Deciding which of the current crop of 600s to buy is like trying to decide which of the girls on 'Shipwrecked' you'd like as your personal sex geisha. They'd all do a marvellous job. Al drew the short straw and went to Spain to test the Suzuki GSX-R600, Triumph 675 Daytona, Yamaha YZF-R6, Honda CBR600RR and the Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Here at SuperBike we love new bikes and new technology. There's something facinating and exotic about high performance machines, especially the latest ones dripping with high tech innovations and topped off with radical styling. The latest crop of 2008's machines is one of the most exciting we've seen for ages. We've picked out the ten we think are most interesting....