I guess I never really thought about the "cool" factor between the 600's. To me they look the same. I sat on the different 600's just to get a feel and the GSXR and CBR just seemed more comfortable with my riding position. The R6 made me feel like I was sitting on the tank lol My 250 struggled with highway speeds and there were a few instances where I almost got squashed because they didn't see me and it didn't have the power to out accelerate their mistake and I had to brake hard and hope the person behind me was paying attention. I just want a nice, completely stock, 600cc bike and not pay more for it because of what model it is. Anyways... now I feel it may turn into me ranting. I don't like insurance companies lol