which bike wins which racing series really doesn't tell you much.

manufacturers pick series in which they want to be competitive and pour their money in. but they all don't pick the same series. the only time there's a real difference between japanese bikes of the same size is when one model hasn't updated for 3 years or so. other than that, you're not going to see a noticeable difference between any of the bikes with normal riders.

the only differences will be looks and ergonomics. as for that, i chose kawi. the 636 just looks sweet to me. doesn't need a bunch of graphics and it fits me well.