Good job, bike-makers of the world! How’s this for parity? Of the Ten Best spots open to 500 or so individual motorcycle models available for sale in the U.S. in 2007, seven manufacturers from six different countries are represented. And the ones that didn’t make the cut were oh, so close. Bottom line? In the richest feast of moto-offerings ever, there’s an individual Best Bike out there for everyone. What follows are the Cycle World’s Best of the Best, 10 machines that have risen to the top of their categories. Some are old favorites, some are all-new, some have been treated to thorough revision. All are great motorcycles, the Ten Best Bikes of 2007.

Bonus!!! Keep checking this page over the coming weeks; we're adding the Ten Best Bikes from years past, working backward through the decades. You'll be able to see how the classes have evolved, and by the time we get back to 1976, you'll have feasted your eyes on 321 (the editors got a little wishy-washy in '77 and there was a tie for Best 250cc MX'er) of the greatest motorcycles ever made!