When I was a kid and wasn't yet riding, I asked the same like "how fast is it?", if I saw a nice motorcycle. But now where I ride myself the top end speed is not really interesting to me anymore, anything over 200 kp/h is enough...
I have to agree with most people here the shifting is indeed a bit clunky, especially after taking out the Kawasaki Z750 for a test ride... and it's shifting is butter smooth compared to our bike.
But overall it's not that bad the shifting is just a bit "bony" imho..