I picked up a copy of Fast Bikes at the local bookstore yesterday..... had to have it when I saw the '09 Gixxer full test and Literbike shootout for '09. Fast Bikes is another Brit bike magazine, great articles but a bit expensive at $12.99 a copy. Anyway this one had the '09 ZX-10 dead last, third place went to the new GSXR-1000, second to the R1 and the CBR 1000 mopped up for first. It looks like it's shaping up to be the year of the CBR again, I'm kicking myself in the butt for not waiting on an '09, the Repsol version would look awesome parked in my garage. Most surprising to me was the heavily revised Gixxer fairing so poorly, after Suzuki did a lot of work on the motor, suspension and chassis. I expected it to perform better. Anyway, this is just one mags opinion, they're all fast as hell and I'll be curious to see how the American cycle rag shootouts rank them.
Kruz