PICS: GAWLER
It's a horrible thing to admit, but life isn't always centred on 200bhp and the last tenth at FB Towers. This quartet of budget nakedness may not pack anything outrageously captivating or lavish into their diminutive packages, but in terms of the good old performance per pound idiom, these cheeky scamps offer serious value and we never tire of extolling their collective virtues. Most of the marketing guff focuses on urban environs, yet riding further into suburbia and rural roads only brings miles of smiles no matter the pilot.
Over the years bike firms have slowly banished the budget componentry that blighted older models as they realise the true value of this prevalent sector. If memory serves me correctly, Yamaha's MT-07 was the third bestselling big bike throughout the world in 2015, only bettered by the Harley Electra Glide and BMW's GS. Unchanged for this season, the MT has romped to victory in previous encounters, but there are some fresh faces