In total agreement with you on that statement & is that the rider sitting on the bench in ducati leathers
I wrote off a 1098 once, when i replaced it with a 1098s i hadnt replaced my leathers so there i was in leathers with knee sliders worn and needing replaced, my leathers held together with ductape and buffed all over lol. Hope it looked good though. I had an sp1 that i managed to smash the front of so ended up riding to the nw200 with it taped together....you got to admire that look.