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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
And I think that may be where the status of "real world" motorcycling is stuck today - somewhere at the performance level between these Super Sports and your 996. Everything since has continued to offer improved numbers across the board, but numbers we have no business even trying to exploit on the street. In other words, will you be disappointed? I don't think so - the Super Sport will still offer a level of performance that pushes the boundaries of sanity on public roads.
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Well put. 25 years of technology separate my namesake 1991 GSXR1100 and my current 2016 R1200RS; with very different power delivery, ergonomics, and sound, both would be piloted at my same street pace through a mountain road. Your 996 would flick easier and lift the front wheel easier but a street pace has to take into account many things beyond the bike’s capabilities. Forget the latest liter bikes... since about 2005 they have all been competing on the head of a pin and need pro riders on a track to access the “improvements”. I’m amazed they sell any given they are also competing against every used liter bike made in the last 15 years.
PS- nice seeing you last weekend at the Porsche run, DJ.
Buy whatever bike you want! That’s enough of a reason right there.