Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

Its still early days but its a bit of a myth that they have nothing except at high RPM. It pulls well enough from low down for an IL4 and if you really want to accelerate quickly it gets to high revs incredibly quickly. I've had a few 2 strokes in the past and they genuinely are bikes where it is powerband or nothing.

I am short shifting at the moment as i am running it in and its still easily quicker than an SV.

Its also such a nice all round bike to ride. I was previously of the opinion that it made sense to have an SV or something similar to start with, but the R6 has blown all that out of the water. Everything is better....brakes, suspension and fuel consumption has been good so far(probably because im operating mostly at low revs). Apart from the obvious higher costs to buy/insure i cant honestly see why it wouldn't make a good first bike!