New vs Old Street Bikes - Sportbike Review

New vs Old

We find out how modified older bikes stack up against their newer equivalents.

We've always wondered how modified old bikes would compare to their newer counterparts, so we decided to find out. We took a modified '98 Yamaha R1 and pitted it against the fuel-injected '03 version, then did the same for a modified '02 and stock '03 Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Check out the dyno graphs and images from the test, and get the full story in the next issue of Sport Rider, on newsstands the first week in August.

desktops/wallpapers 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768 800 x 600	Stock 2003 Yamaha YZF-R1 vs. modified 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1
2003 Yamaha YZF-R1	1998 Yamaha YZF-R1
2002 Kawasaki ZX-6R	2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R
New and old Kawasaki ZX-6R

	The modified 2002 Kawasaki makes almost as much power as the new model
Surprise! The hot-rodded '98 R1 makes more steam than the '03 model

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