I loved my R6. It was an older carb model, so it had that screaming/throaty exhaust note. For what it was, it was also super reliable for me. Never had an issue with it other than some sluggishness in lower RPM on hot days (cons of a carb) but it made up for it on those brisk mornings when it was around 50* or so and would try to kill me in a straight line. I've been hurting for another bike really bad.
Man, I'm totally envious of you guys with motorized vehicles. It's been almost 7 years since I owned one. (Long story there that some of you know.) Hope to change that this year and next. Hope to score a Subaru Outback -- the state car here -- or at least an ATV. (3000 mi of ATV trails in this state, and I can get pretty much anywhere I want to go on them, especially into the wild.) But for now, and the last six years, this is what I got for a ride, other than winter, when I walk. Keeps me healthy, though.
No need to be envious. It is just stuff that may be here tomorrow or it may not. Priorities first, stuff last.