Understand what you're saying kev. Maybe my (97) blade's just a bit big for me... it's pretty much bog standard, and both blade and 996 wind the dyno up to 116. But the honda's biggest confidence looser for me is that it turns in faster than I can think!!
As you know, I'm not the biggest bloke in the world so for me it seems, like you say, that the 996 just "fits" me a lot better.