You might actually find the 1098 less satisfying to ride. I'll try to explain why...I have a natural speed on the road that I travel at no matter what bike I'm on...it's about 90-110 most of the time. On my Triumph this is 5500-6500rpm in a range of 0-9500. On the 800 it's 5500-6500. At these speeds the motor is happy and responsive.
I can see an occasion where you might find on a truly high-performance machine where you might be operating pretty much in the lower realms of its rev range and performance - hardly ever extending it and having the room to let it rip. I can imagine that would be pretty unsatisfying. I guess an analogy (not a good one I admit) would be using any sportsbike for commuting to and from work through a city - you'd spend most of your time in the 20-50mph region. Hell, my 800 is pretty weedy really, but I find it very frustrating when road and traffic conditions prevent me from using its 80bhp/140mph performance - the number of times this would happen on a 1098 would be more plentiful.
Then again - who buys a bike with a sensible head on?
27-Dec-2006, 14:01 
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