I rode a 999R once and it indeed felt tiny and super skinny. The bark that bike had with the termignoni exhuast and the lurch when the throttle was blipped definetely left an impression on my mind. The ergos were not very good, but I didnt care since it was a 999R The brakes also worked tremendously (almost dangerously) well, stopping me around 25 feet short from the planned stopping point until I was used to them. It was a light and nimble, sexy and mean red glistening machine that was all balled up into one tiny little package.