R6 is a nice start, The mans bike of choice, check the stats on the street, not the track, is the gixxer 750. beats the zx9, 929, R1, in street tests for 0 to 60, 1.4 mile the magazine laughed and wouldn't even say how much farther the gixxer was from the pack. I havn't drove the 1000 yet, but im happy with my port and polished, weisco piston, shaved head, flat slide carbs, braided lines, full ferrodo racing brakes, 96' goxxer 750 "bike of the year 2 in a row, oh, and a yosh tripple clamp to drop a few degrees, of course a pipe. Did i mention my perfromance susp. Anyway, dumped my bike many times at track and on street, the rash sucks, leather is hot in the dead heat but thats when you always dump it. broke my ankle and wrist two seperate occations fucked my training right up. but it passes.