I reckon you raise a good point, I went for the 899 because I would rather have a bike I could flog than it flog me, something about ringing a bikes neck and not being bucked off. Yet to do a track day on the 899 which were it is heading, but so far on the road I haven't felt threatened. My experience has been on a street fighter and the s4r monster, both bikes you could go nuts on without ending up in the ditch. In my dirt bike days I always had more fun on my mates WR250 than on my own 510.
I reckon a lot of blokes buy more bike than they can handle and never really get to enjoy it.
I reckon a lot of blokes buy more bike than they can handle and never really get to enjoy it.