Six manufacturers · 2026 · EU market

The Ladder

Every manufacturer sells a staircase: a learner bike at the bottom, a flagship at the top, and a set of compromises in between. Pick a category, then a brand, to see how the rungs are spaced — and which ones your licence actually reaches.

Step one

Choose a category

Step two

Choose a lineup

Compare

Put every model from all six brands on one ladder, or pick the handful you actually care about. Filter by licence class, sort by any metric. Open the comparison →

Before you use the numbers

How to read this

Power is at the crank

Every figure is the manufacturer's claimed output measured at the crankshaft. Expect roughly 10–15% less at the rear wheel once the gearbox and chain have taken their cut.

Dotted figures are estimates

Manufacturers publish power, torque, weight and seat height for nearly everything, but rarely 0–100 km/h or top speed outside the sport class. Where a figure is derived from power-to-weight rather than published, it is underlined like this. Treat those as a ranking, not a stopwatch.

Licence classes are European

A1 covers 125cc and 11 kW. A2 caps at 35 kW with a power-to-weight limit, which is why several mid-size bikes are sold in a restricted version. A is unrestricted.

Availability shifts by market

Euro 5+ has pushed several inline-fours off European roads while they continue elsewhere. Where a bike is track-only or no longer sold new in Europe, it is marked as such.