At least you have a bike to ride, alot of people just dream of owning a bike. Everyone and even a few moms own a R6/R1 and its good to be different from others.
Kawasaki and GSXRs had the "bike to buy" in 94. Weighing a little more than the 497 wet lbs of the YZF750. 527! but they had the suspension to hang with each other which is where the Yamaha failed. Hell I would have settled for a Honda VT500 Ascot I wanted a bike so bad at one time.
Also, dont feel bad, the Kawsaki 636 did a better laptime than the R1 which was quoted "a bitter pill to swallow for R1 owners".
At the end its all in the rider.
I personally would love a 90 something FZR1000.