My bike has been great. Its an 01, and I had a recall completed on it a month ago, other than that, anything that is not right on the bike is because of someone else and not an issue with reliability. I can't complain.

As far as picking a bike out... you can't go wrong with anything out on the market right now. Based on the magazine reviews, the Daytona 675 is this years winner, but like every year, what seperates last place from first is very minimal.

Getting a 675 does two things vs getting any of the other bikes:
1) its unique as it seems almost no one has one
2) its this years mag winner (which means you supposedly get the best bike on the market manufactured this year)