Europe's New 2009 Bikes

In Europe the letter R is really big right now. You've got the Husqvarna 450R, Super Duke R, MV Agusta R's, and the Street Triple R. In most cases the R is just a slightly sporter and newer version of last years model. Overall though it seems as though Europe has a lot of interesting stuff to offer us.

Aprilia has the GT versions of their fresh 750 Shiver which includes a small fairing. The big news however is the all new RSV4 V4 superbike that replaces the RSV V-twin superbike.

Aprilia 750 GT

Aprilia RSV4
BMW is still hard at work with expansion. They've just introduced the GS version of the F800 and upgraded the F650GS. The K1200S, R, and GT all have gained 100cc's to become K1300's. And the real juicy news is BMW total new S1000RR an all new inline 4 superbike. The production version still isn't available but BMW did displace the race version for '09.

BMW F650GS
BMW F800GS

BMW 1300R
BMW K1300S

BMW S1000R (race version)
It looks like Ducati's taking a break after reveling their 1098/898 line and new monster. For 2009 we get the 1100cc version of the new monster, along with an S version, and a touring model for the sport classic line.

Ducati Sports Classic
Ducati Monster 1100
Husquvarna has a new supermoto model.

Husqvarna 450 R
Not much is new for KTM street models other than a special version of the Super Duke. Unless the 690 LC4's are new this year?

KTM SuperDuke R
Moto Guzzi is showing off their new 1200cc 4 valve per cylinder v-twin.

Moto Guzzi Griso 1200 8v
Moto Guzzi Sport
MV Agusta has upped their Brutale and F4 lines with 1078 R models.

MV Agusta Brutale 1078 R
MV Agusta F 1078 R
Triumph is bringing us a Street Triple that is closer inline to the 675, called the Street Triple R. The other big story from Triumph is the all new Thunderbird cruiser, which has a 1500cc liquid cooled parallel twin.

Triumph Street Triple R
Triumph Thunderbird 1500