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Well with the price of the average 1000cc plus machine usually over the $11K mark now do you think 600/750cc machines will be more the normal purchase now?
With my current 1125CR going into it's 4th season of service I am starting to think to the next machine now. I am a family man and the economic crunch is felt hard. I can not use my bike to commute to work, I work out of my truck so it's purely a pleasure machine. I am having a hard time justifying spending over $11K dollars on a new machine and will probably opt for a smaller CC machine on my next go round how bout you guys?

Honestly I am glad I don't have the FZ1 I was originally looking at. The 750 moves way more than fast enough for my license's health, and a 1000+ would take me to "ludicrous speed" way too easily and often.

Considering that in the last 5 years, the tech and power outputs of the 600-750 class has equalled or surpassed the 1L machines of 5 years ago, you are buying the equivalent anyway

I can get myself into plenty of trouble on my 750 while getting ridiculous gas mileage. Why would I want something bigger?

I don't think of the overall light speed capabilities when I buy a machine I like torque and a more even power line in the rpm's which a twin liter plus bike will give me the smaller ones not really sure. I am a chubby fella and the I4 to me on a whole is kinda no fun, except the new Yamaha thingy (sounds crazy) but I have not ridden one. Ideally I like to spend all day tearing it up in the twisties, straights don't do much for me.Some rides go all day and we dont break triple digits and still you are exhausted and spent in a good way at the end of the day. But I do not know if the 6/7 hundred cc naked will have that same fun factor?

Trust me they do... You just have to tapdance on the shifter more to keep it into the powerband.

Thats promising thanks!!!!

For what it's worth, a 600 is definitely a fun bike to ride. You just have to pay more attention to it is all. They're very peaky to get into the powerband, but once they're there, they're definitely fun. I was riding a buddy's R6 last summer and I could pin it pulling out of a driveway without a problem. It just wouldn't do much until 6K when it said, "Oh fine, we're going." At 8K it said "Oh, you want to GO! Well hang on!" and attempted to pull my shoulders out of socket.

If it's the cost of the "new" litre bikes that is the problem just keep an eye out for a low-mileage garage queen. I've had lots of 600 class bikes and honestly for my main bike I will never go back. It's not that I need to blast to stratospheric speeds either but not having to tap dance on the shift lever while in the twisties is a very good thing. I looked at going back at one point but quite frankly more torque = more fun for me. Sure you can make a small bike go as fast as you need to go and it's fun for a while, but trust me - torque rules in the long run!