your not being a pain! Ask your questions and youll get answers...some direct, some with a smidge of sarcasm but youll get answers.
After I FREAKd, jetted and piped my bike I ran through my RPMs with ease. Stock she feels like shes struggling at times, usually between 4500 and up. After I opened her up and she was breathign much better she simply gets up and goes. To me it felt great through the entire RPM range and I hit the rev limited a few times before I got used to it.
My best example of how much better...
Passing on the freeway before mods I would have to downshift to get by someone.
After mods I twist the throttle and go!
Another example is that when getting on the freeway I have easily and unintentionally left a group of riders way back. It wasnt long before I realized they werent behind me (less than a minute). I slowed down and it still took a while for everyone to get caught up (maybe a couple minutes).
I did the FREAK so I could keep the cheese graters.
A set of K&N pods adn a carb brace will be fine if you dont mind losign the side panel and graters.
Is it worth it....YES!

no delay in that reply...YES!