Just a typical day, I come out of a convenience store and start putting on my gear, and there is a guy sitting on a chromed-out full dress Harley Softtail about 10 feet away. A good ol' boy comes out of the store, walks by the Harley and starts asking me questions about the Busa. I answer the usual ones, he goes on and gets in his car without a second glance at the Harley.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Please keep in mind, a great bike is a great bike. Anyone owning a modern sportbike is a like-minded individual to us all in some ways. Some may be asshats just as some Busa owners are.
Bashing ANY other hyperbike is just childish and shows insecurity on the part of the owner.
We just finished our Meet-n-Greet this weekend and had an R1, a Blackbird, and a Gixxer 750 among others. There is not one of them I wouldn't enjoy riding with again, great people all and you shouldn't even judge by appearances, one of them looked scary enough to scare any father whose daughter brought him home but was a really great guy as well! Nothing but respect to them all.
Bash the occasional asshat you meet, but not the ride. It's not the bike's fault there is not a personality test you have to pass to buy one!! Besides Darwinism works.