I agree on the above comments about Suzuki being late to the game as well as the build quality compared to Yam and Honda. However, I personally like the direction that Zook is going with this. There were four things that I was hoping for in the next gen FZ-1 (which looks to never be built), less weight (Zook looks to be about 25-30 lbs lighter), more tq, especially in the low end (80 ftlbs. for the Zook as compared to 68 for the FZ), abs and traction control. This may be my next bike. Looks on a bike are only somewhat important to me. They are subjective anyway. I think the Zook looks good enough, not as pretty as an FZ though. The bike is supposed to be pretty comfortable according to reviews. I like the wider handle bars and I hope it sets up straight. I do wish that Suzuki would have been able to handle the throttle snatch issue. I don't like that on my FZ.