I have ridden an RF 900 for a while and consider it to be about the best balanced bike ever produced. It has all the performance of a GSXR with the comfort of a standard. The red paint in 94 also makes the bike look much classier than the Gixers. The bike is geared to do 180 mph but is HP limited to about 166, so changing the sprockets to match this MPH gives ripping accelerations. The bike I ride also has a V&H slip on, a K&N filter and has been dynoed and jetted to 115rwhp. It suprises a lot of people at the track when I pull away from their trailer queen bikes on the straights! Also, this bike is nearly impossible to upset in a turn. It almost feels like it knows where you want to go and does it for you.