These bikes that are swerving past your gunned-down engines are the BMW 1200S and Honda 1000RR.

BMW 1200S
In traditional Bavarian blue and white, the BMW 1200S is long, masculine and intimidating. It exudes a tough rep, clinging to mind that only big, bad ass tattooed bikers can hop on its wheels. Well, climbing onto the machine are those BMW controls with an easy riding position, not too easy but not too extreme either.

The straight four fires up instantly and smoothly without any hazy lines and funny squirming. The initial throttle response is quick and responsive. The rider can have a good, clear view with a tall-seating position and excellent all round visibility with large side mirrors also housing front indicators which looks very cool. The six-speed gearbox isn’t that smooth but the rear shaft drive doesn’t need any maintenance at all, communicating the power quite accurately.

The BMW was quick to run up to 90mph on the car pool lane and easy to maneuver but turns out the wind deflector is non-adjustable. This bike is fast, responsive and can cope with anything thrown at it. The brakes are also very good and fade little under heavy use.

Honda 1000RR
This sporty, impressionistic bike is like, as sources say, “dropping off your M6 and climbing into a F430.”

You’ll realize that it’s one of the fastest and most wicked sports bike by its rakish riding position, light controls and inputs and it’s 98% extraordinarily capable than the riders owning them. But the RR requires some careful handling if you don’t want to end up in the bushes or worse.

The lighter, more powerful speed fiend is finely tuned and quite scary at most. But the Honda is also so much more. For an ultimate sports machine, it’s also pretty comfortable and relaxing to ride.

Both of these machines are the results of thousands of hours and millions of cash invested to produce some of the most exciting riding machines. No doubt these two are the reigning road kings.