Yeah the 954 was a really light bike, never seemed to have an issue with stability or headshake though. Unlike the 02 R6 I traded for it, that thing used to try to kill me every time I went down a slightly bumpy B road.
Pre-req that mate. I'm afraid mine didn't last very long before a shiny 954 was sitting in the garage. Was a bargain though, bought new for about £6k from Motorcycle City when they were offloading stock due to close down. The Sales Manager wanted something like £7k, I offered £6k with a px and he said yeah why not. I don't care, these w*nkers just made us all redundant.