Stock HP is 60-ish depending on the year, I might be pushing 65 with the mods I've done to it. You can find decent tires, most guys run battleax or kenda cruise or challengers. I like it for its extreme comfort and how easy it is to work on...wish I could do a 5 minute plug change on my fzr. Only place they're really lacking is in the suspension dept., I put heavier oil in the forks and Macedonia out the pre load on the shock, I guess some guys put an f3 shock on the back with minimal modification but I never really put my seca in a demanding enough situation to require it. There are videos on YouTube of kaw 900's just getting beat up by a seca in the turns, but then blasting past it in the straights. Anyway, buy my bike, I gots bills to pay.