ZRex vs. FZ1??
Sheesh, longride, these are truly four great bikes. Performance wise, there's probably not much to separate them. I'd personally rank them:
4. 919 just because it's too understated. Great bike for short people, but the choice of asphalt gray or matte blechh-I mean black?
3. FZ1 because I'm short. Freakin' fabulous bike, though. Almost bought one.
2. ZRX great ergos for me personally, supposed to be a bit lardy and old-style chassis, but I doubt if I would ever work it hard enough to notice.
1. Speed Triple. 2005 version or the '99 to '04 version. I've always had a woody for the all-black version that came out in '99, and the bodywork revision in '02 left me unimpressed, but they're all charismatic bikes and the new one is supposed to be fantastic. Be interesting to see what the MOrons think about it.
You're relatively tall, so the FZ1 would be the ticket.......
OR how about a TUONO??? Would your license survive? Would it be worth it anyway?