YAMAHA R6 * APRILIA RSV-R * DUCATI 996SPS * HONDA SP-1 * KAWASAKI ZX-12R * SUZUKI GSX-R750 * HONDA VFR800 * YAMAHA R1

The planet’s most experienced test riders thrash the hottest sportsbikes back-to-back on road and track to find the very best motorcycle out there. Eight bikes, three crashes and more wheelies, burnouts, stoppies and other hooliganism than you can shake a six month ban at.

Filmed at Circuit Pau in southern France, the tortuous mountain roads of the Pyrenees, on the dyno in exotic Peterborough and for top speed tests, a two-mile runway, this video features extreme on-board footage from every angle. There can only be one winner, one bike of the year, and that bike is...