i still don't see why that would prompt your little snobby diatribe? did i claim anything else other than the fact that i am, in fact, NOT jealous of a SS bike because my stock newer bike already feels stronger than my old bike? we can't admire big HP numbers being produced on what is basically our same bikes (with significantly massaged motors) without being preached to by a fellow noob racer with like 2 races under his belt? sorry, oh god of the 03 600rr's. never again will i tarnish the name of the marginally less powerful, slightly older bikes. *smiley face*