Today's selection of middleweight Japanese motorcycles seem to be following in the footsteps of Yamaha's middleweight range, albeit several years late to the party. For example, the Honda Hornet CB750 has been likened to the MT-07 in numerous occasions, with a lot of reviewers unanimously agreeing that Honda's new naked bike has dethroned the machine from the dark side of Japan.
Indeed, if we look elsewhere in Honda's lineup, we'll also find the Transalp XL750, yet another bike that seems to be a direct answer to Yamaha's Tenere 700. Meanwhile, over on the Suzuki corner, the story is pretty much the same: a 270-degree parallel-twin-powered duo consisting of a naked bike and adventure bike. This time around, three out of four of the Japanese big four are producing machines with 270-degree crankshaft-equipped parallel-twin engines.
