The more I read, the less I know!
These things make no sense. R1 smoked everything last year, yet this year was 'off the pace'. Makes no sense.
I had the choice between the ZX10R and the S1000RR, went for the Beemer.
Masterbike was about as relevant in the forming of that opinion as our family cat. MCN tumbled over themselves about the R1 when it came out, but by the end of the year they were saying it wasn't a patch on the 'blade. Where lies the truth? I know not, nor do I care.
Why did I chose the BMW? Dunno. Had the money and fancied the change. Liked the colours, too. Certainly MCN tests had no part in the decision-making process.
ACTUALLY - having been on this forum over the last year I've yet the hear a bad word against the ZX10R - those opinions hold much more water than bike journos for me.