I've owned at least a dozen bikes, rode dozens more. No real sport bikes / crotch rockets. Only 1, BMW K-1000, never a "R".
"To me," to compare any V-twin the a GW is apple & oranges. The big V-twins weight about the same but that's about it. I find all V-twins top heavy, some more so than others.. The GW has the lowest CG of any bike I've ever ridden, it handles & rides great & fairly quick. "I feel" it's in a class of it's own, there's not another bike like it.