"I feel sorry for you, dude"
Don't feel sorry for me dude. I usually ride about 2 hours each day (broken up into about 20 minute blocks) and on the weekends I ride about 10 hours (if the weather is REALLY nice, maybe twice that). My current ride is an F3 that I've had about 4 years. In the past, I've owned Suzuki Bandits, Honda Interceptors and Nighthawks, and a couple of Harleys. The F3 is my favorite ride by far. I'm a short person so sport bike ergos don't bother me a bit, even on 8+ hour rides. The payoff of better handling, braking, even roll on speeds (when you downshift smoothly), and overall protection from the elements make 600 cc scoots better for me. Don't get me wrong, I do like the FZ-1 a lot. I hope Yamaha sells lots of them. But for me, I can't see how the extra dough is justified for maybe only better roll on performance when you don't want to downshift. But to each and their own of course. See you on the asphalt rivers dude!