I agree. I got my ZX 636 used with 1200 miles and one year old. Perfect. It was half the cost (actually less than half) of a new 1125R and smokes it too. The only place the bigger bike had any advantage was from a dead stop up to about 50mph. From that point on it was pretty even. And I can hang the corners a little better on the smaller bike. I know it's apples and oranges, but they were trying to compete in the sportbike market. If a manufacturer can not keep up EVERY year they will fall off the map pretty quick. I like that Buell tried to make it happen, but in the end they just were not up to speed (no pun intended) with the Japanese and Euro bikes.
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