BLAH!!!! if your serious and it was me i would get the TL1000, just for the simple fact is that it is a nice sounding bike, hence the v-twin, and its about $1500 cheaper. personnally i wouldn't wat a bike that came up on the back wheel very easy, gixxer1000, just asking for trouble in the from of asphalt chewing off you back side. but that just my 2cents.