Most of my riding is in the city at the moment; Miami to be exact. I basically never have a reason to get out of second with the traffic. I thought about it and it may sound dumb, but I always thought that guys who revved their engine like no tomorrow on the STREET did so for no real reason except to get some attention - maybe some of them were just trying to get into first gear really badly lol. I like to keep my bike as quiet as possible, and I know there is a rev limiter but usually I never had the urge to rev really high on the streets. I like to keep my bike around 6k RPMs in case I need to get into the power band which from what I've experienced starts around 8-9k RPMs. I used to keep my little ninja 250 at 8-9k RPMs all the time at beginning of the power band, but with my r6 that sounds like way too many trips to the gas station. Also I feel comfortable enough going from cruising to accelerating or breaking in a split second if necessary so there's no real need that I see to keep it in the higher RPMs. I had to really slow that video down frame by frame to appreciate it, but I think i get the idea. I can only dream of being able to afford to get on a track someday which brings me to my next questions; how much time would you say is spent in first and second gears on a track? Do racers tend to avoid getting into first gear unless absolutely necessary to stay in their particular power band for accelerating?