What to do when presented with multiple versions of a single sportbike model? Does one spring for the more exotic or reap the savings of a base model at the risk of remorse? What’s in your wallet might be the deciding factor, but one can’t help but wonder what the base model gives up and what the upscale model gains.
Owners of European performance bikes are well versed in this particular dilemma. Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, KTM, MV Agusta, andTriumph all offer tiered performance upgrades on various supersports and sport nakeds. Here we’ve pitted the Cycle World Ten Best-winning YZF-R1M (introduced a year ago) against its new-for-2016 YZF-R1S cost-conscious sibling.
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