As Senior Road Tester, Michael Neeves is in the envious position of riding a huge range of bikes every year. So we got Neevesy to run through the top five bikes he's ridden in 2012.
1. Ducati Streetfighter 848
This has been my long-term test bike this year and I racked up close to 10,000-miles on it in six months. Irode it on trackdays, commuted to work on it, did two 3000-mile European holidays and generally larked about lots....
We have been watching Michael Neeves fall more and more under the spell of his long term test 848. It's the bike he would buy with his own money (the ultimate strong statement from any journo.