First off I should say that 5 starts doesn't do this bike justice. If I could choose more stars I would.
I just picked up the bike on saturday(8/16/03) and within 24 hours I have already but closed to 400 miles on it. I did do one canyon run on it and it was a dream. It is amazing how the bike feels like it was meant to be in a corner. The bike is so stable while leaned in a corner and the torque out of a corner is perfect for me too. The only thing I could say was a very slight negative was when I was bringing the bike home from the dealer and I sat in a little bit of traffic the seat got extremely hot. But I will tell you that I quickly forgot about that once the traffic cleared. I will write more once this awsome machine is broken in. Don't think twice about buy one for yourself.