Steve0080----exactly!
How else are ya gunna see what can be done, feel what can be done, hear what can be done if it's kept under glass!
I was lucky to have a great group in N. Cali that I started riding with. They would always switch bikes on long rides.... Kinda thought it was weird and unfair because someone was stuck riding my 500 Shadow. I always scored!!...there was a V-max, Intruder, Harley of some kind, and V45 Magna. Needless to say I was always reluctant to go back to the Shadow.