#10 Suzuki GSX-R 1000

User Reviews: “Beast from the East!” - Mike(Owner), Jan. 8, 2009“Everything about the GSXR 100 is outstanding!!!” - Jacob Mata(Enthusiast), Nov. 21, 2008 Motorcycle.com Review: 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Review - Getting better with age: An all-new Gixxer Thousand Specs: MSRP: $12,899.0Cylinders: 4Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeDisplacement (cc/ci): 999 / 60.9Compression Ratio: 12....

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#9 BMW F 800 ST

User Reviews: “F800ST Absolutely Awesome!” - Chris(Owner), May. 15, 2009 Motorcycle.com Shootout: 2008 Middleweight Sport-Touring Shootout: BMW F800ST vs. Honda VFR800 Interceptor - Two 800s to the 800s Specs: MSRP: $10,600.00Engine Type: Parallel TwinCylinders: 2Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 8Valves Per Cylinder: 4Compression Ratio: 12.0:1Displacement (cc/ci): 798 / 4...

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#9 BMW F 800 ST

User Reviews: “F800ST Absolutely Awesome!” - Chris(Owner), May. 15, 2009 Motorcycle.com Shootout: 2008 Middleweight Sport-Touring Shootout: BMW F800ST vs. Honda VFR800 Interceptor - Two 800s to the 800s Specs: MSRP: $10,600.00Engine Type: Parallel TwinCylinders: 2Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 8Valves Per Cylinder: 4Compression Ratio: 12.0:1Displacement (cc/ci): 798 / 4...

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#8 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14

User Reviews: “by far the best bike I have ever owned” - Mike McSween(Owner), Dec. 26, 2008“Incredible is all I can say.” - Chase(Owner), Jun. 11, 2009 Specs: MSRP: $12,099.00 Engine Type: Horizontal In-lineCylinders: 4Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 16Valves Per Cylinder: 4Displacement (cc/ci): 1352 / 82.5Compression Ratio: 12....

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#7 Kawasaki Ninja 650R

User Reviews: “Perfect balance of performance and comfort” - Erik Tyler(Owner), May. 16, 2009“I love this bike!!” - Larry L.(Owner), May. 6, 2009 Specs: MSRP: $6,799.00Engine Type: Parallel TwinCylinders: 2Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 8Valves Per Cylinder: 4Valve Configuration: DOHCDisplacement (cc/ci): 649 / 39.6Compression Ratio: 11....

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#6 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 Monster Energy

User Reviews: “What a bike!” - Jeff(Owner), Apr. 10, 2009“I recommend everyone to get the bike. Smooth RIDE. Sick looking bike!!!!!!” - Nick(Owner), May. 25, 2009 Specs: MSRP: $12,399.00 Engine Type: Horizontal In-lineCylinders: 4Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 16Valves Per Cylinder: 4Valve Configuration: DOHCDisplacement (cc/ci): 1352 / 82.5Compression Ratio: 12....

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#5 Harley-Davidson VRSC V-Rod Muscle

User Reviews: “AWESOME!!! V-R0DI traded in my ‘05 vrscb for a new Muscle WOW what a change!! I love the new rod! every thing is sweet the only thing needs work is the license plate mount! Other then that Great investment!!! “- Samuel (Owner), Oct. 12, 2008“Totally Satisfied!I’ve owned my new Muscle now for over 6 weeks, and I must say…WOW. Everything about this bike is amazing, performance is out of this world, coupled with the ins and outs you’d...

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#4 Buell Firebolt® XB12R

User Reviews: “Very fun bike“- Joe (Owner), Nov. 3, 2008“died and went to heaven xb12r” - John Moore (Owner), Jun. 19, 2009 Specs: MSRP: $9,995.00 Engine Type: V TwinCylinders: 2Engine Stroke: 4-StrokeValves: 4Valves Per Cylinder: 2Valve Configuration: OHV - PushrodCompression Ratio: 10....

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#3 Kawasaki Ninja 250R

User Reviews: “My First Motorcycle I would recommend th…is bike for any beginning sport bike rider. It’s not a bike you’ll want to trade in after a year. I’m ready to keep mine for quite some time.- Kristi Bluhm(Owner), Jan. 12, 2009“Don’t be fooled… this bike will kick @$$ I was the proud owner of a yamaha R6 for many years. The R6 was fast, responsive, nimble, and very uncomfortable on long rides. I sold it last year when it started to give me...

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#2 Suzuki Hayabusa™ 1340

User Reviews: “Sweet machine Just had her first service and haven’t been able to wipe the smile off my face yet. Suzuki has great quality, and the flag ship bike definately shows that. The only down side to this bike is that evryone wants to look at it and talk about it, which doesn’t seem that bad, but it cuts into riding time…”- Jun. 11, 2009“Great Bike! Absolutely taken with the 2009 Hayabusa!” - G Hep(Enthusiast), Dec. 4, 2008“So easy to ride!!...

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#1 Suzuki GSX-R 600

User Reviews: “Highly Satisfied Have about 500 miles on it now and loved every single mile. This bike is quick. It is comfortable, sounds great, looks great and is easy to ride. It has been years since I rode a sport bike and within hours I was right back into it. Still breaking it in but so far it has handled everything I have thrown at it…”- Steve(Owner), May. 26, 2009“Ive had my 09 for about 600 miles and also enjoyed every mile. Took her in...

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The Fashion Statement: Are Celebrity Labels Compromising the Craft of Fashion Design?

A celebrity launching a fashion line? It seems this is one trend that will never end.There it was earlier this week, the big bulletin that Katie Holmes is hooking up with her stylist Jeanne Yang to produce Holmes & Yang, a women's line slated to debut at the Maxfield boutique in Los Angeles this fall.The list of celebs-cum-designers must be a mile long now: Jessica Simpson, Gwen Stefani, Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Timberlake, Milla Jovovich,...

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The Fashion Statement: Everything That's Fit to Print

Sadly, the only media going to print in big numbers this fall is fashion.Patchwork, zebra, leopard, floral, tweeds, plaids, psychedelic and Deco graphics, watercolors and paint-splattered fabrics all made a huge statement on the runways. Fait attention! This is the season to forget every rule you've learned about wearing prints. It's time to go Wild and Crazy Guys, not head-to-toe Pucci.In other words, designers made an eye-popping show of mixing...

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The Fashion Statement: A Forties Revival

In a few weeks, the official word will be out. That's when September fashion issues hit the newsstands and editors have their final say on trends after months of cataloging and analyzing thousands of collections.Much will be said about the '40s, one of the strongest themes of the season. There will be talk of Hollywood-like glamorous gowns, somber tweeds, fur stoles, strong shoulders and the exaggerated hip-to-waist ratio. You might see aviation...

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The Fashion Statement: A Velvet Revolution

Velvet usually comes out of mothballs about once a year: the holidays. Other than that, the fabric that has always stood for wealth and luxury tends to spend more time on settees and chaises than on warm bodies. That is, until now.Velvet's not so underground anymore thanks to European and American designers who used bolt after bolt of it in the fall 2009 collections. And each one has manipulated the short dense pile into much more than just eveningwear.Ralph...

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The Fashion Statement: Stripes Have a Checkered Past

Several years ago, designer Andrae Gonzalo (of Project Runway fame) sent me a terrific little book on the history of stripes called The Devil's Cloth. I fished out the book recently and inside the jacket found Gonzalo's personal note: "From one zebra to another. Now you're really ready for spring 2002!" Back then, I was reporting for Women's Wear Daily and I had been talking to Gonzalo-at that time a buyer for the American Rag boutique in Los Angeles-about...

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Middle Eastern-inspired Fashion Pushes Buttons

Even as the great veil debate raged on this month in France - President Nicolas Sarkozy supports a ban on Muslim women wearing them in public- Paris couturiers paraded all manner of burqas, abayas and niqabs. Now that the shows have ended, we're left with more questions than answers.Were designers stating they were for or against the ban? Do they endorse freedom of religious expression or were they speaking out against the oppression of women? Besotted...

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The Fashion Statement: What is Luxury Now?

As designers march their winter haute couture collections down runways in Paris this week, one has the feeling we're witnessing the end of an era. Only a handful of women in the world can afford this level of craftsmanship and, in the throws of the most diabolical recession we've ever seen, even they are pulling in their gilded belts. More's the pity.As a result, this may be the last of Christian Lacroix. A few days ago, the designer showed a jaw-dropping...

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