Mid last year I enlisted the help of a riding buddy to go out and spend the day on both my bikes, we swapped at various stages and got to experience both of them back to back. I went into it thinking the gsxr will romp the mt09 but we both agreed, the 09 had the edge in just about every real world aspect. The gsxr was then moved on to make way for the xr6t but there will always be a special appreciation for the k5-6 1000 from me that's for sure.