It's just a sports bike, and a good one at that.
The "slash-5" series came out just in time to meet the rising demand for sport bikes.
High tech and expensive materials are often used on sport bikes to reduce weight.
This model formed a basis for many further products, including sport bikes, updated and produced until in the 1950s.
That was when he bought himself a Longoni sports bike and tried racing.
It started life as an unfaired "sports" bike, but was really too heavy for this.
He estimated that 164,000 sport bikes would be sold here, mostly metrics.
Fast and fun: it's not a sports bike but the GP800 is rapid.
At 18 years old she acquired her first sports bike and another super sport 4 years later.
Masterbike is a contest held on an annual basis to determine the best sport bikes of the year.