I never noticed the difference in weight on the track, the CBR tips in nicely and holds its line really well, i was much more comfortable with the CBR than the NSR and i was doing the same lap times
Yeah they rev high, 18,000 red line is no exaggeration, but you can get anywhere and not even make 8k. Most people i know who have had them (and i've been good friends with at least 5 or 6 owners) have never had reliability problems with them despite several of them spending a fair bit of time at the track, and lots of time up closer to red line.
Personally, if i had to choose between a CBR and an NSR for the road, i'd take the CBR even though it would cost a bit more and isn't as powerful. I like to do long trips (1000km+ in a weekend isn't uncommon) and i commute 10km each way to work every day, there is no way i'd do either on my NSR. No need to worry about warming up times, highway crusing they eat up the miles and they have a lot more stable feel to them. I can't even take my NSR to the local mechanic cause he wont touch strokers, which i don't mind but is the kind of stigma they have here
Sorry, a bit long winded i know, but i just wanted to get my point across. they are fun, reliable and economical little bikes that i'd recommend to anyone in aus looking for a sporty learner bike. Only reason i didn't get one myself is because i'm a fan or the more relaxed style of naked bikes.
The only drawback is they have a speed limiter which retards the ignition once you reach 180km/h, but like the NSR this can be disabled
BTW a hornet 250 is basically a naked CBR, looks like the bigger 600/900 hornets
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