, but that’s not before capturing some on-board footage from the laps it managed. Watching that footage gets the blood pumping, there is nothing like the manic screams of a two stroke revving its knackers off!

I also think the Team Classic livery is one of the most timeless colour schemes going and it inspired the paint work on my own Suzuki GSXR 750 track bike.

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