The gixxer is a pretty good bike, my brother races one. Also, the top guy in W.Australia in the Supersport series, R.Nash also rides one. Is a constant battle with S.Cull on r6....a friend of my bro's jumped off his r6, and onto the new kwaka this year, has taken a while to get the setup right, but he's starting to come good now. I think they're all pretty close, as shown in WSS.