this bike rocks 2002 r6 just went from a gsx 750 love the r6 handles better and corners better the the gsx suzuki repairs are to expensive you pay more for the name then a bike r6 had batter leak problem but this is no big deal replaced battery no problems have had bike for 1/2 and no problems handles awsome and has alot of balls donr like 2003 bike at all buddy has bike painted frame chips his bike has rock chips all over it and the black paint looks like hel 5 spoke rims to hard to cleam and dont look right on bike