if your rich and can afford the $$$e for inital price and maintenance go for it but honestly its going to waste on the streets.. and god forbid u drop it or it gets a scratch!!! ..its like buying a viper and never going over 55mph.. it just doesn't make cents.. if ur looking for a notch up on other riders in racing, it could help a little but there will always be a better rider out there whoopin ur ass on some old beat up jap bike.. its mostly the man that makes the diff, not necessarily the machine..