You say nothing on the horizon will catch a tuned 1200 bandit, but the next Suzuki exactly the same as Michaels was 5th so that's 3 over the horizon that has done so and 2 of them were legal 750s. if Michael was not on that bike it most likely would not win and most of this winging would not be happening. can people not take these bikes for what they are, they are a work of art, you would have to be blind not to like them when looking at one and they are hand built as a race bike not a converted road bike.