Spec comparison: Ducati Panigale 959 vs MV Agusta F3 800 vs Triumph Daytona 675R

Sportsbikes represent one of the purest strains of motorcycling. That is a great thing as well as the reason why sportsbikes alienate so many riders so quickly. The bane is easy to explain. The nature of the beast requires a committed riding position that’s painful and unrelenting in every situation except fast laps at a racetrack. Their nature and the steady upward creep of horsepower also means that extracting the fearsome performance is stunningly illegal on anything but the racetrack and, let’s face it, 90 per cent of buyers will never go…