Rode a few buells and coming from sport riding I can say they do handle incredible. The flickability is almost bicycle like. As far as performance the engine is nice as I favor the grunt of a V over screaming 4cyl japanese bikes. Though I do not like the abrupt drop off at such low rpms for a sport. They are fairly quick though and tons of fun to ride. Not sure about long term ownership with the engine but it is not really a HD engine.