I liked your review on it. This is how I saw the original hyper to be. Having said that I do like my 939 sp being not an accomplished rider I like these lacks you mention as the bike makes me progress every time. Most likely the 1100 would have been a steeper learning curve. Been riding for more than 14 years and also have a S1000r different riding and with the ddc and other assists the bike does work for you, so the hyper is for me a back to the learning.