Well I thought that having a hystory on Kawisaki and Suzuki that it would be hard to move to a yamaha. I must say although there are some distinct differences from the GSXR and the ZX9 that I had in the past I am really pleased with the R6. I purchased my R6 last wednesday night and rode it a 45 minute highway run home. I really enjoyed winding that baby up to 14,000 and it has a considerable amount of power for a 600. I was very impressed. The front whell practically begs to come up in first and second and she is so light that I was almost uncomfortable at first. My only dislikes so far are that there is no fuel gauge, it only lets you know when you are getting low, and also that I would not mind if the gauges were a little brighter at night. If there are any sollutions to these dislikes I would love to hear them. Good to be a full on member now...