The 'blade was heavy, the 748 was heavier and felt it until it got going, Steve's RC needs the clutch slipping at under about 40mph (awesome bike though, far far too fast and didn't feel it, filtering at over 150mph anyone?)
They are just to easy to go fast in a straight line and too hard to stop and turn, that's not what I want in a bike presuming I'm just out for a fun time.

In my humble opinion it's the weight that causes all the woes, to say they are so similar sized and powered, even down to the same brakes my NC35 is light years behind in handling and braking (or so it feels) of the '28 and the likelyhood of any modern bike suddenly breaking 130kg is low indeed so the '28 stays at least until I get an RS.

The Transalp is just a tool, it gets me to work with zero fuss in the minimum time possible, it's perfect.

As for the '28 seizing, yep it did, that ZXR at the trackday wasn't too heathly either that's what mechanical stuff does, works for an indeterminable amount of time then breaks. All two strokes break more than 4 strokes as a general rule, they also tend to cost less to fix and it's easy to do. If you run a two stroke you deal with it, it will happen.
And if we're on about reliablilty we're back to Honda again, I know of several v4's with over 100,000 miles on the clock and no problems yet. I doubt many Kawasaki's are that long lived.
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