Only a seat-of-the-pants test ride would tell for sure and they just don't seem to be available. But, given that displacement increase I would have guessed it would have easily been the quickest bike of the group, not mid-pack. Still a quick bike, but no monster like the original. Has anyone tuned the touring model for better results? (Tune-Boy, etc.?) Might be an electronics module/software download and some pipes from fantastic
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Yes, it's still better than the competition.
But it's second best.
Even if it's being beat by it's brother.
I get your point but I still think a touring bike is better off with more torque since you expect it to be carrying a larger load; tune the bike to its purpose, not to scramble against every Hayabusa on the road... 
And, Al, losing by .05 sec and weighing so much more isn't really a bad thing is it? I mean, .05 sec. is well inside the difference in reaction times among riders.
