I have made up my mind... after reading everyone's comments and researching further, I have decided on the FZ6R!!! Having the all important GREEN LIGHT from the wife (for financial reason & as well as others), it is now entirely up to me when to pull the trigger. The dealer near me has it for $7199+500 reg & doc fees + 7% tax = $8203.
Lastly, even though this is for the 2009 model, and it was a middleweight sportsbike shootout, I felt compelled to share, even though it may have been posted previously:
http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/model_eval/2009AugShootout.pdf
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU!!! Hopefully, my next post will be after my first rid on my FZ6r! Cheers...