So further to my last comment, I must agree with Gray (comments just three above) Me getting a bike looks are very much a part of it.
I like to own a nice bike, biking for me is more than just going fast, it's often a simple case of me, my bike and the wind in my face, I like to get a lick on from time to time on a B road, other times I just like to take in the rolling hills and the sunshine, now and then I let a rider past and he may think what's with the slow bloke on the bling bike, that's up to him, Shaky rides a low rider, I bet a good few superbikes rip past him thinking much the same oblivious to the fact he is BSB champ, a lot of power rangers own bikes for the status that comes with them, again up to them, I try not to take the piss out of another mans choices, each to his own, I even take a ride now and then on a bike Id never buy, sometimes they surprise me at how much fun it can be to think outside the box. Whatever you ride enjoy it, that's all that matters, life short and motorcycling is a dangerouse occupation, that's the common bond that is getting lost from one biker to another in our modern world.
After seeing the H2 and wanting it if it was in my price range which it is not I am beginning to like the New R1 more and more. for me the Newer to my 11 blade fireblades are too much the same as others have already posted. Why I intend to test ride the R1 next year