WELL I TOOK MY BIKE OUT LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRST "REAL" RIDE...WOW...I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED A 600 COULD BE SO QUICK! MY BUDDYS OF COURSE LEFT ME....BUT I DONT FEEL IT WAS BECAUSE THERE NEWER BIKES ARE SLOWER BUT MORE THAT IM STILL A LIL SCARED OF THE BIKE.....I RUN IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THEY BLEW PAST ME AT ABOUT 140....I TRIED TO CATCH UP BUT MY KNEES WERE SHAKING AT ABOUT 125 MPH....IVE ONLY TAKEN IT UP TO REDLINE 1 TIME....AND I WAS SO NERVOUS THAT I LET OUT ANT KEPT UPSHIFTING TO SLOW THE BIKE DOWN....IM SURE ONCE I GET MORE COMFOTABLE WITH THE BIKE ILL BE JUST AS FAST AS THEM....I HOP...CUZ I MUST ADMIT..PLAYING CATCH UP ALL NIGHT WITH THEM SUCKED...MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A "TAG-ALONG" LOL