Very nice, the Daytona is a sweet ride. The engine makes a nice howl.
No doubt that I could go just as fast on a middleweight on the backroads as on my 1000. However, it is considerably easier to ride a 1000 in the twisties and stay quick. Middleweights need to be kept up high in the rev range, so more downshifting (or just riding in 2nd and 3rd gear) is required. This became apparent to me when I was riding my K7 GSX-R750 with a friend. I was on some empty twisty country backroads with him. He was on his '06 RC51, a 1000 V-twin. From riding with him in the past, I knew in a straight line my 750 could take his bike. As I was following him on this amazing road, something became apparent to me. His twin had so much more pull that that thing fucking demolished the corners! As we were going through the turns I'd enter in at around the same speed, braking at the same spot and all. However as I'd try to follow him through the turn, he'd put some distance through the corner and into the straight. This continued on for a few more turns until eventually he disappeared around the next corner. Determined to catch him, I clicked down into 2nd and gunned it. I was riding at around 9 grand and up. Next thing I knew I he started reappearing on the straights and I eventually caught him. Fast forward past the GSX-R's death and arriving at my R1. I had done little to no riding (since I didn't own a bike) for a few months and I was still getting used to my bike. We went on another great ride (long one, too). Through the corners I had to actually slow up because the engine made the task feel effortless. Compared to the two middleweights I've owned I like my R1's pull off the bottom and low/mid range grunt out of the corners a lot more.
Still, you're right. There's no way a non-racer could outgrow a 600. I wasn't going to sell my 750 or anything, I was content with wringing it out when the situation called for it. It was just taken from me