indeed. I don't flame on older bikez... to be honest I like the older (96-99/00(depending on 600 or 750) style.. They are the hotness X 1000000000!!!!! I love them. I don't really care for the 250's but then again no one has had one that I know.. i don't flame the 500's because I mean everyone starts out somewhere.. cruisers usually hate sport bike people but I've found that if you go north to like.. hernando county they wave(which surprised the shit outta me the first couple times I rode up there.) Yes I did have a gixxer 600 brand new for a first bike and yeah there was this one guy with an older hurricane and yes I flamed him bc he tried racing me... but after the race I smiled waved as a gesture of thanks for the fun and take it easy.. my other friend had an f2 and I saw nothing wrong with it. My parents ride harleys and I ride with my dad often or as often as possible should I say. Matter of fact I'm riding to Daytona with my mom on the back of his bike and SexyLexie on the back of mine. Kinda like a big family. Everytime I am home for such event me and my dad ALWAYS ride together.. it doesn't really matter. I've ridden with a guy I work with that has a buell although he and I both know and openly discuss it's performance compared to sport bikes. We both agree it's not a sportbike and know it's meant for a different purpose. I like his bike and he likes mine. The best part is that he's not a dick towards me bc of my bike and I'm not towards him. I don't always try "flexing" on him when we ride and he doesn't try gettin me around the corners (now atleast.. before I prolly coulda took him.. ) but it's just fun to ride with people you like. I can't stand riding with people I think are pricks for one reason or another. It makes the ride unpleasureable. That's why most the time I ride by myself or with cars beside or behind me.