I owned a '84 Honda Sabre 700 and my brotyher owned a '84 Honda Nighthawk 700. I liked the v-4 better, it just sounder better to me, but the Nighthawk was quicker for sure. We had a lot of fun on those two bikes that's for sure!
The fastest I could get the Sabre to go was ~130 mph (feet on back pegs/ left hand tucked behind back/ helmet almost resting on tank just peeking over speedo!) almost 3 mile run on a deserted part of freeway (on 475 from 1-75 to Clio rd. for those that know the N. Flint, MI area). I tried to better my top speed run many times on that stretch as it was my favorite way to get from west side to east side of town.