Well finally let my buddy swap bikes with me for a while. He's got a 2011 gsxr1000 and I got to say decent bike but nowhere near as agile and the brute power well there was none compared to the 1125. The sound was rather annoying and i felt way to big for the bike 6'2" there was no good place for my knees. On a plus i liked the smooth gearbox and the ease of the clutch pull. My buddy loved the power and handling and he said it was very comfortable only complaint was noisy shifts and the bucking under 3k. he loved the bike not like that's a surprise