1. No they dont NEED all that tech to go fast, WE, the idiots who cannot use them correctly, needs that wheelie control and so on. And this is for sportbikes. My 1200cc GS has less horsepower then the zx6, it just has a lot more torque.
2.No it isnt enough to twist the wrist a bit and then you will win. When i had my slowgoing trackday i rode together with a guy having a zx10. He passed me in the exit of the last corner, being 4 seconds in front of me when he got to the first. After the 4:th corner, i was at his rear wheel again - and i didnt rev higher then 6k rpm that day. exiting the 3rd to last corner, i passed him, and then again, in the exit of the last one, he passed me on the exit, and so we went on. He hated me that day.
3. EXPENSIVE liter bikes get stolen. The new ones, the multistrada, the gs, the panigale. Why? Because when they sell a expensive bike, they get more money than if they sell a cb650 from -92. The 600 sportbikes get stolen for joyrides instead.
4. "you need super tires to get traction for all those 180 hp! And those super tires will make you crash!" Yeah, you do. If you use them all. Information from onboard computery stuff on the isle of man says the average IOM TT rider uses full throttle at about 20% of the course (i dont remember the exact number, but i belive it was somewhere between 15 and 20%) when using a 1000cc bike, when using the 600cc, same figure was about 80-90%. if THEY cant use it more then that, how the heck could you and i do it? You dont need slicks to handle a 1000cc sportbike. Even less if they have tc and so on. A pair of Pilot Road will be good and they are good in rain too.
TBH, last year i rode with a guy on a zx10r using pilot roads, in the alps. in 2-10 degrees C. He didnt ride it on "tip toes" and had a great time.
5. Quite a lot of guys ride over 120 mph with their sportbikes. Main reason the 1000cc owners give for having a 1000cc is that they dont HAVE to use the gearlever all the time, they can miss a gear here or there, they dont get really slowed down anyway, if i were to do the same mistakes as a 1000cc rider - he would leave me far behind.
If you want a sportbike and you want it to be really fast - a liter bike is the way to go. The 600 might be enough, but for those who want the worst - a liter bike is all there is.
6. All sportbikes are a target of the police. Period.
7. The tires cost more, yes. But again, the tires for my 600 cost more then for my 400, and they cost more then the ones for the gs. Its a part of the package. Tire wear are in your control - full throttle on track tires or easy on the throttle on touring tires, its your choise.
8. They are often more comfortable then the 600´s since they are bigger.
9. This is a bit right. The example is silly though. ok, 11mm wider wheelbase, but the larger tire? Ever heard about tire profile?
10 Fuck it. i dont have the time to do this anymore. That site is bullshit.