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There's a nice race track less than an hour drive from me that is great for bikes. I'm thinking of taking the 1100 there.. Everybody tells me it's "too big or too heavy" and that a 600 is best for that.. I agree it's not the ideal choice for road racing but for casual hot lapping on track days what's the big deal.. I'm just curious if anybody's tried one of these in stock form on the race track and how it did.
Only because they kicked out the two 600's that were racing out of their class, and in the F1 class... But I'll still take it! 
In those days, mine had Yoshi 1135cc pistons, Yoshi stage II cams, and Keihin 33mm CR special carbs, and a handmade exhaust - plus I'd fitted some Koni rear shocks, with heavier springs, and 'firmed' up the front suspension with more oil in forks, preload wound up, and some air (10psi IIRC) in the forks also. It was kinda firm, until +140kph on the road (then it smoothed out nicely), but it gave it a lot more ground clearance than stock... 
I used to - many moons ago... It WAS too big and heavy for a 'street' (closed roads) course, but I still got a third.
Race tracks were more fun, but after 100mph, the GSXR1100's (18" wheel ones) CBR1000's and FZ1000's fairings took effect, and they'd pull away from me on the straights.
After I converted it to 18" spokes, and fitted some Michelin radials - they didn't have anything on me in the corners (when not on slicks) - but their fairings were just too effective over a 'naked' bike, and they'd get too far away on the straights.
you're right, it's hard to compete with fairings.. regardless its great that you were hanging with them in the turns.. at least you know the old bike works
It also required a weird style of cornering with the 18"-ers... (From the original 19" front, 17" rear) ... I'd countersteer into the turn, then as I cranked it further over, the steering would get more 'centred', then I'd be steering into the turn (actually turning the bars into the turn), and feeding on the gas to 'rear wheel steer' through the corner. Definitely not a 'natural' feel - and it took a bit of learning. But it DID turn quick. The news clipping is in one of my posts - somewhere in here in GSR... I didn't have the Yoshi cams in it by then - I had some unknown things that were probably drag race cams, which had something like 300-320 degrees duration. And it still idled. Just. 
Well, I got the feelin' last August, but I only had my 1100G.
So whatever, I prepped it and took it for a track day.
It was one of the slowest bikes out there, but I was not the slowest rider.
It was hard to get low with those bars?
- depending on just how hard it DID hit the ground... :-\\\
