I personaly am a Suzuki fan. I had an 05 1000 and a '07 GSXR 1k also. The 2007 and up models have power for days. I do agree though that honestly it will come down to rider comfort and looks for the bike. Honestly 90% of the riders out there never wring the full potential of the bikes out. You will not notice that 2 extra hp one bike may have over another, etc. They are all very nice machines.