I give the edge to the Suzuki due to the fact that it has electronic fuel injection rather that carbs. Not that I could fix either one on the side of the road. It seems that the VTR1000 and the RC51 have been around long enough that Honda should have gotten around to putting EFI on the VTR. 
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