wrong, they were actually supersports when they came out. But the japs put them away pretty quick. Was the 1st prod. 600 with fuel injection (not too good). There a few parts out there for 'em. The chassis was the best one out for a long time, very stable. The brakes are equally as impressive, power is a little down(but that makes no diff on the street). The fuel injection can be cleaned quite a bit (there's a tech at BMW motorcycles on Gunn with a complete new program on his). All in all they're pretty good, they're the predecessor to the Dayton 600 and alot of the parts are the same between them.