How about this quote from Kevin Ash:
"What no inline-four does is punch like the 1100 when you turn the twistgrip in the engine’s midrange. It fires forward with a force that makes a mockery of the 100bhp output, partly because the bike is very light but simply because this is one of the few bikes that makes most of its urge at speeds normal riders use on normal roads. It can be ferociously quick in fact, yet it’s so obedient with such a liquid output you just don’t want to stop.
It’s important though to ride it appropriately. Riders who treat it like a sports bike engine will think it’s not bad, although it starts to feel flat as it approaches its 8,500rpm rev limit, and it does go faster when you do this. But you fare much better if you stop trying too hard, drop the rev zone you’re using to anything from 4,500 to 7,000rpm, and here the motor is supreme... the best engine in motorcycling just got better."
There... That should put your mind at ease with the power delivery. As an owner myself, I second his opinion.
