Motorcycles of the Year 2021

These are the motorcycles of the year 2021!

The Motorradtest.de team let its users vote for the motorcycles of the year 2021 from 03 to 13.11.21.
In total, more than 23,000 votes were cast in eleven categories. There were five of us to choose from.
pre-selected motorcycles. The winners were motorcycles from BMW, Triumph, Ducati, Yamaha and Kawasaki. We would like to thank our users for participating in the votes.

 

 

Category Adventure Bikes
#1 BMW R 1250 GS - 34%
#2 Yamaha Honda CRF 1100 L Africa Twin - 26%
#3 Ducati Multistrada V4S - 21%
#4 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S - 10%
#5 Triumph Tiger 1200 - 8%

 

Category Retro Bikes

#1 Kawasaki Z 900 RS - 35%
#2 BMW R nineT - 26%
#3 Triumph Bonneville T120 - 18%
#4 Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor - 12%
#5 Yamaha XSR 900 - 9%

 

Category Tourer
#1 BMW R 1250 RT - 42%
#2 Suzuki GSX-S 1000 GT - 29%
#3 Honda GL 1800 Gold Wing - 11%
#4 Indian Roadmaster - 9%
#5 Harley Davidson Road Glide 8%

 

Category SuperSport
#1 Ducati Panigale V4 - 32%
#2 BMW M 1000 RR - 25%
#3 Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade - 23%
#4 Kawasaki Ninja H2 - 13%
#5 Yamaha YZF-R1 - 7%

 

Category CrossOver
#1 BMW S 1000 XR - 36%
#2 Honda NC 750 X - 21%
#3 Ducati Multistrada 950 - 20%
#4 Triumph Tiger Sport - 18%
#5 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce - 5%

 

Category SportTourer
#1 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT - 27%
#2 BMW R 1250 RS - 26%
#3 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX - 18%
#4 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT - 17%
#5 Ducati SuperSport 950 - 13%

 

Category Scrambler
#1 Triumph Scrambler 1200 - 35%
#2 BMW R nineT Scrambler - 28%
#3 Ducati Scrambler 1100 - 18%
#4 Moto Guzzi Vz III Rough - 12%
#5 Yamaha SCR 900 - 7%

 

Category Cruiser
#1 BMW R 18 - 40%
#2 Honda CMX 1100 Rebel - 19%
#3 Indian Chief Dark Horse - 17%
#4 Harley Davidson Sportster S - 16%
#5 Kawasaki Vulcan S - 8%

 

Category naked bikes up to 100 hp
#1 Triumph Trident 660 - 30%
#2 Yamaha MT07 - 23%
#3 Honda CB 650 R - 19%
#4 Aprilia Tuono 660 - 17%
#5 Kawasaki Z650 - 11%

Category naked bikes up to 150 hp
#1 Kawasaki Z900 - 32%
#2 Yamaha MT-09 - 23%
#3 Triumph Street Triple RS - 22%
#4 KTM 890 Duke R - 12%
#5 Ducati Monster - 11%

Category naked bikes over 150 hp
#1 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS - 24%
#2 KTM 1290 Super Duke R - 20%
#2 BMW S 1000 R - 20%
#4 Ducati Streetfighter V4 - 19%
#5 Kawasaki Z H2 - 16%
 

The readers of motorradtest.de could choose between five motorcycles specified by the editors. The sales figures in Germany were also used for the pre-selection. One vote could be cast per category. The vote was done through the community feature of the Motorradtest.de YouTube channel .

In some categories, the result was very close. Although Honda could not take first place, good to very good placings were achieved (Africa Twin, NC 750 X & CMX 1100 Rebel). The same applies to KTM (1290 Super Duke R & GT). We were surprised by the very good performance of Triumph with three test victories, although Triumph is currently still lagging behind the "big four" in terms of market share of about 5%. In the readers' favor, Triumph is apparently better than in sales. The fact that BMW won four titles, on the other hand, was less surprising. To better understand the numbers, here is the age distribution of our readers (source: YouTube Analytics):