Dang no love for R6's/yami huh.... well when i was looking for a bike, it was basically price range for me honestly. But i did some research and i found that of the 4 japanese bikes in the mid 2000's decade ('03-'07, the latest year i could afford) the best bike was the R6 trackwise... For my purposes any of the 4 woulda been fine, but i figure yo why not. So thats how i ended up with an R6, a little research + awesome price... I can't rate the 4 bikes because i havent ridden all of them but i'd like to put up my thoughts of each... Yamaha R6/R1 - research said they reliable and i can vouch. Low maintenance, make a beast 600 and the 1k is also great, looks amazing and sexy as hell, R6 is a bit twitchy but i love it Honda 600rr/1000rr - Honda reliability, nothing beats thats. Looks aren't bad, not the sexiest but still hot. Suzuki GSXR's - I hear the gixxers are built like tanks (as far as getting into wrecks) but im not sure of their reliability. Powerful engines. I wasn't a fan of the look at first but its slowly growing on me. I like the flashy color schemes... One reason why im glad i dont own a gixxer is cuz a lot of people already do Kawasaki - Makes a sweet reliable engine, but the body work suffers... I know a few guys with ninjas and it doesnt seem like it was put together well, apart from the engine which is superb... I like the look of the ninjas tho, cool name too lol