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It’s probably not the biggest surprise to see Triumph’s new 400s again here. There can be a fair amount of crossover between the MOBO for Entry-Level/Lightweight and value. When one model/platform is able to pull off both, it further accentuates the importance and likelihood that the model will go on to do great things for the brand and motorcycling as a whole – and that’s where we’re at with the Best Value Motorcycle of 2024: the Triumph TR 400 platform.

The evolution of Ducati’s Panigale V4 platform since its introduction is nothing short of remarkable. It’s widely accepted that the first iteration was an unruly beast of a motorcycle with a powerful engine mated to a stiff and unwieldy chassis, making it hard to ride fast and especially hard to ride fast consistently. Ducati’s updates in 2020 and 2022 have been steps in the right direction, but the 2025 version absolutely blows the doors off anything that came before it.

A middleweight sporty-bike without the backache

For a couple of decades now, the Suzuki SV650 has been a fixture in Twins racing classes, but for 2024, Suzuki's newest two-cylinder sportbike has been homologated for the MotoAmerica Twins Cup. The fully faired GSX-8R will be eligible for the 2024 Twins Cup, as is its naked sibling, the GSX-8S.

As we expected, Suzuki announced a new GSX-8R based on the naked GSX-8S, introducing a new faired sportbike to its middleweight platform

The Suzuki GSX-8S will soon be joined by a GSX-8R sportbike, according to new certification data published in Switzerland.