Two bikes that still stir my blood in remembering are the Bbird and the VTR 1000 SP1/2. Both sublime and at times downright scary. I borrowed the SP1 the day after it had been used by the travelling marshal in the NW200 and it took two tank fills in the same day before my blood stopped fizzing and I thought about putting something in my belly. My first ride on a Bbird was extremely scary as it almost literally fell into corners. I was delivering it from Ireland to England and was so pleased to hand it over to it's new owner in one piece. On inspection it was discovered to have a 25mm spacer on top of the shock.
I rode it later with a 5mm spacer and fell in love. I bought one a couple of weeks later.