dude...its peasant first of all, second relax. You're rubbing people the wrong way because you're a noob to this sport and just because you've got the means to get a bike a SS at that you're acting like ****ing King Kong. Get proper gear, not a ****** vest and ride smart...at least somewhat. Just because you went around and rode an R6 illegally doesn't mean ****. All it tells us is you were actually immature and pretty stupid because there's really ****** consequences. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt now because you're actually going out and doing the right thing. Not being insured also means you probably didn't ride it a lot or at least enough to get any decent seat time and build your skills as well as you think you did. Most of us who ride everyday wouldn't even consider it because its just not worth it, but if you're just going to ride on that odd day just to be a goon, and probably end up trying to run from the cops, **** up and never ride again its a lot more appealing.
Yes, its all toys but these toys can quickly amount to death and it's actually your experience that amounts to nothing. Thinking you can just wake up, get a SS after having ridden around a parking lot for a weekend and you're good is not the right mindset. I've ridden nearly 100k km on my bike, gixxer 600's on track, liter bikes, big pig Harleys...at this point I feel comfortable enough to get on just about anything and be able to manage it. Even then every now and then on the 250 I can do something stupid to upset the bike and be caught a little off guard, the thing is so forgiving and I've got thousands of hours of seat time so can usually correct it. On your bike with your experience its not going to be like that...and you already sound like the ****** vest type...so do some more research around here and ride safe.
Good luck and kudos to doing well for yourself. Be glad you're in London though in the GTA with our insurance and housing market you'd probably be looking at a whole different scenario. Here you can't even get a nice townhouse for less than half a mill.