Re: ...it can handle any street, road or highway I need to handle.
I agree to a certain extent. I have put about 4000 miles on my year old (to me) '97 cbr1100xx. This past summer I was riding with a friend of mine, he was on his 2001 VFR. Of course we had to trade off to see what good things we could say, and bad things we could think about the other guys bike. The VFR is really a great motorcycle, but I don't think that it's price is justified. In comparison to my XX, the VFR was only slightly more comfortable, but it was way down on power. I stalled the bike the first few times I tried to start from a stop because I expected so much more torque than it could give. I must say that its controls were all smoother, and the suspension felt very soft over bumps yet controlled.
My XX came with a Corbin seat, Heli bars, zero gravity windscreen, and racetech front end, and only 4300 miles for $7500. Compare that to $9500 for the VFR and I really don't think there is any comparison. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.