There is a flip side to that coin. I'm not saying you didn't show your tail light to a gixxer1K. But this I can say with confidence. I spend lots of time at the track. While I'm past my prime for racing, I do hold my own pretty well on track days.
We generally have a busa or two that show up on every track day. My experience with the mighty busa is, while my gixxer can't pass a good rider on a busa on the long front straight, I reach the first turn at a buck seventy close enough to spit on the big girls tail light (We are talking both bikes basicly stock). Turn one is only a slight turn to the right then a quick long left hand double apex left hander. We take turn one at WOT still on the busas butt. Here in turn two is where the busa become vulnerable and I use two methods to spank the busa's ass. I either outbrake the beast or if he is carrying lots of corner speed I slow up slighly on the outside to square the corner off and come underneath on the corner exit because if he is taking the corner fast and draging plastic I know he is going wide on the exit. While the fat chick is still leaned over on the foot peg, the gixxer is standing straight up with the front tire about six inches off the deck and blows by the Fat Girl like she is an antique. Now I'm not sure if using the term "Smoke" is proper but you won't see hide nor hair of that busa for the rest of the session.
Here is what else I know about the comparison between the two bikes. I have had both Gixxer 1K's and busa's for many years. Never keep one more than a year and always have new equipment to compare. My son, who is now in his 30's eats and breaths road racing and is damn good at it. He and I have tried all sorts of comparisons between the 07 gixxer and the old generation busa. From a dead stop, the gixxer stands no chance with the big girl. She launches so hard that the gixxer can only look at her tail light from a distance. However, from a 50 mph roll on, the gixxer is never more than two bike lengths from the busa up to a buck sixty or so. After that the busa will very slowly gain a little and I emphasize "Little"!
The reality of the two bikes is, they are so very close in performance that you cannot tell the difference unless you are pulling along side each other.
All very good points tufbusa. Just about all incarnations of the gixxer 1k have been said by some to be fairly comfortable for a literbike. Some can endure on them a bit better then others while many would prefer the ergo's of the busa, 12 or 14 instead.
Key notes to address in comparing the "old" busa and the k6 gixxer 1k. Straight line the busa is ahead by only a few lengths. Well while it may not be considered "Destroying" the literbike, it is considerable enough to see which is clearly superior in that area. And this is IF the 1k rider knows what they're doing. Dead stop is one thing but even from a roll a 1k can surprise a average rider with the front end wanting to claw up for the sky if they're too snappy with the throttle. Bike length's aside, lets not forget we are comparing 2 bike designs about 6 years apart which is HUGE in sportbike years.
With the older bike still the better in the straight line and the gixxer 1k having alot of tech influence trickled down from the Hayabusa Flagship too.
Same deal with the track day comparison. The busa was designed to do EVERYTHING well and while of course it's no 1000cc race rep, it can still be fun on a track day. Obviously a 1k, 750 or 600 should be quicker in the twisty stuff. On the road, performance differences between the big bore and 1000's probably won't be shown unless speeds get to race track only level or really tight sections of twisty backroad. The smaller/lighter bikes may inspire more confidence to some but it's all preference really. Some like a featherweight feel while others don't feel right on something that weighs like a bicycle. Gotta remember also not everyone knows how to ride these bikes decent in the straight line let along the curves. It is priceless fun to be on a big monster like a Blackbird or Busa and leave some average rider on a race rep behind in the curves. Also, like I said in my previous post, sometimes you got to ride awhile to find some twisties and not everyone has track day endurance even if they can corner their race rep well. Fatigue saps alot of ability from riders riding a bike with a tight seating position, chassis telegraphing every crack and bump on the road into their body and the aerodynamics of a brick unless your chin is on the tank. Whereas riders on the bigger bikes are comfy, warmed up and ready to play. Doesn't speak for all though not many tour well on a literbike like they would a busa or big ninja. However there is this one guy on the ZX-10 boards that has a '04 zx-10 with well over 100,000 on the clock.
Different strokes for different folks.