I think they rock!
The thing that turns me off about the KTM's is their maintenance schedule and the expense of keeping one up with all their filters and fine tuning. I suppose that's to be somewhat expected of a more race-bred machine. If you're going SM racing, the Suzuki probably wouldn't be the best choice, but for turnkey fun off the closed circuit, I think they'd be great. I'd love to add one to my garage, but then there's a lot of bikes I'd like to add.