Top sports bikes

DUCATI SUPERMONO
Designed by Pierre Terblanche the single cylinder Supermono launched in 1993 has to be one of Ducati’s whackies efforts ever. This very hi-tech single-cylinder motorcycle had a 550cc engine, which made about 80bhp at 10,000rpm-enough to propel this lightweight (only 115kg) machine all the way up to 220kmph. Ducati build this purebred racing machine at very high cost. And alan Cathcart himself raced this bike. Only a handful were ever built, and used examples now command prices of up to Rs. 18-20 lakh.
BMW R 1200 ST
For all its touring capabilities this year’s R 1200 ST is one of the ugliest motorcycles we’ve ever seen. From the front the ST looks like something lashed up in somebody’s backyard with whatever parts that happened tp be lying around. The headlamp looks like a bathroom fitting from a low- end, economy hote. We don’t care that the engine makes 110 horsepower could the same company which builds the delightful M3 CSL also build this montrosity?
MORBIDELL i V8 (MK-1)
First shown in the mid1990s the Morbidelli V8 MK-1 designed by Pininfarina, wins the contest for being the ugliest motorcycle ever made. For US/S 55,000 ( no this is not a typo) you could buy this shaft-drive motorcycle with a 32 valve 8-cylinder 850cc engine a single sided swingarm, and get this an instrument panel made of wood. For what it’s worth though, Morbidelli Bikes did win championship from 1975 to 1977. Even more interesting is the fact that Graziano Rossi, Valentino Rossi’s father also rode a Morbidelli 500cc racer fitted with a unique monocoque chassis in 1979.
FOGGY PETRONAS FPI
Cart Fogarty was very cool when he was winning WSB chapionships on Decatis. Carl Fogarty is not at all cool now. When he’s with Petronas, and not winning anything at all. And why anyone should buy an FPI for Rs.20 lakh. When they could buy a top of the line. Decati 999R Fila Replica for Rs. 14 lakh is quite beyond us.