The Rocket is a monster of a machine which is definitely about presence and raw power.It will I am sure have a pretty good level of popularity with the cruiser types. I can tell you it handles, as a pal of mine test road one and was touching pegs at good speed on it! If you could afford the rubber bills,that must be an ace traffic light weapon!
The same guy was telling me the other day that he has also just test ridden a new R6,(he was actually THE first person to own an R1 in Spain) Jose mentioned that the R6 is extremely light and flickable with loads of power.However he is only about 5' 7" and found the bike to be very uncomfortable? I read in that it is extremely focused therefore if you are considering buying one be very carefull.