You just cant go wrong with an R1. They make about the same up top, and your right, the Suzuki makes a little more HP down low and has more TQ. But the R1 can be easliy modified to out power a Suzuki Everywhere. Look at the AMA SuperStock series. That is the mods that most people would do to their bikes and the R1's are dominating.
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Do you really have to start a thread every time you go on a ride and see a guy with no helmet on?
Does it affect you that much that some random guy 1500 miles away went and paid his own money for a 1000?
Do we really have to fight over who uses the back brake or not?
Do you have to argue over stupid pointless shit on the Internet?