Naked bike

KTM's parts department has dumped all its top-shelf upgrades onto one of the most extreme hyper-naked bikes on the market to create an even sharper, limited-edition 1290 Super Duke RR. As if "The Beast" needed any more Rs.

The premium SP variant of Yamaha's third-generation 2021 MT-09 naked triple gets higher-spec suspension, a dedicated color scheme, and goodies like cruise control as standard.

It's a major model update for Yamaha's nutty 3-cylinder street demon in 2021. The MT09 gets a bigger, punchier, more efficient motor, a totally overhauled chassis, great KYB suspension and a ton of electronic upgrades. A great bike gets a lot better.

This Washington-based company will build you a murdered-out, snub-nosed electric brawler of a motorcycle, at a fantastical price. It'd be the perfect bike for a post-apocalyptic hellscape, provided that hellscape still has power points to plug into.

A carbon-encrusted evolution of the Brutale 1000 RR, the new Mv Agusta Rush 1000 is a 208-horsepower, 186-plus mph naked beast with a carbon rear wheel cover and the sauciest undertail we've seen on a motorcycle.

Triumph's 765cc middleweight brawler comes down in price for 2020, but gains a design refresh, a bi-directional quickshifter and a revised engine with lighter internals for a sharper throttle response, among other updates.

KTM brought a bumper crop of new goodies out for EICMA 2019, including a capable-looking new 390 Adventure bike, a faster, firmer Duke 890 R to go alongside the "scalpel" Duke 790, and a fresh chassis overhaul for its 1290 Super Duke R flagship.

Harley-Davidson is not messing around. It's on a moon-shot mission to save itself by morphing into a modern motorcycle company. Step one: the electric Livewire. Here's steps two and three, the Pan American adventure bike and the Bronx streetfighter.

Kawasaki has finally dropped the supercharged super-naked it's been threatening to unleash for several months now. The Z H2 melds the looks of recent Kwaka nakedbikes with the 197-horsepower lunacy of the blown H2 motor, and it's not for the timid.

At 208 horsepower and 178 kg (392 lb), next year's Ducati Streetfighter V4 is right up there with MV Agusta's Brutale Serie Oro as one of the most powerful nakedbikes ever built. That is, until the covers come off whatever Kawasaki's been cooking up.

Since the Streetfighter 1098 was dropped by Ducati, the only powerful naked bike in its lineup was the Monster 1200. The arrival of the V4 engine offers a prime opportunity to reclaim class top honors. Enter the prototype Streetfighter V4.

​"Stop detuning our naked sportsbikes," cried the hooligans. "OK," grinned MV Agusta, and let this brute off the leash. How exactly you're supposed to hold onto this unfaired monster with the wind blasting your puny body at two and a half times the speed of a hurricane? Well, that's your problem.