all the main bike companies these days (Suzuki, Kaw, Honda, Yamaha) as far as sport bikes are concerned are all about even. they are all very good rides. they have to be, or the others would bury them.

but for me, after owning a brand new Kaw ZX6R, and the current bike i have, a new GSXR600, i am a suzuki man.

as for knife carry on the bike, i think mr pink has a good idea by just throwing one in your tank bag if you are riding a sport bike and if you are on a cruiser, throwing it in the saddly bags is nice as well, or so i would imagine. i just feel naked if i dont have a knife on me, no matter what i am doing so i always have my busse scotch dispenser on me. i feel that it is all the knife i need daily in the urban jungle.