No experience with the R6 directly… but speaking to a coworker who moved from a Ninja 500 to an R6 (I think, might have been a GSX-R) his comment was that even compared to his 500 it was a whole new world. It responded so much faster, particularly to throttle inputs.
If a super sport is the way you want to go, I’d suggest not selling your CBR125 until after you’ve gotten comfortable with the R6. Keep the CBR for commuting for now, the R6 will be a handful until you are comfortable with it. So keep take it out for parking lot rides, and routes your are familiar with that won’t get you into trouble. Once you’ve gotten comfortable with it, then think about selling the little CBR.
You’ll pretty much always be able to sell the CBR for a pretty penny (well, maybe not in November, but hold on until spring and it’ll be worth more again), and the worst case is you find the R6 to be too much and you sell it (hopefully you get a good deal and can sell it for what you paid.)
Just remember, that is a bike that will bite you, so spend lots of time practicing before taking it out on the wild roads. I also recommend taking the Experienced Rider’s Course as soon as you can, and take it on that bike, not the CBR. I’m assuming you’ve taken the MSF / Gearing-up course already, if not, absolutely do that before getting on the R6.
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“The two seconds between ‘Oh S**!’ and the crash isn’t a lot of practice time.”
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