This is what Cycle News said of the 1199
Cycle News which appears to be the first American publication to test the 1199. Alan Cathcart a well respected tester said: “It also has gone and shot everything else in the sportbike marketplace clean out of the water. Plain and simple this is the new benchmark for the Superbike category.”
http://cyclenews.coverleaf.com/6ce2573b40f46659958602fb53b8ed43/4f4524b7/pp/cyclenews20120221-13299236270009447ee4833-pp.pdf?lm=1329923627000
