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My experience is the opposite of Amps there, but tinged by bias. I dropped my speed in for a service last week, ans the dealer lent me their standard street (not R) for the day.

Back to back, I preferred the speed because it had more of a presence in my head... neither has particularly loud pipes, but the street hardly makes a sound until you get a fair few revs on. Its also physically smaller, as I had no problems getting my feet down at a standstill.

On the move though, the speed wins for being more usable - the extra cubes mean you can be really lazy about which gear you're in. At peak, it is a little more powerful. The main difference is with the brakes though. The standard street doesn't have radial brakes, so they feel a lot different in use.