I have had more complements on the 2010 Z pipes, seriously, tons, I'm actually sorry the bike is going under the knife to change the stock pipes to apro pipes.
On the power issue, sport bikes (or crotch rockets if you need to), have a purpose, and on the track. If you don’t go there, you wouldn’t understand. And if you think that only a small percentage of riders to, than you haven’t seen how fast track days fill up months before.
I thought I would be able to sell the GSXR1k once I got the Zed, but It will stay around a s a track day only ride.